Process of making a superabsorbent polyurethane foam

Details Process of making a superabsorbent polyurethane foam Process of making a superabsorbent polyurethane foam

1986-07-18

1988-03-15

Anderson, Harold D.

Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser

Synthetic resins

Cellular products or processes of preparing a cellular...

521905, 525455, 528 59, C08L 7500, C08G 1810

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047313919

ABSTRACT:
A superabsorbent polyurethane foam based on a quasi-interpenetrating polymer network of a crosslinked polyurethane and a substantially linear addition polymer, the molecules of which addition polymer are comprised of functional group-containing repeating units which may be the same or different. The functional groups of the repeating units are selected from the group consisting of carbamoyl, substituted carbamoyl, and carboxy and the alkali metal and ammonium salts thereof. A method of preparing the foams is described which involves forming the polyurethane foam in the presence of addition polymerizable monomers and a thermally activated free radical initiator. Addition polymerization can take place during or after foam formation. Reactants and reaction conditions are selected so as to essentially avoid grafting of addition polymer to polyurethane.
Preferably, the polyurethane is derived from an isocyanate-terminated poly(oxyalkylene) polyol having an isocyanate functionality greater than two and the addition polymer is the polymerization product of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, substituted acrylamides, and acrylate and methacrylate salts, i.e., alkali metal and ammonium salts of acrylic and methacrylic acid.
Such superabsorbent polyurethane foam is useful in the manufacture of absorbent articles, especially disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, bedpads, incontinent pads, and the like.

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