Abstract: Coating process for papers and cardboards, in which cross-linked polymers insoluble in water, containing in molar proportions in the polymerized state:50 to 99.995% acrylic acid at least 70% of which is in the form of ammonium acrylate,0.005 to 0.5% bisacrylamidoacetic acid which has about the same neutralization ratio as acrylic acid and,the complement to 100% with acrylamide, are used as coating agent, and use in paper coating.

Abstract: Hydrophilic polymer, as microbeads insoluble in water, based on acrylic acid and an alkali metal acrylate constituted by an acrylic acid-potassium acrylate copolymer, cross-linked with 100 ppm to 3,000 ppm relative to the total weight of monomers of one or more cross-linking agents chosen from the group constituted by the products of general formula I: ##STR1## A=a bivalent radical derived from a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkane presenting an absorption capacity for a salty physiological solution of 30 to 70 g per gram and from 10 to 35 g per gram under pressure, preparation process and use notably in articles of hygiene.

Abstract: Hydrophilic polymer, as microbeads insoluble in water, based on acrylic acid and an alkali metal acrylate constituted by an acrylic acid - potassium acrylate copolymer, cross-linked with 100 ppm to 3,000 ppm relative to the total weight of monomers of one or more cross-linking agents chosen from the group constituted by the products of general formula I: ##STR1## A=a bivalent radical derived from a C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkane presenting an absorption capacity for a salty physiological solution of 30 to 70 g per gram and from 10 to 35 g per gram under pressure, preparation process and use notably in articles of hygiene.

Abstract: This polymer is based on acrylic acid and alkali metal acrylate; it has a degree of absorbency in respect of a physiological solution of 50 to 70 g/g, containing only 20 to 45% of acrylic acid, in molar proportions, and 80 to 55% of potassium acrylate. Its method of preparation is an oil-water suspension polymerization process which is carried out by introducing slowly, while being agitated, into the oil phase containing a protective colloid, a solution obtained starting from an aqueous solution of one or more polymerization initiators and an aqueous solution of the selected monomers, then eliminating any solvent until achieving a degree of dryness of 80.+-.10% by weight, thus isolating the desired copolymer. This polymer is suitable for use as an absorbent.

Abstract: Water in oil dispersions of hydrophilic polymers based on acrylic acid partially or totally converted into the salt form with ammonia, which dispersions contain:(a) 65 to 75% of an aqueous dispersed phase, 35 to 50% of which is a hydrophilic copolymer, having a molecular weight greater than 3.times.10.sup.6, based on 0 to 50% acrylamide and 0.008 to 0.1% bisacrylamidoacetic acid partially or totally converted into the salt form with ammonia;(b) 3 to 7% of an emulsifying system, having overall an HLB value greater than 7,(c) the remainder (up to 100%) being an oil phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to new cationic ampholytic water-soluble tetrapolymers for cosmetic compositions for treating keratinous fibers and resulting from copolymerization of:a moles of acrylamide, AAM,b moles of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propane sulfonic acid, AMPS,b moles of a basic monomer selected from the three following monomers: dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, ADAME, N-(3-dimethylamino-1-propyl) acrylamide, DMAPA, N-(3-dimethylamino-1-propyl) methacrylamide, DMAPMA, c moles of a cationic monomer selected from the four following monomers:N,N,N-3-trimethylacrylamido-propanaminium chloride, APTAC,N,N,N-3-trimethylmethacrylamido-propanaminium chloride, MAPTAC,N,N,N-2-trimethylacryloyloxy-ethanaminium chloride, CMA, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate hydrochloride, CHA, with the following relations:a+2b+c=10030<a<7510<b<255<c<20.

Abstract: The invention relates to stable water in oil dispersions, of hydrosoluble cationic polymers based on salified or quaternized dimethylaminoethyl acrylate copolymerized or not with acrylamide, and containing more than 5%(in moles) of cationic units uniformly and not statistically distributed along the chains, presenting a composition by weight of from 20 to 55% of polymers, from 20 to 45% of oil, from 1 to 5% of at least two emulsifying agents, and the balance to 100% being water, the oil phase being a mixture of normal C.sub.10 -C.sub.13 alkanes, one of the emulsifying agents having an HLB of 3 to 5, and good solubility in the oil phase, and a lipophilous group of a carbonated ramified chain of at least 16C and the other having an average HLB of 12 to 16, the percentages by weight of both agents being from 0.5 to 3% relative to the weight of the dispersion.

Abstract: A novel cationic aminoplastic water-dispersible resin based on melamine, formaldehyde and glyoxal salified by a mineral or organic protonic acid, or by a mixture of such acids, selected from the group comprising hydrochloric, nitric, orthophosphoric, acetic, formic acids; it contains molar ratios, for 1 mole of melamine, of 2 to 4 moles of formaldehyde, 0.1 to 3 moles of glyoxal and 0.5 to 1 mole of mineral or organic protonic acid, or the equivalent quantity of a mixture thereof.

Abstract: Strong cationic polyelectrolytes in powder form based on acrylamide and quaternized or salified dimethylaminoethyl acrylate; and the use thereof for flocculation of solid material suspensions and coalescence of emulsions.Such polyelectrolytes contain in molar proportions more than 50% of cationic units uniformly distributed along the copolymer chains. They are used for flocculating colloidal suspensions and/or coalescing emulsions, especially, in sewage water purification installations.

Abstract: Cationic polyelectrolytes in water-soluble powder form, applicable to the flocculation of municipal sludge comprise copolymers of acrylamide and of quaternized or salified dimethylamino-ethyl acrylate, containing in molar proportions 10 to 50% of cationic units distributed regularly along the copolymer chains. They have an intrinsic viscosity higher than 6 and a measured cationicity higher than 90% of the theoretical cationicity.

Abstract: A process of production of linear, water-soluble polymers and co-polymers of very high molecular weight in powder form, from monomers which are themselves soluble in water comprises operating in emulsion with an inversion of phase during the course of the operation with, as solvent, a hydrocarbon giving with water an azeotrope boiling at a temperature lower than 100.degree.C, and with, as emulsifying agent, a non-ionic emulsifying agent having a H.L.B between 8 and 13 in a proportion of 1.5 to 5 % of the total weight of the monomers and the solvents, initiating the polymerization at a temperature lower than 35.degree.C by adding the quantity of initiator of the Redox type to the whole of the reactants and especially carrying out the polymerization in a closed vessel without external cooling, until the maximum temperature is reached.