Abstract: A method for manufacturing a purified lignin composite material and a product thereof are provided. The method includes a raw material preparation procedure for preparing a powder material; a lignin purification procedure, the powder material being processed into a pure lignin powder; and a lignin mixing procedure, the pure lignin powder being mixed with starch and a binder to produce the purified lignin composite material.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an amphiphilic copolymer comprising: a) repeating monomeric units comprising a pendant zwitterionic moiety; b) repeating monomeric units comprising a pendant group comprising a fluorine-containing group and at least one heteroatom; and c) optionally, secondary repeating monomeric units comprising a pendant group comprising a functional group selected from the group consisting of phosphate groups, phosphonate groups, sulfonate groups, alkoxysilane groups, carboxylate groups, and any combinations thereof; and wherein the repeating monomeric units of the amphiphilic copolymer independently comprise an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group selected from the group of (meth)acrylate ester containing groups. In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a protective coating composition comprising: a) an amphiphilic co polymer as described above, and b) a solvent comprising water.

Abstract: The present invention improves the long-term storage stability of a polymerizable composition including an organoborane and a polymerizable monomer. A polymerizable composition includes (A) an organoborane, (B) an acidic group-free polymerizable monomer, and (C) a stabilizer for the organoborane (A), the composition being such that when the composition, after being allowed to stand at 45° C. for 48 hours, is analyzed with an E-type viscometer at a temperature of 25° C. and a rotational speed of 50 rpm, the ratio of the viscosity after the standing to the viscosity before the standing (viscosity after standing/viscosity before standing) is less than 100.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing an amount of pigment in which, when glycosidic bonds of a polysaccharide structure are cleaved, pigments contained in the polysaccharide structure, in particular pigments comprising color, luminous and/or flame-retardant pigments, are released and the amount of pigment is formed by the pigments released in this manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inorganic particulate material suitable for use in polymeric films, compositions such as polymeric films comprising the inorganic particulate materials, methods of making said compositions and the various uses of the inorganic particulate materials and compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides granulated silica including water-granulated silica powders, each of the silica powders having a primary particle size of 5 to 50 nm and a surface hydrophobized with a silicon atom-containing hydrophobizing agent; the granulated silica having a degree of hydrophobization of 40 or more and a loose bulk density of 150 g/L or more. This provides granulated silica that is excellent in handleability and has good dispersibility.

Abstract: A coating for effecting artificial frost on glass, the coating comprising a silicate, a material selected from the group consisting of ceramic and glass spheres, sodium aluminosilicate, a lithium compound, and, a thickener.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a fluorinated ether compound and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in water/oil repellency, abrasion resistance, fingerprint stain removability and lubricity and an article having a surface layer excellent in water/oil repellency, abrasion resistance, fingerprint stain removability and lubricity. Provided is a fluorinated ether compound represented by [Rf-G-]aZ[-(O—R2)c—SiR3nL3-n]b wherein Rf: a linear polyfluoroalkyl group having at least two carbon atoms, which has at least one etheric oxygen between carbon-carbon atoms, G: —R1—O—, —R1—CONH—, —CONH— or a single bond, R1: an alkylene group, Z: a hydrocarbon group having a valence of (a+b) or the like, R2: an alkylene group, R3: a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, L: a hydrolyzable group, n: from 0 to 2, a: an integer of at least 1, b: an integer of at least 1, (a+b): at least 3, when a is 1, b is at least 4, and when a is at least 2, b is at least 1, and c: 0 or 1.

Abstract: A method for applying a fast curing epoxy traffic marking composition is provided in which curing agents are coated on a carrier such as glass beads or porous silica. These carriers are dropped onto the epoxy coating and promote rapid curing of the top layer of the epoxy coating while the bottom layer is given additional time to adhere to the roadway surface. This enables the application contractor to open a marked roadway in a quicker manner with less motorist disruption.

Abstract: A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes an infrared (IR) reflecting layer between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. The coating is designed so as to provide a highly transparent coated article that is thermally stable upon optional heat treatment and which can be made to have a low emissivity in a consistent manner. The coating is designed to have improved IR reflecting layer quality, and thus reduced tolerances with respect to manufacturability of desired emissivity values. The coated article may be used in monolithic window applications, IG window applications, or the like.

Abstract: A powder composition of polyarylene ether ketone ketones allowing an excellent castability/coalescence balance suitable for laser sintering. A composition including between 99.6 and 99.99% by weight of at least one powder of at least one polyarylene ether ketone and 0.01 to 0.4% by weight of a hydrophilic flow agent. This hydrophilic flow agent is characterized by an increase in mass (quantity of water absorbed) of more than 0.5% after 5 days of conditioning at a relative humidity of 95%. This increase in mass of the flow agent is determined by means of a Karl Fischer measurement after desorption of the water by a 5-minute treatment at 170° C. This composition is suitable for laser sintering. In particular, it gives the powder an excellent castability/coalescence balance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated article comprising a partial or complete coating on the surface of an article, wherein the coating comprises a coating base and 0.1 to 5% by weight of a hydrophobic compound, based on the total solids weight of the coating, selected from a hydrophobic cyclic or acyclic alcohol, and the coating has a film thickness of at least 0.1 mils.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of magnetic machine readable oxidative drying suitable for intaglio printing of security documents. In particular, the invention relates to magnetic oxidative drying ink for intaglio printing on a substrate, said magnetic oxidative drying ink having a viscosity in the range of about 3 to about 60 Pa s at 40° C. and 1000 s?1 and comprising a) at least one oxidative drying varnish, b) a plurality of core-shell pigment particles comprising a magnetic core and an external layer made of silver and c) one or more stabilizers selected from benzotriazole compounds.

Abstract: An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.

Abstract: A method for producing an ink includes providing nanoparticles having a size of 0.1 to 20 nm maximum by wet milling using a solvent and covalently bonding, by means of a coupling reaction, short-chain, branched organic stabilizer molecules to the surface of the nanoparticles. The method additionally includes absorbing the stabilized nanoparticles in a solvent for producing the ink and dispersing the stabilized nanoparticles.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solutions for forming a fluoropolymer coatings, comprising: i) an organic solvent, and dissolved therein ii) a fluoropolymer comprising repeat units arising from specific fluoroolefin, alkyl or aryl vinyl ether and alkenyl silane monomers. The present fluoropolymer solutions have long shelf stability life, minimal to no formation of insoluble residue or gel over the period between their manufacture and use, are of a viscosity that allows for facile filtration and so are substantially free from undesirable submicron size particles, have a dissolved polymer content such that the solutions are of utility in commercial single-coat coating processes, and afford fluoropolymer coatings on substrates that have excellent adhesion to the substrate during use and over the lifetime of the electronic device.

Abstract: A coating formed on a surface of a base material, the coating composition containing an ionic polymer (a), a hygroscopic agent (b) and a solvent, the hygroscopic agent (b) being a granular crosslinked product of a monovalent metal salt of a poly(meth)acrylic acid and being contained in an amount of 75 to 700 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the ionic polymer (a), and the coating having a haze of 5% or less and a maximum surface roughness Ra (JIS B-0601-1994) of 0.1 ?m or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to process for preparing a flame resistant and/or flame retardant polymer, comprising reacting an acrylonitrile polymer with an organic diamine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising 40% to 50% by weight of a polyester resin on the basis of a total of 100% by weight of the composition, the polyester resin comprising a main resin and an auxiliary resin, wherein the main resin has a higher molecular weight than the auxiliary resin, and the difference of a glass transition temperature between the main resin and the auxiliary resin is 25° C. or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) comprising an amorphous polyester having a glass transition temperature (Tg) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry of less than ?30° C.; wherein the aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) has a glass transition temperature (Tg) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of 0° C. to 20° C. and a hard block content of greater than 50%. Coatings, adhesives, sealants, paints, primers and topcoats, made from the inventive aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) are particularly suited for use on wood surfaces including floors, doors, window frames, door frames, picture frames, window shutters, window surrounds, railing, gates, pillars, arbors, ladders, shelves, furniture, stairs, cabinetry, decks, docks, boats, pergolas, trellises, gazebos, posts, fencing, cladding, and siding and for concrete, cement, stone, or brick substrates such as floors, pipes, walls, pavers, vaults, blocks, tiles, and roof tiles.

Abstract: Si-containing film forming compositions are disclosed comprising a precursor having the formula [—NR—R4R5Si—(CH2)t—SiR2R3—]n wherein n=2 to 400; R, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently H, a hydrocarbon group, or an alkylamino group, and provided that at least one of R2, R3, R4, and R5 is H; and R is independently H, a hydrocarbon group, or a silyl group. Exemplary precursors include, but are not limited to, [—NH—SiH2—CH2—SiH2—]n, and [—N(SiH2—CH2—SiH3)—SiH2—CH2—SiH2—]n.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a packaging and liquid stabilizing material suitable for dispensing and drying into a desired shape. In some embodiments, the desired shape may be selected so as to simplify cleanup of the packaging and liquid stabilizing material after having absorbed a liquid spilled from containers during transportation in a larger container. A first portion of the packaging and liquid stabilizing material comprises latex-based waste which is formulated into a recycled latex emulsion. The latex-based waste generally comprises recycled liquid latex paint, as well as recycled semi-liquid latex paint and coatings. A second portion comprises a particulate material which includes a mixture of at least cellulose and lignin, such as sawdust. A third portion comprises additional components including any of various plasticizers, coloring agents, hardeners, drying agents, or solidifiers.

Abstract: The subject technology relates to an adhesion promoter that is applied to a surface for the purpose of adhesion and/or to facilitate application of various spray applied conformal coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for bonding an adhesive layer (3) with a first joining part (4), in which a first surface (3a) of the adhesive layer (3) is applied to a first joining part surface (4a) and the first surface (3a) of the adhesive layer (3) and/or the first joining part surface (4a) is/are subjected to partial area pre-treatment, a separating force in pre-treated areas (6) between the first joining part surface (4a) and the first surface (3a) of the adhesive layer (3) is increased thereby, and on peeling of the adhesive layer (3) from the first joining part surface (4a), the adhesive layer (3) separates cohesively in pre-treated areas (6) and the first surface (3a) of the adhesive layer (3) separates adhesively from the first joining part surface (4a) is untreated areas (7).

Abstract: Systems are provided for reusable high-strength adhesive mounts. An example system for reusable high-strength adhesive mounts may include a flexible modified gecko tape and a non-flexible second bonding side. The gecko tape may include a nanostructured side and a non-structured side, with the non-structured side including a plurality of attachment structures. The non-flexible second bonding side may include a plurality of attachment counterparts enabled to mechanically couple to the attachment structures. The mechanical coupling may be operable to couple and decouple multiple times. The mechanical coupling of the flexible modified gecko tape with the non-flexible second bonding side may create a torsion-resistant assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive tape which can be used in particular in a method for connecting two fiber-reinforced plastic components, comprising a carrier material made of polyethylene, wherein a polyacrylate-based self-adhesive compound is applied to one side of the carrier material, said adhesive compound can be reduced to the following reactant mixture containing monomers having the following composition: A1) acrylic acid ester, and/or methacrylic acid ester of the following formula CH2?CH(R1)(COOR2), wherein R1=H or CH3 and R2 is an alkyl chain with 1 to 14 carbon atoms at a proportion of between 65 to 98 wt. %, A2) acrylates and/or methacrylates whose alcohol component contains at least one primary hydroxyl- or carboxyl-group, and/or with acrylate-copolymerizable vinyl compounds containing the at least one primary hydroxyl or carboxyl group at a proportion of between 1 to 20 wt.

Abstract: The invention relates to a block copolymer-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising e) 52% by weight to 65% by weight, preferably 55% by weight to 62% by weight, of an elastomer component, f) 30% by weight to 45% by weight, preferably 35% by weight to 42% by weight, of at least one bonding resin, g) 0% by weight to 15% by weight, preferably to 10% by weight, of at least one softening resin and h) 0% by weight to 18% by weight, preferably to 10% by weight, of further additives, where the elastomer component (a) consists to an extent of at least 90% by weight of polyvinylaromatic-polybutadiene block copolymers, where the polyvinylaromatic-polybutadiene block copolymers include at least one type of diblock copolymer (a1) and at least one type of tri- or multiblock copolymer (a2), the at least one diblock copolymer (a1) has a vinylaromatic content of 15% by weight to 45% by weight, within the elastomer component (a) the proportion of tri- or multiblock copolymer (a2) is between 25% by weight and 50% by w

Abstract: Provided are a conductive adhesive tape including a compressible conductive powder, which is manufactured by applying a conductive adhesive prepared by mixing a conductive powder having a conductive metal-coated outer surface and an adhesive resin at a certain ratio on one surface or both surfaces of a conductive substrate and is easily and evenly attached to an attachment surface by preventing a protrusion phenomenon through deformable characteristics with respect to pressing, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: Coumarin modification of epoxies provide for epoxy adhesives that fluoresce under short wave ultraviolet irradiation while remaining invisible under normal light. Furthermore, these modified epoxy adhesives can have increased adhesive bond strengths. In addition, photochemical curing of an epoxy modified coumarin and a hardening agent with UV irradiation at certain wavelengths affords an epoxy adhesive composition. Further UV irradiation of the composition at certain wavelengths causes photoscission, which breaks the crosslinks that make the cured epoxy adhesive insoluble and intractable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a high temperature-resistant polyvinyl chloride adhesive tape, and more particularly to a method and a production process for manufacturing a high temperature-resistant adhesive tape by applying a UV-crosslinkable hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive to a high temperature-resistant polyvinyl chloride film. The high temperature-resistant polyvinyl chloride film is a high temperature-resistant material containing a liquid polymeric plasticizer, a solid polymeric plasticizer, and a heat stabilizer. The hot-melt pressure-sensitive adhesive can be directly coated onto the high temperature-resistant polyvinyl chloride film at 130-150° C.; and then crosslinked and cured by UV irradiation, to make a high temperature-resistant polyvinyl chloride adhesive tape.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a hot melt composition having a high form maintaining property at a high temperature and being in excellent adhesion to a substrate and in disassembly. The present invention relates to a hot melt composition comprising: (A1) a styrene-ethylene-ethylene/propylene-styrene block copolymer (SEEPS) and (B1) a hydrocarbon-based oil having an aniline point of 135° C. or more.

Abstract: A curable composition includes 100 parts by mass of a flexible epoxy resin (A), 1 to 150 parts by mass of polymer fine particles (B), and 1 to 200 parts by mass of an epoxy curing agent (C). The flexible epoxy resin (A) has an epoxy equivalent of 350 to 4000 g/eq. The polymer fine particles (B) have a core-shell structure and comprise a core layer and a shell layer. The core layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of more than 0° C. as calculated by the formula: 1/Tg=?(Mi/Tgi), where Mi represents a mass fraction of a monomer unit i and Tgi represents a glass transition temperature (K) of a homopolymer composed of the monomer unit i. A cured product obtained by curing the curable composition has a type A durometer hardness of 5 to 95 at 23 CC as measured by the method of JIS K6253-3.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) comprising an amorphous polyester having a glass transition temperature (Tg) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry of less than ?30° C.; wherein the aqueous polyurethane dispersion (PUD) has a glass transition temperature (Tg) as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of 0° C. to 20° C. and a hard block content of greater than 50%.

Abstract: A heat transfer process using a composition containing hydro(chloro)fluoroolefins. A heat transfer process that successively includes a step of evaporation of a refrigerant, a step of compression, a step of condensation of said refrigerant at a temperature greater than or equal to 70° C. and a step of expansion of said refrigerant characterized in that the refrigerant includes at least one hydrofluoroolefin having at least four carbon atoms represented by the formula (I) R1CH?CHR2 in which R1 and R2 independently represent alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, substituted with at least one fluorine atom, optionally with at least one chlorine atom.

Abstract: The present invention makes available an additive for stabilization of sodium acetate trihydrate, which can be obtained by emulsion polymerization of at least one hydrophilic monomer selected from among acrylic acid and acrylic acid derivatives with an acid group and a redox initiator system. Furthermore, a method for producing the additive, a storage medium of a latent heat storage unit, containing sodium acetate trihydrate and the additive, a method for stabilizing a storage medium of a latent heat storage unit, as well as the use of the additive as a stabilizer for sodium acetate trihydrate in a latent heat storage unit are made available.

Abstract: Viscoelastic fluid compositions are provided that have improved properties for suspending particulate active ingredients. Methods for forming the compositions are also provided. The compositions preferably have a non-Newtonian behavior, so that the viscosity of the composition at low shear rates is suitable for keeping solid particles in the form of a stable suspension while also providing a reduced viscosity at higher shear rates (such as a substantially reduced or minimized viscosity) to allow for pumping, tank mixing, and/or distribution of the composition, for instance by spraying.

Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation having one or more lost circulation zones comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a sealing composition into the wellbore, wherein the sealing composition comprises a latex and an accelerator and wherein the latex, the accelerator or both are encapsulated with an encapsulation material. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a latex and an accelerator wherein the latex, the accelerator, or both are encapsulated.

Abstract: Compositions herein may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous discontinuous phase, a first clay comprising an organophilic smectite clay, and a second clay comprising a magnesium silicate clay. Methods herein may include circulating such fluids downhole as well as admixing a magnesium silicate dispersed clay and an organophilic smectite clay in an oleaginous base fluid.

Abstract: Methods for adjusting the mechanical properties of cement systems include preparing a cement slurry containing water, an inorganic cement and at least two minerals. At least one of the minerals has a specific gravity higher than that of the cement at least one of the minerals has a specific gravity lower than that of the cement. The slurry is allowed to harden and form a set cement. The concentrations of the cement and the minerals may be varied such that the slurry has a constant solid volume fraction and a constant Compressive Strength vs. Effective porosity slurry density.

Abstract: An aqueous modified acid composition for industrial activities, said composition comprising: an alkanolamine and strong acid in a molar ratio of not less than 1:15, preferably not less than 1:10; it can also further comprise a metal iodide or iodate. Said composition demonstrates advantages over known conventional acids and modified acids.

Abstract: A method and system for removing water from the near wellbore during scale inhibitor squeeze treatments.

Abstract: A low-corrosivity composition suitable for dissolving scale on metals. The scale includes iron sulfide scale. The composition includes an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution comprising hydrogen peroxide; and an acidic solution comprising at least one acid, where the hydrogen peroxide and acid are present at concentrations such that the hydrogen peroxide does not break down to form visible bubbles at about room temperature, where the hydrogen peroxide and acid are present at concentrations such that iron sulfide scale is removed from a metal with iron sulfide scale, after the composition contacts the metal and iron sulfide scale at an elevated temperature greater than room temperature, and where the hydrogen peroxide and acid are present at concentrations such that pitting is not caused on the metal, the metal comprising carbon steel.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for inhibiting corrosion at a surface in the production, transportation, storage, and separation of fluids such as crude oil and natural gas, the compounds having the formula: wherein: Each R1 is independently —CH2OH and —C(O)OH; R2 is Each R3 is independently hydrogen or R5, or both R3 together form a ring via a linker Each R4 is independently hydrogen or R5; R5 is —CH2SC2H4R1; and n is an integer from 0 to 3.

Abstract: Described herein are environmentally acceptable fluid compositions, and methods and systems of using the fluids for restoring or enhancing hydrocarbon flow from a well bore. In some embodiments the fluids can be used to decrease the viscosity of a high viscosity hydrocarbon such as heavy crude oil. In other embodiments, the fluids may be used to aid in releasing a hydrocarbon from a geologic formation. In other embodiments, the fluids may be used to restore flow from a wellbore located at or near a geologic formation with a significant concentration of clay. In some embodiments, the disclosed fluids may be used with one or more viscosity-modifying compounds. The disclosed compositions may help decrease the concentration of water within the formation while increasing the concentration of methanol within the formation, which may aid in restoring cracks and fissures in the formation, increasing the size of the cracks and fissures, or increasing the number of cracks and fissures within the formation.

Abstract: Provided here are compositions and improved methods for recovering portion of irreducible water saturation in a porous rock sample. Compositions used here contain a displacement fluid and a surfactant, and lead to an increased recovery of the irreducible water from the porous rock sample.

Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to surfactant compositions for treatment of subterranean formations and produced oil. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing in the subterranean formation a surfactant composition. The surfactant composition includes an alkanolamide surfactant and an alkoxylated alcohol surfactant. The surfactant composition also includes an ionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, or a combination thereof at least one compound according to Formula H.

Abstract: A fluid design with enhanced proppant-carrying capacity utilizes a low-viscosity fluid with high proppant carrying capacity and low required power for injection into a hydrocarbon-bearing, subterranean formation. A preferred viscosifying agent that comprises a copolymer polymerized from an acrylic acid monomer and a monomer selected from: a) at least one carboxylic acid monomer; b) at least one C1 to C5 alkyl ester and/or at least one C1 to C5 hydroxyalkyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid; c) one crosslinking monomer; and optionally d) at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, may be used to produce a fracturing fluid that has the pumpability of a slick water fluid and the proppant-carrying ability of a cross-linked gel. An optimization process to optimize hydraulic fracture design evaluates and quantifies the proppant-carrying capacity of the invented fluid and its impact in the proppant transport during fracturing.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing acid fracture conductivity of acid fracture treatments on subterranean formations are provided. An example method of acid fracture treatment includes initiating fracturing of a subterranean formation in which a wellbore is formed to create a formation fracture, after initiating the fracturing for a period of time, injecting an acidic fluid into the wellbore to etch walls of the formation fracture to thereby create fracture conductivity, introducing a gas into the wellbore to foam fluids in the wellbore, and increasing a foam quality of the fluids with time during the treatment. The foam quality is based on a volume of the introduced gas and a total volume of the fluids in the wellbore.

Abstract: Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation are provided. An example method comprises introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid and a hydrophobically-modified cellulose. Methods of preparing a treatment fluid are provided. An example method comprises adding solid hydrophobically-modified cellulose to an aqueous fluid comprising a total dissolved solids concentration of greater than 300,000 mg/L to produce hydrated hydrophobically-modified cellulose; and then adding at least a portion of the hydrated hydrophobically-modified cellulose to an aqueous base fluid to produce the treatment fluid.

Abstract: A method for fracturing a subterranean formation, the method comprising injecting a fracturing fluid into a wellbore through the subterranean formation, thereby creating a fracture network in the subterranean formation, the fracturing fluid comprising a proppant and a plurality of polymer fibers having a deflection temperature ranging from about 70° C. to about 150° C. dispersed in a carrier fluid.