Abstract: A novel polymer having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 stands for a hydrogen atom or a methyl group) is produced by polymerizing N-tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylamide or N-tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylamide. This is a hydrophilic-hydrophobic thermally reversible type polymer.

Abstract: Aqueous emulsion copolymer composition useful as a textile treatment to provide superior durability to repeated washing and dry cleaning and increased stability to prolonged heat and light, to methods of preparing the aqueous emulsion polymers and to methods of treating textile materials with the compositions. The aqueous emulsion is characterized as being a thermally self-crosslinkable copolymer having a molecular weight in the range 50,000 to 10,000,000, a second order transition temperature (Tg) in the range -40.degree. C. to +30.degree. C. comprising:(a) 0.5 to 3% by weight of itaconic acid,(b) 2 to 12% by weight of glycidyl methacrylate,(c) 1 to 7% by weight of N-methylol acrylamide or N-methylol methacrylamide,(d) 35 to 96.5% by weight of ethylacrylate, and(e) at least one compatible monoethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a vinyl copolymer resin is prepared by polymerizing 1 to 15 parts by weight of a polyoxyethylene-containing hydrophilic polymerizable vinyl monomer of which polyoxyethylene moiety has an average molecular weight of 2,000 to 10,000, 99 to 85 parts by weight of at least one specific polymerizable vinyl monomer and 0 to 5 parts by weight of alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acids, salts thereof or anhydrides thereof in an organic solvent, and dispersing the resulting vinyl copolymer resin solution in water.

Abstract: Terpolymers of 30 to 75% by weight of maleic acid (anhydride), 5 to 60% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and 5 to 40% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile are suitable as retanning agents for mineral-tanned leather.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved coolant additive having corrosion inhibitive and scale preventative properties. In particular, the inventive additive in its various embodiments is specifically designed to avoid the use of silicates which, as is well known, form deposits which coat the surfaces and passageways of heavy duty diesel and other cooling systems, resulting in shortened life and reduced efficiency thereof. The inventive additive includes sodium hydroxide and/or alkal metal carbonate, ricinoleic acid, Reomet 41, Thiotax, various forms of SMA copolymers, sodium benzoate, sodium nitrate, chelant(s), antifoam agents, dye/pH indicator and soft water (composition solvent), mixed together in predetermined proportions with the various embodiments of the inventive additive including other constituent substances.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for the preparation of water-soluble vinyl saccharide polymers by polymerization of at least one water-soluble monovinyl saccharide monomer in water at a temperature in the range of from 10.degree. C. to 90.degree. C., characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in the presence of an azo-type free-radical initiator and that the process is limited to the polymerization of water-soluble monovinyl saccharide monomer in an amount not higher than 150 kilograms of monomer per cubic meter of water solution. The polymers prepared according to the invention may advantageously be used as thickeners for aqueous solutions in enhanced oil recovery and for water treatment.

Abstract: Polymeric latices formed by free radical initiated polymerization of a polymerizable alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer component which contains from 0.1 to less than 30 percent by weight of an epoxy group-containing alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer in aqueous medium and in the presence of a salt of an acid group-containing polymer are disclosed. The resultant polymeric latices have higher molecular weights than polymeric latices prepared without the epoxy group-containing alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The polymeric latices are useful as resinous binders in coating compositions where they provide for excellent adhesion and flexibility in the coating.

Abstract: Polymeric latices formed by free radical initiated polymerization of a polymerizable alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer component which contains from 0.1 to less than 30 percent by weight of an epoxy group-containing alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer in aqueous medium and in the presence of a salt of an acid group-containing polymer are disclosed. The resultant polymeric latices have higher molecular weights than polymeric latices prepared without the epoxy group-containing alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The polymeric latices are useful as resinous binders in coating compositions where they provide for excellent adhesion and flexibility in the coating.

Abstract: A binder which is suitable for coating agents and is based on a combination which is essentially free of protective colloids and consists of an aqueous primary dispersion of a synthetic polymer and a water-insoluble polycondensate of phenols and aldehydes, some of which may be replaced by ketones, is prepared by a process in which the phenolic components for the polycondensate are first mixed with an aqueous primary dispersion of a synthetic polymer which contains glycidyl, carbonyl, N-methylol, N-alkoxymethyl, ether, amino and/or hydrazo groups and may furthermore contain carboxyl or hydroxyl groups, and the polycondensation with the aldehydes (and ketones) is then carried out in this mixture, under conventional conditions.The binders prepared according to the invention are useful as binders for dispersion paints and coatings, in particular as heat-curable binders for metal finishes.

Abstract: A process for preparing polymeric microgel by aqueous dispersion polymerization techniques is disclosed. The emulsion can be inverted into organic diluent, and the water removed to form a dispersion of the microgel in the organic diluent. The microgel can be formulated into coating compositions where it improves the sag resistance and metallic pigment pattern control of the coating composition.

Abstract: A process for preparing polymeric microgel by aqueous dispersion polymerization techniques is disclosed. The emulsion can be inverted into organic diluent, and the water removed to form a dispersion of the microgel in the organic diluent. The microgel can be formulated into coating compositions where it improves the sag resistance and metallic pigment pattern control of the coating composition.

Abstract: A resinous emulsion is prepared by copolymerizing .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated monomers and a crosslinking monomer which is at least difunctional, in an aqueous medium in the presence of a resin having an amphoionic group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene or phenylene and Y is --COOH or --SO.sub.3 H, or in the presence of a resin having the above said amphoionic group and a polymerizable .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated bonding. The thus obtained emulsion is useful for the obtainment of crosslinked polymer microparticles to be incorporated in a high solid coating composition or for the preparation of aqueous coating composition because of having contained no harmful emulsifier or surfactant.

Abstract: This invention relates to stable aqueous dispersions of film-forming addition polymer.Novel aqueous dispersions comprise polymer which is a copolymer of amphipathic and non-amphipathic monomer. The amphipathic monomer has an HLB value of at least 8, the hydrophilic component thereof is non-ionic, and the lipophilic component has a molecular weight of at least 100, comprises at least one ethylenic double bond but has no acrylyl or methacrylyl structure. The polymer comprises up to 80% by weight of amphipathic monomer.The dispersions are useful as components of such compositions as surface coatings and adhesives.

Abstract: A latex composition having utility in articles such as photographic elements is disclosed. The composition comprises loadable polymer particles having recurring units a, b and c wherein:component a is 10 to 100 weight percent of a tetrahydrofurfuryl monomer having the structure: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents O or NH; andR.sub.2 represents H or lower alkyl of about 1 to 6 carbon atoms;component b is 0 to 20 weight percent of a hydrophilic monomer andcomponent c is 0 to 90 weight percent of a hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: A process involves preparing an aqueous solution of a diolefin-maleic anhydride copolymer prepared by solution polymerization, said aqueous solution being free of tetramethylsuccinonitrile (TMSN), a by-product resulting from the decomposition of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) used as a polymerization initiator for the copolymerization of the diolefin-maleic anhydride copolymer. The aqueous solution free of TMNS is obtained without the separation of the copolymer from the polymerization liquid in which the copolymer was prepared. The process is composed of the two distillation steps, the first distillation being for the removal of a solvent for polymerization and the second distillation being for the removal of water as well as TMSN. The first and second distillation steps can be carried out in a continuous or discontinuous manner.

Abstract: Hydrophilic latex particles consisting of a homo- or co-polymer of monomers which are sparingly soluble in water, which hydrophilic latex particles can be prepared by emulsion polymerization in the presence of a water-soluble, radical-forming initiator but without an addition of an emulsifier, stabilizer or wetting agent. A process for the preparation of these hydrophilic latex particles, wherein a monomer which is sparingly soluble in water or several monomers which are sparingly soluble in water are dispersed in water and, with the exclusion of oxygen, for example in an inert atmosphere, are homo- or co-polymerized by emulsion polymerization in the presence of a water-soluble, radical-forming initiator but without any addition of an emulsifier, stabilizer or wetting agent.A diagnostic agent containing these hydrophilic latex particles as carrier and biologically and/or immunologically active substances covalently bound to this carrier either directly or via a coupling agent as a bridge.

Abstract: Paper sizing agents in the form of an aqueous preparation of maleic acid anhydride copolymers of which the anhydride groups had been reacted either with organic or inorganic bases or with primary-tertiary diamines and the reaction products subsequently reacted with epichlorohydrin or with inorganic or organic acids to form salts, the copolymers being made up of polymerised units of(a) from 5 to 75%, by weight, of an aromatic vinyl compound;(b) from 10 to 75%, by weight, of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl esters;(c) from 5 to 35%, by weight, of maleic acid anhydride;(d) from 0 to 25%, by weight, of other vinyl monomers; and(e) from 0.1 to 10%, by weight, based on the sum of monomers (a) to (d) (which amounts to 100%, by weight), of an unsaturated aldehyde or of an enol ether derived therefrom.The copolymers are produced by radical polymerisation preferably in the absence of solvents.

Abstract: A novel quick setting polymer concrete composite comprising a furfuryl alcohol monomer, an aggregate containing a maximum of 8% by weight water, and about 1-10% trichlorotoluene initiator and about 20-80% powdered metal salt promoter, such as zinc chloride, based on the weight of said monomer, to initiate and promote polymerization of said monomer in the presence of said aggregate, within 1 hour after mixing at a temperature of -20.degree. C. to 40.degree. C., to produce a polymer concrete having a 1 hour compressive strength greater than 2000 psi.

Abstract: What is disclosed are hard, abrasion resistant, tintable/dyeable coating compositions which are based on siloxane/silica hybrid coating resins. These materials are especially useful on transparent plastic substrates.