Emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization

US4549002A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Hoefer · Goldkronach, DE
• Alfred Meffert · Monheim, DE
• Bernd Wegemund · Haan, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 1984
• Grant date: Oct 22, 1985
• Expiry date: May 30, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K23/42
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An improved process for the emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an aqueous emulsion, using as the primary emulsifier an ethoxylated C.sub.8-25 aliphatic vicinal diol.