Abstract: Novel thermoplastic compositions are disclosed which include a polyphenylene ether resin, an alkenyl aromatic resin modified with an EPDM rubber and an emulsion graft copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic resin and a rubbery interpolymer of a mixture of monoolefins and a polyene; or a graft polymerization product of an acrylic monomer alone or in admixture with styrene and a rubber diene polymer or styrenediene copolymer. Also included with the scope of this invention are reinforced and flame-retardant compositions of said thermoplastic materials.

Abstract: A method for producing a new composition of matter from nuisance plastics, i.e., spent or used plastic products by the combination during a heating process of shredded waste plastic materials with controlled amounts of certain ingredients including fats, sodium chloride (NaCl), sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO.sub.3) and sand comprising crushed mineral particles.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of finely divided polyester-imide powders wherein solutions of polyester-imides in organic solvents are solidified by cooling, the solvent is removed by sublimation and the solid product is pulverized. The powders may be used, as aqueous dispersions, to produce heat-resistant coatings on metallic conductors.

Abstract: A method of producing water-soluble urea-formaldehyde resins modified with aliphatic polyamines, residing in that 1 mole of urea, 1.5-3.0 moles of formaldehyde, and branched aliphatic polyamines with molecular weight 200-440, containing 10-16 wt.% of tertiary nitrogen, are reacted at 80-100.degree. C and pH of an alkaline medium 7.2-9.5 attained by the proper amount of polyamines. Aromatic or aliphatic sulphonic acids of the general formula R-SO.sub.3 H, where R is aryl or alkyl, are introduced into the obtained mixture until pH of an acid medium 4.8-6.0 is attained. Then an alkaline agent is added up to pH 7.2-9.5. As a result an oligomer is formed which is reacted with polyoxyethylene ether or isooctylphenol with 7-11 oxyethylene units at 100-105.degree. C. The ethers are taken in amount of 0.2-2.0 wt. parts per 100 wt. parts of the initial urea.

Abstract: A contact lens composition, having improved dimensional stability, suitable for use in the preparation of a corrective hydrated lens or an eye bandage, comprises polymerized random graft copolymers containing (in the dry state) from 67.2% to 79.3% HEMA; from 14.25% to 35% PVP; from 0.1% to 4.04% EDMA; from 0.1% to 2.5% MA; from 0.1% to 5.0% water; from 0 to 4 ppm HQ inhibitor; and from 50 to 250 ppm MEHQ inhibitor. The contact lens composition contains from 45% to 65% water after hydration. An improved method for shaping, polymerizing, and cutting and hydrating the contact lens composition is provided. The polymerization is conducted using only a low temperature initiator, by de-gassing prior to polymerization to remove substantially all oxygen, and by conducting the initial polymerization reaction at from 23.degree. to 30.degree. C for 16 to 30 hours, during which the heat of the reaction is continuously absorbed to control the reaction exotherm.

Abstract: Phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing polymers, solubilized by hydroxymethylphosphonium salts and formaldehyde, were allowed to react with phenol, alkyl substituted phenols, or halogen substituted phenols which contain one or more hydrogens ortho or para to the phenolic hydroxyl group to (a) prepare flame-resistant polymers and (b) prepare flame-, glow-, wrinkle-, and shrink-resistant woven and knit textiles which contain 25% or more cellulosic fibers.

Abstract: Compositions of matter consisting of (A) urethane prepolymers having terminal hydroxy groups produced from (1) a polyol of 200-3,000 molecular weight, (2) an organic polyisocyanate and (3) a polyhydric alcohol which are admixed with (B) a polyalkylether of a polymethylol and (C) an acid catalyst are rendered more adherent to polymeric substrates by incorporating therein various ultraviolet light absorbers.

Abstract: A powder coating composition for electrodeposition which comprises powdery particles having 0.1 to 50 microns particle size wetted with an organic solvent having a boiling point of 50.degree. to 250.degree. C in a range of 5 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery particles in said powder coating composition and dispersed in an aqueous medium containing a surface active agent of 0.05 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the powdery particles in said powder coating composition to be dispersed, in which said organic solvent does not dissolve the organic high molecular weight compound in said powder coating composition and is scarcely soluble with said aqueous medium which is water or a mixture of water and water soluble organic solvents.

Abstract: 6-Nylons and 12-nylons having primary amino end-groups and an average degree of polymerization of about 5-60 are grafted onto elastomeric trunk polymers having anhydride groups, vicinal carboxylic groups, or carboxylic groups adjacent to alkoxycarbonyl groups by heating a mixture of the nylon and the trunk polymer, preferably under high shear conditions for about 1 minute or less to 30 minutes or more above the melting temperature of the nylon. The resulting elastomeric graft polymers are suitable for fabricating into a variety of articles, such as, for example, wire jacketing, hose, belts, seals, gaskets, and low pressure tires.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture comprising polymer substrates coated with compositions of matter consisting of the acid catalyzed reaction product of (1) a urethane prepolymer having terminal hydroxy groups and produced from a diol of a molecular weight of 200 - 3,000, an organic diisocyanate and a polyhydric alcohol having 2 - 6 hydroxyl groups and (2) a polyalkyl ether of a polymethylol melamine, are disclosed.

Abstract: There are disclosed novel copolycondensed vinylphosphonates and a process for their preparation. These products can be used as flame retardant monomers and are especially suitable for flame retarding textiles and a variety of other flammable substrates.

Abstract: A diallyl phthalate resin-containing aqueous emulsion containing an aqueous emulsion of a diallyl phthalate resin of a rate of polymerization of 30 - 75 weight % consisting of 50 - 100 weight % of diallyl phthalate and 50 - 0 weight % of an alkyl acrylate, and an aqueous emulsion of a thermosetting vinyl resin consisting of 10 - 1 weight % of a vinyl compound containing a thermosetting functional group and 90 - 99 weight % of a vinyl compound not containing a thermosetting functional group, the content of said diallyl phthalate resin component to said thermosetting vinyl resin component being in a proportion of 10 - 70 weight % of the former to 90 - 30 weight % of the latter.

Abstract: Method of preparing foamed solid aminoformaldehyde furfurylalcohol products by polymerizing a liquid furfurylalcohol containing aminoformaldehyde resin composition in the presence of an acid, characterized in using as a starting material a resin compositioncontaining 15-90% by weight of total free and bound furfurylalcohol and having an urea:formaldehyde molar ratio of 1:1 to 1:5 and at least 10 parts by weight of a boron compound per 100 parts by weight of said resin, the boron compound being present in an amount sufficient so that the foam product will pass the muffle furnace test at 500.degree. C., and has no second exotherm at 200.degree. C. The boron compound can be selected from the group consisting of boric acid, boron oxide, borax, boric acid esters, boron tribromide, boron trichloride, boron nitride, boron phosphate, boron trifluoride etherate, boron trifluoride methanol, boron trifloride monoethylamine, complexes of boric acid with polyhydroxyl compounds, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Block copolymers can be prepared by reacting a polyester resin or a polyol with a hydroxyl or carboxyl functional mercaptan and subsequently reacting the mercapto-blocked polyester or polyol in the presence of peroxygen-type or azo-type catalyst, with selected alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s), such as diacetone acrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl methacrylate, methacrylonitrile and the like. Such block copolymers provide for coating compositions having physical properties which provide for useful protective and decorative films.

Abstract: A composition is prepared which is useful in wire enamel, comprising (1) a water soluble polyester which is a condensation product of (a) a tribasic carboxylic acid, (b) an aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid and (c) a dihydric alcohol, (2) hydroxylmethylated diacetone acrylamide as a crosslinking agent and a water soluble organic titanate.This application is a division of application Ser. No. 536,963, filed Dec. 27, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,974,115, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 311,701 filed Dec. 7, 1972.

Abstract: An aqueous polyurethane emulsion is prepared by reacting a polyhydroxyl component containing 15 to 80% by weight of a polyoxyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 10,000 with an excess of an organic polyisocyanate to obtain an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer, reacting that prepolymer with an excess of a polyalkylene polyamine thereby to form a polyurethane-urea-polyamine, reacting the free amino groups in the polyurethane-urea-polyamine with a blocked polyisocyanate having a single free isocyanate group, and mixing the resulting product with water, or reacting said resulting product with a cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride followed by mixing with water.

Abstract: Aqueous cationic polyurethane emulsions are prepared by reacting an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer with an excess of a polyalkylene polyamine to form a polyurethane-urea-polyamine, and then partially reacting the free amino groups in said product with a blocked polyisocyanate having a single free isocyanate group, followed by mixing with an aqueous solution of an acid.

Abstract: An aqueous anionic polyurethane emulsion is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-terminated urethane prepolymer with an excess of a polyalkylene polyamine thereby to form a polyurethane-urea-polyamine, reacting a portion of the free amino groups of said polyurethane-urea-polyamine with a blocked polyisocyanate having a single free isocyanate group, reacting the resulting product with a cyclic dicarboxylic acid anhydride, and mixing the resulting product with an aqueous solution of a basic substance.

Abstract: A mixture which is hardenable by UV-light in an extremely short time comprisingA. 30 - 95 % by weight of a reaction product of a polyepoxide and acrylic or methacrylic acid;B. 5 - 70 % by weight of a tri- to hexa-acrylic or methacrylic acid ester of a tri- to hexahydric alcohol or their mixtures andC. 0.2 - 10 % by weight, based on the sum of (A) and (B), of a conventional photoinitiator.The mixture is preferred used as binder for printing inks.

Abstract: High solids latex suitable for no-gel foam applications is prepared by polymerizing an aliphatic conjugated diolefin, optionally with at least one copolymerizable monomer e.g. styrene, acrylonitrile or vinylidene chloride, in an aqueous emulsion containing less than 6 parts by weight per 100 parts monomers of a polymerization promoting synthetic emulsifier system e.g. sodium alkyl sulfate or ether sulfate and/or sodium sulfosuccinate and from about 0.001 to less than 0.2 parts by weight of a water dispersible agglomerating agent comprising the reaction product of a polyoxyalkylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 5,000 with the polyepoxide obtained by reacting epichlorohydrin with a polyhydric phenol.The latex is stable and can be compound with fillers and then frothed in the absence of gelling agents to produce a uniform foam.