Abstract: Conventional heat stretching and/or setting conditions for fabrics made of heat sensitive thermoplastic yarns such as polyester, and even special techniques advanced in prior patents, have been found in adequate to produce coated abrasives with sufficient elongation resistance for some very heavy duty service. A superior alternative is provided by encasing the yarns in the backing in a thermosetting adhesive and then curing it while mechanically restraining the yarns from shrinking, as they would under the temperature conditions employed for cure if no restraint were used. The method is also applicable to other types of yarn reinforced web materials for which a combination of elongation resistance and flexibility is needed.

Abstract: Free-radical graft polymerization of an unsaturated monomer like acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and so forth on mineral oils such as rubber processing and/or extending oils provides a "grafted oil" which can be used to extend polymers such as carboxylated SBR latices with substantial retention of their original adhesive properties. These grafted modified oils, also, can be used as seeds or emulsifiers, when emulsified, in emulsion polymerization. These grafted oils can be used as plasticizers for plastics and dry rubbers.

Abstract: Free-radical graft polymerization of an unsaturated monomer like acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and so forth on mineral oils such as rubber processing and/or extending oils provides a "grafted oil" which can be used to extend polymers such as carboxylated SBR latices with substantial retention of their original adhesive properties. These graft modified oils, also, can be used as seeds or emulsifiers, when emulsified, in emulsion polymerization. These grafted oils can be used as plasticizers for plastics and dry rubbers.

Abstract: A froth-aid useful in frothing a carboxylated latex for use as an adhesive in the manufacture of carpets comprises in certain proportions urea, the sodium salt of condensed naphthalene sulfonic acid, a blend of about C.sub.8 to C.sub.18 fatty alcohols, ammonium or sodium lauryl sulfate and water.

Abstract: Novel products can be prepared by reaction of monohydrazides and/or polyhydrazides, in particular dihydrazides, with mono-, di- or, poly-acrylyl compounds. The reactants can be chosen such that the resulting polymers are strictly linear as in the case of reaction of a monohydrazide with a diacrylyl compound as follows: ##STR1## wherein each (O) is a carbonyl oxygen, n is a positive integer, each R is hydrogen or a monovalent group, and each Q is an organic group, R and Q being free of functions which would interfere with the desired reaction at 80.degree. C. Various degrees of crosslinking can be achieved by reacting monohydrazdes with components containing an average of more than two acrylate double bonds per molecule or by reacting di-hydrazides with di- or poly-acrylyl compounds.Fumaric, maleic and itaconic esters and acid esters add to hydrazides in a similar fashion as acrylates, the aliphatic double bond being similarly activated by the carbonyl group.

Abstract: Novel products can be prepared by reaction of monohydrazides and/or polyhydrazides, in particular dihydrazides, with mono-, di- or, poly-acrylyl compounds. The reactants can be chosen such that the resulting polymers are strictly linear as in the case of reaction of a monohydrazide with a diacrylyl compound as follows: ##STR1## WHEREIN EACH (O) is a carbonyl oxygen, n is a positive integer, each R is hydrogen or a monovalent group, and each Q is an organic group, R and Q being free of functions which would interfere with the desired reaction at 80.degree. C. Various degrees of crosslinking can be achieved by reacting monohydrazides with components containing an average of more than two acrylate double bonds per molecule or by reacting di-hydrazides with di- or poly-acrylyl compounds.Fumaric, maleic and itaconic esters and acid esters add to hydrazides in a similar fashion as acrylates, the aliphatic double bond being similarly activated by the carbonyl group.