초록

The invention relates to absorvents for water and aqueous liquids, which are vased on water-swell-able, yet water-insoluble polymers wherein cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivatives and zeolites high in silicon have been incorporated ionically, covalently and/or as a result of mechanical inclusion.

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1. An absorbent, crosslinked polymer for water or aqueous body fluids, based on optionally partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups, wherein the polymer has cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivatives and zeolites high in silicon with a silicon oxide/aluminium o

1. An absorbent, crosslinked polymer for water or aqueous body fluids, based on optionally partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing acid groups, wherein the polymer has cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivatives and zeolites high in silicon with a silicon oxide/aluminium oxide ratio of >10 at least partially bound covalently, ionically bound thereto or incorporated therein. 2. The polymer according to claim 1, wherein it contains 0.01-50 wt.-% cyclodextrin or cyclodextrin derivatives and at least 0.01-10wt.-% of zeolites high in silicon. 3. The polymer according to claim 2, wherein said polymer has carboxyl groups and the polymer has been coated with 0.01-30 wt % relative to the polymer, of a crosslinker component which reacts with at least two carboxyl groups in the surface layer of the polymer particles, thereby effecting crosslinking. 4. The polymer according to one of claims 1, wherein the extractable amount of cyclodextrin or derivatives thereof is 85% at maximum. 5. A process for producing the polymer according to claim 1, by radical polymerization of an aqueous solution of ethylenically unsaturated, monomers bearing acid groups, crosslinking monomers, and according to the process of solution of suspension polymerization to form a hydrogel, followed by drying, milling/screening, wherein the cyclodextrin component and zeolite high in silicon with a silicon oxide/aluminum oxide ratio of >10 are added to the polymer during a surface cross-linking at the latest. 6. The process for producing polymers according to claim 5, wherein the hydrogel is surface-crosslinked. 7. The process according to claim 5, wherein the pH value of the cyclodextrin solution and/or zeolite suspension is adjusted to >8. 8. Use of the polymer according to claim 1 for improved absorption of odors from body fluids, in constructions for absorbing body fluids, in foamed and non-foamed sheet materials, in packaging materials, in plant breeding, and as soil improver, and as a vehicle and stabilizer for active substances, fertilizers and other active substances being released in a delayed fashion. 9. Use of the polymers according to claim 1 in hygiene articles.