Abstract: Radiation curable compositions useful as coatings for wood, metal, glass, fabric, paper, fiber and plastics are made from copolymers of dialkyl muconates and p-acetoxystyrene blended with ethylenically unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: A surface covering product having static dissipative electrical properties is shown, which surface covering product comprises a consolidated agglomeration of individual chips of polymeric material and wherein at least a portion of said individual chips contain an antistatic agent.

Abstract: The paint composition for under coating of the present invention comprises 60 to 90% by weight of an epoxy polyol resin optionally together with a hardener therefor and 10 to 40% by weight of silica particles. Said epoxy polyol resin is obtained by reacting an optionally substituted glycidyl-etherified product of an alkylene oxide adduct of a dihydric phenol with a phosphorus acid having at least one P--OH bond, an ester or a salt thereof to thereby give a precondensate, reacting said precondensate with a dihydric phenol to give an epoxy resin of a high molecular weight, and further reacting said epoxy resin with a compound having an amino group capable of reacting with an epoxy group. Said silica particles comprise a primary particle having an average particle size of 1 to 10 m.mu., a surface area of 270 m.sup.2 /g or above and a concentration of silanol groups on the particle surface of 0.25 mM/100 m.sup.2 or above.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process to prepare an oil resistant thermoplastic elastomer composition which contains carboxylated nitrile rubber, polyvinyl chloride and polycaprolactone.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition is provided by incorporating a metal salt of a fatty acid and the oxide or hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal, each, in an amount of 0.05-1 part by weight based on 100 parts by weight of polypropylene. The polypropylene resin composition shows excellent thermal processing stability even when subjected to remelting and extrusion molding after mixing of a scrap recycled from the production of multi-layered containers or sheets each of which is formed of a gas barrier layer made of nylon or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and another layer made of a polypropylene resin composition.

Abstract: In a first stage, a heterocyclic oxygen compound is polymerized by an ionic route in a vinyl halide and, in a second stage, the vinyl halide, to which other unsaturated monomers capable of being polymerized by a radical route may be added if desired, is polymerized by a radical route in aqueous dispersion and in the presence of the polymerization mixture originating from the first stage.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising a vinyl monomer, a mercaptocarboxylic acid/.alpha.-diketone photopolymerization initiator and a storage stabilizer. The composition may admit of a filler, and exhibits excellent mechanical strength, storage stability, color and resistance to coloring, and availability.

Abstract: The diorganopolysiloxane alpha, omega-diol oils are terminally alkoxylated by reacting same with a polyalkoxysilane in the presence of an organic oxime devoid of silicon atoms. The resulting functionalized oils are well adapted for the formulation of single-component, storage-stable organopolysiloxane CVE compositions.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved phenol formaldehyde (PF) resin that does not require fillers or extenders and is capable of bonding wafers or veneers having a moisture content of 10% or above. In the case of veneers exceptional results are obtained when the permeability of the veneer is increased by incising.The adhesive composition is prepared by mixing together a caustic solution of a high molecular weight PF resin, a dispersion of PF resin which is characterized in that it can swell in aqueous caustic medium but not go into solution, and a chemical which is capable of reacting with resins in both the continuous and the disperse phase, such as alkylene carbonates or phenol resorcinol formaldehyde (PRF) resins. Optionally, a component may be used such as borax which is capable of complexing with resins in the continuous and the disperse phase.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:(A) polyamide have a relative viscosity in sulfuric acid of not less than 2.0 and less than 3.0,(B) a graft copolymer which is obtainable by copolymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer, a cyanated vinyl monomer and other vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the former two monomers in the presence of a rubbery polymer and(C) a carboxylic acid-modified copolymer comprising monomeric units derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer, a cyanated vinyl monomer and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated monocarboxylic acidwherein the weight ratio of polyamide (A) to the total amount of the graft copolymer (B) and the carboxylic acid-modified copolymer (C) is from 90:10 to 10:90, the content of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid is 0.1 to 1.5% by weight based on the total amount of the graft copolymer (B) and the carboxylic acid-modified copolymer (C), and the content of rubbery polymer is 5 to 30% by weight based on the whole weight of the composition.

Abstract: Radiation-setting (meth)acrylate-functional polyesters prepared from base polyesters which are fluid at room temperature and have molecular weights of 1,000 or more as well as aliphatic side chains bound to the main chain by ester bridges and, in some cases, ether bridges, and in which a maximum of 90% of the original hydroxyl groups of the base polyester are functionalized, are usable for coatings and especially as adhesives free of solvents.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions showing improved properties, more especially improved dimensional stability and notched impact strength, particularly at low temperatures, in the form of a mixture of at least 35% by weight of a copolyamide containing polydiorganosiloxane carbonamide units and/or of a mixture of partly crystalline polyamides and (co)polyamides containing polydiorganosiloxane carbonamide units and from 1 to 65% by weight of graft products of vinyl polymers on rubbers.The invention also relates to the dimensionally stable molding compositions tough at low temperatures characterized above which additionally contain amorphous siloxane-free polyamides added in quantities of up to 64% by weight.

Abstract: Blends of polyamide polyols and urethane diols are prepared by reacting alkyl (methyl) esters of polybasic acids (preferably dibasic acids) with excess alkanolamine (preferable ethanol amine propanol amine) to form the polyamide polyol of the polybasic acid and alkyl alcohol. The alkyl alcohol is removed and the excess ethanolamine is reacted with ethylene or propylene carbonate to form the urethane diol. This blend of urethane diol and polyamide polyol is useful in various polymer formulations.

Abstract: Novel compatibilized polyphenylene ether-polyamide compositions are provided by this invention, comprising polyphenylene ether resin, polyamide resin, a compatibilizing agent, and a melt flow-improving compound. The compatibilizing agent may be selected from a wide variety of materials, such as saturated aliphatic polycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof; various silane compounds; and functionalized polyphenylene ethers. A specific example of a compatibilizer is citric acid. Specific examples of melt flow-improving compounds are stearic acid, oleic acid, and linolenic acid.

Abstract: A molding polyamide resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of (A) a poly(m-xylylenesebacamide) resin, and 1 to 20 parts by weight of (b) a crystalline polyamide having a melting point about 20.degree.-30.degree. C. higher than that of the poly(m-xylyenesebacamide) resin (A).

Abstract: A aqueous, radiation curable, coating composition is disclosed which comprises: (A) from 50 to 85 percent, based on the total weight of the dispersion, of a vinyl functional silane, (B) from 15 to 50 percent, based on the total weight of the dispersion of a multifunctional acrylate, and (C) optionally, from 1 to 3 weight percent of a photoinitiator. The vinyl-functional silane is the partial condensate of silica and a silane, such that at least sixty percent of the silane is a vinyl-functional silane conforming to the formula(R).sub.a Si(R').sub.b (R").sub.cwhereinR is allyl or vinyl functional alkylR' is hydrolyzable alkoxy or methoxyR" is non-hydrolyzable, saturated alkyl, phenyl, or siloxy,such that a+b+c=4; anda.gtoreq.1;b.gtoreq.1;c.gtoreq.0.The above described coating composition may be applied to plastic materials and cured by exposure to ultraviolet or electron beam irradiation to form a substantially clear, abrasion resistant layer.

Abstract: The unequal porosity and different textures of a drywall reinforced with joint tape and joint compound are concealed by a paint made from a low cost, easily dispersible powder in which the pigment volume concentration is about 70% to about 75%. A vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer serves as the principle binder and a water soluble cellulose ether thickens the water dispersion of kaolin, attapulgus clay, mica, sodium potassium aluminum silicate and calcium carbonate.

Abstract: A shaped article having a thermal recovery property comprising a urethane resin composition, wherein said urethane resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic urethane resin and from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polyfunctional monomer selected from the group consisting of trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, and triacrylformal, said composition is irradiated with electron beams or gamma-rays for a total dose of from 3 to 50 Mrad, subsequently deformed at a temperature not lower than the softening point of said composition, and then cooled to a temperature lower than said softening point while maintaining the deformed shape of said resin composition.

Abstract: An antifouling coating composition comprising (A) a film-forming polymer, (B) a volatile organic liquid diluent in which the polymer (A) is dissolved, (C) an antifouling agent and (D) optional other additives, characterizing by containing, in addition to said (A), (B), (C) and (D), disintegration type crosslinked acrylic resin microparticles having an average grain diameter of 0.01 to 250 .mu. and containing a number of metal ester bond bearing crosslinks uniformly distributed within the particle bodies, prepared by polymerizing 5 to 98% by weight of at least one metal ester bond bearing multifunctional polymerizable monomer defined in the specification 95 to 2% by weight of at least one polymerizable monomer other than said metal ester bond bearing multifunctional monomer, the solid weight ratio of said microparticles to the film-forming polymer being 1:99 to 77:30. The present antifouling coating composition can exhibit excellent polishing property and long-lasting antifouling effect.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives composed of radiation-cured (meth)acrylic-functional polyesters are prepared from base polyesters, fluid at room temperature, which have molecular weights of 1,000 to 10,000 and branched main chain, and/or from new polyesters having aliphatic side chains bound by ester bridges or, in some cases, ether bridges to the main chain, followed by functionalization of a maximum of 90% of the original hydroxyl groups of the base polyesters by reaction with (meth)acrylate compounds, and crosslinked by electron beam or ultraviolet radiation in a thin coating on a support. The new pressure-sensitive adhesives have the property and the advantage of being cross-linkable by radiation without the use of solvents or diluents.