Nitric Acid → Styrene acrylic acid copolymer

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370 parts of styrene, 30 parts of n-butyl acrylate, 8 parts of acrylic acid, 24 parts of dodecanethiol and 4 parts of carbon tetrabromide are mixed and dissolved, and put in a flask together with 6 parts of a nonionic surfactant (trade name: NONIPOL 400, manufactured by Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.) and 10 parts of anionic surfactant (trade name: NEOGEN SC, Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.), which are dissolved in 550 parts of ion exchange water, and the mixture is dispersed and emulsified. While slowly mixing for 10 minutes, 50 parts of ion exchange water in which 4 parts of ammonium persulfate is dissolved is put in the mixture and, after performing nitrogen-substitution, the mixture is heated to 70° C. in an oil bath while agitating, and in the same condition emulsion aggregation is continued for five hours. Thereafter, the pH in the system is adjusted to 12.5 with a 0.5 mol/l aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and treatment is carried out at 96° C. for six hours. The pH is then adjusted to 3.0 with a nitric acid aqueous solution and the solid content of the mixture is adjusted, thereby obtaining a styrene/acrylic acid resin dispersion (E1) having a volume average particle diameter of 155 nm, glass transition temperature of 59° C., weight average molecular weight of 12,000 and a solid content of 40%.

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