摘要 |
<p>An object of the present invention is to provide a three-monomer-based water-soluble copolymer, obtained from an unsaturated monocarboxylic monomer, an unsaturated dicarboxylic monomer, and an unsaturated alcoholic monomer, wherein the water-soluble copolymer can sufficiently exercise excellent performances particularly when used for detergent builders, detergent compositions, water-treating agents, and dispersants. As a means of achieving this object, the water-soluble copolymer according to the present invention has: an unsaturated alcoholic monomer-derived structural unit content of 0.1 to 40 weight % (but not including 40 weight %); and a product of not less than 200 of the calcium-ion-binding ability and the clay dispersibility (which is measured in an aqueous solution having a calcium ion content of 50 ppm in terms of calcium carbonate) under conditions of solid component content = 40 weight % and pH = 7.5.</p> |