Patent ID: 6897255
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: C08K,C09D

Abstract:
1. A process for the formation of a waterbome formulation for coatings, inks or adhesives containing a latex formed from a long-chain alkenol ester of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid comprising the steps of: (a) subjecting a long-chain alkenol to suitable esterification conditions in the presence of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivative for a sufficient period of time and under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure to form an ethylenically unsaturated ester of a long-chain alkenol; (b) subjecting said ester of a long-chain alkenol to suitable polymerization conditions in the presence of at least one other ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer for a sufficient period of time and under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure to form a polymer dispersed in an aqueous phase; and (c) blending said dispersion of said polymer with at least one drier selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acid salts of cobalt, manganese, lead, zirconium, calcium, and mixtures thereof, and in the presence of at least one ionic or non-ionic surface-active agent to form the formulation.