Abstract: By blending 5-40 parts by weight of a polyisoprene having an intrinsic viscosity [n] of 0.2-1.5 dl/g as measured in toluene at 30.degree. C. and a total 1,2- and 3,4-configuration content of 30% or less in its micro-structure into 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene rubber, the adhesive property of the ethylene-propylene rubber to fibers can be improved while maintaining the heat resistance, weather resistance, ozone resistance, low temperature properties, electrical insulating property and chemical resistance which are all characteristic of ethylene-propylene rubber.

Abstract: An instant-setting adhesive composition comprising a 2-cyanoacrylate and at least one 1,1-disubstituted diene, the amount of said 1,1-disubstituted diene exceeding 50% by weight based on the total weight of both components. This composition is useful in the same fields as those where conventional 2-cyanoacrylate adhesives have been used, and is excellent in impact resistance, peel resistance, heat resistance and water resistance.

Abstract: In a process for continuously producing an impact-resistant resin containing 5 to 30% by weight of a rubber by the solution-graft-polymerization of a monomer mixture of an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound in the presence of an ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene terpolymer rubber in an inert solvent comprising as essential component an aromatic hydrocarbon, two or more polymerizers connected in series are used; said rubber is fed to the first polymerizer in the form of a homogeneous solution in a part or whole of said monomers and/or said inert solvent, together with the remaining monomer or monomers and/or inert solvent; the rubber is kept in the dispersed state in the first polymerizer; said monomers are polymerized therein with stirring until the polymerization conversion reaches 40 to 80% by weight based on the monomers, and the remaining monomers are further polymerized with stirring in the second and succeeding polymerizers to substantially complete the polymerization.

Abstract: A process for producing a resin having a high heat resistance with a high polymerization conversion by emulsion-polymerizing .alpha.-methylstyrene (AMS), methyl methacrylate (MMA) and acrylonitrile (AN), characterized in that the polymerization is conducted in two steps; A monomer mixture consisting of 60-85% by weight of AMS, 2-30% by weight of MMA and 5-20% by weight of AN is subjected to copolymerization in the first step until 25-85% by weight, based on the weight of the final copolymer, of a copolymer is formed, and in the second step, at least one monomer of the above three monomers is added to the polymerization system to adjust the composition ratio of the three monomers in the polymerization system so as to fall in the region surrounded by the lines connecting points A, B, C, D and E in the triangular coordinate graph indicating the quantitative relationship of the three monomers, and the resulting monomer mixture is subjected to polymerization conditions to complete the polymerization.

Abstract: A polybutadiene rubber composition comprising (A) a polybutadiene rubber obtained by solution polymerization and having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4.sup.100.degree. C.) of 60-110 and a 1,4-configuration content of not less than 60%, preferably not less than 70%, and (B) a polybutadiene polymer obtained by solution polymerization and having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 20,000-140,000, preferably 40,000-100,000, and a 1,4-configuration content of not less than 60%, preferably not less than 70%, in which composition the weight ratio of (A)/(B) is 100/5-100/150, preferably 100/35-100/100, and the Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4.sup.100.degree. C.) of which composition is 20-70. This composition is high in tackiness in the unvulcanized state and also excellent in the physical properties of vulcanizate.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive conductor consists essentially of (I) an electrically insulating rubber (excluding addition reaction type liquid silicone rubber), (II) 25 to 50% by volume of electrically conductive metal particles (preferably 40 to 200.mu. in particle size) and (III) 5 to 20% by volume of carbon black, and having a JIS A hardness of at least 40. Said conductor may optionally contain (IV) 0.1 to 5% by volume of a mono-, di- or trialkyl titanate. This pressure sensitive conductor has high mechanical strength, a rapid electrical response to deformations, a low hysteresis of the electrical resistance variation on application and release of pressure, and minimized change of the pressure-resistivity curve under repeated deformations.

Abstract: A molded article of hydrous polymer obtained by adding an oily substance to a polymer latex or a macromolecular substance latex containing anionic groups and having a polymer concentration of 20-70% by weight, said latex being selected from the group consisting of (a) polymer latexes prepared by emulsion polymerization process, (b) polymer latexes obtained by re-emulsification process and (c) a latex of a natural macromolecular substance, adding a polyvalent metal compound and/or polyether to the resulting mixture and molding the mixture without heating. Said molded article is a novel one satisfying the following three requirements: (1) it is not deformed even when held in hot water, (2) its tack strength does not change with a change of temperature and (3) it is kept soft even below the freezing temperature of water. It is useful as a material which is kept cool for a long time or as a base for plasters.

Abstract: A photoresist composition comprising a cyclized product obtained by contacting a conjugated diene polymer or copolymer having unsaturations in the main chain or side chains with a fluorine-containing substituted sulfonic acid compound represented by the formula:CF.sub.n H.sub.3-n SO.sub.3 R or CF.sub.n H.sub.3-n SO.sub.2 Xwherein R is hydrogen, alkyl or CF.sub.n H.sub.3-n SO.sub.2, X is halogen, and n is 1, 2 or 3, in an inert solvent, and a photosensitive crosslinking agent soluble in an organic solvent. The resist pattern obtained from said composition has excellent heat resistance. Also, when a silicon oxide film having said resist pattern is etched, the number of pinholes formed is very small.

Abstract: A spray-coating process which comprises spraying a rubber-asphalt anionic emulsion having a total solid content of 70% by weight or more and a 1-15% by weight aqueous solution of a polyvalent metal salt almost simultaneously by means of separate airless type spraying machines to continuously contact and mix said emulsion with said aqueous solution in the space between the spraying machine and the surface of a substrate to be coated and on the substrate surface, thereby forming a rubber-asphalt solid layer on the substrate surface. By this process, a rubber-asphalt solid layer having a thickness of 4 mm or more and having a water-proof, moisture-proof or gas-proof characteristics can be formed rapidly on the substrate surface.

Abstract: A process for producing a diol by reacting an acetic ester of butanediol or butenediol with methanol, which comprises (a) continuously feeding to a first reaction-distilling column from its upper part a liquid acetic ester of butanediol or butenediol, while continuously feeding methanol to said column from its lower part, to bring both feeds into counter current gas-liquid contact in the presence of an acidic or a basic catalyst, to allow both feeds to react, and withdrawing from the bottom a bottom stream comprising a diol as major constituent, (b) continuously feeding to a hydrolyzer the distillate obtained from said first reaction-distilling column containing methyl acetate as major constituent, thus bringing said distillate into contact with water or steam in the presence of an acidic catalyst to hydrolyze the methyl acetate, (c) then continuously feeding the hydrolysis product thus obtained from the hydrolyzer to a second distilling column, withdrawing a methyl acetate-containing methanol stream from the

Abstract: A photosensitive resin composition comprising (I) a copolymer containing (A) 10 to 95 mol % of a conjugated diolefinic hydrocarbon, (B) 5 to 90 mol % of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and (C) 0 to 85 mol % of a monoolefinically unsaturated compound, (II) a photosensitizer and/or a photosensitive crosslinking agent, and, if necessary, (III) a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer. Said copolymer may have been reacted with an inorganic alkali, an alkali salt or an amine compound in a proportion of 0.05 to 1.0 equivalent per equivalent of the carboxyl group of the .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid in said copolymer.

Abstract: A process for producing simultaneously tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-butanediol in any desired proportion which comprises (a) reacting the acetic ester of 1,4-butanediol with a theoretical or smaller quantity, based on said acetic ester, of water (preferably 0.2-0.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a rubber-modified thermoplastic resin, which comprises treating an ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber with a peroxide in a hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon solvent to obtain a rubber solution with a rubber gelation degree of not more than 5% and containing substantially no unreacted peroxide, adding to this rubber solution a vinyl monomer consisting of an aromatic alkenyl compound and a polar vinyl compound, and heating the resulting mixture to graft-copolymerize the monomer on the rubber. The resin obtained according to this process is free of fish eyes and proof against delamination of shaped article and has excellent mechanical properties, excellent appearance when shaped and high weather resistance.

Abstract: In the preparation of 1,2-polybutadiene with a vinyl content of at least 70% by contacting 1,3-butadiene with a catalyst consisting of:(A) a cobalt compound,(B) an organic phosphine compound,(C) a trialkylaluminum compound, and(D) water in an amount of 0.1 to 1.2 moles per mole of said trialkylaluminum,in the presence of a molecular weight regulator,(E) an alkylaluminum halide compound is used as the molecular weight regulator in an amount of at least 0.01 mole per mole of the trialkylaluminum compound (C), whereby 1,2-polybutadiene with a regulated molecular weight can be produced without causing decreased polymerization activity and change of vinyl content and crystallinity of the produced polymer. The alkylaluminum halide compound (E) is preferably used in an amount of 0.05 to 1.0 mole per mole of the trialkylaluminum compound (C).

Abstract: When an elastomeric copolymer of a C.sub.4 or C.sub.5 conjugated diene and an aromatic vinyl compound is brominated in latex while keeping the uniformity of the latex until the amount of bormine combined with the copolymer reaches 0.5-15% by weight, the resulting brominated conjugated diene-aromatic vinyl compound rubber contains 3-80% by weight of a toluene-insoluble fraction formed by the bromination and has a high green strength and a good processability. A vulcanized rubber obtained from said brominated rubber has a high modulus of elasticity and a high tensile strength. When an anionic surfactant is used as an emulsifier, the uniformity of the above-mentioned latex can be kept by adjusting the pH value of the bromination reaction system to 9 or highter, preferably 10 or higher, during the reaction or by auxiliarily adding a nonionic surfactant. When a cationic or nonionic surfactant is used as an emulsifier, regulation of pH is unnecessary.

Abstract: Polymers or copolymers of norbornene derivatives can be produced by contacting in the presence or absence of an inert solvent at least one norbornene derivative substituted by at least one polar group selected from the group consisting of ester, ether, nitrile, amide, imide, acid anhydride, halogen, and silyl, or by at least one substituent having one of said polar groups; or a combination of said norbornene derivative with at least one member selected from the group consisting of cycloalkenes having no polar substituent and polymers having olefinic carbon-to-carbon double bonds; with a catalyst consisting essentially of (a) at least one coordination compound of W or Mo, the oxidation number of which is 2, 1 or 0, (b) at least one titanium tetrahalide and, if necessary, (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of componds having an electron-accepting .pi. bond, N-halogen-substituted cyclic acid imides, sulfides, sulfoxides and phosphines.

Abstract: Methacrylic acid is produced from methacrolein by gaseous phase oxidation in a very high selectivity, when methacrolein, molecular oxygen-containing gas and steam in a molar ratio of methacrolein:molecular oxygen:steam of 1:1-3:0-50 are subjected to reaction at a temperature in the range of 250.degree. to 400.degree. C., at a space velocity of 250 to 3,000 hr.sup.-1 (at 0.degree. C. and 1 atm.) with a novel catalyst having the following composition formula in atomic ratio:Mo.sub.a P.sub.b Zr.sub.c V.sub.d Mn.sub.e X.sub.f O.sub.gwherein X represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium and thallium, and a, b, c, d, e, f or g represents the number of atoms of Mo, P, Zr, V, Mn, X or O, respectively, and when a is 12, b is 0.5 to 5, c is 0.1 to 5, d is 0.05 to 3, e is 0.05 to 1.5, f is 0.1 to 3 and g is 40 to 60; and g is a number sufficient enough to satisfy the valencies of the respective catalyst component elements.

Abstract: In a plasma chemical reaction carried out with at least one gas, the plasma constants in the progress of reaction such as electron temperature, electron density and electron energy distribution function can be measured by use of a probe heated to a high temperature which is made of a metal having a small thermionic electron emission at a high temperature. The plasma chemical reaction can be performed in the steady state with satisfactory reproduction of composition, structure, yield and performance of the product by controlling the pressure, input power and gas flow rate in the plasma reactor so that the measured plasma constants always coincide with the predetermined plasma constants necessary for effecting the intended chemical reaction which have been obtained through a preliminary experiment.

Abstract: In a process for preparing diacetoxybutene by subjecting butadiene, acetic acid and oxygen to reaction, the discharge gas from the reaction system or purification system, containing butadiene and/or acetic acid, is treated by contacting with diacetoxybutene and/or diacetoxybutane (absorbent) to allow butadiene and/or acetic acid to be absorbed by said absorbent. A part of the diacetoxybutene separated in a distillation tower from the reaction product solution containing diacetoxybutene produced by said three-component reaction can be used as said absorbent. In this case, butadiene and/or acetic acid can be recovered from said discharge gas by supplying the absorption solution into said distillation tower. Also usable as said absorbent is diacetoxybutane obtained by hydrogenation of diacetoxybutene.

Abstract: A novel rubber composition is obtained by blending a rubber mixture consisting of 15 to 50 parts by weight of 1,2-polybutadiene having a 1,2-addition unit content of 70% or more, a crystallinity of 5 to 40% and an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of 0.7 dl/g or more (as measured in toluene at 30.degree. C.) and 85 to 50 parts by weight of at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and diene-based rubbers with 3 to 10 parts by weight of sulfur per 100 parts by weight of said rubber mixture. Said rubber composition has a desirable processability and exhibits, on curing, high hardness, high modulus, low temperature dependency of physical properties, low heat generation and excellent blow-out resistance. It is suitable as a rubber material for use in various low profile automobile tires such as radial tires.