| abstract |
A cement dispersing agent comprising as an essential component a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing (a) 40 to 90% by weight, calculated as an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, of the alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or its salts and (b) 60 to 10% by weight of an acrylic ester and/or a methacrylic ester of an alkyl alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing (a) 40 to 89% by weight, calculated as an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, of the alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or its salt, (b) 51 to 10% by weight of an acrylic ester and/or a methacrylic ester of an alkyl alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and (c) 1 to 9% by weight of the other copolymerizable unsaturated monomer. |