Abstract: A process for making a product containing tin (II) carboxylates of the formula (RCOO)2−n(OOCR′)n, where each R, which may be the same or different, is hydrogen or a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group, each R′, which may be the same or different, is a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group, and n is 0, 1, or 2 the process comprising: (a) forming a reaction mixture by combining elemental tin, a promoter, and one or more carboxylate-containing compounds of the formula R(CO)X, where R is hydrogen or a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group and X is a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, or O(CO)R′, where R′ is a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group; (b) heating the reaction mixture to form heated reaction mixture; (c) oxidizing the heated reaction mixture using an oxygen-containing gas to form an oxidized reaction mixture containing tin (II) carboxylates as well as tin (IV) carboxylates; and (d) reducing the oxidized reaction mixture with elemental tin to convert at least a portion of the tin (IV) carboxylates to tin (II) carboxylate

Abstract: A process for production of a t-alkyl peroxide compound includes the steps of: a) reacting an n-alkyl t-alkyl ether with a reactant mixture comprising an acid catalyst and a compound of the formula RO2H  (I)  where R is H or t-alkyl, provided that if R is t-alkyl the t-alkyl peroxide compound product is a di-t-alkyl peroxide, and b) isolating a reaction product comprising said t-alkyl peroxide compound from the mixture resulting from step a). The process can be used to prepare t-butyl hydroperoxide or di-t-butyl peroxide from methyl t-butyl ether. Sulfuric acid may be used as the acid catalyst.

Abstract: An overbased mixture of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylates salts useful in making low-fogging thermal stabilizers for PVC is made by reacting zinc oxide with fatty acid and such as stearic acid, then adding aromatic acids, and then adding and reacting one or both of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, under controlled heating conditions to maintain fluidity while minimizing side reactions, and then conditioning the reaction product to remove volatiles.

Abstract: An overbased mixture of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylates salts useful in making low-fogging thermal stabilizers for PVC is made by reacting zinc oxide with fatty acid and such as stearic acid, then adding aromatic acids, and then adding and reacting one or both of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, under controlled heating conditions to maintain fluidity while minimizing side reactions, and then conditioning the reaction product to remove volatiles.

Abstract: There are disclosed functional fluids and lubricating compositions containing a minor amount of an oil-soluble alkoxypolyethyleneoxy acid phosphite ester additive which provides improved water tolerance properties to the compositions.

Abstract: Codispersed particulate lubricant stabilizer compositions for synthetic resins are provided, the particles consisting essentially of from about 4 parts to about 1 part polyvalent fatty acid soap homogeneously codispersed with from 1 part to about 4 parts alkylene bis(fatty acid amide); as well as synthetic resin compositions containing the same.

Abstract: Polyvinyl chloride resin compositions are provided, suitable for use as electrical insulation material, having a high volume resistivity and a high resistance to deterioration when heated at temperatures above 100.degree. C., comprising as the essential ingredients a polyvinyl chloride resin and, in the amounts indicated, in parts per one hundred of resin, from about 30 to about 100 parts mono or poly carboxylic acid ester plasticizer; from about 5 to about 25 parts filler; from about 1 to about 20 parts epoxy compound, and from about 1 to about 20 parts lead alkyl phenolate.

Abstract: Homogeneous liquid stabilizer systems imparting to polyvinyl chloride resins a heat and light stability comparable to or exceeding organotin stabilizers are provided which are substantially solvent-free and have a low viscosity and a minimum flash point of 96.degree. C.

Abstract: Stabilizer compositions for rigid polyvinyl chloride resin compositions are provided comprising an antimony mercaptocarboxylic acid or ester and a mercaptocarboxylic acid ester in amounts within the range from about 90 to about 25 parts antimony mercaptocarboxylic acid or ester and from about 10 to about 75 parts mercaptocarboxylic acid ester; the amount of mercaptocarboxylic acid ester being selected within these ranges to synergize the stabilizing effectiveness of the antimony mercaptocarboxylic acid or ester.Rigid polyvinyl chloride resin compositions also are provided having their resistance to the development of early discoloration enhanced by a stabilizing amount of the antimony mercaptocarboxylic acid or ester and mercaptocarboxylic acid ester, the synergistic effect being particularly evidenced in rigid polyvinyl chloride resin compositions containing both an ortho-dihydric phenol and an alkaline earth metal carboxylate, such as catechol and calcium stearate.

Abstract: Stabilizer mixtures are provided for rigid polyvinyl chloride resin compositions, capable of enhancing the resistance of the polyvinyl chloride resin to the development of an early discoloration during the first five to twenty minutes of heating at elevated processing temperatures, of the order of 375.degree. F. and higher, comprising a monoalkyltin 2-acyloxyethylmercaptide and/or a dialkyltin 2-acyloxyethylmercaptide inadmixture with an alkyltin sulfide.

Abstract: The resistance of polyvinyl chloride resins to the development of yellow to orange reversible discoloration when heated in the presence of water at moderately elevated temperatures above 80.degree. C. up to about 160.degree. C. is improved by combining therewith an N,N'-diphenyl urea. Such reversible discoloration is not associated with any heat instability, and the resistance of the polyvinyl chloride resin to deterioration when heated at processing temperatures of 150.degree. C. and above is then improved by incorporation of the usual polyvinyl chloride resin heat stabilizers.

Abstract: Stabilizer mixtures that are capable of enhancing the resistance of polyolefins to degradation as a result of exposure to light and air, particularly at elevated temperatures, are obtained by reacting an .alpha.-olefin with an ester of a mercaptocarboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, forming a reaction product of unknown structure containing thioether groups and carboxylic acid ester groups.