Abstract: The invention process comprises reacting a polyester with a hydroxy-aromatic carboxylic ester to effect the transesterification and then further polymerizing the product. The process is conducted so that the obtained product has a high molecular weight and does not contain impurities, without corrosion of a used reactor.

Abstract: A polyester composition comprises (1) a polyester being incapable of further substantial propagation of the chains by heating, being capable of forming the anisotropic phase in the molten state, being capable of the melt-processing and (2) an epoxy compound and is improved in heat resistance.

Abstract: A laminated film comprises a metallic film and a polymer layer which has been laminated on the metallic film, the polymer being anisotropic in the melt phase.

Abstract: A magnetic disk comprises a substrate of a resin composition comprising a polymer being capable of the anisotropic phase in the molten state and a magnetic layer formed on at least one surface of said substrate. The substrate is a laminate of a plurality, preferably two, of monoaxially oriented sheets, eventually being multiaxially oriented.

Abstract: An optical disc comprises a substrate formed from a polymer being capable of the anisotropic melt phase and being melt-processable, a recording layer having pits and grooves, formed on the substrate, and a metal coating layer, formed on the recording layer.

Abstract: A laminated sheet comprises a first layer of a melt-phase anisotropy exhibiting thermoplastic polymer, having a negative linear expansion coefficient in the direction of the polymer flow and a second layer having a positive linear expansion coefficient in the direction of the polymer flow, both layers having been laminated one on another in the alternative way, further each layer having a thickness such that the negative linear expansion coefficient of said first layer and the positive linear expansion coefficient of the second layer having been offset against each other.

Abstract: A magnetic composite comprises a magnetic powder and a resin binder of a melt-processable polymer to form the anisotropic melt phase.

Abstract: An epoxy resin-bitumen material composition is prepared by mixing an epoxy resin and a bitumen material in the presence of a co-solubilizer represented by the general formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group having 1-9 carbon atoms, R' is an alkylene group having 2-3 carbon atoms, n is an integer 1-10 inclusive, and p and q are respectively an integer of 0-40 in average. The resulting composition is useful as a road pavement material, bonding material for railroad track ballast, anti-corrosion agent, etc. The cured product resulting from this composition is advantageous in that it has good heat resistance and free from bleeding.

Abstract: A novel slow-curing water-curable urethane prepolymer composition obtained by reacting (A) a hydrophilic urethane prepolymer which is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a hydrophilic polyol prepolymer and has at least two --NCO groups and (B) a blocking agent selected from a class consisting of heterocyclic compounds having an ##STR1## structure in the molecule thereof, hydroxypyridines and hydroxyquinolines in the proportion that the equivalent ratio of the .dbd.NH groups of the --OH groups in the blocking agent (B) to the --NCO groups in the hydrophilic urethane prepolymer (A), that is, --OH or .dbd.NH/--NCO ratio, is 0.05 to 2 is disclosed. This composition is remarkably useful as a grouting material, for forming hydrogel which is effective as a fixative or carrier of various materials, as a vehicle for coating materials, and as a stabilizer and thickener for aqueous resin emulsions.