Method for making absorbent starch
CA 2017676 C · Owner: Kimberly-Clark Corporation · Inventors: Gross, James R.; Greuel, Michael P.
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A method for producing a water-swellable water-insoluble, carboxyalkyl starch. The steps of the method involving forming an aqueous dispersion of starch; adding to said aqueous dispersion carboxyalkylating reactants under conditions sufficient to form a water-soluble carboxyalkyl starch having an average degree of substitution between about 0.25 and 1.5; and recovering the carboxyalkyl starch by evaporative drying at a temperature within the range of from about 50°C to about 150°C.
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- Filed May 28, 1990 and granted November 7, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 28, 2010.
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