Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a palladium plating solution and a plating method for improving a bath stability of a palladium plating, without decreasing a deposition property of the palladium plating. A palladium plating solution for improving a bath stability, without decreasing a deposition property, comprising: an aqueous palladium compound: one or more complexing agent containing a compound having at least an ethylenediamine or a propylenediamine skeleton; a formic acid or a formate; and a sulfur compound, wherein the palladium plating solution is having two or more sulfide groups in a molecule of the sulfur compound.

Abstract: An acrylic rubber that is a copolymer in which 1 to 4 wt. % of a reactive halogen group-containing vinyl monomer is copolymerized as a crosslinkable comonomer, wherein 45 to 65 wt. % of n-butyl acrylate, 10 to 35 wt. % of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate and 8 to 30 wt. % of ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate are copolymerized in 100 wt. % of comonomers other than the crosslinkable comonomer. This ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate-copolymerized acrylic rubber can suppress the reduction of oil resistance while improving cold resistance represented by a TR-10 value, and by compounding it with a vulcanizing agent corresponding to the crosslinkable group thereof, a crosslinkable composition is formed.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing elastomer composition for a heat dissipation material, including a fluorine-containing elastomer being VdF-based fluoroelastomer having a Mooney viscosity at 121° C. of 10 or lower and an insulating thermal conductive filler. Also disclosed is a sheet obtained by molding the fluorine-containing elastomer composition.

Abstract: Provided is, a glove production method including: (1) the step of immersing a glove forming mold in a liquid coagulant containing calcium ions so as to allow the coagulant to adhere to the glove forming mold; (2) the dispersion step of leaving a dip molding composition to stand with stirring; (3) the dipping step; (4) the gelling step; (5) the leaching step; (6) the beading step; (7) the precuring step; and (8) the curing step, in which method the steps (3) to (8) are performed in the order mentioned, and the dip molding composition has a specific formulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an impregnation process for a fibrous substrate, a liquid composition for implementing this process and the obtained impregnated fibrous substrate. The impregnated fibrous substrate is suitable for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. In particular the present invention deals with an industrial process for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with a viscous liquid composition containing mainly methacrylic or acrylic components. This viscous composition is called hereafter liquid (meth) acrylic syrup. The invention concerns also a fibrous substrate pre-impregnated with said syrup which is useful for manufacturing mechanical or structured parts or articles. More particular the impregnation of fibrous substrate with the (meth) acrylic syrup is achieved in a closed mould.

Abstract: Provided is an unsaturated double bond-containing compound capable of sufficiently advancing a crosslinking reaction or a curing reaction when used for a coating material or the like and having oxygen absorption performance. The present invention also provides an oxygen absorbent containing the unsaturated double bond-containing compound and a resin composition containing the same. Provided are an unsaturated double bond-containing compound represented by general formula (I), an oxygen absorbent containing the same, and a resin composition.

Abstract: A copolyamide composition comprising a statistical copolyamide containing 70-99 wt % of diamine and dicarboxylic acid repeat units and 1-30 wt % of lactam or AA-BB repeat units, whereby incorporation of the comonomer lactam or AA-BB unit reduces the crystallization rate (longer crystallization times) while maintaining (1) high melting point, (2) low potential plate out, (3) low oxygen permeation, (4) high tensile strength and (5) puncture/tear resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed are a water-expandable rubber composition and a water-expandable rubber pad including the same. The water-expandable rubber pad manufactured using the water-expandable rubber composition is rigid enough to be directly inserted into a cylinder jacket even without a metal plate, etc. Moreover, the water-expandable rubber pad may increase in volume upon contact with engine coolant, thereby being optimized for an assembly process and facilitating design. Thus, since no separate assembly parts are used compared to conventional cases, the number of parts can be reduced, and costs can be reduced, and adhesiveness of the rubber pad is superior to that of conventional foam rubber and thus heat retention performance is excellent, resulting in improved engine fuel efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid being such that a pigment is finely dispersed, and the viscosity, and the particle diameters of the pigment are unlikely to fluctuate, being excellent in storage stability, and enabling preparation of an emulsion-polymerized toner having properly controlled particle diameters while improving the pigment utilization rate. The aqueous pigment dispersion liquid is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for an emulsion-polymerized toner containing a pigment, a dispersant, and an aqueous medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polypropylene with an MFR of at least 20 g/10 min comprising a homopolypropylene and optionally within a range from 2 wt % to 30 wt % of an propylene-?-olefin copolymer by weight of the polypropylene; wherein the homopolypropylene has a MFR within a range from 30 g/10 min to 200 g/10 min, an Mw/Mn within a range from 7 to 16, and comprising 1.1 wt % or less atactic polypropylene based on the total weight of the homopolypropylene and atactic polypropylene, where the propylene-?-olefin copolymer has within a range from 30 wt % to 50 wt % ?-olefin derived units by weight of the propylene-?-olefin copolymer, and an intrinsic viscosity within a range from 4 to 8 dL/g. The impact copolymer may be obtained by combining a Ziegler-Natta catalyst having at least two different internal electron donors with propylene in reactors in series to produce the homopolypropylene followed by a gas phase reactor to produce a propylene-?-olefin copolymer.

Abstract: Compositions including a polyimide and one or more thermally conductive fillers, and compaction rollers for an automated fiber placement machine incorporating the compositions are provided. The polyimide may be a polymeric reaction product of a dianhydride and one or more diamines. The one or more diamines may include a fluorine-containing alkyl ether diamine. The one or more thermally conductive fillers may include one or more of a carbon-based filler, boron nitride, a metal, or combinations thereof. The compositions may have a thermal conductivity of from about 0.2 to about 50 Watts per meter Kelvin (Wm?1 K?1).

Abstract: A sheet includes: a composition comprising about (60) to about (85) weight percent of polyphenylene, about (0) to about (10) weight percent of polystyrene, about (10) to about (20) weight percent of a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene, about (3) to about (10) weight percent of an aryl salicylate, and optionally, a flame retardant additive.

Abstract: An aqueous composition for forming a micro-fluid jet printable dielectric film layer, methods for forming dielectric film layers, and dielectric film layers formed by the method. The aqueous composition includes from about 5 to about 20 percent by 65 weight of a polymeric binder emulsion, from about 10 to about 30 percent by weight of a humectant, from about 0 to about 3 percent by weight of a surfactant, and an aqueous carrier fluid. The aqueous composition has a viscosity ranging from about 2 to about 6 centipoise at a temperature of about 23° C.

Abstract: A protective, sacrificial, water-reversible, coating composition for the protection of substrates comprised of water, a volatile base, a film-forming acrylic polymer in a water dispersion form, a compatabilizing polymer, specifically poly (2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), a poly acidic polymer (pH specific in terms of its solubility), wherein said coating is both water applied and water reversible or re-soluble under specific pH conditions.

Abstract: A composition for forming an underlayer film necessary for facilitating alignment of self-assembled film into desired vertical pattern. Composition for forming an underlayer film of self-assembled film including a polymer having unit structure containing aliphatic polycyclic structure of aliphatic polycyclic compound in main chain. The polymer is a polymer having unit structure containing aliphatic polycyclic structure of aliphatic polycyclic compound with aromatic ring structure of aromatic ring-containing compound or polymer chain derived from vinyl group of vinyl group-containing compound in main chain. The polymer has unit structure of Formula (1): X—Y??Formula (1) wherein X is single bond, divalent group having vinyl structure as polymer chain, or divalent group having aromatic ring-containing structure as polymer chain, and Y is divalent group having aliphatic polycyclic structure as polymer chain. The aliphatic polycyclic compound is bi- to hexa-cyclic diene compound.

Abstract: A method for producing a polyacetal resin composition which allows for suppression of formaldehyde generation from a molded article to an extremely low level, and stable suppression of mold deposits during molding. The polyacetal resin composition contains: 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal polymer (A); 0.01 to 0.50 parts by mass of an aliphatic carboxylic acid hydrazide (B); 0.001 to 0.50 parts by mass of a hydantoin compound having two hydrazinocarbonylalkyl groups (C); and 0.001 to 0.30 parts by mass of an alkaline earth metal salt of aliphatic carboxylic acid (D), wherein the total amount of the components (B) and (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyacetal polymer (A) is 0.03 to 0.

Abstract: Compositions that are curable by free radical redox reactions are disclosed. Free radical curing reactions between polythiols and polyalkyenyls are initiated by the reaction of metal complexes and organic peroxides. The compositions are useful as sealants.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to provide a resin composition which enables production of a molded product generating less formaldehyde and having excellent appearance and weather resistance, and also achieves suppression of mold deposit during molding. Presently disclosed is a polyacetal resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin (A); and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of an aluminum pigment (B), the aluminum pigment (B) containing 0.1 to 2.0 mass % of particles with a particle diameter of 1 ?m or less with respect to a total amount of the aluminum pigment (B), and a volume average particle size of the aluminum pigment (B) being 3 to 40 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a lignin prepolymer, comprising (a) providing a lignin; (b) reacting the lignin with a hydroxyl functionalization reagent to provide a lignin derivative containing at least one hydroxyl group, said hydroxyl group being obtained as a result of the interaction between the lignin and the hydroxyl functionalization reagent (c) reacting the lignin derivative obtained in step (b) with a functionalization reagent selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, fatty acid derivatives and mixtures thereof capable to react with the lignin derivative resulting in a covalent bond between the fatty acid and/or or the fatty acid derivative and the lignin derivative.

Abstract: The invention relates to curable non-isocyanate polyurethane coating compositions which is the reaction product of a polycarbamate resin and a dialdehyde. The invention also relates to methods of making and using the curable coating compositions of the invention. The invention also relates to objects coated with the curable coating composition of the invention.