Abstract: A fibrous insulation product with improved thermal resistance and method of making it are provided. A plurality of base fibers (e.g. glass) are formed into an insulation product, which may be bindered or unbonded. At least one infrared opacifying agent, such as soot, carbon black or graphite, is applied to the fibrous insulation product such that the base fibers are substantially uniformly coated with opacifying agent. The opacifying agent may be applied, for example, from a fluid suspension or by pulling the fiber through a sooty flame. When opacifying agent applied via a suspension and a binder is desired, it is preferable to avoid binder dispersions that can dislocate the opacifying agent. Alternative binder applications may include co-mingling of base fibers with binder fibers, or other physical or mechanical distributions.

Abstract: A phenolic compound for manufacturing a modified polyamide that has an increased degree of crystallinity is described. A polyamide composition comprising at least one such phenolic compound and optionally reinforcing fillers or extenders is also described. The composition is preferably a composition to be molded, for example in the form of granules or powder, that is used for the manufacture of articles by an injection-molding process.

Abstract: A modified polymer as result of a bulk functionalization of polyamide 46 (PA 46) is presented, as well as methods for synthesizing the modified polymer. This functionalization of PA 46 is performed to provide a homogenous semi-permeable polyamide 46 capable of different charges and different porosities with particles of nanoscale size in order to replace or improve other polyamide fibers used in the textile industry, filtering processes, selective sorption, controlled release devices, phase transfer catalysts, chromatography media, biocompatible capsules, artificial skins, organs, bone void repair as well as in cell bioreactors and incubators, dental implements, medical devices, clothing, detectors, perfusion devices, in regenerative medicine, and fuel cells.

Abstract: One or more embodiments include paper, methods of making paper, compositions, and the like, are provided. In various exemplary embodiments described herein, a paper material may be formed by treating a cellulosic fiber or an aqueous pulp slurry, with a strength including a polyamine resin.

Abstract: A block co-polymer includes a water soluble carrier block; an amino acid-based or acrylic acid-based block; and the amino acid-based or acrylic acid-based block includes a fluorinated alkyl group or a fluorinated alkylene glycol group.

Abstract: The use of a phenolic compound for producing a modified polyamide having enhanced mechanical properties is described. A polyamide composition including at least such phenolic compound and optionally reinforcing or filler loads is also described. The composition is preferably a composition for molding, for example in the form of granules or powder, that can be used for the production of articles by injection-molding.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical film containing polymers having different repeating units, and methods for production thereof. Further, the invention also relates to an optical laminate, a polarizing plate, and an image display device each using the optical film. The optical film of the invention advantageously has not only high solubility in solvents but also a high level of transparency since the polymers used in the optical film are compatible with each other. Further, wavelength dispersion of the birefringence of the optical film can be controlled by merely changing a ratio of polymers.

Abstract: A block co-polymer includes a water soluble carrier block; an amino acid-based or acrylic acid-based block; and the amino acid-based or acrylic acid-based block includes a fluorinated alkyl group or a fluorinated alkylene glycol group.

Abstract: Coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying binder, such as an alkyd, and a reactive diluent. The diluent is an ester of malonic acid and an unsaturated mono-alcohol, e.g., geraniol, farnesol, citronellol and/or nerol.

Abstract: Novel low viscosity oligomeric polyols and the use thereof in coating compositions are disclosed. The novel low viscosity oligomeric polyols may be prepared by reacting at least one melamine aldehyde resin and at least one of ?,?-diol, ?,?-diol, or mixture thereof. The reaction may occur in the presence of an acid catalyst. Coating compositions with a low VOC able to cure under ambient and forced dry conditions while providing good application and performance characteristics, such as an improved scratch resistance, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X repeating units, wherein n is a monomer unit and X is a monomer unit and/or other reactant. The copolymer may also include less than 50% of the polymeric units having the same molecular weight. The present invention is further directed to processes for preparing the copolymer and to coating compositions employing the copolymer.

Abstract: An imide-naphthoxazine copolymer comprising a repeating unit represented by General Formula (1) below: (wherein X and Y independently represent a single bond, an oxygen atom, a carbonyl group, or an organic group which may be substituted by a heteroatom; R represents CH3 or H, n represents an integer from 1 to 10; and m represents an integer from 1 to 20).

Abstract: Star polymers prepared by reacting a highly branched polymer and either a lactone or lactam are disclosed. These star polymers find particular application as additives for powder coating compositions, to improve various performance properties thereof. Powder coating composition comprising the described star polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: Water-soluble, biologically degradable copolymers based on polyamide are described which contain at least one grafted side chain composed of aldehydes and sulfur-containing acids and salts thereof and optionally at least one compound from the series ketones, aromatic alcohols, urea (derivatives) and amino-s-triazines. Natural polyamides such as caseins, gelatins, collagens, bone glues, blood albumins and soya proteins as well as degradation products thereof and synthetic polyamides such as polyaspartic acids and copolymers of aspartic and glutamic acid are used as preferred polyamide components. These copolymers are obtained primarily by graft polymerization at temperatures between ?10 and 250° C., preferably in the presence of a solvent such as water or by thermal drying and they are used in particular as flow agents or water retention agents for inorganic binders and pigments especially in combination with hydraulic binders they only have a very slight setting-retardant effect.

Abstract: There is provided an anti-reflective coating forming composition for lithography comprising a polymer compound, a crosslinking compound, a crosslinking catalyst, a sulfonate compound and a solvent. The anti-reflective coating obtained from the composition has a high preventive effect for reflected light, causes no intermixing with photoresists, has a higher dry etching rate compared with photoresists, can form a photoresist pattern having no footing at the lower part, and can use in lithography process by use of a light such as ArF excimer laser beam and F2 excimer laser beam, etc.

Abstract: A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X repeating units, wherein n is a monomer unit and X is a monomer unit and/or other reactant. The copolymer may also include less than 50% of the polymeric units having the same molecular weight. The present invention is further directed to processes for preparing the copolymer and to coating compositions employing the copolymer.

Abstract: Star polymers prepared by reacting a highly branched polymer and either a lactone or lactam are disclosed. These star polymers find particular application as additives for powder coating compositions, to improve various performance properties thereof. Powder coating composition comprising the described star polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cross-linked polyimide is disclosed. The cross-linked polyimide includes a polyimide and at least one oxygenated hydrocarbon. The oxygenated hydrocarbon cross-links the polyimide. A porous cross-linked membrane is also disclosed. The porous cross-linked membrane includes a support structure and a cross-linked polyimide disposed on the support structure. The cross-linked polyimide includes a polyimide; and at least one oxygenated hydrocarbon cross-linking the polyimide. Also disclosed are methods of making the cross-linked polyimide and the porous cross-linked membrane.

Abstract: Semi-bleached to bleached sulfonated aromatic condensation resin alone or in combination with a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer of high molecular weight provides improved resistance to staining by acid colorants in a fibrous polyamide or wool substrate.

Abstract: A solvent-containing coating composition contains at least one hydroxyl-containing saturated copolyester, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resin and/or a blocked polyisocyanate, a catalyst and at least one solvent, and can further contain aids and additives.

Abstract: Cross-linkable nylon compositions used as coatings for nylon and polyester substrates are disclosed. These compositions comprise a water-soluble polyamide derived from select polyether diamines and select aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, a water-soluble formaldehyde-derived crosslinking agent, and optionally an acid catalyst. Processes for their application in coating substrates and various coated articles are also described.

Abstract: A polymeric composition that generates nitric oxide and a process for rendering the surface of a substrate nonthrombogenic by applying a coating of the polymeric composition to the substrate are disclosed. The composition comprises: (1) a crosslinked chemical combination of (i) a polymer having amino group-containing side chains along a backbone forming the polymer, and (ii) a crosslinking agent containing functional groups capable of reacting with the amino groups; and (2) a plurality of nitric oxide generating functional groups associated with the crosslinked chemical combination. Once exposed to a physiological environment, the coating generates nitric oxide thereby inhibiting platelet aggregation. In one embodiment, the nitric oxide generating functional groups are provided by a nitrated compound (e.g., nitrocellulose) imbedded in the polymeric composition. In another embodiment, the nitric oxide generating functional groups comprise N2O2? groups covalently bonded to amino groups on the polymer.

Abstract: Production of a porous layer includes using a composition which includes a first polymer component and a second polymer component, the first polymer component being polyhydroxyamide and/or polybenzoxazole and stable at a temperature at which the second polymer component decomposes and volatilizes. If the composition is heated to the decomposition temperature of the second polymer component, the second component volatilizes and a porous layer that contains the first component remains.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a heat curable paint binder composition containing a compound comprising hydroxyalkylamide groups. At first a compound comprising hydroxyalkyl amide units and carboxylic acid units is obtained by reacting a cyclic anhydride and an alkanolamine in a mixing device and that secondly the binder composition is obtained by mixing the compound and a polymer in a second mixing device.

Abstract: Semi-bleached to bleached sulfonated aromatic condensation resin alone or in combination with a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer of high molecular weight provides improved resistance to staining by acid colorants in a fibrous polyamide or wool substrate.

Abstract: Semi-bleached to bleached sulfonated aromatic condensation resin alone or in combination with a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer of high molecular weight provides improved resistance to staining by acid colorants in a fibrous polyamide or wool substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antistatic polymer composition and more specifically to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer (A) and a copolymer (B) comprising polyamide blocks and polyether blocks comprising essentially ethylene oxide units —(C2H4—O)—, the copolymer (B) having a melting temperature of between 80 and 150° C. It is of use for the polymers (A) which are heat-sensitive or which are processed at low temperature.

Abstract: A crosslinking agent is provided, prepared by reacting (A) an aminoplast resin; (B) a reactive urethane group-containing adduct and (C) at least one other compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with aminoplast resin (A). Compound (C) is selected from: (i) compounds having the structure (I):  wherein X is aromatic; R1, R2, and R3 each independently represents H, (cyclo)alkyl having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl, or an active hydrogen-containing group, (ii) compounds having the structure (II) or (III):  where R′ and R″ each independently represents an aromatic group or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and (iii) compounds different from (i) and (ii), having a melting point of at least 80° C. Further provided are methods for preparing the crosslinking agent curable compositions containing the crosslinking agent, and coated substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene resin composition and more particularly, to the polypropylene resin composition comprising: (A) a propylene polymer comprising a propylene-ethylene copolymer having a certain limit viscosity alone and/or a propylene homopolymer having a certain pentad fraction (% mmmm); (B) an ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer rubber comprising ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber and ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer; (C) a styrene copolymer rubber; (D) a polypropylene modified with polar group-containing resin or a polyolefin polyol; and (E) an inorganic filler.

Abstract: Cross-linkable nylon compositions used as coatings for nylon and polyester substrates are disclosed. These compositions comprise a water-soluble polyamide derived from select polyether diamines and select aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, a water-soluble formaldehyde-derived crosslinking agent, and optionally an acid catalyst. Processes for their application in coating substrates and various coated articles are also described.

Abstract: The invention is a composition made by mixing a multifunctional acrylate with an aminofunctional silane and an ethylenically unsaturated acid to form a reaction product, optionally dissolved in a solvent, characterized in that the multifunctional acrylate has a molecular weight of from about 100 to about 3000. The composition can be coated on a substrate, then optionally exposed to moisture and treated to initiate a free radical reaction. The invention can be applied to a variety of substrates used in packaging applications. The reaction mixture can further be cured by heating in the presence of moisture. The free radical reaction can be initiated by electron beam irradiation, ultraviolet radiation, gamma radiation, and/or heat and chemical free radical initiators.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition for use in coated abrasives. The curable composition comprises a mixture of: i) from about 30 to about 60 weight percent of an oligomeric aminoplast resin having on average at least one pendant &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carbonyl group per oligomeric unit; ii) from about 70 to about 40 weight percent of a thermoplastic polyamide miscible in said aminoplast resin, the weight percents being based on the total resin content; and iii) a sufficient amount of a catalyst for the curable oligomeric aminoplast resin having on average at least one pendant &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carbonyl group per oligomeric unit, said catalyst being stable at a temperature of mixing of the components. The curable composition can either be in the form of a melt-processable solid or a molten mixture. The present invention also provides single and multilayered treated backing substrates used in coated abrasives.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinking agent which may have reactive benzoxazine groups prepared from (a) at least one aromatic compound, (b) at least one aminotriazine compound, and (c) at least one other compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with aminoplast compound (b). The crosslinking agent is essentially free of hydroxyl functionality and has a glass transition temperature of at least 25° C. The present invention is further directed to a method for preparing the above-described crosslinking agent, and a curable powder coating composition comprising a mixture of (A) a polymer having functional groups reactive with aminotriazine and/or benzoxazine groups having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C.; and (B) the above crosslinking agent. Multilayer composite coating compositions are also provided including a basecoat deposited from a film-forming composition and a topcoat over the basecoat, deposited from the curable powder coating composition described above.

Abstract: A molded polyurethane body is free of by-products capable of migrating and has high light fastness as well as improved temperature stability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinking agent having reactive benzoxazine groups which is the ungelled reaction product of (a) at least one mono-hydroxy aromatic compound and (b) at least one aminotriazine compound having one or less non-alkylated NH group present in a molar ratio of reactant (a) to reactant (b) ranging from 1.0 to 3.0: 1.0, provided that where reactant (a) is a single ring monohydroxy aromatic compound, the molar ratio of reactant (a) to reactant (b) ranges from 1.0 to 1.8:1.0 and from 2.2 to 3.0:1.0. The crosslinking agent is essentially free of hydroxyl functionality and has a glass transition temperature of at least 25° C. The present invention is further directed to a method for preparing the above-described crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A polyester composition is disclosed that is particularly suitable for filament. The composition is formed of polyethylene terephthalate; polyethylene glycol in an amount sufficient to increase the wetting and wicking properties of a filament made from the composition to a level substantially similar to the wetting and wicking properties of cotton and other cellulosic fibers (natural or synthetic) but less than the amount that would reduce the favorable elastic memory properties of the polyester composition; and a chain branching agent selected from the group consisting of trifunctional alcohols and acids and tetrafunctional alcohols and acids that will copolymerize with polyethylene terephthalate, the chain branching agent being present in an amount sufficient to raise the melt viscosity of the polyester composition to a level that permits filament manufacture under conditions that are substantially the same as those under which filament can be formed from unmodified polyethylene terephthalate.

Abstract: Semi-bleached to bleached sulfonated aromatic condensation resin alone or in combination with a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer of high molecular weight provides improved resistance to staining by acid colorants in a fibrous polyamide or wool substrate.

Abstract: Biodegradable polyesteramides as defined in the specification are obtained by reacting a mixture consisting essentially of a1) a mixture consisting essentially of 35 to 95 mol % of adipic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, 5 to 65 mol % of terephthalic acid or ester-forming derivatives thereof, and 0 to 5 mol % of a compound containing sulfonate groups, a2) a mixture consisting essentially of 95.5 to 0.5 mol % of a dihydroxy compound, 0.5 to 99.5 mol % of an amino-C2-C12-alkanol or an amino-C5-C10-cycloalkanol, 0 to 50 mol % of a diamino-C1-C8-alkane, and 0 to 50 mol % of a 2,2′-bisoxazoline of the formula I  wherein R1 is as set forth in the specification, and a3) 0 to 5 mol %, based on a1), of a compound D as set forth in the specification; and other biodegradable polymers and thermoplastic molding compositions, their manufacture and their use for producing biodegradable moldings, adhesives, foams, and coatings.

Abstract: The present invention modifies a cross-linkable thermoset polymer with a thermoplastic polymer to create a spinnable thermoset/thermoplastic polymer composition that may be spun into thermoset/thermoplastic fibers.

Abstract: The invention relates to rubber blends containing said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl groups, synthesized from diolefins and vinylaromatic monomers, wherein said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl groups contain in the region of 0.1 to 5 wt. % of bonded hydroxyl groups, to a process for their preparation and to their use for the production of all kinds of moldings.

Abstract: The invention relates to wire enamels comprising as binders polyesterimide and/or polyamideimide, the binders comprising as monomeric building blocks polyoxyalkylenediamine having terminal amino groups. The polyoxyalkylenediamines are preferably selected from the group polyoxyethylenediamine, polyoxypropylenediamine and polyoxyethylenepropylenediamine. The invention also encompasses the use of the novel wire enamels for coating copper wires, especially thick round wires or profiled wires.

Abstract: The invention provides thermosetting coating compositions in which acrylic copolymers are used as carriers for fluorocarbon resins. The compositions have a combination of high fluorocarbon content, high solids content, and a low viscosity suitable for coil coating. Thus, the solids are borne in organic solvent systems which permit minimization of the viscosity and a moderate evaporation rate. The solvent system has a &dgr;H of from 1.7 to 2.6 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and a &dgr;V of from 8 to 9.5 (calories/cubic centimeter)½ and is exemplified by a mixture of 4 or more of the following solvents: aliphatic ketones having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, alkyl esters having a total of from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, aromatic acid esters having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, lactones, and aromatic solvents.

Abstract: It is to provide a multilayer printed circuit board having excellent resolution, interlaminar insulation property and resistance to cool-heat shock without forming unevenness on the surface and lowering peel strength even if the thickness of the resin insulating layer is thin. The invention proposes a multilayer printed circuit board comprising an upper conductor circuit layer, a lower conductor circuit layer and a resin insulating layer electrically insulating both the conductor circuit layers, in which the resin insulating layer is a composite layer comprised of an layer made from a heat-resistant resin hardly soluble in acid or oxidizing agent as a lower layer and an adhesive layer for electroless plating made from a heat-resistant resin as an upper layer, and if necessary, a resin is filled in a concave portion created between conductor insulating circuits of the lower layer so as to render the surface into the same plane as the surface of the conductor circuit.

Abstract: Compositions suitable for use as dry strength additives comprising water soluble polyamidoamine/epchlorohydrin resin bearing polyol sidechains wherein the weight fraction of the polyol in the resin is less than 50 percent by weight and the polyol sidechain is attached to the polyamidoamine/epichlorohydrin resin by carbon-nitrogen bond, such as amide bond or secondary or tertiary amine bonds.

Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising(A) a solid epoxy resin mixture that comprises at least one epoxy resin component (A1) and one epoxy resin component (A2) and(B) a free-carboxyl-group-containing polyester in an amount sufficient for the full cure of the composition,in which the epoxy resin component (A1) consists of one or more epoxy resins and has overall a mean epoxy functionality that is greater than 2,wherein the epoxy resin component (A2) consists of one or more advanced epoxy resins each of which has a mean epoxy functionality of at least 1.2 but less than 1.95 and is the product of a reaction in which (i) at least one diglycidyl compound is simultaneously reacted with (ii) at least one bisphenol compound and (iii) at least one monophenol as starting materials, and the difference between the mean epoxy functionality of the epoxy resin mixture (A) and the mean epoxy functionality of component (A2) of the mixture is at least 0.05 but less than 0.8.

Abstract: The invention relates to belts made of thermoplastic polymer (A) and comprising a sufficient amount of a polymer (B) to render them antistatic, the said polymer (B) comprising polyethylene glycol blocks. Use is advantageously made of polymers (A) containing polyamide-6 (PA-6) or polyamide-12 (PA-12) blocks and polytetramethylene glycol blocks and polymers (B) containing PA-6 or PA-12 blocks and polyethylene glycol blocks.

Abstract: Certain applications require polyamide powders of narrow particle size distribution and low porosity.The precipitation process of the invention incorporating a prior nucleation phase provides the desired products.

Abstract: To prepare a thermally very stable polyacetal copolymer containing a very small amount of unstable parts in a high yield according to a simple process wherein an isopolyacid or an acid salt thereof is used as the polymerization catalyst in the copolymerization of trioxane as the principal monomer with a comonomer copolymerizable therewith, and wherein deactivation of the catalyst can be effected simply without fail through contact with a basic gas after polymerization without the necessity for any washing step. In the preparation of a polyacetal copolymer by the copolymerization of trioxane as the principal monomer with a cyclic ether or cyclic formal having at least one carbon--carbon bond as a comonomer, the copolymerization is effected using an isopolyacid or an acid salt thereof as the polymerization catalyst, followed by contact with a basic gas as a deactivator to deactivate the catalyst, and subsequent heat-melting treatment of the resulting crude polymer intact without washing thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to belts made of thermoplastic polymer (A) and comprising a sufficient amount of a polymer (B) to render them antistatic, the said polymer (B) comprising polyethylene glycol blocks. Use is advantageously made of polymers (A) containing polyamide-6 (PA-6) or polyamide-12 (PA-12) blocks and polytetramethylene glycol blocks and polymers (B) containing PA-6 or PA-12 blocks and polyethylene glycol blocks.

Abstract: An adhesive for semiconductor device, comprising (a) a polyamide resin having an amine value of 20 to 60 and a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 5,000 and (b) a phenolic compound having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 or less and having a skeleton containing at least 2 methylol groups.