Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
An aqueous functional fluid which contains a copolymer prepared by emulsion or solution copolymerization, initiated by free radicals, of unsaturated, copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer being built up from the components comprising: (a) 1-60% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated (C 3 -C 5 )-monocarboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated (C 4 -C 6 )-dicarboxylic acids or monoesters thereof with aliphatic (C 1 -C 8 )-alcohols, or mixtures of these monomers, (b) 0.5 to 30% by weight of a surface-active, unsaturated ester of the general formula I ##STR4## in which n denotes a number from 2 to 100, R 1 and R 2 denote hydrogen or methyl, and R denotes anliphatic C 12 -C 20 radical, which can be linear or branched R denotes a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated (C 1 -C 16 )-alkyl radical, (c) 30-85% by weight of methacrylic acid esters or acrylic acid esters of aliphatic (C 1 -C 18 )-alcohols or a mixture of these esters, (d) 0-40% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, (e) 0-3% by weight of polyethylenically unsaturated compounds, and (f) 0-5% by weight of molecular weight regulators.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
An aqueous functional fluid which contains a copolymer prepared by emulsion or solution copolymerization, initiated by free radicals, of unsaturated, copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer being built up from the components comprising: (a) 1-60% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated (C 3 -C 5 )-monocarboxylic acids, ethylenically unsaturated (C 4 -C 6 )-dicarboxylic acids or monoesters thereof with aliphatic (C 1 -C 8 )-alcohols, or mixtures of these monomers, (b) 0.5 to 30% by weight of a surface-active, unsaturated ester of the general formula I ##STR4## in which n denotes a number from 2 to 100, R 1 and R 2 denote hydrogen or methyl, and R denotes anliphatic C 12 -C 20 radical, which can be linear or branched R denotes a perfluorinated or partially fluorinated (C 1 -C 16 )-alkyl radical, (c) 30-85% by weight of methacrylic acid esters or acrylic acid esters of aliphatic (C 1 -C 18 )-alcohols or a mixture of these esters, (d) 0-40% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, (e) 0-3% by weight of polyethylenically unsaturated compounds, and (f) 0-5% by weight of molecular weight regulators.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 1, which contains a copolymer containing 0.5 to 30% by weight of a crotonic acid ester of the formula CH.sub.3 --CH═CH.sub.2 COO--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --R.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 1, which is a hydraulic fluid and contains 1 to 40% by weight of the copolymers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 1, which is a metal-working fluid and contains 0.3 to 20% by weight of the copolymers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 1 wherein R denotes an aliphatic (C 16 -C 18 )-radical.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
175 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 1 which contains a copolymer prepared by said emulsion or solution copolymerization, followed by partial or complete neutralization of the free acid groups of the copolymer by addition of a base, said copolymer comprising: (a) 5-45% by weight of methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, monoalkyl maleates or mixtures thereof, (b) 0.5 to 30% by weight of a surface-active, unsaturated ester of said general formula I in which R 1 denotes methyl and R 2 denotes hydrogen; (c) 30-85% by weight of a said methacrylic acid ester or acrylic acid ester or a mixture of these esters (d) 0-40% by weight of vinyl esters, vinyl-aromatics, ethylenically unsaturated nitriles, esters of ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids, where these have not already been listed above under said component (c), ethylenically unsaturated sulfonic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof, (e) 0-3% by weight of divinylbenzene, diallyl phthalate and butanedioldiacrylate or dimethacrylate or mixtures thereof, (f) 0-5% by weight of dodecylmercaptan, tetrakis-mercaptoacetylpentaerythritol, carbon tetrachloride or bromotrichloromethane, or mixtures thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
An aqueous functional fluid as claimed in claim 6 wherein R denotes an aliphatic (C 16 -C 18 )-radical.