Abstract: The invention is a water-soluble N,N-diallyl-N-alkyl-N-(sulfoalkyl) ammonium betaine containing copolymer, wherein said copolymer is formed from the polymerization of an N,N-diallyl-N-alkyl-N-(sulfoalkyl) ammonium betaine of the formula:  wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl groups, and R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, aryl groups, and alkylaryl groups,  and an anionic monomer, and  the invention is also a method of inhibiting the precipitation and deposition of scale on metal surfaces in contact with industrial cooling waters comprising the addition of an effective, scale-inhibiting amount of a water-soluble N,N-diallyl-N-alkyl-N-(sulfoalkyl) ammonium betaine containing copolymer, wherein said copolymer is formed from the polymerization of a betaine of the formula:  wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl and aryl groups, and R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel formulation in a composition comprising FeCl3 and a dialkyl diallyl ammonium polymer where the FeCl3 has been diluted with water prior to being mixed with the polymer providing a stable composition.

Abstract: An oil based drilling mud is viscosified with a maleated ethylene-propylene elastomers. The elastomers are preferably EPM copolymers or EPDM terpolymers. The concentration of the maleic anhydride grafted to the copolymer or terpolymer backbone ranges from 0.01 to 5 wt %, preferably 0.1 to 2.0 wt %. The maleated elastomers are far more effective oil mud viscosifiers than the organophilic clays presently used.

Abstract: A method for reducing formation of deposits on a surface in contact with an aqueous system includes applying to the surface a composition comprising a polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene block copolymer and a biocide. The composition optionally may also include a dispersant.

Abstract: A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one layer 18 of a bioactive material positioned over the structure 12; and at least one porous layer 20 positioned over the bioactive material layer 18. Preferably, the structure 12 is a coronary stent, and the bioactive material is at least one of heparin, dexamethasone or a dexamethasone derivative. The device 10 includes layers 18 and 22 of heparin and dexamethasone, the layer 22 of dexamethasone being positioned above the layer 18 of heparin. The layers of bioactive material also can be individual materials or a combination of different materials. Unexpectedly, the more soluble heparin markedly promotes the release of the less soluble dexamethasone above it. The porous layer 20 is composed of a polymer applied by vapor or plasma deposition and provides a controlled release of the bioactive material.

Abstract: Reactive multifunctional imide monomers have been discovered from which radiation curable oligomers and polymers may be derived. The reactive imide monomers have at least one functional group which is polymerizable under free radical or ionic polymerization conditions with other similar functional groups. However, the same functional group and reaction product derived therefrom is substantially not subject to cleavage by oxidation or hydrolysis. The reactive imide monomer also contains at least one other functional group which remains intact under the above-described polymerization conditions to form a part of a side chain of the resultant polymer and will cross-link or cure by 2+2 cyclo-addition with other like functional groups upon irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a reactive diluent comprising a backbone portion and a pendant group portion. The backbone portion comprises at least two polymerizable sites, and the pendant group portion comprising a functional group having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl group containing from 2 to about 12 carbon atoms and wherein said pendant group is capable of a (2+2) cyclo-addition with another like pendant group of the above formula. The chain extending reaction site is preferably used in a polymerization reaction to provide a polymeric material, and the cross-linking reactive site is preferably used to create cross-linking as needed or desired.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a reactive diluent comprising a backbone portion and a pendant group portion. The backbone portion comprises at least two polymerizable sites, and the pendant group portion comprising a functional group having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein Z is an ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl group containing from 2 to about 12 carbon atoms and wherein said pendant group is capable of a (2+2) cyclo-addition with another like pendant group of the above formula. The chain extending reaction site is preferably used in a polymerization reaction to provide a polymeric material, and the cross-linking reactive site is preferably used to create cross-linking as needed or desired.

Abstract: There is provided a glass enamel system adaptable to be fired from about 1000.degree. F. to about 1350.degree. F., said glass enamel characterized, upon firing, by a formation therein of metal orthosilicate crystals, which has the effect of substantially hardening the surface of said glass enamel even at its fusion point temperature, and within the range aforesaid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved U.V. absorbing glass composition comprising from about 75 to about 98 parts by weight of a lead oxide free base glass having dissolved therein from about 2 to about 25 parts by weight of a U.V. additive selected from the group consisting of cerium oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, cobalt oxide, copper oxide, vanadium oxide, molybdenum oxide, and mixtures of two or more of said oxides; and to an ink composition comprising from about 15 to about 25% by weight vehicle, from about 8 to about 16% by weight a ceramic pigment, and from about 59 to about 77% by weight of said U.V. absorbing glass composition.

Abstract: Sulfur-containing, oil-soluble compositions are described which are useful as lubricating oil additives, particularly in lubricants containing little or no phosphorus. In one embodiment, the compositions of the invention comprise (A) at least one metal salt of at least one dithiocarbamic acid of the formulaR.sub.1 (R.sub.2)N--CSSH (I)wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently hydrocarbyl groups in which the total number of carbon atoms in R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is sufficient to render the metal salt oil-soluble, and (B) at least one oil-soluble sulfurized Diels-Alder adduct. Lubricating oil compositions containing the compositions of the invention exhibit improved oxidation-corrosion-inhibiting properties, anti-wear properties, and/or extreme pressure properties. Such lubricating compositions containing less than about 0.1% by weight of phosphorus also exhibit good compatability with nitrile seals.

Abstract: Water-based metal-containing organic phosphate compositions which are useful as corrosion-inhibiting coating compositions, metal working lubricants and drilling fluids for well-drilling operations are disclosed.

Abstract: Lubricants useful in metal working processes, especially cutting, comprise (A) a lubricating oil and (B) a basic alkali metal salt or borated complex thereof. Component B is preferably a basic sodium sulfonate prepared by a specific method. The lubricants may also contain at least one of (C) a specific active sulfur-containing compound and (D) a chlorinated wax.

Abstract: Compositions comprising the combination of a transition metal salt of an organic acid and an ashless hydrocarbon-soluble ashless dispersant are useful in treating lubricants and fuels. Typical compositions comprise manganese carboxylates and acylated nitrogen-containing dispersants.

Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising: (A) water; (B) an overbased material dispersed with component (A), said overbased material being selected from the group consisting of (B)(I) a Newtonian overbased material or (B)(II) a non-Newtonian colloidal disperse system comprising (1) solid metal-containing colloidal particles predispersed in (2) a disperse medium of at least one inert organic liquid and (3) as an essential third component at least one member selected from the class consisting of organic compounds which are substantially soluble in said disperse medium, the molecules of said organic compound being characterized by polar substituents and hydrophobic portions; and an effective amount of at least one additional component to disperse component (B) with component (A), said additional component being selected from the group consisting of (C) at least one nitrogen-containing, phosphorus-free carboxylic solubilizer made by the reaction of (C)(I) at least one carboxylic acid acylating agent having at least one