| abstract |
A temperature-sensitive water-absorbing/desorbing polymer composition having a temperature-sensing point fit to a target temperature and produced by the aqueous solution polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide and/or N,N-diethylacrylamide, acrylic acid and/or alkali metal acrylate, and diacetoneacrylamide and/or acrylamide in the presence of a cross-linking agent. The composition has an arbitrarily adjustable temperature-sensing point and a high water-absorbing/desorbing capacity in the vicinity of the temperature-sensing point. Hence it can be applied to a wide variety of fields including sanitary materials such as paper diaper, soil conditioners in the agrohorticultural fields of plants and vegetables such as soil water supplying and refilling materials, waterproofing sealing material, sandbags, temperature sensor, chemical pulp, solid-liquid separation, and condensing materials. |