Abstract: Polyorganosiloxane compositions comprising:(A) a linear and/or branched polyorganosiloxane, with a viscosity of 50 to 100,000 cP at 25.degree. C., wherein 0.7 to 1.8 vinyl radicals bonded to silicon atoms, on average, are present in each molecule, and the remaining organic radicals bonded to silicon atoms are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon radicals which does not include unsaturated aliphatic radicals, and 30% or more portion of the molecules has only one silicon-bonded vinyl radical in the molecule;(B) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane, wherein more than two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms, on average, are present in each molecule, in an amount such that the number of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms may be 0.5 to 5 per vinyl radical in the molecule (A);(C) a catalytic amount of platinum compounds; and(D) anthraquinone dyes and/or azo dyes, in an amount from 1 to 2,000 ppm to (A).

Abstract: Coating powders for the melt film coating method, based on polyamides and adhesion improving additives. The polyamides are aliphatic homo- and/or copolyamides having at least six carbon atoms containing functional groups consisting of at least 80% of primary, secondary, or mixtures of primary and secondary amino groups. As the adhesion improving additive there is added from 0.1 to 10% by weight referred to the polyamides of an isophoronediisocyanate capped with lactams, an isophoronediisocyanate capped with acetonoxime or an isophoronediisocyanate capped with an oligomer of acetonoxime.

Abstract: Polyamide resins useful as binders in flexographic/gravure inks are provided which are essentially free of polyeric fat acids. These polyamide resins exhibit improved water solubility, yet still retain the other many desirable properties of polyamide resins based on polymeric fat acids. The resins are acid terminated having acid values greater than 30 and are prepared from medium chain (12-26 carbons) dicarboxylic acids such as the C.sub.21 acid, 2-n-hexyl-5-(7-carboxyl-n-heptyl)-cyclohex-3-ene carboxylic acid, and aliphatic diamines having from 2-12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a method for preparing free-flowing, water-soluble polymer gels comprising:(a) reducing the size of water-soluble polymer gels by a size-reduction means, so as to produce polymer gel particles which are less than 1/2 inch in their longest dimension; and(b) adding to the size-reduced polymer gels of Step (a) 0.001 to 20 percent, by weight, of an amphipathic compound, thereby reducing the adhesion of said gel particles to themselves and other substances.The instant invention is also directed to a free-flowing, water-soluble polymer gel admixture comprising:(a) size-reduced, water-soluble polymer gel particles, wherein said gel particles are less than 1/2 inch in their longest dimension; and(b) an amphipathic compound.

Abstract: A molding composition which is essentially composed of a mixture of at least two polymers based on vinyl chloride and at least one water-soluble surfactant is described. One of the polymers is a sinterable vinyl chloride/alkyl acrylate copolymer which can contain, in addition, polymerized units of vinyl acetate and ethylene. At least one further polymer is a vinyl chloride polymer which can contain up to 5% by weight of polymerized units of vinyl acetate and ethylene. The molding composition is suitable for the production of sintered, porous, flexible moldings, in particular separator compartments for electric cells.

Abstract: A rubber composition containing carbon black as a reinforcing filler and a quaternary ammonium salt as a coupling agent and a method of making it are disclosed.

Abstract: Nonvolatile plasticizers are provided which are the carboxyl-functional amide reaction product of: (1) a secondary amine-functional adduct of an acrylate compound, like 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate or a monohydric caprolactone monoacrylate, and about one amine equivalent per acrylate group in the acrylate compound, of an organic primary amine such as a polyoxypropylene monoprimary amine having a molecular weight in the range of about 50 to about 8000; with (2) a dicarboxylic acid anhydride, like phthalic anhydride. These plasticizers have improved wetting properties and are particularly useful in nitrocellulose compositions, such as nail polish.

Abstract: Novel .alpha.-aminoacetamides are powerful stabilizers for organic materials subject to oxygen and heat degradation, and particularly for synthetic natural rubber, synthetic ester lubricants and synthetic resinous materials. A wide range of substituents on the amine and amide N atoms, at least one of which substituents is an alkylene imine (cyclic), and an even wider range of substituents on the saturated carbon atom, yields an array of stabilizers having a wide range of compatibility in compositions comprising various synthetic resinous compounds to be stabilized.Novel syntheses are provided utilizing at least one amine nucleophilic agent, a trichloromethide ion generating agent, and an alkoxide ion generating agent, which together in the presence of aqueous alkali and an onium salt, yield novel .alpha.-aminoacetamides in which a wide choice of substituents may be introduced. The nucleophilic agent may be a primary or secondary amine, or one of each. The trichloromethide ion generating agent is a haloform.

Abstract: An improved polyurethane lacquer for coating an elastomer containing at least one polyfunctional aromatic nitroso compound as an adhesion improver and optionally, lacquer-nonreactive spacer particles.

Abstract: The invention comprises of an anionic polyelectrolyte hydrogel reversibly cross-linked with a polyvalent metal cation having a valence of at least two. This hydrogel may be combined with a removal agent for imparting delayed swelling characteristics when contacted with a water-containing fluid. The delayed swelling allows the water-containing fluid to penetrate or permeate the system before swelling is initiated, thereby providing enhanced wetting prior to the onset of swelling and alleviating gel blockage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the viscosification of an organic liquid which comprises the steps of forming a first solution of an anionic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; forming a second solution of a cationic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; and mixing the first and the second solutions together to form an interpolymer complex of the anionic and cationic polymer in the organic liquid, wherein the organic liquid containing the interpolymer complex has improved viscosification properties. This solution possesses higher viscosity than the mean of the separate viscosities of the starting solutions at relatively low solids content. Moreover, these interpolymer complexes, in hydrocarbon solutions, can be formulated to exhibit shear thickening at increased shear rates. This property is useful in such technological applications as antimisting of the solvent.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of high molecular weight polyphenylene ethers from alkyl-substituted monohydric phenols by an oxidative coupling reaction with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst complex of a copper salt and an organic amine, subsequent stopping of the reaction and removal of the metal component of the catalyst by addition of chelating and/or salt-forming agents, wherein the polymer solution is treated with a compound having the general structure: ##STR1## where R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can be identical or different and each is OH, NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.5, where R.sup.5 is alkyl or cycloalkyl, or SH, and where R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are identical or different, being hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxyalkyl or nitrile, and can be linked to form a ring, advantageously in an amount of from 0.1 to 100 mmoles and advantageously in from 1 to 20% strength aqueous solutions.

Abstract: A process is provided for producing a silica-synthetic polymer mixture by mixing silica, water and an alkyl trimethylammonium halide, adding this mixture to a latex of the synthetic polymer, coagulating the mixture and recovering the silica-polymer mixture. Such mixtures may be used for the production of rubbery vulcanizates such as shoe soles, light colored shaped articles and the like.

Abstract: A phenol-formaldehyde resol to which urea has been added is mixed with a boric acid-hydroxyl-amide component to provide high temperature resistant binder compositions for use in the manufacture of thermally stable bonded mineral fibre insulation structures.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of latices of vinyl acetate polymers. Vinyl acetate is polymerized by itself or mixed with at least one copolymerizable monomer, in aqueous emulsion, in the presence of an initiator, an emulsifier and a protective colloid comprising a water-soluble polymer (a) containing at least one monomer of acrylamide, methacrylamide, or substituted or unsubstituted N-alkyl derivatives of acrylamide or methacrylamide and a water-soluble polymer (b) of ethylene glycol, the polymer (b) having a molecular weight between 1,000 and 50,000. The latices may be applied as binders in the manufacture of paints, glues, paper, textiles, floor coverings and mortar additives.

Abstract: An improvement in pavement surface-treating methods is provided of the type wherein a slurry seal composition is applied to the pavement the composition comprising aggregate in a slow setting asphaltic emulsion. The improvement resides in combining with the slow setting asphaltic emulsion in effective breaktime decreasing amount of an emulsion containing a chemically modified asphalt which is the prereacted reaction product of an acrylamide, asphalt having a viscosity of less than 120,000 cps (at 140.degree. F.), a vinyl aromatic monomer and a rubbery polymer.

Abstract: New polycondensates of alkyl-substituted piperidines are disclosed. These new polycondensates are useful for stabilizing thermoplastic polymers, in particular polyolefins, against sunlight, heat and oxidation.A process for producing the new polycondensates is also disclosed, as well as the polymeric compositions stabilized with said new polycondensates.

Abstract: A concentrated fabric softening composition comprising water-insoluble cationic softener and a viscosity control system comprising a first component selected from non-cyclic hydrocarbons, fatty acids and esters thereof and fatty alcohols, and a second component which is a water-soluble cationic polymer having a molecular weight of 2000 to 250,000, selected from polyethylenimine, ethoxylated and propoxylated polyethylenimines and quaternized polyethylenimines. The composition has improved viscosity and stability at both normal and elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising (A) a reaction product obtained by reacting (a) a polyvalent isocyanate, (b) a polyvalent carboxylic acid anhydride, and if necessary, (c) a polyvalent carboxylic acid, in an organic solvent, and (B) a compound having active hydrogen in the molecule except for a phenolic compound, shows excellent heat resistance and storage stability. Insulated wires obtained by coating said resin composition on an electric conductor directly or indirectly are advantageously produced.