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Sodium Polyacrylate can absorb water 200 to 300 times its weight in tap water and holds it in a gooey gel. Pretty much the reason the baby poop goes all over the place

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Q: Why is sodium polyacrylate used in disposable diapers?
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Where is sodium polyacrylate used?

Sodium Polyacrylate is used in many different things. Examples would be such things as disposable diapers, laundry detergent, and fake snow, and when you go to the store and buy the amazing growing dinosaurs. Those are only some of the uses for Sodium Polyacrylate.


What do diapers have in them?

Cloth diapers are typically made of cotton, though other plant fibers may be used. Disposable diapers contain a synthetic superabsorbent materialcalled sodium polyacrylate.


Can sodium polyacrylate be used to gel nitromethane?

Sorry. Sodium polyacrylate doesn't seem to work. Certainly not the way it does with water.


What is The Fortune Teller Fish made out of?

The Fortune Teller Fish is made of the same chemical used in disposable diapers, sodium polyacrylate. Sodium polyacrylate will grab onto water molecules that it touches, changing the shape of the molecule. As the molecules change shape, so does the shape of the fish. If you submerge the fish in water, it won't be able to bend when you place it on your hand. If you let the fortune teller fish dry out, it will be good as new.


If an astronaut urinates in space what would happen to the urine?

They wear a diaper made of Sodium Polyacrylate under their suits, which is made to absorb the urine. Sodium Polyacrylate is also used in diapers and antiperspirant deodorant. When not in their spacesuits, early astronauts did their business in a sort of tube mechanism, or even a special blue plastic bag containing disinfectant.


What is sodium polyacrlate used in?

Because sodium polyacrylate has many applications please see the link.


What is the gel for gel electrophoresis made of?

gel is made of nasty chemicals that can kill your hair if you use it all the time or if you use to much. it has material but it can also cause hair lost.....Gel is made of cow sped mean cow's nasty wired stuff...


Where to get sodium polyacrylate?

Sigma Aldrich sells it. See the link under Web Links to the left of this answer. They sell several different molecular weights. Just do a search for "sodium polyacrylate" in the product name search tab.


How many disposable diapers are thrown away each day across America?

An estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers (nappies) are used each year in the United States.


How is arcyrilic acid used?

Acrylic acid is used to make highly water-absorbent resins for use in disposable diapers and similar products.


What is fluff pulp?

Fluff is anything light, soft or fuzzy, for example, fur, hair or feathers.


When where diapers invent?

Ancient diapers were made of seal Skin, rabbit skin, milkweed leaves, swaddling bands.Linen and cotton diapers were developed in the 1800s. The first disposable absorbent pad used as a diaper was made in 1942, and in 1946, a woman named Marion Donovan, invented the "Boater", a waterproof covering for cloth diapers. Also, in 1950, the Safe-T Di-Dee diaper, the first pinless, snap-on diaper, was developed.