Abstract: Latexes are thickened by compounds of the formula: R1—(O—A)a—B1—R2—(B2—R3)d—(B3—(A′—O)b-f—(A′—B4)f—R4—(B5—R5)e)n—B6—(A″O)c—R6 wherein: R1 and R6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group; R2 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent; R3 and R5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl; B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B6 are linking groups independently selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom (to form the ether linkage —O—), a carboxylate group (to form an ester linkage R2—C(O)—O— and/or R4—C(O)—O—), an amino group (to form

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting an epoxy resin with a polyoxyalkylenemonoamine having a molecular weight of from about 3,000 to about 15,000 in a ratio of about 0.001 to 0.060 reactive equivalents of polyoxyalkylenemonoamine to about 1.0 reactive equivalents of epoxy resin. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting an epoxy resin with a polyoxyalkyleneamine having a molecular weight of from about 3,000 to about 15,000 in a ratio of about 0.001 to 0.060 reactive equivalents of polyoxyalkyleneamine to about 1.0 reactive equivalents of epoxy resin. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A process of preparing a concentrate which is useful as a thickener for aqueous compositions is provided. The process comprises obtaining a solution of an associative thickener compound in an organic solvent capable of forming a low boiling azeotrope with water. The solution is essentially free of water at this point and is at a temperature above the boiling point of said low boiling azeotrope. Water is added to said solution and an azeotrope of water and said organic solvent is distilled. The rate of addition of water is sufficient to replace said azeotrope with water, but is insufficient to cause a second phase to form in the resulting mixture of said solution and said water. The process yields a concentrate of an associative thickener in water, which concentrate is essentially free of volatile organic solvents.

Abstract: Latexes are thickened by compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radical having a valence of from 2 to 8; each of B.sub.1 -B.sub.8 is independently an ester, amide, amine, ether, sulfide, disulfide, thiocarbamate, urea, thiourea, urethane, sulfate, phosphate, carbonyl, methylene, thioamide, carbonate, or imide linkage; each of X.sup.1 -X.sup.8 is independently --A.sub.1 --R.sup.2 --A.sub.2 -- or --A.sub.1 -- wherein each of A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 is independently an ester, amide, amine, ether, sulfide, disulfide, urethane, thiocarbamate, urea, thiourea, sulfate, phosphate, carbonyl, methylene, thioamide, carbonate, or imide linkage and R.sup.2 is a divalent aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radical with the proviso that only one of B.sub.1 -B.sub.8 is urethane and that when one of B.sub.1 -B.sub.8 is urethane, one of A.sub.1 and A.sub.

Abstract: A process of preparing a concentrate which is useful as a thickener for aqueous compositions is provided. The process comprises obtaining a solution of an associative thickener compound in an organic solvent capable of forming a low boiling azeotrope with water. The solution is essentially free of water at this point and is at a temperature above the boiling point of said low boiling azeotrope. Water is added to said solution and an azeotrope of water and said organic solvent is distilled. The rate of addition of water is sufficient to replace said azeotrope with water, but is insufficient to cause a second phase to form in the resulting mixture of said solution and said water. The process yields a concentrate of an associative thickener in water, which concentrate is essentially free of volatile organic solvents.

Abstract: Latexes are thickened by compounds of the formula:R.sup.1 -(O-A).sub.a -B.sup.1 -R.sup.2 -(B.sup.2 -R.sup.3).sub.d -(B.sup.3 -(A'-O).sub.b-f -(A'-B.sup.4).sub.f -R.sup.4 -(B.sup.5 -R.sup.5).sub.e).sub.n -B.sup.6 -(A"O).sub.c -R.sup.6wherein:R.sup.1 and R.sup.6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a substituted aromatic group;R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, aromatic, or substituted aromatic radicals, each radical being divalent or trivalent;R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower aralkyl;B.sup.1, B.sup.2, B.sup.3, B.sup.4, B.sup.5, and B.sup.6 are linking groups independently selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom (to form the ether linkage --O--), a carboxylate group (to form an ester linkage R.sup.2 --C(O)--O-- and/or R.sup.

Abstract: A method of preparing an inorganic pigment dispersion useful in the preparation of latex paints is provided. The method comprises dispersing an inorganic pigment in an aqueous medium further comprised of a dispersing polymer, said aqueous medium being essentially free of volatile organic solvents. The dispersing polymer is derived from monomers consisting essentially of an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic monomer having an unsubstituted ethylenic group, an ethylenically unsaturated aromatic monomer having an alkyl-substituted ethylenic group, and an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer. The amount of the ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer is sufficient to permit the dispersing polymer to associate with an inorganic pigment in an aqueous medium in a manner which disperses the inorganic pigment in the aqueous medium to form a stable aqueous dispersion of said inorganic pigment.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.01 to 1.0 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) between 0.005 and 0.025 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and between 0.3 and 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.01 to 1.0 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) between 0.005 and 0.025 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and between 0.3 and 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: There is disclosed a self-disbursing curable epoxy resin composition comprising the addition product of reactants comprising (a) 1.0 reactive equivalent of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.40 to 0.95 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) from about 0.005 to 0.5 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct comprising the addition product of reactants comprising 1.0 reactive equivalent of an aromatic polyepoxide and from about 0.3 to 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) between 0.005 and 0.5 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, and optionally (c) from about 0.01 to 1.0 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and greater than 1.0 but no more than about 2.5 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) between 0.005 and 0.5 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, and optionally (c) from about 0.01 to 1.0 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and greater than 1.0 but no more than about 2.5 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.65 to 0.95 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) between 0.005 and 0.5 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and between 0.3 and 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: A self-dispersing curable epoxy composition is prepared upon contacting (a) 1.0 reactive equivalents of an epoxy resin, (b) from about 0.01 to 1.0 reactive equivalents of a polyhydric phenol, and (c) between 0.005 and 0.025 reactive equivalents of an amine-epoxy adduct, wherein the amine-epoxy adduct is formed upon contacting 1.0 equivalents of an aliphatic polyepoxide and between 0.3 and 0.9 reactive equivalents of a polyoxyalkyleneamine. The self-dispersing curable epoxy resin forms an aqueous dispersion upon mixing with water. When cured, the dispersion is useful as a coating composition.

Abstract: Curable systems for the preparation of polymeric products in which the curable system comprises an epoxy resin or an isocyanate, wherein the system contains a condensation reaction product ofa) a polyamine having only one primary amino group and only one tertiary amino group, and a non-cyclic backbone containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; andb) at least one of urea, guanidine, guanylurea, thiourea, and a mono-N,N' alkyl substituted urea or thiourea having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moieties.

Abstract: A latex which affords a film having superior heat resistance, gloss, and transparency is comprised of: (1) water; (2) a styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer solubilized by a solubilizing amount of ammonium hydroxide; (3) a graft copolymer which is comprised of a portion of the solubilized styrenemaleic anhydride copolymer onto which is grafted a polymer formed from the polymerization of one or more polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from the group consisting of an acrylate, a methacrylate, an aromatic alkenyl monomer, an aliphatic alkenyl monomer, and combinations thereof; (4) a polymer dispersed in the water which is comprised of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from the group consisting of an acrylate, a methacrylate, an aromatic alkenyl monomer, an aliphatic alkenyl monomer, and combinations thereof dispersed in the water; (5) a nonionic or anionic surfactant, or a combination thereof; and, (6) optionally, zinc or zirconyl ammonium carbonate.

Abstract: An amine-epichlorohydrin resin is prepared in a water-polyol solvent in order to facilitate the polymerization and crosslinking reactions. The reaction product is useful as a wet strength resin composition which has a flash point high enough to be used in commercial paper making operations.

Abstract: An amine-epichlorohydrin resin is prepared in a water-polyol solvent in order to facilitate the polymerization and crosslinking reactions. The reaction product is useful as a wet strength resin composition which has a flash point high enough to be used in commercial paper making operations.

Abstract: Polythiols prepared by the reaction of hydrogen sulfide or organic dithiols with polyglycidyl substituted amines have been found to be outstanding curing agents for epoxy resins. Epoxy resins cured with these polythiols are characterized by not only improved gel times, but also improved cure rates, better heat resistance and greater resistance to absorption of water.A useful polythiol is the reaction product of N,N,N',N'-tetraglycidyl-m-xylylenediamine with hydrogen sulfide.