Abstract: A titanium oxide-coated chromatic-color metal flake pigment is prepared by hydrolyzing an organic titanate ester compound, e.g., tetraisopropoxy titanium, in the presence of the base metal flakes suspended in an organic medium having a pH of 4 to 8. The pigment exhibits iridescent color tones of great aesthetic value delicately varying depending on the thickness of the titanium oxide coating layer. The pigment has high chemical stability, for example, against acids, by virtue of the very uniform and dense coating layer of titanium oxide so that the inventive pigment is useful as a coloring agent in a water-borne composition. Application fields of the inventive pigment include colored coating compositions, ink compositions, cosmetic preparations, molding compounds of plastic resins and so on.

Abstract: A novel dialkyl peroxide is represented by a general formula (I): ##STR1## This peroxide is produced by particular methods and used as a photolysis type or pyrolysis type radical forming agent.

Abstract: A novel peroxy ester represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## is useful as a polymerization initiator for vinyl chloride monomer.

Abstract: A water-in-oil type emulsion explosive envelope comprises a water-in-oil type emulsion explosive and a paper wrapping the explosive. In this envelope, the paper is coated with a low-temperature melt resin and wrapped double so as to adhere joint faces to each other through heat.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride polymer or copolymer having excellent thermal resistance and being free from FEs and offensive smell can be obtained in a high yield through a polymerization reaction of vinyl chloride monomer alone or together with a vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith by the use of a combination system polymerization initiator consisting of (A) .alpha.,.alpha.'-bis(neodecanoylperoxy)-diisopropylbenzene, and (B) at least one of peroxy ester, diacyl peroxide and peroxy dicarbonate, each of which has a 10-hour half-life period temperature within the range of 40.degree.-65.degree. C. in its 0.1 mol concentration solution in benzene.

Abstract: A patterned decorative material is prepared by a method which comprises application of a thermosetting powder coating material to a base plate; melting of the thermosetting powder coating material by heating; embossing of the coating layer alone while the melt thermosetting powder coating material has a gel fraction formed by a hardening reaction of 15 to 75 weight percent; and further heating to form a hardened coating on the base plate. The prepared patterned decorative material is excellent in appearance, corrosion resistance, weathering resistance and abrasion resistance and free from the defects of conventional steel plates coated with polyvinyl chloride and the like, such as formation of craze and loss of luster.

Abstract: The present invention provides a product containing glucomannan mixed with encapsulated acidic material having a wall made of hydrophobic substance which melts at a temperature higher than the coagulating temperature of the glucomannan. Because this acidic material is covered with a wall, when alkali is added to the mixture which is then heated, the glucomannan is coagulated. Then, the wall of the encapsulated material is melted by heating to liberate acid, neutralizing the alkaline substance, and producing a slightly alkaline, neutral or acidic glucomannan coagulated product. Further, although the glucomannan coagulated product has a water- releasing property, this can be reduced by adding other natural polysaccharides. Also, a decrease of elasticity caused by neutralization can be eliminated by adding food cellulose.

Abstract: A polymeric peroxy ester, which consists of a structural unit represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## and a structural unit represented by the general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --C.tbd.C-- or ##STR3## and had an average molecular weight or 1,000-15,000, said structural units (I) and (II) being bonded alternately in a molar ratio within the range of from 6:4 to 4:6, has a 10-hour half-life period temperature of 70.degree.-85.degree. C. and a high activity at relatively high temperature, is safe in the production and handling, is adapted to be used as a polymerization initiator in the polymerization of vinyl monomer, and can produce a vinyl polymer having a high molecular weight.

Abstract: A novel peracid ester represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## is useful as a polymerization initiator for vinyl chloride monomer, a curing agent for unsaturated polyester resin or a crosslinking agent for polymers.

Abstract: A delay circuit for use in an electric blasting system including a capacitor for storing electric energy supplied from an electric blaster, an actuation circuit for detecting the stop of voltage supply from the blaster to generate an actuation signal, a circuit for generating clock pulses, a circuit for counting a predetermined number of clock pulses in response to the actuation signal to generate an igniting signal, and a switching circuit for responding to the igniting signal to discharge the electric energy stored in the capacitor through an igniting resistor, the actuation circuit having a zener diode with a threshold voltage. When the voltage supply from the blaster is stopped and the voltage across the zener diode becomes lower than the threshold voltage, the zener diode is cut-off to generate the actuation signal.

Abstract: A process for preparing polymer non-aqueous dispersions to be formulated together with a binder component in coating compositions, which comprises the steps of: (1) emulsion polymerizing a hydroxy group containing .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a polyfunctional .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomer and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomer different therefrom by using a water-soluble polymerization initiator, preferably a persulphate, in a soap free system or in the presence of an ester group containing anionic or cationic surfactant; adding an organic solvent, preferably comprising an amphipathic organic solvent, to a resultant polymer aqueous dispersion; and then adding a basic compound catalyst when anionic surfactant is used or an acidic compound catalyst when the cationic surfactant is used, to thereby hydrolyze completely said surfactant and water-soluble polymerization initiator at a temperature not exceeding 95.degree. C.

Abstract: A novel polymeric peroxide used as a free radical polymerization initiator for vinyl monomers is a compound alternately bonding the two particular structural units in random form and having two different thermal decomposition rates.

Abstract: Excellent polymers of vinyl chloride series monomers having a good thermostability to prevent coloring and not having displeasant odor can be provided with even polymerization speed at high yield by using a specific combination system of a fast initiator and retarded initiators.

Abstract: An electric detonator of the delay type including a housing having a metal portion and an insulating portion, a pair of leg wires extending outside through the housing, a delay circuit connected across the leg wires and generating an ignition current at a predetermined timing, and an igniting resistor connected to an output terminal of the delay circuit and one of the leg wires. In order to check the resistance value of the igniting resistor even after the detonator has been assembled, a by-pass resistor is connected between the other of the leg wires and a junction point between the delay circuit and the igniting resistor. A small measuring current is conducted through the igniting resistor via the by-pass resistor to generate a voltage drop across the igniting resistor. This voltage drop is measured by connecting a voltage measuring device between the leg wire and the metal portion of the housing.

Abstract: A laser beam-detonatable blasting cap containing secondary explosives charged therein in the upper and lower portions, wherein the explosive charged in the upper portion contains a laser beam-absorbing black material and is contacted with an optical fiber at the top. The loading density of the explosive charged in the lower portion is higher than that of the explosive charged in the higher portion, and only the side of the explosive charged in the upper portion is surrounded with a restraining wall. The blasting cap can be easily and surely detonated by a laser beam having a low peak output power generated by means of a pulse-oscillation system without using Q-switching or a continous oscillation system.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for improving low temperature cold flow of fuel oils by using a cross-linked ester compound consisting essentially of a nitrogen-containing compound having hydroxyl group, a straight chain fatty acid, and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: A primer composition usable for steel sheet and plastic sheet in vehicle bodies consists essentially of a component A composed of a resin obtained by graft-polymerizing a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer or its hydrogenated polymer with .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its anhydride, a component B of a crosslinking agent and a component C of an epoxy compound, and has particular weight ratios as solid content of component A to component B and components A+B to component C.

Abstract: An apparatus for electrically blasting a number of electric detonators arranged at a plurality of working faces, including a single controller having a power source unit for supplying a D.C. voltage and a plurality of ignition control units for selectively applying the D.C. voltage; a plurality of oscillators each arranged near respective working faces, the number of the oscillators corresponding to that of the ignition control units, each oscillator being energized with the D.C. voltage to generate a high frequency current and being connected to respective ignition control units via an electric wire bundle; and a plurality of lead wires each connected to outputs of respective oscillators. Loop-like leg wires of electric detonators are electro-magnetically coupled with the lead wires with the aid of transformer magnetic cores.

Abstract: A composite sintered compact consisting of a sintered body portion, which contains at least one of high density boron nitride and diamond, and a cermet or metal portion bonded to the sintered body portion through an amorphous metal interposed between the sintered body portion and the cermet or metal portion at their bonding area, has high hardness and strength, and further has excellent handleability, heat resistance and toughness during the whole processes ranging from its production to its consumption.

Abstract: A feeder comprising a hopper and a pusher, the pusher comprising a pusher sleeve, which is provided at its bottom with a perforated plate, and a cylinder actuating the pusher sleeve along the wall surface of the hopper, which directly supplies a W/O emulsion explosive into a cartridge machine without mixing with air and without breakage of hollow microspheres.