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Alkali-soluble emulsion polymers in acidic surfactant compositions

US4529773A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 17, 1982
Grant dateJul 16, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 17, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K5/0008
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Alkali-soluble emulsion polymers that have been activated by neutralization to a pH above 6.5, and subsequently acidified in the presence of a surfactant, are useful as thickeners in acidified, surfactant-containing compositions.

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