A process for production of a partially hydrophilized absorbent is described,
which
comprises using, as a starting material, porous particles made of an organic compound
having properties such that they are shrunk in a solvent containing water as a
major component and swollen in a solvent containing an organic solvent as a major
component; newly introducing functional groups to react with any one compound selected
from the group consisting of compounds containing hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, halogen
or epoxy group in a solvent containing an organic solvent as a major component;
and then reacting with a compound containing alcoholic OH group in a solvent containing
water as a major component to immobilize the compound containing alcoholic OH group
on the outer surfaces of the particles.
