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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1986
Kazys Sekmakas, St. Petersburg Beach, FL (US);
DeSoto, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
Aqueous dispersions of partially cross-linked copolymer particles useful in aqueous coating compositions is produced by copolymerizing in aqueous emulsion a mixture of: (A) from 1% to 30% of polyethylenically unsaturated monomer; (B) from 3% to 30% of hydroxy-functional monoethylenically unsaturated monomer; (C) from 0.5% top 10% of a salt-forming monoethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from monoethylenic carboxylic acid monomer and monoethylenic amine monomer; and (D) the balance of the copolymer consisting essentially of copolymerizable monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, preferably nonreactive monomer such as vinyl acetate. The copolymer particle-containing suspension produced by the emulsion copolymerization is coagulated with water immiscible organic solvent which is a poor solvent for the copolymer, such as butanol, to provide a liquid phase containing coagulating solvent and the water and surfactants used in the emulsion copolymerization and a coagulum of the copolymer particles in the suspension. This coagulum, after removal of the liquid phase, is dispersed in water with the aid