Abstract: A new silver dispersion coating composition containing a special additional pigment material useful as an electrically conductive coating on electronic equipment or the like. The new coating composition maintains high electrical conductivity at a significant economic advantage over similar prior coating compositions.

Abstract: A new nickel dispersion coating composition containing a special additional pigment material useful as a shielding coating to protect electronic equipment or the like from electromagnetic interference (EMI). The new coating composition is more economical to produce than prior coating compositions without significantly effecting performance characteristics.

Abstract: An electromagnetic wave-shielding material is disclosed. The material is comprised of one or more electromagnetic wave-shielding layers and one or more surface layers. The shielding layers are comprised of a thermoplastic resin, an aluminum or aluminum alloy and electrically conductive carbon black. The surface layers are comprised substantially of thermoplastic resin. The proportion of the carbon black and aluminum in the shielding layer are from 5 to 50% by volume and 5 to 50% by volume, respectively, provided the total proportion of the carbon black and aluminum is 10 to 60% by volume. The difference in solubility parameter between the thermoplastic resin of the surface layer and the thermoplastic resin of the shielding layer is 3.0 or less. The material has superior mechanical strength and electromagnetic wave-shielding properties.

Abstract: A method of preparing a novel electromagnetic wave attenuating composition comprising forming a curable film forming coating composition and thereafter dispersing an effective amount of an electrically conductive additive in said curable film forming composition under low shear conditions to form said electromagnetic wave blocking composition.

Abstract: Light-collecting system, characterized in that it contains a dyestuff of the formula ##STR1## in which Hal designates identical or different halogen atoms from the series comprising fluorine, chlorine and bromine,R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 designate hydrogen or optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl and n designates 4-5,and new dyestuffs of the formula I which in a 0.5-2 mM solution in path lengths of 10 cm display an increase in transmission from 0 to >95% with a change in the wavelength of 25-120 nm.

Abstract: A method for making a light-collector of a transparent plastic and a fluorescent dye, wherein the monomers forming transparent plastics are mass-prepolymerized in the presence of radical catalysts and the fluorescent dye is added before, during or at the end of prepolymerization, and then polymerizing the mixture to completion by adding another catalyst, also at pressures of from 2 to 20 bars and at temperatures of from 50.degree. to 160.degree. C., and the use of the light-collector thus produced in combination with photovoltaic elements, preferably based on Ga/As or Si.

Abstract: High shielding efficiencies to emissions of electromagnetic interference are achieved with molding compositions comprised of thermosetting resins and a multi-component electroconductive filler system. Compounds having a combination of at least two conductive fillers provide shielding efficiencies of 30 dB of attenuation or more to electromagnetic emissions over a frequency range of 0.5 to 1000 Mhz without adversely affecting mechanical properties and processing capabilities.

Abstract: A methacrylic resin capable of selectively absorbing light rays having a wavelength of 580 nm is advantageously produced either by dispersing or dissolving neodymium compound in a resin-forming starting material selected from monomeric methyl methacrylate, a monomer mixture composed mainly of methyl methacrylate and partially polymerized products thereof, and polymerizing the resin-forming starting material. A solvent capable of dissolving therein the resin-forming starting material and the neodymium compound may be incorporated in the resin-forming starting material.

Abstract: A method of preparing polymer lattices of homogeneous interpenetrated structure, starting from a mixture of at least two basic prepolymer constituents is characterized by the fact that a microwave radiation is applied having a frequency spectrum chosen in order that it interacts preferentially with the first prepolymer and a power density chosen in order that it directly activates the exothermic reaction of cross-linking of the first prepolymer. The cross-linking of the second prepolymer is only triggered under the combined action of the heat due to the interaction of the microwave energy with the second prepolymer and the heat introduced by the cross-linking reaction of the first prepolymer, which makes it possible to combine propagation of the two cross-linking reactions at similar speeds.

Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions comprising a polycarbonate resin, a graft copolymer and conductive particles are provided suitable for the preparation of molded articles characterized in that they provide an improved level of EMI shielding.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of metal foil fragments, from 1 to 10 parts by weight of a first polymer covering the surfaces of the metal foil fragments and obtained by polymerizing at least one of monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, an alkylacrylate, an aminoalkylacrylate, an alkylmethacrylate and an aminoalkylmethacrylate in the presence of the metal foil fragments, and from 5 to 33 parts by weight of a second polymer obtained by polymerizing a mixture of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a monomer copolymerizable with the atomatic vinyl monomer. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the thermoplastic resin composition containing metal foil fragments.

Abstract: Low density compositions containing colloidal-size particulates of an ELM absorber such as Fe.sub.3 O.sub.4 and a particulate of an ELM attenuator such as carbonyl iron dispersed in a dielectric matrix such as a styrene/butyl acrylate copolymer provide improved absorption of electromagnetic radiations.

Abstract: Method for in situ release into a matrix of modifying reagent by exposure of selectively responsive means to electromagnetic radiation using a composition comprising a modifiable matrix and means selectively releasing aliquot portions of modifier distributively through the matrix, the means comprising microcapsules containing a matrix-modifying effective amount of the modifier portions out of matrix contact and releasably in electromagnetic radiation-responsive relation, whereby the matrix is modified by contact with the modifier upon composition exposure to electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: A desensitizer composition containing an imidazole derivative shown by the following general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an amino group, or an alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each may be substituted, can be effectively used for partially desensitizing a developer sheet of pressure-sensitive copying papers, particularly where diphenylamine series color formers are used.

Abstract: A desensitizer composition containing the amidine derivative shown by following general formula can be effectively used for partially desensitizing a developer sheet of pressure-sensitive copying papers using diphenylamine series color formers: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, an amino group, or an alkylthio group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and n is an integer of 2 to 6; said R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may have a substituent and when both R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are an alkyl group, at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having a substituent.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of electrically conductive heteropolyphenylenes, wherein from 0.5 to 5 per cent by weight of an activating additive is introduced, in the absence of moisture and of oxygen, into a heteropolyphenylene of the general formula ##STR1## where X is O, S, Se, SO or SO.sub.2 and Y has one of the meanings given for X or is NH, CH.sub.2, CO or C.sub.6 H.sub.4, and n is from 2 to 250. The activating additive is preferably one of the compounds AsF.sub.5, SbF.sub.5, UF.sub.6, HClO.sub.4, NO.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sub.2.sup.+ SbF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, SbCl.sub.5, NO.sub.2.sup.+ PF.sub.6.sup.-, NO.sup.+ BF.sub.4.sup.-, NO.sup.+ ClO.sub.4.sup.-, (CF.sub.3).sub.2 SO.sub.4, 2,4,6-trinitrophenol, 2,4,6-trinitrophenylsulfonic acid and 2,4,6-trinitrophenylcarboxylic acid, or is sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, calcium or barium or one of their amides, the latter being added, if appropriate, in tetrahydrofuran, dimethoxyglycol, anthracene, naphthalene or 2-methylstyrene.

Abstract: A composite plastic material having improved shielding against electromagnetic interference is provided by injection molding a molding compound comprising elongated granules obtained by incorporating into a thermoplastic resin matrix metallized glass fibers together with carbon fibers.

Abstract: A composition of matter suitable for sensitizing thermoplastic compositions to the heating effects of microwave energy in which the components of the composition are (1) an alcohol amine or derivative thereof; (2) a simple or polymeric alkylene glycol or derivative thereof; (3) silica; and (4) optionally, a plastomer that is a normally solid linear or radial teleblock copolymer derived from butadiene and styrene. A method for preparing this composition as a dry, free-flowing powder by preparing a liquid mixture of the polymeric alkylene glycol or derivative and the alcohol amine or derivative which mixture is then charged into a premixed combination of granulated plastomer, if used, and silica. A method for preparing flow molding compounds by admixing a non-polar thermoplastic with a sufficient amount of the sensitizer composition to provide microwave energy sensitivity. Subjecting the flow molding composition, in a mold, to microwave energy thereby producing a flow molded composition.

Abstract: Copolyimide foams derived from a diester of 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid, an aromatic diamine, and a heterocyclic diamine. A molar concentration of the heterocyclic diamine approaching but not exceeding 0.42 is employed. This results in a flexible foam with a homogeneous cellular structure and a reduced compression set loss.