Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer latex obtained from the emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising: (a) more than 60 wt. % to 75 wt. % of at least one aliphatic conjugated diene (b) 10 wt. % to 30 wt. % of at least one vinyl aromatic compound; and (c) 0.5 to 5 wt. % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated silane bearing at least one silicon bonded hydrolysable group; (d) 0.1 to 8 wt. % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid; and (e) 0 to 20 wt. % of at least one further ethylenically unsaturated compound different from any of compounds (a) to (d), the weight percentages being based on the total amount of monomers and add up to 100 wt. %, to a binder comprising said polymer latex and to a fiber structure fortified by said binder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile fiber structure comprising man-made fibers fortified by a binder comprising a polymer latex obtained from the emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising: (a) an aliphatic conjugated diene (b) a vinyl aromatic compound; (c) an ethylenically unsaturated silane bearing at least one silicon bonded hydrolysable group, and (d) an ethylenically unsaturated acid and to its use in construction applications, and to the use of the above binder to fortify textile fiber structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile fiber structure comprising man-made fibers fortified by a binder comprising a polymer latex obtained from the emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium of a mixture of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising: (a) an aliphatic conjugated diene (b) a vinyl aromatic compound; (c) an ethylenically unsaturated silane bearing at least one silicon bonded hydrolysable group, and (d) an ethylenically unsaturated acid and to its use in construction applications, and to the use of the above binder to fortify textile fiber structures.