Abstract
ABSTRACTAcrylic polymers in aqueous dispersions are very often used to prepare coating suspensions which contain insoluble particles. The mixing of the pigment suspension and the polymer dispersion is a very important step in the preparation of the liquid. The stirring can cause precipitation of the polymer and foam formation. Foam formation from different Eudragit dispersions was evaluated in this study. A high-speed mixer was applied and the foam and liquid phases formed were separated. The changes in concentration of the polymer in the two phases were studied by FT-IR with a horizontal attenuated total reflection (HATR) accessory. The presence of shape-holding foam can be detected at very different rates of stirring. The most intensive foam formation was detected for Eudragit FS 30 D. The Eudragit RL 30 D dispersion was the least sensitive to high-speed mixing. The relative content of the polymer in the foam was higher than that in the liquid. This is indicated by the accumulation of surface-active agent on the surface of the bubbles formed in the foam. This phenomenon differed considerably for the various dispersions. An exact knowledge of the foam formation from aqueous acrylic dispersions is very important in order to determine the parameters of mixing and the quantity of antifoaming agent.
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