Acrylate Hybride Polymer Based On Natural Fatty Acids And Method For The Manufacture Thereof

Acrylate-modified natural fatty acid based hybride polymer, characterised in that it is a polymer formed of acrylate segments originating from acrylate monomers and fatty acid segments originating from fatty acid starting material containing double bonds, having molecular weight of 800-6000000, and in which the fatty acid segment having molecular weight of 200-2,000 comprises fatty acids or mono- and/or oligoesters of fatty acids, and the hybride polymer is manufactured by a method where acrylate monomer(s), mixture of natural fatty acid(s) or mixture of natural fatty acid ester(s) and one or more surfactants and optionally one or more co-surfactants are mixed at a temperature of 20-80° C., then pH of the mixture is adjusted between 6-9 with a base, then the reaction mixture is then emulsified to an aqueous emulsion optionally containing one or more surfactants, and agitated, the emulsion is then warmed to a temperature of 30-90° C. and polymerisation is carried out at 30-100° C. in the presence of a polymerising initiator with mixing rate of 100-2000 rpm.

A method for preparing acrylate-modified natural fatty acid based hybride polymers, characterised in that acrylate monomer(s), mixture of natural fatty acid(s) or mixture of natural fatty acid ester(s) and one or more surfactants and optionally one or more co-surfactants are mixed at a temperature of 20-80° C., then pH of the mixture is adjusted between 6-9 with a base, then the reaction mixture is then emulsified to an aqueous emulsion optionally containing one or more surfactants, and agitated, the emulsion is then warmed to a temperature of 30-90° C. and polymerisation is carried out at 30-100° C. in the presence of a polymerising initiator with mixing rate of 100-2000 rpm.