Claims
- 1. An aqueous emulsion comprising particles of an emulsion polymer consisting of:
- 1. from about 10 to 98% by weight of a vinylidene halide;
- 2. from about 1% to 89% by weight of at least one bis(hydrocarbyl) vinyl phosphonate having the structure: ##EQU5## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, cyano, aryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl and ##EQU6## wherein R and R' are hydrocarbyl and substituted hydrocarbyl groups which can be the same, different or conjoint; and
- 3. from about 1% to 45% by weight of at least one third comonomer selected from the C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid.
- 2. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 1 wherein the vinylidene halide is vinylidene chloride.
- 3. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 1 wherein the third comonomer is a C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate.
- 4. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 2 wherein the bis(hydrocarbyl)vinyl phosphonate is bis(beta halo lower alkyl)vinyl phosphonate.
- 5. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 4 wherein the bis(beta haloalkyl)vinyl phosphonate is bis(beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate.
- 6. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 1 wherein the emulsion polymer consists of vinylidene chloride, bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, and a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl ester of acrylic acid.
- 7. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 6 wherein the alkyl ester of acrylic acid is a C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate.
- 8. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 7, wherein the C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate is n-butyl acrylate.
- 9. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 7 wherein the C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate is 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
- 10. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 1 wherein the emulsion polymer consists of about 50% by weight of bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, about 30% by weight of vinylidene chloride and about 20% by weight n-butyl acrylate.
- 11. An aqueous emulsion comprising particles of an emulsion polymer consisting of:
- 1. from about 10 to 98% by weight of a vinylidene halide;
- 2. from about 1% to 89% by weight of at least one bis(hydrocarbyl) vinyl phosphonate having the structure: ##EQU7## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, cyano, aryl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl and ##EQU8## wherein R and R' are hydrocarbyl and substituted hydrocarbyl groups which can be the same, different or conjoint;
- 3. from about 1% to 45% by weight of at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid; and
- 4. from about 1% to about 5% by weight of an N-methylol or diacetone amide of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid.
- 12. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 11 wherein the monomer is vinylidene chloride.
- 13. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 11 wherein the alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid is a C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate.
- 14. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 12 wherein the bis(hydrocarbyl)vinylphosphonate is bis(beta halo-lower alkyl) vinylphosphonate.
- 15. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 14 wherein the bis(beta halo-lower alkyl) vinylphosphonate is bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinylphosphonate.
- 16. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 11 wherein the emulsion polymer consists of 25-35% vinylidene chloride, 45-55% bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, 14-20% n-butyl acrylate and 1-5% N-methylol acrylamide.
- 17. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 13 wherein the C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate is n-butyl acrylate.
- 18. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 13 wherein the C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 alkyl acrylate is 2-ethylhexyl acrylate.
- 19. An aqueous emulsion as defined in claim 11 wherein the emulsion polymer consists of 65-75% vinylidene chloride, 12- 22% bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, 5-13% 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and 1-5% N-methylol acrylamide.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 49,204, filed June 23, 1970, now U.S. Pat. 3,725,509 granted Apr. 3, 1973 and the now abandoned application Ser. No. 160,905, filed July 8, 1971, the latter application, in turn, being a continuation-in-part of the former application. The respective disclosures of both of said applications are incorporated herein by reference.
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