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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for stripping a volatile organic material from an aqueous dispersion containing polymer particles efficiently and stably over a long period of time, and to provide an odorless polymer toner containing little amount of a residual polymerizable monomer, or the like, by the stripping treatment. SOLUTION: The method for stripping the volatile organic material from the aqueous dispersion containing polymer particles comprises a step 1 of blowing an inert gas into the aqueous dispersion; a step 2 of stripping the volatile organic material by exhausting a gas mixture containing the inert gas and the volatile organic material; a step 3 of leading the gas mixture to a gas separation membrane apparatus to separate the volatile organic material from the gas mixture and obtaining a refined inert gas; and a step 4 of utilizing the refined inert gas as the inert gas in the step 1. Thus stripping is conducted by circulating the inert gas. The method for producing the polymer toner includes the method for stripping. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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