HIGH-CAPACITY SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

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Teresa E. Peterson of Alpharetta GA (US)

HIGH-CAPACITY SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18832032 titled 'HIGH-CAPACITY SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

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Described herein are super absorbent materials (SAMs) and methods of making SAMs. The SAVs are copolymerized after formation of monomer complexes to incorporate select inorganic salts into the polymerized SAMS. The SAMs are copolymerized with select stable inorganic salts and/or with select redox active inorganic salts. The SAMS are copolymerized in a single-step polymerization process or in a staged polymerization process. The copolymer-based SAMs have significantly improved absorbance properties. The compositions and methods described herein are useful in a variety of absorbent products.