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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Joachim Pakusch, Speyer, DE;
Uwe Dittrich, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Harald Röckel, Neustadt, DE;
Alan Smith, Charlotte, NC (US);
Erich Gulbins, Heidelberg, DE;
Li Zhuo, Fort Mill, SC (US);
BASF Aktiengesellchaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A multi-stage emulsion polymer containing at least one first domain having a glass transition temperature Tg of from −10 to +40° C. and at least one second domain having a Tg of from +50 to 120° C., the weight ratio of the first domain to the second domain being within the range from 90:10 to 50:50. The first and/or the second domain containing from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a nitrogen-coutaining adhesion monomer and the first domain containing at least 10% by weight of vinyl aromatic compounds and/or the second domain containing at least 15% by weight of vinyl aromatic compounds and/or C to C alkylmethacrylates.