The Dow Chemical Company

W Robert Neuendorf

Donald A Kangas

Fluid, stable compositions containing aqueous disperse systems of (1) anionizable material, e.g., an aqueous solution of an organic polymer having carboxylate functionality, and (2) a water-dispersible amphoteric polyelectrolyte, e.g., a copolymer of 2-aminoethyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid, reversibly coavervated by maintaining the pH of the composition at a value below the isoelectric point of the amphoteric polyelectrolyte and a value at which the disperse material contains anions. The resulting coacervate is readily redispersed by increasing the pH of the coacervate to a value above the isoelectric point of the polyelectrolyte. Such compositions are useful in warp sizing of yarns and in other coating applications.

Reversible coacervation of anion-containing aqueous disperse systems

Fluid, stable compositions containing aqueous disperse systems of anionizable material, e.g., a latex of an organic polymer having carboxylate functionality, and a water-dispersible amphoteric polyelectrolyte, e.g., a copolymer of 2-aminoethyl methacrylate and methacrylic acid, are coacervated by maintaining the pH of the composition at a value below the isoelectric point of the amphoteric polyelectrolyte and a value at which the disperse material contains anions.

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