Patent ID: 6384116
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: C08K,C08L

Abstract:
A binder composition comprising a urea formaldehyde resin modified with a water soluble non-ionic amine oxide and a member selected from the group consisting of an anionic acrylic latex, a water soluble polymer comprising 40-100% by weight, based on polymer weight, of a polymerized ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, the polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 2,000,000 and a mixture of said latex and water soluble polymer wherein the quantity of amine oxide is from about 0.01% to about 1%, the quantity of latex is from about 1% to 25%, the quantity of water soluble polymer is from about 0.01% to about 5% provided that the mixture of latex and water soluble polymer is not greater than about 25%, said percentages based on the weight of urea formaldehyde resin and amine oxide together with latex and/or water soluble polymer.