Book Description
This report presents a cost analysis of Sodium Polyacrylate production from glacial acrylic acid and sodium hydroxide. In this process, acrylic acid is partially neutralized by sodium hydroxide, yielding a solution of sodium acrylate monomers, which is subsequently polymerized to Sodium Polyacrylate. This report was developed based essentially on the following reference(s): (1) US Patent 6727345, issued to Nippon Shokubai in 2004 (2) US Patent 8742026, issued to BASF in 2014 Keywords: Superabsorbent Polymer, SAP, NaOH, Slush Powder, Saponification