Abstract: The present invention is an aqueous coating composition having excellent freeze-thaw stability and a low-VOC content. The aqueous coating composition of the invention includes at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer and at least one polymerizable alkoxylated surfactant, at least one pigment, and water. In accordance with the invention, less than 3.0% by weight of anti-freeze agents based on the total weight of the aqueous coating composition are used in the composition. The present invention also includes a method of preparing an aqueous coating composition such as a latex paint including the above components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-free pigmented formulation comprising I) a binder based on at least one copolymer P in an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable by free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture containing a) from 45 to 69.95% by weight of at least one monomer a) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg of less than 20° C., b) from 30 to 54.95% by weight of at least one monomer b) whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature Tg of more than 50° C., c) from 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of itaconic acid and/or its anhydride and/or its salts, as acidic monomer c), and d) from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one further monomer d), the sum of the % by weight of a) to d) being 100% by weight, II) at least one pigment, III) at least one pigment dispersant having an acid number to DIN 53402 of less than 600, IV) if desired, an inorganic filler, and V) customary auxiliaries.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing i) at least one copolymer P of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion which contains between 0.1 and 1.5 weight %, in relation to the total weight of the copolymer P, of polymerized itaconic acid as acid monomer M1, its salts and/or anhydride, where up to 50 weight % of the itaconic acid can be substituted by another monomer having at least one acid group or a neutralized acid group, and whose glass transition temperature TG lies between −10 and +50° C.; ii) at least one inorganic pigment; iii) possibly inorganic fillers; and iv) standard additives. The invention also relates to the use of the copolymers P containing itaconic acid for improving the wet-abrasion resistance of polymer-bound coatings containing pigments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in polymers P by reacting an aqueous dispersion of at least one polymer P with hydrogen in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst comprising at least one transition metal selected from rhodium and/or ruthenium and at least one nonionic phosphorus compound capable of forming a coordinative compound with the transition metal, which comprises incorporating the hydrogenation catalyst into the aqueous dispersion of the polymer P without adding a solvent. The present invention also relates to the aqueous dispersions of the hydrogenated polymers P obtainable by this process and to coating compositions comprising such dispersions.

Abstract: Binder formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions having a minimum film-forming temperature of below 10° C. and comprising at least one binder polymer P in the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one anionic emulsifier and at least one nonionic emulsifier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solvent-free pigmented formulation comprising

Abstract: A pigment-comprising formulation for coating substrates, comprising: (i) an aqueous dispersion of at least one water-insoluble polymer P which has phosphonate groups, as a binder, said polymer P having a glass transition temperature Tg in the range of −60° to 80° C., (ii) at least one inorganic pigment, (iii) optionally, one or more inorganic fillers, and (iv) at least one auxiliary, wherein water-insoluble polymer P is obtained by free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising: 90 to 99.9% by weight of at least one monomer a, which is selected from the group consisting of vinylaromatic monomers, the esters of acrylic acid with C1-C12-alkanols, the vinyl esters of aliphatic C1-C12-monocarboxylic acids, ethylene and vinylchloride, and 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one phosphonate group containing monomer.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersion comprising from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polymer of an emulsifier A) having a phosphate group, wherein said emulsifier consists at least 50% by weight of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide groups and the proportion of the ethylene oxide groups and propylene oxide groups is in each case at least 10% by weight, based on the overall amount of the ethylene oxide and propylene oxide groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to low-odor binders which can be processed without solvent and are based on aqueous styrene-acrylate polymer dispersions, having a mean film-forming temperature of below 10.degree. C.The invention also relates to low-emission coating compositions, especially emulsion paints, which comprise these binders.

Abstract: An aqueous polymer emulsion is obtained by polymerizing first a monomer composition 1 in a first polymerization stage and then a monomer composition 2 in a polymerization stage 2, in each case by the free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization method, one of the two monomer compositions essentially comprising hard monomers and the other monomer composition essentially comprising soft monomers, and, in addition to the monomer compositions 1 and 2, nitrogen-containing adhesion-promoting monomers being polymerized, at least 20 mol % of the total amount of the adhesion-promoting monomers being polymerized in polymerization stage 1.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions are obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains from 10 to 100% by weight of halogenated monomers by radical emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium, adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase of the resulting aqueous polymer dispersion to from 5 to 10 by addition of bases which differ from ammonia and from primary and secondary amines, and adding from 0.005 to 1% of the weight of the monomer mixture of one or more substances from the group comprising glycerol, pivalic acid, paraldehyde, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, benzophenone, alkyl-substituted benzophenones, thiosulfuric acid and salts thereof, and oxalic acid and salts thereof, it being possible to add both the bases and the one or more substances before, during and/or after the emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions are obtainable by polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains from 10 to 100% by weight of halogenated monomers in the presence of from 0.5 to 6% by weight, based on the monomer mixture, of exclusively anionic and/or non-ionic emulsifiers by radical emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium, and adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase of the resulting aqueous polymer dispersion to from 5 to 10 by addition of bases which are different from ammonia and from primary and secondary amines, it being possible for the bases to be added before, during and/or after the emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: Polymer powders which are redispersible in water and are obtainable by atomizing aqueous polymer dispersions to which from 3 to 50% by weight, based on the polymer, of a water-soluble alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt of a phenolsulfonic acid/formaldehyde condensate has been added are used as additives in hydraulic binders.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions essentially containing a copolymer ofa) from 85 to 98.5% by weight of methacrylates,b) from 0.5 to 4% by weight of arcylic acid and/or methacrylic acid,c) from 0.5 to 4% by weight of acrylamide and/or methacrylamide,d) from 0.5 to 4% by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically diunsaturated or polyunsaturated compound ande) from 0 to 3% by weight of a carbonyl-containing .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated compound, a process for their preparation, and their use for coating wood.

Abstract: A concrete roof tile is coated with an unfilled or aggregate- and/or pigment-filled film of a copolymer containing (a) from 0.03 to 2% by weight of tin in the form of a polymerizable organotin compound (b) from 0.5 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylamide and/or vinylsulfonic acid and (c) from 0.1 to 5% by weight of carbonyl-containing monomers crosslinked with certain dicarboxodihydrazides, besides (d) at least two (meth)acrylic esters of C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkanols and/or styrene as copolymerized units in such an amount and such mixing ratios that the copolymer has a glass transition temperature of -15 to +10.degree. C. prior to crosslinking.

Abstract: Aqueous anticorrosion coatings which contain a binder based on styrene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer dispersions which contain(a) from 0.5 to 4% by weight of a monoalkyl phosphate having a phosphorus content of not less than 7% and(b) from 0.1 to 3.5% by weight of an oxyethylated alkylphenol, where alkyl is of 8 or 9 carbon atoms, and/or of an oxyethylated C.sub.8 -C.sub.18 -fatty alcohol, the percentages by weight being based on the amount of copolymer and the copolymers having a mean particle diameter of from 0.01 to 0.5 .mu.m and an MFT of from 5.degree. to 50.degree. C., exhibit good adhesion, especially to iron and steel, and are particularly resistant to weathering.