Cook Composites & Polymers Co.

Brenda Taipale

George A Smith

Steve Boucher

Paul D Whyzmuzis

Joseph Sinka

Stephen A Fischer

Michael S Wiggins

Reuben H Grinstein

David I Devore

George Roth

Shruti Singhal

Paul D Whyzmuzis, Deceased

Roger Lovald

Ching Feng

Feng Ching

James P Yosh, Jr

Described is a process for making acrylic resins suitable as polymeric surfactants used in emulsion polymerization, as pigment grinding resins and for preparing dispersions used as overprint varnishes. The feedstock is styrene, &agr;-methyl styrene, acrylic acid and a polymerization initiator and is preferably free of solvent. This mix is passed through a continuous tube reactor run at a controlled range of pressure and relatively low residence time and temperature. Optimally, when the polymer/unreacted monomers blend exits the reactor and is devolatilized, the recovered monomers are used to make up part of the feedstock.

Solid acrylic resin using a continuous tube reactor

The invention is high temperature emulsion composition comprising borax and a substantially water-insoluble polymer prepared by aqueous suspension polymerizing a blend of monomers, said blend comprising a plasticizing amount by weight of at least one plasticizing alkyl acrylate monomer, a hardening amount by weight of at least one hardening alkyl acrylate monomer and a crosslinking amount by weight of at least one multi-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, in an aqueous suspension comprising a water-soluble polymer component comprising at least one acrylic polymer having carboxylate functionality, its method of use and coated substrates made therewith.

Heat resistant emulsion resins

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