Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a process for producing a novel resin which comprises the step of copolymerizing a five-member cyclic compound (component A) having a conjugated double bond and represented by the general formula (A) given below: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n are zero or integers not less than 1 and are in the relation of m+n=6; and/or a Diels-Alder addition product thereof (A) with a co-dimer (component B) of said five-member cyclic compound and 1,3-butadiene by heating a mixture of 20 to 90 parts by weight of said component A and 80 to 10 parts by weight of said component B at a temperature of from 200.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. Also disclosed are a process for hydrogenating said novel resin to produce a novel hydrogenated resin and resin compositions containing said hydrogenated resin.

Abstract: A surface treatment for ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer film resulting in an elastomeric, heat sealable film which retains its transparency after release from 200 percent elongation. The treatment comprises irradiation and controlled surface hydrolysis and, optionally, subsequent attachment of mineral particulates to the surface of the film with or without the use of coupling agents.

Abstract: Using a catalyst comprising (1) a solid substance which contains magnesium and titanium, (2) an organometallic compound and (3) an electron donor, there are polymerized ethylene, propylene and 1-butene to obtain a soft or semi-hard terpolymer of low crystallinity containing 75.2 to 91.5 mol % propylene, 7.5 to 14.9 mol % ethylene and 1.0 to 9.9 mol % 1-butene.

Abstract: A polymer is precipitated from a cement containing the polymer dissolved in a nonpolar solvent by mixing the cement with a nonsolvent alcohol and water wherein the relative amount of water to the alcohol is different from the alcohol/water azeotropic composition and being such as to produce a polymer product in the form of discrete particles, the product having bulk density in excess of 0.08 g/cc or 5 lb/ft.sup.3, is capable of being easily filtered and dried, and is a polymer of a monomer that contains at least one norbornene group.

Abstract: Polyolefin granules having an average particle size diameter greater than 600 microns, preferably about 1000 microns or greater are obtained by polymerizing monoolefins in the presence of a titanium catalyst having an average particle size diameter of greater than about 35 microns and preferably 40 to 65 microns. The titanium catalysts are obtained by reducing titanium tetrahalide in the presence of a suitable organometallic reducing compound such as diethylaluminum chloride under controlled conditions of temperature, reduction rate and concentrations to obtain a titanium halide reduced solids product seeds having an average particle size diameter of about 20 microns or greater and thereafter simultaneously and without interruption adding to the seeds containing system titanium tetrahalide and organometallic reducing compound such as diethylaluminum halide at a rate such that the reduction of titanium tetrahalide to titanium trihalide is about 6.times.10.sup.-4 to about 0.

Abstract: In a process for producing polypropylene comprising polymerizing propylene in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst system comprising (A) titanium trichloride obtained by reducing titanium tetrachloride with an organoaluminum compound and reacting the reduced solid with an ether represented by the formula:R.sup.1 --O--R.sup.2wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are defined hereinbefore, and a halogen compound selected from the group consisting of (i) halogen or interhalogen compounds of the formula, X.sup.1 X.sup.2.sub.a (wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and a are defined hereinbefore), (ii) titanium halides, and (iii) organic halogen compounds, simultaneously or successively and (B) an organoaluminum compound, the improvement which comprises supplying ethylene together with propylene to the polymerization system such that the ethylene concentration in the vapor phase of the system based on the total amount of propylene, ethylene and hydrogen in the vapor phase of the system is 0.15 to 1.

Abstract: Polyolefins having a wide distribution of molecular weights are prepared in a plural stage process, by initially polymerizing the olefins in the presence of a solvent, hydrogen and a highly active Ziegler type catalyst under pressure, and beneath a gas phase containing an inert gas, to form in the first stage a polymer having a relatively high molecular weight. The polymerization reaction mixture from the first stage is continuously flowed to a second stage reactor. The second stage reactor is maintained at a relatively lower pressure, such that the flow is driven by the higher pressure in the first stage. The second stage is agitated and the polymerization reaction mixture is maintained beneath an atmosphere containing olefins and hydrogen gas. Polymers of relatively low molecular weight are formed in the second stage. The product continuously removed from the second stage contains a polymer having a wide distribution of molecular weight.

Abstract: (1) A polyvinyl alcohol derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## (where R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sub.2 is an aryl group, and k, l, m, and n denote integers of 1 or more.) (2) A photosensitive material for photomechanical process containing a polyvinyl alcohol derivative represented by the formula: ##STR2## (where R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, R.sub.2 is an aryl group, and k, l, m, and n denote integers of 1 or more) and a sensitizing agent.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is disclosed a process for producing a novel resin which comprises the step of copolymerizing a five-member cyclic compound (component A) having a conjugated double bond and represented by the general formula (A) given below:GENERAL FORMULA (A): ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n are zero or integers not less than 1 and are in the relation of m+n=6; and/or a Diels-Alder addition product thereof (A) with a co-dimer (component B) of said five-member cyclic compound and 1,3-butadiene by heating a mixture of 20 to 90 parts by weight of said component A and 80 to 10 parts by weight of said component B at a temperature of from 200.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. Also disclosed are a process for hydrogenating said novel resin to produce a novel hydrogenated resin and resin compositions containing said hydrogenated resin.

Abstract: A cyanoethylated resin to which adhesive properties and high dielectric constant are imparted by cyanoethylating a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 olefin-vinyl alcohol copolymer, which is suitable for use as a dielectric material and an adhesive.

Abstract: An isoprene-butadiene copolymer rubber having improved processing properties which comprises a microstructure of the butadiene portion having from 70% to 90% of trans-1,4 linkage and from 2% to 8% of vinyl linkage, an isoprene content of from 3 to 25 wt %, and a styrene content of from 0 to 30 wt %, said copolymer rubber having a Mooney Viscosity of from 30 to 150, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn of from 1.2 to 3.5, said rubber, in the unelongated state, not showing a melting point measured by the differential calorimeter analysis method. The copolymer rubber of the present invention can be used for tires, for example, a tread and a carcass or for other rubber uses.

Abstract: Solutions of ultrahigh molecular weight polymers such as polyethylene in a relatively non-volatile solvent are extruded through an aperture at constant concentration through the aperture and cooled to form a first gel of indefinite length. The first gels are extracted with a volatile solvent to form a second gel and the second gel is dried to form a low porosity xerogel. The first gel, second gel or xerogel, or a combination, are stretched. Among the products obtainable are polyethylene fibers of greater than 30 or even 40 g/denier tenacity and of modulus greater than 1000 or even 1600 or 2000 g/denier.

Abstract: An embossed ethylene-propylene copolymer film having a thickness of less than or equal to 24 microns. A method and apparatus for making the film by blow-extruding the ethylene-propylene copolymer into a tubular web, pinching the tubular web between pinch rolls, and embossing the pinched web by passing it between an embossing roll and a pressure roll.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for preparing a polyolefin cross-linked by silane linkage by contacting a polyolefin modified with silane with water in the presence of a silanol condensation catalyst, the improvement comprising said polyolefin modified with silane being a reaction product produced by reacting an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of from 0.850 to 0.910 with a silane compound in the presence of a free radical generating agent, said ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer being prepared by copolymerizing ethylene with an .alpha.-olefin having 3 to 12 carbon atoms in a vapor phase with substantially no solvent present and in the presence of a catalyst comprising an organoaluminum compound and a solid substance containing magnesium, and a metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium and mixture thereof.

Abstract: Polymers consisting essentially of the units (A) and (B) with an intrinsic viscosity in the range of 0.3 to 4.0, a content of the unit (A) of 10 to 90 mol % of the total structural units and a content of double bonds of trans-configuration of 40% or more are disclosed. The units (A) and (B) are represented by the structural formulas: ##STR1## wherein R' is hydrogen atom, an alkyl or phenyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or an alkyl, R.sup.3 is an alkyl. The polymers are preferably prepared by partial hydrolysis of the polymers consisting essentially of the unit (B).

Abstract: Elastomeric ethylene/methyl or ethyl(meth)acrylate/4-(dialkylamino)-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid copolymers.

Abstract: Process for producing a porous acetylene high polymer by lyophilizing a gel-like composition composed of 1 part by weight of an acetylene high polymer having a fibril structure and 1 to 1,000 parts by weight of an organic solvent.

Abstract: Precipitation of a polymer from polymer cement containing about 15 to 80% solids is accomplished by mixing the cement with water and a nonsolvent near or above the boiling point of a ternary azeotrope whereby the polymer precipitates forming a slurry and the ternary azeotrope is withdrawn as a vapor, separating the polymer from the liquid phase and recycling the liquid phase to the mixing step, the polymer cement being a honey-like solution in a nonpolar solvent of a polymer prepared by ring opening polymerization in the nonpolar solvent of at least one cyclic olefin containing at least one norbornene group, the nonsolvent is selected from lower alcohols that form binary azeotropes with water, and the ternary azeotrope comprising the nonpolar solvent, the nonsolvent, and water. The process can be operated either in batchwise segments or continuously throughout.

Abstract: Process for precipitating a polycycloolefin from polymer cement comprising mixing said cement with a sufficient amount of a lower alcohol and water precipitant to cause said polymer to precipitate, and separating said polymer from the remaining liquid phase, the polymer cement having about 15 to 80% solids concentration and being a honey-like solution in a nonpolar hydrocarbon solvent of a polymer formed by ring opening polymerization of at least one monomer containing at least one norbornene group. The precipitation process can be either batch or continuous throughout.

Abstract: A silica-containing composition suitable for supporting chromium to produce a catalyst capable of giving high melt flow olefin polymers for such applications as injection molding and the like requiring a narrow molecular weight distribution, is produced by treating a silica-containing material at an elevated temperature with either (1), CO, (2) a bromine or iodine component, or (3) an oxygen-containing sulfur component, more specifically a carbon, oxygen and sulfur-containing component. Thereafter, anhydrous chromium can be added, for instance, by means of a hydrocarbon solution of a soluble chromium compound, and the resulting composition activated in air to produce a catalyst. The bromine or iodine treated silica contains bound bromine of iodine if the treating agent is HBr, HI, an organic halide of Br or I or elemental Br or I used in conjunction with a reducing agent.