Abstract: An effective production method for silane-treated clays having exceptional reinforcing effects with respect to rubber, and compositions using these silane-treated clays are offered. With the silane-treated clay production method, a functional silane is predispersed or emulsified in water by means of a surfactant in order to mix the functional silane with kaolin clay and thereby uniformly surface-treat the kaolin clay with the functional silane. The surfactant should preferably be a non-ionic surfactant with an HLB value in the range of 8-18. The silane-treated clay formed by surface-treating kaolin clay by means of these functional silanes characteristically contains low residual levels of the non-ionic surfactants. The functional silanes can be either vinyl or sulfur functional silanes. The silane treated clays are useful as fillers or extenders in rubber compositions, particularly those employing silicas and/or carbon blacks.

Abstract: A curable composition consisting essentially of (A) at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a styrene-butadiene rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, an acrylonitrile-isoprene rubber, an alfin rubber, a butadiene-methyl methacrylate rubber, a polyisoprene rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-isoprene rubber, a carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, a propylene oxide rubber, a propylene-butadiene rubber, and natural rubber, (B) at least one curing agent selected from the group consisting of sulfur and sulfur donors, and (C) at least one compound, as a vulcanization accelerator not requiring an activator, selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxy-lysine, ornithine, proline, hydroxyproline, leucine, isoleucine, histidine, tryptophan, threonine, serine, homoserine, alanine, phenylalanine, valine, methionine, citrulline, tyrosine, asparagine, aspartic acid, glutamine, glutamic acid, and salts of these amino acids.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: A halogenated polyethylene, or a mixture of it with a sulfur-curable rubber and/or a vinyl chloride resin can be cured with a combination of sulfur and/or a sulfur donor, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of lysine, ornithine, arginine and proline.

Abstract: A composition comprising a vinylpyridine-styrene-butadiene copolymer and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of proline, leucine, isoleucine, homoserine, valine, .alpha.-aminobutyric acid, .gamma.-aminobutyric acid, citrulline, lysine, ornithine, arginine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and salts of these amino acids. The composition may optionally contain sulfur and/or sulfur donor.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of finishing textiles by contacting the textile with an aqueous emulsion of a curable composition consisting essentially of(a) an acrylic copolymer consisting of (1) a major proportion of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic esters and methacrylic esters and (2) a minor proportion of another monomer copolymerizable therewith, and(b) at least one curing agent selected from the group consisting of lysine, ornithine, arginine, glutamine, asparagine, citrulline, cystine, hydroxylysine, and salts of these amino acids, and curing the curable composition on the textile at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a bromobutyl rubber and a specific amino acid.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine, ornithine, cystine, asparagine, glutamine and citrulline, and further optionally, at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide. This invention provides also a vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber, at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, proline and hydroxyproline, and at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising a vinyl chloride resin and lysine as a sole curing agent; and a curable composition comprising a vinyl chloride resin, at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of lysine, ornithine, arginine and proline, and at least one sulfur compound selected from the group consisting of sulfur and sulfur donors, which may further contain rubber.

Abstract: Fluorine rubbers, such as vinylidene fluoride-type rubbers, are cured with a new vulcanizing agent which is at least one amino acid selected from arginine, lysine, ornithine, hydroxylysine, glutamine, cystine, asparagine and citrulline.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition which comprises epichlorohydrin rubber and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine, ornithine, asparagine, glutamine and citrulline.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising a polybutadiene rubber having bromine bonded to at least one of its ends, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine and ornithine, and a curable composition comprising a polybutadiene having bromine bonded to at least one of its ends, a flowable epoxy resin, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginene, lysine, hydroxylysine and arginine.

Abstract: A curable composition consisting essentially of (a) an acrylic copolymer consisting of (1) a major proportion of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic esters and methacrylic esters and (2) a minor proportion of another monomer copolymerizable therewith, and (b) at least one curing agent selected from the group consisting of lysine, ornithine, arginine, glutamine, asparagine, citrulline, cystine, hydroxylysine, and salts of these amino acids.The composition is useful as a coating agent for metals, a bonding agent for plywood, a textile finishing agent, or a binder for non-woven fabrics.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine, ornithine, cystine, asparagine, glutamine and citrulline, and further optionally, at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide. This invention provides also a vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber, at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, proline and hydroxyproline, and at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine, ornithine, cystine, asparagine, glutamine and citrulline, and further optionally, at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide. This invention provides also a vulcanizable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber, at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of tyrosine, threonine, tryptophan, proline and hydroxyproline, and at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide and zinc oxide.

Abstract: A curable composition comprising a polybutadiene rubber having bromine bonded to at least one of its ends, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine, hydroxylysine and ornithine, and a curable composition comprising a polybutadiene having bromine bonded to at least one of its ends, a flowable epoxy resin, and at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of arginene, lysine, hydroxylysine and ornithine.