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High molecular weight water-soluble polymers and flocculation method using same
Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1985-09-18
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Granted: 1986-07-08
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Expires: 2005-09-18
Abstract
Abstract A high molecular weight, water-soluble polymer, water-in-oil emulsions thereof and a flocculating process using same are disclosed. The polymer may be represented by the formula: <IMAGE> wherein A represents a repeating unit derived from a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight %; R1 and R3 are each hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 and R5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; R2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms; X represents a monovalent cation; B represents a repeating unit derived from an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a salt thereof; m is about 0.1-10 mole %, n is about 1-40 mole %, p is about 20-98.9 mole %, and q is about 0-40 mole % with the proviso that m+n+p+q=100 mole % and r is a large positive integer.
Inventors
- 👤 You-Ling Fan
- 👤 George L. Brode
- 👤 Meyer R. Rosen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:50
CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/52; C02F1/54; C08; C08F; C08F220/00; C08F220/02; C08F220/52; C08F220/54; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/902; Y10S210/906; Y10S210/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A water-soluble polymer having a high molecular weight of greater than 500,000 resulting from the polymerization of a water-in-oil monomer emulsion containing about 0.1-20 mole % of a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight % in the oil phase; about 1-40 mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR24## wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent cation; about 20-98.9 mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR25## wherein R 3 represents ahydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; and from 0 up to about 40 mole % of an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its salt; based on the total moles of monomer in said emulsion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A water-soluble polymer having a high molecular weight of greater than 500,000 resulting from the polymerization of a water-in-oil monomer emulsion containing about 0.1-20 mole % of a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight % in the oil phase; about 1-40 mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR24## wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent cation; about 20-98.9 mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR25## wherein R 3 represents ahydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; and from 0 up to about 40 mole % of an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its salt; based on the total moles of monomer in said emulsion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 1 represented by the formula: ##STR26## wherein A represents a repeating unit derived from a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight %; R 1 and R 3 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms; R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; X represents a monovalent cation, B represents a repeating unit derived from an ethylenically- unsaturated carboxylic acid or its salt; m is about 0.1-10 mole %, n is about 1-40 mole %, p is about 20-98.9 mole %, and q is about 0-40 mole % with the proviso that m+n+p+q=100 mole %; and r is a large positive integer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 2 wherein r is from about 1,000 to about 500,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The polymer of claim 2 wherein the polymer molecular weight is greater than 1,000,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 2 wherein said polymer is a linear polymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 5 wherein A represents a monomeric repeating unit represented by the formula: ##STR27## wherein R 6 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 7 is ##STR28## a halogen atom, --O--R 10 or ##STR29## wherein R 8 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R 9 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R 10 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R 11 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 5 wherein R 2 is an alkylene group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 5 wherein B is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and salts thereof with an alkali metal, ammonia, or an organic amine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 5 which comprises a polymer resulting from the polymerization of a water-in-oil monomer emulsion containing about 6-10 mole % of sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate monomer, about 50-70 mole % of acrylamide monomer, about 0.1-20 mole % of vinyl acetate monomer and about 20-40 mole % of sodium acrylate monomer, all based on the total moles of monomer in the emulsion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 6 wherein at least a portion of said monomeric repeating unit A is hydrolyzed to provide a polymer represented by the formula: ##STR30## wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , X, B, m, n, p, q and r are as defined in claim 2 and z is from about 0.1 to less than about 10 mole % and wherein (m-z)+z+n+p+q=100 mole %.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 1 represented by the formula: ##STR31## wherein A represents a repeating unit derived from a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight %; R 1 and R 3 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from 2 to 13 carbon atoms; R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; X represents a monovalent cation; m' is about 0.1-10 mole %, n' is about 1-40 mole % and p' is about 50-98.9 mole % with the proviso that m'+n'+p'=100 mole %; and r' is a large positive integer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 11 wherein r' is from about 1,000 to about 500,000.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 11 wherein the polymer molecular weight is greater than 1,000,000.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 11 wherein said polymer is a linear polymer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 14 wherein A represents a monomeric repeating unit represented by the formula: ##STR32## wherein R 6 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 7 is ##STR33## a halogen atom, --O--R 10 or ##STR34## wherein R 8 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R 9 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R 10 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R 11 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 11 wherein R 2 is an alkylene group having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 11 which comprises a polymer resulting from the polymerization of a water-in-oil monomer emulsion containing about 8-12 mole % of sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate monomer, about 87-91 mole % of acrylamide monomer and about 0.1-20 mole % of vinyl acetate monomer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 15 wherein at least a portion of said monomeric repeating unit A is hydrolyzed to provide a polymer represented by the formula: ##STR35## wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , X, m', n', p' and r' are as defined in claim 11 and z' is from about 0.1 to less than about 10 mole % and wherein (m'-z')+z'+n'+p'=100 mole %.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The polymer of claim 1 resulting from the polymerization of a water-in-oil monomer emulsion containing about 0.1-20 mole % of a hydrophobic vinyl monomer having a water-solubility of less than about 5 weight % in the oil phase; about 1-40 mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR36## wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having from about 2 to 13 carbon atoms and X represents a monovalent cation; and about 50-98.9% mole % of a monomer represented by the formula: ##STR37## wherein R 3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; based on the total moles of monomer in said emulsion.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A polymer water-in-oil emulsion comprising (a) from about 50 to about 80 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of an aqueous phase which contains therein from about 20 to about 80 weight %, based on the weight of said aqueous phase, of the polymer of claim 1; (b) from about 15 to about 50 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of a hydrophobic liquid; and (c) from about 0.1 to about 5 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of an oil-soluble surfactant.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A polymer water-in-oil emulsion comprising (a) from about 50 to about 80 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of an aqueous phase which contains therein from about 20 to about 80 weight %, based on the weight of said aqueous phase, of the polymer of claim 10; (b) from about 15 to about 50 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of a hydrophobic liquid; and (c) from about 0.1 to about 5 weight %, based on the weight of the emulsion, of an oil-soluble surfactant.
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