Abstract: There are disclosed radiation curable compositions containing (a) about 5-95% by weight of at least one cyanoalkoxyalkyl or cyanothiaalkylalkyl acrylate, (b) about 1-90% by weight of a photopolymerizable acrylated polymer or oil, and (c) from 0 to about 5% by weight of a photoinitiator. The compositions are useful as 100% solids coatings and adhesives compositions which are curable upon exposure to radiation, and which are useful in a variety of applications such as for coating textiles and fabrics, for producing pressure sensitive adhesives, and for producing laminating adhesives.

Abstract: Tear resistance and flexibility of resin-treated textiles are improved while retaining good low temperature properties by using as the resin an acrylic emulsion polymer wherein the latex particles have a core-shell structure. The monomers forming the core are selected to provide a Tg in the core of -20.degree. C. or lower and the monomer composition forming the shell is selected to provide a Tg in the shell of about 60.degree. C. to about -10.degree. C. The core monomer composition contains 4-10 wt. % of a latent crosslinker together with 0-0.03 wt. % of an active crosslinker or a graftlinker, and the shell monomer composition contains 2-10 wt. % of a latent crosslinker.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl or substituted aryl,R.sup.2 is alkyl, or aryl,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, or halogen, orR.sup.2 and R.sup.3 taken together are --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- where n is 3 to 8Z is oxygen or sulfur, andY is the group Z'R.sup.4 or NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 wherein Z' is oxygen or sulfur,R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkoxyalkyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, haloalkyl, phenyl or benzyl or a cationR.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are independently hydrogen or alkyl or when R.sup.5 is hydrogen, R.sup.6 is hydroxy or an alkyl metal salt thereof. These compounds are active as plant growth regulators, and particularly as chemical hybridization agents.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for imparting to cellulose or cellulose-containing textile materials durable press properties by treating cellulose or cellulose-containing textile materials by applying to the textile materials a treating composition of (a) about 1-25% by weight, based on dry weight of the material, of an activated water-soluble bisvinyl compound and (b) about 0.2-25% by weight, based on dry weight of material, of (1) a copolymer having a Tg<20.degree. C., said copolymer being produced from a monomer mixture containing (i) about 0.25-99.5% by weight, based on weight of copolymer, of a quaternary monomer obtained by reacting an epihalohydrin having the formula, ##STR1## with an ammonium salt having the formula CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R)C(O)O-A-N(CH.sub.3).sub.2 HY, wherein R is H or methyl, A is a (C.sub.2 -C.sub.6) alkylene group having at least two carbons in a chain between adjoined O and N atoms or A is a polyoxyethylene group, (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n CH.sub.2 CH.sub.

Abstract: There are disclosed radiation curable compositions containing (a) about 5-95% by weight of at least one .beta.-cyanoethoxyalkyl acrylate, (b) about 1-90% by weight of a photopolymerizable acrylated polymer or oil, and (c) from 0 to about 5% by weight of a photoinitiator. The compositions are useful in providing 100% solids coatings and adhesive compositions which are capable upon exposure to radiation, and which are useful in a variety of applications such as for coating textiles and fabrics, for producing pressure sensitive adhesives, and for producing laminating adhesives.

Abstract: Resin-forming polyepoxides are mixed with polyoxazolidinyl compounds or polymers containing pendant oxazolidinyl groups in which the carbon atom in the 2-position of the heterocyclic ring is substituted with saturated hydrocarbon groups, such as dialkyl, or with an alkylene group forming a saturated ring with the carbon atom in the 2-position of the oxazolidinyl ring to form, in the absence of water, a stable composition which can be stored in closed containers for months without undergoing gelation. When such compositions are spread into films and the films exposed to moisture at ambient temperature, e.g., to ambient air having a relative humidity of at least 20% and temperature of about 15.degree. to 25.degree. C., the polymer serves to react with and cure the polyepoxide.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for producing a tanned heavy leather, sometimes called full thickness leather, suitable for use for shoe soles, belts and straps, bags and cases, and saddles, bridles, and harness, wherein, under carefully controlled pH conditions, leather stock is subjected to a multiple-stage tanning process involving a first treatment with an aqueous dispersion or solution of a synthetic polymeric composition made by polymerizing at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid and, optionally, one or more polymerizable compounds selected from the group of alkyl esters of acrylic acid, alkyl esters of methacrylic acid and sulfated unsaturated drying oils, followed by a second treatment with a zirconium tanning compound having a 0-45% basicity by the Schorlemmer scale.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved autoxidizable coating and/or impregnating composition containing (1) a reactive non-volatile diluent monomer system of a mixture of dicyclopentenyloxyalkyl esters of polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and methacryloxyalkyl esters of drying or semi-drying oil fatty acids (2) a film-forming component which contains autoxidizable functionality, (3) a polyvalent metal containing salt or complex that catalyzes the autoxidative curing of (1) and (2), and, optionally, (4) a volatile oxime stabilizer.

Abstract: Resin-forming polyepoxides are mixed with polyoxazolidinyl compounds or polymers containing pendant oxazolidinyl groups in which the carbon atom in the 2-position of the heterocyclic ring is substituted with saturated hydrocarbon groups, such as dialkyl, or with an alkylene group forming a saturated ring with the carbon atom in the 2-position of the oxazolidinyl ring to form, in the absence of water, a stable composition which can be stored in closed containers for months without undergoing gelation. When such compositions are spread into films and the films exposed to moisture at ambient temperature, e.g., to ambient air having a relative humidity of at least 20% and temperature of about 15.degree. to 25.degree. C., the polymer serves to react with and cure the polyepoxide.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with, as a hydrocurable composition, a mixture of an oxazolidine-functional polymer and a compound of a monomeric or polymeric character having a plurality of acryloxy groups. The first-mentioned polymer contains a plurality of pendant groups containing 2,2-dialkyl oxazolidine groups. The mixture of these two components can be stored under anhydrous conditions in a closed container without co-reaction so that a one-pot or one-package composition can be made up with many conventional ingredients of coating compositions other than aqueous components and stored without gelling until the time for application when the composition may be applied at ambient temperature and humidity whereupon reaction between the main two components mentioned above occurs in the film deposited and the film set up.

Abstract: Polymer concrete compositions of essentially anhydrous character comprising an inert, inorganic particulate or granular material, such as sand, crushed stone or rock, and mixtures thereof, mixed with a monomeric dicyclopentenyloxylalkyl acrylate or methacrylate or mixture thereof to form a paste or slurry suitable upon addition thereto of a polyvalent metal salt drier or siccative, preferably with an organic peroxide free radical initiator to be used to form (or to patch previously formed or laid) concrete floors and road pavements are disclosed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a calenderable, soft, three-stage acrylic heteropolymer having a calculated T.sub.g of about (-) 40.degree. to (=) 20.degree. C. which is suitable for producing films and sheets useful to coat textile materials and other substrates to form composites. The heteropolymer can be coagulated and then introduced into a calendering apparatus to produce films and sheets at substantially lower temperatures than are required for calendering vinyl halide polymers.

Abstract: Tear resistance and flexibility of resin-treated textiles are improved while retaining good low temperature properties by using as the resin an acrylic emulsion polymer wherein the latex particles have a core-shell structure. The monomers forming the core are selected to provide a Tg in the core of -20.degree. C. or lower and the monomer composition forming the shell is selected to provide a Tg in the shell of about 60.degree. C. to about -10.degree. C. The core monomer composition contains 4-10 wt. % of a latent crosslinker together with 0-0.03 wt. % of an active crosslinker or a graftlinker, and the shell monomer composition contains 2-10 wt. % of a latent crosslinker.

Abstract: This application concerns compositions comprising a mixture of an air-drying dicyclopentenyl acrylate or methacrylate binder and a granular or particulate aggregate material, which may comprise a hydraulic cement, and is adapted to be formed by casting, extruding, or molding in any fashion into any desired shape and air-drying the resulting shaped article, thereby producing an integral, solid article of unitary mass and structure. The dicyclopentenyl (meth)acrylate may be used as an impregnant, polymerizable in situ, for already formed articles of porous nature, e.g., concrete, wood, pressed boards, and pressed powdered metal, such as iron, aluminum, steel, etc., to reduce the permeability at their surfaces and provide hard, continuous, hydrophobic, wear-resistant, and weather-resistant surfaces thereon.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel phosphoramidothioates of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is optionally substituted (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10) aryl;R is hydrogen or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl;R.sup.1 is(a) optionally substituted (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl,(b) (C.sub.3 -C.sub.8) cycloalkyl,(c) optionally substituted (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) alkenyl,(d) (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) alkynyl, or(e) optionally substituted (C.sub.7 -C.sub.11) aralkyl;R.sup.2 is(a) (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkylthio,(b) (C.sub.6 -C.sub.10) aryloxy, or(c) NZ'Z"; whereinZ' is hydrogen or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl; andZ" is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) alkenyl, di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3) alkylamino, 2-ethylthioethyl, 2-methoxyethyl or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) alkoxycarbonylalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4);R.sup.3 is unsubstituted (C.sub.1 -C.sub.6) alkyl; andX is oxygen or sulfur;to compositions containing them and to methods of using them to control certain harmful pests.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel autoxidizable compositions comprising an unsaturated acid ester of a glycol monodicyclopentenyl ether, a condensation or vinyl addition polymer, a siccative and a volatile stabilizer, which compositions are uniquely adapted to be formulated with high solids and practical viscosity ranges for coating and/or impregnating purposes.

Abstract: Ambient or low-temperature curable aqueous dispersions of (1) an emulsion polymer containing units polymerized from a monomer mixture of (a) from about 0.25% to about 10% by weight of a polymerizable aldehyde, (b) from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and (c) up to about 99.25% by weight of at least one copolymerizable mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, with (2) a curing agent selected from the group of dicarboxylic acid bis-hydrazides and bis-hydrazones are disclosed. The dispersions are useful in leather treating compositions, especially in top coat compositions. A process for producing fully finished leather, or leather substitutes is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for treating and preserving a vinyl film substrate by applying thereto, followed by drying, a coating film of a polymer latex composition and an article produced thereby. The product article is characterized by an advantageous combination or balance of desirable properties including block resistance, surface tack, solvent resistance, plasticizer migration resistance, abrasion resistance, adhesion, and color stability.

Abstract: Addition polymers containing a plurality of terminal and/or pendant amine groups in which the nitrogen atom of at least some of such groups is of primary or secondary character, or aldimine or ketimine groups form the main film-forming component in compositions for coating and the like purposes, which also contain a polyfunctional acrylic monomer, such as ethylene glycol diacrylate, with or without monoethylenically unsaturated acrylic ester. Such compositions provide durable films having excellent mechanical and resistance properties even on ambient curing though baking may be used to accelerate the cure. A method of use is also claimed in which the components are mixed in suitable vehicles, e.g.

Abstract: Novel oxazoline-containing monomers represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein: n is an integer of from 1 through 20:R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl; andR.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl of from 1 through 20 carbon atoms;polymers thereof, and methods for preparing the same are disclosed.The hydrocurable polymers of the invention, before hydrolysis, contain a plurality of units represented by the following formula: ##STR2## Polymers having such units may be obtained by addition polymerization of monomers of structure I, preferably with other ethylenically unsaturated monomers.