The trend towards waterborne polymers in the paint and coatings industry is clear; highlighting their environmentally friendly nature, regulatory considerations, growing market demand, and meeting sustainability goals.

This course will initially review the types of monomers commonly used in waterborne polymers along with an understanding of the emulsion polymerization process.  We’ll subsequently dive into film formation and the many factors that influence the glass transition temperature, or Tg, and the minimum film formation temperature, or MFFT, including monomer composition, polymer particle size, coalescing agents, hydroplasticization, application temperature, etc.