Abstract: This invention is to provide a multilayer printed circuit board having excellent appearance and reliability and a method of producing the same, and proposes a build-up multilayer printed circuit board comprising an interlaminar insulating layer 4 comprised of an adhesive for additive process between an inner layer copper pattern 3 provided at its surface with a fine uneven layer 9 and an outer layer copper pattern 6 in which the surface of uneven layer 9 in the inner layer copper pattern 3 is covered with a metal layer containing one or more of metals having an ionization tendency not lower than that of copper but not higher than that of titanium, or a noble metal layer 10, and a production technique therefor.

Abstract: An amine curing agent composition for an epoxy resin is provided having low volatility and good processability containing a) a polyamine curing agent and b) an aliphatic alcohol-alkylene oxide adduct. An epoxy resin-polyamine curing agent system containing an aliphatic alcohol-alkylene oxide adduct is also provided.

Abstract: Provided are epoxy curing agents comprising the reaction product of reactants consisting essentially of a mono-alkylene polyamine having less than about 12 carbon atoms, an alicyclic diamine in an amount of greater than about 10% of the amine equivalents of said amine component, an aromatic mono-glycidyl ether having less than about 18 carbon atoms, and a diglycidyl ether of an aromatic diol having an average degree of oligomerization of less than about 3.5, wherein the ratio of primary amine equivalents of said alkylene polyamine to the total epoxide equivalents of said aromatic glycidyl ether and said diglycidyl ether of an aromatic diol is are greater than one, and the ratio of epoxide equivalents of said aromatic mono-glycidyl ether to epoxide equivalents of said diglycidyl ether of an aromatic diol is greater than one.

Abstract: Epoxide-amine dendrimers synthesized by a repetitive and step-wise addition reaction of epoxides comprising functional moieties which are available for conversion into amino groups followed by a reaction of these groups to primary amino moieties. The amino terminated dendrimers are reacted with (2,3-epoxypropoxy) methacrylate, a monoepoxide and/or a monoisocyante. The methacrylate terminated dendrimers are polymerizable using redox initiators and/or photoinitiators. The resulting dendrimers show a very low volume shrinkage from that of the starting materials, on the order of less than about 5 percent by volume.

Abstract: A process reaction between: (1) a compound that contains one or more epoxide moieties per molecule, and (2) a compound that contains one or more primary aliphatic hydroxyl groups per molecule; is catalyzed by: (3) a catalyst compound containing one or more trifluoromethanesulfonate moieties and one or more silyl moieties and run at a temperature of no more than 130.degree. C., such that the catalyst preferably catalyzes reaction at the primary aliphatic hydroxyl group, so that the resulting resin does not gel.

Abstract: A modified epoxy resin is prepared by mixing an isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer with an epoxy resin in reactive conditions. The modified epoxy resin has a low internal stress when it is cured due to the flexible backbone of the urethane prepolymer incorporated therein, and has a high glass transition temperature due to a rigid oxazolidone structure formed via the epoxy ring opening with the isocyanate groups, and thus is useful as an electronic encapsulant.

Abstract: A binder composition, a coating composition containing this binder, a process for its production and use to produce single or multi-layer lacquer coatings, particularly in the automotive sector, are described. The binder composition containsA) 25 to 75 wt. % of the reaction product of one or more carboxy-functionalised poly(meth)acrylic copolymers and/or one or more carboxy-functionalised polyesters, each with an acid value of 15 to 200 mg KOH/g, with one or more lactones,B) 25 to 75 wt. % of one or more epoxy-functionalised crosslinking agents with at least two epoxy functional groups per molecule, with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 200 to 10000 g/mol,C) 0 to 60 wt. % of one or more polyols with at least two hydroxyl functional groups per molecule,D.sub.1) 0 to 20 wt. % of one or more melamine resins,D.sub.2) 0 to 40 wt. % of one or more capped polyisocyanates, wherein the sum of the weight percentages of components A), B), C), D.sub.1) and D.sub.2) is 100 wt. %, together withE) 0 to 10 wt.

Abstract: An adhesive for electroless plating is formed by dispersing particular heat-resistant granules easily soluble in an oxidizing agent into a particular heat-resistant resin sparingly soluble in the oxidizing agent through a curing treatment. A printed circuit board is manufactured by using such an adhesive.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition characterized by comprising (A) an epoxy resin containing an oxazolidone ring, (B) a halogen-containing epoxy resin and (C) a curing agent as its ingredients, wherein the ratio by weight of ingredients (A) to (B) is 5-100:95-0, the hydrolizable chlorine content of ingredients (A) and (B) is no more than 500 ppm and the amount of .alpha.-glycol is no more than 100 m eq/kg has excellent properties and can be employed as the materials for electronic applications and as paints, adhesives, molding materials, composite materials, laminates and sealing materials.

Abstract: A curable composition containing (a) 100 parts by weight of an oxyalkylene polymer having a silicon atom-containing group to which a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group is bonded and capable of crosslinking on formation of a siloxane bond and (b) from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a hydrolyzable silicon compound represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrolyzable group; R.sup.1 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group; R.sup.2 represents a monovalent organic group containing an amino group or an imino group and having a carbon atom number to nitrogen atom number ratio (C/N ratio) of more than 3; m represents 0, 1 or 2; n represents 1, 2 or 3; and (m+n) is less than 4.

Abstract: A resist ink composition developable with a diluted, alkaline solution, which exhibits high dispersion stability itself, can form a pattern with excellent resolution, even in the case of a low exposure amount, and can produce a cured resist film excellent in solvent resistance for high-performance printed circuits and which comprises an ultraviolet-curable resin obtained by copolymerizing (a) from 5 to 50% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer of a general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; n represent an integer of from 1 to 4, and/or glycerol mono(meth)acrylate, (b) from 10 to 90% by weight or glycidyl (meth)acrylate and (c) from 0 to 80% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomers capable of copolymerizing with these (a) and (b), followed by reacting the resulting copolymer with from 0.7 to 1.

Abstract: A cleavable epoxy resin composition suitable for encapsulating electronic chips comprising the cured reaction product of a diepoxide containing a cyclic anhydride curing agent and an amine promoter.

Abstract: Low-molecular-weight, hydroxy-functional acrylate resins are disclosed. The resins are copolymers derived from an allylic alcohol or a propoxylated allylic alcohol, an acrylate or methacrylate monomer, and optionally, one or more additional ethylenic monomers. The resins are uniquely prepared without a chain-transfer agent or reaction solvent, and are useful in many thermoset polymer applications, including thermoset polyesters, polyurethanes, crosslinked polymeric resins, melamines, alkyds, uralkyds, and epoxy thermosets.

Abstract: Reworkable adhesive that has a high shear strength through a range of use temperatures but which has a low strength and is reworkable at a suitable processing temperature.

Abstract: Thermosettable composition suitable for the production of endless objects without the use of continuous carrier material, whereby the composition comprises an epoxy resin or an unsaturated polyester and a high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer which has a weight-average molecular weight of at least 1,000,000 g/mol in an amount to make the composition spinnable, the amount ranging from at least 0.1% where the polymer has a molecular weight of 5,000,000 g/mol or more or less than 2% where the polymer has the weight-average molecular weight of 1,000,000 g/mol, the amount decreasing as the weight-average molecular weight increases.

Abstract: The invention relates to two classes of prepolymers containing a perfluoropolyethereal chain and carboxylic end groups, suitable as cross-linking agents for epoxy prepolymers. The first class contains anhydride-derived end groups; the second lactone-derived end groups; prepolymers therefrom are also disclosed. Additional non-fluorinated curing agents may also be added.

Abstract: This invention discloses the composition and preparation of imidazolidone modified polyetheramines. The alkyl polyetheramine is derived from 2-isopropylaminoethylamine and urea. N-isopropyl-2-imidazolidone is the intermediate product, which is alkoxylated and aminated to prepare the N-isopropyl imidazolidone polyetheramine. This invention also discloses the composition and preparation of oxazolidinone modified polyetheramines by reductive amination of polyols derived from 4-ethyl-4-hydroxymethyl-2-oxazolidone. The products of this invention have been tested in epoxy resin applications and improved properties have been demonstrated. These products may also be useful in polyurea applications.

Abstract: A resin composition for aqueous paint contains, as main components, (A) a resin obtained by reacting a certain epoxy resin, an amine compound and a phenol compound and substantially containing neither primary or secondary amino group nor epoxy group; (B) a resin having phenolic hydroxyl groups and substantially containing neither primary nor secondary amino group, and (C) a resin compound having glycidyl groups or epoxy groups. The composition is excellent in dispersibility of each component and in storage stability. It has an extremely low heating loss of the coating film, and is excellent in smoothness, corrosion resistance, adhesion, etc.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of adducts by reacting an alcohol with an epoxy compound in the presence of a catalyst, which comprises reacting an alcohol of formula I ##STR1## wherein A is an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or araliphatic radical and r is a number from 1 to 10, with a mono- or diepoxide in the equivalent ratio of 1:20 to 20:1, based on the hydroxyl and epoxy groups, in the presence of a metal complex of formula II as catalyst[M.sup.n+ (L.sub.1).sub.x (L.sub.2).sub.y (L.sub.3.sup.m-).sub.z ][X.sup.k- ].sub.(n-zm)/k (II),whereinM is a metal of the main groups or subgroups of the Periodic Table of the Elements,L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are weakly bonded, neutral, unidentale or multidentate ligands,L.sub.3 is a strongly bonded, non-replaceable neutral or anionic unidentale or multidentate ligand,X is an anion of the following formulae BF.sub.4.sup.-, PF.sub.6.sup.-, AsF.sub.6.sup.-, SbF.sub.6.sup.-, ClO.sub.4.sup.-, IO.sub.4.sup.-, NO.sub.3.sup.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel polyetherdiamine comprising an aminated, alkoxylated 1,2'-hydroxyethyl-2-imidazolidone represented by the formula: ##STR1## where R is H or an alkyl group of from 1 to 16 carbon atoms, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl radicals having about 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a+b=n, wherein n is a number of from about 2 to 80, prepared by reacting urea or certain carbonates with an aminoalkoxylamine, alkoxylating the product with alkylene oxide to form a polyol which is reductively aminated to form a novel polyetherdiamine containing an imidazolidone (cyclic urea).

Abstract: Polymeric reaction products useful as additions to electrocoating baths are obtainable fromA. a polyoxyalkylene which has an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 140 to 10,000 and contains on average from 1.5 to 3.0 primary and/or secondary amino groups andB. a polymer which is based on a conjugated diene, has an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 250 to 50,000, contains on average from 1.5 to 3.0 epoxy groups per molecule and is obtainable by reacting a hydroxyl- or carboxyl-containing polymer with a glycidyl compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel polyetherdiamine comprising an aminated, alkoxylated 1-2'-hydroxyethyl-2-imidazolidone represented by the formula: ##STR1## where R is H or an alkyl group of from 1 to 16 carbon atoms and a+b=n, wherein n is a number from about 2 to 80, and to its use in epoxy resin curing systems to produce compositions having improved strength and flexibility properties compared with currently available polyoxyalkylenediamine curatives of equivalent weight.

Abstract: The dispersion of a polymer in a polyol is characterized in that the polymer is a product ofA) a reaction product of an epoxy compound and an aromatic acid andB) an epoxy hardenerand the epoxy compound is the reaction product of a polyphenol an epihalohydrin, of a polyalcohol and an epihalohydrin, of an amine and an epihalohydrin, of a sulfur-containing compound and an epihalohydrin, of a polycarboxylic acid and an epihalohydrin or of a polyisocyanate and 2,3-epoxy-1-propanol or the reaction product of a mixture or polyphenols, polyalcohols, amines, sulfur-containing compounds, polycarbolic acids and/or polyisocyanates and an epihalohydrin.The dispersion is useful for producing polyurethane foams.

Abstract: The invention is an epoxy resin adhesive composition. The composition comprises:A. An epoxy resin component; andB. A curative component comprising:a curing amount of a polyamine curing agent and 2 to 30 phr. of an adhesion enhancer of comprising a partially hindered polyetherpolyamine.The fast curing adhesive offers high lap shear strength and relatively high peel strength.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to novel branched chain hydroxy-terminated aliphatic azido polymers and copolymers with variable molecular weight (MW) and a single step method for the preparation thereof which involves respectively reacting a high (MW) 0.5-5.0.times.10.sup.6) solid rubbery polyepichlorohydrin (PECH) homopolymer and epichlorohydrin/alkylene oxide copolymer (PEEC), with an alkali metal azide in a suitable organic solvent, in the presence of an initiator at elevated temperature. The MW of the azido product may be controlled by including in the reaction mixture a basic degradation catalyst (such as LiOCH.sub.3 or NaOH) and varying the amount of catalyst. When the reaction is catalyzed, the MW of the product varies within the range 1,000-40,000 and the hydroxyl functionality is 2-10. Uncatalyzed reactions yield products with MW between 40,000 and 200,000 and a functionality of about 10.

Abstract: The invention is an epoxy resin composition. Diol initiators are reacted with alkylene oxide and 1 to 5 wt % epoxy resin. The epoxy resin is added internally, along the length of the diol chain to yield a modified polyol of molecular weight 2000 to 5000. The modified polyol is subjected to reductive amination to yield a polyamine. This polyamine is mixed with an epoxy base resin and cured to product epoxy resins demonstrating improved strength and adhesion.

Abstract: Curing agents for epoxy resins composed of (a) the reaction product of a co-reactant comprising either an epichlorohydrin (co) polymer or a (co)polymer of a chlorovinyl acetate, chloroalkyl acrylate with an organic amino compound containing at least one active hydrogen and having a pK.sub.B value within the range of from about 7 to about 9, preferably imidazole and substituted imidazoles; (b) an N-fatty imidazole and (a); (c) an N-fatty imidazole and an elastomeric polymer are disclosed. The curing agents are essentially water insoluble and give rise to epoxy resins which may be cured at relatively low temperatures below about 100.degree. C. The epoxy resins are suitable for use as adhesives, coatings and in composite applications.

Abstract: Specified aminocrotonates are described for use as hardeners for expoxide resins.

Abstract: Curable compositions containingA) an epoxy resin having on average more than one epoxy group per molecule,B) a carboxylic anhydride curing agent for component A) andC) about 5 to 40% by weight, relative to the amount of the components A), B) and C), of a liquid mixture of C1) a polyalkylene glycol based on polypropylene glycol or polybutylene glycol having two to about six hydroxyl, carboxyl, carboxylic anhydride or glycidyl end groups and of C2) an elastomeric copolymer based on butadiene, a polar, ethylenically unsaturated comonomer and, if appropriate, further ethylenically unsaturated comonomers having carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, mercapto or glycidyl ether end groups are described. Components C1) and C2) can also occur together in a segmented copolymer.

Abstract: The invention disclosed relates to novel branched chain hydroxy-terminated aliphatic azido polymers and copolymers with variable molecular weight (MW) and a single step method for the preparation thereof which involves respectively reacting a high (MW) 0.5-5.0.times.10.sup.6) solid rubbery polyepichlorohydrin (PECH) homopolymer and epichlorohydrin/alkylene oxide copolymer (PEEC), with an alkali metal azide in a suitable organic solvent, in the presence of an initiator at elevated temperature. The MW of the azido product may be controlled by including the reaction mixture a basic degradation catalyst (such as LiOCH.sub.3 or NaOH) and varying the amount of catalyst. When the reaction is catalyzed, the MW of the product varies within the range 1,000-40,000 and the hydroxyl functionality is 2-10. Uncatalyzed reactions yield products with MW between 40,000 and 200,000 and a functionality of about 10.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermosettable vinul ester resinous composition and low profile additive. The improvement comprises the low profile additive comprising a non-gelling, saturated polyester formed from dibasic acid and an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide polyether polyol having an EO/PO molar ratio ranging from about 0.1 to 0.9. The polyester has an acid value of greater than about 10 and preferably has a molecular weight of greater than about 6,000. The EO/PO polyether polyol can be built on a combination of diol, triol or other compound with active hydrogen groups, so long as the LPA product does not gel.

Abstract: A cationic electrodeposition coating resin composition composed mainly of(A) a resin containing a primary hydroxyl group and a cationic group, and(B) an epoxy resin which is a copolymer comprising recurring units represented by formula (I) ##STR1## and recurring units represented by formula (II) ##STR2## wherein R denotes a C.sub.3 -C.sub.35 alkyl group, the proportion of the recurring units of formula being 1 to 75% by weight.

Abstract: A polyoxymethylene multi-copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing(a) trioxane,(b) at least one cyclic ether or formal compound chosen from the group of ethylene oxide, 1,3-dioxolane, 1,3-dioxepane, 1,3,5-trioxepane and 1,3,6-trioxocane, and(c) at least one compound chosen from the group of glycidyl phenyl ether, styrene oxide and glycidyl naphthyl ether,and characterized in that the number average molecular weight of said polyoxymethylene multi-copolymer is from 10,000 to 100,000, that the melting point (Tm) and crystallization temperature (Tc) there of are in a relationship ofTm-Tc<15 (.degree.C.)and that the size of the spherulites is 10 .mu.m or less, or a resin composition comprised of this polyoxymethylene multi-copolymer and a polyoxymethylene resin, is distinguished in crystallinity, mechanical strength and surface appearance and is particularly suited for faster cycle molding.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition suitable for use as a casting resin for the potting of an ignition coil is disclosed which comprises:(A) a mixture containing(a.sub.1) a liquid, Bisphenol-type epoxy resin, and(a.sub.2) an inorganic filler,(a.sub.3) a polyether polyol; and(B) a liquid curing agent including(b.sub.1) an acid anhydride, and(b.sub.2) an imidazole compound.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the production of (I) a cationic water-soluble resin by the reaction of a polyethylene glycol polyhalohydrin ether resulting from the reaction between polyethylene glycol and an epihalohydrin with an aziridine compound and (II) and (III) cationic water-soluble resins by the reaction of (I) the resin with an epihalohydrin and/or a polyfunctional epoxy compound in the presence or absence of a polyalkyleneimine. The resins (I), (II), and (III) are stable over a wide range of pH value and are useful as a water-treating agent.

Abstract: An adhesive for electroless plating is composed of at least one kind of fine powders selected from either a cured heat resistant resin or an inorganic material and easily soluble in a predetermined solution and a heat resistant resin solution sparingly soluble in the predetermined solution by curing treatment. The adhesive for electroless plating in which the above fine powders are dispersed in the above uncured heat resistant resin solution, is coated on a circuit board, dried and cured to form an adhesive layer. When the above predetermined solution contacts with the surface of the adhesive layer, its surface is roughed to be formed a plating film having an excellent adhesiveness by electroless plating.

Abstract: Novel halogen-substituted phthalimides are provided which are the reaction product of a halogenated phthalic anhydride with an alkoxylated amine or the reaction product of a halogenated phthalic anhydride with a siloxy amine. The halogen-substituted phthalimides are useful in increasing the flame retardancy of thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, and are also effective as processing aids in improving the flowability and moldability of thermoplastic resins during melt processing.

Abstract: A curable polymer composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of an oxyalkylene base polymer having at least one silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which a hydroxy group and/or a hydrolyzable group is bonded and which is cross linkable through formation of a siloxane bond,(B) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having one silanol group in the molecule and a compound which, when reacted with moisture, generates a compound having one silanol group in the molecule,(C) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which two hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group, and(D) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a compound having a silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which three hydrolyzable groups are bonded and an amino group, which composition provides a cured material having low modulus, group bond strength and improved weather resistance of bond strength.

Abstract: A cured material of a curable composition comprising (1) an organic elastomeric polymer having at least one silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group are bonded and which is cross linkable through formation of a siloxane linkage in a molecule, (2) an epoxy resin, (3) a curing agent for the epoxy resin and (4) a curing catalyst for the organic elastomeric polymer is firmly adhered to a substrate when a vinyl type polymer having at least one silicon-containing group to the silicon atom of which a hydroxyl group and/or a hydrolyzable group are bonded and which is cross linkable through formation of a siloxane linkage is coated on a substrate before application of the curable composition.

Abstract: A curable polymer composition comprising:(A) an organic elastomeric polymer having, in a molecule, at least one silicon-containing group which is cross linkable through formation of a siloxane bond and(B) an epoxy resin which has been cured which is easily handled and affords a cured product having improved strength.

Abstract: There are provided new elastomeric copolymers of about 15 to 45 mol %, preferably about 25 to 35 mol % trioxane, about 55 to 85 mol %, preferably about 65 to 75 mol % of 1,3-dioxolane, said mol percents based on the total of trioxane and 1,3-dioxolane, and about 0.005 to 0.15 wt. %, preferably about 0.05 to 0.12 wt. % of 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether or butadiene diepoxide as a bifunctional monomer, based on the total weight of copolymer. The elastomeric copolymers may be prepared by mixing said monomers in a substantially dry state and under an inert atmosphere with a cationic polymerization catalyst, e.g, p-nitrobenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate. The elastomeric copolymers have a strong interaction with moldable, crystalline acetal polymers comprising at least 85 mol % of polymerized oxymethylene units and may be used as a blending agent with such crystalline acetal polymers or as a bonding agent to improve the adhesiveness of the crystalline acetal polymer to other materials.

Abstract: The invention disclosed is a process for the preparation of branched hydroxy-terminated aliphatic polyethers having alkyl azide substituents, having a structural formula ##STR1## and a molecular weight of abotu 500 to 40,000, and a process for the preparation thereof which comprises the single step of reacting a solid rubbery polyepichlorohydrin (PECH) of molecular weight of about 0.5-5.0.times.10.sup.6 with epichlorohydrin monomer (ECH) and an ionic azide selected from the group consisting of sodium azide, lithium azide and potassium azide, in a suitable organic solvent at elevated temperature, while agitating. According to a further aspect of the invention, the molecular weight of the polyether product may be controlled by adjusting the weight ratio of ECH:PECH, while maintaining a weight ratio of ionic azide: (ECH+PECH) of about 1:1.

Abstract: Cohesive flexible curable adhesive coatings formed from a dispersion of first and second powdered curing components, preferably reactive at ambient temperatures, in a solution of a binder, the binder content being not more than 15%, preferably not more than 2.5% by weight of the dried composition. Also claimed are curable compositions having a specific advantageous reactive particle size distribution; specific epoxy-amine adduct curing agents; and specific polyalkylene oxide binders.

Abstract: There is disclosed a thermosetting resin composition comprising a thermosetting cyanate ester resin composition (A) and a butadiene based copolymer (B)(i) or an epoxy resin-modified butadiene based copolymer (B)(ii), in which said component (B)(i) or (B)(ii) are used for modifying said component (A), component (A) and (B) being as follows;(A) a cyanate ester thermosetting resin composition comprising a cyanate ester compound selected from the group consisting of,(i) a polyfunctional cyanate ester having at least two cyanate group in its molecule,(ii) prepolymer of the cyanate ester of (i),(iii) coprepolymer of the cyanate ester of (i) and an amine, and(iv) mixtures thereof, and optionally adding another thermosetting resin,(B)(i) a butadiene based copolymer comprising a butadienaromatic vinytl monomer copolymer having 0.

Abstract: A solution of a non-reactive polymer in a liquid oxazoline which may include a reactive additive such as a polyisocyanate to provide solid polymers by interpolymerization of the oxazoline and reactive additive are described.

Abstract: A bis (alkoxysilyl) polyether is produced and utilized as a fabric sizing agent.

Abstract: Thermoplastic and thermoset materials containing an effective amount of an antistatic agent for improving antistatic properties thereof, the antistatic agent is selected from homopolymers and copolymers of an epihalohydrin.

Abstract: Described herein is a composition which contains a specific group of hardeners, an epoxy resin and a thermoplastic polymer. When combined with a structural fiber the composition produces composites which have improved impact resistance, improved tensile properties and high compressive properties.

Abstract: A curable resinous composition comprising:(A) an organic elastomeric polymer having at least one silicon-containing reactive group in a molecule,(B) an epoxy resin,(C) a silicone compound having a silicon-containing group and a functional group reactive with an epoxy group, and(D) a curing agent for the epoxy resin, wherein said silicon-containing reactive group is a group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydroxyl group or a hydrolyzable group, R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an organosiloxy group, "a" is 0, 1, 2, or 3, "b" is 0, 1 or 2 provided that the total of "a" and "b" is at least 1, and "m" is 0 or an integer of 1 to 18, a weight ratio of (A) to (B) being from 1:100 to 100:1 and a weight ratio of (A)+(B) to (C) being from 100:0.1 to 100:20.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-dispersible binders for cationic electro-dip paints with a base of modified epoxy resins. The binders are produced by reaction of(A) epoxy resins having a molecular weight of at least 350 with(B) elasticized polyphenols having a molecular weight of over 350 with addition to the epoxide groups and further reaction of the reaction product of (A) and (B) with(C) primary and/or secondary amines or ammonium salts to obtain the required water-dispersibility.