| abstract |
A polymer comprising (i) residues of at least one ester-containing monomer, the ester-containing monomer(s) comprising one polymerisable carbon-carbon double bond per monomer and an ester group, and (ii) residues of at least one monomer comprising a sulfonate, sulfonic acid, sulfonic ester, sulfonamide or sulfonyl halide group the monomer(s) comprising a sulfonate, sulfonic acid, sulfonic ester group, sulfonamide or sulfonyl halide group comprising one polymerisable carbon-carbon double bond per monomer and a sulfonate, sulfonic acid, sulfonic ester, sulfonamide or sulfonyl halide group, the polymer optionally being partially hydrolysed such that a proportion of said ester groups form alcohol groups, the degree of hydrolysis of the polymer being from 0 to 30mol%. Uses of such a polymer are also disclosed. |