Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent material which is used as ink pads of ink-jet and bubble-jet printers, various building materials and materials for civil engineering work, said absorbent material comprising a non-woven fabric containing water-absorptive fibers, wherein a water absorption percentage is not less than 400% by weight and a change in volume is less than 10% in a state where water is absorbed in the amount of not less than 400% by weight.

Abstract: A wet non-woven fabric comprising a highly water absorptive polymer and pulp and a method for producing the same. Since this wet non-woven fabric is excellent in water absorbing property and uniformity, it can be offered as a thin non-woven fabric.

Abstract: A highly water-absorptive fiber formed of a copolymer containing:(a) polymer units from a vinyl monomer having a carboxyl group, some of the carboxyl groups of the polymer units being converted to a Na salt and/or K salt, and(b) polymer units from monomers such as a vinyl monomer having an amino group and a vinyl monomer having a hydroxyl group and an amino group. This highly water-absorptive fiber has high water absorption properties, has almost free from coloring, is excellent physiological saline solution absorption properties and can be produced under usual carding and spinning conditions.