Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a readily water-redispersible polymer powder by spray drying of an aqueous polymer B dispersion, wherein the spray drying of the aqueous polymer B dispersion is effected in the presence of a polymer A, wherein polymer A has a glass transition temperature ≧60° C., a weight average molecular weight Mw≧1000 and ≦25000 g/mol, a polydispersity index ≦5 and is composed of ≧5 and ≦50 wt % of at least one α,β-monoethylenically un-saturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid and/or anhydride (monomer A1), and ≧50 and ≦95 wt % of at least one other ethylenically un-saturated compound which is copolymerizable with the monomers A1 (monomer A2), in polymerized form, wherein the monomer amounts A1 and A2 sum up to 100 wt %.