| abstract |
What are disclosed are a method for making a concentrated emulsion of an olefin copolymer in a carrier medium suitable for use in oil additives, without previous dissolution of the olefin copolymers, by preparing a solution of an emulsifier of the type n n A-X, n n wherein A represents a sequence or segment of an olefin copolymer, of hydrogenated polyisoprene, or of an hydrogenated butadiene/isoprene copolymer, and X represents a sequence or segment composed of polyacrylate and/or polymethacrylate, in a carrier medium which does not substantially dissolve the olefin copolymers but does dissolve the X sequences, and then emulsifying an olefin copolymer in the solution of the emulsifier in the carrier medium at a temperature from 40° C. to 150° C. with the use of shearing forces, as well as emulsions made by such a method. |