Abstract: An aqueous dispersion containing a copolymer comprisinga) 60-95% by weight of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.10 -alkyl (meth)acrylateb) 5-40% by weight of methyl acrylatec) 0-30% by weight of methyl methacrylated) 0-30% by weight of a C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 -vinylaromatic compounde) 0-10% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylatef) 0-5% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.5 -carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acidg) 0-20% by weight of further ethylenically unsaturated compounds,vinyl acetate and chlorine-containing compounds being excluded, is used as an adhesive.

Abstract: An aqueous synthetic resin dispersion consisting of (A) from 35 to 60% by weight of a synthetic resin prepared by free radical solution polymerization of a monomer mixture A1 and monomer mixture A2, wherein mixture A1 is (a) from 1.5 to 15% by weight of at least one C.sub.3-5 unsaturated monocarboxylic acid, maleic or itaconic acid or anhydride and half-esters of maleic acid or itaconic acid with a C.sub.1-8 ankanol or with glycol monoethers, (b) from 65 to 98.5% by weight of at least one C.sub.1-10 alkyl (meth)acrylate, and optionally at least one C.sub.

Abstract: Materials which are cross-linkable by ultraviolet radiation under atmospheric oxygen and are based on (meth)acrylate copolymers having a K value of from 10 to 100 are obtained by free radical polymerization, in the presence or absence of a solvent, ofa) from 5% to 97.4% by weight of isoamyl acrylate and/or isoamyl methacrylate,b) from 9% to 89.9% by weight of (methacrylates whose homopolymers have a glass transition temperature below -30.degree. C.,c) from 2.5% to 30% by weight of .alpha.,.beta.-monoolefinically unsaturated compounds whose homopolymers have a glass transition temperature above -30.degree. C.,d) from 0% to 10% by weight of monoolefinically unsaturated acids and/or their anhydrides ande) from 0% to 20% by weight of further olefinically unsaturated monomers having one or more of the following functional groups: hydroxyl, amide, epoxide, ether, ester, urethane, urea, primary, secondary and tertiary amine and ether groups, andf) from 0.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of copolymers of(a) from 70 to 85% by weight of nontertiary butyl (meth)acrylates,(b) from 8 to 27.2% by weight of (meth)acrylates (A) whose homopolymers have a glass transition temperature greater than that of the polybutyl (meth)acrylate up to 0.degree. C. and (meth)acrylates (B) whose homopolymers have a glass transition temperature below that of the polybutyl (meth)acrylate, the weight ratio of the (meth)acrylates (A) to the (meth)acrylates (B) being from 3:1 to 1:3,(c) from 2 to 15% by weight of methyl methacrylate, styrene and/or acrylonitrile and(d) 0.8 to 5% by weight of monoolefinically unsaturated mono- and/or dicarboxylic acids of 3 to 5 carbon atoms and/or their amides which are unsubstituted or substituted at the nitrogen atoms by alkyl and/or alkylol radicals of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates where the alkyl groups are of 2 to 5 carbon atoms,are used for coating sheet-like substrates.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions which have a long shelf life are obtainable by dispersing a mixture of from 15 to 70% by weight of a copolymer (A) of(I) from 1.5 to 15% by weight of copolymerizable compounds of 3 to 10 carbon atoms which contain a carboxyl or carboxylic anhydride group,(II) from 65 to 98.5% by weight of C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl acrylates or methacrylates,(III) from 0 to 20% by weight of vinylaromatics,(IV) from 0 to 20% by weight of copolymerizable carbonyl compounds and(V) from 0 to 10% by weight of further copolymerizable organic compounds not stated under (I) to (IV), and from 30to 85% by weight of a copolymer (B) of from 60 to 100% by weight of the monomers (II) and from 0 to 40% by weight of the monomers (III) to (V), with the proviso that the copolymers (A) and (B) together contain, as components, more than 65% by weight of alkyl (meth)acrylates (II) whose homopolymers have glass transition temperatures of less than 0.degree. C.

Abstract: Aqueous (meth)acrylate copolymer dispersions can be prepared by polymerization of the monomers in two stages having different monomer compositions and with the concomitant use of crosslinking monomers in aqueous emulsion at the usual temperatures in the presence of the conventional emulsifiers and polymerization initiators, from 40 to 99.5% by weight of the total monomers being polymerized in the first stage and from 60 to 0.5% by weight of the total monomers being polymerized in the second stage, by a process in which from 0.5 to 10% by weight, based on the total monomers, of (meth)-acrylamidoglycollic acid and /or its methyl ester and/or its methyl ether are polymerized in the second stage and from 0 to 1.8% by weight, based on the total monomers, of the amidoglycollic acid compounds are polymerized in the first stage, and the resulting copolymer dispersions are used as binders for sheet-like textile fibrous structures.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of copolymers having a glass transition temperature of not more than -45.degree. C. and a K value greater than 80 consist of not less than 80% by weight of acrylates of alkanols of 8 to 12 carbon atoms, from 1 to 4% by weight of .alpha.,.beta.- monoolefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids and/or their amide derivatives and from 0.1 to 3% by weight of .alpha.-methylstyrene, and are used for the production of self-adhesive structures having good tack at as low as -40.degree. C.