| abstract |
The invention relates to water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymers containing novel hydrophobically associating monomers. The monomers comprise an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyether group with a block structure consisting of a hydrophilic polyalkylene oxide block, which essentially consists of ethylene oxide groups, and of a terminal, hy-drophobic polyalkylene oxide block, which consists of alkylene oxides with at least 4 and preferably at least 5 carbon atoms. |