Inventors:
Eric K. Eisenhart - Doylestown PA
Dennis P. Lorah - Lansdale PA
Susan R. Gill - Lansdale PA
Eric A. Johnson - Lansdale PA
Assignee:
Rohm and Haas Company - Philadelphia PA
International Classification:
C08F26504, C08F26506
Abstract:
Multi-stage polymer particles comprising at least one hydrophobically-modified, ionically-soluble polymer stage polymerized from a) hydrophobic monomer, b) ethylenically-unsaturated, ionizable monomer, c) non-ionic, ethylenically-unsaturated monomer and optionally d) multi-functional compound are improved thickeners.