Abstract: An aluminum hydroxide composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising aluminum hydroxide and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: An aluminum hydroxide composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising aluminum hydroxide and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: A carbon monoxide modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising carbon monoxide modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: An aluminum hydroxide composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising aluminum hydroxide and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: A carbon monoxide modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising carbon monoxide modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: An aluminum hydroxide composition is disclosed, having diminished tendency to cause discoloration on heating at 177° C. of a plastic composition whose major polymeric component is polyvinyl chloride, comprising aluminum hydroxide and an amount, effective in diminishing discoloration, of at least one inorganic perchlorate salt selected from the group consisting of alkali metal perchlorates and alkaline earth metal perchlorates.

Abstract: PVC stabilizers containing an overbased mixture of salts, such as magnesium and zinc salts, of unsubstituted and/or alkyl-substituted benzoic acid and optionally one or more fatty aliphatic acids, which contain a carbonate and/or silicate stabilizer, and which preferably also contain one or more polyols containing 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups, exhibit significant and unexpected reduction in the tendency to volatilize and form "fog" upon exposure of the formulation to moderately elevated temperatures, without loss of other desirable stabilization properties.

Abstract: Blends of methyltin mercapto carboxylic acid esters and butyltin carboxylates which form homogeneous stable liquid mixtures and provide initial color control, processing heat stability, as well as light stability to chlorinated polymers are disclosed. As these compositions are homogeneous liquids at ambient temperatures they can be readily measured and mixed into the resins, and are thus easy to formulate, market and use.

Abstract: Blends of methyltin mercapto carboxylic acid esters and butyltin carboxylates which form homogeneous stable liquid mixtures and provide initial color control, processing heat stability, as well as light stability to chlorinated polymers are disclosed. As these compositions are homogeneous liquids at ambient temperatures they can be readily measured and mixed into the resins, and are thus easy to formulate, market and use.

Abstract: A composition useful for the thermal stabilization of polyvinylchloride resin comprising an alkyl and aryl-substituted beta-diketone, mannitol and a mixture of magnesium and zinc salts of benzoic and fatty aliphatic acids is disclosed. Also disclosed is polyvinylchloride resin effectively stabilized with the stabilizer composition and a method for effectively stabilizing polyvinylchloride from discoloration at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: An improvement in the method for the foaming of polyvinylchloride resins by the use of a blowing agent and an activator therefor which uses as the activator a mixture of at least one organotin mercapto acid ester and a diorganotin oxide complex with an ester of an oxygen-containing acid.

Abstract: An improvement in the method for the foaming of polyvinylchloride resins by the use of a blowing agent and an activator therefor which uses as the activator a mixture of at least one organotin mercapto acid ester and a diorganotin oxide complex with an ester of an oxygen-containing acid.

Abstract: Motor vehicle components are provided having an improved stability at moderate temperatures and shaped from polyvinyl chloride resin compositions, comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin, at least one heat stabilizer in a sufficient amount to impart heat processing stability, and a .beta.-diketone in a sufficient amount to provide, after forming, stability at moderate temperatures not provided by any residual heat stabilizer, as well as polyvinyl chloride resin stabilizer compositions and polyvinyl chloride resin compositions containing such heat stabilizer compositions suitable for use in forming motor vehicle components, comprising at least one heat stabilizer and a .beta.-diketone.

Abstract: Homogeneous storage-stable liquid stabilizer systems for polyvinyl chloride resins are provided which are substantially solvent-free and have a low viscosity and a minimum flash point of 96.degree. C., containing, as the essential ingredients, a liquid barium carbonate-barium alkyl phenate; a cadmium salt of a branched chain C.sub.5 to C.sub.13 aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or of an aromatic C.sub.7 to C.sub.11 carboxylic acid and/or of C.sub.12 to C.sub.22 unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid; and a liquid organic triphosphite in an amount to form a homogeneous storage-stable liquid; the total weight percent of barium and cadmium in the stabilizer system being at least 13%, and the ratio of the weight percent of cadmium to the weight percent of barium being within the range from about 0.5:1 to about 1.5:1; optionally together with any one or more of a soluble zinc salt of a carboxylic acid, a soluble phenolic antioxidant, a liquid organic acid phosphite, and a soluble carboxylic acid.

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.