SLUDGE DEHYDRATING AGENT.

摘要

A sludge dehydrating agent which is excellent in storage stability and prevented from becoming water-insoluble during storage and hence can be distributed in the market securely by solving the problem of the conventional dehydrating agents comprising amphoteric polymers that they undergo deterioration and become water-insoluble when stored for long, thus becoming substantially unusable. This dehydrating agent comprises a copolymer composed of cationic vinyl monomer units, vinylic carboxylic acid monomer units and nonionic vinyl monomer units and a salt of a group IIA metal of the periodic table. Preferable examples of the vinylic carboxylic acid monomer include acrylic, methacrylic and crotonic acids, while those of the nonionic vinyl monomer include acrylamide and methacrylamide. The metal salts usable herein include those of mineral acids and organic carboxylic acids, and preferable mineral acid salts include calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate. Preferably, the amount of the cationic vinyl monomer ranges from 10 to 60 mole %, while that of the vinylic carboxylic acid monomer from 10 to 45 mole %. Preferably, the molar ratio of the cationic vinyl monomer to the vinylic carboxylic acid monomer ranges from 0.3 to 3.0, while that of the metal salt to the carboxylic acid monomer from 0.2 to 2.0. The dehydrating agent may further contain an inorganic coagulant.