United States Patent (19) 11) 4,338,237 Sulzbach Et Al
United States Patent (19) 11) 4,338,237 Sulzbach et al. 45 Jul. 6, 1982 (54) PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 57 ABSTRACT AQUEOUS, COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS OF COPOLYMERS OF THE An improved process for the preparation of aqueous, TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE/ETHYLENE colloidal dispersions of copolymers comprising at most TYPE 60 mole % of units of tetrafluoroethylene, 60 to 40 mole % of units of ethylene and 0 to 15 mole % of units of at 75 Inventors: Reinhard A. Sulzbach; Robert least one other a-olefinic monomer, which can be copo Hartwimmer, both of Burghausen, lymerized with tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene, in the Fed. Rep. of Germany presence of manganese compounds as the catalyst is 73 Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, described. In this process, the emulsion polymerization Frankfurt, Fed. Rep. of Germany is carried out in an aqueous phase in the presence (a) of 21 Appl. No.: 275,881 a chain transfer agent of the formula X-CH2-COOR (X = Cl, Br, COOH, COOR, COCH5, CH3, C2H5 or 22 Filed: Jun. 22, 1981 C3H7; and R = C1-C4-alkyl), and (b) of a compound 30 Foreign Application Priority Data which stabilizes the dispersion and has the formula Jun. 28, 1980 IDE Fed. Rep. of Germany ....... 3O24450 NH-O-C-Y 51 Int. Cl. ................................................ C08K 5/32 52 U.S. C. ...................................... 524/777; 526/91; O 526/211; 526/255; 524/767 58 Field of Search ..................... 260/29.6 N, 29.6 T, (Y-COONH4, COOH, CH3, CH2OH, CH2COOH or 260/29.6 F; 526/91, 255, 211 CH2COONH4). (b) can additionally contain an ammo nium salt of an inorganic non-metal acid, for example 56 References Cited ammonium chloride or fluoride, Terpolymers or quater U.S.
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