Abstract: A copolymer suitable for making self-extinguishing fibers, containing at least 50 wt.% acrylonitrile, from 2 to 30 wt.% of vinyl or vinylidene chloride, from 0 to 10 wt.% of a neutral, non-halogenated, ethylenically unsaturated monomer and from 2 to 40 wt.% of a monomer of the general formula: ##EQU1## WHEREIN R is hydrogen or methyl and n is an integer from 1 to 4.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for the preparation of thermoplastically workable fluoro-polyolefins and their copolymers wherein a fluorine containing olefin is polymerized or copolymerized in the aqueous phase in the presence of a water-soluble, radical-forming catalyst and a polymerization regulator, the improvement residing in employing as the polymerization regulator a halogenated hydrocarbon having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and at least three halogen atoms of which at least one is a fluorine atom and at least 1 is a bromine or iodine atom.

Abstract: 2-[(1-Cyano-1-methylethyl)azo]-2-methylpropionamide is provided as a unique compound for catalyzing the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are cyanoperfluoro(vinyl ethers), intermediate acid fluorides; a process for preparing the acid fluorides, and a process for preparing the vinyl ethers from acid fluoride and an alkali-metal carbonate. Also disclosed are copolymers incorporating units derived from the vinyl ethers as crosslinking constituents therein.

Abstract: A fluoroelastomer composition which contains (a) a fluoroelastomer, (b) at least one member selected from the group consisting of bivalent metal oxide, bivalent metal hydroxide and mixture of bivalent metal oxide or metal hydroxide with metal salt of weak acid, (c) an aromatic polyhydroxy compound, and (d) a quaternary ammonium compound of 8-alkyl- or 8-aralkyl-1,8-diaza-bicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecenium, provides a fluoro-rubber having a low compression set and an excellent elastic property. The fluoroelastomer composition can be handled and processed with safety, and yet can be cured with a good cure rate, and has excellent storage properties. The cure rate of the composition is further accelerated by addition of (e) water or a metal compound which produces water by reacting it with hydrogen fluoride.

Abstract: A process for producing a hydrocarbon resin (C) which comprises copolymerizing 100 parts by weight of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons (A) containing more than 80% by weight isopropenyltoluene and from about 5 to 100 parts by weight of a fraction (B) which is the by-product of cracking or refining petroleum and mainly comprising unsaturated hydrocarbons having a boiling point ranging from about -15.degree.C to 45.degree.C and having 4 to 5 carbon atoms in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and pressure-sensitive adhesives comprising the hydrocarbon resin produced in combination with a rubber.

Abstract: A process for preparing a copolymer of acrylonitrile and an aromatic vinyl compound such as styrene having a well-balanced combination of color, transparency and softening point by suspension polymerization in the presence of about 0.01 to 0.5% of an azo-type catalyst and about 0.005 to 0.2% of an organic peroxide catalyst free from a benzene ring, both based on the weight of the monomers where the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of 90.degree. to 110.degree.C until a monomer conversion of about 70% is obtained, and when the monomer conversion exceeds 70%, the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of 110.degree. to 140.degree.C.