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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Trevor Graham Blease, Stockton on Tees, GB;
Johny Denis Grade, Meldert, BE;
Trevor Graham Blease, Stockton on Tees, GB;
Johny Denis Grade, Meldert, BE;
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
The free radical initiated addition polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated, particularly acrylic monomers in which the dispersed phase is stabilised by a surfactant including at least one anionic surfactant compound of the formula (I): R—(OA)—X where Ris Cto Chydrocarbyl including at least two double bonds; OA is oxyalkylene group; n is from 2 to 60; and X includes at least one acidic H atom, and is particularly a phosphate ester group, or a salt thereof, is described. The use of the surfactants of the formula (I) enable efficient emulsification and thus polymerization at temperatures above those at which non-ionic unsaturated surfactants are effective. The polymer latex products give polymer films having good water resistance properties.