Water soluble polymers containing allyloxybenzenesulfonic acid monomer

A composition, comprising:

• (a) from about 10 to about 40 weight percent of a polymer which comprises the polymerization product of,
• at least 2.5 mole percent of an allyloxybenzenesulfonic acid monomer represented by the chemical structure (I):
• ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;
• and
• X is hydrogen, an alkali or alkaline earth metal or ammonium,
• at least 0.5 mole percent of a methallylsulfonic acid monomer,
• from 10 to 20 mole percent of a copolymerizable nonionic monomer represented by the chemical structure (111):
• ##STR5## wherein n.sub.1 and n.sub.2 are independently 0 to 10;
• R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl-substituted aryl;
• R.sub.7 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or CO.sub.2 X, where X is hydrogen, an alkali or alkaline earth metal or C.sub.1 -C.sub.alkyl;
• X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are absent or are independently O, C.dbd.O, or hydrogen;
• R.sub.3 is absent or is C.dbd.O.sub.4, OR.sub.4, NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or hydrogen, where R.sub.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or hydrogen and R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or an alkyloxyether or alcohol;
• and R.sub.10 is absent or is C.dbd.OR.sub.11, OR.sub.11, NR.sub.12 R.sub.13, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, or hydrogen, where R.sub.11 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl or hydrogen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, or an alkyloxyether or alcohol;
• and
• at least 60 mole percent of a copolymerizable olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer
• (b) from about 10 to about 70 weight percent of a nonionic surfactant;
• and
• (c) water,
• wherein the composition is stable to phase separation in the substantial absence of a solubilizing agent.