Polymer dispersible polybasic metal carboxylate complexes

A method of making a calcium carboxylate composition comprising:

• obtaining an amount of fatty carboxylic acid;
• obtaining an amount of a calcium hydroxide, such that the molar ratio of calcium to carboxylic acid is from about 2:2 to about 11:2;
• forming a first mixture of said amount of said calcium hydroxide in dry form, optionally, from about 0 to about 90 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in dry form, and an amount of water which ranges from no added water to an amount which is about 1.5 moles of water per mole of carboxylic acid;
• forming a second mixture of said first mixture and from about 100 to about 10 percent of said amount of carboxylic acid in molten form;
• and
• mixing said second mixture at least until said second mixture exotherms.

A method of stabilizing vinyl polymers, comprising:

• adding to a halogenated polymer a stabilizer composition comprising at least one carboxylate composition comprising the formula
• (A)2M.nD(OH)2.xH2O
• wherein:
• A is an organic fatty acid and is selected from the group consisting of saturated C12-24 carboxylic acids, unsaturated C12-24 carboxylic acids, aromatic C12-24 carboxylic acids, alicyclic C12-24 carboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acid derivatives thereof, anhydride derivatives thereof and blends thereof;
• M is a divalent cation;
• n is a fractional or whole number from about 1 to about 10 inclusive;
• D is an alkali earth metal;
• x is a fractional or whole number from about 0 to about 3 inclusive;
• and
• wherein said D(OH)2 is a solid phase dispersion in (A)2M.