Abstract: Provided are processes for making, and processes for using triglycerides as plasticizers.

Abstract: A coated particulate solid composition includes a particulate inorganic solid having deposited on its surface a treatment oil comprising lipids. The particulate inorganic solid can include a base particle of titanium dioxide, zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, iron oxide, lead oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, zirconium oxide and/or chromium oxide. The treatment oil is optionally a vegetable oil. The treatment oil containing lipids optionally contains glycerides such as triglycerides, and diglycerides, and can contain phospholipids. In one embodiment, the coated particulate solid composition includes particulate titanium dioxide, wherein the treatment oil provides increased bulk density, and enhanced dispersibility in plastic as well as improved lacing resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents materials comprising hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated polymerized vegetable oils. Non-limiting applications of the polymerized oils, including coatings, binders, blends, and greases are presented. Methods for forming these materials are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-layer biaxially oriented film comprising a base layer and at least one covering layer. Said covering layer comprises at least one polymer of at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid, and contains between 2 and 10 wt. % of a glycerine fatty acid ester and up to 0.5 wt. % of mica.

Abstract: Triglyceride and other polyol ester PVC plasticizers can be produced by recovery of branched C6 to C9 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, optional hydrogenation to the alcohol, oxidation to the acid with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with glycerol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol or mixtures thereof. The branched alkyl chains comprise at least 10% methyl branching. Special triglycerides are derived from branched aliphatic acids having alkyl chains with average carbon numbers from 6 to 9 and at least 10% methyl branching. These triglycerides are fast fusing plasticisers if before esterification with glycerol, an aryl acid is introduced together with the aliphatic acids.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising, consisting of or alternatively consisting essentially of a stabilized furfural or glycol ester of a vegetable oil fatty acid and an antioxidant such as butylated hydroxy toluene. This invention also relates to latex film-forming compositions containing stabilized furfural or glycol esters, such as a stabilized propylene glycol monoester (PGME) mixture. This invention is also directed to methods of stabilizing furfural or glycol esters of a vegetable fatty acid by contacting the esters with an antioxidant such as butylated hydroxy toluene. This invention also includes methods of preparing film-forming compositions comprising a stabilized furfural or glycol ester, such as the stabilized PGME mixture disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents materials comprising hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated polymerized vegetable oils. Non-limiting applications of the polymerized oils, including coatings, binders, blends, and greases are presented. Methods for forming these materials are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame-retardant mixture comprising (A) at least one polyurethane as component A, (B) at least one flame retardant selected from the group consisting of tallow, ammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, calcium carbonate, antimony oxide, zinc borate, clay, montmorillonite clay, metal oxides, metal hydroxides, organic phosphinate compounds, organic phosphate compounds, polyhydric alcohols, melamine compounds, chlorinated polyethylene, and mixtures thereof, as component B, and (C) at least one crosslinking reagent as component C, where the at least one crosslinking reagent is at least one isocyanate dissolved in at least one polyurethane, and also to a process for the production of a flame-retardant polyurethane, to the resultant flame-retardant polyurethane, and also to the use of a solution of at least one isocyanate in at least one polyurethane in the production of a flame-retardant polyurethane for increasing the mechanical stability of flame-retardant polyurethanes.

Abstract: An object is to provide an inorganic powder-containing resin composition excellent in an ability to disperse the inorganic powder and excellent in transferability upon formation into a sheet. Another object is to provide an inorganic powder-containing resin composition capable of forming a dielectric layer having highlight transmittance (without bubble defect) and excellent in surface smoothness. The present invention relates to an inorganic powder-containing resin composition comprising A) an inorganic powder, B) a binder resin, C) diglycerin, and D) at least one diglycerin fatty acid ester selected from the group consisting of a diglycerin fatty acid monoester, a diglycerin fatty acid diester, a diglycerin fatty acid triester, and a diglycerin fatty acid tetraester.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents materials comprising hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated polymerized vegetable oils. Non-limiting applications of the polymerized oils, including coatings, binders, blends, and greases are presented. Methods for forming these materials are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous anti-dusting emulsion formulation for use in the manufacture of fibre wool insulation comprises (by weight): a) less than 90% a petroleum hydrocarbon; b) 10%-100% of a triglyceride; and, c) 1%-10% of a surfactant such as an ammonium or sodium salt of lignosulphonic acid. Also provided are fibre wool insulation products incorporating such formulations and methods of making such insulation products.

Abstract: A thixotropy imparting composition. The composition comprises the reaction products of: one or more polyesters from one or more polyols having at least two hydroxyl moieties; and one or more polycarboxylic acids having at least two carboxylic acid moieties; and one or more basic compounds, wherein said polyesters have at least two active carboxylic acid moieties as end groups and at least a portion of said carboxylic acid moieties are in the carboxylate anion form. This composition may further comprise one or more diluents. The composition exists as a liquid. The composition may be used in a non-aqueous fluid system as a rheological additive in combination with one or more particulate materials, wherein said rheological additive imparts thixotropy to said system. A thixotropy imparting composition.

Abstract: The invention consists of a method for manufacturing an aqueous formulation containing at least one oil, and comprising the steps of mixing at least one associative polymer, one oil, and water, encapsulating the oil by increasing the pH to a value greater than 8, potentially precipitating the mixture by reducing the pH to a value less than 6, and potentially isolating the resulting particles by removing the water. The aqueous formulations, as with the aqueous dispersions, and the resulting solid particles constitute other objects of the invention.

Abstract: Provided are processes for making, and processes for using triglycerides as plasticizers. Mixed triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by recovery of linear or branched C4 to C13 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, oxidation to the acid with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with a crude glycerol, wherein the total carbon number of the triester groups is from 20 to 25 for greater than or equal to 45 wt % of the plasticizer. The product selectivity obtained from esterifying with crude glycerol is comparable to that of esterifying with pure glycerol. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or glass transition or pour point, low volatility, increased compatibility, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition, comprising (i) a polyolefin, (ii) a polar copolymer, and (iii) a glycerol ester compound.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition of Flowing Colors comprising an oil paint or oil color, and a diluent selected from the group consisting of walnut oil, poppy seed oil, tung oil, perilla oil, hempseed oil, pine nut oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, safflower oil, soybean oil, mineral oil, linseed oil, vegetable oil, synthetic oil, baby oil, and a combination thereof, wherein 25% to 75% of the composition is made up of said diluent. The composition is suitable for “Flowing Colors” oil painting. The invention also provides methods of using the composition to prepare “Flowing Colors oil paintings”.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inverse emulsion polymer having a dispersed phase composed of an aqueous solution of an acrylic polymer and a continuous phase composed of an ester of a fatty acid and a water-soluble alcohol. The present invention further includes a method of water treatment which includes adding the inverse emulsion polymer to an industrial water system and hydrolyzing the ester of a fatty acid and a water-soluble alcohol into a fatty acid salt. The inverse emulsion polymer may be used as a flocculant to clarify industrial water systems at elevated temperature and/or elevated pressure and high pH.

Abstract: An offset printing varnish, comprising a solvent, is provided. The solvent comprises at least one triglyceride with saturated monocarboxylic acid moieties, which solvent is preferably food safe.

Abstract: Provided are compositions, processes for making, and processes for using triglycerides as plasticizers. Triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by recovery of linear or branched C4 to C10 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, oxidation to the acid with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with glycerol, wherein the total carbon number of the triester groups is from 20 to 25 for greater than or equal to 45 wt % of the plasticizer. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or glass transition or pour point, low volatility, increased compatibility, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rubber compound, such as for use in tires, containing one or more polyoxyalkylene amines, such as to reduce the amount of silane coupling agent conventionally used therein. The presence of the polyoxyalkylene amine(s) allows for the silane coupling agent to be present in a low percent by weight of silica without substantially sacrificing the performance characteristics of the rubber compound. In one embodiment, the rubber compound includes 100 phr of a natural elastomer, a synthetic elastomer, or combinations thereof, no less than about 20 phr silica, a silane coupling agent present in an amount no more than 8% by weight of the silica, and about 2 phr to about 10 phr of at least one polyoxyalkylene amine defined by a primary amino group attached to the terminus of a polyether backbone.

Abstract: There is provided a compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group containing x carbon atoms, wherein x is from 1 to 10, wherein one of R2 and R3 is an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group containing y carbon atoms, wherein y is from 1 to 10, wherein the other of R2 and R3 is a branched group of the formula (II) wherein q is from 0 to 3, wherein each R5 is independently selected from —OH and —O—C(O)—R4, wherein n is from 10 to 20 and m is selected from 2n-q, 2n-2-q, 2n-4-q, and 2n-6-q, wherein each R4 is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups containing z carbon atoms, wherein z is from 7 to 21, wherein z is different to at least one of x and y.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is described that is particularly useful for application to the plastic nonwoven materials found in personal hygienic articles. The composition includes first and second ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers. The first copolymer has a high molecular weight characterized by a melt viscosity at 150° C., of 100 Pascals per second or more. The second copolymer has a low molecular weight characterized by a melt viscosity at 150° C. of 50 Pascals per second or less. The second copolymer is present in an amount by weight percent less than or equal to the amount by weight percent of the first ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. The composition also includes at least one tackifier resin, a hydrocarbon wax present in an amount from 0.5% to 10% by weight of the composition; and, a liquid plasticizer present in an amount up to 20% by weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention is an article of manufacture, comprising a blend of: (A) from 1 to 50 weight percent of at least one block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer has at least one polystyrene block and at least one unsaturated rubber segment; and (B) from 99 to 50 weight percent of a natural oil. The natural oil of this invention is of natural animal, plant or vegetable oils or mixtures thereof, and the block copolymers have a polystyrene block and a rubber block where the rubber blocks are unsaturated rubbers such as polyisoprene, polybutadiene, or mixtures thereof. The block copolymers useful for the present invention are triblock polymers, radial (star) polymers, multiblock polymers, diblock polymers, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Triglyceride PVC plasticizers can be produced by recovery of C5 to C10 aldehydes having low average levels of branching from a hydroformylation product, oxidizing the aldehydes with oxygen and/or air to form an acid, recovery of the resulting acid, and esterification with glycerol. Plasticizer compositions including such products or linear triglycerides combined with a secondary plasticizer and articles made therefrom are disclosed.

Abstract: A therapeutic exercise putty is provided which comprises a uniform mixture of a first mass of putty and modeling clay. The first mass of putty includes hydroxy-terminated polymethylsiloxane having a viscosity of about 20 to about 50,000 cps.

Abstract: A composition of matter and a solvent system for use in providing a water resistant coating to a surface of a roof is disclosed. The solvent system comprises a chlorinated solvent blend which includes a vegetable oil. The solvent system and coating composition are non-flammable, environmentally friendly and provide an improved, consistent coating when applied to the surface of a roof.

Abstract: Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to aqueous-coating compositions and thickening systems that can be used in aqueous coating-compositions. More particularly, certain non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate to aqueous-coating compositions, such as latex paints, comprising xanthan gum and at least one ester of an unsaturated fatty acid that is essentially free of volatile organic compounds as determined by EPA Reference Method 24. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to thickening systems comprising a mixture of a xanthan gum and at least one ester of an unsaturated fatty acid, wherein the thickening system is essentially free of volatile organic compounds as determined by EPA Reference Method 24. Still other non-limiting embodiments relate to methods of making and using the aqueous coating-compositions and thickening systems disclosed herein.

Abstract: An oil-based suspension-dispersion system of drag reduction polymers and the method for preparing same, characterized in adding 0.001-0.1 wt % of ultraviolet absorber and 0.001-0.1 wt % of bactericide into 50-90 wt % of vegetable oil and then mixing the obtained mixture to be homogeneous for use as dispersant, adding 2-25 wt % of separant into 10-40% of extra-high-molecular ?-olefin-styrene polymer based drag reduction polymer and crushing them into powders at a temperature of lower than ?90° C., based on the total weight of the suspension-dispersion system, and then adding the obtained mixture into the dispersant and stirring the mixture by using a high speed emulsion machine to make the mixture homogeneous and emulsified. The system offers a low viscosity of the suspended dispersion system, a high solid content up to 35%; improved high temperature resistance performance, higher flash point, improved safety, and good stability in storage.

Abstract: A method for the cationic polymerization of unsaturated biological oils (e.g., vegetable oils and animal oils) based on the cationic reaction of double bonds initiated by superacids is provided. The process occurs under very mild reaction conditions (about 70-110° C. and atmospheric pressure) and with short reaction times. The polymerized oils have a viscosity about 10 to 200 times higher than the initial oil and relatively high unsaturation (only about 10-30% lower than that of initial oils).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a composition useful as an additive to a printing ink. In one embodiment a composition is used that includes a biologically derived base material formed from one or more saturated or unsaturated straight or branched chain triglycerides or combinations thereof, wherein the triglycerides are partially to fully hydrogenated and have a viscosity between about 50 and about 200,000 centipoise at temperatures about 72 degrees Fahrenheit. In another embodiment, the composition further includes a finely divided additive selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene or hydrogenated triglycerides in an intimate admixture with the base material. Other aspects relate to a method of making an ink additive and method for printing paper stock by letter press or lithography.

Abstract: A cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition which is usable to constitute a tire tread having improved wear resistance, to such a tread and to a tire incorporating this tread. The rubber composition is particularly applicable to tires of passenger-vehicle type. The rubber composition includes a plasticizing resin of number-average molecular weight of from 400 to 2000 g/mol, the resin containing units resulting from the polymerization of vinylcyclohexene.

Abstract: Polymerized oils (heat-bodied oils) were hydrogenated to make a semi-crystalline wax-like material. The process of the present invention yields hydrogenated polymerized oils that can be used as bio-renewable replacements for micro-crystalline wax and petrolatums raw materials in products that are comprised of such materials. The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a hydrogenated polymerized oil, a composition consisting essentially of a hydrogenated polymerized oil and a process of preparing a hydrogenated polymerized oil. The present invention is also directed to a composition comprising a hydrogenated blown oil, a composition consisting essentially of a hydrogenated blown oil and a process for preparing a hydrogenated blown oil.

Abstract: A biodegradable polymer is disclosed having the composition g) from 8 to 80% by weight of a starch modified to include an hydroxyalkyl C2-6 group or modified by reaction with an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid, preferably hydroxypropylated high amylose starch, a) from 0 to 87.9% of starch, b) from 4 to 11% by weight of a water soluble polymer selected from polyvinylacetate, polyvinyl alcohol and copolymers of ehtylene and vinylalcohol which have a melting point compatible with the molten state of the starch components, c) from 0 to 20% by weight of a polyol plasticiser, preferably glycerol, d) from 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of a C12-22 fatty acid or salt, preferably stearic acid and, e) 0 to 12% added water. The polymers are suitable as biodegradable rigid sheet or flexible film materials for use in packaging foodstuffs.

Abstract: Disclosed are dryable stain compositions, such as wiping stains, that include a binder including a mixture of an alkyd resin and a drying and/or semi-drying oil, wherein the stain composition (a) includes no more than 100 grams of volatile organic material per liter of the stain composition, and (b) is substantially free of water. Also disclosed are porous substrates at least partially coated with such stain compositions, methods for staining at least a portion of a porous substrate with such stain compositions, and porous substrates at least partially coated with a multi-layer composite coating system wherein at least one coating layer is deposited from such a stain composition.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymer composition comprising cross-linked polyethylene having a non-polar biocompatible lipid disposed in at least a portion of the free volume of the polyethylene. The invention further provides methods for making the polymer composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition usable in a tread of a tire, and to a tire incorporating this tread. A rubber composition according to the invention is based on at least one diene elastomer, and a plasticizer comprising a glycerol oleic acid triester, said plasticizer comprises: one or more synthetic and/or natural compounds not extracted from petroleum in a mass fraction of from 45% to 100%, said compounds comprising at least one glycerol fatty acid triester, and the fatty acid(s) as a whole comprise oleic acid in a mass fraction equal to or greater than 60%, and one or more paraffinic, aromatic or naphthenic type plasticizing oils extracted from petroleum in a mass fraction of from 55% to 0%. The invention applies in particular to tires of passenger-vehicle type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition which is usable to constitute a tire tread having improved wear resistance, to such a tread and to a tire incorporating this tread. A rubber composition according to the invention comprises a diene elastomer of a number-average molecular weight Mn of less than 2000 g/mol which has a glass transition temperature Tg of greater than ?25° C., and it is such that said elastomer comprises one or more units resulting from the polymerisation of a vinylaromatic monomer, such as styrene. The invention applies in particular to tires of passenger-vehicle type.

Abstract: A biodegradable polymer is disclosed having the composition g) from 8 to 80% by weight of a starch modified to include an hydroxyalkyl C2-6 group or modified by reaction with an anhydride of a dicarboxylic acid, preferably hydroxypropylated high amylose starch, a) from 0 to 87.9% of starch, b) from 4 to 11% by weight of a water soluble polymer selected from polyvinylacetate, polyvinyl alcohol and copolymers of ethylene and vinylalcohol which have a melting point compatible with the molten stat of the starch components, c) from 0 to 20% by weight of a polyol plasticiser, preferably glycerol, d) from 0.1 to 1.5% by weight of a C12-22 fatty acid or salt, preferably stearic acid and, e) 0 to 12% added water. The polymers are suitable as biodegradable rigid sheet or flexible film materials for use in packaging foodstuffs.

Abstract: An improved internal wetting agent is provided for blending with polymeric material, with the formation of apertured films and/or polymeric fibrous webs contemplated. Films and/or nonwoven fabrics of this nature are suited for use in disposable absorbent articles, particularly for the so-called topsheet or facing layer, which contacts the wearer during use. Because polymeric materials from which these types of facing layers are made are typically hydrophobic, the provision of an internal wetting agent facilitates the passage of liquid through the facing layer into an associated absorbent structure.

Abstract: Dispersion concentrates are claimed which consist of: I) 10-80% by weight of a crosslinked copolymer obtained by polymerization of 1 to 50% by weight of a cyclic N-vinylcarboxamide and 49.99 to 98.99 by weight of acryloyldimethyltauric acid, II) 20-90% by weight of a phase selected from the group consisting of an emulsifier, an oil phase, and mixtures thereof, and III) up to 30% weight water based on the total weight of the stable dispersion concentrate. The stable dispersion concentrate is useful in preparing cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and dermatological compositions.

Abstract: Piperidine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof useful in methods of treatment of bacterial infections in mammals, particularly in man.

Abstract: Disclosed are weatherable multilayer articles comprising (i) a coating layer comprising a block copolyestercarbonate comprising structural units derived from at least one 1,3-dihydroxybenzene and at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid, (ii) a second layer comprising a polymer comprising carbonate structural units, (iii) an adhesive tielayer comprising a copolymer with structural units derived from at least one alkenyl aromatic compound and at least one conjugated diene, and (iv) a substrate layer, wherein the coating layer is in contiguous contact with the second layer, and the adhesive tielayer is in contiguous contact with the second layer and the substrate layer. Also disclosed is a method for making the multilayer article.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising, consisting of or alternatively consisting essentially of a stabilized furfural or glycol ester of a vegetable oil fatty acid and an antioxidant such as butylated hydroxy toluene. This invention also relates to latex film-forming compositions containing stabilized furfural or glycol esters, such as a stabilized propylene glycol monoester (PGME) mixture. This invention is also directed to methods of stabilizing furfural or glycol esters of a vegetable fatty acid by contacting the esters with an antioxidant such as butylated hydroxy toluene. This invention also includes methods of preparing film-forming compositions comprising a stabilized furfural or glycol ester, such as the stabilized PGME mixture disclosed herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cross-linked rubber composition for a tire tread having a Shore A hardness greater than 45 and less than 57, measured in accordance with Standard ASTM D 2240, wherein the composition comprises greater than 25 phr and up to 100 phr, of one or more diene elastomers each having a temperature Tg of between ?75° C. and ?40° C., less than 75 phr and down to 0 phr, of one or more diene elastomers each having a temperature Tg of between ?110° C. and ?75° C., from 5 phr to 35 phr, of at least one hydrocarbon plasticizing resin miscible in said elastomer(s), said resin having a Tg of between 10° C. and 150° C. and a molecular weight Mn of between 400 and 2000 g/mol, and from 5 phr to 35 phr of at least one synthetic or natural plasticizing compound which comprises at least one glycerol fatty acid triester, wherein an aggregate constituted by the fatty acid(s) comprises oleic acid in a mass fraction equal to or greater than 60%.

Abstract: A polymeric laminate comprising (A) a substrate, and (B) a slip layer covering at least a portion of said substrate, where the slip layer consists essentially of (i) a polyethylene blend, where said blend includes (a) from about 3 to about 97 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of said blend, of a first polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight from 110,000 to about 140,000 and a polydispersity of less than about 12, (b) from about 3 to about 97 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of said blend, of a second polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight from 50,000 up to 109,999 and a polydispersity of less than about 12, and (c) from about 0 to about 40 percent by weight, based upon the total weight of said blend, of a third polyethylene resin having a weight average molecular weight from about 20,000 up to 49,999 and polydispersity of less than about 12, with the proviso that said blend includes at least 60 percent, based upon the total weight of said ble

Abstract: The present invention provides polymeric compositions containing thermoplastic starch and a thermoplastic polymer incompatible with starch, in which the starch constitutes the dispersed phase and the thermoplastic polymer constitutes the continuous phase, selected: A) from compositions comprising an agent with an interfacial effect selected from esters of polyols with mono- or polycarboxylic acids with dissociation constants within certain limits, the esters having specific values of the hydrophilic/lipophilic balance index HLB or being amongst the non-ionic surfactants which are soluble in water but cannot significantly be extracted by water from the compositions which contain them; B) from compositions wherein the thermoplastic polymer is an aliphatic or aliphatic-aromatic copolyester wherein the ratio (R) between the average viscometric molecular weight and the melt index is greater than 25,000 and C) from compositions wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters, poly

Abstract: A composition containing a graft polymer based on acrylonitrile/ethylene propylene rubber/styrene (AES) and an additive is disclosed. The additive is one which increases the “?soft phase” of the composition making it possible to produce moldings with improved toughness at low temperatures, without substantially changing the melt volume rate.

Abstract: A non-tacky fishing bait made from a soft gelatinous elastomer composition comprising one or more of a linear, radial or multiblock copolymer(s) and in combination with one or more of a low and high viscosity plasticizers in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 800 gram Bloom.

Abstract: A coating containing seed oil comprising the following: a seed oil used as a film forming component for the coating with at least one film forming component for the coating; at least one component to provide opacity and solar reflectivity to the coating; at least one component to provide protection to the coating from ultra-violet degradation; at least one filler component to increase the viscosity of the coating; and at least one film component that provides elongation and flexibility to the coating.

Abstract: Novel thickeners for oil-containing compositions are crystalline polymers, preferably side chain crystalline polymers, which (a) have a crystalline melting point, Tp, and an onset of melting temperature, To, such that Tp?To is less than Tp0.7; (b) are soluble in the oil at temperatures above Tp, and (c) have been dispersed in the oil by a process which comprises (i)dissolving the polymer in the oil at a temperature above Tp, and (ii) cooling the solution from step (i) to crystallize the polymer in the oil.