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Floor polish vehicle compositions employing sulfate- and sulfonate-containing copolymers

US6020413A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 1997
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09G1/16
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A floor polish vehicle composition includes a polymer component having, among other monomers, carboxyl functional groups and at least one sulfur-containing acidic group, such as a sulfate or sulfonate group. An aqueous component of the floor polish vehicle component includes a multivalent transition metal ion, such as zinc, preferably present as a complex. Typically, the floor polish vehicle composition is an emulsion, wherein the copolymer component is a discontinuous phase and an the aqueous component is a continuous phase. The floor polish vehicle composition can include a polymer component that is a copolymer having carboxyl functional groups and anionic acid functional groups, wherein the anionic acid functional groups have a pK.sub.a of less than about 3.0. An example of a suitable anionic acid functional group is a sulfur-containing acid functional group, such as a sulfate or sulfonate acid group.

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