Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition for use in tires. The rubber composition comprises a blend of a rubber component and based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component, from 50 to 200 phr of a filler, from 0 to 25 phr of a plasticizer, and from 5 to 90 phr dimeric decarboxylated rosin (DDCR). The DDCR resin comprises 50 to 100 wt. % of polycyclic hydrocarbon compounds having one or more aliphatic, unsaturated, or aromatic groups, and 34-80 carbon atoms, with a molecular weight Mn of 250-900 Da, a polydispersity index of 1.0-1.35, and an oxygen to carbon ratio of <5%.

Abstract: An optical adhesive sheet having an excellent repulsion resistance and an excellent swelling rate, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to tire tread compositions and methods for making. The compositions include a rubber, a rosin ester resin and at least one filler. The rosin ester resin is characterized as having a PAN number of less than 25, an acid number less than 20, a hydroxyl number of less than 30, a combined acid number and hydroxyl value of less than 50. The tire tread composition has a wet grip resistance to rolling resistance indicator ratio ((tan ? at 0° C.)/tan ? at 60° C.) higher than a tire tread composition containing a comparable amount of a rosin ester having a combined acid number and hydroxyl value of more than 50.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition for footwear. The rubber composition may comprise from 3 phr to 90 phr of a first rubber component, from 5 phr to 100 phr of a second rubber component, from 1 phr to 10 phr of a tackifying resin, from 10 phr to 60 phr of a reinforcing filler component, from 1 phr to about 10 phr of a plasticizer component, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a curing component. The rubber composition may exhibit a wet coefficient of friction of from 0.4 to 0.65 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, a dry coefficient of friction of from 0.76 to 0.90 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, and a DIN abrasion of 140 to 300 when tested in accordance with DIN 53616.

Abstract: Adhesive tapes are described which find particular application for sealing joints or regions between adjacent panels such as rigid foam insulation panels. Also described are methods of using the sealing tapes and systems of sealed panels using the sealing tapes.

Abstract: A block copolymer composition is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the block copolymer composition includes a diblock copolymer and a triblock copolymer each including a polyolefin-based block and a polystyrene-based block. The diblock copolymer is present at less than or equal to 19% , based on total weight of the block copolymer composition, the polyolefin-based block includes a repeating unit represented by Formula 1, and the polystyrene-based block includes one or more of Formulas 2 and 3: wherein R1 is hydrogen, C3 to C20 alkyl, or C3 to C20 alkyl substituted with silyl, R2 and R3 are each independently C6 to C20 aryl, or C6 to C20 aryl substituted with halogen, C1 to C12 alkyl, or C3 to C12 cycloalkyl, n is an integer from 1 to 10,000, and l and m are each independently an integer from 10 to 1,000.

Abstract: Thermoplastic elastomer compositions comprising acrylic multigraft copolymers are described. The multigraft copolymers comprise a rubbery polyacrylate backbone and a plurality of randomly spaced glassy polyacrylate side chains. The multigraft copolymers can be prepared using a facile grafting through method that can provide copolymers with enhanced purity. The acrylic multigraft copolymers exhibit microphase separated morphologies and “superelastomeric” properties, including an elongation at break, stress at break, and/or strain recovery behavior that exceeds that of conventional triblock copolymer polyacrylate thermoplastic elastomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a hot-melt adhesive for adhesive bonding of at least a first packaging and a second packaging, the hot-melt adhesive comprising: (a) 7-48 parts per weight of a polymer component, the polymer component comprising a styrene block copolymer; (b) 15-52 parts per weight of a tackifying component, wherein the tackifying component comprises thermoplastic adhesive resin, aliphatic hydrocarbon, cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, the respective hydrocarbon optionally being modified and/or hydrogenated, terpenes, the terpenes optionally being modified or hydrogenated, rosins, the rosins optionally being modified or hydrogenated, or mixtures thereof; (c) 5-25 parts per weight of a plasticizer component, wherein the plasticizer component comprises paraffinic oils, naphthenic oils, polybuten, polybutadien, dibasic esters, polyols or mixtures thereof; and d) 0.02-1.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) having a mass average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000, in which the (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture including a macromonomer (a) that has a number average molecular weight of 500 or more and less than 6000 and a vinyl monomer (b), and preferably includes 7 to 40% by mass of a repeat unit derived from the macromonomer (a), has sufficient coating workability, adhesive holding power and adhesive property as an adhesive composition.

Abstract: A non-flammable contact adhesive includes a solvent composed of a mixture of flammable and non-flammable components. The contact adhesive includes copolymer rubbers, tackifiers, stabilizer resins, and carbon dioxide gas.

Abstract: An asymmetric multilayer film for an ostomy pouch includes a barrier layer including a first side and a second side. At least one layer is arranged on the first side of the barrier layer, and at least one layer arranged on the second side of the barrier layer, in which the combined thickness of the at least one layer arranged on the first side of the barrier layer is at least two times greater than the combined thickness of the at least one layer arranged on the second side of the barrier layer. The asymmetric multilayer film has a thickness of about 25 ?m to about 50 ?m.

Abstract: A non-flammable contact adhesive includes copolymer rubbers, tackifiers, stabilizer resins, and a solvent composed of a mixture of flammable and non-flammable components.

Abstract: The invention relates to hot melt adhesives which are pressure sensitive adhesives whereby the adhesive is provided in a granulated form and is free-flowing and does not block during storage. Such pellets can be used as feed for automated feeder devices for the supply hot melt application systems.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stable organic solvent solution-type adhesive composition that is in a solution state even at low temperatures and that has excellent adhesion to polyolefin base materials, in particular polyethylene substrates (both LDPE and HDPE). The invention provides an adhesive resin composition comprising a modified polyethylene copolymer (component A) having a melting point of less than 80° C., a terpene-based tackifier (component B), and an organic solvent (component C), wherein component B is contained in an amount of 30 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of component A.

Abstract: A (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) having a mass average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000, in which the (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture including a macromonomer (a) that has a number average molecular weight of 500 or more and less than 6000 and a vinyl monomer (b), and preferably includes 7 to 40% by mass of a repeat unit derived from the macromonomer (a), has sufficient coating workability, adhesive holding power and adhesive property as an adhesive composition.

Abstract: A multi-layer film for use in forming a layer of hardfacing on a surface of a tool includes a first layer and a second layer covering at least a portion of a surface of the first layer. The layers each include a polymer material and a plurality of particles dispersed throughout the polymer material. An intermediate structure includes a body of an earth-boring tool, a first material layer disposed over a surface of the body, and a second material layer disposed over the first material layer. A method of applying hardfacing includes providing a first material layer on a surface of a body of an earth-boring tool, providing a second material layer adjacent the first material layer, heating the body and removing the polymer material from the body of the earth-boring tool, and heating the body of the earth-boring tool to a higher temperature to form a layer of hardfacing material.

Abstract: A biodegradable packaging material, a method of manufacturing the same, as well as products made of the material wherein the manufacture comprises extrusion onto a fibrous substrate one or mote polymer coating layers including at least one layer of a polymer blend consisting of (i) 20-95 wt-% of polylactide having a high melt index of more than 35 g/10 min (210° C.; 2.16 kg), (ii) 5-80 wt-% of polybutylene succinate (PBS) or a biodegradable derivate thereof, and (iii) 0-5 wt-% of one or more polymeric additives. The components of the blend are melted and blended in connection with the extrusion step. The goal is to improve extrudability, increase machine speed in extrusion and maintaining good adhesiveness to the substrate and wood heat-sealability of the coating. The products include disposable drinking cups and board trays, as well as sealed carton packages for solids and liquids.

Abstract: A material for use in building construction (partition, wall, ceiling, floor or door) that exhibits improved acoustical sound proofing and fracture characteristics optimized for efficient installation. The material comprises a laminated structure having as an integral part thereof one or more layers of viscoelastic material which also functions both as a glue and as an energy dissipating layer; and one or more constraining layers, such as gypsum or cement-based panel products modified for easy fracture. In one embodiment, standard paper-faced wallboard, typically gypsum, comprises the external surfaces of the laminated structure with the inner surface of said wallboard being bare with no paper or other material being placed thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a hot-melt adhesive composition and a hot-melt adhesive composition prepared thereby. The method comprises: preparing and mixing raw materials, including a butyl rubber, an ethylene propylene diene (EPDM) rubber, a styrene block copolymer, an amorphous poly-alpha-olefin (APAO) and a tackifier resin; and performing vacuum degassing of the mixed raw materials, wherein the styrene block copolymer comprises a styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) rubber. The hot-melt adhesive composition has high resistance in temperature cycles between low and high temperatures so as to maintain its physical properties, and thus has an excellent property of sealing a headlamp for a long period of time until the end of the lifespan of the headlamp. Also, the composition generates no gas in the sealed state of the headlamp, and thus does not create bubbles or voids and does not pose a water tightness problem.

Abstract: Rosin esters are provided. The rosin esters can exhibit improved color (e.g., the rosin ester can have a neat Gardner color of 4 or less), improved oxidative stability (e.g., when 1000 ppm or less of an antioxidant is present in combination with the rosin ester, the rosin ester can exhibit an oxidative-induction time at 130° C. of at least 30 minutes), improved color stability (e.g., the rosin ester can retain a neat Gardner color of 5 or less when heated to a temperature of 160° C. for a period of three hours), or combinations thereof. Also provided polymeric compositions comprising the rosin esters, as well as methods of making the rosin esters.

Abstract: An asymmetric multilayer film for an ostomy pouch includes a barrier layer including a first side and a second side. At least one layer is arranged on the first side of the barrier layer, and at least one layer arranged on the second side of the barrier layer, in which the combined thickness of the at least one layer arranged on the first side of the barrier layer is at least two times greater than the combined thickness of the at least one layer arranged on the second side of the barrier layer. The asymmetric multilayer film has a thickness of about 25 ?m to about 50 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to storage-stable hot-melt adhesive containing 15 to 70 wt % of a mixture of at least one copolymer based on ethylene and/or propylene and at least one C4 to C20 ?-olefin which is obtainable as a block copolymer by metallocene-catalyzed polymerization, and at least one styrene block copolymer, 10 to 70 wt % of at least one tackifying resin, 0 to 40 wt % of further additives, wherein the total of the percentages should amount to 100% and the tackifying resin is entirely or in part a soft resin.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions for styrene polymers are provided. The adhesives are suitable for use as tie-layers in multi-layer films and sheets and comprise a polyolefin base resin, a functionalized polyolefin and a combination of styrene triblock copolymers.

Abstract: A multi-layer film structure suitable as a sealable sheet used for closing foodstuff containers with a peelable seal. This multi-layer film comprises a polyester substrate layer and a heat-sealable layer. The heat-sealable layer is applied by coextrusion and contains an epoxy-containing thermoplastic polymer composition comprising residues of epoxy-containing monomers selected from glycidyl methacrylate, glycidyl acrylate, allyl glycidyl ether, 3,4-epoxy-1-butene, and a mixture of any two or more of such monomers.

Abstract: Adhesive compositions comprising a copolymer of isobutylene repeat units and alkene repeat units are described. At least a portion of the alkene repeat units are bonded to a pendent nitrogen atom of a quaternary ammonium salt comprising a free-radically polymerizable substituent. The adhesive optionally comprises other components such as tackifier, unfunctionalized polyisobutylene polymer, plasticizer, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A resol-type para-octylphenol-formaldehyde co-condensation resin and a method for producing the same are provided, the resol-type para-octylphenol-formaldehyde co-condensation resin having a content of a para-octylphenol monomer of 1 wt. % or less, having a total content of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, a halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon, an aromatic hydrocarbon, a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, and an alcohol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms of 1 wt. % or less, the aliphatic hydrocarbon, the halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon, the aromatic hydrocarbon, the halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, and the alcohol having a boiling point of 60° C. or more, having a softening point of 70 to 105° C., and having an acid value of 20 to 28 KOHmg/g. The resol-type para-octylphenol-formaldehyde co-condensation resin can be used as a resin cross-linking agent for a rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a packing sheet and PTP packing body, which do not include halogen materials such as chlorine and fluorine and have high water vapor barrier property. The packing sheet of the present invention includes at least a high-density polyethylene resin (A), petroleum resin (B), and amorphous polyolefin resin (C). Also, it is preferable that the weight blending ratio ((A+B)/C) of the total weight of the high-density polyethylene (A) and the petroleum resin (B) to the weight of the amorphous polyolefin (C) be 50/50 or more and 90/10 or less.

Abstract: An adhesive composition is disclosed that comprises acrylic adhesive particles having an average diameter of 10 to 100 micrometers obtained by suspension polymerization of an acrylic monomer mixture which comprises a branched C 14-22 alkyl group containing (meth)acrylate and a polar monomer. The adhesive composition may be applied to an adhesive dressing or patch. The adhesive has excellent water vapor permeability, excellent adhesion to skin with low skin irritation when applied, less adhesive residue after peeling, and less keratin damage. The adhesive does not cause wetness or peeling from sweat while being worn.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a splash shield, in which method a base-portion raw material comprising a plastic, glass fibers, a compatibilizer and rubber is subjected to melt extrusion while at the same time injection molding is performed, and then, without removing the injection-molded article from the injection mold, the injection mold is rotated in the open state, and the injection-molded article is conveyed to a foaming mold and subsequently undergoes flame treatment and a polyurethane foam molding step. A single process in the production method is used for the procedure in which the materials are separately compounded and pelletized and the procedure in which the injection-molded article is molded.

Abstract: Photo-crosslinkable antifouling compositions, in particular antibacterial, antifungal and anti-algae ones, which include the combination of at least one telechelic oligoisoprene of a particular formula with an agent for crosslinking the oligoisoprene. The antifouling film is obtained by applying a thin layer of such a liquid composition on a substrate and is crosslinked at room temperature by exposure to visible and/or UV radiations. The film can be used for preventing the occurrence of a biofilm on any surface in a humid or aqueous environment, and can be used as an additive for preparing materials with a view to imparting bacteriostatic and/or bactericidal properties thereto.

Abstract: An aerosol is described comprising a composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer, a solvent, and a propellant. An article is described comprising the aerosol contained within a pressurized containment vessel comprising a valve. An aerosol mist is also described comprising droplets of an adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition comprises an acrylic block copolymer, a glass transition temperature modifier, and optionally an additive.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex that has a good balance between initial adhesion and storage stability and is suitable for one-component aqueous adhesive applications. The invention relates to a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex composition containing a mixture of a chloroprene rubber-based polymer latex and a latex of an acrylic or styrene-acrylic resin-based polymer obtained by copolymerization of a specific carboxyl group-containing unsaturated monomer, in which the specific carboxyl group is neutralized with an alkali.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive being highly environmentally-friendly, and as well having sufficient tackiness, adhesion, thermal stability and the like. The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive comprising (A) a polar functional group-modified conjugated diene-based polymer, (B) an aliphatic polyester-based resin, and (C) a tackifier resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive being highly environmentally-friendly, and as well having sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness, adhesion, thermal stability and the like. The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive comprising (A) a polar functional group-modified polymer, (B) an aliphatic polyester-based resin, (C) a tackifier resin and (D) a thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: Composition blends are prepared that are hot melt processable pressure sensitive adhesives. The composition blends include at least one olefinic block copolymer, at least one elastomeric polymer, and at least one tackifying resin. The composition blends may also include additional components, such as for example, at least one plasticizer.

Abstract: An adhesive that displays high adhesive strength to polyolefin materials, has a curing rate that is sufficiently fast for practical use, and also displays good adhesive strength to general use materials includes a moisture curing resin composition including a copolymer having a hydrolytic silyl group, the copolymer including a (meth)acrylic acid alkylester monomer unit with an alkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbons and a (meth)acrylic acid alkylester monomer unit with an alkyl group having not less than 10 carbons, and an oxyalkylene polymer having a hydrolytic silyl group; a chlorinated polyolefin; a hydrolytic silane having not less than two phenyl groups as organic groups; and a tackifying resin that has compatibility with the moisture curing resin composition and that is solid at 25° C. wherein a content of the hydrolytic silane is more than 0 parts by mass and not more than 9 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the moisture curing resin composition.

Abstract: A layered structure suitable for use in a pneumatic tire as an innerliner is prepared by directly bonding a fluid permeation prevention film and an adhesive tie layer. Prior to the bonding, the fluid permeation prevention layer is treated to remove any residual plasticizers or oils on the surface of the film. The tie layer comprises 100 weight % of at least one halogenated isobutylene containing elastomer and about 1 to about 20 parts per hundred (phr) of at least one tackifier. The fluid permeation prevention film comprises an elastomeric component dispersed in a vulcanized or partially vulcanized state, as a discontinuous phase, in a matrix of the thermoplastic resin component. The two layers of the layered structure may be separately extruded and then adhered to each other or adhered to each other during a calendaring operation wherein the adhesive tie layer composition is coated onto the treated film.

Abstract: The invention provides a hot melt adhesive comprising a polymer mixture of an ethylene vinyl acetate polymer with low vinyl acetate content and a functionalized metallocene catalyzed polyethylene copolymer. The hot melt adhesive has wide service temperature ranges for bonding cellulosic substrates together. The adhesive is well suited for case, tray, carton and bag sealing applications.

Abstract: A wetness indicating adhesive composition comprising an adhesive base composition incorporating a fluorescing agent in the adhesive base composition that only fluoresces when wet, and not when dry. In one embodiment, the adhesive base composition may be composed of water soluble, or at least partially water soluble, components, and in another embodiment the adhesive base composition may be composed of water sensitive components as for example one or more water insoluble polymers and a surfactant. The fluorescing agent can either be dissolved or dispersed in the adhesive base composition, and is preferably a water soluble fluorescing agent that becomes visible under ultraviolet light only when an article such as a disposable diaper becomes wet.

Abstract: The present application discloses novel self-polishing antifouling paint compositions comprising: 30-80% by solids volume of the paint composition of a binder phase; 20-70% by solids volume of the paint composition of a pigment phase, said pigment phase including solid particles consisting of one or more rosin constituents (e.g. rosin, rosin derivatives or rosin-modified polymers) entrapped or encapsulated in a matrix (e.g. a silica such as a silica aerogel); and optionally one or more solvents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer which can be used as a superplasticizer for hydraulic binders and comprises 30 to 47 mol % of a (meth)allyl alcohol polyether derivative structural unit and 53 to 70 mol % of a maleic acid derivative structural unit.

Abstract: An aerosol is described comprising a composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer, a solvent, and a propellant. An article is described comprising the aerosol contained within a pressurized containment vessel comprising a valve. An aerosol mist is also described comprising droplets of an adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition comprises an acrylic block copolymer, a glass transition temperature modifier, and optionally an additive.

Abstract: An aerosol is described comprising a composition comprising an acrylic block copolymer, a solvent, and a propellant. An article is described comprising the aerosol contained within a pressurized containment vessel comprising a valve. An aerosol mist is also described comprising droplets of an adhesive composition, wherein the adhesive composition comprises an acrylic block copolymer, a glass transition temperature modifier, and optionally an additive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising at least 70 wt. % of a mixture of (i) block copolymers comprising a mixture of block copolymers having the structure I and II A?-B?, A-B-A, (A-B)n, (A-B)nX and/or (A-B-A)nX, where X is the residue of a coupling reagent, n is an integer between 2 and 10, A and A? are each a polymer block of a vinylaromatic, B and B? are each a polymer block formed from butadiene, a mixture of butadiene and isoprene and/or a mixture of butadiene and styrene and A and A?, and B and B?, may each be identical or different, (ii) at least one tackifier resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic copolymer additive useful as a process aid in highly filled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) composites. The acrylic additive is especially useful in highly filled PVC flooring tiles, rolled flooring, pipe and siding. The acrylic copolymer additive contains from 50 to 79 weight percent of methyl methacrylate monomer units, and has a Tg of less than 90° C.

Abstract: A vulcanizable layered composition comprising at least two layers and at least one tie layer, wherein the first layer of the two layers is a fluid permeation prevention layer preferably comprising: (A) at least one thermoplastic engineering component and (B) at least one elastomer component; the second layer of the two layers comprises at least one high diene rubber and the tie layer comprises a mixture of: (1) at least one halogenated isobutylene containing elastomer; (2) up to 50 weight % of at least one high diene elastomer; (3) at least one filler; (4) up to 30 weight % of at least one processing oil; (5) at least one tackifier; and (6) a curing system for the elastomers.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesion composition comprising: a first polymer that is acrylate polymer or copolymer comprising polymerized monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, octyl acrylate, styrene, vinyl acetate and combinations thereof; and b) a second polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, oxidized polyethylene, oxidized ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, maleated polyolefin and combinations thereof; wherein the composition is water-based and adapted for pressure-sensitive adhesion to substrates. The adhesion composition may also comprise a tackifier resin selected from the group consisting of rosin ester resin, rosin acid resin, synthetic hydrocarbon resin, synthetic terpenic resin and combinations thereof. An article of manufacture comprising a support member and a pressure-sensitive adhesion layer attached thereto that comprises said pressure-sensitive adhesion composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic copolymer additive useful as a process aid in highly filled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) composites. The acrylic additive is especially useful in highly filled PVC flooring tiles, rolled flooring, pipe and siding. The acrylic copolymer additive contains from 50 to 79 weight percent of methyl methacrylate monomer units, and has a Tg of less than 90° C.

Abstract: The application provides a process for preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition (F) for injection molding, comprising dynamically heat-treating a thermoplastic elastomer composition (D), which comprises 95 to 5 parts by weight of an ethylene/?-olefin-based copolymer rubber (a), 5 to 95 parts by weight of a propylene/?-olefin random copolymer (b-1) (total of the components (a) and (b-1): 100 parts by weight), and 0 to 200 parts by weight of a softener (c), in the presence of an organic peroxide, wherein a crystallization nucleating agent (e) for olefin-based plastics is added in an amount of 0.01 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the components (a) and (b-1) before or after the dynamic heat treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic copolymer additive useful as a process aid in highly filled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) composites. The acrylic additive is especially useful in highly filled PVC flooring tiles, rolled flooring, pipe and siding. The acrylic copolymer additive contains from 50 to 79 weight percent of methyl methacrylate monomer units, and has a Tg of less than 90° C.