Abstract: Cement-containing or cement-free building material compositions containing a pulverulent rheological additive comprising: a) soluble a copolymer of (meth)acrylic acid and (meth)acrylic esters, b) a dispersant, and c) a polymer powder which is redispersible in water provide mortars, adhesives, grouts, etc., with excellent processability cured properties.

Abstract: Etherified vinyl alcohol polymers based on partially or completely hydrolyzed vinyl acetate homopolymers or copolymers, containing from 0.1 to 100 mol % of whose vinyl alcohol groups of the formula (I) —CH2-CHR—O—R1, R is H or CH3, and R1 in the etherified vinyl alcohol polymers is identical or different and is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, or alkaryl radicals each having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, the substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxyl, amine, ammonium, carboxylic acid, carboxylic ester, carboxamide, ether, keto, sulfonic acid, phosphonate, nitrate, and polyoxyalkylene radicals having from 2 to 50 C2-8 oxyalkylene units are useful as thickeners in liquid-containing compositions, particularly hydraulically and non-hydraulically setting construction formulations such as cements, plasters, mortars, adhesives, and renders.

Abstract: A thickener based vinyl alcohol copolymers and cellulose ethers, containing

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of acetalized vinyl alcohol polymers with a molecular weight Mw greater than 100 000 as thickeners, the thickeners being obtained by acetalizing partially or fully hydrolyzed vinyl acetate homopolymers, or partially or fully hydrolyzed vinyl acetate copolymers which, besides vinyl acetate units, also contain comonomer units which derive from one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of 1-(C1-5) alkylvinyl esters of C1-5 carboxylic acids, allyl esters, vinyl esters of alpha-branched C1-12 carboxylic acids, and C1-8-alkyl (meth)acrylates.