摘要 |
High solids, low viscosity, radiation curable, aqueous coatings compositions are provided by adding a small proportion of water to a polyethylenically unsaturated resin, preferably a liquid polyester containing acrylate groups and carboxyl functionality enabling improved dispersibility with water in the presence of a base, and a water soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from acrylamide and N-methylol acrylamide is added to lower the viscosity of the composition and also to improve the cure. An ultraviolet photosensitizer, such as benzophenone, is added, preferably together with a tertiary amine cosensitizer, to enable ultraviolet cure.
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