Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner comprises a binder resin which contains at least 60% by weight of a styrene-butadiene copolymer. The copolymer contains a component A having a molecular weight of at least 100,000 in an amount of at least 20% by weight relative to the binder resin, and a component B having a molecular weight of at least 500,000 in the component A is not more than 15% by weight relative to the binder resin. The toner has adequate flowability and noncoagulation property and is capable of forming a superior visible image in a contact heat fixing system.

Abstract: A process for producing a thermoplastic resin by polymerizing a monomer mixture consisting of an unsaturated nitrile monomer and an alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer in the presence of a rubbery polymer latex, characterized in that(a) at first, a monomer mixture having an unsaturated nitrile monomer content of 0 to 20 weight % is polymerized in an amount of 30 to 70 weight % based on the amount of the whole monomer mixture,(b) subsequently, the residual monomer mixture having an unsaturated nitrile monomer content of 35 to 90 weight % is polymerized, and the unsaturated nitrile monomer content in the polymer part formed by polymerization in said (a) and (b) steps is 28 to 38 weight %. The thermoplastic resin obtained according to this process has a high chemical resistance, an excellent impact resistance and an excellent processability.

Abstract: A laminate consisting essentially of a layer of a thermoplastic resin (A) and a layer of a vinylidene fluoride resin (B), the layer of the resin (A) containing (C) polymerized units of an ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid ester in a proportion of 3 to 80% by weight based on the total weight of the layer of the resin (A). The polymerized units (C) of an ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid ester may exist either as a copolymer constituent of the resin (A) or in the form of an ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid ester polymer (C') blended in the layer of the resin (A).

Abstract: A carrier composed of particulate polymer of at least one monomer represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, are hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is a straight-chain or branched alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, which group may be substituted by a hydroxyl group; X's, which may be the same or different, are halogen atoms; m is zero or an integer of 1 to 10; and n is an integer of 1 to 5, or a particulate polymer of said monomer and at least one other copolymerizable monomer. Said carrier is suitable for supporting a biological substance such as an immunoreactive substance, an enzyme, a cell, a cell-discriminating substance, and the like, particularly an immunoreactive substance.

Abstract: A process for producing shaped articles having improved surfaces, characterized by subjecting a shaped article of a polymer derived from a monomeric material comprising an acrylate and/or methacrylate to at least one of a hot water treatment, an aqueous alkali solution treatment and an aqueous acid solution treatment. Shaped articles obtained by this process have an advantage that when the surfaces thereof are stained the removal of the stains is quite easy. Moreover, they are hydrophilic and have excellent wettability by water. Therefore, said shaped articles are extremely suitable for use as contact lens.

Abstract: Slurry composition comprising a solid fuel powder, water and a compound having in its molecule a tricyclodecane or tricyclodecene skeleton and a sulfonic acid group attached to the skeleton.

Abstract: This polyurethane sealant composition for construction materials or automotive parts cures quickly without foaming and comprises an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer and a curing agent consisting of a polyhydroxy compound, a polyamine compound, a monoamine compound, and a curing agent.

Abstract: A butadiene-base polymer containing a branched polymer through tin-carbon bond and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The butadiene-base polymer is produced by polymerizing 1,3-butadiene alone or 1,3-butadiene and aromatic vinyl compound in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of a Lewis base using an organolithium compound as an initiator and then coupling with a tin halide, and satisfies the following requirements:(1) a content of a bound aromatic vinyl compound in the butadiene-base polymer is 0-40% by weight;(2) a ratio of vinyl bond-containing butadiene unit in the toal butadiene unit of the butadiene-base polymer is 30-90%;(3) a ratio of the branched polymer in the butadiene-base polymer is at least 30% by weight; and(4) a ratio of a component having a molecular weight of less than 100,000 as polystyrene in the molecular weight distribution as measured by a gel permeation chromatography is 10-20% by weight.

Abstract: A polybutadiene rubber composition having an improved green strength is disclosed, which comprises a polybutadiene having a content of cis-1,4 bond of at least 70%, an average chain length of 1,4-bond of 110.about.450 and a molecular weight distribution represented by a ratio of weight-average molecular weight to number-average molecular weight of not less than 5.0.

Abstract: A process for producing an aromatic amine from an aromatic halide and ammonia, characterized by comprising the following steps (1), (2) and (3):step (1): reacting the aromatic halide with ammonia in the presence of water by using a catalyst comprising a copper compound as the main constituent,step (2): extracting the aromatic amine from the reaction mixture obtained in step (1) without depositing or separating the copper component contained in the reaction mixture, andstep (3): adding an alkali metal hydroxide and/or an alkaline earth metal hydroxide to the raffinate aqueous solution obtained by the extraction procedure in step (2) to deposit copper compounds and separating the same.This process is good in reaction efficiency and permits easy recovery of the catalyst.

Abstract: A styrene-butadiene copolymer having a high styrene content is disclosed, which is obtained by polymerizing styrene and butadiene in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an organolithium compound and, if necessary, a Lewis base and then coupling with a tin halide compound. This copolymer contains in its main chain at least 30 wt % of polymer having a tin-carbon bond and has a bound styrene content of more than 25 wt % but not more than 60 wt % and a content of vinyl bond in butadiene portion of not less than 30% but less than 50%.

Abstract: A rubber composition capable of giving a non-tacky vulcanized rubber can be obtained by mixing 98 to 80% by weight of at least one organic rubber selected from natural rubber and organic synthetic rubbers and 2 to 20% by weight of a silicone raw rubber having a molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000. A conveyor belt in which at least the surface layer is composed of a vulcanizate of this rubber composition is suitable for carrying highly tacky substances such as oil sand.

Abstract: A rubber composition having improved wet skid resistance and rolling resistance is disclosed, which comprises (A) 10-90% by weight of polybutadiene rubber having a content of cis-1,4-bond at least 80% and an average chain length of cis-1,4-bond of not less than 110, and (B) 10-90% by weight of random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber obtained by copolymerization in the presence of an organic metal catalyst and having a content of bound styrene of not more than 40% by weight and a content of 1,2-bond in total butadiene unit of 30-95%.

Abstract: Compounds having a cyclopentadiene skeleton and at least one sulfonic acid group are novel, and produced by subjecting cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene and/or hydroxydicyclopentadiene to sulfonation, and subjecting the same, before or after the sulfonation, to reaction with alkylbenzene, polymerization and/or condensation through an aldehyde. The aforesaid compounds are useful as dispersants for cement.By incorporating a polymer emulsion into a slurry composition comprising a powder and a dispersant having at least one sulfonic acid group the proportion of said polymer emulsion being 0.05 to 50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said dispersant, the dispersing effect of said dispersant is improved, the fluidizing effect of the dispersant is further enhanced, the slump loss is made very small, and the workability becomes good.

Abstract: A process for producing an olefin copolymer rubber containing 25 to 75% by weight of propylene, which comprises polymerizing ethylene and propylene, or ethylene, propylene and at least one nonconjugated diene, in solution in the presence of a catalyst, said catalyst being composed of (A) a Ti-containing solid component precipitated from a liquid product obtained by reacting a titanium tetrahalide with an organomagnesium compound in a halogenated hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an ether represented by the general formula R.sup.1 OR.sup.2 wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and each represents a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, and (B) an organoaluminum compound.

Abstract: A process for producing 1,3-butadiene which comprises feeding a fraction comprising C.sub.4 -paraffins and C.sub.4 -olefins as the main components and being free from isobutene, 1,3-butadiene and C.sub.4 -acetylenes to a dehydrogenation or oxidative dehydrogenation step (step A), where the n-butenes contained therein is converted to 1,3-butadiene; feeding the 1,3-butadiene-containing hydrocarbon fraction thus obtained (fraction C) to an extractive distillation column (column B), in which said fraction C is distilled in an atmosphere of a selective solvent while obtaining a fraction comprising C.sub.

Abstract: A positive type photosensitive resin composition comprising an alkali-soluble novolac resin and (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a compound represented by the following general formula (II) or (B) a compound represented by the following general formula (III) and a compound represented by the following general formula (IV), wherein the molar ratio of the compound represented by the general formula (I) to the compound represented by the general formula (II) is 6/4-9/1 or the molar ratio of the compound represented by the general formula (III) to the compound represented by the general formula (IV) is 1/9-9/1 and the total amount of the component (A) or (B) is 5-100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the alkali-soluble novolac resin: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.5, R.sub.8 and R.sub.10, which may be identical or different, represent alkyl groups, aryl groups or aralkyl groups; and R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.9, R.sub.11 and R.sub.

Abstract: A uniformly colored shaped article which is resistant to discoloration and fading can be produced by immersing a shaped article, particularly a contact lens, consisting of a polymer of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates and methacrylates in a dyeing solution prepared by dissolving a water-soluble dye in a solvent capable of swelling said polymer, to swell and color the shaped article, and then drying the swollen shaped article.

Abstract: A process for producing a rubber-modified thermoplastic resin by graft-copolymerizing a monomeric component composed of an aromatic alkenyl compound, an alkenyl cyanide compound and a methacrylic acid ester compound on an ethylene-propylene rubber, characterized in that the first reaction step, a monomer mixture composed of an aromatic alkenyl compound and an alkenyl cyanide compound or a mixture composed of these two compounds and 20% by weight or less of a methacrylic acid ester is graft-copolymerized on an ethylene-propylene rubber until the polymerization conversion reaches 30 to 70% by weight, and in the second reaction step, a methacrylic acid ester compound or a mixture of a methacrylic acid ester compound and 20% by weight or less of at least one other copolymerizable monomer is polymerized in the presence of the reaction mixture obtained in the first reaction step until the polymerization reaction is substantially completed.

Abstract: A polymer particle produced by forming a layer of filler-free polymer (II) on the surface layer of a filler-containing polymer particle (I) by polymerization of a monomer composed mainly of an ethylenically unsaturated compound in the presence of the polymer particle (I) is suitable for uniformly carrying a biological substance such as an immunoreactive substance, enzyme or cell on its surface because it has no filler in its surface layer, and the physical properties of the filler contained in the polymer particle (I) can be utilized.