Abstract: A process for producing a MC-type conductive filler includes treating minute metallic particles with a coupling agent, preparing an oil phase of the coupling agent-treated minute metallic particles and a reactive substance A, the reactive substance A directly contacting the metallic particles. Then, an aqueous phase is prepared having a reactive substance B, which is capable of reacting with the reactive substance A, dissolved in water. Thereafter, the oil phase is dispersed in the aqueous phase to form a suspension. In situ reaction of the reactive substances A and B is then caused by applying heat to the suspension or adding a catalyst to the suspension. This forms a coating of a thermosetting insulating resin on the surface of the minute metallic particles. Alternatively, the reactive substance B may not be used.

Abstract: Composite particles made of a resin and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler is finely divided mineral and optional fiber. The particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The particles are also useful for water filtration. Methods of making the composite particles are also disclosed.

Abstract: An aqueous composition and method for applying additives to polymeric particles includes a water-dissipatable polyester derived from a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component and a difunctional monomer containing a SO3M moiety attached to an aromatic nucleus to at least partially disperse the additive. A method for dispersing a hydrophobic additive in an aqueous media includes the step of contacting the hydrophobic additive with an effective amount of the water-dissipatable polyester to form a mixture and agitating the mixture sufficiently to produce a homogenous blend is also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite made by the process of melt mixing (a) a polymer having at least one isocyanate reactive group, wherein the polymer is from 30 to 90% by weight of the composite; (b) a thermoplastic polyurethane at from 0.1 to less than 10% by weight of the composite; and (c) a reinforcing fiber at from 9.9 to 60% by weight of the composite, wherein the sum of the weight percentages of components (a)-(c) is equal to 100%, wherein the polymer (a) is not a polyamide. The invention further relates to a composite prepared by the process of melt mixing (a) a polymer having at least one isocyanate reactive group, wherein the polymer is from 25 to 90% by weight of the composite; (b) a thermoplastic polyurethane at from 0.1 to 10% by weight of the composite; (c) a reinforcing fiber at from 9.8 to 60% by weight of the composite, and (d) an epoxy compound at from 0.1 to 5% by weight of the composite, wherein the sum of the weight percentages of components (a)-(d) is equal to 100%.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a dispersion composition which is free from the precipitation problem because of its improved dispersion stability, permits employment of various kinds of organic solvents and insoluble granular materials, is widely utilizable, and is useful as, in particular, a liquid developer or a jet printing ink, in which electrostatic force is utilized. The present invention provides a dispersion composition comprising a dispersion of a granular material in an organic solvent and further comprising a high-molecular weight compound having acidic groups and a high-molecular weight compound having basic groups, at least a part of said high-molecular compounds being insoluble in the organic solvent, and said high-molecular weight compounds being adsorbed on at least a portion of the granular material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer-clay intercalates, exfoliates, nanocomposites and methods of manufacturing comprising (i) a melt-processible matrix polymer, and incorporated therein (ii) a mixture of at least two layered clay materials. The invention also relates to articles produced from a nanocomposite and a process for preparing a nanocomposite.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin compositions for encapsulating of semiconductors containing no bromine compounds and no antimony oxide and excellent in flame retardancy, moisture resistance, moldability, curability and electric characteristics. This composition is an epoxy resin composition containing (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a phenolic resin, (C) a curing accelerator, (D) an inorganic filler and (E) a red phosphorus-based flame retardant, wherein the improvement comprises the red phosphorus-based flame retardant (E) having a total content of phosphate ion and phosphite ion extracted from the retardant when subjected to extraction with water at 80° C. for 20 hours is not more than 2000 ppm, the amount of the red phosphorus in the red phosphorus-based retardant being 20-40% by weight and the red phosphorus-based retardant being contained in an amount of 0.5-5% by weight in the whole resin composition.

Abstract: An emulsion or suspension polymer comprising a vinyl chloride polymeric core and an acrylic ester-acrylonitrile polymeric shell is disclosed. The emulsion polymer is preferably prepared using a two-stage process. In the first stage, a vinyl chloride monomer is polymerized or copolymerized to form a first phase of a polymeric hard core having a relatively high chlorine content. In a second stage, the soft acrylic ester-acrylonitrile copolymer is made in situ in a reaction mixture comprising the first phase. The product provides both flame retardancy and low MFFT, and is useful in a variety of coating and binding applications.

Abstract: Fine particles having a thin cholesteric liquid crystal film superior in visibility for a selectively reflected light are provided. Non-liquid crystalline fine particles for nucleus are dispersed in a cholesteric liquid crystal solution, then the solvent used is removed, followed by heat-treatment and cooling, to afford fine particles coated with a thin cholesteric liquid crystal film.

Abstract: A curable ceramer composition, coated articles and methods for making and curing the composition. The curable ceramer comprises a fluoro/silane, a crosslinkable silane, a curable binder precursor, and a colloidal inorganic oxide. The ceramer has a long shelf life before cure and can be used to provide cured ceramer coatings and articles having stain resistance, abrasion resistance and hardness.

Abstract: Various modified particles are described which can be used in polymerizations to attach one or more polymers onto modified particles. Also described are the resulting modified particles having attached monomer or polymer groups as well as methods of preparing such modified particles. The polymer groups on the modified particles can be terminated and these various modified particles with attached groups can be used in a variety of end uses.

Abstract: A coating composition for producing electrically conductive coatings, containing one or more electrically conductive pigments and an organic binder, as well as, optionally, additives and auxiliary agents, in an aqueous solvent, which organic binder contains a copolymer dispersible in water and based on (meth)acrylate- and silylated, unsaturated monomers. The total content of organic solvents in the composition does not exceed 0.5% by weight. The coatings thus obtained are especially well-bonded and resistant to mechanical influences and to solvents, and exhibit suitable conductivity (sheet resistivity) values.

Abstract: A highly filled polymer composition with improved properties comprising: a continuous matrix material; a filler material in an amount of 10 to 80 wt. % of said composition; a polymer plasticizer dispersed in said continuous matrix material in an amount of 0.5 to 15 wt. % of said filler; a filler coating material which coats said filler particles in the form of a continuous coating layer thus forming coated filler particles; a diffusion zone around said coated filler particles where said filler coating and said continuous matrix material are mutually diffused into one another wherein said filler coating material is distributed with concentration decreasing in the direction outward from said continuous coating layer.

Abstract: A paving composition comprises a mixture of about 90 to 99.5 wt. % of an asphaltic material and about 0.5 to 10 wt. % of solid particles each encapsulated with a cross-linked polymer, the encapsulated particles being uniformly dispersed in the asphaltic material. The encapsulated particles have a particle-to-polymer weight ratio so as to provide a density match between the encapsulated particles and the asphaltic material. The paving composition according to the invention has a higher complex viscosity at high temperatures (60° C.) and is more ductile at low temperatures (−15° C.) in comparison with the base asphaltic material. Moreover, the composition is completely stable at elevated temperatures (160° C.) or during long periods of storage.

Abstract: A polymerizable monophosphate ester dispersant, a highly-filled nonaqueous suspension containing the polymerizable monophosphate ester dispersant, and a method for forming cured articles by copolymerization of the resin matrix and dispersant in the suspension. Inclusion of the dispersant in a suspension of resin and solid particulate material enables an increase in the solid loading, which results in reduced shrinkage, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and generally improved physical properties in an article cured therefrom.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer-clay intercalates, exfoliates, nanocomposites and methods of manufacturing comprising (i) a melt-processible matrix polymer, and incorporated therein (ii) a mixture of at least two layered clay materials. The invention also relates to articles produced from a nanocomposite and a process for preparing a nanocomposite.

Abstract: A fire retarding polypropylene composition comprising a copolymer of polypropylene and an ethylene/propylene rubber, and at least about 50% by weight but not greater than 60% by weight of a magnesium hydroxide coated with an anionic surface active agent, the magnesium hydroxide having (i) a strain in the <101> direction of not more than 3.0×10−3, (ii) a crystallite size in the <101> direction of more than 800 Å, and (iii) a specific surface area, determined by the BET method, of less than 20 mg2/g. The composition can be used in a fire retarding semiconductor apparatus which passes the FMRC Clean Room Materials Flammability Test Protocol.

Abstract: The invention relates to a highly orientated flaky pigment being excellent in plane orientation (leafing effect), wherein a hydrated metal oxide and one or more fluorine-containing phosphates represented by the general formulae (A) and (B) shown in below or salts thereof are covered on the surface of a flaky pigment with a pearl gloss. The general formulae: (A) (RfCnH2nO)mPO(OM)3−m (B) (RfSO2NRCnH2nO)mPO(OM)3−m wherein Rf is the same or different and represents linear or branched C3 to C21 perfluoroalkyl group or perfluoroxyalkyl group, n is 1 to 12, m is 1 to 3, M represents hydrogen, alkali metal, ammonium group or substituted ammonium group, and R represents hydrogen or C1 to C3 alkyl group. A process for producing said pigment in a wet process is also disclosed.

Abstract: Improved methods for coating particulate materials at low shear conditions and preferably below the melting point of the coating material are provided. In one aspect, metallurgical compositions are provided that contain a metal-based powder bound to an alloying powder or powders by way of a low melting polymer or wax binding agent, which is preferably polyethylene. The binding agent is blended with the metal-based and alloying powders at elevated temperatures preferably below the melting point of the binding agent. The bonded metallurgical composition can be used in compaction processes to manufacture compacted parts that can be sintered to impart strength.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer composite comprising a polymer and a layered clay mineral dispersed in the polymer, the layered clay mineral being a layered clay mineral organized by an organizing agent in an amount of 25% to 85% based on total cation exchange capacity of the layered clay mineral, or by an organizing agent comprising an organic polyonium compound. In such a polymer composite, even when the polymer employed is a polar polymer, the dispersibility of layered clay mineral is favorable, and physical properties such as mechanical properties and gas barrier property are excellent.

Abstract: A colorant composition capable of giving a coating film excellent in heat resistance and weather resistance which not only can have a single clear color, such as, blue, green, yellow, or the like, and be used for forgery prevention based on discrimination by means other than visible light rays, but also does not suffer color fading even at a high temperature of 350° C. to 600° C. The colorant composition comprises at least a powder comprising a base particle coated with a multilayered film comprising layers differing from each other in refractive index to make the base particle have an interference color, wherein the powder is dispersed in a dispersion medium.

Abstract: Slurries of water soluble cellulose ethers are disclosed. The slurries comprise particulate cellulose ethers in an oxygenated, organic carrier which is substantially a non-solvent for the cellulose ethers, a thickening agent and optionally surfactants and other ingredients. The ingredients contained in the slurries are compatible with the ingredients used in the manufacture of latex compositions, e.g., latex paints.

Abstract: The pH-modified monomer and polymer compositions are useful as biomedical and surgical adhesives, sealants, implants and bioactive agent release carriers or matrices. They comprise a monomer or polymer; and an effective amount of an acidic or basic pH modifier effective to modify the pH of an immediate in vivo environment of the composition to a pH range at which the polymer biodegrades at a different rate than at physiologic pH. The invention also relates to in vivo applications in which surfaces are joined or treated with such pH-modified biocompatible compositions.

Abstract: A crosslinkable fluororubber composition comprising (A) a polymer comprising a perfluoro compound having at least two alkenyl groups and a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluoropolyether structure and a compound having at least two hydrosilyl groups, the hydrosilyl-bearing compound being added to some of the alkenyl groups in the perfluoro compound, (B) a reinforcing filler, and (C) a crosslinking agent having a hydrosilyl group and capable of addition reaction or a peroxide crosslinking agent is roll millable and compression moldable. It cures into products having satisfactory solvent resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and low-temperature properties.

Abstract: There are provided a flame retardant comprising hydrotalcite compound particles which exhibits excellent heat deterioration resistance when it is used as a flame retardant for resins, a resin composition comprising the same and a molded article thereof. There are also provided a heat deterioration resistant flame retardant comprising hydrotalcite compound particles which (i) have an average secondary particle diameter, measured by a laser diffraction scattering method, of 2 &mgr;m or less and (ii) contain an iron compound and a manganese compound in a total amount of 0.02 wt % or less in terms of metals, a synthetic resin composition comprising the same and a molded article thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to laser-markable plastics of which a feature is that they comprise as dopant anthracene- or pentaerythritol-coated effect pigments or a mixture comprising one or more effect pigments and anthracene and/or pentaerythritol.

Abstract: Described are pigment flakes having a chiral liquid crystalline polymer material, the polymer material serving as a carrier material or being coated onto a carrier material. The pigment flakes have at least one dye that is chemically bound to the polymer. Also described are methods of making such pigment flakes and using them in paints, printing inks, spray paints, cosmetic products, colored plastics, optical elements and security applications.

Abstract: A process for the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins, wherein an organic pigment is used whose particles are coated on the surface by one or more films of polar polymers.

Abstract: A thermal stabilizer for halogen-containing resins, comprising a compound of the dolomite series and the zinc salt of an organic acid. The thermal stabilizer, when incorporated in a halogen-containing resin, provides an excellent thermal stabilizing effect for the resin.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the production of composite wood products. This process comprises a) applying a thixotropic binder composition to wood particles, and b) molding or compressing the wood particles treated with the binder to form a composite wood product. Suitable thixotropic binder compositions comprise a polymethylene poly(phenyl isocyanate) and a thixotropic agent having a viscosity of less than 1,000 cps at high shear.

Abstract: The invention relates to an additive compositions for rubbers and rubber mixtures which contain at least one solid, powdery substance and at least one dispersant, the at least one additive substance being coated with the at least one dispersant. The compositions are present as granulate and are prepared by means of a multi-stage fluidized-bed process. The invention also relates to the use of the additive compositions in the preparation of rubber and products obtained using them.

Abstract: Epoxy laminates incorporate up to 20 wt. % talc particles, particularly pure Montana platy talc particles having a maximum particle size of about 40 &mgr;m providing improved drilling performance, reduced dust formation, and improved Z-direction CTE, particularly when the epoxy resin has a Tg of about 150° C. or higher. The talc is selected from those which do not significantly reduce the electrical strength of the laminate relative to those which contain no talc particles. Characteristically, the talcs will have less than 5 wt. % impurities and less than 0.01 wt. % (100 wt.ppm) water extractable anions.

Abstract: A composition comprising a filler material, a chemical compound and a polymer. A preferred filler material comprises carbon black and preferred polymers include ethylene-containing polymers such as ethylene-propylene copolymer or ethylene-propylene terpolymers. The present invention also includes articles of manufacture incorporating the polymer compositions.

Abstract: Compounds of formula A(B)x,   (I), wherein x is an integer from 1 to 4, A is the radical of a chromophore of the quinacridone, anthraquinone, perylene, indigo, quinophthalone, isoindolinone, isoindoline, dioxazine, phthalocyanine or azo series, which radical contains x N-atoms attached to B, preferably with at least one directly adjacent or conjugated carbonyl group, B is a group of formula and, if x is 2, 3 or 4, may also be one, two or three hydrogen atoms. The symbols Q, R1, R2, R3, R4, X, Y, Z, m and n, are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: Dispersions containing a liquid vehicle (which can be aqueous, semi-aqueous or non-aqueous), organic or inorganic particles (or mixtures) that are insoluble in the liquid vehicle and a polymeric dispersant, preferably a structured polymeric dispersant, having one or more segments soluble in the liquid vehicle and one or more segments insoluble in the liquid vehicle, have improved stability when the insoluble segment(s) contains cross-linking groups which are cross-linked to itself or a cross-linking compound such as a polyfunctional monomer, oligomer or polymer to form an encapsulation network that entraps the particles which are particularly useful for paints or inks in coating and printing applications.

Abstract: A curable ceramer composition, coated articles and methods for making and curing the composition. The curable ceramer comprises a fluoro/silane, a crosslinkable silane, a curable binder precursor, and a colloidal inorganic oxide. The ceramer has a long shelf life before cure and can be used to provide cured ceramer coatings and articles having stain resistance, abrasion resistance and hardness.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a particulate polymer having a mode particle size of at least 200 &mgr;m, the improvement comprising the use of substantially monodisperse polymeric particles as polymerization seeds in a suspension polymerization preparation of said particulate polymer.

Abstract: A blended solid composition is provided containing a fibrillatable microparticulate PTFE polymer in an unfibrillated state and at least one elastomeric and/or fluoroplastic component. The composition is useful in making microfiber-reinforced solid compositions and articles produced therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to surface-modified fillers obtained by mixing a filler with water, adding an water-based organosiloxane composition with very thorough mixing, wherein the organosiloxanes are soluble in water and contain, in addition to OH groups, at least one amino-functional group and optionally a functional group from the series consisting of alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, glycidyl ether alkyl, acryloxyalkyl and methacryloxyalkyl, and wherein a functional group is bonded to each silicon atom of the organosiloxane, and drying the mixture. The present invention also provides a process for the surface modification of fillers, their use and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer compositions which include the surface-modified fillers.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions include a nonaqueous additive system having dispersant-coated pigments physically dispersed in a liquid nonaqueous polymeric carrier which may be added directly to a melt flow of a polymeric host material. The additive system employed in the polymeric systems is most preferably in the form of a particulate paste which can be added in metered amounts (dosed) to a melt flow of the polymeric host material prior to being spun into filaments. By providing a number of additive systems having a number of different additive attributes, and controllably dosing one or more into the melt flow of host polymeric material, shaped objects of the polymeric material (e.g., melt-spun filaments) having different additive attributes may be produced on a continuous basis without shutting down the shaping operation.

Abstract: Emulsion delivery systems for applying anti-stick additives to polymer particles, provide free-flowing particles of polymers or polymer blends, that without the anti-stick additives tend to agglomerate. The agglomeration presents storage and handling difficulties. The anti-stick additives are selected from the group consisting of primary amides, secondary amides, ethylene bisamides, waxes, talc and silica.

Abstract: Polymer-pigment composites, aqueous dispersions of polymer-pigment composites and coating compositions containing the polymer-pigment composites are disclosed, wherein the polymer is formed from terminally-unsaturated oligomers containing acid functionality.

Abstract: A composition comprising an ethylene containing polymer, a crosslinking agent and a treated filler material. The treated filler material comprises a treating agent which is a polymer comprising acrylonitrile and at least one other monomer. A preferred treated filler material is a treated carbon black and a preferred ethylene containing polymer is an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymer. A semiconductive composition of the present invention may be advantageously utilized in electrical wire and cable application.

Abstract: In a first aspect, the invention provides a diol latex composition comprising: (a) latex polymer particles comprising a residue of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the latex polymer particles have a size below 1000 mn; (b) a surfactant; and (c) a continuous liquid phase comprising a diol component, wherein the diol component comprises from 60 to 100% by weight of the continuous phase, wherein the latex polymer particles are dispersed in the continuous phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating material comprising a binding agent with high transparency in the thermal infrared range; first, plate-shaped particles, which reflect in the wavelength range of thermal infrared, and/or first spherical particles which backscatter in the wavelength range of thermal infrared; and/or second spherical particles which, in the dry state, have and/or form a hollow space, and consist of a material which is transparent in the thermal infrared range; second particles which reflect and/or backscatter in the wavelength range of visible light from 0.35-0.7 &mgr;m, and are transparent in the wavelength range of thermal infrared, and/or polymer pigments which are transparent in the thermal infrared range and which, in the dry state, have and/or form a hollow space,; third spherical particles which are electrically conductive and hare a low absorption in the thermal infrared range; other admixtures known per se, that are usually used for coating.

Abstract: In the present method of manufacturing modified particles, a saturated vapor of a monomer B is produced in a condensing chamber, and then particles containing a monomer A, which differs from the monomer B and is polymerizable therewith, are introduced, along with an inert gas, into the condensing chamber through a particle intake. Then, a super-saturated vapor of the monomer B is created by reducing pressure using a pressurizing/depressurizing opening, thereby condensing the monomer B on the surface of the particles, and causing a polymerization reaction between the monomer A and the monomer B. With this method, spherical modified particles of uniform diameter, which include a polymer of the monomers A and B, can be obtained in a short time, by means of simple operations.

Abstract: A method of making polymer-coated pigment particles, involving the steps of providing a plurality of pigment particles, each of which has an outer surface coated with a layer of material that operates as a nucleus for initiating polymerization on the outer surface of each of the pigment particles. The pigment particles are mixed with a reaction mixture containing a solvent and a monomer material, wherein the layer of material coating each of the pigment particles causes the monomer material to polymerize on the outer surface of substantially each of the pigment particles to form a polymer coating thereon.

Abstract: Physical properties of polymer resins, particularly amorphous resins such as ABS or SAN copolymers, are markedly improved by dispersing therein a filler-reinforced engineering thermoplastic polyurethane.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins, which process comprises admixing coated pigment particles with a polyolefin, wherein said coated pigment particles are prepared by coating organic pigment particles with one or more films of a preformed polymer by adsorption thereon of from 1 to 10% by weight of the polymer, based on the pigment particles, at room temperature, the polymer being selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone homopolymers and copolymers.

Abstract: A composition for producing light plaster contains as main constitutive elements particles of plaster in anhydride or hemihydrate form and at least one foaming agent. The composition is characterized in that the foaming agent generates gas after a delay of 1 minute to 24 hours and constitutes 0.1 to 50% by weight of the total dry mixture. Also disclosed is the use of said composition to produce in-situ cellular plastic and low density plaster moldings.