Abstract: A p-oxybenzoyl copolyester which is flexible and soluble in organic solvents has recurring moieties of the formulas ##STR1## wherein the carbonyl groups of (B) are meta or para to each other and the oxygen atoms of (C) are meta or para to the sulfur atom thereof. Also described are organic solvent solutions of the p-oxybenzoyl copolyesters, molded articles made thereof and flexible coatings of such copolyesters on substrates.

Abstract: In the manufacture of products made of starch filled plastics the polymer and starch granules are mixed with a lubricant immediately prior to forming. A feedstock material in accordance with the invention comprises particles of starch granules in admixture with a lubricant such as an oil or wax.

Abstract: Composition railroad friction materials having low wear rates are characterized by the use of synthetic fiber and by the absence of lead and asbestos. These friction materials are particularly suitable for use in railroad brake shoes and contain, by approximate weight, 0.5-11% non-asbestos fiber, of which at least 0.5% is synthetic fiber, 66-81% filler and 14-21% organic binder.

Abstract: The process comprises isolating phenol and partially formaldehyde wherein molar ratio thereof is from 1:1.4 to 1:3.5 at a pH of from 0.65 to 0.8 in the presence of a vegetable sorbent, such as saw-dust, at the boiling point. The resultant product of reaction of phenol and formaldehyde with components of the sorbent is separated from the liquid phase and used. Methanol is removed from the liquid phase, whereafter residual formaldehyde is isolated therefrom by adding a condensation component selected from phenol and urea and a vegetable sorbent. The process is conducted at 60.degree.-100.degree. C. at a pH of from 0.65 to 10. The resultant product of reaction of the phenolic component, formaldehyde and components of the sorbent is also used.The process enables the purification degree of waste liquors from toxic substances to be as high as 98-99%, and makes it possible to obtain a useful product.

Abstract: Fireproofing composition comprising sodium silicate, gum arabic (or other gum) and a water dispersible polymer.

Abstract: A hardenable binder composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a phenolic resin, hydroxyethylcellulose and a silane. The hydroxyethylcellulose being added in an amount sufficient to increase the wet tensile strength of the binder composition after cure thereof.

Abstract: Particulate resoles are produced by reacting a phenol, formaldehyde, and an amine in an aqueous medium containing a protective colloid, to produce an aqueous suspension of a particulate resole, and recovering the particulate resole from said suspension.

Abstract: Absorbent polymeric compositions are disclosed which are prepared by graft copolymerizing acrylonitrile onto an amylaceous material--formaldehyde substrate and then subjecting the graft copolymer to alkaline saponification. The resulting absorbent polymeric composition sets up into a hard gel after absorbing multiple weights (e.g., up to about 3,000 times its own weight) of water.

Abstract: A wash cycle fabric softener, bleach and anti-cling composition compatible with organic detergents consisting essentially of a cationic softening agent, preferably a quaternary ammonium softener, and an inorganic peroxygen bleach compound in the weight ratio of 17:1 to 1:4 and preferably 10:1 to 1:1 of bleach:cationic.

Abstract: A viscosity stable, stainable, wood textured aqueous latex caulking composition is disclosed in which wood particles have sorbed therein, water immiscible organic solvent providing a free-flowing, solvent-wet powder. An aqueous emulsion of film-forming resin particles is mixed in and an oily plasticizer for the resin particles is added to provide a T.sub.g below about -40.degree. C. unless the resin particles are internally plasticized. The proportion of wood particles, the solids content of the aqueous emulsion and the proportion of oily plasticizer or other thickener provides a viscous mass of gunable viscosity.

Abstract: A composition for the manufacture of a vulcanized rubber includes, in addition to elastomers, vulcanizing agents, anti-ageing agents and other known additives, a filler comprising finely-divided, dry waste products from the extraction of grain from cereal crops, such as stalks, husks and chaff and particularly rice chaff.

Abstract: Organic phenol compounds and protein extract compositions consisting essentially of alkali organic extracts of peanut hull and pecan pith agricultural residues and a method of carrying out the extraction are described. The peanut hull and pecan pith alkali organic extracts can be polymerized with an aldehyde and used to formulate resins suitable for use in plywood adhesives, in wood bonding agents and in cellulosic material impregnating agents.

Abstract: A phenol-aldehyde resin composition consisting essentially of the polymerization product of an alkali organic extract of peanut hulls and pecan piths polymerized with an aldehyde. The peanut hull and pecan pith alkali organic extracts are polymerized with an aldehyde and used to formulate resins suitable for use in plywood adhesives, in wood bonding agents and in cellulosic material impregnating agents.

Abstract: A phenol-aldehyde resin composition consisting essentially of the polymerization product of an alkali organic extract of peanut hulls and pecan piths polymerized with an aldehyde. The peanut hull and pecan pith alkali organic extract are polymerized with an aldehyde and used to formulate resins suitable for use in polywood adhesives, in molding compounds, in wood bonding agents and in cellulosic material impregnating agents.

Abstract: An insoluble etherified cellulose graft copolymer is provided comprising etherified cellulose which is soluble in water in the absence of grafting and is chosen from the group consisting of the alkali metal salts of carboxyalkyl cellulose, sulfoalkyl cellulose and phosphonoalkyl cellulose. The etherified cellulose has grafted onto its cellulose backbone side chains of polymer moieties in sufficient quantities to render the grafted etherified cellulose insoluble. The products of this invention are used alone or mixed with other absorbent materials such as unmodified cellulose, in the manufacture of absorbent napkins, tampons, sponges and the like.

Abstract: Organic phenol compounds extract compositions consisting essentially of alkali organic extracts of peanut hull and pecan pith agricultural residues and a method of carrying out the extraction are described. The peanut hull and pecan pith alkali organic extracts can be polymerized with an aldehyde and used to formulate resins suitable for use in plywood adhesives, in wood bonding agents and in cellulosic material impregnating agents.

Abstract: A method of after-foaming a mixture containing a foam and a resin solution. The foam component is brought into contact with the resin solution by means of a suction action. The after-foaming is produced due to said suction action and by superfluous air present.

Abstract: A method of producing graft copolymers of cellulose with vinylpyridines, residing in free-radical graft copolymerization of cellulose with vinylpyridines from water emulsions in the presence of an emulsifier, namely, partially saponified polyvinylacetate containing 5-15 mass % of acetate groups, and an initiator of a free-radical type. The method makes it possible to perform a free-radical graft copolymerization with a high conversion of monomers (up to 78%) without the formation of free homopolymers.

Abstract: A shaped article, especially a tubing, is disclosed which comprises a plasticized cellulose hydrate composition of high mechanical strength which is obtained by treating a plasticized cellulose composition obtained by treating cellulose hydrate with a plasticity-enhancing amount of at least one plasticizing alkyl-derivative which comprises an alkyl containing from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms and which is selected from the group consisting of alkylamido-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetra-methylol, alkylamino-bis-dimethylene-triazinone-tetra-methylol and a substantially water insoluble ester of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid containing from about 9 to about 25 carbon atoms and a polyalcohol, such as glycerol or polyethylene glycol, with a synthetic polymer containing recurring oxyalkylene units and at least one, preferably at least two, terminal N-methylolcarbamate groups, and water and/or plasticizer.

Abstract: A method for preparing modified graft copolymers of cellulose with monovinyl monomers containing ionic groups or non-ionic groups capable of being converted to ionic ones involving a free-radical polymerization of said monovinyl monomers onto cellulose in the presence of a free-radical type initiator and modification of the resulting graft-copolymers of cellulose with said monovinyl monomers. The processes are performed in one stage in the presence of a modifying agent, that is, divinylbenzene taken in an amount ranging from 1 to 5 mol. % of the monovinyl monomer. The static exchange capacity of the modified graft copolymers of cellulose in the form of cationites is as high as 5 mg-equiv/g. The static exchange capacity of the graft copolymers of cellulose in the form of anionites is as high as 3.5 mg-equiv/g. The degree of swelling in water at a temperature of 20.degree. C. is within the range of from 180 to 200%. The modified graft copolymers of cellulose have a fibrous structure.