PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS EMULSION OF SILICONE GRAFT COPOLYMER.

摘要

A process for producing an aqueous emulsion of a silicone graft copolymer by forming an emulsion of particles having a diameter of 0.5 mu m or less from a silicone (macromonomer) having a radical-polymerizable functional group and another vinyl monomer by dispersing the monomers in water in the presence of a surfactant having a radical-polymerizable functional group and copolymerizing the monomers by heating, wherein the macromonomer contains 5-80 wt. % of a macromonomer having less than 20 repeating silicone structure units. The process can provide an aqueous emulsion excellent in stability, water repellency and mold release characteristics, because the features of the silicone component can be fully exhibited while retaining a high reactivity. The obtained emulsion can be widely used in the fields of coating resin, paper converting agent, textile finishing agent, film converting agent, civil engineering resin, adhesive, pressure-sensitive adhesive, mortar binder, concrete binder, and so forth.