Abstract: A hard, resistant material formed by mixing and curinga) at least one polyfunctional silicopolyether,b) at least one monomer which can be subjected to free-radical curing,c) at least one catalyst for polymerization of the free-radical monomers at high temperature, low temperature or under the influence of light, andd) at least one catalyst for the condensation of the silicopolyether.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the preparation of ceramic materials or articles by the pyrolysis of preceramic polysilanes wherein the preceramic polysilanes are rendered infusible prior to pyrolysis by exposure to ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of a reactive gas selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1,3-butadiene, 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, 1,4-pentadiene, silane, chlorosilane, dichlorosilane, boron trichloride, oxygen and water mixture, acetylene, and tetravinylsilane. This method is especially suited for the preparation of ceramic fibers. The ceramic fiber's surface properties can be modified by the practice of this invention; for example, a ceramic fiber with a carbon rich surface layer can be obtained when 1,3-butadiene is used as the reactive gas.

Abstract: A restorative dental composite material consists essentially of an organosilicon monomer selected from a class of siloxane materials which are cross-linkable utilizing visible light sensitive photoinitiators, an amount of filler material, a coupling agent and an amount of activator. An amount of ethylenically unsaturated monomer, an amount of thermally pre-polymerized particle material and/or a pigment material can be added to the composite if indicated. The materials exhibit greatly improved properties including a high degree of conversion, minimum water sorption and good color stability.

Abstract: A dental glass ionomer cement composition comprises:(a) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a polymer of an .alpha.-.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 40,000,(b) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder having an average particle size of 0.02 to 10 .mu.m and a specific gravity of 2.4 to 4.0 and capable of reacting with said "polymer of an .alpha.-.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 40,000",(c) 5 to 100 parts by weight of a polymerizable unsaturated organic compound having at least one CH.sub.2 .dbd.C(R1)--COO--group wherein R1=H or CH.sub.3,(d) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a polymerization catalyst,(e) 2 to 50 parts by weight of water,(f) 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of a surface active agent, and(g) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a reducing agent, and optionally h. 0 to 50 parts by weight of an inorganic filler having an average particle size of 0.02 to 10 .mu.

Abstract: A solder resist composition contains a specified partially acrylated and/or methacrylated bisphenol A novolak epoxy resin component, and a specified partially acrylated and/or methacrylated cresol novolak and/or phenol novolak epoxy resin component. The composition further contain a photopolymerization initiator, a thermosetting agent, an inorganic filler, and an organic solvent. The composition may further include a silane or titanate coupling agent.

Abstract: In a dental composite containing a polymerizable (meth)acrylic compound, photoinitiator, accelerator, inorganic filler and conventional auxiliaries, the improvement wherein the composite by weight comprises about(a) 10-50% of at least one monomer which contains at least 2 polymerizable (meth)acrylic acid groups,(b) 5-80% of a glass or a glass ceramic which has an average particle size of between about 0.1 and 10 .mu.m and has been post-treated with .gamma.-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane up to a carbon content of between about 0.5 and 2.5% by weight,(c) 2-10% of a surface-treated microfiller and(d) 0.1-5% of a photoactivator consisting of a mixture of camphorquinone and p-dialkylaminobenzenesulphonamide. The composition has a long pot life and good surface color when cured.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable coating composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of a vehicle consisting essentially of a urethaneacrylate oligomer;(B) from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of an acylphosphine oxide compound as a photoinitiator;(C) from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a color pigment; and(D) from 20 to 300 parts by weight of a transparent glass powder having an average particle size of not larger than 100 .mu.m and an index of refraction which does not differ more than 0.3 from the index of refraction of the composition excluding the color pigment.

Abstract: A light curable dental composition is provided. The composition comprises an ethylenic unsaturated compound and a light polymerization initiator. The light polymerization initiator is a combination of an .alpha.-diketone and a polyperoxy ester containing a benzophenone group and represented by the general formula (I) of: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.1 ' represent a tertiary alkyl group or a tertiary aralkyl group and R.sub.2 and R.sub.2 ' represent a hydrogen atom, a tertiary alkoxy group or a tertiary aralkyloxy group.

Abstract: A photocured acrylic coat comprised of the photoreaction products of:(i) at least one photocurable polyfunctional acrylate monomer;(ii) at least one phenyl ketone photoinitiator; and(iii) at least one active ultraviolet radiation absorber selected from benzotriazoles, cyanoacrylates, and hydroxybenzophenones. The coating is substantially completely or completely cured and provides improved protection to the substrate against ultraviolet radiation. The coating is also nonopaque or transparent.

Abstract: A photocured acrylic coating comprised of the photoreaction products of:(i) at least one photocurable polyfunctional acrylate monomer;(ii) at least one acetophenone photoinitiator; and(iii) at least one active ultraviolet radiation absorber selected from benzotriazoles, cyanoacrylate, and hydroxybenzophenones. The coating is substantially or completely cured and provides improved protection to the substrate against ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions suitable for photocopolymerization comprising a cyclic vinyl ether containing compound and an epoxide. These compositions can be cured to give coatings with improved flexibility and impact resistant properties.

Abstract: An active energy beam-curable type resin composition, which comprises (A) a graft copolymer comprising a main chain composed mainly of structural units of monomers containing one (meth)acryloyl group and a dicyclopentenyl derivative group represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Z represents a five-membered ring given by ##STR2## and R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: An active energy ray-curable resin composition comprises (A) a graft copolymerized polymer comprising graft chains composed mainly of structural units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of (a) hydroxyl containing (meth)acrylic monomers, (b) amino or alkylamino containing (meth)acrylic monomers, (c) carboxyl containing (meth)acrylic or vinyl monomers, (d) N-vinylpyrrolidone, (e) vinylpyridine or its derivatives and (f) (meth)acrylic amide derivatives represented by the general formula (II) shown below: ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl group and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or an alkyl or acyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have hydroxyl group added to trunk chains composed mainly of structural units compsiting at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of the monomer represented by the general formula (I) shown below: ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.

Abstract: A combined chemical-light-polymerization type composition for dental restoration consists of a formulation A composed mainly of a. an ethylenically polymerizable unsaturated compound, b. a photopolymerization initiator and c. a reducing agent, and a formulation B composed mainly of d. a filler and e. an organic perioxide. The formulations A and B are separately packaged and designed to be mixed for use.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions suitable for photocopolymerization comprising (a) an epoxide containing two or more epoxy groups, and (b) a hydroxyl substituted cycloaliphatic monoepoxide. The composition may additionally contain a poly (active hydrogen) organic compound and/or a photoinitiator. A coating produced from such a composition has a good combination of properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is a new urethane polyacrylate having at least one terminal isocyanato acrylic pendent radical. Preferably the molecular chain within the acrylate caps has been extended with a polyhydroxy compound just before final end capping with isocyanato acrylic. The isocyanato acrylic is preferably isocyanato ethyl methacrylate and the urethane is diisocyanate capped polyether and the polyether radical is oxyalkylene. The method for producing the urethane polyacrylate involves end capping a polyol with diisocyanate yielding a reaction product with two reactive equivalents of isocyanate and then capping less than all of the isocyanate with a hydroxyacrylate, after which the remaining isocyanate is reacted with polyol to provide chain extension. The chain extending polyol is then capped with a isocyanato acrylic.

Abstract: This invention is directed to photocopolymerizable compositions comprising a poly (active hydrogen) organic compound, a photoinitiator and, as a reactive diluent, a substituted cycloaliphatic monoepoxide. The photocopolymerizable compositions have low viscosity and can be applied to suitable substrates by conventional methods and, after curing, provide excellent pressure sensitive and heat-activated adhesive coatings.

Abstract: A dental material having X-ray contrastability which is excellent in strength, aesthetic appearance, workability, marginal blocking and the like and possesses high value in use can be provided by using a methacrylate having an aromatic hydrocarbon substituted by bromine in the molecule as polymerizable monomer and, as occasion demands, combining a filler and/or hardener suitably selected with this compound.

Abstract: A method of making an electrically conductive polymeric composite, comprising the steps of crosslinking a first organic binder having a functional group to carbon black having a functional group so as to form a composition, fractionizing the composition, mixing the fractionized composition with the first organic binder or a second organic binder so as to form a mixture; and annealing the mixture.

Abstract: A novel light curing composition for dental restoration comprises (a) a polymerizable compound containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated double-bond, (b) at least one photo-polymerization initiator selected from ketal base compounds defined hereinafter, (c) at least one photo-polymerization initiator selected from benzoin alkyl ether base compounds defined hereinafter, (d) a reducing agent and (e) a filler.

Abstract: A printable dielectric composition comprising finely divided particles of talc and/or mica dispersed in a curable liquid composition containing acrylated rubber modified epoxy resin oligomer, acrylated polydiene oligomer and alkyl acrylate.

Abstract: A light curable dental composition is provided. The composition comprises an ethylenic unsaturated compound and a light polymerization initiator. The light polymerization initiator is selected from a combination of an organic peroxide and a pyrylium salt compound of: ##STR1## Wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and the like, X stands for an oxygen or sulfur atom and Y for an anionic functional group; a polyperoxy ester containing a benzophenone group; and a combination the polyperoxy ester and an .alpha.-diketone.

Abstract: A visible light activated cavity liner which provides an available source of leachable calcium and fluoride to the base of a tooth cavity, said composition comprising a photopolymerizable matrix material, a photo initiator, a reducing agent, a synthetic hydroxyapatite filler and a powdered glass ionomer filler.

Abstract: A method of curing a liquid silicone composition to a crosslinked polymer on a substrate having shadow areas no readily accessible to direct UV light, the method comprising:(a) applying a liquid composition to the substrate in a manner so as to cover both the light accessible and the shadow areas, the composition comprising a radical photoinitiator and a crosslinkable polydihydrocarbylsiloxane prepolymer having a molecular weight of at least 1000, having a plurality of acrylate or methacrylate groups bound thereto and further including a plurality of groups of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is a hydrolyzable organic group and R.sup.2 is R.sup.1 or, if R.sup.1 is dialkylamino, R.sup.2 is R.sup.1 or hydrocarbyl;(b) irradiation the substrate with UV irradiation sufficient to substantially cure the composition in the areas directly accessible to UV light, and(c) exposing the composition on the substrate to moisture for sufficient time to cure the composition in the shadow areas.

Abstract: Dental restoration materials with improved properties, particularly X-ray opacity and polishability, are obtained, if they contain fillers and polymerizable compounds consisting in total or in part of one or more compounds of the general formula ##STR1## where R represents H or a methyl group, X is representing a ##STR2## and n means 0 to 3.

Abstract: Process for lowering the viscosity of coating solutions containing a thixotropy-causing filler for the production of light-sensitive reproduction materials by adding at least one compound corresponding to one of the following formulas: ##STR1## wherein R is a linear saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, optionally substituted in which one or more carbon atoms can be replaced by N(R.sub.5), O, S, and/or an aromatic radial, or a 5 to 8 membered aliphatic ring.R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are H, alkyl, aryl, and aralkyl, whereby R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 can be the same or different;R.sub.5 is R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 ;R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are R.sub.1 to R.sub.4, --(CHR.sub.8).sub.p --OH;p is 1 to 6;q and r are 1 to 6 and can be the same or different;R.sub.8 is H, alkyl;R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 are H, alkyl, --(CHR.sub.8).sub.p --OH.

Abstract: A filled-resin composition useful for porcelain repair and as a dental composite and therefore made up of non-toxic materials and a method for repairing porcelain or teeth. The composition comprises a methacrylate functional resin usable in dental composites, powdered filler-colorant therein, at least one photoinitiator for the resin in an amount sufficient to initiate polymerization and complete it in depth within about half a minute when exposed to a visible-light output of at least 5,000 foot candles, the photoinitiator being an exciplex of (1) an carbocyclic ketone or acetal and (2) either ethyl-4-dimethyl amino benzoate or ethyl-2-dimethyl amino benzoate, and at least one accelerator-free peroxide curing agent for the resin in an effective amount for completing polymerization within about one-half hour of any portion of the resin not receiving sufficient light to effectuate complete cure before then.

Abstract: This invention involves a unique wood and furniture coating composition comprising about 50 to about 85% by weight of an acrylated cellulosic, about 15 to about 45% by weight of an acrylated oligomer about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a ultraviolet photoinitiator and sufficient solvent to render the resulting solution handleable under processing conditions. The resulting coating may be applied by a unique process that involves spraying the coating over a base coated wood substrate, flashing the solvent off, rubbing, sanding or otherwise processing the coating and then ultraviolet curing the coating by subjecting the coating to ultraviolet curing conditions. The resulting coating possesses excellent cured state film properties and good chemical resistance. Its film properties are at least equivalent to prior art cellulose nitrate coatings but it is far superior to these coatings in terms of its chemical and water resistance.

Abstract: An improved process for preparing a water-soluble polymer having an excellent water solubility and a high molecular weight, which comprises subjecting a thin layer of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble vinyl monomer to polymerization on a solid support, covering the thin layer with a substantially water-insoluble organic material, e.g. a paraffin, a silicone oil or a low molecular polyethylene, and/or a slightly water-soluble or substantially water-insoluble alkylene oxide adduct at least at a point of time when the aqueous monomer solution has not freely flowed, and further continuing the polymerization.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions suitable for photocopolymerization comprising a cyclic vinyl ether containing compound and an epoxide. These compositions can be cured to give coatings with improved flexibility and impact resistant properties.

Abstract: Described herein are compositions suitable for photocopolymerization comprising (a) an epoxide containing two or more epoxy groups, and (b) a hydroxyl substituted cycloaliphatic monoepoxide. The composition may additionally contain a poly (active hydrogen) organic compound and/or a photoinitiator. A coating produced from such a composition has a good combination of properties. Especially preferred are compositions further containing a vinyl cycloaliphatic monoepoxide and diazonium or onium photoinitiator.

Abstract: This invention is directed to photocopolymerizable compositions comprising an epoxide containing two or more epoxy groups, a polymer/poly (active hydrogen) organic compound and a photoinitiator. The cured coating compositions exhibit a clear appearance, good water resistance and can have utility as automotive finishes, can finishes, appliance finishes, general metal finishes, adhesives, printing inks, and the like.

Abstract: Michler's ketone analogs and salts thereof, which are photosensitizers in water-soluble photoinitiator systems used to induce polymerization in free-radically-curable, ethylenically-unsaturated materials, are disclosed. The Michler's ketone analogs have the formula: ##STR1## wherein each R is an alkyl group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms,R.sup.1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms,Z is R.sup.1 COOH or R.sup.1 H, andn is an integer having a value of 1 or 2.The photoinitiator systems are useful in imaging systems, and additionally contain a free radical initiator compound selected from iodonium salts, biimidazoles, trialkylphosphites, alkyl peroxides, benzyl halides, alkyl nitrates, and the benzophenones other than (a).