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US3219619A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Liquid hydrocarbon thickened with t-butyl styrene interpolymers containing metal carboxylate groups

Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1960-11-09
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1980-11-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard T Dickerson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 07:44
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01N; A01N25/00; A01N25/08; A01N25/10; B; B01; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/06; C; C06; C06B; C06B23/00; C06B23/001; C08; C08F; C08F220/00; C08F220/02; C08F220/04; C08F220/06; C08F8/00; C08F8/44; C10; C10L; C10L7/00; C10L7/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S260/00; Y10S260/31; Y10S526/00; Y10S526/933

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 202 words
A METHOD FOR THICKENING A NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENTS CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, C YCLOALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES OF THE FOREGOING, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES ADMIXING WITH SAID SOLVENT IN ANY ORDER (A) AT LEAST 0.1 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENT OF A LIPOPHILIC, LINEAR POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID CORRESPONDING TO A COPOLYMER OF ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMERS OF WHICH A SMALL PROPORTION HAVE MONOCARBOXYL GROUPS AND CONTAINING IN POLYMERIZED FORM A MAJOR PROPORTION BASED ON THE TOTAL COMBINED MONOMER UNITS OF TERTIARY-BUTYLSTYRENE, SAID POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID BEING CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING AN AVERAGE OF FROM ABOUT 0.05 TO ABOUT 3 CARBOXYL GROUPS PER 100 COMBINED MONOMER UNITS AND AN AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 2 CARBOXYLATE GROUPS PER POLYMER MOLECULE AND (B) AN EFFECTIVE QUANTITY SUFFICIENT TO THICKEN A MIXTURE OF THE SOLVENT AND THE POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID OF A METAL CATION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF MONO-, DI- AND TRIVALENT IONS OF METALS THAT FORM SALTS WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE MINERAL ACIDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCHLORIC, SULFURIC, NITRIC AND CHLORIC ACIDS WHICH SALTS ARE IONIZABLE TO PROVIDE METAL IONS THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A STABLE VALENCE STATE IN AQUEOUS MEDIA.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 202 words
A METHOD FOR THICKENING A NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENTS CONSISTING OF ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS, C YCLOALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES OF THE FOREGOING, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES ADMIXING WITH SAID SOLVENT IN ANY ORDER (A) AT LEAST 0.1 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE NON-POLAR ORGANIC SOLVENT OF A LIPOPHILIC, LINEAR POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID CORRESPONDING TO A COPOLYMER OF ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMERS OF WHICH A SMALL PROPORTION HAVE MONOCARBOXYL GROUPS AND CONTAINING IN POLYMERIZED FORM A MAJOR PROPORTION BASED ON THE TOTAL COMBINED MONOMER UNITS OF TERTIARY-BUTYLSTYRENE, SAID POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID BEING CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING AN AVERAGE OF FROM ABOUT 0.05 TO ABOUT 3 CARBOXYL GROUPS PER 100 COMBINED MONOMER UNITS AND AN AVERAGE OF AT LEAST 2 CARBOXYLATE GROUPS PER POLYMER MOLECULE AND (B) AN EFFECTIVE QUANTITY SUFFICIENT TO THICKEN A MIXTURE OF THE SOLVENT AND THE POLYMERIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID OF A METAL CATION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF MONO-, DI- AND TRIVALENT IONS OF METALS THAT FORM SALTS WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE MINERAL ACIDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCHLORIC, SULFURIC, NITRIC AND CHLORIC ACIDS WHICH SALTS ARE IONIZABLE TO PROVIDE METAL IONS THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A STABLE VALENCE STATE IN AQUEOUS MEDIA.

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