COPOLYMERS OF OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, OLEFINICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS OR THEIR ANHYDRIDES OR MIXTURES OF SUCH CARBOXYLIC ACIDS OR ANHYDRIDES AND THEIR USE AS THICKENERS AND DISPERSANTS

摘要

The disclosure relates to a copolymer obtainable by radically initiated polymerisation of the following: A) 70-99.9 wt.% an olefinically unsaturated C3-C5 monocarboxylic acid, an olefinically unsaturated C4-C8 dicarboxylic acid or its anhydride, or a mixture of such carboxylic acids; with B) 0.1-30 wt.% one or more multiply olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives of formula (I) in which Z is a vinyl or allyl group or structure (a), R1, R2 are hydrogen or methyl, R3 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, R4 is a singly or multiply olefinically unsaturated alkenyl or cycloalkenyl group or a singly or doubly olefinically unsaturated arylalkylene group, X is oxygen or NH, Y is oxygen, NH or N-alkyl, n is a number between 0 and 50; and C) 0-29.9 wt.% other copolymerisable monomers. The proposed copolymer can be used as a thickener or dispergent for aqueous systems.