Textile materials and compositions for use therein

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers bonded together with a polymer comprising at least about 10 weight percent olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomers and pendant functional groups of the formula:

• ##STR10## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent organic radical at least 3 atoms in length, and R.sub.4 is H or a monovalent organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers bonded with at least about 0.1 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 10 weight percent polymerized olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR12## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical at least 2 atoms in length and R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers comprising polar functional groups bonded together with at least about 0.1 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 10 weight percent carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR13## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical 2 to about 40 atoms in length, R.sub.4 is a monovalent organic radical having 1 to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen, and said textile material is selected from the group consisting of wovens, non-wovens, knits, threads, yarns, and ropes.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers comprising polar functional groups bonded together with at least about 2 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 30 weight percent carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR14## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical 2 to about 40 atoms in length, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen, and said textile material comprises a non-woven textile.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers containing polar functional groups bonded together with at least about 0.2 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 30 weight percent carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR15## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical 2 to about 40 atoms in length, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or an organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen, said textile material is selected from the group consisting of wovens, non-wovens, knits, threads, yarns, and ropes, and said polymer contains less than about 1 weight percent of N-methylolamide groups.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers comprising polar functional groups bonded together with at least about 2 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 30 weight percent carboxylic acid ester monomers, at least about 0.1 weight percent of a polymerizable acid selected from the group consisting of olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids having up to about 10 carbon atoms, sulfoalkyl esters of said olefinically unsaturated acids, and combinations thereof, and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR16## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical 2 to about 40 atoms in length, R.sub.4 is an organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen, said textile material comprises a non-woven textile, and said polymer comprises less than about 1 weight percent of N-methylolamide groups.

A textile material comprising an assembly of fibers comprising functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, carbonyl, carboxylic acid ester, thioester, amide, and amine groups and combinations thereof, and bonded together with at least about 2 weight percent of a polymer comprising at least about 30 weight percent carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR17## wherein R.sub.3 is a divalent organic radical 2 to about 40 atoms in length, R.sub.4 is a monovalent organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen, said textile material comprises a non-woven textile, and said polymer is substantially free of N-methylolamide groups.

A non-woven textile material comprising an assembly of fibers comprising a member selected from the group consisting of cellulose fibers, polyesters, polyamides, and combinations thereof, and a polymer bonded to said fibers, which polymer comprises at least about 30 weight polymerized, olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least about 0.5 weight percent pendant groups of the formula:

• ##STR18##

A nonwoven textile material comprising a nonwoven assembly of textile fibers having polar functional groups bonded together with the polymer hereinafter defined and formed by the method including the steps of contacting said assembly of fibers with a water-base latex comprising a continuous aqueous medium and dispersed particles of a polymer comprising at least about 30 weight percent of olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomers and at least one polymerizable functional monomer of the formula:

• ##STR19## in which R.sub.1 is a divalent organic radical of at least 3 atoms in length, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently selected from hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, thio, amino or monovalent organic radicals, and X is --CO--R.sub.4 or --CN, wherein R.sub.4 is hydrogen or a monovalent organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen.

A non-woven article comprising an assembly of fibers bonded together with a polymer comprising at least about 10 weight percent olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomers and pendant functional groups of the formula:

• ##STR20## wherein R.sub.1 is a divalent organic radical at least 3 atoms in length, and R.sub.4 is H or a monovalent organic radical having up to about 10 atoms other than hydrogen.