Patent ID: 8969261
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61K,A61Q,C08L,C09D,C09K,C11D

Abstract:
1. A composition for enhancing viscosity of a fluid comprising a mixture of: (A) at least a first polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 35,000 to 10,000,000 selected from at least one member of the group consisting of: (1) cationic polysaccharides with quaternized amino functional groups and cationic charge density of 0.3 to 2 milliequivalents/gram selected from a cationically modified member of the group consisting of glucomannan gums and their derivatives, guar gum, locust bean gum, cara gum, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, cationically modified cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hydroxymethyl cellulose, and hydroxyethyl cellulose, wherein the composition has only a single cationic polysaccharide, (2) cationizable polymers with at least one member of the group consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups and which are at least partially cationizable to a cationic polymer having a cationic charge density of 0.3 to 2 milliequivalents/gram at a temperature of 100 to 250° C. selected from the group consisting of, acrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol, a copolymer of acrylamide, and combinations thereof; (B) at least a second polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 g/mol to 10,000,000 g/mol selected from at least one member of the group consisting of: (1) anionic polymers selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyacrylamide and acrylate copolymer, and having an anionic charge density of 0.1 to 20 milliequivalents/gram, wherein the anionic polymer has functional groups selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate or phosphonate, and (2) hydrolysable polymers selected from the group consisting of polyalkylacrylate, polyacrylamide and copolymers of polyalkylacrylate and polyacrylamide, the at least one hydrolysable polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 30,000 g/mol to 10,000,000 g/mol, and which is at least partially hydrolyzable to an anionic polymer having an anionic charge density of 0.1 to 20 milliequivalents/gram at a temperature of 100 to 250° C., wherein the hydrolysable polymer optionally has functional groups selected from the group consisting of sulfate, sulfonate, phosphate or phosphonate; wherein the composition has a zeta potential at 25° C. in the range of 0.5 to 100 mV or −0.5 to −100 mV.