Process for production of water-absorbing resin particles, water-absorbing resin particles, water-stopping material, and absorbent article

摘要

The present invention provides a method for producing water-absorbing resin particles having high equilibrium swelling capacity, a high water-absorption rate or high initial swelling capacity, and an appropriate particle size that achieves good handling performance; water-absorbing resin particles obtained by the method; and a water blocking material and an absorbent article which include the water-absorbing resin particles. The present invention is a method for producing water-absorbing resin particles, which comprises: preparing a hydrogel polymer by reversed-phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the absence of an internal crosslinking agent but in the presence of a surfactant with an HLB of 8 to 12; carrying out a post-crosslinking reaction of the hydrogel polymer whose moisture content is adjusted to 30 to 110 mass % based on a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer component that composes the hydrogel polymer.

主权项

1. A method for producing water-absorbing resin particles, which comprises:
preparing a hydrogel polymer by reversed-phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in a hydrocarbon solvent in the absence of an internal crosslinking agent but in the presence of a surfactant having an HLB in a range from 8 to 12; and carrying out a post-crosslinking reaction of the hydrogel polymer, whose moisture content has been adjusted so as to form a first-dried gel, to in a range from 30 to 110 mass % relative to a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer component that forms the hydrogel polymer, wherein a ratio (A:B) is in a range from 99:1 to 70:30, where A is a moisture content (A) of the first-dried gel and B is a moisture amount (B) added with a post-crosslinking agent for the post-crosslinking reaction.