A printing ink having improved printing performance is provided. The ink includes either a latex polymer derived from a monomer having an olefinic group and from about 1 to 10 wt % of N-phenylmaleimide or a latex polymer having a narrow particle size distribution that has a standard deviation of less than about 6% of average particle size, or both. The ink may be continuously printed for more than 1 hr without crusting.

A printing ink having improved printing performance is provided. The ink includes either a latex polymer derived from a monomer having an olefinic group and from about 1 to 10 wt % of N-phenylmaleimide or a latex polymer having a narrow particle size distribution that has a standard deviation of less than about 6% of average particle size, or both. The ink may be continuously printed for more than 1 hr without crusting.

The present invention relates to an aqueous secondary copolymer dispersion comprising a copolymer (P) synthesized from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers (M) comprising (M1) cycloaliphatic esters of acrylic and/or methylacrylic acid; (M2) vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids; (M3) hydroxy-functional, free-radically polymerizable monomers; (M4) carboxyl-functional, free-radically polymerizable monomers and (M5) hydroxyl- and carboxyl-free (meth)acrylic esters having C1 to C12 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol moiety and/or vinylaromatics. The mixture further comprises glycidyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids. The invention also relates to a method for the production of such a dispersion, to the use of the dispersion as a coating and as a binder in 2K polyurethane coatings.

The present invention relates to an aqueous secondary copolymer dispersion comprising a copolymer (P) synthesized from a mixture of free-radically polymerizable monomers (M) comprising (M1) cycloaliphatic esters of acrylic and/or methylacrylic acid; (M2) vinyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids; (M3) hydroxy-functional, free-radically polymerizable monomers; (M4) carboxyl-functional, free-radically polymerizable monomers and (M5) hydroxyl- and carboxyl-free (meth)acrylic esters having C1 to C12 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol moiety and/or vinylaromatics. The mixture further comprises glycidyl esters of aliphatic carboxylic acids. The invention also relates to a method for the production of such a dispersion, to the use of the dispersion as a coating and as a binder in 2K polyurethane coatings.

Disclosed herein are polymer compositions useful for scale inhibiting applications. The polymer compositions include a plurality of monomers, which include at least one carboxylic acid and a sulfonated acid. The polymer compositions are used in polymer mixtures in water sources for inhibiting scale formation at relatively low dosages.

Disclosed herein are polymer compositions useful for scale inhibiting applications. The polymer compositions include a plurality of monomers, which include at least one carboxylic acid and a sulfonated acid. The polymer compositions are used in polymer mixtures in water sources for inhibiting scale formation at relatively low dosages.

Multilayer product comprising at least one layer of an acrylate-based foam carrier (S); and a multiphase polymer composition (P) applied to this layer; the multiphase polymer composition (P) comprising: a comb copolymer (A) which is obtainable by polymerization of at least one (meth)acrylate monomer in the presence of at least one macromer selected from the group consisting of polymerizable ethylene-butylene, ethylene-propylene, ethylene-butylene-propylene and isobutylene macromers, and which forms a continuous acrylate phase and a discontinuous hydrocarbon phase Kw; and at least one hydrocarbon component (B) which is soluble in the hydrocarbon phase Kw of the comb copolymer (A) and comprises at least one plasticizer resin and at least one solid resin;
the multiphase polymer composition (P) having a continuous acrylate phase with a static glass transition temperature Tg(Ac), measured by the DSC method, and a discontinuous hydrocarbon phase Kw1, comprising the hydrocarbon component (B) and having a static glass transition temperature Tg(Kw1), measured by the DSC method, where Tg(Kw1) is higher than Tg(Ac) by 35 to 60 kelvins.

Multilayer product comprising at least one layer of an acrylate-based foam carrier (S); and a multiphase polymer composition (P) applied to this layer; the multiphase polymer composition (P) comprising: a comb copolymer (A) which is obtainable by polymerization of at least one (meth)acrylate monomer in the presence of at least one macromer selected from the group consisting of polymerizable ethylene-butylene, ethylene-propylene, ethylene-butylene-propylene and isobutylene macromers, and which forms a continuous acrylate phase and a discontinuous hydrocarbon phase Kw; and at least one hydrocarbon component (B) which is soluble in the hydrocarbon phase Kw of the comb copolymer (A) and comprises at least one plasticizer resin and at least one solid resin;
the multiphase polymer composition (P) having a continuous acrylate phase with a static glass transition temperature Tg(Ac), measured by the DSC method, and a discontinuous hydrocarbon phase Kw1, comprising the hydrocarbon component (B) and having a static glass transition temperature Tg(Kw1), measured by the DSC method, where Tg(Kw1) is higher than Tg(Ac) by 35 to 60 kelvins.

The invention relates to a UV-initiated RAFT-type polymerization for producing hydrophobically associative terpolymers in an aqueous solution. The terpolymers produced by this method can be used as aqueous rheological modifiers. Specifically, the invention relates to a hydrophobically associating terpolymers and a method to produce same using a light initiated iniferter. The monomers used in the present invention are selected from: a monomer having a water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated group; a monomer having an ionic water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated group; and a monomer having a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer capable of forming hydrophobically associative bonds in aqueous medium. The iniferter is initiated with light of wavelength between 250-400 nm. The resultant terpolymer is produced in a cost-effective, simple, and one-step process and can be used to thicken aqueous mediums with less or equal amounts of polymer than currently available.

Provided in the present invention are a non-fluorosurfactant, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof. The non-fluorosurfactant is a polymer, the main chain of which contains the following structural units: structural units A, structural units B, structural units C and structural units D, wherein the structural units D are linked to each other by means of (I), R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, and R.sub.6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, NH.sub.4.sup.+, or a monovalent metal ion, and n is an integer of 10-150. The non-fluorosurfactant provided by the present invention has a good effect of reducing the surface tension of an aqueous phase system, and therefore can be used for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer in replacement of fluorine-containing surfactants.

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