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A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution in a surrounding gas phase, wherein the polymer particles are coated with a permeability improver.

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1. A process for producing permeable water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which bears an acid group and may be at least partly neutralized,b) at least one crosslinker,c) at least one initiator,d)

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A process for producing permeable water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which bears an acid group and may be at least partly neutralized,b) at least one crosslinker,c) at least one initiator,d) optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the monomer mentioned under a),e) optionally one or more water-soluble polymer, andf) water,in a surrounding gas phase, the resulting polymer particles being coated with at least one permeability improver comprising an inorganic particulate substance, an inorganic colloidally dissolved substance, and/or a polyvalent cation, and optionally pretreated thermally and/or with steam,the permeable water-absorbing polymer particles having a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 27 g/g, a mean sphericity of at least 0.84, a bulk density of at least 0.55 g/cm3, and a saline flow conductivity which satisfies the condition SRC>79 000e−0.25 CRC+120/CRC or a gel bed permeability which satisfies the condition GBP>33 000e−0.24 CRC+200/CRC wherein SFC is saline flow conductivity, GBP is gel bed permeability, and CRC is centrifuge retention capacity. 2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the polymer particles in the course of coating have a temperature of from 40 to 80°C. 3. The process according to claim 1, wherein the coating is performed in a fluidized bed. 4. The process according to claim 1, wherein the polymer particles in the course of coating have a moisture content of at least 5% by weight. 5. Permeable water-absorbing polymer particles having a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 27 g/g, a mean sphericity of at least 0.84, a bulk density of at least 0.55 g/cm3, and a saline flow conductivity which satisfies the condition SRC>79 000e−0.25 CRC+120/CRC or a gel bed permeability which satisfies the condition GBP>33 000e−0.24 CRC+200/CRC wherein SFC is saline flow conductivity, GBP is gel bed permeability and CRC is centrifuge retention capacity wherein the polymer particles are coated with at least one permeability improver comprising an inorganic particulate substance, an inorganic colloidally dissolved substance, and/or a polyvalent cation, and optionally pretreated thermally and/or with steam. 6. Permeable water-absorbing polymer particles having a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 27 g/g, a mean sphericity of at least 0.84, a bulk density of at least 0.55 g/cm3, a saline flow conductivity of at least 20 ×10−7 cm3s/g or a gel bed permeability of at least 20 darcies, and a free swell rate of at least 0.35 g/gs or a vortex of less than 50 s wherein the polymer particles are coated with at least one permeability improver comprising an inorganic particulate substance, an inorganic colloidally dissolved substance, and/or a polyvalent cation, and optionally pretreated thermally and/or with steam. 7. Polymer particles according to claim 5, which have a mean diameter of at least 300 μm. 8. Polymer particles according to claim 5, which have been coated with an inorganic particulate substance, and/or a polyvalent cation. 9. Polymer particles according to claim 5, which have a moisture content of at least 5% by weight. 10. A hygiene article comprising polymer particles according to claim 5. 11. Polymer particles according to claim 6, which have a mean diameter of at least 300 μm. 12. Polymer particles according to claim 6, which have been coated with an inorganic particulate substance and/or a polyvalent cation. 13. Polymer particles according to claim 6, which have a moisture content of at least 5% by weight. 14. A hygiene article comprising polymer particles according to claim 6. 15. A process for producing permeable water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which bears an acid group and may be at least partly neutralized,b) at least one crosslinker,c) at least one initiator,d) optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the monomer mentioned under a),e) optionally one or more water-soluble polymer, andf) water,in a surrounding gas phase, the resulting polymer particles being coated with at least one permeability improver comprising an inorganic particulate substance, an inorganic colloidally dissolved substance, and/or a polyvalent cation, and optionally pretreated thermally and/or with steam,the permeable water-absorbing polymer particles having a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 27 g/g, a mean sphericity of at least 0.84, a bulk density of at least 0.55 g/cm3, a saline flow conductivity of at least 20 ×10−7cm3s/g or a gel bed permeability of at least 20 darcies, and a free swell rate of at least 0.35 g/gs or a vortex of less than 50 s. 16. The process of claim 1 wherein the permeability improver is selected from the group consisting of aluminum sulfate, aluminum lactate, calcium phosphate, fumed silica, aluminum oxide, zirconium sulfate, and a silica sol dispersion. 17. Polymer particles according to claim 8 coated with at least one permeability improver selected from the group consisting of aluminum sulfate, aluminum lactate, calcium phosphate, fumed silica, aluminum oxide, zirconium sulfate, and a silica sol dispersion. 18. Polymer particles according to claim 12 coated with at least one permeability improver selected from the group consisting of aluminum sulfate, aluminum lactate, calcium phosphate, fumed silica, aluminum oxide, zirconium sulfate, and a silica sol dispersion. 19. The process of claim 1 wherein the polymer particles are coated with 0.05% to 5%, by weight, of the at least one permeability improver. 20. The process of claim 19 wherein the polymer particles are coated with 0.1% to 1.5%, by weight, of the at least one permeability improver. 21. The process of claim 15 wherein the polymer particles are coated with 0.05% to 5%, by weight, of the at least one permeability improver. 22. The process of claim 21 wherein the polymer particles are coated with 0.1% to 1.5%, by weight, of the at least one permeability improver.