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Ultraviolet curing emulsion systems

US4125503A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 12, 1976
Grant dateNov 14, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 12, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D163/10
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Ultraviolet curable aqueous emulsion coating compositions are provided in which the discontinuous phase of the emulsion is constituted by liquid droplets of ultraviolet curable polyethylenically unsaturated material (such as an epoxy polyacrylate dissolved in liquid monoacrylate monomer). These liquid droplets are stabilized in the emulsion by means of a polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene emulsifier which serves as a cosensitizer, especially when the photosensitizer is a phenyl ketone, such as benzophenone.

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