Inventors:
William Bloor Davies - Darien CT
John Edward Healy - Fairfield CT
Gary Kaui Lani Miller - Port Chester NY
Joseph J. Kozakiewicz - Trumbull CT
Roderick G. Ryles - Milford CT
Assignee:
CYTEC Technology Corp. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
C02F 156
Abstract:
Processes for spray drying water-soluble and water-swellable vinyl-addition polymer-containing dispersions, emulsions and microemulsions to obtain substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, compositions of substantially dry water-soluble or water-swellable polymer particles, methods of agglomerating spray-dried polymer particles, and methods of using spray-dried polymer particles and agglomerates in water-treating, mining, paper, food processing, soil conditioning, solution thickening, biotechnological, and oil recovery applications are disclosed.