Abstract:
An object lies in providing a water-absorbing resin capable of absorbing body fluids in a wide viscosity range from a body fluid having a low viscosity to a body fluid having a high viscosity, while maintaining water absorption capacity and water absorption speed. Used is a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin having: a free swell rate (A) with respect to an aqueous polyethylene oxide solution of 40° C. of 0.15 g·g−1·s−1 or more; a free swell rate (B) with respect to a physiological saline of 40° C. of 0.40 g·g−1·s−1 or more; and a free swell rate (A)/free swell rate (B) of 0.20 or more.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of reducing the undried residue when recycling a fine powder of water-absorbing resin. The present invention is a method for producing a water-absorbing resin, wherein: a fine powder recycling step includes vi-1) a granulation step for obtaining a granulated gel, vi-2) a granulated gel addition step, and vi-3) a gel mixing step; the solids content of the granulated gel in the granulated gel addition step is 50-90% by mass; and the temperature of the granulated gel and the temperature of the water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer is 50-100° C.
Abstract:
A polyacrylic acid (salt), or a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin, contains a tracer for detecting various troubles in the water-absorbing resin during the period from the production of the water-absorbing resin to the use and discard thereof by a consumer. The polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin has a stable carbon isotope ratio, as determined by accelerator mass spectrometry, of less than −20‰ and a radioactive carbon content of 1.0×10−14 or more. The polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin has: a CRC of 10 [g/g] or more; an AAP of 20 [g/g] or more; an Ext of 35 wt. % or less; a content of residual monomers of 1,000 ppm or less; a PSD in which the proportion of particles having a particle diameter of 150 μm or larger but less than 850 μm is 90 wt. % or more; and an FSR of 0.15 [g/g/s] or more.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a polyacrylate (salt) and a polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin containing a tracer which can be verified back to the manufacturing process of the water-absorbent resin when dealing with various problems with the water-absorbent resin which can occur from the manufacturing process of the water-resistant resin, during the use thereof by a consumer, up until the disposal thereof. The disclosed polyacrylate (salt) and the polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin have a carbon stable isotope ratio (δ13C) of at least −20‰ when measured by accelerator mass spectrometry.
Abstract:
[Problem] In an embodiment involving addition of a chelating agent in an upstream process of the process for production, such as the polymerization step, the residual ratio of the chelating agent in the final product, a particulate water-absorbing agent, is improved. [Solution] A particulate water-absorbing agent having a poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin as a main component, containing a chelating agent having a nitrogen atom and an inorganic reducing agent having a sulfur atom, wherein the particulate water-absorbing agent has a chelating agent ratio of 0.8 to 1.8, as calculated by the following procedures (a) to (c): (a) subjecting the particulate water-absorbing agent to a predetermined impact test; (b) sieving the particulate water-absorbing agent subjected to the impact test into a particle group 1 with a particle size of less than 300 μm and a particle group 2 with a particle size of 300 μm or more and less than 850 μm using a JIS standard sieve; and (c) quantifying a content C1 of the chelating agent present in the particle group 1 and a content C2 of the chelating agent present in the particle group 2, and then dividing the C1 by the C2.
Abstract:
A method for producing polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin includes a step of polymerizing an acrylic acid (salt)-based aqueous monomer solution, the polymerization step involving use of a polymerization reaction apparatus including a polymerization reaction unit covered with a casing, the polymerization step involving a polymerization reaction under internal pressure of the polymerization reaction unit, the internal pressure being slightly reduced and having a pressure reduction level of more than 0 kPa and not more than 10 kPa relative to the ambient pressure at the periphery of the polymerization reaction unit.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for improving and stabilizing the physical properties (for example, liquid permeability) of a water absorbent resin, without requiring investment in expensive facilities or modification of raw materials. In particular, the object is to provide a method which is useful in the large-scale production of a water absorbent resin. The method for producing polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin of the present invention includes, in order, a step in which an acrylic acid (salt)-based monomer aqueous solution is polymerized, a step in which the water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer obtained in the polymerization step is dried, a step in which the dried polymer obtained in the drying step is pulverized, and a classification step which takes place after the drying step or after the pulverizing step, wherein, at the time of providing the dried polymer to the roll mill used in the pulverizing step, the dried polymer is provided in a dispersed state in the axial direction of the roll of the roll mill.
Abstract:
Provided as an absorbent article capable of, in a state of having a crease, preventing the occurrence of liquid running along the crease is an absorbent article including a liquid-permeable top sheet, an absorbent body containing a water-absorbing resin, the water-absorbing resin being a particulate poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin and having the following physical property values (1) to (3), and a liquid-impermeable back sheet in this order, wherein a basis weight of the water-absorbing resin is 300 g/m2 to 1000 g/m2, (1) a vertical liquid diffusion length (D) is 15 mm or more; (2) a ratio (L/D) of a horizontal liquid diffusion length (L) to the vertical liquid diffusion length is 0.5 to 1.5; and (3) a bulk density defined in EDANA ERT 460.2-02 is 0.68 g/mL or more.
Abstract:
An object lies in providing a novel water-absorbing resin and a novel absorbent body both of which enable provision of an absorbent article that prevents swelling of a water-absorbing portion when used in a thin absorbent article. The object is achieved by providing a water-absorbing resin that is a particulate poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin and has a swollen gel compressibility rate of 3% or more expressed by Formula 1: Swollen gel compressibility rate [%]=(D1−D2)/D1×100 (Formula 1), where D1 represents a thickness of a swollen gel before compression, and D2 represents a thickness of a swollen gel after compression.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses the problem of providing; a water absorbent resin powder having a reduced amount of fine powder generated and a reduced amount of fine powder recovered; and a production method for the water absorbent resin. The production method of the present invention includes a drying step and a fine powder granulation step. The drying step is for obtaining a dried polymer by drying a particulate water-containing gel crosslinked polymer which is obtained using an acid group-containing unsaturated monomer as a main component. The fine powder granulation step is for obtaining a fine powder granulated product by adding a binder and an adhesion control agent to a fine powder made of a water absorbent resin. In this production method, the obtained fine powder granulated product is recovered in the drying step or in any step before the drying step.