Vianova Resins Ag

Allnex Austria Gmbh

Solutia Austria Gmbh

Claudia Pietsch

Ulrike Kuttler

Ulrich Epple

Florian Lunzer

Gert Dworak

Johann Billiani

Michael Gobec

Michaela Zirngast

Andreas J Steiner

Wolfgang Hyden

Andreas Steiner

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion obtained by a process comprising the steps of (a) preparing an acidic copolymer (A) by radical copolymerization of monomers comprising: (a1) at least one unsaturated fatty acid, (a2) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing at least one acid group or group capable of forming an acid group, (a3) at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer different from (a1) and (a2), (b) neutralizing totally or partially the acid groups of copolymer (A) and dissolving it in water, (c) copolymerizing in the solution obtained at step (b) a monomer mixture different from the monomer mixture of step (a) to form a copolymer (B) as well as blends based on such dispersions, especially in combination with oxidatively drying alkyds.

Aqueous dispersions

Polyester polyols of low molar mass, their preparation and use in coating compositions

Mixtures of low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight-average molar mass M,of not more than 2000 g/mol, with hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 300 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 35 mg/g, comprising structural units derived from aliphatic polycyclic polyhydroxy compounds having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, branched aliphatic acyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic cyclic polycarboxylic acids, aliphatic acyclic or monocyclic polyhydroxy compounds having three or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, and polyfunctional compounds selected from aliphatic linear and monocyclic dihydroxy compounds, aliphatic linear and branched dicarboxylic acids, aromatic dicarboxylic acids and polycarboxylic acids having three or more carboxyl groups per molecule, and also monofunctional units selected from monocarboxylic acids and monoalcohols, and acrylic copolymers made by radically initiated polymerisation in the presence of cyclic compounds that can react with hydroxy or acid functional comonomers can be used as binders in very high solid one-pack or two-pack coating compositions, especially in spray surfacers.

Low molar mass polyester polyols having a weight-average molar mass M.sub.W of not more than 2000 g/mol, with hydroxyl numbers of from 80 to 300 mg/g and acid numbers of from 5 to 35 mg/g, comprising the stated mole fractions (in %=mol/100 mol) of structural units derived from:

Polyester polyols of low molar mass, their preparation and use in

Acrylate copolymers AB obtainable by polymerization of a monomer mixture A in an organic solvent or in bulk, the monomer mixture A comprising proportions by mass of from 25 to 80% of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl (meth)acrylates whose alkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 1 to 28% of C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates whose hydroxyalkyl radicals can be linear, branched or cyclic, from 0.5 to 20% of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids and from 0 to 55% of aromatic vinyl compounds or aliphatic vinyl esters and vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, olefinically unsaturated ketones or aldehydes, esters of glycidyl alcohol or methylglycidyl alcohol with olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids, or nitriles of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids, in the presence of free-radical polymerization initiators and of at least one polyester or polyester oligomer B obtaintable by polycondensation of polyoles and polycarboxylic acids and having a hydroxyl number of from 50 to 350 mg/g, an acid number of from 1 to 50 mg/g and a weight-average molar mass M.sub.w of up to 5000 g/mol, with the provisos that the polyester or the polyester oligomers are free from olefinic double bonds, that the proportion by mass of component B in the end product AB is less than 10% of its mass and that this end product has an acid number of from 5 to 45 mg/g, a hydroxyl number of from 40 to 125 mg/g and a weight-average molar mass M.sub.w of not more than 10,000 g/mol and a polydispersity (=M.sub.w /M.sub.n) of 3 or less than 3. The copolymers can be employed in coating compositions for metals, plastics, wood, leather, textiles, paper and building materials.

Acrylate polymers based on polyester resins or polyester oligomers

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