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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2013
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Masato Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Sano, Osaka, JP;
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer of the present invention includes, as essential structural units: 16 mol % or more but 24 mol % or less of a structural unit (a) derived from a monomer represented by Formula (1): wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and X and Y each independently represent a hydroxy group, a sulfonic acid group, or a sulfonic acid salt group, at least one of X and Y representing a sulfonic acid group or a sulfonic acid salt group; and 76 mol % or more but 84 mol % or less of a structural unit (b) derived from (meth)acrylic acid or a salt thereof, each based on 100 mol % of all the structural units derived from monomers, the copolymer comprising a main chain having a sulfonic acid group or a sulfonic acid salt group at at least one end thereof, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 18000.