Aqueous adhesive systems

Claim 1

A terpolymer latex adhesive composition comprising (A) on a dry weight basis, 100 parts by weight of latex consisting essentially of at least one emulsion-polymerized terpolymer of (i) from 60 to 97 percent by weight, based on total weight of said terpolymer, of at least one 2,3-dihalo-1,3-butadiene conjugated diene monomer, wherein the halogen substituent is selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine or iodine; (ii) from 2 to 23 percent by weight, based on total weight of said terpolymer, of at least one olefinically unsaturated first monomer which is at least copolymerizable with the conjugated diene monomer and which is selected from the group consisting of at least one monoalkenyl aromatic alkyl halide compound having the formula ##STR4## wherein X is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or iodine; Y is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine; Z is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine and A is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or an alkyl group having from one to three carbon atoms, with the proviso that at least one of Y, Z or A is chlorine or bromine and, when A is alkyl, at least one of Y or Z is chlorine or bromine; a is one or two; and b is zero, one to two, with the proviso that at least one b be at least one; and (iii) from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight, based on total weight of said terpolymer, of at least one olefinically unsaturated second monomer which is at least copolymerizable with the conjugated diene monomer and which is selected from the group consisting of olefinically unsaturated monomers which have at least one ##STR5## group and at least one --COOH group, with the provisos that the olefinically unsaturated second monomer, (a), be polymerizable by unsaturation addition, and, (b), when the second monomer contains more than one ##STR6## group, such groups are conjugated or cross-conjugated; (B) at least one surfactant agent selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactant agents and a mixture of at least one anionic surfactant agent and at least one nonionic surfactant agent, the amount of said surfactant agent being in the range from 0.1 to 15 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of said conjugated diene total weight of said conjugated diene monomer, said olefinically unsaturated first monomer and said olefinically unsaturated second monomer and wherein, in said mixture of anionic and nonionic surfactant agents, the amount of anionic surfactant agent is in the range from 1.2 to 2.1 parts by weight per part by weight of said nonionic surfactant agent; and, (C) water in an amount to provide an adhesive latex composition having a total solids content in the range from 5 to 60 percent.