Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Satoshi Nishiguchi

Ryosuke Murakami

Shingo Izawa

Rie Nakashima

Miyu Ikeda

Masatoyo Yoshinaka

Naoyuki Hashimoto

Rie Kiyomoto

Provided is an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer with which a neutralized viscous liquid can be prepared which has excellent dispersibility in water, has a viscosity that does not change greatly regardless of addition of an electrolyte, and has high transparency in the presence of an electrolyte. This alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer contains: 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid; 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester, in which an alkyl group has 18-24 carbon atoms; and 0-0.1 parts by mass of a compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups, wherein the copolymer contains 1.5-4.5 parts by mass of a nonionic surfactant.

Alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing copolymer, thickener containing said copolymer, and method for preparing said copolymer

There is provided a method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition that is excellent in all of the following: dispersibility in water or the like immediately after the preparation, storage stability, and the transparency of a neutral viscous solution thereof. A method for producing a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition, the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) that is a copolymer of monomers comprising an &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) and a compound (a-2) having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; and a nonionic surfactant (B), the method comprising the step of copolymerizing the monomers, wherein in the step, the nonionic surfactant (B) is added into the system when the polymerization degree of the &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a-1) has reached 70 to 100%.

Method for producing carboxyl-group-containing polymer composition

There is provided a gel composition that can be suitably used as a thickener for cosmetic preparations and the like. A gel composition comprising a neutralized product of an alkyl-modified carboxyl group-containing polymer, which is a copolymer of monomers comprising 100 parts by mass of (meth)acrylic acid (a), 2.5 to 5 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (b) in which the alkyl group has 18 to 24 carbon atoms, and 0.1 part by mass or less of a compound (c) having two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups; and at least one of an anionic emulsifier and a nonionic emulsifier.

Gel composition, cosmetic, and method for producing gel composition

There is provided a carboxyl group-containing polymer composition having excellent water solubility and aqueous solution-thickening properties, having a minimal change in viscosity due to the thermal history in a drying step, and having high transparency of a neutral viscous solution obtained by mixing with water. The carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprises (A) a carboxyl group-containing polymer obtained by copolymerization of an &#x3b1;,&#x3b2;-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a1) and a compound (a2) having at least two or more ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule; (B) a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid ester alkylene oxide adduct; and (C) a polyoxyalkylene modified product, which is at least one of an ether (c1) of a polyoxyalkylene with a fatty alcohol, and a polyoxyalkylene fatty acid ester (c2).

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Satoshi Nishiguchi