Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising using a first aqueous mixture M(1) and a second aqueous mixture M(2), an aqueous polymer dispersion obtainable or obtained by said process and a use of said dispersion as a binder, preferably for decorative coatings. Further, the present invention relates to a coating, such as paint and paint formulation comprising said dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polymer latexes of film-forming copolymer particles obtainable by aqueous emulsion polymerisation of monoethylenically monomers M, which mainly comprise non-ionic monomers of the group consisting of alkyl(meth)acrylates, cycloalkyl(meth)acrylates and monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomers and which additionally comprise 0.01 to 1% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer M2 having a hydrolysable silane group; and 0.1 to 2% by weight, based on the total weight of monomers M, of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer M3 having an acidic phosphate group, or a salt thereof and where the copolymer particles in the polymer latex have volume median particle diameter of at least 250 nm, as determined by dynamic light scattering according to the ISO 13321:1996 standard.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic moulding composition including a) from 50 to 96.95% by weight of polyamide containing aliphatic non-branched C10-12 building blocks, selected from polyamide 6.10 and mixtures of polyamide 6.10 with polyamide 6.12, polyamide 12.12, polyamide 11 and/or polyamide 12, b) from 0 to 37% by weight of further polyamide different from component A); c) from 3 to 30% by weight of polyamide-polyether block copolymer; d) from 0.05 to 1.5% by weight of hindered amine light stabilizer, e) from 0 to 1% by weight of sterically hindered phenol oxidation retarder; f) from 0 to 20% by weight of further additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of a) through f) is 100% by weight and the total of the percentages by weight of b) and c) is not more than 40% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous polymer latexes of film-forming copolymers which are suitable as binders in waterborne coating compositions, and are obtainable by aqueous emulsion polymerisation of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M, which comprise •20 to 95% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers M, of at least one monomer M1, which is selected from isobutyl acrylate and isoamyl acrylate and mixtures thereof; •0 to 55% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers M, of at least one monomer M2, which is selected from ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, n-pentyl acrylate, C6-C20-alkyl esters of acrylic acid and C5-C20-alkyl esters of methacrylic acid and mixtures thereof; •5 to 50% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers M, of at least one monomer M3, which is selected from tert-butyl acrylate, C1-C4-alkyl esters of methacrylic acid, C5-C20-cycloalkyl esters of acrylic acid, C5-C20-cycloalkyl esters of methacrylic acid, C5-C20-cycloalkylmethyl esters of acryli

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous emulsion paint comprising a) 5% to 50% by weight of an aqueous polymer dispersion having a solids content in the range from 40% to 60% by weight, obtainable by the free-radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising ethylhexyl acrylate, butyl acrylate and one or more vinylaromatics, preferably styrene, b) 0.1% to 5% by weight of alkali metal alkylsiliconate and/or water-soluble silicate, c) 20% to 70% by weight of inorganic fillers, d) 0% to 30% by weight of at least one pigment, e) 0.1% to 10% by weight of customary auxiliaries, and f) water, based in each case on the total amount of the emulsion paint, the pH of the emulsion paint having a value in the range from 10 to 12, and also relates to the aqueous polymer dispersions, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as organic binders in emulsion paints having a high pH.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a latex paint containing i) a multistage carboxylated polymer latex binder, ii) a titanium dioxide pigment, and iii) a polymeric dispersant PD having a number average molecular weight, as determined by GPC, of at most 5500 Dalton. Also disclosed are methods for preparing the latex paint, and coatings containing the latex paint.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for preparing an aqueous polymer latex by polymerising a monomer composition M by a radical emulsion polymerisation, where at least 95% of the monomer composition M is metered during a period P to the polymerisation reaction under polymerisation conditions, such that during at least one period P(n) within the period P, the relative amount of monomers M2, which are metered to the polymerisation reaction during the periods P(n), to the total amount of the monomer composition M, which is metered to the polymerisation reaction during said period P(n), is at least 1% by weight higher than the relative amount of monomers M2, which are metered to the polymerisation reaction outside of each of said periods P(n), to the total amount of the monomer composition M, which is metered to the polymerisation reaction outside of each of said periods P(n).