Claims
- 1. A polymer product that is prepared by the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated reactant monomers consisting essentially of from about 90 to about 99 percent by weight alkyl acrylate wherein the alkyl group contains from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of acrylic acid, and from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of N-methylolacrylamide in the presence of from about 1 to about 5 weight percent, based on the total amount of reactant monomer, of a compound represented by the graphic formula:
- R--O--(R'O).sub.m --(EO).sub.n-1 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --X,
- wherein R is selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, acrylyl, acrylyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, methacrylyl, methacrylyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, vinylphenyl, and vinylphenylene(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, R'O is the bivalent radicals derived from cyclic ethers selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, butylene oxide, styrene oxide, tetrahydrofuran, phenyl glycidyl ether, and mixtures thereof, E is the bivalent ethylene radical, m and n are each numbers of from about 10 to about 50, and X is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, chloride, and the anionic groups sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, acetate, isethionate (and alkali metal salts of such anionic groups).
- 2. The polymer product of claim 1 wherein said alkyl acrylate is a mixture of two or more alkyl acrylates.
- 3. The polymer product of claim 2 wherein the alkyl groups of said alkyl acrylates are straight.
- 4. The polymer product of claim 3 wherein said mixture comprises ethyl acrylate and butyl acrylate.
- 5. The polymer product of claim 1 wherein:
- (a) the alkyl acrylate constitutes from about 94 to about 98 percent by weight of the ethylenically unsaturated reactant monomers;
- (b) the acrylic acid constitutes from about 1 to about 3 percent by weight of the ethylenically unsaturated reactant monomers; and
- (c) the N-methylolacrylamide constitutes from about 1 to about 3 percent by weight of the ethylenically unsaturated reactant monomers.
- (c) the N-methylolacrylamide constitutes from about 1 to about 3 percent by weight of the ethylenically unsaturated reactant monomers.
- 6. The polymer product of claim 5 wherein the polymerization is conducted in the presence of from about 1.5 to about 3 weight percent, based on the total weight of the ethylenically unsaturated reactive monomer, of said compound.
- 7. The polymer product of claim 1 wherein the polymerization is free-radical initiated.
- 8. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 1.
- 9. The textile fabric of claim 8 wherein said fabric is woven.
- 10. The textile fabric of claim 8 wherein the polymer product constitutes from about 3 to about 15 percent by weight of the textile fabric.
- 11. A textile fabric having applied thereto a polymer product prepared by the free radical initiated polymerization of reactant monomer selected from vinyl ester monomer, vinyl acetate-acrylic monomer mixtures, ethylene-vinyl acetate monomer mixtures, styrene, styrene-acrylic monomer mixtures, butadiene-acrylonitrile monomer mixtures, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluorine, or acrylic monomer mixtures, said polymerization being conducted in the presence of from about 1 to about 25 weight percent, based on the total weight of monomer, of a compound represented by the graphic formula:
- R--O--(R'O).sub.m --(EO).sub.n-1 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --X
- wherein R is selected from the group consisting of vinyl, allyl, acrylyl, acrylyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, methacrylyl, methacrylyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)alkyl, vinylphenyl, and vinylphenylene(C.sub.1 -C.sub.6)alkyl, R'O is the bivalent radical derived from cyclic ethers selected from the group consisting of propylene oxide, butylene oxide, styrene oxide, tetrahydrofuran, phenyl glycidyl ether, and mixtures thereof, E is the bivalent ethylene radical, m and n are each numbers of from about 10 to about 50, and X is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, chloride, and the anionic groups sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, acetate, isethionate (and alkali metal salts of such anionic groups).
- 12. The textile fabric of claim 11 wherein the vinyl ester monomer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl proprionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl isobutyrate, vinyl valerate, vinyl caproate, allyl acetate, allyl proprionate, allyl lactate, and mixtures thereof.
- 13. The textile fabric of claim 12 wherein the vinyl ester monomer is vinyl acetate or allyl acetate.
- 14. The textile fabric of claim 11 wherein the graphic formula, R is allyl or vinyl, R'O is the bivalent radical derived from butylene oxide, propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof, and X is sulfate or sulfonate.
- 15. The textile fabric of claim 11 having applied thereto from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of polymer product based on the weight of fabric.
- 16. The textile fabric of claim 15 having applied thereto from about 2 to about 5 percent by weight of polymer product based on the weight of fabric.
- 17. A textile fabric having applied thereto a polymer product prepared by the free radical initiated polymerization of vinyl acetate or allyl acetate in the presence of from about 1 to about 25 percent by weight based on weight of said vinyl acetate or allyl acetate of a compound represented by the graphic formula:
- R--O--(R'O).sub.m --(EO).sub.n-1 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --X
- wherein R is allyl or vinyl, R'O is the bivalent radical derived from butylene oxide, propylene oxide, or mixtures thereof, E is the bivalent ethylene radical, m and n are each numbers of from about 10 to about 50, and X is sulfate or sulfonate.
- 18. The textile fabric of claim 17 having applied thereto from about 1 to about 10 percent by weight of said polymer product based on the weight of said fabric.
- 19. The textile fabric of claim 18 having applied thereto from about 2 to about 5 percent by weight of said polymer product based on the weight of said fabric.
- 20. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 2.
- 21. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 3.
- 22. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 4.
- 23. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 5.
- 24. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 6.
- 25. Textile fabric selected from the group consisting of cotton fabric, cotton/polyester blend fabric, cotton/rayon blend fabric, rayon fabric, and rayon/synthetic blend fabric, wherein said textile fabric comprises the polymer product of claim 7.
- 26. The textile fabric of claim 8 wherein said fabric is knitted.
- 27. The textile fabric of claim 8 wherein said fabric is nonwoven.
- 28. The textile fabric of claim 8 wherein the polymer product constitutes from about 7 to about 11 percent by weight of the textile fabric.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/625,321, filed Dec. 10, 1990, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/552,355, filed Jul. 12, 1990, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/436,968, filed Nov. 15, 1989, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/209,249, filed Jun. 30, 1988, all now abandoned.
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