The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer. More specifically, it relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer capable of preparing a super absorbent polymer in which the residual monomer content and the extractable content are simultaneously reduced by adding a reducing agent capable of a redox reaction with a thermal polymerization initiator before drying the hydrogel polymer.

The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer. More specifically, it relates to a method for preparing a super absorbent polymer capable of preparing a super absorbent polymer in which the residual monomer content and the extractable content are simultaneously reduced by adding a reducing agent capable of a redox reaction with a thermal polymerization initiator before drying the hydrogel polymer.

There is provided a decorative sheet having excellent design properties, i.e., low gloss, and having fingerprint resistance, high durability (particularly scratch resistance or contamination resistance), and processability. A decorative sheet (1) according to this embodiment includes: a base material layer (2); and a surface protective layer (5) provided on one surface of the base material layer (2), in which the surface protective layer (5) has ridge-like parts provided to project in a ridge-like shape and form an irregular shape on the surface, RSm/Ra of the irregular shape of the surface protective layer (5) is within the range of 10 or more and 300 or less, the surface protective layer (5) contains an ionizing radiation curable resin as a main material, the ionizing radiation curable resin contains, as a main component, a tetrafunctional acrylic resin containing a repeating structure, the repeating structure is any one of the structures of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and ε-caprolactone, and the number of repetitions of the repeating structure is 12 or more.

The present invention provides water-based energy curable compositions that exhibit improved printability, adhesion, opacity, and wash-up properties. The compositions comprise one or more inert water-based polyurethane resins and one or more water-based phosphate esters. Addition of the inert polyurethane resins and phosphate esters improves adhesion of the energy curable compositions to a variety of substrates.

The present invention provides water-based energy curable compositions that exhibit improved printability, adhesion, opacity, and wash-up properties. The compositions comprise one or more inert water-based polyurethane resins and one or more water-based phosphate esters. Addition of the inert polyurethane resins and phosphate esters improves adhesion of the energy curable compositions to a variety of substrates.

The present invention makes it possible to maintain a high 180-degree peel strength of a photocurable composition having a film shape at 25° C. in the state of not being cured against untreated PET as an adherend when bonding is performed by lamination at normal temperature. A photocurable composition having a film shape at 25° C. in a state of not being cured, which contains the following components (A) to (C) and in which the photocurable composition contains 1 to 45 parts by mass of the component (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A), a temperature of tan δ=1 is 30° C. to 60° C. before curing, a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. is 10.0×10.sup.5 Pa or less after curing. Component (A): urethane-modified (meth)acrylate oligomer Component (B): film forming agent Component (C): photoinitiator

The present invention makes it possible to maintain a high 180-degree peel strength of a photocurable composition having a film shape at 25° C. in the state of not being cured against untreated PET as an adherend when bonding is performed by lamination at normal temperature. A photocurable composition having a film shape at 25° C. in a state of not being cured, which contains the following components (A) to (C) and in which the photocurable composition contains 1 to 45 parts by mass of the component (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the component (A), a temperature of tan δ=1 is 30° C. to 60° C. before curing, a storage elastic modulus at 25° C. is 10.0×10.sup.5 Pa or less after curing. Component (A): urethane-modified (meth)acrylate oligomer Component (B): film forming agent Component (C): photoinitiator

Methods for forming latexes are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises adding a first portion of a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a multifunctional monomer, and a first reactive surfactant to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water and a second reactive surfactant to form a reaction mixture, wherein the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant; adding a first portion of an initiator solution to the reaction mixture so that monomers undergo polymerization reactions to form resin seeds in the reaction mixture; adding a second portion of the monomer emulsion to the reaction mixture comprising the resin seeds; and adding a second portion of the initiator solution to the reaction mixture to form a latex comprising resin particles.

Methods for forming latexes are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises adding a first portion of a monomer emulsion comprising water, a monomer, an acidic monomer, a multifunctional monomer, and a first reactive surfactant to a reactive surfactant solution comprising water and a second reactive surfactant to form a reaction mixture, wherein the reactive surfactant solution does not comprise monomers other than the second reactive surfactant; adding a first portion of an initiator solution to the reaction mixture so that monomers undergo polymerization reactions to form resin seeds in the reaction mixture; adding a second portion of the monomer emulsion to the reaction mixture comprising the resin seeds; and adding a second portion of the initiator solution to the reaction mixture to form a latex comprising resin particles.

There is provided an adhesive capable of improving the visibility and controlling gaps with high accuracy. The adhesive according to the present invention is an adhesive containing a curable component and a gap material, in which the 10% K value of the gap material is 10000 N/mm.sup.2 or less, and the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index of a cured product obtained by curing the curable component at 23° C. for 1 hour and the refractive index of the gap material is 0.1 or less.