Patent ID: 8652633

Claim:
A wax dispersion for use as a hydrophobing agent for a composition comprised of wood-based material(s) containing fibers, chippings, strands or mixtures thereof containing lignocelluloses, and a binding agent, containing the wax dispersion comprising from less than 60% by weight to 20% by weight of water as continuous phase, from greater than 0.5 to 10% by weight of at least one emulsifier, and from greater than 40 to 80% by weight of waxes forming the dispersed phase, where the waxes comprise greater than 85% by weight of one or more long-chain hydrocarbons having on average more than 20 carbon atoms, the waxes have a solidification point of greater than 40 to 150° C., and the dispersed waxes being solid particles having an average particle diameter of 10 to less than 500 nm.