Abstract: A water-soluble, crosslinkable protective colloid is provided having a molecular weight of least than 500,000 comprising: a) 20 to 959 by weight of monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups, b) 4 to 800 by weight of monomer units containing N-methylol or N-alkoxymethyl groups, and c) 0.1 to 20% by weight of hydrophobic monomer units such as water insoluble ethylenically unsaturated compounds and the hydrophobic end groups of initiator radicals or regulator molecules. Optionally, up to 50% by weight of the monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups can be replaced by monomer units containing carboxyl groups or monomer units containing amide groups.

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Abstract: A water-soluble, crosslinkable protective colloid is provided having a weight-average molecular weight of least than 500,000 comprising: a) 20 to 95% by weight of monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups, b) 4 to 80% by weight of monomer units containing N-methylol or N-alkoxymethyl groups, and c) 0.1 to 20% by weight of hydrophobic monomer units such as water insoluble ethylenically unsaturated compounds and the hydrophobic end groups of initiator radicals or regulator molecules. Optionally, up to 50% by weight of the monomer units containing sulphonic acid or sulphonate groups can be replaced by monomer units containing carboxyl groups or monomer units containing amide groups.

Abstract: A textile binder in the form an aqueous copolymer dispersion or of a copolymer powder obtainable by means of free-radical emulsion polymerization of a) one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters, esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, vinylaromatics, vinyl halides and alpha-olefins and b) from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the overall weight of the copolymer, of one or more monomers b1) from the group consisting of the N-(alkoxymethyl)acrylamides and N-(alkoxymethyl)-methacrylamides or one or more monomers b2) from the group consisting of N-methylolacrylamide and N-methylolmethacrylamide, or mixtures b1) and b2), where as emulsifier(s) from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the overall weight of the copolymer, of one or more emulsifiers from the group of the monoesters or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with linear, unbranched or branched, or cycloaliphatic alcohols, are employed or are added to the aqueous copolymer dispersion after the end of the emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: The invention concerns water-soluble cross-linkable copolymers having a molecular weight of .ltoreq.500000 and comprising a) between 20 and 95 wt. % sulphonic-acid- or sulphonate-group-containing monomer units; b) between 4 and 80 wt. % N-methylol- or N-alkoxymethyl-group containing monomer units; and c) between 0.1 and 20 wt. % hydrophobic monomer units selected from the group comprising water-insoluble ethylenically unsaturated compounds and hydrophobic end groups of initiator radicals or regulator molecules, the portions in wt. % being relative to the total weight of the copolymer. The portion of sulphonic-acid- or sulphonate-group-containing monomer units can optionally be substituted by up to 50 wt. %, relative to the portion by weight of monomer units a), by carboxyl-group-containing monomer units d) or amide-group-containing monomer units e).