Water absorbent resin powder for heat-generating element composition, and heat-generating element composition
An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition, which suppresses the generation of the aggregates derived from the water absorbent resin and the adhesion of the water absorbent resin in the production of a heat-generating element composition. A present inventive water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition includes polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder which have a bulk specific gravity (specified by JIS K3362) of 0.630 g/cm 3 or less, fluid retention capacity without load (CRC) for a 0.9% by weight aqueous solution of sodium chloride (specified by ERT441.01-2) of 32.0 g/g or less, a weight-average particle diameter (specified by sieve classification) of 250 μm or more, and an amount of a residual glycidyl-based crosslinking agent of 10 ppm or less.
1. A water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition comprising a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder, wherein the polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder has
a bulk specific gravity (specified by JIS K3362) of 0.630 g/cm 3 or less;
fluid retention capacity without load (CRC) for a 0.9% by weight aqueous solution of sodium chloride (specified by ERT441.01-2) of 32.0 g/g or less;
a weight-average particle diameter (specified by sieve classification) of 250 μm or more;
an amount of a residual glycidyl-based crosslinking agent of 10 ppm or less; and
a percentage of adhesion of 20% or less, wherein the percentage of adhesion is measured by the adhesion amount [g]/total weight [g] of materials used×100% according to Evaluation Test 1.
2. The water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder further has:
permeability dependent absorption under pressure (PDAUP) (specified by WSP 243.3 (10)) of 6.0 g/g or more.
3. The water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder further has
2-min water retainability DW against 10% by weight aqueous solution of sodium chloride of 8.0 g/g or more.
4. The water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat-generating element composition contains activated carbon, the water absorbent resin powder and an aqueous alkali metal salt solution.
5. A heat-generating element composition comprising:
the water absorbent resin powder according to claim 1 ;
activated carbon; and
an aqueous alkali metal salt solution.
6. The water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-generating element composition is a chemical pocket warmer.
7. The water absorbent resin powder for a heat-generating element composition according to claim 4 , wherein the heat-generating element composition is a chemical pocket warmer.
8. The heat-generating element composition according to claim 5 , wherein the heat-generating element composition is a chemical pocket warmer.