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Powdery copolymer comprising methyl methacrylate and monomer having a basic nitrogen atom

Assignee: Roehm GmbH Darmstadt
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Filing: 1976-09-27
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Granted: 1978-01-31
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Expires: 1996-09-27
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Abstract

Abstract A powdery copolymer having a powder particle size from 0.1 to 200 microns, said copolymer comprising at least 50 percent by weight of methyl methacrylate and 0.2 to 10 percent by weight of at least one monomer having a basic nitrogen atom, the balance, if any, being other monomers copolymerizable therewith, said copolymer being prepared by emulsion copolymerization such that all or a predominant portion of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the remaining monomers after the polymerization of at least half of said remaining monomers, the resulting copolymer then being recovered from the resultant latex in powder form.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hanns Boessler
  • 👤 Peter Quis
  • 👤 Joachim Buechse
  • 👤 Hubert Rauch

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 08:57
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/0008; C08K5/0016; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S526/00; Y10S526/909; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12229; Y10T428/12236; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2998; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31692; Y10T428/31699; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31928; Y10T428/31935

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A powdery copolymer having a powder particle size from 0.1 to 200 microns, said copolymer comprising 50 to 99.8 percent by weight of methyl methacrylate, 0.2 to 10 percent by weight of at least one monomer having a basic nitrogen atom, 0 to 49.8 percent by weight of at least one other monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, alkyl methacrylates having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyl toluene, α-methyl styrene, and vinyl esters, and 0 to 10 percent by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidone and the hydroxyalkyl esters, amides, methylolamides, and methylol ether amides of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, said copolymer being prepared by emulsion copolymerization such that at least 50 percent by weight of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom after the polymerization of at least half of said monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom, the resulting copolymer then being recovered from the resultant latex in powder form.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A powdery copolymer having a powder particle size from 0.1 to 200 microns, said copolymer comprising 50 to 99.8 percent by weight of methyl methacrylate, 0.2 to 10 percent by weight of at least one monomer having a basic nitrogen atom, 0 to 49.8 percent by weight of at least one other monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, alkyl methacrylates having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyl toluene, α-methyl styrene, and vinyl esters, and 0 to 10 percent by weight of at least one member selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidone and the hydroxyalkyl esters, amides, methylolamides, and methylol ether amides of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, said copolymer being prepared by emulsion copolymerization such that at least 50 percent by weight of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom after the polymerization of at least half of said monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom, the resulting copolymer then being recovered from the resultant latex in powder form.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 51 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 wherein all of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom after the polymerization of at least half of said monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 57 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 wherein at least 50 percent by weight of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom after the polymerization of at least 70 percent of said monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 52 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 wherein all of the monomer or monomers having a basic nitrogen atom is first added to the monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom after the polymerization of at least 70 percent of said monomer or monomers not having a basic nitrogen atom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 20 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 wherein said resulting copolymer is recovered from said resultant latex by spray drying.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 2 wherein said latex is spray dried at a temperature below the temperature at which the primary particles therein sinter to form hard particle aggregates.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 20 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 wherein said monomer having a basic nitrogen atom is N-vinyl-imidazole, N-vinyl-imidazole, or N-vinyl-2-methyl-imidazoline.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 which has a reduced viscosity, η sp /c, ≧ 300 ml/g.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 17 words
A powdery copolymer as in claim 1 having a powder particle size from 0.1 to 20 microns.

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