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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2009
Thomas Lynch, Chesterfield, NJ (US);
Wilbur Mardis, Holland, PA (US);
Thomas Lynch, Chesterfield, NJ (US);
Wilbur Mardis, Holland, PA (US);
Elementis Specialties, Inc., Hightstown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A film-forming composition including a coalescent aid comprising fatty acid esters of ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol having the formula RCOO[(EO)(PO)]H wherein RCO is a linear saturated aliphatic acyl group, or a combination thereof, having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms, EO is —CHCHO—, PO is —CHCH(CH)O— or —CH(CH)CHO— or a combination thereof, where the acyl radical is bonded to a carbon atom of the EO or PO radical, and x=0 to about 5, y=about 0 to about 5, the sum of x and y is equal or greater than 0.5, z=1 to about 5, and (x+y)z is less than or equal to 6. It is to be understood that x, y, and z are average values for the composition.