Review Article

Categories and Application Fields and Manufacturing Process and Action Mechanism of Water Retaining Agent

Table 1

Categories of WRA.

Synthetic polymerizationPolyacrylic acids
Polyvinyl alcohol
Polyacrylonitrile
Polyacrylamide
Polyoxyethylene
Natural polymer modificationStarchStarch grafted monobasic acid (such as starch grafted acrylonitrile and starch grafted acrylic acid,)
Starch grafted polyacid (starch grafted acrylic acid and acrylamide, starch grafted methyl acrylate and propylene alcohol, etc.)
Carboxymethylated starch
Phosphate esterified starch
Starch xanthate
CelluloseCellulose/acrylic polymer/montmorillonite super absorbent composite water retaining agent
Cellulose grafted acrylonitrile hydrolysate
Crosslinking of epichlorohydrin after carboxymethylation of cellulose
Hydroxypropyl cellulose
Xanthated cellulose
Humic acidsCellulose-humic acid-acrylic acid water retaining agent
Humic acid-polyacrylic acid water retaining agent
Humic acid-acrylamide-acrylic water retaining agent
Humic acid-clay-polyacrylic acid water retaining agent
Humic acid-starch-polyacrylic acid water retaining agent
Other naturalPectin
Chitosan
Agarose
Proteins (soybean protein, etc.)
Organic-inorganic compositeKaolin/sodium alginate grafted acrylic acid and acrylamide composite water retaining agent
Organic bentonite/acrylic acid copolymer composite super absorbent water retaining agent
Mica powder polypropionic acid crosslinked water retaining agent
New water retaining agentBamboo fiber grafted potassium acrylate water retaining agent, bamboo fiber grafted acrylamide water retaining agent
Modified bamboo fiber water retaining agent
New seaweed biological water retaining agent (using seaweed and acrylic acid as raw materials)
Modified cotton stalk cellulose salt tolerant water retaining agent (with cotton stalk and acrylic acid as raw materials)
Aminoethyl chitosan-acrylic acid water retaining agent
Xanthate-humic acid-nitrogen (2-hydroxyethyl) ethylenediamine degradable water retaining agent
Chitosan-citric acid-urea water retaining agent
Apple pomace water retaining agent