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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Martin Rübenacker, Altrip, DE;
Reinhard Schneider, Fussgönheim, DE;
Jürgen Nieberle, Wachenheim, DE;
Heinrich Hartmann, Limburgerhof, DE;
Walter Denzinger, Speyer, DE;
Axel Kistenmacher, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
Agglomerated polymer particles of finely divided, water-soluble or water-swellable polymers containing ammonium carboxylate groups are prepared by azeotropic removal of water from water-in-oil emulsions of the water-soluble or water-swellable polymers which contain ammonium carboxylate groups in the presence of from 0.1 to 40% by weight, based on the polymers, of polyalkylene glycols which have an agglomerating effect and which are obtainable by an addition reaction of C -C -alkylene oxides with alcohols, phenols, amines or carboxylic acids and contain at least two polymerized alkylene oxide units and additionally of from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the polymers, of protective colloids which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of C -C -monoolefins with monoethylenically unsaturated C -C -dicarboxylic anhydrides by a mass polymerization method at from 80 to 300° C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, and said agglomerated polymer particles are used as thickeners for textile pigment print pastes.