Abstract: The total solids and viscosity of high solids coating compositions containing hydroxyl functional acrylic copolymer base resins are decreased by incorporating up to about 30% by weight of a mixture of reactive diluents. The reactive diluents are a mixture of a reactive acrylic oligomer and a polycaprolactone hexol.

Abstract: Divalent metal complexes of novolacs act as modifiers for alkyds, drying oils, epoxy esters, epoxy resins and thermoplastic polyhydroxyethers. Lamellar, non-lamellar and spherical pigments improve corrosion and salt spray resistance of coatings made from these compositions.

Abstract: Corrosion of metallic surfaces by aqueous alkanolamine solutions employed in acid gas removal is inhibited by combinations of particular vanadium compounds and an organic compound selected from the group consisting of nitro-substituted aromatic acids, nitro-substituted acid salts, and 1,4-naphthoquinone, preferably from the group consisting of p-nitrobenzoic acid, m-nitrobenzoic acid, 3,5-dinitrobenzoic acid, p-nitrophenol, m-nitrophenol, m-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A process for imparting hydrophilicity to fabric which comprises treating the fabric with a composition comprising a copolymer of an N-(oxymethyl)-acrylamide grafted onto a poly(oxyalkylene) backbone and an acid catalyst to facilitate cross-linking of the graft copolymer on the fabric surface and drying said fabric at a temperature sufficient to cure the graft copolymer.

Abstract: A process for imparting lubricity to fibers which comprises applying a graft copolymer of an N-(oxymethyl)-acrylamide and a poly(oxyalkylene) to the surface of the fiber and crosslinking the graft copolymer on the surface of the fiber.

Abstract: The process for preparing nonionic surfactants wherein a narrower molecular weight distribution is obtained by the use of a barium catalyst which comprises reacting a reactive hydrogen compound selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms and a difunctional polypropylene oxide polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 1000 to 5000 with an alkylene oxide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms at a temperature at which the reaction proceeds in the presence of at least a catalytic amount of a barium salt selected from the group consisting of barium hydroxide, barium alkoxides, barium phenoxides, hydrates thereof or mixtures thereof and a catalytic amount of an oxyalkylation catalyst promoter.

Abstract: The process for preparing nonionic surfactants wherein a narrower molecular weight distribution is obtained by the use of a calcium and/or strontium catalyst which comprises reacting a reactive hydrogen compound selected from the group consisting of monohydric alcohols having from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms and a difunctional polypropylene oxide polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 1000 to 5000 with an alkylene oxide having 2 to 4 carbon atoms at a temperature at which the reaction proceeds in the presence of at least a catalytic amount of a basic salt of calcium and/or strontium selected from the group consisting of hydroxide, alkoxide and phenoxides and a catalytic amount of an oxyalkylation catalyst promoter.

Abstract: Nonionic surfactants, for automatic dishwasher detergents, are provided having specific alkoxylates bonded to block oxypropylene and oxyethylene/oxypropylene mixtures. These surfactants provide enhanced low-foaming and wetting, and compatibility with active chlorine compounds.

Abstract: Nonionic surfactants, for automatic dishwasher detergents, provide enhanced low-foaming and wetting, and compatibility with active chlorine compounds. The surfactants are specific block oxypropylene/oxyethylene adducts of alkylphenols.

Abstract: Aqueous compositions having a viscosity of at least 10 centistokes at 40.degree. C. which contain up to about 80 percent by weight of water, at least 0.1 percent by weight of an acidic lubricity agent and an effective amount of an anti-wear additive which is the combination of a nitroaromatic compound component and a hydroxyl substituted aromatic acid component exhibit enhanced anti-wear and lubricity properties.

Abstract: A liquid low-foaming nonionic surfactant composition is provided which exhibits superior wetting characteristics and general good scouring and/or detergency properties which comprises a block-random structure represented by the formulaR--O--A.sub.x --B--Hwherein R is a primary alkyl group having from 7 to 11 carbon atoms; A is oxypropylene groups; x is an integer of from 2 to 15 such that the sum of carbon atoms in R and x is from 12 to about 22, and B is a random mixture of oxyethylene and oxypropylene groups with a molar ratio of oxyethylene to oxypropylene from 1:1 to about 5:1.

Abstract: There is disclosed a continuous process for making polyethylene polyamines such as diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, etc. comprising the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia to produce a mixture of alkanolamines, the amination of the alkanolamines to ethyleneamines, and the reaction of at least a portion of the ethyleneamines thus produced with ethylene dichloride optionally in the presence of ammonia and/or water.

Abstract: There is described a continuous process for the manufacture of ethylenediamine from the products of the reaction of ethylene oxide and ammonia, provision of a continuous recycle stream of monoethanolamine to the products of the reaction of ethylene oxide and ammonia, the amination of such products of the reaction of ethylene oxide and ammonia combined with the monoethanolamine recycle in which the feed stream to the amination reaction zone contains at least 70 weight percent monoethanolamine as well as diethanolamine and triethanolamine, the moles of ammonia provided to the amination reaction exceeds the molar concentration of alcoholic hydroxyl groups present in the amination feed, and the feed to the amination reactor contains at least a 5% increase in the concentration of monoethanolamine over the concentration of monoethanolamine in the reaction product stream from the reaction of ethylene oxide and ammonia.

Abstract: Crosslinkable graft copolymers of poly(oxyalkylene) are provided which comprise from about 1 percent by weight of a substituted N-methylol derivative of acrylamide grafted onto a poly(oxyalkylene)-polymer.

Abstract: This invention provides for the separation of an amine composition undergoing processing at high temperatures and pressures which amine composition contains volatile components and less volatile components where the volatile components are desirable for further processing and/or utilization and the less volatile components are less desirable for further processing and/or utilization. The separation serves to divide the amine composition into two streams, one which is enriched in the volatile components and the other which is enriched in the less volatile components.

Abstract: Curable acrylate ester compositions having as an accelerator for the polymerization a hydrazine derivative of the formula R.sup.1 --HN--NH--CO--R.sup.2. Typical of the monomers are the polyalkyleneglycol dimethacrylates and the so-called urethane acrylates. Polymerization is preferably initiated by a peroxy compound such as cumene hydroperoxide, such a composition having anaerobic curing characteristics.

Abstract: A glass filler comprising a mixture of glass microballoons, glass beads and, optionally, milled glass fibers, preferably in approximate equal proportion by weight, imparts greatly improved thermal cycling resistance to adhesives, such as acrylate-based, ultraviolet curing adhesives.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition, suitable for use as an adhesive, sealant or coating, comprising a urethane-acrylate-capped prepolymer based on a polymeric or copolymeric alkylene ether polyol. The composition provides improved properties, particularly cure-through-gap, impact and cryogenic strength properties. A process for preparing the composition and a process for using it are also disclosed.

Abstract: A polymerizable adhesive and sealant composition comprising a urethane-acrylate-capped prepolymer based on a polybutadiene polyol or polyamine having at least about 70 percent of the butadiene units in the 1,4-configuration. The composition provides improved thermal, impact and cure-through-gap properties. A process for preparing the composition and a process for using it are also disclosed.

Abstract: A reinforced, filled thermoplastic polymer composition, having increased strength and ductility, contains a reinforcement promoter having at least two reactive olefinic double bonds and a positive promoter index, based on the double bond resonance and polarity, and the promoter adsorptivity.