Abstract: Floorings and flooring compositions containing a plasticized, preferably recovered, PVB resin. In a preferred aspect, the floorings and the flooring compositions contain a major amount of a second compatible resin such as non-plasticized PVB, and also a major amount of a composition insert filler. The floorings can contain substantially reduced levels of chlorine.

Abstract: A binder resin comprises a vinyl copolymer, a mixture of vinyl copolymers, or a mixture of a vinyl copolymer and a vinyl polymer. A resin component with a molecular weight of not more than 10,000 is contained in an amount of from 5 to 50% by weight based on the whole resin. The vinyl copolymer or the mixture of vinyl copolymers has an acid anhydride group and a carboxyl group.

Abstract: A water- and solvent-free release agent for use in the production of articles of polyurethane foam contains one or more polyenes as the main constituent and also in addition if required a consistency adjuster, an antioxidant, accelerators and/or stabilizers. To apply water- and solvent-free release agents to the surfaces of polyurethane-foam moulding dies the misting or atomization of the release agent is effected with a device with an electrostatic charge, by which the release agent particles are given an electrostatic charge when passing through the exit nozzle.

Abstract: A composition and method provide improved physical properties and cure speed of polyurethane precursors, with or without free radical polymerizable monomers or oligomers present, by use of a two component catalyst system. The resin blend can be activated with a latent organometallic catalyst combined with an organic peroxide which can be a hydroperoxide or an acyl peroxide to decrease the cure time while increasing the break energy and tangent modulus of the system.

Abstract: Herein disclosed are an .alpha.-(aminocyclohexyl)alkylamine represented by the following general formula (II): ##STR1##wherein R represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, provided that the amino group bonded to the cyclohexyl group may be in either of the 2-, 3- and 4-positions and a method for preparing it; an .alpha.-(isocyanatocyclohexyl)alkylisocyanate of Formula (II) wherein the amino groups are replaced with isocyanato groups and a method for preparing it; polyisocyanato-isocyanurate represented by the following general formula (IV): ##STR2##wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: A storage stable adhesive mixture of hexamethylenediamine carbamate and the reaction product of ethylene/propylene oxide polyol and a polyurethane prepolymer of diphenyl methane diisocyanate, polytetramethylene glycol, and optionally, 1,4-butanediol; and a process for using the adhesive to laminate fabric to polymeric membrane is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of powder coating compositions having a glass transition temperature of 20.degree. to 80.degree. C. bya) homogeneously dissolving in an inert solvent or solvent mixture having a boiling point or range between 50.degree. and 150.degree. C.A) a polyol component having a hydroxyl value of 30 to 155 and a glass transition temperature of 30.degree. to 120.degree. C. and containing at least one hydroxy-functional copolymer of olefinically unsaturated monomers,B) a polyisocyanate component containing blocked isocyanate groups, having a glass transition temperature of -45.degree. to +45.degree. C. and containing at least one ketoxime-blocked polyisocyanate andC) a catalyst component containing at least one catalyst for the reaction between blocked isocyanate groups and hydroxyl groups components,wherein components A) and B) are present in an amount which is sufficient to provide an equivalent ratio of blocked isocyanate groups to hydroxyl groups of 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising(A) nylon 4.6,(B) an aliphatic polyamide having a CH.sub.2 /NHCO ratio of from 6 to 11 and(C) a non-crystalline polyamide having a glass transition temperature of at least 100.degree. C. The composition has a decreased water absorption while retaining high mechanical strength, heat stability and chemical resistance. Dimensional stability and mechanical properties after water absorption are unexpectedly good.

Abstract: At least some of the isocyanate groups in the cured polyurethane sealant of this invention have the isocyanurate structure. A moisture-curing sealant composition of the invention comprises an active isocyanato-terminated isocyanate prepolymer containing a polyol component with a molecular weight of 2,000 to 20,000 and an isocyanurating agent. The sealant composition of the present invention is particularly excellent in initial bond strength due to sharp viscosity buildup.

Abstract: A high solids, chip resistant, sprayable polyurethane coating composition comprising the reaction mixture of a ketoxime-blocked polyisocyanate and a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid-based polyester polyol, is disclosed. The composition is characterized by its relatively low viscosity and the resulting coating is characterized by its low volatile organic content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid storable organic isocyanates containing carbodiimide and/or uretone imine groups prepared by(a) partially carbodiimidizing isocyanate groups of an organic isocyanate with catalysts of the phospholine type, and(b) terminating the carbodiimidization reaction by the addition of a silylated acid corresponding to the formulaX--[Si(CH.sub.3).sub.3 ].sub.nin whichX represents the neutral acid residue obtained by removal of the acidic hydrogen atoms from an n-basic acid having a pK.sub.a value of at most 3, other than a hydrohalic acid, andn is an integer of 1 to 3.The invention further relates to the use of the liquid polyisocyanate mixtures according to the invention for the preparation of polyurethane plastics, preferably polyurethane foams, having improved burning behavior.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved polyurea system comprising a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a polyamine and an amine chain extender, the improvement comprising the polyisocyanate containing diethyl methylene diisocyanate, a prepolymer thereof or a mixture thereof, in an amount sufficient to slow down the reaction for use in a reaction injection molding.

Abstract: The flame retardancy of flexible polyurethane foams is increased by incorporation into the foam forming reactants of a low molecular weight, high primary hydroxyl trifunctional polyether polyol having a hydroxyl number between 300 and 500 and a primary hydroxyl content greater than 50 percent.

Abstract: A disk stacker for inverting and stacking sheets has a stacking tray and registration member and a paddle wheel wiper having semicircular blades made of a polyurethane elastomer obtained by the reaction of a polytetramethylene ether glycol having the formula HO[(CH.sub.2).sub.4 O].sub.n H where n is from 10 to 60, preferably 55 to 60, and from about 20 to about 95 parts preferably 22 to 26 parts, by weight per 100 parts by weight of said glycol of a diisocyanate selected from the group consisting of diphenylmethane diisocyanates, toluene diisocyanates, naphthalene diisocyanates and blends thereof and a sufficient amount of cross linking agents to provide a crosslinked elastomer, said cross linking agents comprising a mixture of from about 75% to 60% by weight of a diol having the formula HO(R.sub.1)OH where R.sub.1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and from about 25% to 40% by weight of a triol having the formula: R'--C--[(OH).sub.a (CH.sub.2 OH).sub.

Abstract: This invention relates to poly(vinyl chloride) injection molding compositions which contain novel additive polymers which modify the rheology characteristics of the composition, and to the novel additive polymers themselves.

Abstract: A graft copolymer is formed by graft-polymerizing 10-95 wt. parts of a vinyl monomer onto 5-90 wt. parts of the rubber polymer which comprises 40-99 wt. % of butadiene and 1-60 wt. % of an aromatic polycyclic vinyl monomer represented by the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. The graft copolymer is characterized by the rubber polymer having a high refractive index as well as a low glass transition temperature due to the use of the aromatic polycyclic vinyl monomer. Accordingly, the graft copolymer per se may be used as a thermoplastic resin having good transparency and impact resistance at a low rubber polymer content and may also be added to a transparent thermoplastic resin inclusive of a vinyl chloride resin and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer resin to provide the thermoplastic resin with an improved impact resistance while retaining a good transparency.

Abstract: Novel nonlinearly optically active polymers, well suited for electrooptical applications, are prepared by copolymerizing a first difunctional monomer with a second difunctional comonomer, with at least one of such difunctional monomers including a polar charge transfer moiety containing at least one electron acceptor group and at least one electron donor group (D), and further wherein the polymerizable functional groups are borne by the one or more electron donor groups (D).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing hydrolyzable chloride in toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and, particularly, in TDI distillation bottoms, and polymers produced using the reduced hydrolyzable chloride bottoms. Crude TDI is heated, optionally in the presence of a solvent, to cause: (a) partial reflux, (b) partial reflux and fractionation, or (c) complete reflux and fractionation; under conditions sufficient to reduce hydrolyzable chloride. After distilling the crude TDI to form TDI monomer, the bottoms produced are thereby desirably reactive and viscosity-stable over a significant period of time. The treated bottoms can be reacted with compounds containing active hydrogen containing groups to form polyurethane, polyurea, and polyisocyanurate polymers, particularly foams.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable composition with high temperature oil resistance comprising(1) a(meth)acrylated urethane component comprising(a) the reaction product of hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate and a monomeric or polymeric aromatic isocyanate,(b) hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, and optionally(c) a(meth)acylated prepolymer of a monomeric of polymeric aromatic isocyanate and at least one polycaprolactone polyol with a functionality.gtoreq.2 and a molecular weight in the range of about 500 to about 3,000 or (d) a(meth)acrylated prepolymer of a monomeric or polymeric aromatic isocyanate and at least one polyether polyol with a functionality.gtoreq.2 and a molecular weight in the range of about 90 to about 7,000, or a mixture of (c) and (d);(2) an aromatic multifunctional epoxy (meth)acrylate having a molecular weight of less than about 1000;(3) at least one free radical polymerizable monomer; and(4) a free radical photoinitiator,which composition exhibits at 25.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved two-part adhesive composition utilizing a polyurea or polyurethane/urea prepolymer for improved adhesion to plastics and metals and particularly to elastomers, including EPDM (ethylene-propylene terpolymer from the diene monomer) butyl rubber, neoprene, natural rubber and particularly SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber).