Abstract: An adhesive resin composition is disclosed, comprising:(A) from 2 to 98% by weight of an ethylene copolymer comprising from 50 to 90% by weight of ethylene, from 0 to 49% by weight of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid alkyl ester, and from 0.5 to 10% by weight of maleic anhydride, with the sum of these monomers being 100% by weight;(B) from 2 to 98% by weight of a crystalline polyethylene resin comprising either an ethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, with an ethylene content being 90% by weight or more; and(C) from 2 to 50% by weight of a non-crystalline or low crystalline olefin copolymer rubber comprising a copolymer of ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, with the sum of the components (A), (B) and (C) being 100% by weight.

Abstract: A flexible, lubricious organic polymeric coating is formed by applying a mixture of an isocyanate, a polyol, poly(ethylene oxide), and carrier liquid to a surface to be coated. The carrier liquid is removed and the mixture reacted to form a polyurethane coating with associated poly(ethylene oxide) giving a highly lubricious, abrasion resistant, flexible coating particularly suitable for use as a protective lubricious coating on devices introduced into the body.

Abstract: A meltable fluorine-containing resin composition comprising(A) a copolymer which has a molecular weight distribution peak in a lower molecular weight region and is selected from the group consisting of a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and a copolymer of tetrafluorethylene and at least one fluorovinyl ether of the formula:CF.sub.2 .dbd.CF--O--R.sub.fwherein R.sub.f is a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and(B) a copolymer which has a molecular weight distribution peak in a higher molecular weight region and is selected from the group consisting of a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and at least one fluorovinyl ehter of the formula:CF.sub.2 .dbd.CF--O--R.sub.fwherein R.sub.f is the same as defined above, which has good mechanical properties and molding properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one elastomer and at least one plastic. The composition can be produced by preparing the elastomer and then blending it with the plastic. The composition can be subjected to an additional step of curing.

Abstract: An improved method for preparing block copolymers of propylene which comprises providing a polymerizer composed of at least two reaction vessels connected to one another, substantially homopolymerizing propylene in a first step and then copolymerizing ethylene and propylene in a second step in the presence of a stereoregular catalyst, characterized by carrying out the homopolymerization of propylene in the polymerizer composed of at least two reaction vessels connected to one another in series, then introducing the resulting polymer slurry into a countercurrent washing column and countercurrently washing the slurry with propylene, introducing the washed slurry withdrawn from the lower part of the washing column into a reaction vessel in the second step connected to the washing column and performing the polymerization of ethylene and propylene, of which ratio ranges from 15/85 to 95/5. According to this method, a block copolymer of propylene exhibiting excellent physical properties can be obtained efficiently.

Abstract: A catalyst component for producing highly crystalline olefin polymers without causing any operational problems and stably and affording therefrom a film having very few occurrence of voids and a superior transparency, and a process for producing the catalyst component, which catalyst component comprises a linear olefin-non-olefin block copolymer having at least one linear olefin block copolymer and at leaast one non-linear olefin polymer block and (a) a titanium trichloride composition or (b) titanium, magnesium, a halogen and an electron donor as components for a carrier, the content of the linear olefin polymer block being 0.1 to 49.5% by weight, the content of the non-linear olefin polymer block being 0.01 to 49.5% by weight, the ratio by weight of the linear olefin polymer block to the non-linear olefin polymer block being 2/98 to 98/2 and in the case of (a), the content of the titanium trichloride composition being 99.89 to 1.0% by weight.

Abstract: Blends of polymers of vinyl acetate and polymers derived from acrylic acid have been discovered which exhibit thermodynamic miscibility. These polymer blends exhibit excellent mechanical compatibility, provide enhanced toughness and strength superior to the sum of the weight averaged properties of the constituent polymers and are useful in molding structures such as films and in compounded formulations such as coatings, emulsions and adhesives.

Abstract: A process for the solid phase forming of an impact polypropylene copolymer comprising (a) providing an impact polypropylene copolymer comprising (i) a matrix, which is either a homopolymer of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and up to about 5 percent by weight of at least one other alpha-olefin based on the weight of the copolymer, and, incorporated into said matrix, (ii) a copolymer of ethylene and at least one other alpha-olefin, said copolymer having a crystallinity of at least about 20 percent and being present in the impact copolymer in an amount of at least about 10 percent by weight based on the total weight of the impact copolymer; and (b) forming the impact polypropylene copolymer at a temperature above the melting point of component (ii) but below the melting point of component (i).

Abstract: There is provided a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded bumper therefrom in which said composition comprises:(I) 1 to 99 parts by weight of a propylene polymer, and(II) 99 to 1 parts by weight of a multi-phase structure thermoplastic resin which is a graft copolymer comprising 5 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer and 95 to 5% by weigth of a vinyl polymer obtained from at least one vinyl monomer, either of the components being formed with a dispersion phase having a particle diameter of 0.001 to 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: The maleimide copolymer of the invention is of the class of N-substituted maleimide copolymer such as N-alkyl or N-aromatic maleimide copolymer having peroxy bonds in a molecule, utilizable as a precursor for preparing a maleimide block copolymer and as a modifier for other resins. The maleimide block copolymer, which is useful as a molding material or a thermal resistance improver, is obtained by polymerizing maleimide monomers in the presence of a polymeric peroxide followed by polymerizing vinyl monomers.

Abstract: A sealing part formed a peroxide vulcanizate of a rubber compound having as a polymer component an EPDM mixture of 50 to 90 parts by weight of an EPDM having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4 100.degree. C.) of 35 to 55, and 50 to 10 parts by weight of a low-Mooney EPDM (a sub-polymer) having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4 100.degree. C.) of 5 to 25. The sealing part of the present invention has a high resistance to low-temperature compression permanent strain and is excellent in the kneadability of a rubber compound for producing the sealing part.

Abstract: A process for producing polypropylene, which comprises preliminarily polymerizing 3-methylbuten3-1 in the presence of a catalyst system formed from[A] a solid titanium catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium, halogen and polycarboxylic acid esters as essential components,[B] an organoaluminum compound, and[C] an organosilicon compound represented by the general formula R.sub.n Si(OR').sub.4-n wherein R and R' represent a hydrocarbon group, and 0<n<4, the amount of the 3-methylbutene-1 preliminarily polymerized being 0.1 to 100 g per gram of the solid titanium catalyst, and thereafter, polymerizing propylene or copolymerizing propylene and an alpha-olefin in the presence of the catalyst used in the preliminary polymerization to such an extent that the amount of the monomer or monomers polymerized is from 1,000 to 100,000 times the amount of the 3-methylbutene-1 preliminarily polymerized.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by heat-treating a mixture of a thermoplastic resin substantially containing no olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond and an elastomer having an olefinic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, dynamically in the presence of a crosslinking agent, characterized in that as said elastomer there is used at least one member selected from the group consisting of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer (SBS), styrene-iosprene-styrene block copolymer (SIS), 1,2-polybutadiene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene random copolymer (EPDM), and that as said crosslinking agent there is used a dihydroaromatic compound or a polymer thereof.

Abstract: A dynamically vulcanized alloy composition having improved tensile strength including a first butyl or halogenated butyl rubber-based elastomer and a second EPM and/or EPDM elastomer in a matrix of a crystalline polyolefinic resin, and processes for producing the improved composition.

Abstract: An elastomer barrier composition comprises a melt blend of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, a terpolymer of ethylene, vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol, and a compatibilizing agent. The melt blend is formed under suitable mixing and shear conditions such that the terpolymer exists as a separate domain in generally a flat or plate-like form. The elastomer barrier material can be utilized in rubber compositions such as in the innerliner of the tire.

Abstract: Miscible polyblends of acid-containing and anhydride-containing styrenic copolymers are described. In a preferred embodiment, the polyblend contains a styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer and a styrene/methacrylic acid copolymer.

Abstract: A process for the in situ blending of polymers comprising continuously contacting, under polymerization conditions, a mixture of ethylene and at least one alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms with a catalyst in at least two fluidized bed reactors connected in series, said catalyst comprising:(i) a complex consisting essentially of magnesium titanium, a halogen, and an electron donor;(ii) at least one activator compound for the complex having the formula AlR".sub.e X'.sub.f H.sub.g wherein X' is Cl or OR'"; R" and R'" are saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals having 1 to 14 carbon atoms and are alike or different; f is 0 to 1.5; g is 0 or 1; and e+f+g=3; and(iii) a hydrocarbyl aluminum cocatalyst, the polmerization conditions being such that ethylene copolymer having a high melt index in the range of about 0.1 to about 1000 grams per 10 minutes is formed in at least one reactor and ethylene copolymer having a low melt index in the range of about 0.001 to about 1.

Abstract: A novel optically transparent polymer alloy comprisesA) at least one elastomer which contains ethylene and propylene as copolymerized units andB) at least one elastomer which contains ethylene and (meth)acrylic acid as copolymerized units,and is used as a molding material or for the production of molding materials, moldings, films, coatings, adhesives and photosensitive recording elements.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition having an impact resistance is disclosed, comprising(a) a crystalline propylene polymer of an ethylene-propylene block copolymer type,(b) an ethylene-propylene rubber, and(c) a high density polyethylene, wherein said crystalline propylene polymer has a flexural modulus of 15,000 kgf/cm.sup.2 (1,470 MPa) or more and an elongation at break of 30% or more, a weight ratio of (a)/(b) ranges from 100/5 to 100/50, and amount of (c) is from 5 to 30 wt % based on a total amount of (a) and (b).

Abstract: A polymer blend including from about 80 to about 98 weight percent LLDPE and from about 2 to about 20 weight percent PP having an isotacticity of from about 70 to 90 percent, the blend having a viscosity ratio of LLDPE to PP greater than 3, improves the processability of LLPDE into films without loss in film properties.