METHOD FOR PREPARING SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3719059A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-07

    申请号:EP19895564.3

    申请日:2019-11-15

    申请人: LG CHEM, LTD.

    摘要: Provided is a method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer, which enables the preparation of the superabsorbent polymer exhibiting an improved absorption rate while maintaining excellent absorption performances. The method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer includes the steps of carrying out a crosslinking polymerization of a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer having acidic groups which are at least partially neutralized, in the presence of an internal crosslinking agent having a predetermined chemical structure to form a water-containing gel polymer; gel-pulverizing the water-containing gel polymer; drying, pulverizing, and size-sorting the gel-pulverized water-containing gel polymer to form a base polymer powder; and carrying out a surface crosslinking of the base polymer powder by heat treatment in the presence of a surface crosslinking agent, wherein the gel-pulverizing step is carried out by extruding the water-containing gel polymer through a porous plate having a plurality of holes using a screw extruder mounted inside a cylindrical pulverizer under the condition that a chopping index is 28 (/s) or more.