Abstract: A cap for a flask includes a top portion; an inner collar extending downwardly from the top portion for insertion into the mouth of the flask; an outer collar spaced from the inner collar and extending downwardly from the top portion for covering the lip of the flask; detent means on the inner surface of the outer collar extending inwardly to positively engage the lip of the flask and sealingly engage the cap with the mouth of the flask; and a permeable section in the top portion within said inner collar for enabling exchange of gases in the flask.

Abstract: Bis(4-cyanatophenyl)-1,1-ethane, a low viscosity liquid, is useful in wet filament winding, resin transfer molding and pultrusion processes.

Abstract: Citric ester compositions wherein the ester components contain about 1.5 to about 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule are useful as pigment grinding vehicles and as reactive diluents for thermosetting coatings.

Abstract: Cyanate esters of 4,4'-[1,3-phenylenebis(1-methylethylidene)] 2,2',6,6'-R-bisphenol when properly catalyzed, can be cured at temperatures in the range of about 250.degree. to about 300.degree. F. to obtain percent cyclotrimerization of the cyanate ester groups of at least 80 percent.

Abstract: A two step method of preparing fire retardant thermoplastic polymer granules from fire retarding agents and thermoplastic polymers in a stationary granulating cylinder containing mixing elements mounted to a central rotating shaft which fluidizes and throws contained materials toward the center of the cylinder, forcing axial and radial flows simultaneously on the materials thereby forming granules. In the first step, a fire retarding agent is mixed with a fluid thermoplastic polymer at a temperature exceeding the solidification point of the polymer until a homogeneous mixture is formed. In the second stage, the mixture is solidified by cooling while the granulating cylinder continues to operate until the fire retardant agent is bound together in homogeneous granular form by a matrix of solid thermoplastic polymer. Suitable fire retarding agents include alumina, phosphates, borates, melamine, melamine cyanurate, metal cyanurates, and halogenated phenols.

Abstract: A spin welding apparatus is employed for hermetically sealing seamless overpacks. The seamless overpacks are utilized, for example, for isolating corroding 55 gallon drums which contain hazardous materials. The overpacks include a receiver which contains the 55 gallon drum and a cover which is spin welded onto the receiver. The receiver and cover have circular welding surfaces which oppose one another across a horizontal plane. The welding surfaces have a composition of heat fusible plastic. During the spin welding process, the cover is rotationally driven by the spin welding apparatus while simultaneously being forced downward onto the receiver, which is held stationary. Frictional heat melts the opposing welding surfaces. After the rotational motion stops, the opposing welding surfaces cool and solidify to form a seamless weld joint. During the spin welding process, the covers are rendered susceptible to centrifugal imbalance due their large size.

Abstract: A method of preparing fire retardant concentrates wherein a base soluble cyanurate is dissolved in base and mixed with a fluid thermoplastic polymer. An amino-s-triazine is then reacted in-situ with the solubulized cyanurate to precipitate very fine insoluble cyanurate-amino-s-triazine adduct evenly distributed in the polymer. The mixture is cooled below its solidification point, binding the film particles of the insoluble adduct together by a matrix of solid thermoplastic polymer. The solidified matrix bound adduct is comminuted to form particulate thermoplastic fire retardant concentrate. The fluid thermplastic polymer may be a melt or an aqueous dispersion of a stable polymer such as nylon, polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyester, polystyrene, and polybutadiene. The particulate granules may contain concentrations as high as 65 to 95 percent of the adducts produced from soluble cyanurates such as sodium isocyanurate, and base solubulized isocyanuric acid and chlorocyanuric acid.

Abstract: Ceramic green tape formulations are described comprising critical amounts of a ceramic powder, poly(propylene carbonate) as the binder, a solvent mixture and a plasticizer. These ingredients are admixed to yield a slurry having a Brookfield viscosity in the range of about 500 to 4500 cps at 25.degree. C. The slurry is cast into a thin film on a substrate, the solvent mixture is removed from the film and the green tape is removed from the substrate. The poly(propylene carbon)-based green tapes have been shown to have tensile strengths of greater than 35 psi and flexibility which would permit successful punching of register and feed-through (via) holes and screen printing. The green tapes of this method are easily laminated to produce multilayered capacitors and other multilayered structures having ceramic contents well in the range generally considered desirable for ceramic processing.

Abstract: Citric ester compositions wherein the ester components contain about 1.5 to about 3 hydroxyl groups per molecule are useful as pigment grinding vehicles and as reactive diluents for thermosetting coatings.

Abstract: An improved elastomeric gasket comprising a silicone elastomer coated with a parylene layer is disclosed. The parylene is selected from one of the parylene C, parylene N,parylene D, and mixtures thereof and applied to reduce the surface energy of the elastomeric material.

Abstract: A high temperature heat resistant methacrylate-maleimide copolymer having at least 90% by weight methyl methacrylate monomer and up to about 10% by weight maleimide monomer to form a clear, weather-resistant copolymer having glass transition temperatures from about 105.degree. C. to about 131.degree. C. and a method of manufacture of the copolymers through an extremely high conversion bulk polymerization process.

Abstract: Cyanate esters of 4,4'-[1,3-phenylenebis (1-methylethylidene)] 2,2',6,6'-R-bisphenol when properly catalyzed, can be cured at temperatures in the range of about 250.degree. to about 300.degree. F. to obtain percent cyclotrimerization of the cyanate ester groups of at least 80 percent.

Abstract: Stable aqueous acrylic resin dispersions are made from a dispersion in water of the reaction product of a carboxylic acid containing acrylic resin and a diglycidyl ether of a polyoxyalkylene glycol.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for iso-thermally sealing electronic packages with a thermosetting adhesive have first and second platens for holding and for heating a package and a lid, respectively. The second platen is operatively coupled to the first platen, so that alignment of the package to the lid is automatically achieved when the first platen and the second platen are placed in a sealing position. The process includes the steps of pre-heating a package and a lid, the lid having a mating surface coated with a thermosetting adhesive; and mating together the heated package and the heated lid when iso-thermal conditions are achieved. The iso-thermal seal process and apparatus are based on the principle of uniting the package and the lid with a thermosetting adhesive after all three components, and gases in the cavity as well, are already at a stable adhesive curing temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new vinyl chloride polymer coating material which can be top-coated with acid-catalyzed coating compositions at low curing temperatures without compromising the adhesion of the coating to the metal substrate and without inhibiting the cure of subsequently applied coating. In accordance with the present invention, a new plastisol coating composition comprises a finely-divided vinyl chloride polymer together with a plasticizer and from about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of a composition of an adhesion promoter which is a non-gelled condensation product ofa) a polymerized fatty acid; andb) a mixture of amines being present in a concentration to produce a final amine value that ranges up to about 225, said mixture being comprised of a polyalkylene polyamine and an N-aminoalkylpiperazine.In addition, the present invention provides a new and improved adhesion promoter for use in the aforesaid vinyl chloride polymer coating composition.

Abstract: An adhesive or coating formulation useful in biomedical application and particularly well suited for use in aqueous environments is provided comprising:(1) a bioadhesive polyphenolic protein component having from about 5 to about 99 weight percent of a proteinaceous substance comprising from about 10 to about 400 of the following repeating decapeptide unit: ##STR1## in which each X is hydrogen or hydroxyl and each R is hydrogen or methyl; (2) from about 1.0 to about 40 weight percent of a cross-linking agent which promotes cross-linking of the decapeptide;(3) one or more additives which promote the desired properties of the formulation, said additives comprising at least one surfactant and being present in an amount of from 0% to about 90% by weight, and(4) a filler compatible with the intended use of the formulation, said filler being present in an amount of from 0% to about 50% by weight.

Abstract: Dual action sunscreen compositions capable of both moisturizing the skin and protecting it from sunburn are made from a cationic guar, a cationic acrylic polymer and an ultraviolet absorbing sunscreening agent.

Abstract: Curable compositions are made from blends of polycyanate ester of polyhydric phenols and amorphous, aromatic thermoplastic resins which are initially soluble in the polycyanate ester but which phase separate during curing of the polycyanate ester.

Abstract: Quaternary ammonium containing monomers, represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or methyl, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms, D is an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a hydroxylalkylene group containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms and X is an anion, are polymerized to form polymers useful in hair care preparations.

Abstract: Modified acrylic copolymer compositions are made by polymerizing acrylic monomers in admixture with a citric ester. Such compositions are useful as pigment grinding vehicles and as vehicles for thermosetting coatings.