Abstract: Unsheared, water-soluble, branched, high molecular weight, anionic, polymeric flocculants are produced by polymerizing ethylenically unsaturated anionic, and optionally non-ionic, monomers and a branching agent in the presence of a chain-transfer agent. They are useful as flocculating agents for releasing water from dispersions of suspended solids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 27, 1996
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2001
Assignee:
Cytec Technology Corp.
Inventors:
Roderick Glyn Ryles, Roger Edgar Neff, Joseph Jacinto Pellon