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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
David Lott Inglefield, Jr., Johnson City, TN (US);
Robert Lee Eagan, Blountville, TN (US);
Zhou Li, Northborough, MA (US);
Glen Dennis Shields, Kingsport, TN (US);
Jeremy Richard Lizotte, Gray, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a free flowing aqueous composition comprising (a) at least one polyester consisting of the residues of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol; 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl) dimethylolpropionic acid; and at least one polycarboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic and adipic acid, wherein said polyester has an acid number in the range of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl number in the range of 20 to 120 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5000; (b) at least one neutralizing agent; and (c) water. The composition is useful in aqueous coating compositions.