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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2009
Veit Stegmann, Mannheim, DE;
Klemens Massonne, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Franz Niklaus Windlin, Heidelberg, DE;
Reinhold Schwalm, Wachenhaim, DE;
Dieter Hermeling, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
Thomas Daniel, Waldsee, DE;
Stefan Bruhns, Mannheim, DE;
Veit Stegmann, Mannheim, DE;
Klemens Massonne, Bad Dürkheim, DE;
Franz Niklaus Windlin, Heidelberg, DE;
Reinhold Schwalm, Wachenhaim, DE;
Dieter Hermeling, Böhl-Iggelheim, DE;
Thomas Daniel, Waldsee, DE;
Stefan Bruhns, Mannheim, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a water-absorbing material obtainable by a process comprising the steps of A) treating a particulate, non-surface-crosslinked, water-absorbing polymer with a mixture comprising an aqueous solvent and at least one salt of a transition metal and B) irradiating the polymer treated according to A) with UV radiation, to a process for its production and to articles comprising the water-absorbing material.