Vinyl halide plastisol compositions containing a carboxylic polymer

Claim 2

A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein (2) is dioctyl phthalate.

Claim 3

A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein (3) is a cross-linked copolymer of acrylic acid and allyl sucrose.

Claim 4

A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein (4) is coconut oil ethoxylated with 25 mols of ethylene oxide.

Claim 5

A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein (1) is a copolymer of more than 50 percent by weight of vinyl chloride and the remainder ethyl acrylate.

Claim 6

A composition as defined in claim 4 wherein (1) is polyvinyl chloride.

Claim 7

A composition as defined in claim 7 wherein (2) is dioctyl phthalate.

Claim 8

A composition as defined in claim 7 wherein (4) is coconut oil ethoxylated with 25 mols of ethylene oxide.

Claim 9

A composition as defined in claim 1 wherein (1) is polyvinyl chloride, (2) is dioctyl phthalate, (3) is a cross-linked copolymer of acrylic acid and allyl sucrose, and (4) is coconut oil ethoxylated with 25 mols of ethylene oxide.

Claim 10

A composition as defined in claim 10 wherein said composition contains an inorganic basic lead heat and light stabilizer.

Claim 11

A process for producing a vinyl halide composition having a high yield value and substantially no dilatAncy which comprises intimately mixing (1) a vinyl halide resin selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of vinyl halides and copolymers of vinyl halides with one or more monomers having a -CH C< grouping which are copolymerizable therewith in which the vinyl halide is in a major proportion, with (2) a liquid plasticizer for said vinyl halide resin comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of alkyl and alkoxy alkyl esters of dicarboxylic acids, adding to said mixture from 0.5 to about 2.0 parts by weight, based on the weight of the composition of (3) a cross-linked carboxylic polymer obtained by copolymerizing at least 25 percent by weight of one or more alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxyl group and the olefinic double bond alpha-beta to at least one carboxyl group, with 0.1 percent to 30 percent by weight of a polyalkenyl polyether of a polyhydric alcohol containing more than one alkenyl ether grouping per molecule, the parent polyhydric alcohol containing at least 4 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and thereafter adding to said mixture as a last ingredient (4) a neutralizing agent for said cross-linked carboxylic polymer comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ammonia; alkali metal hydroxides, oxides, carbonates and bicarbonates; long chain aliphatic primary, secondary, tertiary and quarternary amines; and said amines treated with alkylene oxide to give compounds containing from 6 to 30 carbon atoms or more, said neutralizing agent being employed in the range of about one part by weight to about ten parts by weight based on the total weight of the composition, and wherein said composition is free of water.

Claim 12

A process as defined in claim 12 wherein (1) is polyvinyl chloride.

Claim 13

A process as defined in claim 12 wherein (2) is dioctyl phthalate.

Claim 14

A process as defined in claim 12 wherein (3) is a cross-linked copolymer of acrylic acid and allyl sucrose.

Claim 15

A process as defined in claim 12 wherein (4) is coconut oil ethoxylated with 25 mols of ethylene oxide.

Claim 16

A process as defined in claim 16 wherein (1) is polyvinyl chloride, (2) is dioctyl phthalate, and (3) is a cross-linked copolymer of acrylic acid and allyl sucrose.

Claim 17

A process as defined in claim 17 wherein prior to the addition of (4) there is added to the mixture an inorganic basic lead heat and light stabilizer.