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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1992
Thomas P McAndrew, Macungie, PA (US);
Andrew F Nordquist, Whitehall, PA (US);
Robert K Pinschmidt, Jr, Allentown, PA (US);
Donald P Eichelberger, Allentown, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemcials, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Fluid coating materials such as paints, ink pastes, personal care creams and the like having a water-base are thickened with an associative thickener which is a vinylamine polymer having a weight average molecular weight above 10.sup.5 and which has been modified by reaction with at least 0.2 mer percent of a linear monoaldehyde having 8 to 30 carbon atoms. A hydrolyzed polymer of N-vinylformamide which has been hydrophobically modified with an aldehyde such as dodecaldehyde, exhibits associative thickening characteristics and is useful in thickening water-based formulations.