Abstract:
An improvement in the process of preparing a latex of an organic polymer from an organic solvent solution of this polymer involving the steps of emulsifying the polymer solution with water, evaporating the organic solvent in the emulsion so as to substantially foam the emulsion components, liquifying the organic solvent vapor causing the foam to sag and the formation of an organic solvent phase and an aqueous phase containing the polymer, and finally separating and recovering the polymer containing aqueous phase from the organic phase, the improvement being introducing the polymer in an organic solvent having a water solubility of less than 0.5 cc per liter, measured at 20*C and carrying out the solvent evaporation step in the presence of at least one organic oxygen compound containing more than one carbon atom.