US4125508A
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Method of making a flocculant composition
Assignee: Diversey Wyandotte Corp
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Filing: 1978-02-14
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Granted: 1978-11-14
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Expires: 1998-02-14
Abstract
Abstract There is practiced a four-step procedure, according to which the acrylamide or the like and, if desired, other ingredients, is first polymerized in a water-in-oil emulsion where the oil phase consists of a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an appropriate quantity of suitable surfactant so as to produce particles of a desired size, then water is azeotropically removed, and then a suitable glycol or glycol ether is added, following which the hydrocarbon solvent used in the polymerization reaction is removed. This makes it possible to obtain a composition of matter which contains at least 10 weight percent of active flocculant ingredient, and more usually about 20 percent, suspended in a medium which is entirely water-soluble. Such flocculant compositions dissolve readily in water, yet they can be obtained, according to the method of the invention, in a manner considerably less expensive than any process which necessitates the grinding of a solid flocculant material into finely divided form.
Inventors
- 👤 Gunther H. Elfers
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 01:36
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/02; C08J3/09; C08F; C08F20/00; C08F20/02; C08F20/52; C08F20/54; C08F20/56; C08J2333/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S526/00; Y10S526/909
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of making a liquid and stable flocculant composition containing about 10 to 30 percent by weight of an active-ingredient polymer, said method comprising the steps of polymerizing at least one water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomeric material in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion containing water, said monomer, a hydrocarbon solvent, and a surface-active agent selected from the group consisting of sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan monooleate, and sorbitan palmitate, and used in conditions of concentration and identity of said surface-active agent, time, temperature, and agitation effective to produce particles of polymer having a maximum dimension on the order of 1 millimicron to 10 microns, whereby a reaction mixture capable of affording a stable suspension is produced, removing substantially all of the water present by azeotropic distillation with the solvent, adding to said reaction mixture a quantity of a glycol material having a boiling point substantially higher than that of said solvent and in an amount sufficient to yield a composition having a content of said polymer on the order of 10 to 30 percent by weight, and finally removing the remainder of such solvent from said reaction mixture by distillation to obtain said flocculant dispersion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
195 words
A method of making a liquid and stable flocculant composition containing about 10 to 30 percent by weight of an active-ingredient polymer, said method comprising the steps of polymerizing at least one water soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomeric material in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion containing water, said monomer, a hydrocarbon solvent, and a surface-active agent selected from the group consisting of sorbitan monostearate, sorbitan monooleate, and sorbitan palmitate, and used in conditions of concentration and identity of said surface-active agent, time, temperature, and agitation effective to produce particles of polymer having a maximum dimension on the order of 1 millimicron to 10 microns, whereby a reaction mixture capable of affording a stable suspension is produced, removing substantially all of the water present by azeotropic distillation with the solvent, adding to said reaction mixture a quantity of a glycol material having a boiling point substantially higher than that of said solvent and in an amount sufficient to yield a composition having a content of said polymer on the order of 10 to 30 percent by weight, and finally removing the remainder of such solvent from said reaction mixture by distillation to obtain said flocculant dispersion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said monomeric material is acrylamide and said polymer is substantially acrylamide homopolymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said monomeric material comprises approximately 65 to 95 parts by weight of acrylamide and approximately 35 to 5 parts by weight of an acrylate or methacrylate selected from the group consisting of dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate and dimethylaminoethylacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A method as defined in claim 1 wherein said monomeric material comprises approximately 65 to 95 parts by weight of acrylamide and approximately 35 to 5 parts by weight of a substrate selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and its alkali-metal salt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said solvent is hexane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein said glycol material is one selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, hexylene glycol, and ethylene glycol monomethyl ether.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as defined in claim 6, wherein said glycol material is ethylene glycol monomethyl ether.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method as defined in claim 6, wherein said glycol material is ethylene glycol.
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