Abstract: Method, system and computer product for formulating a bi-directional color match. In this disclosure, a computing unit obtains spectral measurements of a target bi-directional color. The computing unit uses a bi-directional color formulation tool determine a combination of pigments, dyes and platelet-shaped pigments that generates spectral measurements that match the spectral measurements of the target bi-directional color.

Abstract: Polycarbonates containing low or undetectable levels of Fries rearrangement products and comprising repeat units derived from one or more of resorcinol, hydroquinone, methylhydroquinone, bisphenol A, and 4,4?-biphenol have been prepared by the melt reaction of one or more of the aforementioned dihydroxy aromatic compounds with an ester-substituted diaryl carbonate such as bis-methyl salicyl carbonate. Low, or in many instances undetectable, levels of Fries rearrangement products are found in the product polycarbonates obtained as the combined result of a highly effective catalyst system which suppresses the Fries reaction and the use of lower melt polymerization temperatures relative to temperatures required for the analogous polymerization reactions using diphenyl carbonate.

Abstract: The present invention describes the incorporation of several types of soft-block materials into resorcinol phthalate-co-polycarbonate polymers. In preferred embodiments, the soft-block materials contain aliphatic moieties or silicones as flexibilizing units. Several methods of incorporation into the copolymer structure are described including co-reaction of diols with iso/terephthaloyl chloride, replacement of the normal chainstopper with a p-alkylphenol, replacement of a portion of the bisphenol A with an aliphatic ester-bisphenol, and co-reaction of aliphatic diacid chlorides. The polymers of the present invention have good flow characteristics at temperatures generally used for coating, and have good thermostability and weatherability.

Abstract: A composition and method for making a silicone composition is provided which comprises at least one polysiloxane or silicone resin, at least one linker, and at least one molecular hook wherein the molecular hook comprises a heterocyclic trimethylpyrimidinium compound.

Abstract: Copolyetherimides comprise phthalimide structural units comprising both 3- and 4-linkages, wherein the designations 3-linkage and 4-linkage refer to the isomeric positions on the phthalimide ring in the totality of phthalimide-comprising structural units in the copolymer. The products have excellent properties, including high glass transition and heat distortion temperatures, high ductility and good melt flow properties, and low polydispersity.

Abstract: A method for enabling design of a profile extrusion capping die includes, obtaining a size and configuration of a land formable by the capping die, obtaining material properties of a capping resin, obtaining operating conditions for processing the capping resin, and determining, from the size and configuration of the land, the material properties, the operating conditions, at least one of a velocity distribution and a pressure distribution of the capping resin adjacent to an outlet of the land. Desirably, the method also includes obtaining a size and configuration of a runner formable by the profile extrusion capping die, and determining at least one of the velocity distribution and the pressure distribution of the capping resin in the land and the runner. Advantageously, the method is implemented on a system or computer using a finite element mesh of the land and the runner and graphically displaying the velocity distribution and the pressure distribution.

Abstract: A composition and method for making a silicone composition is provided which comprises at least one polysiloxane or silicone resin, at least one linker, and at least one molecular hook wherein the molecular hook comprises a heterocyclic trimethylpyrimidinium compound.

Abstract: Disclosed are multilayer articles comprising (i) at least one polycarbonate layer, wherein the polycarbonate comprises structural units derived from at least one dihydroxy aromatic hydrocarbon; (ii) at least one polypropylene layer; and (iii) a tielayer between the polycarbonate layer and the polypropylene layer, wherein the tielayer comprises a copolymer with structural units derived from at least one alkenyl aromatic compound and at least one conjugated diene. Also disclosed are film pre-assemblies comprising a tielayer and either a polycarbonate or a polypropylene layer. Methods to make articles and pre-assemblies are also disclosed.

Abstract: Blends of oligomeric urethane multi(meth)acrylate; optionally at least one other monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic monomers, styrenic monomers and ethylenically unsaturated nitrogen heterocycles, preferably a polyol multi(meth)acrylate; and nanoparticles of an ethylenically unsaturated, preferably (meth)acrylic-functionalized, titanium or zirconium compound can be cured by ultraviolet radiation in contact with a photoinitiator to produce optical resinous articles having high refractive indices, haze ratings of at most 5% and other properties which may be tailored according to the desired use.

Abstract: RD 29133-17-A method for facilitating a reduction of speckle in a screen receiving light from a light source includes positioning at least one optical path distributing screen element such that the light originating from the light source passes through the screen element and emerges decorrelated from the screen element toward an audience space. The method further includes positioning an angular distribution element between the screen element and the audience space such that the angular distribution element distributes the decorrelated light from the screen element toward the audience space.

Abstract: This invention provides methodology for the measurement of both low and high levels of scattered radiation produced by decorative and barrier coatings and plastics. Measurements of low levels are especially important for coatings used in automotive applications. The method is based on the illumination of the sample with radiation and collection of only the portion of the radiation scattered from the coating before, during and after the testing step and relating the optical signal from the tested portion of the sample material to the untested portion of the material and/or a standard. Through the practice of the invention, a large number of coating samples, as in an array, may be analyzed for their optical quality, principally haze, either after coating and curing, and/or after subjection of such coatings samples to elongation stresses, and/or abrasion testing, solvent exposure, hydrolytic stability testing, and temperature exposure.

Abstract: A method for removing volatile components from wet, polymer powders using a vacuum vented extruder is described. Polymer powders containing substantial amounts of water, 1-20% by weight, are rapidly converted to polymer compositions containing less than about 0.5% by weight water at high throughput rates while avoiding complications resulting from excessive steam backflow through the extruder feed throat. The method provides a screw design comprising a powder seal section upstream of kneading and melting sections of the extruder. Steam generated as the polymer is heated flows downstream to one or more vacuum vents for removal. The partially devolatilized polymer melt is then subjected to additional melt kneading and vacuum venting. The method converts wet polycarbonate powder containing residual methylene chloride to essentially dry polycarbonate powder containing less than about 1 ppm methylene chloride.

Abstract: Silicone-containing copolycarbonates possessing relatively long siloxane chains and yet having low haze values and hence transparency are prepared by reacting a siloxane bischloroformate with a hydroxy-terminated polycarbonate oligomer to afford a silicone-containing polycarbonate intermediate which is then reacted with a bisphenol, phosgene and a chainstopper under interfacial reaction conditions to afford a product silicone-containing copolycarbonate. The product silicone-containing copolycarbonates have lower haze values than similarly constituted copolycarbonates prepared by other methods.

Abstract: Blends of monofunctional and multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers, optionally in addition to oligomeric multifunctional (meth)acrylates), can be cured by ultraviolet radiation in contact with a photoinitiator to produce optical resinous articles having a glass transition temperature of at least 35° C. and having physical properties making them suitable for use as microstructure-bearing articles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a bis(hydroxy-aromatic) compound which comprises the steps of: contacting at least one halo-substituted hydroxy-aromatic compound in a solvent mixture comprising water and at least one organic solvent in the presence of at least one base, at least one catalyst comprising palladium and hydrogen gas at a pressure in a range of between atmospheric pressure and 350 Kilopascals.

Abstract: Resinous compositions are disclosed which comprise at least one ionomeric polyester and at least one organoclay. Also a method is disclosed for improving the modulus properties of a resinous composition comprising at least one organoclay, the method comprising the steps of combining the resinous composition with at least one ionomeric polyester, and intimately mixing the composition.

Abstract: Poly(1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate)s, especially poly(1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate), are prepared from at least one relatively non-volatile diol, such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid by an esterification process in the presence of a catalyst, at a maximum temperature of about 260°. In one embodiment the procedure employs a two-step process, the second of which may be performed in the melt or in the solid state. A volatile diol such as ethylene glycol may also be present.

Abstract: This method refers to a method by which the physical and mechanical properties intrinsic to a fine-grain structure may be formed in metal billets using pressure treatment. The method is designed to treat rods, bars and other particularly long billets. This method is designed to lower the cost of deformational treatment for long rods and large diameter billets and creates a pre-specified microstructure, including micro-crystal structure, and specific physical and mechanical properties. This may be achieved using various treatment techniques, one of which includes the deformation of at least a part of the billet through reduction of the billets cross-section. In this method, a long rod shaped billet is used. Reduction of the cross-section is achieved using tools that permit movement along and across the billet's axis as well as being rolled about its surface, for example, a roller. In this case at least one support stand is employed for correct placement of the billet.

Abstract: Direct bromination of hydroxy aromatic compounds by electrolysis of mixtures comprising the hydroxy aromatic compound, a source of bromide ion, and an organic solvent provides product brominated hydroxy aromatic compounds at synthetically useful rates with high para-selectivity. The process does not require the use or handling of molecular bromine or bromine complexes and allows the full use of the bromide source without generating hydrogen bromide as a by-product of the reaction. The simple electrochemical equipment required by the present process, for example an undivided electrochemical cell, makes the process less capital intensive than analogous electrochemical processes carried out in divided cells. The use of hydrobromic acid as the source of bromide ion provides clean reaction with nearly exclusive formation of the target brominated product.

Abstract: A method comprises (A) defining a first experimental space comprising factors of at least two mixtures with at least one common factor, (B) defining a second experimental space by deleting duplicate factor combinations from the first experimental space and (C) conducting an experiment on the second experimental space. A system comprises a processor that (A) defines a first experimental space comprising factors of at least two mixtures with at least one common factor and (B) defines a second experimental space by deleting duplicate factor combinations from the first experimental space. The system also comprises a reactor and evaluator to select a best case set of factors from the second experimental space by a combinatorial high throughput screening (CHTS) method to select a best case set of factors from the second experimental space.