Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for providing a metallicor concrete surface of a chemical installation with a coating, which comprises the steps of:—providing a two-pack coating composition wherein the first pack comprises an epoxy resin and the second pack comprises an amine curing agent for the epoxy resin, the coating composition further comprising an organoboron compound of the formula (I), wherein X is anorganic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms and is linked to the boron atom via a carbon-boron bond, and wherein Y is an at least divalent organic group having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, combining the first pack and the second pack to form a coating composition,—applying the coating composition to the surface of a chemical installation to form a coating layer, and—allowing the coating layer to cure at a temperature in the range of ?10 to 50° C. A chemical installation provided with a lining of a cured coating composition as specified above, and a suitable coating composition, are also claimed.

Abstract: An oil-based ink jet recording liquid includes a colorant and an oxidatively polymerizable oil-based medium having at least two unsaturated bonds. The ink jet recording liquid has an iodine value of greater than or equal to 65.

Abstract: There is provided a light curing molding ink set used for a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising a combination of a resin composition for a modeling material used for shaping the modeling material and a resin composition for a supporting material used for shaping the supporting material, wherein surface tension Mt (mN/m) of the resin composition for a modeling material is greater than surface tension St (mN/m) of the resin composition for a supporting material, and the surface tension Mt and the surface tension St satisfy the [0<Mt?St<5] expression, and this light curing molding ink set can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.

Abstract: An ink composition contains 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol, di(ethylene glycol) 2-ethylhexyl ether, and water, and has a 1,2-hexanediol content of 0.5% by mass or less. In the ink composition, the mass ratio of 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol to di(ethylene glycol) 2-ethylhexyl ether is in the range of 13/1 to 67/1.

Abstract: An ink composition contains water, at least one surfactant, and a pigment. The pigment has a specific surface area of 10 m2/g or more and 50 m2/g or less as determined by pulsed NMR at 30° C.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes a sublimation dye, a dispersant for the sublimation dye, and polyether siloxane having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 or more and having 5 or more siloxane repeating units.

Abstract: An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment in which the half width of the maximum peak or a peak comparable thereto in an X-ray diffraction spectrum is 0.7° or less and the average value of major axis/minor axis length ratios is 1.7 or less; and an organic solvent A which is one or more selected from the group consisting of alkanediols (1) containing an alkyl skeleton having a branched structure and alkylene glycol alkyl ethers (2) containing at least any one of alkylene glycol containing an alkyl skeleton having a branched structure and an ether of an alkyl group having a branched structure, and which has a normal boiling point of 225° C. or more.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method includes applying a reaction solution containing a coagulant for coagulating components of an ink composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition onto the recording medium by discharging the ink composition from an ink jet head. The ink composition is an aqueous ink jet composition which contains a first wax having a melting point of 100° C. or higher, a second wax having a melting point of 70° C. or lower, and water.

Abstract: Provided is an ink set including black ink and color ink, in which the black ink contains carbon black having a carboxyl group on a surface thereof, a resin particle having a carboxyl group on a surface thereof, betaine, an alkali ion, and water, the alkali ion contains a potassium ion, a sodium ion, and an organic alkali compound, and a content of the potassium ion is the largest among the alkali ions.

Abstract: The aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment dispersion formed of a surface-treated pigment having a phosphorus-containing group on a surface thereof and a resin dispersion, in which a conductivity of the ink composition is 2600 ?s/cm or less.

Abstract: A printing method includes applying a processing fluid to a recording medium and applying an ink to the recording medium, wherein the processing fluid contains a first nonionic resin including the following structure unit a-1, the first nonionic resin having a glass transition temperature of 15 degrees C.

Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes an emulsion-polymerized latex copolymer having copolymer chains of one or more mono-unsaturated monomers that are cross-linked with one or more multi-unsaturated monomers. The method also includes heating the sprayed coating composition to cure the coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container.

Abstract: There is provided a coating composition with excellent storage stability, and with excellent mar resistance for obtained coating films. The coating composition comprises a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a curing agent (B) and a dispersion of acrylic resin-coated silica particles (C), the dispersion of acrylic resin-coated silica particles (C) being an acrylic resin-coated silica particle dispersion obtained by reacting silica particles with a polymerizable unsaturated group (c1) and a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c2) in a mass ratio of (c1):(c2)=20:80 to 90:10, the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c2) including a specific polymerizable unsaturated monomer (c2-1) as at least a portion of its components, and the molecular weight of the resin covering the silica particles being 400 to 6000.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer substrate with a hardcoat layer exhibiting excellent environmental resistance and wear resistance. A polymer substrate (60) is 1-20 mm thick and a hardcoat layer (70, 80) on the surface thereof comprises: an underlayer cured layer (70) with a thickness of 1-20 ?m, and including 10-90 parts by weight of a multifunctional acrylate, and 90-10 parts by weight of inorganic oxide fine particles and/or a silicon compound hydrolytic condensate; and a silicon oxide layer (80) which is in direct contract with the underlayer cured layer, is formed by PE-CVD with an organosilicon compound as the starter material, and satisfies all of the following conditions (a)-(c): (a) the film thickness of the silicon oxide layer is 3.5-9.0 ?m; (b) the maximum indentation depth of the surface of the silicon oxide layer by nanoindentation measurement at a maximum load of 1 mN is 150 nm or less; and (c) the limit compression ratio K of the silicon oxide layer is at most 0.

Abstract: A mobile phone including a touch panel including a base material; a sensing region including at least one electrode provided over the base material; and a frame region provided at a periphery of the sensing region, the frame region including metal wiring provided over the base material and being electrically connected to the at least one electrode; and a cured product of a photosensitive resin composition disposed at least on the metal wiring, the photosensitive resin composition contains a component (A): a binder polymer, a component (B): a photopolymerizable compound, and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator; and the component (B) includes a di(meth)acrylate compound having at least one selected from the group consisting of a dicyclopentanyl structure and a dicyclopentenyl structure.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a moisture-permeable film which is excellent in moisture permeability and water swelling resistance. The present invention relates to a moisture-permeable film formed by a composition containing polyurethane (A) and a hydrophilic acrylic polymer (B). The moisture-permeable film of the present invention is excellent in the moisture permeability and the water swelling resistance. Accordingly, the moisture-permeable film of the present invention can be preferably used as the moisture-permeable film used in producing moisture-permeable waterproof cloth for clothing, medical, and hygiene; and synthetic leather. The hydrophilic acrylic polymer (B) is preferably a polymer of a hydrophilic acrylic monomer (b1) containing an acrylic monomer (b1-1) having an amide group and an acrylic monomer (b1-2) having an oxyethylene group.

Abstract: Provided is a thermally curable coating composition for alloy substrates, comprising: curable components, comprising an epoxy resin and a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; latent curing agents, which crosslink with the curable components upon heating, and comprise an isocyanate having at least two NCO groups and an amino resin; a curing promoter, comprising an aromatic phosphate comprising at least one hydroxy group connected with the phosphorous atom; and an organic solvent. Also provided are a method for providing a coating layer onto an alloy substrate and a coating layer thus obtained.

Abstract: The composition includes a polymeric resin having at least one ?,?-unsaturated ester group, a vinyl aromatic compound having at least one vinyl substituent on an aromatic ring, and an amino- or mercapto-substituted compound represented by formula (HD)1-4-R. Each D is independently —S— or —N(H)— and R is a monovalent alkyl, alkenyl, or polyalkyleneoxy or a multivalent alkylene, alkenylene, or polyalkyleneoxy, wherein the alkyl, alkenyl, alkylene, or alkenylene are each interrupted by at least two —O—, —N(H)—, —N(H)—C(O)—, —S—C(O)—, or —O—C(O)— groups or a combination thereof. A method of repairing a damaged surface using the composition is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous two-component coating compositions based on preferably hydroxy-functional and/or amino-functional aqueous polymer dispersions and thioallophanates containing silane groups as crosslinking agents, to a method for producing them and to the use of these coating compositions for producing coatings.

Abstract: [Purpose] To provide a thermosetting composition with which it is possible to obtain paint films which not only display stain resistance for a short period after application, but with which excellent stain resistance can also be expected for longer periods, and which comply with the paint film properties required for painted steel sheet such as water resistance and bending workability, and have high environmental protection and safety qualities. [Solution] The present invention relates to a thermosetting composition, wherein it contains, as essential components, (A) a polyester resin of number average molecular weight 1,000-10,000 and hydroxyl value 5-200 mg KOH/g and, (B) 0.5 to 2.0 equivalents, relative to the hydroxyl groups of the aforesaid component (A), of a compound (B) which is a blocked aliphatic polyisocyanate compound having reactivity to the hydroxyl groups of component (A), wherein the blocks are methyl ethyl ketone oxime and/or ?-caprolactam, (C) 0.

Abstract: A polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object of polyurethane, polyurea, or a copolymer thereof, is described. The resin includes at least one of (i) a blocked or reactive blocked prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate, or (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate chain extender.

Abstract: The present wax coating compositions are based on the use of n-alpha olefins instead of petroleum-based paraffin waxes otherwise currently employed. The coating composition may be used with various coating techniques, however, the compositions herein are found useful especially in curtain coating, cascading, saturating or impregnating technologies. Other coating techniques include roll coating or the use of coating or “Meyer” rods.

Abstract: Articles and laminates include a substrate with a first polyester surface and a second polyester surface, a crosslinked polyurethane-based primer coated on at least the first polyester surface, and an optically clear heat activated adhesive adjacent to the crosslinked polyurethane-based primer. The articles and laminates are prepared by applying a polyurethane-based dispersion and a crosslinker on at least one polyester surface, drying the applied coating, heating while stretching the substrate and the coating to form a crosslinked primer layer on the stretched polyester surface, and applying an optically clear heat activated adhesive onto the crosslinked primer layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible, pressure-sensitively adhesive sheetlike structure for improved structural bonding, more particularly for clearance compensation, of diverse materials, such as metal, wood, glass and/or plastic, for example.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a flexible adhesive tape for structural bonding, more particularly for clearance compensation, of diverse materials, such as metal, wood, glass and/or plastic, for example.

Abstract: The polyolefin resin foam sheet is a polyolefin resin foam sheet having a plurality of cells in an inside thereof, wherein the 50% compressive strength is 120 kPa or less; the MD elongation percentage is 400% or less; and the TD elongation percentage is 200% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal bonding sheet which suppresses a compositional material of the thermal bonding sheet from protruding during bonding and from creeping up onto the surface of an object to be bonded, and provides a strong sintered layer after sintering. A thermal bonding sheet includes a layer. When the layer is analyzed by a differential thermal balance from 23° C. to 500° C. in an air atmosphere at a heating rate of 10° C./min, a value obtained by subtracting a weight decrease amount (%) at 300° C. from a weight decrease amount (%) at 500° C. is in a range of ?1% to 0%.

Abstract: An adhesive tape is made by hot calendering a substrate between two generally identical rolls one of which is heated to a different temperature than the other roll while rotating the rolls at the same peripheral speed to flatten one face of the substrate and reduce air permeability of the substrate by at least 15%. Then an adhesive coating is applied to at least one of the faces of the substrate.

Abstract: A plastisol formulation configured for use in coating substrates. The inventive formulation has exceptional flexibility over a wide range of temperatures. It is comprised of polyvinyl chloride, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, preferably a pigment, and a UV inhibitor/light stabilizer. The formulation is applied to a substrate and then cured by exposing it to an elevated temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive composition, labels and label laminates containing the adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition comprises at least the following components: polymer(s) based on alkyl acrylic ester(s) and pressure polymerized vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer(s) comprising ethylene content between 5 and 40%. Further the invention relates to use of an adhesive composition for label laminates and labels, to use of a label for labelling of an item and to a labelled item.

Abstract: Curable adhesive compositions are provided that can be cured using ultraviolet or visible light radiation. These curable adhesive compositions, which contain a curable (meth)acrylate copolymer, have a creep compliance that is less than 5(10?4) inverse Pascals at 25° C., a creep compliance that is greater than 1(10?3) inverse Pascals at 70° C., and a shear storage modulus greater than 40 kiloPascals when measured at 25° C. at a frequency of 1 radian/second.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including, on a substrate or a release material, a resin layer, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer on the opposite to the side on which the substrate or release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a concave portion and a flat face exist on the surface (?) of the resin layer, and a width of the concave portion observed from the side of the surface (?) is non-uniform, and in a region (D) of 8 mm in length×10 mm in width as freely-selected on the surface (?), a concave portion having an area of 70 to 99.99% relative to 100% of a total area of the concave portions existing in the region (D) exists.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive sheet has a laminate structure including a first adhesive layer containing an electrolyte, a second adhesive layer, and a conduction substrate. A double-sided adhesive sheet joined body includes, for example, an adhesive sheet having such a laminate structure, a first conductive adherend to which the first adhesive layer adheres, and a second adherend to which the second adhesive layer adheres. A method for joining/separating adherends includes joining first and second adherends to each other via the adhesive sheet, then applying a voltage to the first adhesive layer so as to generate a potential difference in a thickness direction of the first adhesive layer, and separating the first and second adherends from each other.

Abstract: Provided are methods of forming thermally conductive flexible bonds for use in electronic boards of unmanned spacecraft and other types of aircraft. Also provided are methods of preparing adhesive materials to form these bonds including methods of preparing treated filler particles. In some aspects, an adhesive material includes filler particles having organofunctional groups, such as boron nitride particles treated in silane. These particles may be combined with a urethane modified epoxy to form the adhesive material. The weight ratio of the particles in the adhesive material may be about 40-60%. The adhesive material may be thermally cured using a temperature of less than 110° C. to prevent damage to bonded electronic components. The cured adhesive may have a thermal conductivity of at least about 2 W/m K measured in vacuum and may have a glass transition temperature if less than ?40° C.

Abstract: A base polymer for hot-melt adhesive, containing a propylenic polymer (A) having a tensile modulus of elasticity of 60 MPa or more, and an olefinic polymer (B) having a tensile modulus of elasticity of less than 60 MPa, wherein, relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the propylenic polymer (A) and the olefinic polymer (B), the content of the propylenic polymer (A) is 1 part by mass or more and less than 50 parts by mass, and the content of the olefinic polymer (B) is more than 50 parts by mass and 99 parts by mass or less; and a hot-melt adhesive containing the base polymer, and further containing at least one of (C) a tackifier resin and (D) an oil.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. In an embodiment a composition is provided and includes: (A) a carboxylic-functionalized ethylene/a-olefin interpolymer having (i) a density from 0.855 g/cc to 0.895 g/cc; and (ii) a melt viscosity, at 177° C., less than, or equal to, 50,000 mPa·s; and (B) a propylene-based interpolymer having (i) a density from 0.870 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; and (ii) a melt viscosity, at 177° C., less than, or equal to, 50,000 mPa·s.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided that is a dried product of a latex composition, which is formed from an emulsion composition. The latex composition and the emulsion composition are also provided. The emulsion composition has droplets that contain various monomers plus a (meth)acrylate polymer dissolved in the monomers. Additionally, an article containing a layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive and a method of forming the pressure-sensitive adhesive are provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesives often have both high peel adhesion and high shear strength (i.e., high cohesive strength or high shear holding power).

Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide a block copolymer composition that allows an adhesive composition having excellent die-cutting properties, softening agent anti-migration performance, mandrel properties and transparency to be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition that is thermally curable at a temperature of approximately 80° C., excellent in PCT tolerance, and, therefore, suitable as a one-component adhesive to be used during manufacture of image sensor modules or electronic components. The resin composition contains (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a compound represented by formula (1) below; (C) a curing accelerator; and (D) a silane coupling agent. The compound of the (B) component has a content of 1:0.3 to 1:2.5, in terms of an equivalent ratio between epoxy groups in the epoxy resin of the (A) component and thiol groups in the compound of the (B) component, the silane coupling agent of the (D) component has a content of 0.2 parts by mass to 60 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the (A) component, the (B) component, the (C) component, and the (D) component, and an equivalent ratio between thiol groups in the compound of the (B) component and Si in the silane coupling agent of the (D) is 1:0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally activatable adhesive composition for use in a method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, the use of the adhesive composition in a method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, the method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, a sheet metal component coated with the adhesive composition, and a stator or rotor core containing one or more of such sheet metal components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive film having a thixotropic index at 110° C. of 1.5 to 7.5, which is used for fixing a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device, a ratio of an area of said first semiconductor device to an area of said second semiconductor device being 0.65 or less, a method for preparing a semiconductor device using the adhesive film, and a semiconductor device.

Abstract: Waterproof urethane-based adhesive compositions are described herein. Silane is reacted with prepolymer urethane to at least partially end-cap the urethane. A reinforcing extender, a thixotropic agent, and methylethylketoximino (MEKO) silane are also added to the composition. When applied to a substrate, the adhesive composition has a tack-free time of at least about 90-120 minutes. The adhesive is cured to a final product that is waterproof, hydrolytically stable, and pH resistant. In conjunction with the adhesive, a prepolymer composition may be used to suppress moisture vapor emanating from a concrete surface. The prepolymer composition can penetrate and polymerize within the near-surface region of the concrete substrate to form a densified concrete/plastic matrix that is self-priming when cured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hollow hydrogel capsules. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation with a hollow hydrogel capsule including a hydrogel shell including a hydrolyzed and crosslinked polymerized composition. The hollow hydrogel capsule also includes a hollow interior including at least one component of a downhole composition for subterranean petroleum or water well drilling, stimulation, clean-up, production, completion, abandonment, or a combination thereof. In various embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising the hollow hydrogel capsules and methods of making the hollow hydrogel capsules.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to constitutionally dynamic polymer for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation, the method including placing in the subterranean formation a composition including a constitutionally dynamic polymer.

Abstract: Salt-free invert emulsions having an external phase comprising a hydrocarbon fluid, and an internal phase comprising a hygroscopic fluid selected from the group consisting of an amino alcohol, a glycol, an amine glycol, and any combination thereof. Methods including introducing the salt-free invert emulsion into a subterranean formation and performing a subterranean formation operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.

Abstract: Organoclay is used as an alternative emulsifier and reinforcing agent and to enhance the strength of emulsified polymeric gel aqueous solutions and form water in oil emulsions. The stability of the emulsion can be controlled by controlling salinity and the intensity of initial mixing. The new system can be used for water shut-off treatments as well as a relative permeability modifier in high water permeability zones. In addition, the system can tolerate salts much better than classical surfactants. This system will be appropriate for wellbores having high temperature (>85° C.) with harsh environmental conditions.

Abstract: Encapsulated scale inhibitors and methods of their use in subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising a plurality of scale inhibitor particulates that comprise at least one scale inhibitor and a self-degrading encapsulating material that at least partially encapsulates the scale inhibitor; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.

Abstract: Methods for treating subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a surfactant comprising an ethoxylated amine or derivative thereof; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and producing fluids from the wellbore during or subsequent to introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore.

Abstract: A process for preparing a hydrocarbon recovery composition which comprises an anionic surfactant, an alkaline agent and a polymer and a process for treating a hydrocarbon containing formation.