Chemical additives for use in printing inks, textile finishes, rubber compounds, release coatings, concrete, and personal care products; chemicals for use in the manufacture of paper and paperboard coatings, specialty papers, packaging materials, carpet backings, architectural primers and coatings, floor polish and sealers, vehicle components, nonwoven fabrics, textile coatings, rubber reinforcing fabrics and cords, molded rubber goods, reinforced rubber goods, gaskets, athletic surfaces, adhesives and adhesive tapes, and oil and gas drilling fluids, muds and cements; emulsion polymer compositions for use in the manufacture of commercial and industrial goods