Abstract:A super absorbent polymer, CMC-g-P(AM-co-NaAMC14S), was synthesized by a aqueous solution polymerization method with carboxymethylcellulose sodium (CMC), acrylamide (AM) and 2-acrylamido-tetradecane sulfonate (NaAMC14S) as monomers, ammonium persulfate (APS) as a initiator and N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent. The effects of crosslinking agent, initiator, carboxymethylcellulose sodium and 2-acrylamido-tetradecane sulfonate content on water absorbency. The structure of the product was characterized by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The test results showed that absorbency of resin in deionized water and 0.9% NaCl water solution reached 1425.6g/g and 78.6g/g, respectively. And the resin was placed 2h at 30, 60, and 100℃, the water retention rate were 89.6%, 68.6% and 50.3%, respectively. In addition, the resin was centrifuged for 45 minutes at 1000rpm and 12000rpm, its water retention rate was 99.94% and 73.7%. It showed that the resin has high water absorption and good water retention property. Infrared spectroscopy analysis showed that AM and NaAMC14S were successfully grafted onto CMC. SEM analysis showed that the resin had better space network structure and increased its specific surface area. Therefore, the resin had better liquid absorbency.