Abstract: A thermoplastic container or packaging material is given low oxygen permeability by coating with a cross-linked acrylate layer and a layer of oxygen barrier material deposited over the acrylate layer. Another acrylate layer may be deposited over the oxygen barrier. The oxygen barrier is selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, aluminum oxide and metal. The acrylate layer may be formed from a photopolymerizable polyfunctional acrylate that is sufficiently low viscosity to be sprayed on the substrate or applied by dipping. Alternatively, the acrylate layer is a polymerization product of an acrylate monomer which is evaporated in a vacuum, condensed on the substrate and polymerized by irradiation by ultraviolet or an electron beam.

Abstract: A substrate having enhanced mechanical rigidity and including high stiffness reinforcing layers, a conductive layer and non-cloth dielectric layers wherein the non-cloth dielectric layers have a modulus of elasticity which is less than the modulus of elasticity of the reinforcing layers and of the conductive layer. The high stiffness reinforcing layers are disposed off the neutral axis and away from the center of the organic substrate to increase the flexural rigidity and flexural yield strength of the organic substrate.

Abstract: Sheet materials according to the present invention comprise a sheet material substrate, such as for example a film or paper sheet, with a polymer base coating overlying and adhered to a surface of the sheet material substrate. The base coating comprises a radiation cured crosslinked polymer derived from at least one vapor deposited acrylate prepolymer composition having a molecular weight in the range of from about 150 to 600. A metal layer is deposited on and overlies a surface of the base coating, and a polymer top coating overlies and is adhered to a surface of the metal layer. The top coating comprises a radiation cured crosslinked polymer derived from a vapor deposited acrylate prepolymer composition having a molecular weight in the range of from about 150 to 600 and a ratio of its molecular weight to its number of acrylate groups (MW/Ac) in the range of from about 150 to 600.

Abstract: An electrical circuit board fluoropolymer substrate and method of manufacture thereof, comprising a fluoropolymer matrix that includes a mixture of a granular first fluoropolymer resin and a dispersion second fluoropolymer resin. Preferably, the first and second fluoropolymer is polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). This mixture is suitable for forming unfilled or filled casting compositions to form thick films, or for dip-coating glass webs.

Abstract: A zinc coating directly covers a bare ferrous base of parking meter housing parts. A non-epoxy thermosetting electrically insulating organic non-epoxy powder coating directly covers the zinc coating. The organic coating is directly applied to the zinc coating by electrostatically charging the powder and parts with opposite d.c. voltage polarities and by heating the powder so it adheres to and covers the zinc coating. Alternatively, the base is zinc, directly covered by the organic powder coating.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprised of (a) a carboxyl functional adduct which is the reaction product of (i) a compound, polymer or oligomer containing pendant and/or terminal hydroxyl or epoxy functional groups and (ii) tartaric acid, malic acid, adipic acid, succinic acid, or anhydrides of said acids; and an anhydride curing agent are disclosed. The coating compositions have accelerated tack-free times and enhanced adhesion to zinc-coated steel and cold rolled steel without the use of a chrome containing wash primer.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising a polymeric layer deposited on the surface of the article, a zirconium compound or titanium compound layer deposited on the polymeric layer, and a polyurethane layer deposited on the zirconium compound or titanium compound layer.

Abstract: Compared to a polyester film, films made from a blend of the polyester and up to 20 percent of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer have improved tear strength and heat seal strength while maintaining acceptable gloss, clarity, and coefficient of friction. The heat seal strength of the film and the bond strength of the film to aluminum vacuum deposited on the film are improved by adding less than five percent of an ethylene-acid copolymer to the blend.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified crosslinkable resin and a composite coating composition or system employing the resin. More particularly, the resin comprises an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or copolymer and para-hydroxybenzoic acid or substituted para-hydroxybenzoic acid, the reaction product thereof subsequently being reacted with a crosslinking agent gives rise to a composition including an ether linkage with a carbon-carbon site ortho to the phenolic hydroxy group.

Abstract: An anti-corrosive polymeric complex which is comprised of a plurality of double-stranded molecular complexes. Each of the molecular complexes are comprised of a strand of a conductive polymer and a strand of a copolymer. The strands of the polymeric complex are non-covalently bonded to each other along the contour of the strands to form a side-by-side, twisted, double-stranded configuration.

Abstract: A composition for use as an electrical stress controlling layer (12) for use with cable joints and terminations has a non-linear V-I characteristic. The composition comprises a polymeric matrix filled with doped zinc oxide varistor powder. The particulate filler is sieved at 125 micrometers, calcined at 1100.degree. C., and lightly ground to maintain the spherical shape of the particles. More than 50% by weight of the particles have a maximum dimension between 5 and 100 micrometers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a corrosion resistant metal article which comprises: (a) a metal body normally prone to corrosion when subjected to potentially corrosive conditions, other than stainless steel or a metal similar to stainless steel; and (b) a neat coating of neutral, undoped polyaniline in the emeraldine base form on the metal body.

Abstract: The invention provides a process that includes a first step of reacting the hydroxyl groups of a acrylic resin having hydroxyl groups and carbamate groups with a compound that converts the hydroxyl groups to new groups unreactive with an aminoplast crosslinker; a second step of combining the acrylic resin reaction product with at least an aminoplast crosslinker to form a coating composition; and a third step of applying the coating composition to a substrate and curing the applied coating layer, in which substantially no ether linkages are formed. Aminoplast crosslinkers are desirable for other reasons such as providing high solids coatings having excellent appearance that cure under moderate conditions. Avoiding the ether linkages that could be formed by reaction of aminoplast crosslinkers with hydroxyl groups improves the resistance of the cured coating to environmental etch.

Abstract: Smooth, patterned substrates useful in producing decorative cookware are formed by coating a base with a mixture of fluoropolymer and magnetic flakes and magnetically inducing an image in the polymer coating composition. The baked fluoropolymer release coating contains magnetizable flakes, a portion of the flakes being oriented in the plane of the substrate and a portion of said flakes being magnetically reoriented to form a pattern in the coating which is observed in reflected light, the flakes having a longest dimension which is greater than the thickness of said coating. The patterned substrate is formed by applying magnetic force through the edges of a magnetizable die positioned under a coated base to induce an imaging effect or pattern. The coating composition is then cured resulting in a smooth surface, patterned nonstick finish on the substrate.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising a polymeric layer deposited on the surface of the article, a chrome/nickel alloy layer deposited on the polymeric layer, and a silicone resin layer deposited on the chrome/nickel alloy layer.

Abstract: A decorative article including a base layer essentially consisting of a resin sheet and a decorative layer attached to the base layer and essentially consisting of a resin film and a metal thin film formed on a lower surface of the resin film. The metal thin film is formed in a microscopically discontinuous pattern.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer composition is provided that includes 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer and/or its hydrogenate having polymer blocks of an aromatic vinyl compound and polymer blocks of a conjugated diene compound, and from 5 to 95 parts by weight of a block copolymer having polymer blocks of an aromatic vinyl compound and/or an olefinic compound and polymer blocks having a constitutional unit derived from a (meth) acrylic compound, a laminate containing a layer of the composition, and a hot-melt adhesive that includes the composition. Because it has good melt adhesiveness, the composition of the invention can firmly adhere in melt to various polar or non-polar materials. Using the composition, it is easy to produce laminates having a layer of the composition and a layer of some other material, through melt shaping or any other melt adhesion techniques.

Abstract: An article is coated with a multi-layer coating comprising a polymeric layer deposited on the surface of the article, a zirconium compound, titanium compound or zirconium/titanium alloy compound layer deposited on the polymeric layer, and a silicone resin layer deposited on the zirconium compound or titanium compound layer.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of treating running faces subjected to wear of a workpiece in which ions or molecule chain components of fluorocarbon molecules are arranged on the surface of the workpiece. It is especially preferred to attach ions of polyfluoroether molecules. The attachment can be effected by adhesion or by chemical bonding. Principally the method according to the invention can be applied to metallic and ceramic materials, wherein especially good experiences have been made with the surface treatment of aluminum workpieces, ceramic inserts etc.

Abstract: A hybrid film, comprising a first polymer film having a plasma-treated surface and a second polymer film having first and second surfaces, with the first surface of the second polymer film being disposed along the first plasma-treated surface of the first polymer film, has superior thermal and mechanical properties that improve performance in a number of applications, including food packaging, thin film metallized and foil capacitors, metal evaporated magnetic tapes, flexible electrical cables, and decorative and optically variable films. One or more metal layers may be deposited on either the plasma-treated surface of the substrate and/or the radiation-cured acrylate polymer. A ceramic layer may be deposited on the radiation-cured acrylate polymer to provide an oxygen and moisture barrier film.

Abstract: Metallized moldings of polymer mixtures comprise a thermoplastic and a filler. The thermoplastic polymer has a melting point of more than 100.degree. C. and may be selected from the group consisting of fluoropolymers, polyamides, polycarbomates, polyesters, polyimides, liquid crystalline polymers, polymethyl methacrylates, polyphenylene oxides, polysulfones, polyurethanes and silicones. The filler may comprise oxidized polyarylene sulfide polyarylene sulfide, polyimide, aromatic polyester, or polyether ketone.

Abstract: Air-dry refinish primer compositions containing microparticles have been found to exhibit superior air-dry properties as well as being resistant to solvent attack when a primer-surfacer or topcoat is applied after a short (30 minute or less) dry time of the primer composition.

Abstract: A donor film for a color filter is provided. The donor film includes a support layer, a light absorbing layer and a transfer layer, wherein the transfer layer comprises an acryl resin represented by the following formula (1) as a bonding resin: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 indicates a hydrogen or methyl group; R.sub.2 indicates C.sub.1 .about.C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.2 .about.C.sub.10 hydroxyalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, C.sub.5 .about.C.sub.10 cycloalkyl or benzyl group; R.sub.3 indicates C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, C.sub.5 .about.C.sub.10 cycloalkyl or benzyl group; X indicates a vinyl group, epoxy group or hydrogen atom; and 0.1.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.0.65, 0.3.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.0.8 and 0.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.0.2 (Here, a, b and c denote mole fractions, and the sum of a, b and c is 1).

Abstract: A chromium-free composition for treating metal surface comprising (a) a hydroxyl group-containing organic resin, (b) a phosphoric acid and (c) at least one of ions and compounds of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Co, Fe, Mn, Sn, V, Mg, Ba, Al, Ca, Sr, Nb, Y and Zn, and (d) at least one of colloids (sol) or powders of SiO.sub.2, SnO.sub.2, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4, MgO, ZrO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Sb.sub.2 O.sub.5 ; as well as a metal sheet or metal article having thereon (i) a coating film of the chromium-free composition and optionally (ii) a coating film of a coating composition comprising an organic resin and if desired a colloid (sol) or a powder.

Abstract: A chloroprene rubber composition which contains carbon black and of which the breaking elongation A and the static modulus in shear B of the vulcanizate satisfy the following formula:A.gtoreq.-36.4.times.B+1090 (1)where A is the breaking elongation (%) and B is the static modulus in shear (kgf/cm.sup.2).

Abstract: A coating system and method for a golf ball injection mold having a land area and a patterned wall defining a hemispherical cavity is characterized by the application of a primer and a fluoropolymer top coat layer at least the patterned wall. The combined thickness of the coatings is no greater than 0.0007 inches. Owing to the thin coating, a golf ball molded in the cavity is easily ejected therefrom.

Abstract: A laminate of an oriented resin film and a metal sheet substrate is used in the manufacture of can stock, the intensity of orientation of the resin film being greater along the bottom of the can and lesser along the can side wall. This construction is obtained by locally cooling, during lamination, that part of the heated metal substrate which will become the bottom wall of the resultant can.

Abstract: A device for generating electrical current in the presence of ambient heat includes an intermediate layer having a predetermined electronegativity value interposed between a first outer layer and a second outer layer, in which the first outer layer has an electronegative value less than the intermediate layer, and the second outer layer has an electronegative value less than the first outer layer. The intermediate layer includes a first binder combination and a second binder combination. The first binder combination contains a polymeric binder and a first electronegative material. The second binder combination contains a polymeric binder and a second electrogneative material. The first and second binder combinations have a predetermined electronegative value that is greater than said first and second outer layers. A method of making and a method of activating the device for the generation of electricity are also disclosed.

Abstract: In conjunction with a recording medium for recording and reading information by utilizing the construction of AFM or STM and the polarization reversal of a ferroelectric material as well as an information processing apparatus having the recording medium, an object of the invention is to tailor the medium noiseless and sufficiently reliable to withstand repetitive data rewriting. The recording medium has a ferroelectric layer having unidirectionally oriented crystal axes on a substrate, and the ferroelectric layer has a ten point mean roughness Rz of up to 2 nm across a reference length of 500 nm over at least 80% of its surface. A protective layer or a lubricating layer may be disposed on the surface of the ferroelectric layer.

Abstract: Multilayered coatings comprising a sacrificial primer layer, a non-sacrificial second layer, and a polymer topcoat are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypropylene film-adhesion promoter-metal laminates, adhesion promoter used being polypropylene modified with carboxyl groups and/or anhydride groups. Polypropylene random copolymers of 90 to 99% by weight, preferably 93 to 99% by weight, of propylene and 1 to 10% by weight, preferably 1 to 7% by weight, of comonomers, having a molecular weight distribution M.sub.w :M.sub.n in the range from 2 to 10, preferably 3 to 6, and a melt flow index MFI 230.degree. C./2.16 kg in the range of 1 to 20 g/10 min, preferably in the range from 4 to 15 g/10 min, are used for the production of the polypropylene film.

Abstract: The decorative laminate formed in accordance with the present invention is a flexible, organic polymer-based laminate that overcomes the disadvantages of conventional laminates that include thermosetting emboss resins for imparting texture to the laminate. The laminate formed in accordance with the present invention includes a polyvinylidene fluoride-based material that serves to receive and retain texture or surface relief, and also to impart further decorative features to the laminate.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a strippable or dissolvable release coating on the surface of substrate such as a flexible polymeric film or web. The release coating is subsequently coated with a layer of material and then dissolved in a solvent to release the layer. The release coating is made from a copolymer of methylmethacrylate and ethylacrylate or from a homopolymer of polyacrylic acid. Release coatings made of methylmethacrylate and ethylacrylate copolymers having glass transition temperatures of about 60.degree. C. or greater, or made of a ipolyacrylic acid homopolymer having a glass transition temperature of about 100.degree. C. or higher, are also provided. The release coatings provide excellent supporting substrates for the formation of an overcoated metallized layer, are readily strippable in acetone, and can be formed during an in-line process which begins with drawing a flexible film or web from a molten polymeric material.

Abstract: According to the invention, there are provided a novel process for preparing an anti-scaling coating on the walls of a polymerization vessel by using aromatic compounds reacted with sodium hydroxymethanesulphinate, and an anti-scaling coating obtained by this novel process.

Abstract: Process for making organic solvent-free aqueous crosslinkable polymer composition comprising: a) preparing an aqueous solution of an acid-functional oligomer with Tg 10 to 125.degree. C. and having crosslinker functional groups; b) conducting an aqueous emulsion polymerization to make an aqueous emulsion of an olefinic hydrophobic polymer in the presence of the aqueous oligomer solution, the hydrophobic polymer having Tg at least 25.degree. C. below that of the oligomer and optionally crosslinker functional groups, and c) combining with a crosslinking agent reactable with the crosslinker groups of the oligomer and polymer, said composition having Koenig hardness of .gtoreq.40 sec and minimum film forming temperature (MFFT) .ltoreq.55.degree. C. Also the aqueous composition so formed and its use in various applications. The aqueous composition has excellent properties and in particular an advantageous balance of MFFT and Koenig hardness.

Abstract: A peelable and heat sealable lidstock material for steel end containers. The container of the invention is suitable for holding various foods, including instant coffee, powdered baby formula and soup mixes. The lidstock material includes a film containing an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, polybutylene and a particulate inorganic filler.

Abstract: An interior molded article for automobiles is disclosed, comprising a hard core portion and a soft coating portion for covering the hard core portion, wherein the soft coating portion comprises one or more layers and at least one of them comprises a thermoplastic elastomer material.

Abstract: A constraint type vibration damping material, which exhibits a high vibration damping performance and can realize easiness of processing and a low cost at the same time, is provided, in which a polymer viscoelastic layer made of rubber, etc. is formed on at least one surface of a rigid body such as a metal plate, etc. and a hard cover layer having a rigidity modulus greater than that of the viscoelastic layer and smaller than that of the rigid body. Since the hard cover layer having a great rigidity modulus acts as a constraining material, which forms as the result a pair with the rigid body. Further, since the polymer viscoelastic layer and the hard cover layer can be formed by continuous fabrication steps, it can be advantageous from the point of view of the cost.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a type of metal dual-color extruded plastic key; said key comprising an electroplatable plastic material and a non-electroplatable plastic material; said two parts being subjected to plastic dual-color extrusion forming process; said non-electroplatable plastic material serving to produce a letter or figure; the area surrounding said non-electroplatable plastic material being the electroplatable plastic material; the surface of said electroplatable material being a layer of light-proof electroplated coating, to form the required metal surface; whereby the non-electroplatable plastic material being used to form the area where the letter or figure is to appear, so the lighting could permeate from the letter or figure; the above structure is so designed to provide a high added value to the key product with an exterior of excellent light permeability and comfortable touch.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a corrosion resistant metal article which comprises: (a) a metal body normally prone to corrosion when subjected to potentially corrosive conditions, other than stainless steel or a metal similar to stainless steel; and (b) a neat coating of neutral, undoped polyaniline in the emeraldine base form on the metal body.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck including a pedestal having a conductive upper surface; and a layer of plasma-sprayed material formed on the upper surface of the pedestal and defining a surface onto which a substrate is placed during use, wherein the plasma-sprayed material exhibits the Johnson-Rahbeck effect when a bias is applied between the substrate and the pedestal.

Abstract: The present invention aims to improve soundproof and heat insulating properties of a foamed plastic by reducing internal cells pressure inside foamed resins. A base polymer such as a polyester-based polyol and a volatile foaming agent having an conjugate unsaturated group (i.e., conjugate double carbon bonds and/or triple carbon bonds) such as chloroprene (bp. 51.degree. C.) and calcium stearate were blended and then mixed with a hardening agent such as hexamethylene diisocyanate. The volatile foaming agent existing in open cells of the foamed plastic sealed in the Al laminated film and between the film and the foamed plastic, i.e., gap, possesses an unsaturated group, such as isoprene. Thus polymerization may occur by irradiating with electron rays, and the inside of the foams and the gap region may be reduced in pressure while the bag of the laminated film retains its shape.

Abstract: Fixtures composed of a combination of a metallic core coated with a fused plasticized vinyl chloride coating and an overcoating barrier which shields the coating from atmospheric exposure possess superior resistance against outdoor weathering. The overcoating barrier protectively shields the plasticized vinyl chloride coating from microbiological and sunlight induced degradation. The fixture maintains the compositional integrity and appearance of a freshly manufactured fixture notwithstanding prolonged exposure to normally deteriorative weathering (e.g. bright sunlight, hot and humid) conditions. If desired, the protective barrier may include tractive imparting components which prevent slippage and improve upon surface traction. Thermosetting resins and especially the electrostatically applied powders particularly afford effective overcoating barriers for protectively shielding the plasticized vinyl chloride coating from degradation.

Abstract: A method of preparing an adhesive composite is provided where a fluoropolymer having nodes and interconnected fibrils with a void volume formed from the node and interconnected fibril structure is at least partially filled with a paste formed from a thermoset or thermoplastic adhesive and a particulate vapor phase formed inorganic filler having uniform surface curvature, sufficient adhesive and filler are present to provide a composite having between about 5 to about 40 volume percent polymeric substrate, 10-95 volume percent adhesive and filler imbibed within the voids of said substrate and 5 to 85 volume percent inorganic filler is contained within the composite. In the composite, the ratio of mean flow pore size to largest particle size is at least above 0.7; or the ratio of mean flow pore size to average particle size is greater than 1.5; or the ratio of minimum pore size to average particle size is at least above 0.8; or the ratio of minimum pore size to largest particle size is at least above 0.4.

Abstract: A wet type sliding apparatus comprising a thrust bearing which operates in the presence of a lubricating liquid, wherein the thrust bearing has a sliding surface composed of a resin composition comprising a carbon fiber, a fluorocarbon polymer and a thermoplastic resin other than fluorocarbon polymer, the carbon fiber content being 10 to 45% by weight based on the weight of the composition and the fluorocarbon polymer content being 0.1 to 8.5% by weight based on the weight of the composition, the thrust bearing in said wet type sliding apparatus being excellent in wear resistance, mechanical strength and friction coefficient at the time of starting even under a high load.

Abstract: Several techniques may be used for forming a colored interference filter coating on a substrate such as polyester film. The interference filter has two metal reflective films, at least one of which is semi-transparent. A layer of transparent acrylate polymer dielectric between the metal layers completes the interference filter, which may be sandwiched between protective layers. The dielectric is formed by evaporating an acrylate monomer having a molecular weight in the range of from 150 to 600. Preferably the acrylate monomer has a molecular weight to acrylate group ratio in the range of from 150 to 400. The acrylate condenses on the substrate and is polymerized in situ for forming a monolithic film with a sufficient thickness to produce an interference color. In several embodiments different areas of the film have different thicknesses for producing different interference colors.

Abstract: Articles comprising a substrate, preferably a retroreflective sheeting, having a coating of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and articles wherein the adhesive adheres the substrate to a highly monomericly plasticized PVC component, preferably a PVC coated fabric. The adhesive comprises a crosslinked copolymer of a first monofunctional acrylate ester of a non-tertiary alcohol having as a homopolymer a glass transition temperature of less than -25.degree. C., a nitrogen containing moderately basic monomer copolymerizable therewith selected from the group consisting of N,N-dialkyl substituted amides, an optional copolymerizable acidic monomer, an optional second monofunctional acrylate ester of a non-tertiary alcohol having as a homopolymer a glass transition temperature -25.degree. C. or greater, and a crosslinking agent. A method of bonding a highly monomericly plasticized PVC component to a substrate, preferably a retroreflective sheeting, using the adhesive.

Abstract: An aqueous coating composition for the manufacture of precoated metal is based on an aqueous resin having a carboxyl group in a molecule and neutralizable with a basic material as a binder, the aqueous resin being selected from an acrylic copolymer resin, polyester resin, and polyurethane resin. A mono- or poly-carbodiimide compound is blended with the aqueous resin. The composition forms a coating having improved chemical resistance, water resistance, and adhesion to sheet metal.

Abstract: Compositions of ETFE and mica are resistant to permeation by water and provide useful coatings for such items as chemical equipment. The composition can be used either as films which can be laminated to substrates or as coatings which can be applied by electrostatic spray of dry powder thereby causing the powders to hot flock on a heated substrate.

Abstract: Selected s-triazines of formula I ##STR1## where G.sub.1 and G.sub.2 are biphenylyl moieties, are UV absorbers having high thermal stability and surprisingly high extinction coefficients making them of especial interest in stabilizing automotive coatings where such properties are highly valued.