| abstract |
A metal container coating composition comprising a crosslinking resin and a polyvinyl alcohol/vinyl chloride-ethylene copolymer emulsion, the copolymer having a T g from 0 to 50°C, about 65 to 90 wt% vinyl chloride, about 5 to 35 wt% ethylene, 0 to 10 wt% olefinically unsaturated copolymerizable monomer and prepared by emulsion polymerization of vinyl chloride, ethylene and, optionally, an olefinically unsaturated comonomer in the presence of about 3 to 15 wt% polyvinyl alcohol as the dispersing agent. |