Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible vinyl oligomer(s) wherein said composition when drying to form a coating has an open time of at least 20 minutes, a wet edge time of at least 10 minutes, a tack free time of ?20 hours and an equilibrium viscosity of ?5,000 Pa·s at any solids content when drying in the range of from 20 to 55 wt % using any shear rate in the range of from 9±0.5 to 90±5 s?1 and at 23±2° C.

Abstract: A coating composition is produced by forming an aqueous dispersion of a crosslinking agent and a resin that comprises the reaction product of an alkyd polymer, an optional surfalkyd, diacetone acrylamide, another acrylate monomer and optionally aromatic monomers wherein the reaction product is neutralized with either ammonia or an amine. A coating of the aqueous dispersion on wood exhibits at least some of the following desired properties: rapid dry time, good tannin blocking, good resistance to picking up dirt, good hot box stability and good exterior durability. Additionally, the inventive coatings appear to provide improved crosslinking compared to coatings comprising resins not neutralized with an amine or ammonia and/or not containing a surfalkyd.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous primer composition for use in manufacturing flexographic printing plates. The aqueous primer composition comprises a polyurethane, a copolymer, a layered silicate, and optionally a surfactant and/or a dye or pigment. The use of the layered silicate as a filler in the primer composition produces an improved primer composition with a stronger water/solvent resistance and less delamination.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible oligomer(s), a dispersed polymer(s) and optionally a non-crosslinkable water-dispersible oligomer wherein the crosslinkable oligomer(s) and non-crosslinkable oligomer(s) comply with Equation 1 as follows: - 15 × 10 4 < L = Mw × PDi 0.8 A × ( 1 + Q ) 0.5 + { ( Mw × PDi 0.8 ) / A } 0.5 × V - Y - Z < 40 × 10 4 .

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition (Y) characterized by comprising (A) 20 to 64.9 wt % one or more ethylene copolymers comprising an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer, (B) 35 to 70 wt % metal hydroxide, and (C) 0.1 to 30 wt % grafted ethylene polymer. The resin composition has excellent flame retardancy and has satisfactory pliability/flexibility and excellent tensile properties. It is suitable for use as an insulating material or sheath for electric wires. Also provided are: a polymer composition (Z) having high flame retardancy, characterized by comprising relative to (AA) 100 parts by weight of a polymer such as a thermoplastic polymer or thermosetting polymer, in the ratio of (BB) 50 to 250 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide, (E) 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of a triazine ring containing compound, and (F) 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of a polyhydric alcohol; and a molded object obtained from the polymer composition. These are suitable for use as an insulating material or sheath for electric wires.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for continuous production of a water-absorbent resin product by which the water-absorbent resin product having high properties can continuously be produced easily and inexpensively with stable constant quality. In addition, there is disclosed a water-absorbent resin product having high properties and being stable in quality.

Abstract: Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into the components of the formulation.

Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising components: (A) 50 to 99 wt. % of a vinyl polymer(s) having a gradient polymeric morphology; and (B) 1 to 50 wt. % of at least one polymer not having a gradient polymeric morphology, wherein components (A) and (B) add up to 100%.

Abstract: Sets of prepaints wherein at least one set member is in solid form, methods of formulating paint lines using the sets of prepaints, and a method of formulating a range of paints from the sets of prepaints, where the paint lines and ranges of paints are useful as road marking coatings, architectural coatings, industrial coatings, graphic art coatings, non-cementitious aggregate finish coatings, elastomeric coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, and other building related products, are disclosed.

Abstract: A water based intercoat coating composition containing (A) a polyester resin comprising, as essential components, an alicyclic polybasic acid (a1) and/or an alicyclic polyhydric alcohol (a2), other polybasic acid (a3) and other polyhydric alcohol (a4), (B) a crosslinking agent, and (C) a water based urethane resin emulsion.

Abstract: A waterborne coating composition comprising fine polymer particles dispersed in an aqueous medium and an inorganic filler, wherein the fine polymer particles comprise (A) 50 to 90% by weight of synthetic rubber polymer particles containing 50 to 90% by weight of a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diolefin monomer and having a glass transition temperature of ?20° C. or lower and (B) 10 to 50% by weight of acrylic polymer particles containing 50% by weight or more of a repeating unit derived from an acrylic ester and/or a methacrylic ester and having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film-forming composition comprising a particulate polymer or emulsified liquid pre-polymer, water and a coalescent aid comprising an ester having the formula RCOOX wherein R and X are independently hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl, and at least one of R and X contain at least two unsaturated carbon—carbon bonds. The coalescent aid helps lower the minimum film formation temperature of low glass transition temperature coatings and high glass transition temperature coatings and allows optimum film formation at ambient temperatures. The coalescent aid of this coating composition is not volatile like conventional coalescent aids but rather remains part of the film and air oxidizes to cure the film. This coating composition also exhibits properties of adhesion and gloss superior to that of coating compositions containing conventional coalescent aids. Additionally, this coalescent aid can be made from natural or synthetic oils.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition containing a non-crosslinkable water-dispersible oligomer(s); a dispersed polymer(s); water and optionally co-solvent wherein the composition has an open time of at least 20 minutes; a wet edge time of at least 10 minutes; a tack free time of ?24 hours and an equilibrium viscosity of 5,000 Pa·s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition for a recording medium useful in ink jet printing of photographic images to provide a high gloss finish. The coating composition for an ink jet recording medium comprises colloidal silica and a synthetic resin emulsion having two or more glass transition points. The synthetic resin emulsion is obtained by emulsion-polymerizing, simultaneously or separately, (A) a radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a silyl group and (B) another radical-polymerizable unsaturated monomer which is copolymerizable unsaturated monomer which is copolymerizable with (A), in the presence of a radical polymerizable surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous resin composition that can be utilized in a wide variety of fields including paints for vehicles, paints for cans, paints for the outer facings of buildings, adhesives, inks, impregnating agents for fibers and paper, and sealing agents and the like, wherein the aqueous resin composition comprises a polyester resin (A) having an acid value from 10 to 50 and a hydroxyl value from 20 to 150, a vinyl modified polyester resin (B) having an acid value from 20 to 100 and a hydroxyl value from 20 to 150, and a curing agent (C).

Abstract: A tinting composition containing a colorant component is disclosed. In addition, a method of improving the viscosity stability of a composition upon the addition of a colorant component employing an associative thickener, a macromolecular organic compound having a hydrophobic cavity, a dispersing resin and combinations thereof is disclosed.

Abstract: Reactive, non-isocyanate coating compositions prepared by mixing epoxy, tertiary amine, anhydride, hydroxy- and, optionally, acid functional compounds, a system of making the coating composition, a method of coating the composition on a substrate and a substrate coated with the composition.

Abstract: A method for bonding two substrates that includes applying an autodepositable adhesive to one of the substrates and then bonding the substrates together. This method is especially useful for bonding elastomers to metals. According to a first embodiment, the autodepositable adhesive is a one coat adhesive having a low pH (approximately 1-3) and including (A) a flexibilizer or film-former, (B) optionally, an aqueous dispersion of a phenolic resin that includes water and a reaction product of a phenolic resin precursor, a modifying agent and, optionally, a multi-hydroxy phenolic compound wherein the modifying agent includes at least one functional moiety that enables the modifying agent to react with the phenolic resin precursor and at least one ionic moiety, and (C) an acid.

Abstract: An aqueous polymer blend composition containing particles of a first polymer and particles of a second polymer with preferred molecular weight ranges is provided. Coatings prepared from the aqueous polymer blend composition may be employed as coatings which have water whitening resistance and provide resistance to efflorescence to cementitious substrates, such as roof tiles. A method of preparing a coated cementitious substrate with the aqueous polymer blend composition and an article containing the coated cementitious substrate are also provided.

Abstract: The invention concerns granules obtainable by drying an inverse emulsion, dispersed in an external aqueous phase: a) the inverse emulsion comprising an internal aqueous phase, including a hydrophilic active material, dispersed in an internal organic phase, said inverse emulsion including at least a non-ionic surfactant and/or at least an amphiphilic block polymer, and/or at least a cationic surfactant; b) the external aqueous phase including: at least a polyalkylated non-ionic surfactant and/or at least a polalkylated amphiphilic non-ionic polymer; at least a water soluble or water dispersible polymer in solid form in the presence of a water content of not more than 10 wt. % relative to the weight of said polymer and whereof the glass transition temperature is higher than 25° C., preferably higher than 50° C. The granules, once dispersed, enable to obtain a multiple emulsion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a production process by which a water-absorbent resin of excellent quality can be obtained at a low cost by reasonable steps in aqueous solution polymerization. The process for producing a water-absorbent resin comprises the step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of water-absorbent resin-forming monomers including acrylic acid and/or its sodium salt as major components, wherein: (1) the aqueous solution has a monomer component concentration of not less than 45 weight %; (2) the polymerization is carried out while water is evaporated so that the ratio (concentration ratio) between a solid component concentration in a hydropolymer as formed by the polymerization and a solid component concentration in the aqueous monomer solution will not be less than 1.10; and (3) the solid component concentration in the hydropolymer as formed by the polymerization is not more than 80 weight %.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present invention is further directed to fiber-containing fabrics and webs comprising triggerable, water-dispersible binder compositions and their applicability in water-dispersible personal care products, such as wet wipes.

Abstract: An adhesion promoter comprises a polymeric strand with an epoxy-reactive group other than a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a crosslinking group that crosslinks the polymeric strand with a rubber in a crosslinking reaction, wherein the polymeric strand is water soluble in an amount of at least 10 g/l, and more preferably at least 100 g/l. Particularly contemplated adhesion promoters may further comprise styrene-butadiene-vinylpyridine copolymer, and may advantageously be employed as a replacement for resorcinol-formaldehyde latex in the fabrication of a rubber containing tire. Especially contemplated rubber compositions may additionally comprise maleinized polybutadiene to synergistically improve adhesion of the rubber to a polymeric fiber coupled via contemplated adhesion promoters.

Abstract: Silane-modified polyvinyl alcohol mixtures comprising: a) a low molecular weight, silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol having a Höppler viscosity according to DIN 53015 as a 4% by weight aqueous solution of from 1 to 25 mPas, and b) a higher molecular weight, silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol having a Höppler viscosity according to DIN 53015 as a 4% by weight aqueous solution of from 10 to 50 mPas, the silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol a) having a lower Höppler viscosity than the silane-containing polyvinyl alcohol b), are useful as non-dilatant polymeric binders for paper coating slips.

Abstract: An adhesive comprising: (a) 80 to 100% of a melt blend of 40 to 98% polyalphaolelin which has been grafted with 0 to 5% of at least 1 ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof, (b) 2 to 60% of at least one copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate; (c) 0 to 20% of an opacifier; (d) optional further ingredients; wherein the total amount of components (a) and (b) is 80–100% of the composition and wherein the percentages of the components are selected to total 100%.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising (a) 10 to 60 wt % of an aqueous dispersion comprising water and one or more water-dilutable binders selected from the group of polymethacrylic, polyacrylic, polyester, polyurethane, hybride polyacrylic/polyester or polyacrylic/polyurethane, epoxy modified binders, with linear, branched or star structure and any mixtures thereof, the amount of said water constituting at least 15 wt % based on the total weight of said component a), (b) 5 to 40 wt % of one or more water-dispersible polyisocyanates or mixtures of water-dispersible and water-emulsifiable polyisocyanates, blocked or unblocked, (c) 5 to 70 wt % of filler material, (d) 1 to 40 wt % of a ground polymer material, (e) 0 to 15 wt % of organic co-solvents, (f) 0.01 to 15 wt % of additives, pigments and fillers, and (g) 3 to 30 wt % of water and the invention is directed to a process for applying the aqueous coating to substrates to form decorative surfaces and to the resulting coated substrates.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of polysaccharide grafted latex particles wherein the polysaccharide has ?-1,4 linkages, wherein the process comprises core/shell emulsion polymerisation. Preferably, the process comprises a single step of preparing the latex particles by emulsion polymerisation of latex monomers with the simultaneous grafting of the polysaccharide.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible polyester oligomer wherein said composition when drying to form a coating has the following properties: an open time of at least 20 minutes, a wet edge time of at least 10 minutes, a thumb hard time of ?48 hours and a tack-free time ?20 hours and an equilibrium viscosity of ?5000 Pa.s at any solids content when drying in the range of from 20 to 55 wt % using a shear rate in the range of from 9±0.5 to 90±5 s?1 and at 23±2° C.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions curable thermally and with actinic radiation, comprising (I) liquid, and/or highly viscous solid particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising (IA) a binder free of carbon-carbon double bonds activatable with actinic radiation, comprising at least one (meth)acrylate copolymer containing on average per molecule at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group and at least one dispersive functional group, and (IB) at least one blocked polyisocyanate; (II) liquid, highly viscous and/or solid particles dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions, comprising at least one polyurethane (II) containing at least one isocyanate-reactive functional group, at least one functional group having at least one bond activatable with actinic radiation, and at least one dispersive functional group, and (III) at least one unsaturated constituent which is free of isocyanate-reactive functional groups and contains on average per molecule more than on

Abstract: Liquid compositions and homopolymers or copolymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds, preparable by (co)polymerizing olefinically unsaturated compounds and reactive diluents for thermally curable multisubstance mixtures as reaction medium, and their use to prepare coating compositions, adhesives and sealing compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a latex with modified surface chemistry, which may be obtained by carrying out a free-radical emulsion polymerization in the presence of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer or at least one polymer containing residual ethylenically unsaturated bonds, of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator, of at least one water-soluble and/or water-dispersible monoblock, diblock or triblock polymer comprising at its end an active group capable of forming a radical, chosen from dithioesters, xanthates, thioether-thiones and diothiocarbamates. The invention similarly relates to redispersible powders that may be obtained by drying the said latices.

Abstract: A water-dispersed powder slurry coating comprises: (A) a particulate comprising (a1) a resin having an active hydrogen; (B) a reactive surfactant having an optionally blocked isocyanate group and/or an epoxy group; and an aqueous medium in which the particulate and the reactive surfactant are contained. The powder slurry coating can provide a film excellent in water resistance and strength. The powder slurry coating can be baked at a lower temperature and provide a film excellent in resistance to acid rain.

Abstract: An elastomeric composition includes a base latex and a thermoplastic ethylene-vinylacetate (EVA) copolymer latex. The base latex includes one or at least one of a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) latex and a carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber (C-SBR) latex. A process for producing an elastomeric article having an interpenetrating network structure included the following steps. Firstly, a mold is contacted with such elastomeric composition. Then, the elastomeric composition on the mold is allowed to perform a vulcanization reaction, thereby forming the elastomeric article having the interpenetrating network structure.

Abstract: An aqueous adhesive composition is provided which comprises a major amount by weight of an aqueous acrylate emulsion having a viscosity of about 500 centipoise (cps) to about 10,000 cps at a temperature ranging from about 15° C. to about 45° C. and a minor amount by weight of a thickener for the adhesive composition which is an aqueous acrylic emulsion containing carboxylate groups and having a viscosity of at least 100,000 cps at a temperature ranging from about 25° C. to about 45° C. composition. The adhesive is particularly useful in the labelling of water-permeable hydrophilic substrates such as paper labels to non-treated plastic surfaces particularly plastics such as polystyrene, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride, and polyethylene terephthalate.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising at least about 0.1% by weight of a reaction product of an aminoplast and a compound having one carbamate group has improved smoothness.

Abstract: A plastisol formulation which can be used for coatings of metal sheets, the coatings having high abrasion resistance, contains a) a plasticizer or mixture of plasticizers; and b) a mixture of polymer particles containing at least two components A and B; c) at least one member selected from the group consisting of fillers, coupling agents, stabilizers, desiccants, rheological additives, hollow bodies and mixtures thereof; wherein the polymer particles containing at least two components A and B have one of the following structures ba) a 2-stage structure, a 3-stage structure or multi-stage structure, or bb) a gradient polymer structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one masked or unmasked polyisocyanate in the form of an aqueous emulsion whose mean size is between 0.1 and 10 micometers; and at least one polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously a polyol, in the form of a second aqueous dispersion whose mean size is between 10 and 200 nanometers wherein the content of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol, expressed in mass per cent, is at least equal to 5/6R-20, with R equal to the ratio of the mean size (d50) of the emulsion to that of the dispersion of polyhydroxylated polymer, advantageously of polyol.

Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions based on polyurethane dispersions which cure under the influence of high-energy radiation, to a process for preparing them and to their use. The coating compositions contain a polyisocyanate, a polyurethane containing free-radically polymerizable groups, and an initiator which is capable of initiating a free-radical polymerization.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion obtained by hydrolysis/condensation and radical polymerization of a mixture containing (A) at least one selected from an organosilane, a hydrolyzate of the organosilane and a condensate of the organosilane, and (B) a radical polymerizable vinyl monomer, in an emulsified state.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a blend composition of an acrylic type polymer having an excellent mechanical characteristic as well as a low temperature characteristic, and to provide a blend composition of an acrylic type polymer, and also to provide a blend composition of an acrylic type polymer for sealing materials having an excellent abrasion resistance which is important for sealing materials. To prepare a blend composition of an acrylic type polymer by co-precipitation after mixing (A) an aqueous latex of a copolymer—showing about ?10° C. to ?65° C. of a glass transition temperature Tg—obtained by emulsion polymerization or suspension polymerization of at least one of an acrylic ester and methacrylic ester with a vinyl monomer containing crosslinking group with (B) an aqueous latex of copolymer—showing about 0° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to light fast, aqueous, strippable coating compositions containing A) 40 to 90 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of aqueous polyurethane-polyureas and B) 10 to 60 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of polymers prepared from radically polymerizable monomers, wherein the percentages of A) and B) add up to 100, based on the weight of resin solids of A) and B). The present invention relates also to substrates coated with these strippable coating compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of the stripped coatings as recycled material by mechanically comminuting the stripped coatings, optionally after cleaning, and then either pressing them in heatable presses to form sheets, or extruding them in an extruder to form endless thermoplastic threads, and then processing the resulting threads by known granulating methods to form cylindrical, spherical, lenticular or rhombic granules.

Abstract: A process for preparing hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesives from aqueous dispersions based on polyacrylate, and pressure-sensitively adhesive articles produced therefrom, which comprises producing highly concentrated aqueous dispersions with polymer contents between 68% by weight and 87% by weight of gel-free, molecularly-dispersely meltable polymer particles with an at least bimodal size distribution in size ranges between 0.5 ?m and 1000 ?m Ø.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable polymer composition in the form of its aqueous polymer dispersion or polymer powder, including A) a copolymer having a glass transition temperature Tg or a melting temperature of ?30° C. and containing units derived from one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters of branched or unbranched alkylcarboxylic acids of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, acrylic esters or methacrylic esters of branched or unbranched alcohols of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, dienes, olefins, vinyl aromatics and vinyl halides and from 0.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and processes for preparing polymeric materials having polymerizable units derived from at least one C8 to C30 alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, and at least one chain branching unit. The presence of the chain branching unit suprisingly results in the polymeric composition having non-gelled polymer chains. The polymeric compositions are useful as additives for improving the melt strength of thermoplastic resins.

Abstract: A waterborne coating having improved chemical resistance produced from a composition containing a binder resin having post crosslinking groups, an associative thickener having post crosslinking groups and an associative dispersant having post crosslinking groups.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a hydrophobic polymer phase and a water-swollen superabsorbent polymer phase. Also disclosed is a two component system for preparing a composition comprising a hydrophobic polymer phase and a water-swollen superabsorbent polymer phase. The first component is an emulsion of the hydrophobic polymer; the second component comprises the superabsorbent polymer; and the first and second components form the composition when mixed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition for polyolefin resins, comprising a resin obtained by graft-copolymerizing at least one member selected from the group consisting of an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an acid anhydride thereof with at least one member selected from the group consisting of polypropylene and a propylene-?-olefin copolymer, chlorinating the graft copolymer to give an acid-modified chlorinated polyolefin, linking a (meth)acrylic ester having one hydroxyl group to the polyolefin via an ester linkage, and then graft-copolymerizing (meth)acrylic acid monomers with the polyolefin; and a process for producing the composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising a hydrophobic polymer phase and a water-swollen superabsorbent polymer phase. Also disclosed is a two component system for preparing a composition comprising a hydrophobic polymer phase and a water-swollen superabsorbent polymer phase. The first component is an emulsion of the hydrophobic polymer; the second component comprises the superabsorbent polymer; and the first and second components form the composition when mixed.

Abstract: Pigmented aqueous coating composition providing good blocking and elasticity properties comprises a blend of a seeded multistage polymer latex(es) having at least one soft and at least one hard polymer phases and a non-film-forming polymer latex(es), the seed polymer(s) having a Tg≧10° C. lower than that of the hard polymer phase(s) and preferably having a Tg≧10° C. higher than that of the soft polymer phase(s), and the multistage polymer(s) preferably having amino functionality incorporated by an imination reaction.

Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions are described where the binder includes an anionically stabilised addition polymerised polymeric dispersion. The monomers used to prepare the dispersion are acrylic acid and methacrylic acid as a carboxylic monomer and styrene, alpha methyl styrene or vinyl toluene as a hydrophobic high Tg aromatic monomer and an alkyl acrylate ester as a low Tg monomer. The relative weight proportions of the monomers are required to satisfy a formula. Blends of high and low Tg dispersions are also described. Paints formulated with the binders exhibit an excellent balance of stain resistance, tint strength and viscosity stability.