Abstract: An extrudable, oil-permeated wicking material, for use in lubricating sleeve metal bearings, is made from a mass of steam-pressure-splayed, swollen, lignin-containing, dried, wood fibers, and a contained lubricating oil; where the weight ratio of oil:lignin containing wood fibers is from about 8:1 to about 3:1, and the oil is contained in microcapillary voids in contact with the lignin.

Abstract: A porous, electrical insulating adhesive substrate is made by (A) electrostatically coating a flexible sheet material with heat reactive adhesive resin particles, having an average particle size of between about 1 micron to 2,000 microns, the adhesive particles are applied in a predetermined pattern on the sheet covering from about 10 percent to 90 percent of the sheet material area, the area between the resin pattern not being coated; and then (B) heating the patterned coated sheet material between about 65.degree. C to 250.degree. C, forming a discontinuous, 0.25 mil to 25 mil (0.006 mm to 0.

Abstract: A method of making a homogeneous ZnO sintered resistor body, having a substantially uniform density, which can exhibit non-linear V-I characteristics by a bulk effect, comprises the steps of: (1) mixing about 75 mole % to about 98 mole % of small, finely divided, solid ZnO and about 2 mole % to about 25 mole % of at least one small, finely divided, solid additive effective to produce non-linear characteristics within the body, preferably one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of TiO.sub.2, Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5, FeO, In.sub.2 O.sub.3, B.sub.2 O.sub.3, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, SnO.sub.2, Sn.sub.3 O.sub.4, Mo.sub.2 O, SiO.sub.2, BaO, SrO, PbO, NiO, CaO, MgO, Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, Co.sub.3 O.sub.4, CoO, MnO, MnO.sub.2, Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3, and Sb.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: A substrate, useful as the base layer on a snow ski is made, comprising a rigid plastic matrix and from about 5 wt.% to about 45 wt.% of a thermoplastic, water soluble polymer disposed within the plastic matrix; wherein the substrate provides a surface where the water soluble polymer will be leached out of the rigid plastic matrix upon contact with water; to provide a boundary lubricant film.

Abstract: An insulated electrical member is made comprising at least one conductor wrapped with mica insulation and covered with a semiconducting binding tape, the whole being impregnated with a curable epoxy-styrene resin; where the binding tape comprises a porous, open weave substrate of electrically semiconducting fibrous strands, each fibrous strand being substantially permeated with a filled, thermosettable, protective varnish composition, the varnish composition containing between about 15 to 45 weight percent of electrically contacting carbon particles having a total internal and external surface area of up to about 600 square meters/gram, uniformly distributed therethrough, the interior of the carbon being substantially free of the varnish and resin, to provide fibrous strands that will conduct electricity.

Abstract: A flexible mica sheet is made by: (A) mixing solid and liquid epoxide resin in a dual solvent system, (B) adding an organo-titanate catalyst, and mixing to form a homogeneous admixture, (C) applying the admixture to a sheet material comprising mica, so that organo-titanate contacts the mica, causing organo-titanate to act as a latent catalyst, and (D) removing solvent, to form a flexible B staged epoxide resin containing an amount of organo-titanate effective to cure the epoxide in the sheet material heating.

Abstract: A snow ski is made by superimposing a protective assembly of polyacrylate sheets on a flexible core of a ski body having a bonded base surface and sidewall surfaces and then bonding the polyacrylate sheets to the ski core forming a top protective ski surface, the protective assembly being consolidated at a temperature and pressure effective to stress relieve the polyacrylate sheets.

Abstract: An iron-silver battery is made, consisting of at least one positive electrode plate and at least one negative electrode plate housed in a case containing an alkaline electrolyte; where the positive plate comprises a silver supporting plaque containing silver active battery material, the negative plate comprises an expansible, diffusion bonded, metal fiber supporting plaque containing iron oxide active battery material with a sulfur additive, and the plates are separated from each other by a material that is not chemically attacked by the electrolyte or ions contained in the electrolyte. The silver electrode is disposed between and contacts 60% to 90% porous separators and a microporous separator contacts the porous separator forming a multi-ply laminate.

Abstract: A high temperature capability, non-aqueous insulating composition is made by admixing: (A) about 40 wt.% to about 90 wt.% of an alkyd component consisting essentially of: the reaction product of a polyhydric alcohol; a fatty acid or its corresponding monoglyceride; and a dibasic aromatic and aliphatic acid mixture, with (B) about 10 wt.% to about 60 wt.% of an alkyl acrylate monomer having a molecular weight of over about 110; the composition characterized by having a flash point of over 45.degree. C.

Abstract: A method for preparing iron electrodes is provided which includes mixing particulate iron such as iron powder, iron oxide or iron hydroxide with an organic moldable resin and, preferably, carbon black. The mixture is molded into the desired electrode configuration and the molded electrode is heated in an inert atmosphere to at least 950.degree. C. to carbonize said resin. The electrode may be thereafter activated by use of sulfur compound or the like.

Abstract: A highly machinable, shapeable decorative laminate is made from a non-abrasive base core consisting of a plurality of sheets, each sheet consisting essentially of cotton linter fibers in paper form containing a curd phenolic resin, the core having superimposed thereon a print sheet impregnated with a cured thermoset resin.

Abstract: A rechargeable, high temperature, electrochemical cell is made, comprising an anode containing an intermetallic compound of magnesium with silicon or magnesium with boron, a cathode containing a metal sulfide and a contacting, fused halide salt electrolyte, containing magnesium ions disposed between the anode and cathode.

Abstract: A conducting non-aqueous colloidal polyamic acid electrodeposition composition is made by reacting (1) 1 part polyamic acid and 29-37 parts non-aqueous, organic solvent for the acid with (2) 0.8-1.2 parts of a nitrogen containing base to form an organic salt which is added to 50-150 parts of a non-aqueous, organic non-electrolizable, non-solvent for the acid salt.

Abstract: A colored decorative plastic laminate is made from a core layer and a superimposed decorative layer comprising: a fibrous material, coloring particles having a Moh's hardness of up to about 6 and an average particle size range of between about 53 to 210 microns, and thermoset resin; where the weight ratio of fiber material:coloring particles is from about 1:0.04 to 1:0.4 and the colored decorative layer is characterized in that the pigments are dispersed only through the bottom two-thirds of the colored layer and concentrated in the colored layer near the core-decorative layer interface, the top one-third of the colored layer containing substantially no pigment particles.

Abstract: An epoxy-styrene-polyester solventless impregnating composition, having a long atmospheric catalyzed shelf life, is made by forming an unreacted admixture, at a temperature of between about 20.degree. C to 35.degree. C, consisting essentially of a liquid-solid epoxy resin mixture, liquid Nadic methyl anhydride, a liquid unsaturated reactive vinyl monomer, a polyester resin, a reaction catalyst and a reaction inhibitor.

Abstract: A fluid, filled, resinous casting composition, having a viscosity below about 20,000 cp. at 100.degree. C, is made from liquid resin, resin curing agent, and as high as 85 weight percent of a glassy filler comprising about 50 to about 60 weight percent of SiO.sub.2, about 12 to about 22 weight percent of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 5 to about 15 weight percent of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 4 to about 14 weight percent of MgO and about 2.5 to about 12.5 weight percent of CaO.

Abstract: A battery electrode plate is made by loading a supporting porous metallic plaque with active battery material made by: (1) hydrolyzing the reaction product of a fuse-melted starting material comprising an admixture of nickel oxide, sodium peroxide and an amount of an oxide containing, alkali metal, non-reactive flux material effective to allow a melt-fusion reaction of the starting material at temperatures of between about 650.degree. C to about 925.degree. C, the hydrolyzed solid reaction product containing electrochemically active nickel hydrated oxides and hydroxide forms, (2) if desirable, drying the product below about 65.degree. C, and (3) preferably adding, at some step in the method, an amount of cobalt containing additive effective to provide about 2 wt.% to about 10 wt.% cobalt in the active battery material based on nickel oxide plus cobalt content.

Abstract: A resinous composition, suitable for insulating electrical members, is made from a mixture containing about 100 parts of an epoxy resin, about 55 to 165 parts of an acid anhydride, an effective amount of a latent catalyst and about 1 to 20 parts of a carboxylic acid stabilizer selected from the group of acetic, propionic, butyric, isobutyric, valeric, caproic, heptanoic and hexanoic acids.

Abstract: A resinous composition is made by: admixing (1) an organo-tin compound, having the structural formula: R.sub.1 R.sub.2 R.sub.3 SnX, where R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are organic groups, and X is a halide, hydroxide, acetate, butyrate, propionate, or dimethyl phosphate group, effective as a latent catalyst, (2) an amount of a reactive low viscosity epoxide diluent effective to dissolve the organo-tin compound without substantial heating, and (3) a cycloaliphatic epoxide or a glycidyl ester epoxide; wherein the weight ratio of cycloaliphatic epoxide or glycidyl ester epoxide: reactive epoxide diluent is between about 1:0.10 to 1:0.90, in the epoxide mixture; and about 0.00005 part to 0.0005 part by weight of organo-tin compound is used for each 1 part by weight of epoxide mixture.This resinous composition can be impregnated into a sheet material and cured to form insulation for an electrical member.

Abstract: A method of coating a copper substrate comprises the steps of: anodically microsmoothing the copper substrate in an acid bath to provide a substantially smooth surface; electrocoating the microsmoothed substrate with a pin hole free nickel film having a thickness of between about 2.5 microns to about 12.5 microns; single step, non-aqueous electrocoating the microsmoothed, nickel coated substrate with a pin hole free polyamic acid polymer, and curing the polyamic acid coating to form a polyimide film free of copper ion contamination.