Abstract
Latex is an example of a colloidal dispersion. It consists of polymeric particles, which are usually a few hundred nanometres in diameter, dispersed in water. The particles typically comprise about 50 percent by weight of the dispersion. Depending on the particular application, there will also be a complex mixture of pigments, surfactants, plasticising aids and rheological modifiers. The whole dispersion is colloidally stable, meaning that it can sit on a shelf for years and remain dispersed, without sedimentation of particles making ‘sludge’ at the bottom. In this book, the word ‘latex’ will be used as shorthand for a wet dispersion. Sometimes, however, latex is used as an adjective, as in ‘latex film’. The plural of ‘latex’ is ‘latices’, not to be confused with ‘lattices’! (An alternative is to say ‘latexes’, but ‘latices’ will be used through this book.)
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Keddie, J.L., Routh, A.F. (2010). An Introduction to Latex and the Principles of Colloidal Stability. In: Fundamentals of Latex Film Formation. Springer Laboratory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2845-7_1
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