| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/EP95/01030 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 20, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/26989 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 12, 1995Solutions of polymers containing vinylamine units, which solutions have a long shelf life, are prepared by hydrolyzing polymers containing N-vinylcarboxamide units with acids in an aqueous medium and removing the carboxylic acids eliminated from the polymers as esters from the aqueous polymer solution after the hydrolysis by adding at least stoichiometric amounts of at least one C1-C6-alcohol and distilling off the esters from the reaction mixture, and said aqueous solutions are used as dry and wet strength agents in papermaking. |