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Process for producing a polymer water-in-oil emulsion
Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1983-09-30
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Granted: 1984-11-27
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Expires: 2003-09-30
Abstract
Abstract Described herein is a semi-continuous process for producing a polymer water-in-oil emulsion which process comprises: (a) combining: (i) an aqueous solution comprising at least one water-soluble monomer and (ii) a mixture comprising a hydrophobic liquid, a hydrophobic monomer and an oil-soluble surfactant; (b) homogenizing the mixture from (a) to form a water-in-oil emulsion; (c) deoxygenating said homogenized water-in-oil emulsion; (d) continually adding the homogenized water-in-oil emulsion to a reactor while adding thereto a deoxygenated initiator solution; (e) heating the mixture from (d) under polymerization conditions so as to form a polymer water-in-oil emulsion, and (f) recovering a polymer water-in-oil emulsion.
Inventors
- 👤 You-Ling Fan
- 👤 George L. Brode
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 13:20
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A semi-continuous process for producing an addition polymer water-in-oil emulsion, which process comprises: (a) combining: (i) an aqueous solution comprising at least one water soluble ethylenic monomer and (ii) a mixture comprising a hydrophobic liquid, a hydrophobic ethylenic monomer and an oil-soluble surfactant; (b) homogenizing the mixture from (a) to form a water-in-oil emulsion; (c) deoxygenating said homogenized water-in-oil emulsion; (d) continually adding the homogenized water-in-oil emulsion to a reactor during the course of the polymerization of the monomers while adding thereto a deoxygenated initiator solution; (e) heating the mixture from (d) under polymerization conditions so as to form a polymer water-in-oil emulsion, and (f) recovering a polymer water-in-oil emulsion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A semi-continuous process for producing an addition polymer water-in-oil emulsion, which process comprises: (a) combining: (i) an aqueous solution comprising at least one water soluble ethylenic monomer and (ii) a mixture comprising a hydrophobic liquid, a hydrophobic ethylenic monomer and an oil-soluble surfactant; (b) homogenizing the mixture from (a) to form a water-in-oil emulsion; (c) deoxygenating said homogenized water-in-oil emulsion; (d) continually adding the homogenized water-in-oil emulsion to a reactor during the course of the polymerization of the monomers while adding thereto a deoxygenated initiator solution; (e) heating the mixture from (d) under polymerization conditions so as to form a polymer water-in-oil emulsion, and (f) recovering a polymer water-in-oil emulsion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the water soluble monomer in (a) (i) is selected from one or more of the following: acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and their alkali metal salts, aminoalkyl acrylate, aminoalkyl methcrylate, dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, dialkylamino methacrylate, and their quarternized salts with dimethyl sulfate or methyl chloride, vinyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, alkali metal and ammonium salts of 2-sulfoethylacrylate, alkali metal and ammonium salts of vinyl benzyl sulfonates, and maleic anhydride and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process as defined in claims 1 or 2 wherein the water soluble monomer in (a) (i) is selected from acrylamide or acrylic acid, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as defined in claims 1 or 2 wherein the water soluble monomer in (a)(i) 1is an alkali metal salt of acrylic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the aqueous solution in (a) (i) contains from about 45 to about 80 percent of a combination of water and water soluble monomer(s).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the hydrophobic monomer in (a) (ii) is selected from a vinyl ester, an alkyl acrylate, an alkyl methacrylate, vinyl ether, acrylonitrile, styrene and its derivatives, N-vinyl carbazole, an alkyl vinyl ether, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as defined in claims 1 or 6 wherein the hydrophobic monomer is selected from vinyl acetate, ethylacrylate, butylvinyl ether, acrylonitrile, styrene, α-methylstyrene, N-vinyl carbazole, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the hydrophobic liquid is selected from benzene, xylene, mineral oil, kerosene, petroleum oil, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as defined in claims 1 or 7 wherein the hydrophobic liquid is Isopar M.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the oil-soluble surfactant has an HLB of from about 1 to about 10.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the mixture of (a) contains from about 15 to about 50 percent of the hydrophobic liquid and hydrophobic monomer(s).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the homogenization of (b) is carried out at a temperature of from about 10° to about 40° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the water-in-oil emulsion has particles whose diameters are from about 0.2 about 5 microns.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the homogenized water-in-oil emulsion is deoxygenated in step (c) by subjecting it to a vacuum and/or nitrogen sparging.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of from about 30° to about 70° C.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymerization reaction rate is controlled by the introduction of air into the reaction.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein an antioxidant is added to the reaction mass after polymerization
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymer in the water-in-oil emulsion has an intrinsic viscosity of from about 2 to about 40 dl/gm as measured in an one normal aqueous sodium chloride solution at 25° C.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymer is a copolymer, terpolymer or tetrapolymer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
126 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymers are of the following general formula: ##STR8## wherein R, R 1 and R 3 are independently hydrogen or methyl, R 2 + is an alkali metal ion, R 4 is OR 5 , where R 5 is an alkyl group having up to 5 carbon atoms, ##STR9## wherein R 7 is either methyl or ethyl, ##STR10## phenyl, CN, or ##STR11## and R 6 is an alkyl group having up to 8 carbon atoms, and wherein (a) is from 0 to about 90, (b) is from 0 to about 90, (c) is from about 0.2 to about 20, with the proviso that (a)+(b)+(c) equal 100, and (d) is an integer of from about 1,000 to about 500,000.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
80 words
A process as defined in claim 1 wherein the polymer is a terpolymer of the following formula: ##STR12## wherein R 2 + is Na + or K + , R 7 is methyl, ethyl, or butyl, and f is from about 5 to 90 percent, g is from about 5 to about 90, h is from about 0.2 to about 20 with the proviso that (f)+(g)+(h) equal 100 and d is an integer of from about 1000 to about 500,000.
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