Abstract: A polymer for imparting repellency and stain resistance to substrates is disclosed of Formula 1: (W)a(R2)b—Si(R1)2—O—[Si(R1)2—O]n—[Si(W)c(R1)d(R2)e—O]m—Si(R1)2—(W)f(R2)g wherein: a, b, c, d, e, f and g are each independently 0 or 1, provided that (a+b) is 1, (f+g) is 1, and (c+d+e) is 2, each R1 is divalently a C1 to C8 alkyl, each R2 is independently H or C1 to C8 alkyl, optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, n=0 to 500, m=1 to 100, each W is independently (Rf—X-A-X)p—Y wherein: Rf is a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group having from about 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof, which is optionally interrupted by at least one oxygen atom, each X is independently an organic divalent linking group having from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, or a combination thereof, A is a 1, 2, 3-triazole, p=0 to 2, and Y is O, OR, N, NR or N(R)2 wherein R is H or C1 to C20 alkyl, optionally containing oxygen,

Abstract: A composition useful to provide oil repellency, water repellency, and stain resistance to substrates comprising a polymer prepared by contacting a polyfluoroalkyl sulfonyl halide with a compound of Formula II, III or IV (E-(O)q)3Si—O—(Si(R2)2—O)m—[Si(R3—NHR4)(R2)O]n—Si—((O)q-E)3 ??formula II HR4N—R3—Si(R2)2—O—[Si(R2)2—O—[Si(R3—NHR4)(R2)O]n—Si(R2)2—R3—NHR4 ??Formula III HR4N—R3—Si(R2)2—O—[Si(R2)2—O]m—Si—((O)q-E)3 ??Formula IV wherein each R2 is independently a C1 to C8 alkyl, each R3 is independently a divalent group containing carbon, oxygen, and optionally at least one of nitrogen oxygen and sulfur, each R4 is independently H or C1 to C8 alkyl, each E is independently a C1 to C8 branched or linear alkyl, each q is independently zero or 1, m is a positive integer, and n is independently zero or a positive integer, such that n/(m+n) is zero or a positive fraction having a value up to about 0.7, and the polymer viscosity is less than or equal to 10000 mPa·s under a shear rate of 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated copolymers resulting from the polymerization of a polyfluorinated monomer, a (meth)acrylate amino alcohol, vinyl acetate and a silane monomer in a distillable organic solvent, aqueous compositions containing them, and their use for treating solid substrates, notably building materials.

Abstract: Polymer dispersant of polycarboxylate type comprising at least one copolymer obtained from a monomer composition comprising, in moles: A) 40 to 95% of at least one unsaturated carboxylic monomer, B) 5 to 60% of at least one acrylic ester or methacrylic ester monomer comprising a polyether chain, C) 0 to 20% of at least one third monomer selected from: acrylic ester or methacrylic ester or acrylamide or acrylamide derivative or vinylaromatic monomer or its sulphonated derivative, the copolymer having a controlled molecular mass distribution and being able to be obtained by a process comprising the stages of: i) polymerization in aqueous solution at a temperature ranging from 70 to 95° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated copolymers resulting from the polymerization of a polyfluorinated monomer, a (meth)acrylate amino alcohol, vinyl acetate and a silane monomer in a distillable organic solvent, aqueous compositions containing them, and their use for treating solid substrates, notably building materials.

Abstract: 1) Hydrophilic fluoropolymers obtained by radical polymerization, in a precipitating medium, of a mixture of monomers composed of at least one monomer with a perfluoroalkyl side chain, of one or more ionic or ionizable hydrophilic monomer(s) and optionally of one or more nonionic hydrophilic monomer(s). 2) Use of these polymers as dispersants or thickeners and as additives in multipurpose fire-fighting emulsifiers.

Abstract: Fluorocopolymers resulting from the polymerization of a polyfluoromonomer, of an aminoalcohol (meth)acrylate and of methacrylic acid in a distillable organic solvent, and aqueous compositions containing them.

Abstract: Fluorocopolymers resulting from the polymerization of a polyfluoromonomer, of an aminoalcohol (meth)acrylate and of methacrylic acid in a distillable organic solvent, and aqueous compositions containing them.

Abstract: Novel associative acrylic polymers prepared by radical inverse emulsion polymerization. It is a methacrylic ester in which the radical is composed of a hydrophilic segment and of a hydrophobic segment. The associative polymers of the invention can be used as thickeners, flocculating agents or filler-retaining agents.