VINYL ESTER/ETHYLENE-BASED BINDERS FOR PAPER AND PAPERBOARD COATINGS

• Main Authors: CONFALONE, PHILIP, FARWAHA, RAJEEV, GOHR, KERSTIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.01.2012
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVINGCARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

Disclosed are surfactant-stabilized latex emulsions which can be used as binders in paper coating compositions. Such latex emulsions comprise an interpolymer formed by emulsion polymerizing monomers selected from vinyl esters, e.g., vineyl acetate; ethylene; certain unsaturated mono- and di-carboxyl...