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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Francis McCallum, III, Havertown, PA (US);
Barry Weinstein, Dresher, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526233 ; 5263171 ; 526281 ;
Abstract
A process for efficiently utilizing phosphorous acid or salts thereof as a chain transfer agent in the polymerization of monomers, particulary unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers, is provided, where the polymerization is conducted at an in-process solids level of at least 40 percent and in-process neutralization level of at least 30% to produce low molecular weight water-soluble phosphonate-terminated polymers.