Abstract: A novel agricultural formulation includes at least one finely solid water-insoluble material and at least one novel dispersant containing a polymer synthesized from first and second comonomers. The first comonomer is an ?,?-unsaturated oxyacid or anhydride, and the second comonomer is an olefin having at least one polymerizable double bond. Also disclosed is a method for dispersing a finely divided solid insoluble material, in particular, an active water-insoluble agrochemical principal, in an aqueous solution; a method for treating a substrate with such a material or principal; and a method of making an agrochemical formulation, where the methods are based on application of the novel dispersant to the preparation of aqueous dispersions of the solid material and agrochemical principal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustical tile composition in which the conventional starch binder is replaced by a wet-strength resin, such as a polyamine epichlorohydrin resin, can be fabricated into ceiling tiles and panels using conventional water felting processes and equipment with improved efficiency. The acoustical tile compositions, with the polyamine epichlorohydrin resins binder, can be dried significantly faster than comparable compositions containing conventional starch binders.

Abstract: Inorganic salts are generated in the production process of metal salts, such as sulfonates, sulfates and phosphates. When such metal salts containing inorganic salts are added as an antistatic agent to a polymer for producing polyurethane fiber, the inorganic salts cause fiber breakage or pack choking in fiber extrusion process. In addition, such antistatic agents are highly hygroscopic and contain trace of water. When such an antistatic agent is added to the material for polymerizing polyurethane, the alcohol and water in the agent react with isocyanate to result in lowered degree of polymerization and generation of oligomer. Such polyurethane polymer is spun into fiber of low elongation and tenacity. The material for polyurethane elastic fibers of the present invention comprises a mixture of 5 to 95 weight percent of at least one of the above-mentioned antistatic agents and 95 to 5 weight percent of a isocyanate-free starting material for elastic fibers, and eliminates the above troubles.

Abstract: A pleasant fragrance is imparted to the stabilizatiin of a halogen-containing polymer by the use of an organotin mercaptoalkyl heptanoate, and, optionally, up to about 50%, on an equivalents basis, of a sulfide thereof as the stabilizer. A mixture of the heptanoate with up to about 80% by weight of the mixture of a second carboxylate having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms in the carboxylate moiety may be used in place of the heptanoate.

Abstract: Resinous compositions are disclosed which comprise at least one ionomeric polyester and at least one organoclay. Also a method is disclosed for improving the modulus properties of a resinous composition comprising at least one organoclay, the method comprising the steps of combining the resinous composition with at least one ionomeric polyester, and intimately mixing the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate transfer member having a polyimide resin film containing oxidized carbon black; and an image forming apparatus comprising an intermediate transfer member having a polyimide resin film containing oxidized carbon black.

Abstract: A composition is composed of a hydrophobically modified polyacetal-polyether (HM-PAPE) or comb hydrophobically modified polyacetal-polyether (comb HM-PAPE) and a viscosity suppressing agent of cyclodextrins or derivatives thereof. A method for improving the pumpability and pourability of aqueous solutions of HM-PAPE or comb HM-PAPE is provided by admixing a cyclodextrin with the HM-PAPE or comb HM-PAPE to form a complex of the cyclodextrin and HM-PAPE or comb HM-PAPE where the viscosity of the HM-PAPE or comb HM-PAPE is suppressed and adding the complexed admixture to an aqueous system containing a water-insoluble polymer wherein the cyclodextrin is decomplexed and the HM-PAPE or comb HM-PAPE becomes an effective thickener. An example of the uses for this composition and method is in film forming coatings such as latex paints.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure sensitive sealant composition for sealing a clearance between a lamp unit housing and a vehicle body panel of an automotive vehicle. The pressure sensitive sealant composition includes (a) 10-40 wt % of a component A that is at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated styrene-butadiene copolymers, hydrogenated styrene-isoprene copolymers, and modified copolymers thereof; (b) a component B that is at least one tackifier selected from the group consisting of petroleum resins, terpene resins, rosin resins, coumarone-indene resins, hydrogenated resins thereof, and modified resins thereof, and (c) a component C that is a hydrocarbonic plasticizer. The pressure sensitive sealant composition is prepared by maxing together 100 parts by weight of the component A, 20-60 parts by weight of said component B, and 150-400 parts by weight of said component C.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition for repairing metallic articles which in its initial state is in the form of an adhesive, self-supporting putty, capable of being molded including 5-15% by weight of a sacrificial binder containing at least one acrylic resin and volatile solvent. The invention also relates to a kit for the composition and methods for repair.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water-borne urethane resin composition for forming a microporous layer, which is suited for use in a fibrous material substrate, especially an artificial leather, and which has well-defined heat-sensitive coagulation properties and is capable of being uniformly filled into a fibrous material substrate without causing migration, forming a micrporous layer after drying and imparting a feel equivalent to that obtained in a solvent-based urethane resin composition, i.e., an elastic and genuine feel, by impregnating or coating the fibrous material substrate with the water-borne urethane resin composition; a method of producing a fibrous sheet-like composite using the water-borne urethane resin composition; and an artificial leather obtained by the method. The water-borne urethane resin composition of the present invention comprises (1) a water-borne urethane resin having a heat-sensitive coagulation temperature of 40 to 90° C.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a polishing pad having the excellent slurry retaining properties and the large removal rate and a composition for a polishing pad which can form such the polishing pad. A composition for polishing pad of the invention is comprising a water-insoluble matrix material containing a crosslinked polymer and a water-soluble particle dispersed in the water-insoluble matrix material. The elongation remaining after breaking is 100% or less when a test piece comprising the water-insoluble matrix material is broken at 80° C. according to JIS K 6251. A polishing pad of the invention is that at least a part of the polishing pad comprises the composition for polishing pad.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for preparing polymer dispersions. According to the invention, a mixture is first formed of a polymer component, a plasticizer, dispersion auxiliaries and water, the mixture is then heated to approximately 20 to 100° C. in order to form a paste-like composition, and the paste-like composition is dispersed in water. The dispersion obtained according to the invention can be used for coating paper or board, as a primer, as a component in adhesives, paint or lacquer, and it is also suited for the manufacture of cast films and for use as a binder in materials based on cellulosic fibers.

Abstract: The coating composition of the invention includes a polymer, especially an acrylic polymer, having hydroxyl and/or primary carbamate functionality; a water-miscible organic solvent; a low hydrogen bonding oxygenated solvent; and water that is emulsified in the organic phase. The coating composition of the invention may be a clearcoat coating composition, preferably an automotive clearcoat coating composition. The invention further provides an article, such as an automotive vehicle, having a surface coated with a coating derived from the coating composition of the invention, particularly a composite coating having a basecoat layer and a clearcoat layer, and a method of producing such a coating on a substrate, particularly as a basecoat/clearcoat composite coating, with the coating composition of the invention preferably being at least the clearcoat of the composite coating.

Abstract: An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component consisting of (1) 50 to 100 wt % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A) and (2) 0 to 50 wt % of at least one thermoplastic resin (component B) selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic polyester resin (component B-1) and a styrene unit component-containing resin having a rubber component content of less than 40 wt % (component B-2); and (3) 1 to 100 parts by weight of wollastonite particles having such particle shape characteristics that the particles have a number average fiber length measured by a method specified in this text of 10 &mgr;m or less and a number average fiber diameter measured by a method specified in this text of 4 &mgr;m or less and include particles having a fiber length of 5 to 25 &mgr;m in a number proportion of less than 50% of the total and moldings thereof.

Abstract: A resin composition of the invention includes a thermoplastic elastomer and a glycol or its derivative. Polyamide- or polyester-based thermoplastic elastomers, for example, can be used as the thermoplastic elastomer. The soft segment of the thermoplastic elastomer may be composed of a polyether or polyester. As the glycol or its derivative, for example, a compound represented by the following Formula (1): R1O&Parenopenst;A1—O&Parenclosest;l&Parenopenst;A2—O&Parenclosest;m&Parenopenst;A3—O&Parenclosest;nR2  (1) (wherein each of R1 and R2 is, identical to or different from each other, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group; each of A1, A2 and A3 is, identical to or different from one another, an alkylene group having 2 or more carbon atoms; each of l, m and n is, identical to or different from one another, an integer of 0 or more, where l+m+n>0) can be used.

Abstract: A tackifier utilizing a synthetic polymer of polyacrylamide, polyacrylate, or a co-polymer of acrylamide or acrylate, combined with a natural organic material. A cross-linking agent is also employed to cross-link the synthetic polymer to the natural organic material.

Abstract: A phenol resin composition for forming pulleys used in motor vehicles is disclosed. The composition comprises 35 to 45 wt % of resol, 35 to 45 wt % of glass fiber, 5 to 15 wt % of one or more inorganic powders selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, clay, and wallastonite, and 1 to 3 wt % of polyvinyl butyral. The phenol resin pulley for motor vehicles is almost free from swelling or shell cracking on the surface at a high temperature of 250° C. or more and exhibits high mechanical strength and superior thermal shock resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing odor emissions of aqueous aromatic vinyl-1,3-diene-copolymer dispersions which have been stabilized with a protective colloid. The invention also relates to redispersion powders obtained by drying said dispersions. This is achieved by emulsion polymerization of a mixture containing at least one aromatic vinyl and at least one 1,3-diene in the presence of one or more protective colloids and by optionally drying the polymer dispersion obtained thereby. The invention is characterized in that 0.01 to 15.0 wt. % of one or more monomers selected from the group of branched or unbranched alkyl esters containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of monounsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids are added at the end of the polymerization when the total content of the aqueous polymer dispersion containing free monomers ranges from >0 to ≦20 wt. %, whereby the given wt. % refers to the polymer content of the dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compositions comprising reaction products of low molecular mass dicarboxylic or tricarboxylic acids with ammonia to produce moldings comprising finely divided materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polycarbonate/ABS moulding compositions with incorporated phosphazenes which exhibit excellent flame resistance and very good processing characteristics, wherein the graft polymer is produced by bulk, solution or bulk/suspension polymerization processes.