Claims
- 1. A heterogeneous, solvent- and plasticizer-free polyvinyl ester in dispersion or powder form which is stabilized by protective colloids and has a minimum filming temperature of below 10.degree. C., comprising:
- (a) a homopolymer or copolymer A having a glass transition temperature of above 20.degree. C., said homopolymer or copolymer A consisting of:
- (i) from 85 to 100% by weight of monomer units of at least one vinyl ester of carboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (a1);
- (ii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a2);
- (iii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated compound (a3) having at least one amino or amido group and
- (iv) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one polyethylenically unsaturated compound (a4), each based on the total amount of said homopolymer or copolymer A and
- (b) a copolymer B having a glass transition temperature of below 20.degree. C., said copolymer B comprising:
- (i) from 45 to 98% by weight of monomer units of at least one vinyl ester of carboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (b1);
- (ii) from 2 to 50% by weight of monomer units of at least one .alpha.-mono-olefin having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (b2) and
- (iii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one polyethylenically unsaturated compound (b3), each based on the total amount of said copolymer B.
- 2. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ratio of polymer A to polymer B is from 1:0.05 to 1:2.
- 3. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the minimum filming temperature is in the range of from 0 to 7.degree. C.
- 4. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the glass transition temperature of polymer A is above 25.degree. C. and the glass transition temperature of polymer B is below 15.degree. C.
- 5. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vinyl ester in the polymers A and B, (a1) and (b1), respectively, is in each case vinyl acetate and wherein the .alpha.-mono-olefin in the polymer B, (b2), is ethylene.
- 6. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein polymer A contains comonomer units selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, N-methyloacrylamide and N-methylolmethacrylamide.
- 7. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein polymers A and B are each stabilized by from 2 to 20% by weight of polyvinyl alcohol, based on the total weight of the particular polymer composition.
- 8. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the a1 monomers are selected from the group consisting of vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinylpivalate, vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl esters of saturated .alpha.-branched monocarboxylic acids having 9 or 10 carbon atoms, vinyl laurate, vinyl stearate, and vinyl esters of benzoic acid or p-tert-butylbenzoic acid.
- 9. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group a2 monomers are selected from the group consisting of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated acids, .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, primary monoamides of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, secondary monoamides of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, monoesters of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof.
- 10. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 9, wherein the .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated acids are selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and mixtures thereof.
- 11. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 9, where, in the .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the primary monoamides of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the secondary monoamides of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, and the monoesters of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the dicarboxylic acids are selected from the group consisting of maleic acid, fumaric acid, itaconic acid, citraconic acid and mixtures thereof.
- 12. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group a3 monomers are selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylamide, allyl carbamate, N-methylol(meth)acrylamide, N-methylolallyl carbamate and the N-methylol esters, N-methylolalkyl ethers or Mannich bases of N-methylol(meth)acrylamide or N-methylolallyl carbamate, acrylamidoglycolic acid, methyl acrylamidomethoxyacetate, N-(2,2-dimethoxy-1-hydroxyethyl)acrylamide, N-dimethylaminopropyl(meth)-acrylamide, N-methyl(meth)acrylamide, N-butyl(meth)-acrylamide, N-cyclohexyl(meth)acrylamide, N-dodecyl-(meth)acrylamide, N-benzyl (meth) acrylamide, N-p-hydroxy-phenyl(meth)acrylamide, N-(3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropyl)-methacrylamide, ethylimidazolidone methacrylate, vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylformamide, N-vinylacetamide and mixtures thereof.
- 13. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group a4 monomers are selected from the group consisting of dialkyl phthalate, diallyl maleate, triallyl cyanurate, tetraallyloxyethane, divinylbenzene, 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, divinyl adipate, allyl (meth)acrylate, vinyl crotonate, methylenebisacrylamide, hexanediol diacrylate, pentaerythritol diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate and mixtures thereof.
- 14. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group b1 monomers are selected from the group consisting of vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinylpivalate, vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate, vinyl esters of saturated .alpha.-branched monocarboxylic acids having 9 or 10 carbon atoms, vinyl laurate, vinyl stearate and vinyl esters of benzoic acid or p-tert-butylbenzoic acid.
- 15. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group b2 monomer is ethylene.
- 16. A heterogeneous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein the group b3 monomers are selected from the group consisting of diallyl phthalate, diallyl maleate, triallyl cyanurate, tetraallyloxyethane, divinylbenzene, 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, divinyl adipate, allyl (meth)acrylate, vinyl crotonate, methylenebisacrylamide, hexanediol diacrylate, pentaerythritol diacrylate and trimethylolpropane triacrylate.
- 17. A process for the preparation of a heterogeneous polyvinyl ester in dispersion form as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
- mixing a dispersion comprising
- (a) a homopolymer or copolymer A having a glass transition temperature of above 20.degree., said homopolymer or copolymer A consisting of:
- (i) from 85 to 100% by weight of monomer units of at least one vinyl ester of carboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (a1);
- (ii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a2);
- (iii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated compound (a3) having at least one amino or amido group, and
- (iv) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one polyethylenically unsaturated compound (a4), each based on the total amount of said homopolymer or copolymer A, with
- (b) a dispersion comprising a copolymer B having a glass transition temperature of below 20.degree. C., said copolymer B comprising:
- (i) from 45 to 98% by weight of monomer units of at least one vinyl ester of carboxylic acids having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (b1);
- (ii) from 2 to 50 by weight of monomer units of at least one .alpha.-mono-olefin having 1 to 4 carbon atoms (b2) and
- (iii) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomer units of at least one polyethylenically unsaturated compound (b3), each based on the total amount of said copolymer B.
- 18. A process as claimed in claim 17, wherein said dispersions of homopolymers or copolymers A and B are further spray-dried after mixing so as to form a powder.
- 19. A process as claimed in claim 18, wherein said powder comprising homopolymers or copolymers A and B are redispersed in water after spray-drying.
- 20. An adhesive for bonding porous or semiporous substrates comprising a heterogeneous polyvinyl ester dispersion as claimed in claim 1.
- 21. A solvent- and plasticizer-free heterogeneous polyvinyl ester according to claim 1, in powder form.
- 22. A heterogenous polyvinyl ester as claimed in claim 1, wherein said homopolymer or copolymer A is a copolymer comprising monomer units selected from the group consisting of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids (a2) and monolefinically unsaturated compounds (a3) having at least one amino or amido group.
- 23. A process as claimed in claim 17, wherein said homopolymer or copolymer A is a copolymer comprising monomer units selected from the group consisting of .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids (a2) and monolefinically unsaturated compounds (a3) having at least one amino or amido group.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/519,356, filed Aug. 25, 1995, now abandoned.
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