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High crush strength heterogeneous ion exchange resins of crosslinked polymers having vinyl halide monomer polymerized therein
Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1979-02-22
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Granted: 1980-11-25
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Expires: 1999-02-22
Abstract
Abstract Ion exchange resins exhibiting increased crush strength and/or higher density are prepared from a cross-linked polymer by imbibing a halo-substituted olefin within the cross-linked polymer's structure and subsequently polymerizing the imbibed olefin. For example, imbibing vinylidene chloride within a chloromethylated, cross-linked copolymer of styrene and subsequently polymerizing the vinylidene chloride forms a high density resin, which resin is useful in the preparation of ion exchange and chelate type resins having improved crush strength.
Inventors
- 👤 Giffin D. Jones
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:42
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J41/00; B01J41/08; B01J41/12; B01J41/14; B01J45/00; B01J47/00; B01J47/016
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A heterogeneous ion exchange resin of a cross-linked polymer of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and a cross-linking agent of a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer having a vinyl halide or vinylidene halide monomer polymerized within the structure thereof in an amount sufficient to increase the density and/or improve the crush strength of the resin, said cross-linked polymer bearing a plurality of pendant ion active exchange groups.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A heterogeneous ion exchange resin of a cross-linked polymer of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and a cross-linking agent of a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer having a vinyl halide or vinylidene halide monomer polymerized within the structure thereof in an amount sufficient to increase the density and/or improve the crush strength of the resin, said cross-linked polymer bearing a plurality of pendant ion active exchange groups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is a monovinylidene aromatic and the polyethylenically unsaturated monomer is a polyvinylidene aromatic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 2 wherein the monovinylidene aromatic is styrene, vinyltoluene, ethylvinylbenzene or vinylnaphthalene; the polyvinylidene aromatic is divinylbenzene, divinyltoluene, divinylxylene or divinylnaphthalene; and the halo-substituted olefin is vinylidene chloride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The heterogeneous ion exchange resin of claim 1 or 3 wherein the heterogeneous resin is an anion exchange resin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 4 wherein the active ion exchange groups are primary, secondary or tertiary amine groups and the heterogeneous resin is a weak base ion exchange resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 4 wherein the active ion groups are quaternary ammonium groups and the heterogeneous resin is a strong base ion exchange resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 1 or 3 wherein the heterogeneous resin is a chelate type resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 1 or 3 wherein the heterogeneous resin is a weak acid ion exchange resin.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The heterogeneous resin of claim 1 wherein the halo-substituted olefin is employed in an amount sufficient to increase the density of the ion exchange resin by at least about 5 percent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The heterogeneous anion exchange resins of claim 4 wherein the resin is a gel type anion exchange resin and the density of said resin is at least about 1.13 grams per cubic centimeter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method for preparing the heterogeneous ion exchange resin of claim 1, said method comprising the steps of: (a) imbibing the halo-substituted olefinic monomer within the cross-linked polymer, (b) polymerizing the imbibed halo-substituted olefinic monomer, and (c) attaching ion active exchange groups to the polymer either before step (a) or after step (b).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the halo-substituted olefinic monomer is imbibed by a nontreated, cross-linked addition polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic and a polyethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the monovinylidene aromatic.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the resulting heterogeneous ion exchange resin is an anion exchange resin and the active anion exchange groups are attached to the non-treated, cross-linked polymer having the imbibed olefin polymerized therein by the steps of (a) halomethylating the cross-linked polymer and (b) subsequently aminating the halomethylated heterogeneous resin.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the halomethylation comprises contacting the heterogeneous resin with a halomethylating agent and ferric chloride.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the halosubstituted olefin is imbibed by a halomethylated, cross-linked addition polymer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 15 wherein the heterogeneous ion exchange resin is an anion exchange resin and the active ion exchange groups are attached to the polymer by aminating the halomethylated, crosslinked polymer having the halo-substituted olefin polymerized therein.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 13 or 16 wherein aminating the heterogeneous halomethylated cross-linked addition polymer comprises contacting the copolymer in a closed pressure vessel with ammonia or a primary, secondary or tertiary amine at a temperature from about 0° to about 100° C. and for a reaction period of about 15 to about 120 minutes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 17 wherein and the heterogeneous ion exchange resin is a weak base ion exchange resin.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 17 wherein the heterogeneous ion exchange resin is a strong base ion exchange resin.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the halosubstituted olefinic monomer is imbibed by a crosslinked polymer bearing primary, secondary or tertiary amine active ion exchange groups, the amine groups being converted to a protonated form following imbibition of the halo-substituted olefinic monomer but prior to the polymerization thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 20 wherein the amine groups are converted to a protonated form by contacting the cross-linked polymer with sufficient amounts of an anhydrous acid.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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