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Nonionic associative thickeners
Assignee: Union Carbide Corp
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Filing: 1986-06-12
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Granted: 1988-02-02
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Expires: 2006-06-12
Abstract
Abstract Nonionic associative thickeners suitable for use in aqueous coating compositions comprise an aqueous solution polymer of (a) from about 40 percent to about 98 percent, preferably from 60 to 95 percent, by weight of a monoethylenically unsaturated monomer such as acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl acrylamide, vinyl pyrrolidone, hydroxyethyl acrylate and mixtures thereof; and (b) from about 2 percent to about 60 percent, preferably from 5 to 40 percent, by weight of a nonionic urethane monomer which is the urethane reaction product of a monohydric nonionic surfactant with a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate.
Inventors
- 👤 Gregory D. Shay
- 👤 Fran K. Kravitz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 02:35
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D7/00; C09D7/40; C09D7/43; C08; C08L; C08L33/00; C08L33/24; C08L33/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A nonionic associative thickener which is a water soluble polymer of: (a) about 40 to 98 weight percent of a water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomer; and (b) about 2 to 60 weight percent of a nonionic urethane monomer comprising the urethane reaction product of a monohydric nonionic surfactant and a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate containing styryl unsaturation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
55 words
A nonionic associative thickener which is a water soluble polymer of: (a) about 40 to 98 weight percent of a water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomer; and (b) about 2 to 60 weight percent of a nonionic urethane monomer comprising the urethane reaction product of a monohydric nonionic surfactant and a monoethylenically unsaturated monoisocyanate containing styryl unsaturation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is present in an amount of 60 to 95 weight percent and the nonionic urethane monomer is present in an amount of 5 to 40 weight percent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is present in an amount of 70 to 95 weight percent and the nonionic urethane monomer is present in an amount of 5 to 30 weight percent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is acrylamide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is N,N-dimethyl acrylamide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is vinyl pyrrolidone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein the monoethylenically unsaturated monomer is hydroxyethyl acrylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said monohydric nonionic surfactant is an ethoxylated aliphatic alcohol or alkyl phenol in which a carbon chain containing at least 6 carbon atoms provides the hydrophobic portion of said surfactant.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said monohydric nonionic surfactant has the formula: R--O--CH.sub.2 --CHR'O).sub.m (CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H in which R is an alkyl group containing 6-22 carbon atoms or an alkaryl group containing 8-22 carbon atoms, R' is C 1 C 4 alkyl, n is an average number from about 6-150, and m is an average number of from 0-50 provided n is at least as great as m and the sum of n and m equals 150.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said nonionic urethane monomer is the urethane reaction product of said monohydric nonionic surfactant and alpha, alpha-dimethyl-m-isopropenylbenzyl isocyanate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said nonionic urethane monomer is the urethane reaction product of said monohydric nonionic surfactant and alpha, alpha-dimethyl-p-isopropenyl benzyl isocyanate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said nonionic urethane monomer is a urethane of an ethyoxylated phenol selected from the group consisting of octyl phenol, nonyl phenol and dinonyl phenol.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 12 wherein said ethyoxylated phenol includes from about 5 and 150 moles of adducted ethylene oxide per mole of ethoxylated phenol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 13 wherein said ethoxylated nonyl phenol includes from 10 to 60 moles of adducted ethylene oxide per mole of ethoxylated phenol.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
11 words
An aqueous solution including the nonionic associative thickener of claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The nonionic associative thickener of claim 1 wherein said copolymer is made by copolymerization in aqueous solution.
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