The third volume of this series on synthetic resin latices covers the principles and practice of the use of latex-based systems in diverse applications, including building and construction products, paper coating, textile treatment, polishes, leather finishing, and more. The sections on paper and textile applications are especially detailed.

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, such as paper, textiles, coatings, etc., who are interested in these water-based systems.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices in the Construction and Building Industries — Bonding and Sealants
Applications of Latices in the Paper Industry
Latices in Leather Finishing
Applications of Polymer Latices in Manufacture and Finishing of Textiles
Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices in Polishes
Miscellaneous Applications of Polymer Latices
Index

Note: Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices, Volume 1: Fundamental Chemistry of Latices and Applications in Adhesives and Applications of Synthetic Resin Latices, Volume 2: Latices in Surface Coatings — Latex Paints are companion volumes to this title.