Process for the preparation of aqueous dispersions of organic material and possible further conversion to a polymer dispersion when the organic material is a polymerizable monomer
US4530956A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08F291/00
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Process for preparing aqueous dispersions of a somewhat water-soluble low-molecular organic material, in which swellable particles prepared in a first step are swelled with the organic material in the second step. When the organic material is a polymerizable monomer the dispersion prepared is converted to a polymer dispersion. In the first step swellable oligomer or oligomer-polymer particles are prepared by PA0 (a) dispersing an aqueous mixture containing an oil-soluble initiator or a solution of an oil soluble initiator in an organic solvent, and then swelling the dispersed initiator-containing droplets with monomer and effecting polymerization, or PA0 (b) swelling polymer particles in aqueous dispersion with vinyl monomer and an oil-soluble initiator and effecting polymerization, the ratio between initiator and monomer used being so high that in the polymerization an oligomer having a degree of polymerization of 5-200 is formed. In the second step, optionally after dilution with water and addition of emulsifier, the organic material is added which has a solubility in water of >10, preferably >100 times higher than that of the oligomer and which diffuses through the aqueous phase…
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