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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Elementis Specialties, Inc., East Windsor, NJ (US);
Carlo Nicosia, Enschede, NL;
Eduardus Maria Mangnus, Deventer, NL;
Kenneth F. Smith, Doylestown, PA (US);
ELEMENTIS SPECIALTIES, INC., East Windsor, NJ (US);
Abstract
A viscosity regulating composition and its method of manufacture. The composition comprises a mixture of (a) a branched polymer having the formula [M]-[(AO)-L-(AO)—R], wherein M is polybranched hydrophobe; AO is a polyoxyalkylene unit; Lis an aliphatic linking segment or an aromatic linking segment each having at least two hydroxyl reactive linking groups; and Ris an aliphatic end unit or aromatic end unit having 6 to 32 carbon atoms; n ranges from 3 to 6; and (b) a polymer having the formula R-(AO)-L-(AO)—R, wherein (AO) is a polyoxyalkylene unit, Lis a aliphatic linking segment or an aromatic linking segment, and Ris a aliphatic unit or an aromatic unit each having 6 to 32 carbon atoms.