Abstract: The invention provides carbon fibers coated on the surface with a layer of an amorphous silicon carbide of the composition Si.sub.x C.sub.y, x and y each being a positive number with the proviso that the ratio y/x is in the range from 0.5 to 2.5, formed by the exposure of the carbon fibers to low temperature plasma generated in an atmosphere containing an organosilicon compound having no oxygen or chlorine atom directly bonded to the silicon atom in the molecule. The carbon fibers are imparted with greatly increased resistance against air oxidation at high temperatures as well as remarkably improved affinity or wettability with plastics and molten metals along with very low reactivity with molten metals so that the carbon fibers are useful as a reinforcing material in the composite materials of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics and metals.

Abstract: The epoxy resin stabilizing systems in combination with cadmium containing stabilizers employed in PVC compounds are replaceable without affecting other properties of the polymer by utilizing a specific additive mixture. In particular, a complex ester of oleic acid and a diglycerol ester of oleic acid are employed in conjunction with a calcium-zinc composition. The resulting system yields excellent processing and long-term stability without significantly affecting other properties such as color stability and flame retardancy.

Abstract: A heat-retaining moisture-transmissible water-resistant fabric which comprises (i) a fibrous substrate, (ii) a discontinuous polymer layer or a polymer layer having a multiplicity of interconnecting fine pores (layer A), formed on at least one surface of the substrate, and (iii) a polymer layer (layer B) formed on layer A, layer B contains 15 to 70 wt. %, based on the polymer of the layer B, of heat ray-reflecting fine metal pieces and has a multiplicity of interconnecting fine pores communicating from the surface to the interior and also has on the surface thereof fine pores, most of which have a size not larger than 5 .mu.m. The fabric may comprise, in lieu of layer B, (iv) a microporous polymer film layer (layer C), formed on layer A and having a multiplicity of interconnecting fine pores communicating in all the direction in the interior of layer C, most of which have a size of at least 1 .mu.m, and (v) a polymer layer (layer D) containing 10-70 wt.

Abstract: A decorative emblem useful in customizing an automobile, said emblem being sufficiently flexible to conform to the curvature of a surface by hand pressure alone and comprising a base member and a graphic-bearing inlay, said base member being formed from a hand deformable thermosetting plastic, said inlay including a foil member having a graphic on one surface thereof and having a translucent flexible plastic cap overlaying said graphic surface and providing a lens effect thereto.

Abstract: The use of an antistatic agent in the production of blowing wool insulation is disclosed. The antistat is a quanternary ammonium salt which is applied from an aqueous solution. The antistat reduces the tendency of the small fiber particles to dispense during pneumatical application.

Abstract: Bicomponent fibers, and webs made therefrom, are taught in which one component of the fibers is a crystallizable material. When a web of the fibers is heated in a mold above the temperature at which crystallization occurs, the fibers tend to be set in the position they are held in the mold. A preferred fiber comprises blown fibers comprising as one component amorphous, crystallizable polyethylene terephthalate, and as the other component polypropylene. A web of such fibers not only becomes formed into a shape-retaining form by crystallization during the molding process, but also can be further established in its shape-retaining character by heating the web above the softening point of the polypropylene, whereupon the fibers become bonded at their points of intersection.

Abstract: A vinylidene fluoride resin fiber having an increased tensile strength is obtained by spinning by melt-extrusion of a vinylidene fluoride resin having a large polymerization degree under the conditions of a small extrusion rate and a large draft ratio into a small diameter of spun fiber. The thus obtained fiber is characterized by having no crystal melting point based on the vinylidene fluoride chains at a temperature below 178.degree. C., and having a mean crystal length in the molecular chain direction of 200 A or longer and a birefringence of 30.times.10.sup.-3 or larger.

Abstract: Treated glass fibers are provided that are more dispersible in aqueous media. The glass fibers are treated with a composition having a nonionic surfactant and a cationic quaternary ammonium salt surfactant. The composition may be added simultaneously or sequentially with the chopped glass fibers to the aqueous media in which the glass fibers are to be dispersed. Also, glass fibers can be treated with an aqueous treating composition having the composition and produced into wet or dry chopped glass fibers having a length of about 1/16 of an inch to about 3 inches. The treated glass fibers have good dispersibility in aqueous media with or without the addition of dispersing agents.

Abstract: Treated glass fibers having adequate protection for gathering into strands and when chopped being more dispersible in aqueous media. The treated glass fibers have a coating of an aqueous treating composition having nonionic surfactant and a cationic quaternary ammonium salt surfactant and one or more organo polar functional coupling agents. In addition, the aqueous treating composition can also have one or more water dispersible, emulsifiable or soluble polyols. Glass fibers treated with the aqueous treating compositions and produced into wet or dry chopped glass fiber strands having a length of 1/16 of an inch to about 3 inches, and having good dispersibility in aqueous media with or without addition of dispersing agents. Nonwoven, sheet-like mat produced from aqueous dispersions having the chopped treated glass fibers, where an amount of water is removed usually by vacuum, suction or thermal means and where polymeric binders, commonly referred to as wet strength binders, are applied and the mat is cured.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-layer drawn plastic vessel comprising at least one layer composed mainly of at least one crystalline olefin resin selected from crystalline polypropylene and crystalline propylene/ethylene copolymers having an ethylene content of 1 to 20 mole %, at least one oxygen-barrier layer composed mainly of an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 25 to 60 mole %, and an adhesive resin layer interposed between said two resin layers, said adhesive resin layer containing an acid- or acid anhydride-modified, linear, low-density polyethylene or a mixture of said polyethylene with an acid- or acid anhydride-modified propylene resin and said crystalline olefin resin layer being molecularly oriented in at least one direction.

Abstract: Continuous filament yarn of textile utility has slubs formed at randomly spaced intervals along the length of the yarn, with each filament having a main body section extending along the length of the filament and at least one wing member extending from the main body section along such length, the wing member of the filament rising and falling in wave-like manner along the main body section only within the area of the aforementioned randomly spaced intervals.

Abstract: Hollow acrylonitrile fibres and filaments are prepared by dry spinning the spinning dope through a nozzle having loop-shaped nozzle orifices, the solution having a viscosity equivalent to at least 120 falling ball seconds, measured at 80.degree. C., or at least 75 falling ball seconds, measured at 100.degree. C., wherein the nozzle orifice area of the profiling nozzle is smaller than 0.2 mm.sup.2 and the maximum width of the sides of the loop-shaped nozzle is 0.1 mm and the overlap between the two ends of the sides of the loop-shaped nozzle forms an angle of from 10.degree. to 30.degree. measured from the center of the nozzle and wherein the spinning air acts on the filaments in a transverse direction to the filament take-off and the air direction forms an angle of from 80.degree. to 100.degree. with a straight line passing through the opening between the sides.

Abstract: A composite fibre reinforced body is formed from a first portion in which the reinforcing fibres thereof are exposed and splayed at one part upon which part is cast a settable liquid which wicks into the spaces between the splayed fibres to integrate the two portions. The fibre reinforced body is a pultrusion of glass fibre and thermosetting resin and a second portion is an aqueous plastic resin of viscosity less than 500 centipoise.

Abstract: Wadding materials suitable for bedclothes and clothes and having high bulkiness and compressibility, excellent bulkiness recovery, light weight and high warmth retaining ability, which consist of a blend of 80-20% by weight of staple fibers (A) having a monofilament fineness of 3-10 deniers and a curliness of not less than 15% and 20-80% by weight of synthetic polymer staple fibers (B) having a monofilament fineness of 0.7-4 deniers which is smaller than that of the staple fibers (A) and a curliness of less than 15%.

Abstract: The invention provides an electrically insulating spacer sheet of a silicone rubber used as sandwiched between a heat-generating electric or electronic device or unit, e.g. power transistor, and a heat radiator capable of dissipating the heat with improved heat conductivity. Different from conventional ones, the inventive spacer sheet has coating layers on both surfaces formed of a non-volatile flowable or deformable silicone material so that the condition of adhesive contacting can be greatly improved and the resistance against thermal flow across the spacer sheet can be decreased very much.

Abstract: A laminated sheet is described, which comprises a porous sheet, and a uniaxially molecularly-orientated thermoplastic resin film bonded onto at least one side of the porous sheet through an adhesive layer. This laminated sheet has excellent physical strength and cushioning characteristics. Incorporation of a light-shielding substance into the laminated sheet makes it suitable for use as a wrapping material for light-sensitive materials.

Abstract: An acrylic fiber having an irregular form section and a ramie-like feeling, wherein the section of the fiber has unmethodical surface unevenness and has at least two concave parts which has a ratio of the length l of a perpendicular from a tangental line between adjacent convex parts of said unevenness to the deepest part of the concave part to the diameter D.sub.1 of a circumscribed circle: l/D.sub.1 of 0.05 or more, and the surface of said fiber is covered with many discontinuous creases having an average width of 1.mu. or more provided along the lengthwise direction of the fiber, and process for producing the same.

Abstract: A laminated chemical and biological resistant, flexible material is disclosed, along with a process of fabricating the material. A base fabric of woven construction forms a support layer for the material. A thermoplastic base coat is applied and laminated to at least one side of the base fabric. A top camouflage coat is applied and laminated to the base coat, the top coat comprising a thermosetting chemical and biological resistant material. The base fabric may be open-weave and the base coat is adhered thereto by physically filling the interstices of the open-weave. The base fabric may be closed-weave and the base coat includes a bonding agent for adhering to the base fabric. In the preferred embodiment, the base fabric is a polyester or nylon material, the base coat is a polyvinyl chloride material and the top coat is a coating compound from a group consisting of aliphatic polyurethanes, polyvinylidene chloride, butyl rubber, and the like.

Abstract: Preparation of free-flowing pellets of ethylene terephthalate oligomer by water quenching droplets of molten oligomer.

Abstract: Presaturated plastic preforms suitable for use in preparing molecularly oriented hollow articles from thermoplastic materials are obtained by adding controlled amounts of a saturant gas, under pressure, into a molten polymer stream residing in the screw channels of a screw plasticizer in a preform injection molding machine. The polymer so treated is then injected into cooled preform molds to obtain the desired article.