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  • noun chemistry Any polymer of acrylic acid or its esters or salts
  • noun chemistry Any salt or ester of polyacrylic acid

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Examples

  • How about the fact that the liners in disposable diapers still contain sodium polyacrylate, the same substance that was removed from tampons over twenty years ago!

    The Cleanest Diapers on the Planet « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2008

  • Conventional disposable diapers are made of bleached paper fibers, sodium polyacrylate absorbent gels, plastics and other materials I don't want next to my baby's skin.

    Sloan Barnett: Pooping the Progressive Way 2008

  • Takuzo Aida and his team mixed a few grams of clay with 100 grams of water in the presence of tiny quantities of a thickening agent called sodium polyacrylate and an organic "molecular glue".

    New Scientist - Earth 2010

  • Lofty goals, but strengthening the mud is apparently as easy as increasing the quantities of water, clay, sodium polyacrylate and glue.

    Fast Company 2010

  • Where sodium polyacrylate serves as the thickening agent, the molecular glue provides the non-oil-based plastic with elasticity.

    Green Diary 2010

  • Takuzo Aida and his team mixed a few grams of clay with 100 grams of water in the presence of tiny quantities of a thickening agent called sodium polyacrylate and an organic "molecular glue".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

  • The researchers 'mud is made of 100 grams of water, a few grams of clay, a thickening agent called sodium polyacrylate, and an organic molecular glue that holds the whole thing together.

    Fast Company 2010

  • To prevent the disks from clumping, the team added a bit of sodium polyacrylate, which disperses the disks by wrapping around the positively charged edges.

    Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews 2010

  • The aim of the funded young researcher is to assess how and how much the twofold confinement - steric and electrostatic - alters the dynamics of small ions and polyelectrolytes of various lengths (e.g. polyacrylate, polymaleate).

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Takuzo Aida and his team mixed a few grams of clay with 100 grams of water in the presence of tiny quantities of a thickening agent called sodium polyacrylate and an organic "molecular glue".

    New Scientist - Online News 2010

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