KR20100040247A - Method of controlling absorbing rate of an absorbent and the absorbent having absorbing rate controlled by the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for controlling an absorbing rate of an absorbent is provided to control an absorbing rate by diversifying the kind and concentration of metal salts through a simple process for adding basic materials. CONSTITUTION: A method for controlling an absorbing rate of an absorbent comprises the steps of preparing an absorbent resin by polymerizing an acidic unsaturated monomer and a basic material through neutralization reaction; and diversifying the kind and concentration of alkali metal included in the absorbent resin. The basic material is added in the amount of 1-200 mole % of a carboxylic acid group present inside the absorbent resin.

Description

Method of controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent resin and the absorbent resin controlled by the absorption rate {Method of controlling absorbing rate of an absorbent and the absorbent having absorbing rate controlled by the same}

The present invention relates to a method for adjusting the absorption rate of the absorbent resin and to the absorbent resin in which the absorption rate is controlled.

Conventional techniques for improving the absorption rate of the absorbent resin have been mainly used to increase the surface area of the absorbent resin, to reduce the particle size, to prepare a granular form, or to form micropores inside and outside the resin using a blowing agent. .

That is, foamed resins are prepared using liquid carbonic acid as a method for forming micropores (Special 1993-0003797), imparted porosity by ultraviolet polymerization in the presence of carbonates (Spect. 0545673), or inert gases in viscous monomer mixtures. The method of dispersing and superposing | polymerizing it (Japanese Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 10-251309), or the method of superposing | polymerizing by mixing the low boiling point organic solvent with a monomer, etc. was used.

However, the method using the blowing agent requires a separate device for the addition and uniform dispersion of the blowing agent, there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to foam with a blowing agent having a constant size of pores. In addition, since the foamed and dried resin has a weak physical strength, a large amount of fine powder is generated in the pulverization process, so that the ratio of fine powder in the product increases, which is inconvenient to remove it. If the fines are not removed, when applied to sanitary products or other finished products, the flying environment of the fine powders worsens, and small particles come out of the finished products.

On the other hand, a method of contacting a polyvalent metal salt solution and an absorbent resin in a method of slowing the absorption rate (published 2002-062654), coating the absorbent resin particles with a polysaccharide such as cellulose (GB 2,280,115), or absorbing a water-insoluble hydrophobic material Dry or wet mixing with the resin particles may be used. However, this method requires a separate process or an additional drying process for mixing the materials, and has a disadvantage in that it is not easy to control the absorption rate.

The present invention is to provide a method for easily controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent resin by changing the type and concentration of the metal salt in the production of the absorbent resin.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a water-absorbent resin whose absorption rate is adjusted by the above method.

The present invention for solving the above problems,

Provided is a method of controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent polymer by changing the type and concentration of the alkali metal contained in the absorbent resin particles.

In addition, the present invention comprises the steps of polymerizing a monomer solution produced by the neutralization reaction of an acidic unsaturated monomer and a basic material to prepare a water absorbent resin; And changing the type and concentration of the alkali metal contained in the absorbent resin by adding a basic substance different from the basic substance to the absorbent resin. do.

In the present invention, at least one member selected from the group consisting of an absorbent resin and lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium phosphate, and sodium phosphate Provided is a method of controlling the rate of absorption of an absorbent polymer, characterized by varying the type and concentration of alkali metals contained in the absorbent resin by uniformly mixing the powder of the compound or its aqueous solution.

In the present invention, in the step of drying, pulverizing and classifying the gel produced by the polymerization of the monomer solution in the step of preparing the water absorbent resin, and at least one step before and after each step, lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, Provided is a method for controlling the rate of absorption of an absorbent resin, characterized by adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium phosphate, and sodium phosphate. do.

In the present invention, an aqueous solution of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, ammonium phosphate and sodium phosphate Provided is a method for controlling the absorption rate of an absorbent resin, characterized in that it is mixed with the surface crosslinking solution before or after surface crosslinking of the water absorbent resin.

Further, in the present invention, the proportion of the basic substance added is provided in an amount of 1 to 200 mol% of the carboxylic acid groups present in the absorbent resin, thereby providing a method for controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent resin. .

According to the present invention, the absorption rate can be easily adjusted by changing the type and concentration of the metal salt in the absorbent resin by a simple step of adding a basic substance in the process of producing the absorbent resin.

In addition, it is possible to provide an absorbent resin having various controlled absorption rates.

This application claims the benefit of the application date of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-0099205 filed to the Korea Patent Office on October 9, 2008.

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, this invention is demonstrated in detail.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent polymer by changing the type and concentration of the alkali metal contained in the absorbent resin particles.

Method for changing the type and concentration of the alkali metal contained in the water-absorbent resin particles, comprising the steps of: polymerizing a monomer solution produced by the neutralization reaction of an acidic unsaturated monomer and a basic material to prepare a water absorbent resin; And changing the type and concentration of the metal included in the absorbent resin by adding a basic substance different from the basic substance to the absorbent resin.

The water absorbent resin can be prepared by polymerizing a monomer solution produced by the neutralization reaction of an acidic unsaturated monomer with a basic substance.

As the acid-unsaturated monomer, various kinds can be used without limitation, but typically, acrylic acid may be used.

The basic substance is an alkali metal salt, specifically, lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or an inorganic weak base such as ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, ammonium phosphate, sodium phosphate, or the like. However, in consideration of performance and manufacturing cost, sodium hydroxide or sodium carbonate is generally used.

The use ratio of a basic substance with respect to an acidic unsaturated monomer uses about 60-80 mol% normally.

Although not necessarily limited thereto, the mixed and neutralized monomer solution may be prepared as an absorbent resin having a range of particle sizes depending on the intended use thereof through a polymerization process, a drying process, a grinding process, and a classification process. . Thus, the absorbent resin particles have a uniform or almost uniform neutralization degree inside and outside the particles, and exhibit a uniform distribution of a single type of metal salt.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling the absorption rate by changing the type and concentration of alkali metals used inside and outside the absorbent resin particles. That is, the absorption rate is simply controlled by additionally applying salts of alkali metals having different ionization degrees to or on the surface of the absorbent resin uniformly neutralized and manufactured.

The additionally applied basic material is penetrated into or coated on the surface of the absorbent resin powder, whereby a single type of metal salt is uniformly distributed in and out of the absorbent resin powder as a whole of the absorbent powder. Will change. It is thereby possible to adjust the absorption rate of the absorbent polymer.

The present invention provides a method of slowing the absorption rate as an example of adjusting the absorption rate.

Specifically, a lithium-containing basic material may be additionally applied to the vicinity of the surface of a conventional absorbent resin prepared in the form of sodium salt, so that a product having a slow absorption rate may be easily obtained.

In addition, the present invention provides another method for adjusting the absorption rate, the present invention provides a method for increasing the absorption rate of the absorbent resin.

Specifically, the addition of a basic material containing potassium to the vicinity of the surface of the absorbent resin in the form of a conventional sodium salt can easily obtain a product with a markedly improved absorption rate.

In addition, depending on the purpose, it is also possible to mix and apply two or more basic substances, or to apply each separately.

The basic material of the present invention can be any of the basic materials that have been generally used in the preparation of absorbent resins. In particular, lithium hydroxide and its hydrates as sodium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, or inorganic weak base ammonium carbonate, Sodium carbonate (hydrogen), potassium carbonate (hydrogen), ammonium phosphate, sodium phosphate and the like.

The basic substance may be applied in the form of an aqueous solution or a powder, and may be added before or after the granular process of the polymerized gel, before and after the grinding and grinding of the dried gel, or before and after the surface treatment and the process. For example, when applied in the form of an aqueous solution, it is possible to uniformly spray and mix the basic aqueous solution onto the absorbent resin powder, which is mixed before or after the surface crosslinking reaction, or mixed with a crosslinking agent solution for surface crosslinking. It can also be added.

In addition, when applied in powder form, a method of adding a basic substance in a powder state before and after the granulation process of the dried gel may be uniformly mixed. When mixed with an absorbent resin powder, water and a powder that can dissolve the powder may be used. Additional addition of the same solvent is required.

If two or more basic substances are further applied, it is also possible to separate them into different processes.

The proportion of the basic substance further applied is 1 to 200 mol%, preferably 10 to 150 mol%, more preferably 30 to 100 mol% of the carboxylic acid groups present in the absorbent resin. It is difficult to express a sufficient effect with an application amount of less than 1 mol%, and the pH of the absorbent resin becomes high at 200 mol% or more, which is likely to cause a decrease in absorption performance or other physical properties.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. It is clear that the embodiments in the present specification are for the purpose of detailed description of the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Example  One

A water-soluble unsaturated monomer aqueous solution was prepared by adding 1.5 g of methylenebisacrylamide as an internal crosslinking agent to 500 g of acrylic acid, and then dissolving it. The aqueous water-soluble unsaturated monomer solution was supplied to a 5 L twin twin kneader having a sigma shaft, and nitrogen gas was added for 30 minutes while maintaining at 40 ° C. to remove oxygen dissolved in the aqueous solution. While stirring, 50.1 g of 0.2 wt% L-ascorbic acid, 50.5 g of aqueous sodium persulfate solution, and 51.0 g of 2.0 wt% aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution were added. The polymerization was started after 20 seconds and the resulting gel was finely divided for 30 minutes using shear force.

The finely divided gel was spread out about 30 mm thick on a stainless wire gauze having a pore size of 600 μm and dried in a 140 ° C. hot air oven for 5 hours. The dry polymer thus obtained was pulverized using a grinder, and classified into a standard net of ASTM standard to obtain an absorbent resin powder (1) having a particle size of 150 µm to 850 µm.

100 g of the obtained water-absorbent resin powder (1) was mixed evenly while adding a mixed solution of 0.3 g of ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, 3.0 g of methanol, and 3.0 g of water, and then dried in a 140C hot air oven for 30 minutes. The dried powder was classified into a standard mesh of ASTM standard to obtain an absorbent resin powder (2) having a particle size of 150 µm to 850 µm.

50 g of water-absorbent resin powder (2) was mixed evenly while adding 15.6 g of 25 wt% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, and classified into a standard network to obtain a particle size of 150 μm to 850 μm. The water absorbent resin powder (3) which had is obtained.

Example  2

50 g of the water absorbent resin powder (2) of Example 1 was evenly mixed with 31.1 g of a 25 wt% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, and classified into a standard network to be 150 μm to 850 μm. An absorbent resin powder having a particle size of was obtained.

Example  3

50 g of the water-absorbent resin powder (2) of Example 1 was mixed evenly while adding 31.9 g of an aqueous 30% by weight aqueous potassium carbonate solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, and classified into a standard network to be 150 μm to 850 μm. An absorbent resin powder having a particle size of was obtained.

Example  4

50 g of the water absorbent resin powder (2) of Example 1 was mixed evenly while adding 11.1 g of an aqueous 15 wt% lithium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, and classified into a standard network to be 150 μm to 850 μm. An absorbent resin powder having a particle size of was obtained.

Example  5

50 g of the water absorbent resin powder (2) of Example 1 was evenly mixed with 22.2 g of an aqueous 15 wt% aqueous lithium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, classified into a standard network, and 150 μm to 850 μm. An absorbent resin powder having a particle size of was obtained.

Example  6

50 g of K-SAM MG-2800 commercially available from LG Chemical Co., Ltd. was mixed evenly while adding 15.6 g of 25 wt% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, and classified into a standard network. An absorbent resin powder having a particle size of 탆 to 850 탆 was obtained.

Example  7

50 g of SXM-7500 sold by Stockhausen was mixed evenly by adding 11.1 g of an aqueous 15 wt% aqueous lithium hydroxide solution, dried in a hot air oven at 120 ° C. for 1 hour, classified into a standard network, and had a particle size of 150 μm to 850 μm. An absorbent resin powder having a obtained was obtained.

Comparative example  One

The water absorbent resin powder (2) obtained in Example 1 was used as a comparative example.

Comparative example  2

K-SAM MG-2800 commercially available from LG Chemical Co., Ltd. was used as a comparative example.

Comparative example  3

SXM-7500 sold by Stockhausen was used as a comparative example.

Absorbing power, water holding capacity, and absorption rate of the absorbent polymer powders prepared in Examples and Comparative Examples were measured in the following manner.

[absorptivity]

1.0 g of the absorbent resin was placed in a 250 mL beaker and absorbed for 30 minutes by adding about 150 g of physiological saline. After 30 minutes elapsed, the gel was poured onto a standard mesh (# 100mesh, 90mm in diameter) and left for 30 minutes to remove unabsorbed saline, and then the absorbed saline was weighed and determined as absorbency.

[Reservation power]

The water holding capacity was measured according to WSP 241.2 (05), which is an absorbent resin holding capacity measuring method recommended by the European Nonwoven Fabric Association (EDANA).

[Absorption rate]

Into a 100 mL glass beaker, add 50 g of saline and 8 mm * 30 mm Teflon-coated octagonal magnetic bar and stir at 600 rpm on a magnetic stirrer. After confirming that the vortex occurred stably in the solution, 2.0 g of an absorbent resin was added at once, and the time until the vortex disappeared and the surface of the liquid was flat was measured and referred to as the absorption rate.

The measurement results for the absorption power, water holding capacity, and absorption rate were shown in Table 1 below.

According to the present invention from the above table, it can be seen that by changing the type and concentration of the basic substance to the water-absorbent resin powder, the absorption rate can be easily adjusted.

Claims (6)

A method of controlling the absorption rate of a water absorbent resin by changing the type and concentration of alkali metal contained in the water absorbent resin particles. The method of claim 1, Preparing a water absorbent resin by polymerizing a monomer solution produced by neutralization of an acidic unsaturated monomer and a basic substance; And And changing the type and concentration of alkali metal contained in the water absorbent resin by adding a basic material different from the basic material to the water absorbent resin. The method of claim 2, A powder of an absorbent resin and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, ammonium phosphate, and sodium phosphate or an aqueous solution thereof A method of controlling the rate of absorption of an absorbent polymer, characterized by varying the type and concentration of alkali metal contained in the absorbent polymer by uniformly mixing. The method of claim 3, wherein Lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, hydrogen carbonate in at least one step of drying, pulverizing and classifying the gel produced by polymerization of the monomer solution in the step of preparing the water absorbent resin and before and after each process A method for controlling the rate of absorption of an absorbent polymer, characterized by adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium phosphate, and sodium phosphate. The method of claim 3, wherein Before the surface crosslinking of the water absorbent resin, an aqueous solution of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, ammonium phosphate and sodium phosphate, Method of controlling the absorption rate of the absorbent resin, characterized in that after the surface crosslinking or mixing with the surface crosslinking solution. The method of claim 2, The proportion of the basic substance to be added is added in the amount of 1 to 200 mol% of the carboxylic acid groups present in the water absorbent resin.