Abstract: A crosslinked, sulphonated, acrylic copolymer may be prepared from at least four monomers and in the absence of methacrylic acid. Such a copolymer may be prepared into an aqueous composition having viscoelastic and suspensive properties, including such a copolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thickening agent P for an aqueous composition, in particular for a hydro-alcoholic composition. The thickening agent P is prepared in the absence of acrylamide by a polymerisation reaction using N-methylol acrylamide or one of the derivatives thereof, an acid and an acid ester. A specific condensate of (meth)acrylic acid and N-methylol acrylamide are part of the invention. The invention also provides a hydro-alcoholic composition, the viscosity of the hydro-alcoholic composition being controlled. The invention also provides a hydro-alcoholic composition, the viscosity of the hydro-alcoholic composition being controlled.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper coating slip composition comprising a copolymer of thickening acrylic acid, a mineral material in the form of particles, a binding agent, and water. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for the production of paper or cardboard, improving the water retention of the paper coating slip.

Abstract: A copolymer may be obtained by polymerization reaction(s) using an anionic monomer and two polyethoxylated monomers. Such copolymers may have a polydispersity index, determined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC), of less than 3, and be obtained by at least one radical polymerisation reaction in water at a temperature ranging from 10 to 90° C. A composition may include such copolymers. Such copolymers may be prepared and use as a superplasticizer for a hydraulic binder composition.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for preparing a coating, such as a paint or a varnish, comprising an acrylic acid copolymer thickener, a polymer binder chosen from a vinyl acetate homopolymer, a vinyl acetate copolymer, a vinyl versatate homopolymer, a vinyl versatate copolymer and combinations thereof, and water. The invention also concerns the use of the acrylic acid copolymer in an aqueous coating composition comprising such a polymer binder in order to improve the stability of same during storage.

Abstract: A polymer may have a molecular mass of less than 8,000 g/mol and a polymolecularity index PI of less than 3, produced by free radical polymerization, in water, and at a temperature higher than 50° C., of at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable olefinic unsaturation and at least one carboxylic acid function, in the presence of phosphorus with a degree of oxidation I, phosphorus with a degree of oxidation III and a radical-generating compound. Such polymers may be produced and use for grinding mineral matter, as a detergent agent, or as an anti-scaling agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising a copolymer obtained by a specific polymerisation reaction using an anionic monomer comprising a polymerisable olefinic unsaturation and a carboxylic acid function and a monomer of formula (I): The invention also relates to said copolymer, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use of same as a superplasticizing agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper coating slip composition comprising a copolymer of thickening acrylic acid, a mineral material in the form of particles, a binding agent, and water. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for the production of paper or cardboard, improving the water retention of the paper coating slip.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising a copolymer obtained by a particular polymerization reaction using an anionic monomer comprising a polymerizable olefinic unsaturation and a carboxylic acid function and a monomer of formula (I): the invention also relates to this copolymer per se, and to a method for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a superplasticizer.