摘要:
Vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) copolymer emulsions having extended shelf life which are particularly suited for use as binders of nonwoven substrates. The copolymer emulsions are prepared by incorporating 1 to 45 wt % tetramethylol glycoluril, based on the amount of vinyl acetate in the copolymer, into an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer consisting essentially of 60 to 94 wt % vinyl acetate, 5 to 30 wt % ethylene and 1 to 10 wt % of a crosslinkable comonomer. Suitable crosslinking monomers include N-acrylamidoglycolic acid and N-methylol acrylamide. Nonwoven products formed by depositing the emulsion onto a nonwoven substrate exhibit significantly improved resistance to organic solvents.
摘要:
A two stage polymerization process for preparing a vinyl acetate/ethylene emulsion copolymer containing a monomer which is normally incompatible with vinyl acetate. In the first stage the vinyl acetate and ethylene and, optionally, an active crosslinking comonomer and/or latent crosslinking comonomer are free radical polymerized in the presence of a stabilizing system to yield a first stage polymer emulsion. When the free vinyl acetate monomer content of the first stage emulsion is less than about 5%, the second stage polymerization begins by adding the incompatible monomer. Preferably, there is no cessation of the addition of the free radical source during the transition from the first stage to the second stage polymerization. No additional stabilizing system is added to the reaction in the second stage.Vinyl acetate/ethylene/incompatible comonomer/latent crosslinking comonomer copolymers prepared by the two stage polymerization process are suitably used as binders for making nonwoven products.
摘要:
A crosslinkable anionic binder composition which comprises an emulsion copolymer containing acrylamidoglycolic acid (AGA) and a zirconium III salt of an alpha or beta hydroxycarboxylic acid, the pH of the composition being from about 1.5 to 4.5. Provided are nonwoven binder compositions which are stable for extended periods prior to application of the binder composition onto the nonwoven substrate and initiation of crosslinking by application of heat.
摘要:
A method for making a nonwoven filter which comprises impregnating a nonwoven filter substrate with a curable binder composition, the binder composition consisting essentially of(a) 10 to 100 wt% fully hydrolyzed PVOH which has a DPn of 100 to 2300; and(b) 0 to 90 wt% aqueous polymer emulsion, on a solids basis.The preferred aqueous polymer emulsion is an ethylene-vinyl chloride (EVCl) copolymer emulsion or a vinyl acetate/-N-methylolacrylamide (VAc/NMA) copolymer emulsion, or both.
摘要:
An aqueous copolymer emulsion comprising a copolymer consisting essentially of vinyl chloride, ethylene and up to 10 wt % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate colloidally dispersed in an aqueous medium. The copolymer demonstrates improved solvent resistance and metal adhesion, especially to low energy films.
摘要:
A vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsion comprising an aqueous colloidal dispersion of a copolymer containing 65 to 90 wt % vinyl acetate and 10 to 35 wt % ethylene prepared by the emulsion polymerization of the monomers in the presence of a stabilizing system consisting essentially of an 86 to 90 mole % partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol, a 98 to 99+ mole % fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol, in a partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol:fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol weight ratio from 3:1 to 1:3, and a nonionic polyalkoxylated surfactant.Also disclosed is a carpet backing adhesive composition comprising such a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsion, about 0.1 to 3 parts by weight dispersant, about 0.1 to 10 parts by weight thickening agent and between 300 and about 1000 parts by weight filler, all of the components being per 100 parts of the copolymer.
摘要:
A metal container coating composition comprising a crosslinking resin and an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol/vinyl chloride-ethylene copolymer emulsion, the copolymer having a Tg from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C., about 65 to 90 wt. % vinyl chloride, about 5 to 35 wt. % ethylene, 0 to 10 wt. % olefinically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer and prepared by emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride, ethylene and, optionally, an olefinically unsaturated comonomer in the presence of 3 to 15 wt. % polyvinyl alcohol as the dispersing agent.Also a method for preparing such stable vinyl chloride based resin emulsions comprising(a) forming an aqueous emulsion reaction mixture containing substantially all the polyvinyl alcohol and a portion, preferably at least 5%, of the total vinyl chloride monomer,(b) pressurizing the reaction mixture with an ethylene pressure sufficient to provide the copolymer with a 5 to 35 wt. % ethylene content,(c) initiating the reaction mixture by the addition of a free radical generating source and continuing polymerization until the rate of polymerization begins to decrease to provide a prepolymer emulsion, and(d) adding the remaining vinyl chloride at a substantially uniform rate and continuing polymerization until the polymerization reaction is no longer self-sustaining, ethylene being neither withdrawn nor added during the polymerization in one embodiment.
摘要:
A method for preparing a stable vinyl chloride based resin emulsion which comprises a copolymer colloidally dispersed in an aqueous medium, the copolymer having a Tg from 0.degree. to 50.degree. C., about 65 to 90 wt% vinyl chloride, about 5 to 35 wt% ethylene, 0 to 10 wt% olefinically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer and prepared by emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride, ethylene and, optionally, an olefinically unsaturated comonomer in the presence of about 3 to 15 wt% polyvinyl alcohol as the dispersing agent, the polymerization method comprising(a) forming an aqueous emulsion reaction mixture containing substantially all the polyvinyl alcohol and a portion, preferably at least 5%, of the total vinyl chloride monomer,(b) pressurizing the reaction mixture with an ethylene pressure sufficient to provide the copolymer with a 5 to 35 wt% ethylene content,(c) initiating the reaction mixture by the addition of a free radical generating source and continuing polymerization until the rate of polymerization begins to decrease to provide a prepolymer emulsion, and(d) adding the remaining vinyl chloride at a substantially uniform rate and continuing polymerization until the polymerization reaction is no longer self-sustaining, ethylene being neither withdrawn nor added during the polymerization in one embodiment.
摘要:
A nonwoven product formed from a nonwoven web of fibers bonded together with a binder comprising an interpolymer of vinyl acetate/ethylene/N-methylol acrylamide/acrylamide, the interpolymer comprising about 5 to 40 wt % ethylene and an amount of N-methylol acrylamide and acrylamide which is about 3.0 to 10 wt % of the interpolymer, the N-methylol acrylamide being about 1.75 to 3.5 wt % and the acrylamide about 1.25 to 8.25 wt %. Such nonwoven products have a low residual free formaldehyde content and good tensile properties.
摘要:
This invention relates to a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer containing emulsion particularly adapted for the preparation of nonwoven goods. The vinyl acetate-ethylene emulsion is prepared by an improved process for producing an aqueous emulsion suitably adapted for producing non-woven goods said emulsion containing a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer wherein said copolymer contains from about 75-96% by weight of vinyl acetate. It is produced by forming an aqueous suspension of vinyl acetate, ethylene, and stabilizer, initiating the polymerization of the reaction mixture by the addition of catalysts, and adding from about 0.5-10% by weight of the vinyl acetate of a crosslinkable monomer. The improvement for enhancing the absorptivity of the copolymer comprises:pressurizing the reactor with ethylene to an initial ethylene equilibrium pressure of from about 100 to 1,000 psig;initiating the reaction mixture by the addition of catalyst at a temperature from about 10.degree.-35.degree. C. and bringing the reaction mixture to a reaction temperature of from 45.degree.-85.degree. C. and operating pressure within a period of not more than 2 hours and the reaction temperature exceeds the initiation temperature by at least 20.degree. C.;adding the crosslinkable monomer at a substantially uniform rate such that the major portion of monomer has been added by the time the vinyl acetate content in the emulsion has been reduced to a level of from 3-25% by weight of the emulsion;andcontinuing polymerization of the reaction mixture until the vinyl acetate content in said emulsion is reduced below about 1% by weight.