Abstract: Compositions comprising a high molecular weight polyester resin derived from a cyclohexanedimethanol and a hexacarbocyclic dicarboxylic acid or mixture of such resins and, optionally, a second linear high molecular weight polyester, optionally further combined with an effective, impact strength-improving amount of a thermoplastic elastomer, such as a polyether ester or a polyetherimide ester, with relatively high loadings of fillers selected from zinc oxide, barium sulfate, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, strontium sulfate or a mixture of any of such fillers, provide highly dense thermoplastic molded articles with improved impact strength and properties suitable to replace ceramics and filled thermosets in many important applications.

Abstract: An electron radiation curing type adhesive which is excellent for adhesion between a polyester film and a metal material, and which is excellent in retort resistance or the like where the adhesive is used for food cans. There is also disclosed a metal plate laminated with a polyester film. The electron radiation curing type adhesive is composed of a resin composition in which 2 to 200 weight part of polyester group oligomer having unsaturated double-bonds, with respect to 100 weight parts of polyester resin, has added thereto 0.5 to 250 PHR of a stress relaxation agent. The polyester film and a metal plate are laminated with each other by means of the above-mentioned adhesive, and then the film and the metal plate are bonded together by heating and curing the adhesive by irradiation using electron radiation.

Abstract: An unsaturated polyester molding compound of which viscosity at 25.degree. C. is about 10.sup.7 centipoise or more, containing (1) glass fiber of about 0.05 to 3 mm in length, (2) 4-methyl-2,4-diphenylpentene-1, and (3) a transparent filler can give glossy, transparent, thick, profile articles without cracking even at high temperatures. Therefore, the molding compound is used advantageously for production, for example, of bathtubs, kitchen counters, and lavatory and dressing tables.

Abstract: A motor vehicle headlamp reflector is of a thermosetting plastics material. The reinforcing material constitutes a proportion by weight of 10% to 25% of the total weight of the material, the reinforcing material comprising 50% to 95% by weight of fibrous material such as glass fibre, together with 5% to 50% by weight of wollastonite. The proportions are preferably 60% to 70% glass fibre and 30% to 40% wollastonite.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising (a) an unsaturated polyester, (b) a vinyl monomer, (c) a thermoplastic resin, (d) a curing agent and (e) a hollow filler with a number average particle diameter of not more than 20 .mu., wherein (e) occurs in a proportion of 10 to 150 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of (a), (b) and (c) combined, and the molding compounds obtainable by impregnating glass fiber with the said resin composition are very useful in that, because of their lower specific gravity, they provide lightweight products with excellent surface quality which are great use as automotive exterior body panels and other parts.

Abstract: A molding composition which, when cured, is useful as an artificial stone composition, is disclosed. The composition comprises between about 10 to about 25 parts by weight of a non-volatile polyester backbone resin; between about 10 to about 25 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and between about 50 to about 80 parts by weight of a filler selected from the group consisting of alumina trihydrate, borax, hydrated magnesium calcium carbonate and calcium sulfate dihydrate. When an artificial stone composition simulating granite is desired, the molding composition further comprises chips of a previously cured thermosetting resinous composition. The compositions are produced in a vented but essentially closed mold through which heating and cooling media can freely flow.

Abstract: A sublimation dispersion dye receptive resin composition which comprises a polyester resin, a cross- linking agent obtained by curing by activating energy, and a releasing agent which can effect the cross-linked construction of at least one selected from the group of silicon functional groups and functional groups containing fluorine. This resin composition is especially applicable to image-receiving paper or image-receiving film for sublimation-type thermal dye transfer methods; it has superior anti-blocking and heat-resistant characteristics. Furthermore, by means of the addition of benzotriazol ultraviolet stabilizer or hindered amine photostabilizer, the fading characteristics are improved.

Abstract: A composition for artificial marble comprising (a) 10 to 60% by weight of an allyl-terminated oligomer, (b) 40 to 86% by weight of an inorganic filler and (c) 0 to 30% by weight of a reactive monomer. The composition provides artificial marble having a deep appearance characteristic of marble and having a high strength and high abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A fluid, filled, curable composition comprising an organic liquid which is polymerizable to form a solid polymer without the formation of any elimination products and from 20 to 70% by volume of alumina trihydrate filler characterized in that filler has a median particle size of between 5 and 30 microns, and preferably between 6 and 20 microns, and has an average aspect ratio of less than 2,5:1, preferably less than 2.0:1, and desirably less than 1.8:1.The composition when cured provides shaped articles having improved mechanical properties and when used as a dispersion of low viscosity reduces the tendency for the composition to show color variations through the thickness of the sheet as exhibited using alumina trihydrate fillers of high aspect ratio.

Abstract: A nonsegregating dry blend of 90-30 weight percent of elongated polymer pellets having an aspect ratio, A.sub.p, of about 3-23 and a density of about 0.85-1.5 g/cm.sup.3 with 10-70 weight percent of glass fibers having an aspect ratio, A.sub.g, of 3.7-23, the A.sub.p /A.sub.g ratio being about 0.4-1.6, especially 0.8-1.2, can be fed directly to melt-fabricating equipment without first melt-blending the polymer pellets with the glass fibers and fabricated into articles having a substantially uniform glass content.

Abstract: Material for a housing of electronic components, a compound of synthetic resin, which contains ferrite powder and carbon fiber, is bestowed with original properties of the synthetic resin, such as lightness and freedom of molding, high permeability brought by ferrite powder, and high conductivity and mechanical properties by a designated carbon fiber. The material is made into a light housing with various shapes by injection molding or vacuum molding. The housing concentrates on its surface magnetic flux from external low-frequency field and shields the electronic components from electromagnetic wave noise and low-frequency magnetic field, preventing electromagnetic troubles of the electronic components.

Abstract: Disclosed are micronized synthetic calcium silicates in the form of fluffy particles of needle-like calcium silicate crystals having a particle size of about 0.5 to 50 microns and an average particle size d.sub.50 of from 5 to 25 microns, and preferably of from 7 to 15 microns, obtainable from micronized, approximately spherical synthetic calcium silicate hydrate aggregates having a diameter of from 10 to 150 microns. They are preferably used in filled and unfilled liquid resin systems.

Abstract: Granules of glass flakes which comprise glass flakes in granular form and a binder which bonds the glass flakes to one another to form granules. The granules are used together with a molten thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: This invention relates to a molding material composed of a liquid thermosetting resin composition containing styrene monomer as a cross-linking component thereof and chopped glass fiber strands which can give a large molded product having high impact strength in high productivity and a method for manufacture thereof characterized by using glass fiber strands such that the number of glass filaments used in the glass fiber strands falls in the range of 600 to 1,400 per strand, the amount of a binder deposited on the glass fibers is not less than 1.0% by weight, and the percentage of styrene monomer insoluble binder falls in the range of 40 to 90% by weight.

Abstract: Coating compositions which do not contain metal powders and which contain, as coloring component, 0.001 to 30% by weight of at least one organic pigment and/or of a polymer-soluble dye and/or of a pearlescent pigment and 0.001 to 30% by weight of molybdenum disulfide, based on the coating produced therewith, are suitable, for example, for coloring surfaces, especially metal surfaces.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastics comprises a resin and chopped strands dispersed in the resin, wherein the chopped strands comprise glass fiber chopped strands composed of cut assemblies of glass filaments and high elastic chopped strands composed of cut assemblies of high modulus inorgtanic filaments having higher elastic modulus than the filaments and having 3000 or less number of assembled filaments. By this arrangement, the both chopped strands are closely and uniformly dispersed in the resin and the force interaction between the both chopped stands are enhanced. The resultant plastics has remarkably improved strength and fatigue durability, and higher rigidity than conventional ones.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically conductive, polymer based material with electrical resistivity having a positive temperature coefficient. The material comprises a matrix of thermosetting polymer having conductive particles in the form of fibers distributed through the polymer. The polymer can be an epoxy resin, polyimide, unsaturated polyester, silicone, polyurethane or phenolic resin, and the fibers can be carbon fibers, carbon fibers coated with metal or metal alloy, graphite fibers, graphite fibers coated with metal or metal alloy, graphite intercalation compound fibers, metal fibers, ceramic fibers, or ceramic fibers coated with a metal or metal alloy.

Abstract: A paint for use on surfaces subject to lightning strikes includes a film-forming binder and a pigment, the pigment comprising at least one alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt with a low first ionization potential, of a mono- or polyfunctional organic acid, carbonic acid or a polymer having an acidic group, the pigment being present in an amount sufficient to render the paint ionizable under the action of a strong electric current.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a solid composition having low magnetic signature. The composition comprises a plurality of high density, very low magnetic signature bodies or particles incorporated in a non-magnetic matrix of lesser density.

Abstract: Corrosion inhibiting calcium-containing amorphous precipitated silica is described. The silica is prepared by admixing simultaneously in a reactor aqueous alkali metal silicate, e.g., sodium silicate, acidifying agent, e.g., hydrochloric acid, and a water-soluble source of calcium, e.g., calcium chloride. The product contains from 6 to 9 weight percent calcium (as CaO). The silica product may be incorporated into a coating composition used for corrodible metallic surfaces.

Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition suitable for an onyx-like artificial marble is obtained by using aluminum hydroxide having an average primary particle size of at least 20 .mu.m or a mixture thereof with aluminum hydroxide pulverized from the above aluminum hydroxide and having an average particle size of at least 15 .mu.m. This composition has an improved transparency, a reduced coloration, and a good productivity.

Abstract: Magnesium hydroxide of a substantially spherical particle form having an average particle size of from 5 to 500 .mu.m and a specific surface area of from 25 to 1 m.sup.2 /g.

Abstract: A vibration damping material having an improved mechanical strength and excellent vibration damping characteristic is disclosed.The material is made by usage of composition of 40 to 90 weight percent of iron oxide particles 0.1 to 100 .mu.m in size and 60 to 10 weight percent of resin.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition, especially for use as an orthopedic splinting or casting material comprises a crosslinked polymeric component and a filler. The crosslinked polymeric component comprises a polycaprolactone, such as poly(epsilon)caprolactone, and a thermoplastic rubber in a ratio of from about 4:1 to about 1.5:1 by weight. Styrene-butadiene-styrene and styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymers are particularly suitable thermoplastic rubbers.Crosslinking may be carried out using an organic peroxide such as benzoyl peroxide. The filler is preferably a mixture of talc and silica.

Abstract: A coarse/fine particulate inert solid filler component, e.g., limestone and/or sand, is used in a hardenable resin composition adapted for use in making set products, e.g., a hardened grout for anchoring a reinforcing member in a hole. About from 5 to 50 percent by weight of the filler is a coarse filler component comprised of particles in a size range whose minimum is about 1 mm, or a size range which is from 30 to 150 percent of the thickness of the annular layer of hardened grout formed around a reinforcing member. The thus-filled resin composition is readily miscible and flowable even at total filler levels as high as about 88 percent by weight. Rock bolt grouting products containing this resin composition require less bolt spinning and afford improved anchorage strength, even when used to point anchor mechanical expansion shells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to conformable tile products which may be formed from aggregate material and relatively low weight percentages of unsaturated polyester resin precursors. When cured, the tiles may be adhered to subfloors utilizing ordinary resilient flooring-type adhesives. Further, they will be conformable to subsurface irregularities, and will have high strength and impact resistance when installed as a flooring surface.

Abstract: Plastic compositions having enhanced tensile, reinforcing, viscosity, opacity, brightness or pigment-extending properties comprise a plastic material having dispersed therein a synthetic sodium aluminum silicate with an average particle size of about 3.0 to 8.0 microns.

Abstract: Compositions of a vinylized epoxy resin, sized glass fibers and a complexing agent exhibit reduced fiber prominence upon curing with a metal composition than when employing no complexing agent.

Abstract: Incorporation in a thermoplastic resin of a mass of mica flakes having a median shape factor of not less than 0.76, an average particle size of not more than 2,000 .mu.m and an average aspect ratio of not less than 10 followed by molding gives moldings which are high not only in mechanical strength but also in strength at weld parts. Incorporation of said mica flake mass in a thermosetting resin followed by molding affords moldings very high in strength as well as in modulus of elasticity.

Abstract: A method for repairing plastics, metal and the like. The method uses a compound comprising a thermosetting unsaturated polyester resin, a thermoplastic resin mixed with said polyester, particulate inorganic filler, as well as additional metallic particulate material, fibrous materials and a catalyst. The compound when cured at a relatively elevated temperature of about 325.degree.-350.degree. F. provides a low shrink material which can be painted and baked on normal processing lines up to 350.degree. F. without separating from the underlying substrate.

Abstract: This invention relates to radiation hardenable primers based on prepolymers containing (meth) acryloyl groups and conventional auxiliary agents. The primers are characterized in that they contain organic and/or inorganic fibres having a fibre length distribution curve reaching its maximum in the region of from 50 to 600 .mu.m. These primers are suitable for coating articles which have absorbent surfaces, in particular for the continuous coating of wood-concrete articles such as wood-concrete boards.

Abstract: A two-component mortar composition for securing stays and for rock stabilization in mining having an unsaturated polyester in one component and a hardener material in the other. The composition comprises a total of 15 to 35 weight percent of unsaturated polyester, 9 to 25 weight percent of reactive diluent, 44 to 66 weight percent of filler, 0.5 to 4 weight percent of thixotropic agent, and 1 to 6 weight percent of a hardener which is a free radical curing catalyst. The composition exhibits desired strength levels and also exhibits the desired securing properties for mortar compositions as well as ease of handling.

Abstract: Disclosed are thixotropic polyester compositions wherein the thixotropic characteristics are provided by incorporation into the polyester of a member selected from the group consisting of a precipitated silicon dioxide and a mixture of a precipitated silicon dioxide and a fumed silica. The resulting thixotropic polyester compositions are useful in industries where the resin must not drain from a vertical surface before cure, such as in the boat building industry, and in electrical and transportation applications, and particularly in fiberglass reinforced unsaturated polyester resins and gel coats.

Abstract: Crystalline, synthetic calcium silicate, which can be in diverse stages of hydration and has a high length/width ratio and a width dimension of less than 1 .mu.m, is outstandingly suitable as a sedimentation inhibitor for finely divided fillers in liquid substances.

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 polyester moulding composition for providing a moulded article less susceptible to cracking than those made from conventional polyester moulding compositions contains an unsaturated polyester resin, 25-55 mole % of the acid of which is a symmetrical aromatic saturated dicarboxylic acid and the glycol of which is preferably 1,6 - hexanediol, a monomer which is a solid or liquid of low volatility, at least one inorganic filler and reinforcing fibres. The filler preferably has a mean particle size of below 5.mu. or from 15 to 130.mu. inclusive.

Abstract: A process for producing a colloidal solution of a curable resin which comprises:blending (a) 5 to 90% by weight of a polyfunctional maleimide component and (b) 95 to 10% by weight of at least one thermosetting resin,heating them to form a composition, andblending the resulting composition with at least one low boiling point solvent having a boiling point of more than room temperature and less than 150.degree. C., in which the thermosetting resin is rich soluble, but the maleimide component is poor soluble, thereby forming a colloidal solution of a curable resin is disclosed. The colloidal solution is used as a coating, as an impregnating agent for a coil, or for preparing prepreg.

Abstract: Polymerizable liquid synthetic resins, liquid reactive constituents of synthetic resins or liquid additives for plastics, in each case containing mineral fillers, are converted to dry, pourable mixtures by mixing with 0.25-5% by weight of a crystalline synthetic calcium silicate, which can be in diverse stages of hydration and has a high length/width ratio and width dimensions of less than 1 .mu.m, it being possible, by this means, to employ the resins not only as casting resins but also as compression moulding resins and adhesives. In addition, handling and processability are improved.

Abstract: A composition for producing surface layers on wood or other substrates is formed from diatomite, expanded perlite, chopped glass fibers and a thermosettable resin mixed in specified amounts to provide a flowable mixture. When applied to the substrate as a layer about 1 to 2 cms. thick and the resin component has cured, a tough, impact-resistant, watertight surface is created on the substrate. The new compositions and surfacing methods are particuarly useful for refinishing the hulls of wooden boats.

Abstract: Polyester and hardener compositions have incorporated therein pigments of Toluidine Red Y and Parachlor R to enable the user to determine when mixing is uniform and when the cure has been completed.

Abstract: A method for the uniform blending of additives into thermoplastic synthetic resins. A solution or finely divided dispersion of the additive is produced in a polymerizable cyclic ester of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents respectively hydrogen or an alkyl group of 1-18 carbon atoms,A represents a --O-- or --COO-- group,x and y represent integers from 1 to 15, andz represents 0 or 1.This solution or dispersion, optionally after polymerization of the cyclic ester, is admixed to the thermoplastic synthetic resin at the end of its manufacturing process or in a subsequent processing stage.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-corrosive coating composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of an unsaturated polyester resin, (b) 10 to 100 parts by weight of a glass flake having an average thickness of 0.5 to 5 microns and an average particle size of 100 to 400 microns, or 10 to 70 parts by weight of said glass flake and 10 to 150 parts of scaly metal pigment, (c) 0.1 to 1.0 part by weight of a ketone peroxide and (d) 0.5 to 2.0 parts by weight of a hydroperoxide and/or a peroxy ester. Also disclosed is a process for forming anti-corrosive coatings, which comprises spray-coating the above anti-corrosive coating composition to a thickness of 300 to 1500 microns by using a spray gun having a spray tip diameter of 0.5 to 3 mm.

Abstract: A resin molded stator comprising a stator core and coils as major constituents at least parts of which are molded into one piece by a molding material, said molding material comprising (a) a low-shrink unsaturated polyester resin, (b) a filler having a particle size of 44 .mu. or less, and (c) a fibrous material having a length of 3 mm or less, in proportions of 15 to 40% by weight of the component (a) and 60 to 85% by weight of a total of the components (b) and (c), and a weight ratio of the component (b) to the component (c) being 3/1 to 30/1, is excellent in crack resistance, moisture resistance and insulating properties.

Abstract: A dielectric composition is disclosed having three separate phases, one electrically conductive, combined to yield a compound dispersion with high dielectric constant and low dissipation factor. The composition is made into a film and the film is used in electrical capacitors.