Polyethylene glycol ether foam inhibitors, emulsifiers, and stabilizers for polymers
AssigneeHenkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien
InventorsRainer Hoefer, Alfred Meffert, Robert Piorr, Bernd Wegemund, Uwe Held
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Abstract
A method for emulsifying, emulsion-stabilizing, and/or foam-inhibiting an aqueous polymer dispersion or latex by incorporating therein a polyglycol ether; and a polymer dispersion or latex composition containing such polyglycol ether.
Claims22
A method of emulsifying, or emulsion-stabilizing, or foam-inhibiting, or a combination thereof an aqueous polymer dispersion or latex comprising incorporating therein an emulsifying effective, or emulsion-stabilizing effective or foam-inhibiting effective, or a combination thereof amount of at least one compound of the formula
- R.sub.1 --O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --R.sub.2
- Wherein:
- R.sub.1 is a straight or branched chain C.sub.8-18 -alkyl or C.sub.8-18 -alkenyl;
- R.sub.2 is a C.sub.4-8 -alkyl;
- and
- n is an average number between 7 and 100.
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