| abstract |
Builders, surfactants, and polymers comprising units derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated aminocarboxylate monomers having formula (I) and (meth) acrylic acid. (I) In this formula, m is 1, 2 or 3; n is independently at each occurrence 1, 2 or 3; R < 1 > is H or C1-C4 alkyl; R 2 is H 2 or ═O; X is independently, H, K +, Na + or NH 4 +. |