Abstract: Photodegradable polymers comprising substituted furan functionality or ring opened derivatives thereof and thermoplastic articles formed therefrom.

Abstract: A method for preparing a light-colored indene-coumarone resin is here disclosed which comprises the step of polymerizing an aromatic coal fraction raw material having a boiling point of 140.degree. to 240.degree. C. in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts type catalyst in a polymerization reactor in which the amount of oxygen is restricted to 15 ml or less with respect to 100 g of the aromatic coal fraction raw material oil at room temperature. As a raw material, a mixture is also used which is composed of the above-mentioned aromatic coal fraction and a phenol in an amount of 3 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the aromatic coal fraction.

Abstract: Vinyl ester resins of substituted epoxidized hydroxystyrylaza compounds are disclosed. These vinyl esters may be combined with various reactive monomers, prepolymers or polymers and cured to give a combination of high mechanical strength and glass transition temperature.

Abstract: The spread of printing paste when applied to textiles is inhibited by the inclusion of an "anti-wick agent" in the print paste. The "anti-wick agent" comprises a copolymer resulting from the polymerization of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, maleic acid and maleic anhydride with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylate esters and N-substituted acrylamides.

Abstract: This invention provides novel polyvinyl polymers with pendant side chains which exhibit nonlinear optical response. The polymers have utility as a transparent optical component of optical switch or light modulator devices.

Abstract: The surface wetting characteristics of polysiloxanes prepared from monomeric polysiloxanes endcapped with activated unsaturated groups and modulus modifiers are improved by the inclusion of small amounts of an N-alkenoyl trialkylsilyl aminate. The improved polymeric compositions can be used to form hard, gas permeable contact lenses and other biomedical devices.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a printing ink composition containing the reaction product of 5 to 100 parts by weight of a phenolic resin and about 100 parts by weight of a resin modified with an acid. The phenolic resin is prepared by condensing an appropriate 4-9 carbon alkylphenol with formalin. The modified resin is prepared by reacting 1 to 15 parts by weight of an appropriate unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or anhydride with about 100 parts by weight of the reaction product of 5 to 100 parts by weight straight-chain .alpha.-olefin with about 100 parts by weight of an appropriate pentacyclic compound, such as cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of shaped article of hydrogel is provided. This shaped article of hydrogel is obtained by the polymerization in a mold of a mixture comprising:A. an alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate or a monomer mixture consisting preponderantly of an alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate,B. a polymer synthesized from a component A and possessing a polymerizable double bond in the molecular unit thereof,C. a water-soluble dipolar aprotic solvent, andD. at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a) water-soluble organic acids, (b) surface active agents, and (c) water-soluble organic substances which are poor solvents or non-solvents of the component B, and having the weight ratio of the component A to the component B in the range of 45:55 to 20:80.

Abstract: Disclosed as an emulsion polymerization emulsifier is a half vinyl ester of C.sub.21 -dicarboxylic acid of the general formula ##STR1## wherein x and y are integers from 3 to 9, x and y together equal 12, one Z is COOH and the other Z is hydrogen. The emulsifier may be blended as a mixture with disproportionated fatty acids and/or C.sub.21 -dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: For use in a process for producing a multi-layer coating upon a substrate surface, in which there is first applied to the surface a pigmented basecoat composition and there is then applied to the basecoat film a transparent topcoat composition, a pigmented basecoat composition which is based upon a dispersion in an aqueous medium of crosslinked polymer microparticles which have a diameter of 0.01-10 microns, are insoluble in the aqueous medium and are stable towards gross flocculation, the dispersion having a pseudoplastic or thixotropic character.

Abstract: The invention relates to new associations of strong bases, having the following general formula:n' RLi--n MZin which: n and n' are the numbers of mols of each compound, R is an alkyl or aryl radical, M is an alkali metal chosen from amongst lithium, sodium or potassium and Z is a hydride or an inorganic amide, the ratio n/n' being between 0.2 and 50.It is preferred to use bases in which the metal of the alkali metal amide or hydride is potassium or sodium. These associations are formed very rapidly and can be applied to anionic polymerization, in particular of conjugated dienes, in a solvent of low polarity or an apolar solvent.The polymers thus obtained contain a high percentage of 1,2 or 3,4 structures.

Abstract: This invention is a method of treating polyester material for use in reinforcing rubber, the method being characterized by treating the polyester material with a treating liquid containing an epoxy compound and a melamine compound and subsequently heat treating the material at 100.degree.-250.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polyvinyl butyral comprising simultaneously introducing into a reaction medium containing a mixture of water and a portion of reactive polyvinyl alcohol, maintained initially at a temperature below about 20.degree. C., a stream of an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol corresponding to the complement of the reactive polyvinyl alcohol and a stream of butyraldehyde and cooling the reaction mixture during the introduction of the polyvinyl alcohol and butyraldehyde. The reaction is also carried out in the presence of an acid catalyst and an emulsifying agent.The polyvinyl butyral obtained is used, after plasticizing, as an interlayer in laminated glass.

Abstract: This invention relates to ultraviolet light stabilizing hindered polyoxyalkylene polyamines. The products of the present invention can be utilized as ultraviolet light stabilizers for a wide variety of commercial products such as water base paints, oil base paints, polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polyurethanes, etc. The products have the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R represents an alkylene, alkyl, aralkyl, alkaryl or aryl group containing 1 to 24 carbon atoms,R' represents hydrogen, methyl or ethyl,n represents a number having an average value of 1 to 70, andx represents an integer having a value of 1 to 3.In a modified form of the invention, the products are useful also to inhibit oxidation of such products.

Abstract: Interpolymers of .alpha.-olefins having at least about 6 carbon atoms and unsaturated carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, such as maleic anhydride, may be prepared by heating reactive amounts only of the monomers with a free radical initiator, preferably in a solvent-free system and typically at a temperature of at least about 135.degree. C. The time required for polymerization is relatively short under these conditions.

Abstract: The invention pertains to coating compositions comprising self-curing water-dispersed polymers, epoxy-acrylic copolymers, and preferably including epoxy phosphate polymers. The self-curing water-dispersed polymers produced preferably by step-wise polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising alkylol acrylamide monomer, functional monomers, and other monomers, wherein the alkylol acrylamide monomers are copolymerized in the second stage monomer addition to preferentially locate alkylol acrylamide groups in the surface portion of the latex polymer particles. Melamine resins can be added to improve the cure properties of the coating composition. The coating compositions are advantageously sprayable compositions and are particularly useful for interior coatings for food and beverage containers.

Abstract: An ethylene-alpha-olefin-polyene random copolymer rubber comprising ethylene, an alpha-olefin having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and a polyene, wherein (A) a molar ratio of ethylene/alpha-olefin is 55/45 to 95/5, (B) the polyene is a mixture of 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and 5-vinyl-2-norbornene (VNB) in a molar ratio of ENB/VNB of 1/1 to 20/1, (C) an iodine value of the copolymer rubber is 2 to 40, (D) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] of the copolymer rubber is 1.0 to 6.0 dl/g measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., and (E) g.sub..eta. * defined by a ratio of the intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] to an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.]l of a linear ethylene-propylene random copolymer having an ethylene content of 70 mole % and the same weight-average molecular weight determined by a light-scattering method as that of the copolymer rubber is 0.2 to 0.9. Also a process for preparing this random copolymer rubber and vulcanizate derived from the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: Optical contact lenses and silicone hydride polymers therefor are disclosed.

Abstract: Aqueous vinyl ester/ethylene copolymer emulsions possessing good dry pick and wet pick strengths in paper coating compositions comprise a vinyl ester/ethylene copolymer colloidally dispersed in an aqueous medium, the copolymer consisting essentially of (a) a vinyl ester of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkanoic acid, (b) about 0.5 to 15 wt % ethylene, (c) about 0.1 to 10 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid or half ester thereof, (d) about 0.05 to 10 wt % of a dicyclopentadienyl acrylate, and (e) 0-50 wt % of an alkyl acrylate.

Abstract: The invention relates to finely divided polyvinyl acetal which is prepared in the form of an aqueous suspension or, if desired, in powder form, preferably having average particle sizes from 0.5 to 10 .mu.m, from polyvinyl alcohol and at least one aliphatic aldehyde having at least 3 carbon atoms, and which contains 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on polyvinyl acetal, of a completely or partially hydrolyzed vinyl ester copolymer grafted onto polyethylene oxide or polyethylene oxide derivatives and acetalized in the mixture with the polyvinyl alcohol.The invention further relates to a process for preparing finely divided polyvinyl acetals having an average particle size between 0.5 and 10 .mu.