Abstract: Paper is made by a dual soluble polymer process in which a cellulosic suspension which usually contains alum or cationic coagulant is first flocculated with a high IV cationic synthetic polymer or cationic starch and, after shearing, the suspension is reflocculated by the addition of a branched anionic water soluble polymer having IV above 3 dl/g and tan delta at 0.005 Hz of at least 0.5. The process gives an improved combination of formation, retention and drainage.

Abstract: In a process for preserving a mineral molding by coating the surface of the mineral molding with an aqueous composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, the dispersed polymer P comprises an ethylenically unsaturated acid of the 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid type polymerized into it in free-radically polymerized form.

Abstract: UV-curable coating compositions containing urethane acrylates prepared from hydroxyalkyl acrylates and low-viscosity polyisocyanates having isocyanurate groups, low-viscosity acrylic ester components as reactive diluents, initiators, and optionally solvents and/or other known additives, and their use for coating molded articles of thermoplastic polycarbonates.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic dione polymer, which is a homopolymer or a copolymer of a cyclic dione monomer selected from those represented by formulae (I) and (II) wherein A and B may be the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydrogen, C3-20 cyclic or pericyclic alkyl, C1-20 linear and branched alkyl, C6-20 aryl, C7-20 arylalkyl, C7-20 alkylaryl, silyl, alkylsilyl, germyl, alkylgermyl, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, and a heterocylic group; or, A and B are linked together to form a C3-20 saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon group or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; C is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, —CH2—, and —SiH2—, wherein each R1 is independently selected from C1-20 alkyl and phenyl.

Abstract: A water-insoluble copolymer which is composed of (a) from 39.9 to 60% by weight of N,N-dimethylacrylamide or N,N-dimethylmethacrylamide; (b) from 60 to 39.9% by weight of N-alkylated acryl amides or N-alkylated methacryl amides; (c) from 0.1 to 0.7% by weight of a proton-sensitive fluorophore which is covalently bonded to the copolymer; and (d) from 0 to 20% by weight of a diolefinic crosslinking component. The copolymer is used in the form of a membrane on a transparent support material as an optical sensor for ionic strength-independent pH value determination.

Abstract: A method for improving the dirt pick-up resistance and the retention of gloss on exposure to light of a dried coating formed from a coalescent-free aqueous coating composition is provided. The coalescent-free composition composition contains an aqueous emulsion-polymerized polymeric binder having a glass transition temperature from about −35 C. to about +25 C. with from about 2% to about 20%, by weight based on the weight of the polymeric binder, of at least one copolymerized ethylenically-unsaturated active methylene monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber compounds containing aromatic ketone polysulfides of the formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyls having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and x is an integer of from 2 to 8.

Abstract: A method for improving the dirt pick-up resistance and the retention of gloss on exposure to light of a dried coating formed from a coalescent-free aqueous coating composition is provided. The coalescent-free composition composition contains an aqueous emulsion-polymerized polymeric binder having a glass transition temperature from about −35 C. to about +25 C. with from about 2% to about 20%, by weight based on the weight of the polymeric binder, of at least one copolymerized ethylenically-unsaturated active methylene monomer.

Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition comprised of water, colorant, and colored resin emulsion particles generated from olefinic monomers, wherein at least one of said olefinic monomers contains a colorant, wherein the olefinic colorant component is prepared from the condensation reaction of a functional colorant with an olefinic containing reactive material, and which reaction generates wherein Dye represents a colorant chromophore, and R is a carbonyl, carboxylate, oxygen, or arylene, and R′ is hydrogen or alkyl.

Abstract: Surfactant-containing acetoacetoxy-functional polymers (SAAP's) are described. The acetoacetoxy-functional polymer may be a surfactant-containing enamine-functional polymer and more preferably a surfactant-containing, polymeric (polyamino)enamine (PPAE). The PPAE is the reaction product of a surfactant-containing acetoacetoxy-functional polymer (SAAP) and a poly(alkylenimine). The polymers may be prepared as waterborne polymer compositions, such as latexes. The waterborne polymer compositions can be prepared with high solids content while maintaining low viscosity. Waterborne polymer compositions containing the polymers of the inventions are useful in a variety of coating formulations such as, for example, paints, inks, sealants, and adhesives. When used in coating formulations, the polymers of the invention provide adhesion and crosslinking in the final film or coating. The film or coating may be cured at ambient temperatures or may be thermally cured.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group and a second compound comprising at least two hydroxyl-reactive groups. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the hydroxyl-reactive groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured. Further, a process for making bicyclo-orthoester compounds from the corresponding oxetane compound is described, as are polymers comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group.

Abstract: The specification discloses a method for vulcanizing an elastomer using as the cure promoter the monomeric distillate by-product from the clay-based dimerization of an unsaturated fatty acid mixture, preferably a tall oil fatty acid mixture. The distillate provides a cost-effective alternative to conventional fatty acid promoters.

Abstract: Cold flow is a problem that is commonly encountered in the handling and storage of low molecular weight linear rubbers, such as low vinyl polybutadiene rubber and isoprene-butadiene rubber. This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the cold flow of such rubbery polymers can be greatly reduced by incorporating a small block of polystyrene therein. The rubbery polymers of this invention which exhibit a low level of cold flow can be synthesized by simply terpolymerizing 1,3-butadiene, isoprene and from about 0.5 phm to about 3 phm of styrene under anionic polymerization conditions in the absence of a polar modifier. It is preferred to utilize batch .polymerization techniques. However, continuous polymerization techniques can also be utilized. This invention more specifically disclosed a rubbery polymer which is comprised of polymer chains containing repeat units which are derived from 1,3-butadiene, isoprene and from about 0.

Abstract: This invention provides transparent resin compositions of polycarbonate, polyester, methacrylic, styrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyolefin, and polyamide resin, having the advantageous effects of efficiently absorbing near infrared radiation (780-1800 nm) and efficiently transmitting visible light (380-780 nm). The invention provides transparent resin compositions with excellent near infrared absorption characteristics comprising 100 parts by weight of a transparent thermoplastic resin, about 0.01 to about 2 parts by weight of a specific thiuram compound and/or a specific metal dithiocarbamate compound, and about 0.01 to about 2 parts by weight of a specific copper compound. It also provides transparent resin compositions with excellent near infrared absorption characteristics comprising 100 parts by weight of a transparent thermoplastic resin, about 0.01 to about 2 parts by weight of a specific copper dithiocarbamate compound, and about 0 to about 2 parts by weight of a specific copper compound.

Abstract: Vinylidene chloride polymer compositions comprising a vinylidene chloride polymer and from about 2 to about 12 weight percent of a glycerin ester provide films which exhibit oxygen transmission rates sufficiently low to protect gassy cheeses from spoilage but sufficiently high to let any excess CO2 produced during the cheese curing process escape from the packaged gassy cheeses.

Abstract: In a novel method of homo- or copolymerization of vinyl chloride, a specified coating agent is applied on the surfaces of the portions which will become into contact with the vinyl chloride monomer during the polymerization process. The coating agent is in a form of an aqueous solution of a modified condensation product of phenol and aldehyde, the pH of the solution being adjusted in a range that the product is dissolved at an ambient temperature upon coating of the solution and separates out of the solution upon being heated on the surfaces. The wall surface of the polymerization tank and the like is then coated with a thin film of the coating agent having a uniform thickness and being strongly adhered to the wall surface, thereby providing an excellent effect of preventing adhesion of the product polymer to the wall surface.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the rate of vulcanization of a halogenated isobutylene sulfur rubber composition comprising heating said halogenated isobutylene rubber composition to a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 200° C., wherein said halogenated isobutylene rubber composition contains from 0.05 to 10 phr of sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate.

Abstract: A method of achieving a novel superior dispersion of insoluble sulfur comprises mixing polysulfur while it is in the rubbery state with a diluent, such as rubber, to obtain a novel uniform dispersion of the sulfur in the diluent.

Abstract: Cold flow is a problem that is commonly encountered in the handling and storage of low molecular weight linear rubbers, such as low vinyl polybutadiene rubber and isoprene-butadiene rubber. This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the cold flow of such rubbery polymers can be greatly reduced by incorporating a small block of polystyrene therein. The rubbery polymers of this invention which exhibit a low level of cold flow can be synthesized by simply terpolymerizing 1,3-butadiene, isoprene and from about 0.5 phm to about 3 phm of styrene under anionic polymerization conditions in the absence of a polar modifier. It is preferred to utilize batch polymerization techniques. However, continuous polymerization techniques can also be utilized. This invention more specifically disclosed a rubbery polymer which is comprised of polymer chains containing repeat units which are derived from 1,3-butadiene, isoprene and from about 0.

Abstract: A process for producing a substantially dry polymer particle powder. A mixture of polymerization reagents is formed from a mixture of at least one monomer source and a solvent selected from the group consisting essentially of water and organic solvents and an initiator source. The mixture of polymerization reagents is sprayed into a heated, controlled atmosphere, forming droplets of the mixture which are allowed to fall through the heated, controlled atmosphere for a sufficient period of time to obtain a desired degree of polymerization. The solvent is continuously evacuated from the atmosphere during the polymerization process.