The second volume of this series on synthetic resin latices describes the principles of the formulation, manufacture, and application properties of water-based emulsion paints (a topic covered so comprehensively it could fill an entire volume by itself) and other surface coatings based on synthetic latex-based systems, including a variety used in various industrial finishing operations.

From the Preface: “...With the present trends in ensuring environmental safety, water-based latices are having an ever-increasing role in a diverse range of applications. Many of these overcome the limitations of water-based polymers since in film forming a minimum temperature is necessary, and in the case of some polymers there are limitations due to insufficient film hardness with a tendency of films to ‘creep’ on a vertical surface. Developments in the formation of latices have included increasing molecular weights of polymers and the use of ‘core—shell’ copolymers, which often have the effect of reducing the minimum film-forming temperature, therefore enabling harder films to be formed, and above all, the use of crosslinking reactions, often described as ‘curing’...”

Target Audience: Chemists and other scientists involved in industrial or academic polymer research; technical service providers who examine latices for potential applications; and technologists in the application industries (notably paints and coatings for this volume) who are interested in these water-based systems.

Brief Table of Contents:

Introduction
Surface Coatings, Decorative, Fundamentals and Raw Materials
Emulsion Paints — Formulation
Industrial Finishing

Note: Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices, Volume 1: Fundamental Chemistry of Latices and Applications in Adhesives and Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices, Volume 3: Latices in Diverse Applications are companion volumes to this title.