Abstract 1. A LATEX COMPRISING: WATER; FROM 40 TO ABOUT 55 WEIGHT OF A COPOLYMER OF FROM 15 TO 65 PARTS BUTADIENE, 85 TO 35 PARTS STYRENE AND 0.1 TO 5.0 PARTS OF AN UNSATURATED ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF C3 TO C6 MONO-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALKENOIC AND ALKENDIOIC ACID PER 100 PARTS OF BUTADIENE AND STYRENE; FROM 1 TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PARTS PER 100 PARTS OF SAID BUTADIENE AND STYRENE OF AN ANIONIC OR NONOMIC SURFACTANT OR MIXTURES THEREOF; AND FIRE-RETARDANT ADDITIVES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN AMOUNT FROM 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE POLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO IMPART FIRE RETARDANCY PROPERTIES TO FILMS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT OF A 1:3 TO 3:1; AND AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BESED ON THE COPOLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO INHIBIT LOSS OF VICOSITY OF IMPREGNATING COMPOSITIONS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A HALO-SUBSTITUTED ALKYL PHOSHORIC ACID HAVING TWO OR THREE ALKYL GROUPS, EACH WITH 1 TO ABOUT 5 CARBONS AND 1 TO ABOUT 3 BROMIDE OR CHLORIDE ATOMS.
A LATEX COMPRISING: WATER; FROM 40 TO ABOUT 55 WEIGHT OF A COPOLYMER OF FROM 15 TO 65 PARTS BUTADIENE, 85 TO 35 PARTS STYRENE AND 0.1 TO 5.0 PARTS OF AN UNSATURATED ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF C3 TO C6 MONO-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALKENOIC AND ALKENDIOIC ACID PER 100 PARTS OF BUTADIENE AND STYRENE; FROM 1 TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PARTS PER 100 PARTS OF SAID BUTADIENE AND STYRENE OF AN ANIONIC OR NONOMIC SURFACTANT OR MIXTURES THEREOF; AND FIRE-RETARDANT ADDITIVES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN AMOUNT FROM 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE POLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO IMPART FIRE RETARDANCY PROPERTIES TO FILMS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT OF A 1:3 TO 3:1; AND AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BESED ON THE COPOLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO INHIBIT LOSS OF VICOSITY OF IMPREGNATING COMPOSITIONS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A HALO-SUBSTITUTED ALKYL PHOSHORIC ACID HAVING TWO OR THREE ALKYL GROUPS, EACH WITH 1 TO ABOUT 5 CARBONS AND 1 TO ABOUT 3 BROMIDE OR CHLORIDE ATOMS.
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A LATEX COMPRISING: WATER; FROM 40 TO ABOUT 55 WEIGHT OF A COPOLYMER OF FROM 15 TO 65 PARTS BUTADIENE, 85 TO 35 PARTS STYRENE AND 0.1 TO 5.0 PARTS OF AN UNSATURATED ACID SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF C3 TO C6 MONO-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED ALKENOIC AND ALKENDIOIC ACID PER 100 PARTS OF BUTADIENE AND STYRENE; FROM 1 TO ABOUT 10 WEIGHT PARTS PER 100 PARTS OF SAID BUTADIENE AND STYRENE OF AN ANIONIC OR NONOMIC SURFACTANT OR MIXTURES THEREOF; AND FIRE-RETARDANT ADDITIVES CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN AMOUNT FROM 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE POLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO IMPART FIRE RETARDANCY PROPERTIES TO FILMS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A MIXTURE OF AMMONIUM FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT OF A 1:3 TO 3:1; AND AN AMOUNT FROM ABOUT 0.1 TO 20 WEIGHT PERCENT BESED ON THE COPOLYMER CONTENT EFFECTIVE TO INHIBIT LOSS OF VICOSITY OF IMPREGNATING COMPOSITIONS PREPARED FROM THE LATEX OF A HALO-SUBSTITUTED ALKYL PHOSHORIC ACID HAVING TWO OR THREE ALKYL GROUPS, EACH WITH 1 TO ABOUT 5 CARBONS AND 1 TO ABOUT 3 BROMIDE OR CHLORIDE ATOMS.