DETECTABLE POLYMERS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POLYMERS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS

摘要

Polymers having amine-thiol terminal moieties are provided. The aminethiol terminal moieties are imparted by using amine-thiols as chain transfer agents in aqueous addition polymerizations. The polymers are useful as mineral dispersants, as water-treatment additives for boiler waters, cooling towers, reverse osmosis applications, sugarrefining, paper production, geothermal processes and oil wells, and as detergentadditives acting as builders, anti-filming agents, dispersants, sequestering agents and encrustation inhibitors.