Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units are disclosed. A coated binder is divided into a plurality of coated binder units by applying a pair of dividing elements to the coated binder and applying a welding element.

Abstract: A solid colorant including a. 30-97 wt % of a pigment, b. less than 5 wt % of a solvent c. 3-40 wt % surfactants and wherein: the ratio S/A [Std dev of the particle size distribution/average particle size] of the solid colorant is <25%, preferably <22% and more preferably <20%, wherein wt % is relative to the total weight of the solid colorant, and wherein the particle size distribution is determined with light scattering with fully automated image analysis according to ISO 13322-1 Static image analysis First edition 2004 Dec. 1 by the use of the OCCHIO ZEPHYR ESR analyzer. A process for making the solid colorant, and the use of the solid colorant for tinting base paints by volumetric dosing of the solid colorant to the base paint.

Abstract: The invention provides a plurality of substantially same planar pigment flakes, each formed of one or more thin film layers. Each flake has a face surface and a flake border delimiting the face surface; the flake border undulates in the plane of the flake. The flakes have a pre-selected shape, may have a symbol or a grating thereon. A method of manufacturing of these flakes including the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a plurality of one-flake regions and a plurality of depressions or protrusions disposed therebetween and not extending into the one-flake regions, (b) coating the substrate with a releasable coating, and (c) removing the releasable coating and breaking it into the flakes; wherein two adjacent of the one-flake regions are separated by at least three of the depressions or protrusions for facilitating the breaking of the releasable coating into the flakes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for manufacturing a dry mineral pigment containing a product formed in situ by the multiple reaction between a calcium carbonate and the product or products of reaction of the said carbonate with one or more moderately strong to strong H3O+ ion donators and the product or products of reaction of the said carbonate with gaseous CO2 formed in situ and/or originating from an external supply and one or more compounds of formula R—X together with the mineral pigment obtained by the process, and its applications in the field of paint and/or plastics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition producible from at least one yttrium-containing precursor, a solvent A, and a solvent B, which is different from the solvent A, the ratio of the vapor pressure of the solvent A at 20° C. to the vapor pressure of solvent B at 20° C. being p A p B ? 10 , to methods for producing it, and to its use.

Abstract: A durable coating composition which reduces ice adherence and minimizes ice accumulation includes a silicate binder, a silane-modified filler, a film forming lubricant, and a crosslinking agent. Articles and overhead conductors coated with such coating compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A coating for pelletized thermoplastic road marking material is provided in which at least one of waxes, silica compounds, and inorganic compounds is provided on the surface of the thermoplastic pellet. The pellet is formed by mixing a binder mixture with a filler mixture, heating the mixed ingredients while mixing into a homogenous molten mixture and then extruding the molten mixture. The extruded material is cooled, cut into individual pellets and then coated. The coating prevents clumping of the pellets and also imparts improved flowability and lower melting point properties. Preferred coatings include micronized polyethylene wax, silicates, silanes, silicones, siliconates, fluoropoymers, calcium carbonate and zeolite.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protection layer which is used as anticorrosion layer on corrosion-prone substrates, especially corroding metals, alloys and other materials, especially on steel, and as a basecoat for the application of further porous layer systems or as a topcoat, and to the process for production thereof and to use on a coated substrate for protection against corrosion and specifically for use against microbially induced corrosion (MIC), wherein the anticorrosion layer comprises a high-density protection layer on a corrosion-prone substrate, containing pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are formed from monomer units selected from the group of the triethoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are crosslinked with one another, and wherein the high-density protection layer has a layer thickness of at least 50 ?m.

Abstract: An article comprising a substrate and at least one coating layer disposed on the substrate. The coating layer includes a silicate glass matrix, an oxygen scavenger phase dispersed through the silicate glass matrix, and at least one metal in metallic form.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anticorrosive coating composition. In order to provide an anticorrosive coating composition which cures at room temperature, provision is made for the anticorrosive coating composition to comprise at least one polysiloxane and metal particles and also at least one crosslinker, the coating composition crosslinking chemically at room temperature. The invention further relates to a method for applying the anticorrosive coating composition and also to the coated substrate.

Abstract: A paint system contains an anti-fouling metal oxide and a fumed silica, wherein the fumed silica has a BET surface area of 150 to 400 m2/g, a tamped density of 100 to 300 g/l and a thickening of less than 500 mPas.

Abstract: Disclosed are a flame retardant polyurethane-urea hybrid coating agent composition containing expanded graphite and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, it relates to a flame retardant polyurethane-urea hybrid coating agent composition which is formed as a film on surfaces of coated structures, when coated on the interiors and exteriors of building structures, vessels, and marine structures, and, after the film formation, does not discharge toxic gases, particularly black smoke, and has a characteristic to self-extinguish within several seconds, in case of fire, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An object to be solved by the present invention is to discover a thermosetting coating composition ensuring an excellent finished appearance without a decrease in corrosion resistance, and to provide a coated article with such excellent coating performances. The present invention provides a thermosetting coating composition, comprising a modified epoxy resin (A) resulting from a reaction of an epoxy resin (a1) with a modifier (a2), and optionally with an amine compound (a4); and a blocked polyisocyanate compound (B), the modified epoxy resin (A) comprising, at least in a part of the terminals thereof, a specific organic group, and having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 80,000.

Abstract: A near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid, which can be applied to offset printing, including: a solvent of one or more kinds selected from vegetable oils and vegetable oil-derived compounds; near infrared ray-absorbing fine particles of one or more kinds selected from composite tungsten oxide expressed by MxWyOz or tungsten oxide having a Magneli phase expressed by a general formula WyOz; a solvent of one or more kinds selected from alcohols, ethers, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons and glycol ethers and having a boiling point of 180° C. or less, wherein a content of the solvent of one or more kinds selected from alcohols, ethers, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons and glycol ethers is 5 mass % or less.

Abstract: There is provided a radiation curable ink jet composition including: a monomer A that has one of a (meth)acryloyloxy group and a (meth)acryloyl group and has a cyclic structure containing one or more nitrogen atoms and one or more oxygen atoms in addition to the (meth)acryloyloxy group and the (meth)acryloyl group; and a monofunctional monomer B other than the monomer A; in which the content of the monomer A is equal to or less than 25% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and in which mol average Tg of the monomer A and the monofunctional monomer B is equal to or greater than 45° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable ink composition comprising two ester compounds. The invention further relates to a method for making such ink composition and a printing method using such ink composition.

Abstract: A stretchable ink composition comprising a polyester; a polyurethane elastomer; water; a co-solvent; an optional surfactant; and an optional colorant.

Abstract: A curable ink including at least one monomer, oligomer, or prepolymer; an optional photoinitiator; an optional colorant; and amide gellant having a molecular weight of from about 800 to about 2,500 g/mole; wherein the ink has an onset of gelation defined by the glass transition of the low molecular weight amide gellant according to the relationship Onset of Gelation (K)=(Constant) Tg of gellant (K); wherein the Constant is less than 1.5. A process for printing a three-dimensional article including providing a curable ink; depositing the curable ink in one or more layers; and curing the deposited ink to form the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: An ink contains particles containing metal that reacts during sintering to produce an electrically conductive line or area having a diffusivity that is less than the diffusivity of the metal before the reaction. Resulting electronic circuits therefore exhibit longer useful lives, compared to conventionally inkjet printed circuits.

Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, an organic peroxide, and optionally a silanol condensation catalyst. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions are crosslinkable via a combination of peroxide crosslinking and moisture curing. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions can be employed in the production of various articles of manufacture, such as coated conductors.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fluoropolymer composition comprising: —at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (A)]; —at least one benzoxazine compound [compound (B)] of formula (I), wherein each of Ra, equal to or different at each occurrence, is H or a C1-C12 alkyl group; Rb is a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; j is zero or an integer of 1 to 4; each of Rc, equal or different at each occurrence, is a halogen or a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; —at least one aromatic polyimide polymer [polymer (PI)]; —at least one organic solvent [solvent (S)], and to a method for coating a surface, specifically a metal surface, with a fluoropolymer, using said fluoropolymer composition.

Abstract: A protective coat layer-forming composition is used for forming a protective coat layer of a protective coat layer-laminated film including a base film made of a cyclic olefin resin and the protective coat layer formed on at least one side of the base film. The protective coat layer-forming composition includes a component (A) of a multifunctional acrylate monomer, a component (C) of an isocyanuric acid derivative having two or more (meth)acryloxy groups, a component (D) of a caprolactone oligomer derivative having three or more (meth)acryloxy groups, and a component (E) of a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: There is provided a hydraulic transfer film which consists of a laminate that has, on a water-soluble film, both an extension-inhibiting resin layer and a luster ink layer containing a luster pigment and a binder resin, wherein: the laminate has protrusions and recesses on the surface opposite to the water-soluble film; and the resin forming the extension-inhibiting resin layer contains a resin (A) having a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher. There is also provided a process for manufacturing the same; and a process for producing a decorated molded product, using the transfer film.

Abstract: A curable coating composition having satisfactory low temperature curing property and fast drying speed while maintaining the flexibility and impact resistance of coating films, and also providing the coating films with good anti-corrosion property and good adhesion to a steel substrate; and a process of preparing the curable coating composition.

Abstract: Described in preferred embodiments are UV curable coating compositions including a unique blend of aliphatic urethane acrylate resins. Also described are coated articles and methods for their production involving the use of the coating compositions.

Abstract: The invention is related to a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a crosslinked hydrophilic coating thereon. A method of the invention involves heating a silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous solution in the presence of a water-soluble, highly branched, thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material having positively-charged azetidinium groups, to and at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 140° C. for a period of time sufficient to covalently attach the thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens through covalent linkages each formed between one azetidinium group and one of the reactive functional groups on and/or near the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens, thereby forming a crosslinked hydrophilic coating on the silicone hydrogel contact lens. Such method can be advantageously implemented directly in a sealed lens package during autoclave.

Abstract: Polymeric dispersants are disclosed that include a urethane backbone at least one pendantly attached imide group, wherein the carbonyl of the imide are chemically bonded to a single or fused aromatic ring. The aromatic ring can be substituted with various electron withdrawing or releasing groups. The dispersant also includes solvent-solubilizing chains of polyether, polyester, polyacrylate, and or polyolefin Desirably, the imide groups are derived from an imide that has two isocyanate reactive groups such that the imide is attached to the urethane backbone at two separate locations.

Abstract: Disclosed are particles that have an exterior surface coated with a thin polymeric coating, such as a coating that includes a sulfur-containing polymer. Also disclosed are compositions, such as fuel-resistant sealant and coating compositions, which include such particles. Aerospace vehicles having an aperture at least partially sealed with a sealant deposited from such a sealant composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A moisture curable composition comprises: (A) a polymer containing reactive hydroxyl or hydrolysable groups bonded to silicon which groups are reactive in the presence of moisture; (B) a crosslinking agent comprising at least two groups reactive with the silicon-bonded hydroxyl or hydrolysable groups of polymer (A); (C) one or more reinforcing and/or non-reinforcing fillers; and (D) a silane having the structure (R1)m(Y1)3-mSi—Z1-G1-Z2—Si(R2)q(Y2)3-q. R1 and R2 are alkoxy groups containing from 1 to 6 carbons, Y1 and Y2 are alkyl groups containing from 1 to 8 carbons, Z1 and Z2 are alkylene groups having from 1 to 12 carbons, G1 is a chemical group containing a heteroatom with a lone pair of electrons, and m and q are independently 1, 2 or 3. Silane (D) is present in an amount of from 15 to 30% by weight of the composition and functions as a cure catalyst.

Abstract: A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder.

Abstract: A transparent adhesive having a refractive index ranging from 1.7 to 1.73 and to the production and the use thereof, particularly the use thereof for coatings and adhesive bonds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for detaching a component from an electronic assembly. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for detaching a component bonded with a liquid optically clear adhesive (LOCA) in a display module by using electromagnetic radiation (EMR).

Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that may effectively block moisture or oxygen penetrated into an organic electronic device from an external environment, and exhibit reliability under harsh conditions such as high temperature and high humidity and excellent optical characteristics, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including the same are provided.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive material and articles made using the hot melt adhesive to assemble structures in an article. The adhesive material typically is manufactured by blending amorphous polymer with a heterophase polymer having crystallinity into an adhesive composition.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive of the invention include a (meth)acryl-based polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer component including 19 to 99.5% by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate having a branched alkyl group of 10 to 24 carbon atoms at an ester end. The pressure-sensitive adhesive has a satisfactory level of adhesive performance and can form a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with a lower dielectric constant.

Abstract: An adhesive tape containing an adhesive comprising at least one polymer optionally a tackifier resin at least one reactive resin, the adhesive comprising at least 104 parts of the at least one reactive resin per 100 parts of polymer and tackifier resin at least one initiator and/or curing agent and/or accelerator where the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive, the at least one polymer being present as continuous polymer phase in the uncured state of the pressure sensitive adhesive.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive composition, comprising: (A) a silane terminated oligomer; (B) a (meth)acrylate monomer; (C) optionally a (meth)acrylate oligomer; (D) a photoinitiator; and (E) optionally an organometallic catalyst. The adhesive composition is both ultraviolet curable and moisture curable. Also disclosed is a method of applying the adhesive composition, comprising: (i) coating the adhesive onto the substrate to be bonded; (ii) laminating or stacking the substrate to be bonded to form an assembly; (iii) irradiating the assembly by ultraviolet irradiation; and (iv) placing the assembly under the room temperature. The adhesive composition is useful in display panels, touch panels and optical devices.

Abstract: Pressure sensitive and waterproof urethane-based adhesive compositions and methods of preparing said compositions. A silane is added to a prepolymer urethane to react with the urethane and at least partially end-cap the urethane. A reinforcing extender and a thixotropic agent are added to the composition. Methylethylketoximino (MEKO) silane is further 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.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a plywood article that is pre-cured or cured. The plywood includes a first wood veneer, a second wood veneer disposed opposite the first wood veneer and an adhesive composition disposed between the first wood veneer and the second wood veneer. The adhesive composition is either cured or not cured. Prior to cure, the adhesive composition consists essentially of an isocyanate component and Kaolin. After cure, the cured adhesive composition consists essentially of a self-polymerization product of the isocyanate component and the Kaolin. The Kaolin is present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of the adhesive composition. Moreover, each of the first and second wood veneers independently has a moisture content of from 0 to 45 weight percent.

Abstract: An adhesive composition including predominantly one or two polyamide(s) having units chosen from: at least one unit denoted A having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CA, ranging from 4 to 8.5, advantageously from 4 to 7; at least one unit denoted B having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CB, ranging from 7 to 10, advantageously from 7.5 to 9.5; and at least one unit denoted C having an average number of carbon atoms per nitrogen atom, denoted CC, ranging from 9 to 18, advantageously from 10 to 18, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B), the curable composition producing a cured product that has a solid-state Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum in which a peak is observed within a range from ?80 ppm or more to less than ?40 ppm, and a half-width of the peak is 500 to 900 Hz, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) the component (B) being at least one silane coupling agent selected from a group consisting of a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.

Abstract: An abrasive particle (01) having a shell (02) and a hollow space (03) arranged within the shell (02) is proposed.

Abstract: Provided are: an antistatic resin composition for containers and pipes of organic solvents, which has long-lasting and sufficient antistaticity and whose antistatic performance is not impaired even when the composition is in contact with an organic solvent for a long period of time; and a container and a pipe for organic solvents, which include the same. The antistatic resin composition for containers and pipes of organic solvents contains 3 to 25 parts by mass of at least one polymer compound (E) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin, wherein the polymer compound (E) has a structure in which a diol, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, a compound (B) which includes at least one group represented by the following Formula (1) and has hydroxyl groups at both ends, and an epoxy compound (D) having two or more epoxy groups are bound via ester bonds: —CH2—CH2—O—??(1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cooling or heating a fluid or a body by means of a vapour compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid, said circuit being at least partially contained in an enclosure, and the relative humidity of the air in the enclosure being less than or equal to a threshold value H1 which is less than 50%, the flammability of the heat transfer fluid at relative humidity H1 being less than the flammability of the heat transfer fluid at 50% relative humidity. The invention also relates to a cooling or heating installation suited to the implementation of this method. The invention also relates to a method of protection against the risks of fire or explosion in an enclosure containing at least partially a vapour compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid, as well as a method for reducing the GWP of a transfer fluid. The invention also relates to heat transfer fluids suited to the implementation of the above methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ternary composition comprising difluoromethane, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a hydrocarbon-derived compound containing at least two fluorine atoms and having a boiling point of between ?30 and ?20° C., which is selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. This composition is particularly suitable for use as a heat-transfer fluid in the presence of countercurrent heat exchangers.

Abstract: There are herein described phase change materials containing sodium acetate trihydrate having improved homogeneity, a process for the preparation of said materials, and their utility in phase change systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of phase change compositions comprising sodium acetate trihydrate, at least one alkali soluble polymer for inhibition of sodium acetate anhydrous crystal formation in sodium acetate trihydrate containing phase change materials, and at least one sodium acetate trihydrate nucleation promoter, and, if a lower phase change temperature is required, at least one melting point depressing agent.

Abstract: A class of paste materials for thermal, and mechanical bonding, and in some cases electrical interconnection, of two solid surfaces includes particles and an organic vehicle which is partially or completely removed during processing. The paste includes hybrids of inorganic materials for meeting the thermal, electrical and mechanical bonding functionality requirements and organic materials for meeting the process, application and protection requirements. The inorganic materials include high thermal and optionally electrical conductivity materials in forms from nanoparticles to micro-powders. The organic materials may include small molecules, surfactant, oligomers, and polymers.

Abstract: A super-amphiphobic composite material and use of the same as an inhibitor, lubricant, reservoir protectant, and accelerator in water-based drilling fluids. A method for preparing the amphiphobic composite material includes: performing a first mixing of nano-titanium dioxide and nano-silicon dioxide in an alcohol-water mixed solvent under an alkaline condition, to obtain a dispersion of nano-titanium dioxide and nano-silicon dioxide; then introducing a fluorosilicone-containing coupler into the dispersion of nano-titanium dioxide and nano-silicon dioxide and performing a second mixing. The amphiphobic composite material may be applied in water-based drilling fluids. It has an effect of strongly inhibiting hydrated swelling and disintegration, low toxicity and high compatibility; can solve problems such as well wall instability, blockage of drilling tools, and reservoir damage, etc.

Abstract: The use of gelatin-based copolymers containing at least one grafted side chain formed from ethylenically unsaturated compounds as an anti-accretion additive is proposed for water-based drilling fluids in the development, exploitation and completion of underground mineral oil and natural gas deposits and in deep wells. These copolymers are water-soluble and have good biodegradability.

Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.