| abstract |
acrylic-based staged shell-core polymer, personal care surfactant and cleaning compositions, and, methods for making an acrylic-based staged shell-core polymer and to thicken an aqueous composition. multi-stage acrylic-based core-shell polymer are disclosed which comprise a linear core polymer and at least one subsequently polymerized shell polymer is cross-linked. core-shell polymers surprisingly provide desirable rheological, clarity and aesthetic properties in compositions containing aqueous surfactant, particularly at low ph. |