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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1982
ICI Australia Limited, Melbourne, AU;
Abstract
This invention relates to the preparation of stable aqueous dispersions of particles of film-forming polymer, the particles comprising at least one pre-formed polymer and at least one polymer formed in situ ('multi-polymer particles'). The inadequate stability exhibited by many previously known film-forming systems based on multi-polymer particles, especially in the presence of co-solvents, may be overcome by preparing the particles in the presence of a stabilizing compound which is an amphipathic compound with a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value of at least 8 and whose lipophilic portion comprises at least one ethylenic double bond. The dispersions of this invention are useful as the film-forming components of coating compositions.