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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1993
Wen P Liao, Warminster, PA (US);
Deborah L Purnell, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of dewatering paint spray booth sludge by adding to the water system of a paint spray booth a water soluble graft copolymer having the structure: ##STR1## wherein E is the repeat unit obtained after polymerization of an, ethylenically unsaturated compound, the molar percentage of a:b is from about 95:5 to 5:95, with the proviso that the sum of a and b equals 100%; G comprises the structure: ##STR2## wherein d is a cationic monomer, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and are hydrogen or a lower alkyl group having C.sub.1 to C.sub.3, F is the salt of an ammonium cation and the molar percentage of c:d is from 95:5 to 5:95 with the proviso that the sum of c and d equals 100%.