摘要 |
Water soluble copolymer comprising 85 to 97 weight percent of acrylic acid units and 15 to 3 weight percent of hydrophobic comonomer comprising one or more of (C2 to C8)-alkyl acrylates, (C1 to C8)-alkyl methacrylates and vinyl aromatic compounds, having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 5,000 has been found useful in combating the formation of inorganic particulate material, such as hardness ion salt scale, in an aqueous system and/or for dispersing inorganic particulate matter, such as calcium carbonate or clay, present in an aqueous system. The aqueous system is preferably a cooling water system. |