This invention relates to the synthesis of a latex which can be used in making water reducible coating compositions, such as paints, which contain no or extremely low levels of volatile organic compounds. Coatings which are formulated with the latex of this invention offer an environmental advantage as well as excellent flexibility, excellent ultra-violet light resistance, and good water resistance. This invention more specifically discloses a process for producing a neutralized latex that is useful in the manufacture of water reducible coatings which comprises:
(1) free radical aqueous emulsion polymerizing, at a pH of less than about 3.5, a monomer mixture which comprises, based on 100 weight percent monomers: (a) from about 30 to about 70 weight percent vinyl aromatic monomers, (b) from about 25 to about 65 weight percent of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, (c) from about 1 to about 5 weight percent of acrylic acid, and (d) about 0.4 to about 3 weight percent methacrylic acid to produce a latex; wherein said emulsion polymerization step is conducted in the presence of about 0.5 to about 4 phm at least one phosphate ester surfactant and in the presence of about 0.5 to 4 phm of at least one water insoluble nonionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactants having a hydrophile-lipophile balance number of less than about 12, fatty alcohols, and polyols which are copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide; and
(2) neutralizing the latex with ammonia to a pH which is within the range of about 7 to about 10.5 to produce the neutralized latex.
本发明涉及一种
胶乳的合成,这种
胶乳可用于制造不含挥发性有机化合物或挥发性有机化合物含量极低的可还原
水涂料组合物,例如油漆。用本发明的
胶乳配制的涂料具有环保优势,同时还具有优异的柔韧性、出色的抗紫外线能力和良好的耐
水性。本发明更具体地公开了一种用于生产可还原
水性涂料的中和
胶乳的生产工艺,该工艺包括: 1:
(1) 在 pH 值小于约 3.5 的条件下,对单体混合物进行自由基
水乳液聚合,该单体混合物以 100 重量百分比的单体为
基础,包括:(a) 约 30 至约 70 重量百分比的
乙烯基芳香族单体,(b) 约 25 至约 65 重量百分比的
丙烯酸 2-乙基己
酯,(c) 约 1 至约 5 重量百分比的
丙烯酸,以及 (d) 约 0.4 至约 3 重量百分比的
甲基丙烯酸,以生产
胶乳;其中所述乳液聚合步骤是在约 0.5至约4phm的至少一种
磷酸酯表面活性剂的存在下,以及约0.5至4phm的至少一种不溶于
水的
非离子表面活性剂的存在下进行;该
非离子表面活性剂选自由亲
水-亲油平衡数小于约12的
非离子表面活性剂、
脂肪醇以及
环氧乙烷和环
氧丙烷的共聚物多元醇组成的组;以及
(2) 用
氨水中和
胶乳,使其 pH 值在约 7 至约 10.5 的范围内,生成中和
胶乳。