Abstract: The present invention provides writing compositions that are capable of being erased or changed in color chemically. The present invention also provides erasing media for erasing or changing the color of marks produced with the writing compositions, as well as writing systems and incorporating the erasing media and the writing compositions. The present invention further provides writing instruments produced using the writing compositions.

Abstract: A resin composition of the present disclosure comprises (a) a polyphenylene ether resin; and (b) a graft copolymer wherein 30 to 70% by mass of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber latex having a gel content ratio of 30 to 90% by mass and a volume average particle diameter of a rubber dispersion of 0.2 to 1.0 ?m is graft-polymerized with 30 to 70% by mass of an aromatic vinyl compound, wherein the (a) component forms a continuous phase.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising from 5 phr to 30 phr of a PEDM terpolymer having 1 to 10 wt % diene, 13 to 40 wt % ethylene, and 15 to 85 wt % propylene, based on the weight of the PEDM terpolymer. The composition further comprises from 70 phr to 95 phr of an ethylene-based copolymer comprising an ethylene content different than the first polymer, a C3 to C12 ?-olefin, and, optionally, one or more dienes.

Abstract: The present invention provides resins that can be used as a tie layer in a multilayer structure and to multilayer structures including one or more tie layers formed from such resins. In one aspect, a resin for use as a tie layer in a multilayer structure that includes a high density polyethylene having a density greater than 0.960 g/cm3, wherein the high density polyethylene includes 1 to 99 weight percent of the resin, a maleic anhydride grafted high density polyethylene, wherein the maleic anhydride grafted high density polyethylene includes 1 to 99 weight percent of the resin, and a catalyst including at least one Lewis acid.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an inkjet ink set including a black ink with a black pigment, a yellow ink with a yellow pigment, a cyan ink with a cyan pigment and a magenta ink with a magenta pigment, wherein at least one of the ink further contains a polyurethane binder; non-ionic surfactants; humectant solvent; non-volatile glycol ether co-solvent; a polyethylene wax emulsion and a balance of water. The inkjet ink set can also includes an orange ink, a green ink and/or a violet ink. The present disclosure refers also to a system for printing the ink set described herein.

Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition and a molded product thereof are provided which are excellent in thermal stability, little elution of components of the resin composition upon brought into contact with fuel, and good releasability from the mold at the time of molding, and which is excellent in the points of thermal stability, fuel oil resistance and mold releasability. Provided is a polyacetal resin composition which includes (A) a polyacetal resin and (B) a mold release agent, (B) the mold release agent is a polyolefin-based wax and/or a polytetrafluoroethylene-based wax, and a content of (B) the mold release agent in the polyacetal resin composition is 0.01 part by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of (A) the polyacetal resin.

Abstract: Grafted polyethylene polymers and copolymers are reactively extruded to achieve enhanced rheological properties. The utilization of an oligomeric or polymeric wax in the reactive extrusion process with functionalized agents, results in improved rheological characteristics of the grafted polymer.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising the following: A) an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having the following properties: i) a melt viscosity (177° C.) less than, or equal to, 50,000 cP, ii) MWD from 1.5 to 5, and iii) a density from 0.855 to 0.900 g/cc; B) a tackifier; and C) a wax.

Abstract: A wellbore fluid including a peroxide degradable polymer and an encapsulated peroxide source. The peroxide degradable polymer may be a polysaccharide. The peroxide source may include an inorganic peroxide, including zinc and alkaline earth metal peroxides, such as magnesium peroxide. The encapsulating material may be a polymer, including a metal crosslinked acrylic polymer. The release of peroxide, from peroxide sources generally, can be controlled by means of pH such that peroxide source can be activated, and peroxide released, by a change in pH. In a wellbore, this pH change can be effected by using produced fluids to lower the pH of a more basic wellbore fluid.

Abstract: An assay test device, suitable for use as a home pregnancy test kit, comprises a casing and two test panels mounted to an elongate arm. The test panels are held within the casing for storage. Manual operation of a slider causes the test panels to project outwardly from an end of the casing, so that a liquid test sample may be administered to the panels. The panels are then withdrawn into the casing, which has a window allowing the test panels to be observed while the test reaction (typically an ELISA test) takes place. Indicia may be applied to reveal messages when a test panel changes color. The casing and other components comprise a polyolefin treated to be oxo-biodegradable or biodegradable, so that they may rapidly break down in aerobic conditions on disposal.

Abstract: A resin composition includes 90 to 50% by weight of (A) a polyamide having 7 or more average carbon atoms per amide functional group and containing no aromatic ring; 10 to 50% by weight of (B) a polyamide having an aromatic ring and being crystalline, based on 100% by weight of the total of the component (A) and the component (B); and 5 to 75 parts by weight of (C) a carbon fiber, based on 100 parts by weight of the polyamide including (A) and (B).

Abstract: A roll of pre-printed stamp label stock includes a core, and a web of material wound on the core. The web includes (i) a release liner, (ii) a longitudinally-extending series of pre-printed stamp label panels disposed on the release liner and separated apart from each other by transversely-extending gaps between each pair of panels, and (iii) a first series of sense marks disposed on the back of the release liner opposite at least some of the transversely-extending gaps on the front of the release liner for identifying a cut location to a cutter.

Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly and at least one safety member coupled with the electrode assembly. The safety member has a safety layer including a short-circuit heat absorbing material.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is capable of enhancing sound insulating properties in the laminated glass obtained in the case of being used for constituting the laminated glass, and laminated glass prepared using the interlayer film for laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a modified polyvinyl acetate and a plasticizer, and the modified polyvinyl acetate has a vinyl acetate structural unit and a fatty acid vinyl ester structural unit; the laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first laminated glass constituent member, a second laminated glass constituent member, and an interlayer film sandwiched between the first and second laminated glass constituent members, and in the laminated glass according to the present invention, the interlayer film is the interlayer film for laminated glass described above.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner which is excellent in low-temperature fixability, high-temperature offset resistance, storage stability and durability, while having a wide range of fixing temperature. Also disclosed is a polyester resin used for such a toner. The polyester resin is one of the following polyester resin (A)-(E) for toners.

Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin composition containing a polyarylene sulfide resin (A) and an olefin wax (B) having an acid value within the range of 65 to 150 [mgKOH/g], wherein the amount of the olefin wax (B) is 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyarylene sulfide resin (A) and the olefin wax (B) contains a carboxyl group and a carboxylic anhydride group. A molded product prepared by molding the composition is also provided. The polyarylene sulfide resin composition has excellent mechanical properties and mold releasing properties and the molded product prepared from the polyarylene sulfide resin composition exhibits good adhesion to epoxy resins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PVC-free multiple layer surface covering comprising at least one layer of a thermoplastic composition, the thermoplastic composition comprising a polymer-based matrix representing 100 parts in weight and comprising one or more olefin-based polymer(s) and one or more anhydride copolymer(s), said one or more anhydride copolymer(s) representing between 5 and 40 parts in weight of the polymer-based matrix, one or more filler(s) representing in weight at least 100 parts per 100 parts of said polymer-based matrix, one or more basic or amphoteric metal oxide(s) representing between 5 and 40 parts in weight per 100 parts of said polymer-based matrix.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating material includes powder particles that contain a core containing a thermosetting resin and a thermosetting agent, and a resin coating portion for coating a surface of the core, and of which a volume particle size distribution index GSDv is equal to or smaller than 1.50 and an average circularity is equal to or greater than 0.96.

Abstract: A reaction product and hot melt adhesive compositions that include the reaction product are disclosed. The reaction product includes the reaction product of a first polymer that includes at least one of polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, a first wax that includes at least one of polyethylene wax, Fischer Tropsch wax and paraffin wax, and a free radical initiator and has a viscosity of no greater than 12,000 centipoise at 177° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a plastic material and a compound obtained/obtainable by a process comprising (i) reacting at a temperature of 12O° C. or less, or 100° C. or less a hydroxycarboxylic acid and a lactone; and (ii) optionally reacting the product of (i) with a C1-50 carboxylic acid. The invention further relates to novel compounds, and the use of the compound as a dispersant in a plastic material.

Abstract: A composition has been made for biopolyester films, preferably polylactic acid (PLA) films, having a low coefficient of friction for improved sliding properties, while maintaining a low haze value for good transparency. The composition, made from a masterbatch of specific additives, produces a film that achieves a haze of two percent or less (measured by ASTM D1003) and a dynamic coefficient of friction of 0.35 or less (measured by ASTM D1894-01).

Abstract: A glaze composition for application to a substrate includes a dry powder latex, a liquid latex emulsion, a coalescing solvent, a wax, a thickener and water. The glaze is rewettable during application and is extremely durable after fully dry. Optionally, the glaze also includes one or more of a surfactant, a dispersant, one or more pigments, a dispersant, a defoamer, a slow drying solvent, and a slow drying hydrocarbon resin.

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: A reaction product and hot melt adhesive compositions that include the reaction product are disclosed. The reaction product includes the reaction product of a first polymer that includes at least one of polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, a first wax that includes at least one of polyethylene wax, Fischer Tropsch wax and paraffin wax, and a free radical initiator and has a viscosity of no greater than 12,000 centipoise at 177° C.

Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesives that minimize and/or resist plasticizer migration, pressure-sensitive adhesive articles with such pressure-sensitive adhesives, and methods for fabricating such pressure-sensitive adhesives are provided. In an embodiment, a pressure-sensitive adhesive includes a wax chosen from ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate, or mixtures thereof. The pressure-sensitive adhesive also contains a natural rubber, a synthetic rubber, a tackifier, and a solvent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive for high-speed coating and spiral coating at low temperature. The hot melt adhesive has excellent adhesion to polyethylene and nonwoven fabric, and is suitable for disposable products. The hot melt adhesive comprises: (A) a propylene homopolymer having a melting point of 100° C. or lower which is obtainable by polymerizing propylene using a metallocene catalyst; and (B) an ethylene-based copolymer.

Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition that includes a first copolymer that includes the reaction product of a functionalized polyethylene, a propylene-alpha-olefin polymer that includes at least 50 mole % propylene and has a viscosity of no greater than 10,000 centipoise at 190° C., a ratio of z average molecular weight (Mz) to number average molecular weight (Mn) (Mz/Mn) of greater than 20, and a ratio of Mz to weight average molecular weight (Mw) (Mz/Mw) of greater than 3.0, and a free radical initiator.

Abstract: The invention relates to pigment concentrates for coloring thermoplastics, comprising—at least one color pigment—at least one copolymer wax, produced by converting long-chain olefin hydrocarbon in the chain length range of ?12 C-atoms having unsaturated polycarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof in the presence of at least one radical starter and comprising a) 40-60 mol-% units derived from ?-olefins of the chain length C12-C60, preferably C24-C60, particularly preferably C28-C60 and b) 60-40 mol-% units that derive from unsaturated polycarbolxylic acids or anhydrides thereof, and at least one thermoplastic polyolefin as applicable.

Abstract: A coating system for a surface (such as a floor) including a liquid adhesive layer composition including a heat-activated adhesive that forms an adhesive layer upon drying after application to a surface, and a liquid maintenance layer composition comprising a dispersible polymer that forms a maintenance layer upon drying after application to the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer and the maintenance layer may form a peelable coating. An adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the maintenance layer may be greater than an adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the surface. The peelable coating may have a tensile strength that is greater than the adhesive strength between the adhesive layer and the surface. The peelable coating may be configured to be peeled from the surface without the adhesive layer and the maintenance layer separating from one another.

Abstract: Disposable article that include fibers formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and waxes are disclosed, where the wax is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a solid marking composition comprising at least one resin, at least one pigment, at least one dispersant, at least one solvent, and a gelling agent. This invention also provides a method of making the solid marking composition.

Abstract: A phase change ink composition including a carrier; a colorant; and an acidic wax which is present in an amount of 0.1 to less than about 6 percent by weight based on the total weight of the phase change ink composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire which makes it possible to maintain weather resistance for a long time without damaging the appearance of tires and to reduce the use of petroleum resources, and whose raw materials are easily obtainable; and also provides a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire, including a rubber component and a microalgae-derived natural wax.

Abstract: A polyurethane compound is disclosed, comprising the reaction product of an isocyanate and one or more polyols including at least one polytetramethylene ether glycol and polyethylene wax. The latter two ingredients greatly enhance abrasion resistance of the compound, making the compound particularly suitable for use as an outsole of footwear for rugged use applications.

Abstract: Disclosed are an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based thermoplastic resin composition and a thermoplastic resin with modified scratch resistance and yellowness. The alkyl(meth)acrylate-based thermoplastic resin composition provides improved scratch resistance and low yellowness index while maintaining transparency, flowability, and impact strength, even when the total content of the vinyl cyan-based monomer contained in the resin composition is reduced to a level unattainable by conventional techniques, and the content of the alkyl(meth)acrylate-based monomer is increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive which is applicable at a low temperature, is excellent in heat resistance and shows a suitable long open time. Moreover, the present invention provides a paper product produced by using the hot melt adhesive. The present hot melt adhesive comprising (A) an ethylene-based copolymer and (B) a wax, wherein (B) the wax comprises (B1) a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride-modified olefin copolymer wax, is applicable at a low temperature, is excellent in heat resistance and shows a suitable long open time. Furthermore, a paper product produced by using the present hot melt adhesive is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a plastic material (such as a thermoplastic polymer) and a hydrogenated vegetable oil wax. The hydrogenated vegetable oil wax is capable of being a dispersant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigment preparations comprising one or more effect pigments in platelet form, at least one antioxidant and a wax or wax mixture, and to the use thereof for pigmentation of application media, especially paints, coating materials, powder coating materials, polymers, and for production of masterbatches.

Abstract: An aqueous binder for an inorganic fiber heat-insulating sound-absorbing member is cured by heating at low temperatures and is capable of providing a strong binder cured product. The inorganic fiber heat-insulating sound-absorbing member is produced by applying an aqueous binder to inorganic fibers and heating the resulting inorganic fibers at 180-220° C. The aqueous binder contains 5.5-10 parts by mass of an ammonium salt of an inorganic acid per 100 parts by mass of the total of an acrylic resin that has an acid value of 350-850 mgKOH/g and a crosslinking agent that contains at least one alkanol amine. The ratio of the total mole number of hydroxy groups, amino groups and imino groups in the crosslinking agent relative to the mole number of carboxyl groups in the acrylic resin is 0.8-1.5. The pH of the aqueous binder is adjusted to 5.0-8.0 by a basic compound.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new use for water-stable, oil-modified, nonreactive alkyd resins. It has now been found that such resins can be used as the predominant component of a construction adhesive employed in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, for example. As such, the construction adhesive need not employ plasticizers, tackifiers, and conventional polymers required by hot-melt adhesives typically used as construction adhesives. Furthermore, in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, the construction adhesive containing a water-stable, oil-modified, nonreactive, alkyd resin does not need to be processed or applied at the high temperatures required of construction adhesives containing reactive alkyds.

Abstract: An ink set for ink jet recording containing an ink composition containing a pigment, polymer particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, a lubricant, and water and a reaction liquid that forms an aggregate by contacting with the ink composition and an ink jet recording method using the same are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition for pavement which comprises at least an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 25 to 45% by weight, a melting temperature of 40 to 100° C. and a melt flow rate of not less than 400 g/10 min, a petroleum-based process oil having an aromatic ring-derived carbon content (CA) of 20 to 40%, and a teleblock polymer. The resin composition for pavement according to the present invention can be melted for a short period of time, and is excellent in wettability and adhesion to an aggregate, and can provide a paved surface having an excellent durability which is free from problems such as deformation in the summer season and occurrence of cracks in the winter season.

Abstract: Disclosed are the nanoparticle and the method for the same, and the preparing method includes steps of mixing polyethylenimine (PEI) with the poly(acrylic acid)-bound iron oxide (PAAIO) to form a PEI-PAAIO polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) and mixing the PEI-PAAIO PEC with genetic material such as plasmid DNA to form the PEI-PAAIO/pDNA magnetic nanoparticle. The PEI-PAAIO/pDNA magnetoplex is highly water dispersible and suitable for long term storage, shows superparamagnetism, low cytotoxicity, high stability and nice transfection efficiency, and thus the PEI-PAAIO PEC can replace PEI as a non-viral gene vector.

Abstract: Disposable article that include fibers formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and waxes are disclosed, where the wax is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: Providing an NBR composition substantially free of containment of an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance so as to prevent generation of an insolubilized substance due to extraction by a fuel while which composition is excellent in ozone resistance, ejectability from kneader, and which composition realizes a first compression set and a second compression set which are both 46% or less. An NBR composition including a polymer obtained by mixing an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) with polyvinyl chloride (PVC), wherein the NBR composition is obtained without blending an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance, or, in case of blending, by blending an insolubilized substance-generating causative substance at an upper limit of 0.15 parts by weight or less, into 100 parts by weight of the polymer having a PVC content of 15.70 to 17.50 wt %.

Abstract: A temporary protective coating composition comprises a thermoplastic polymer which is forms a flowable liquid at a temperature of from 120° C. to 200° C. and which can be applied to an article to form a continuous film thereon which when solidified adheres to the article, but which may be removed manually from the article as a substantially continuous film. Preferably, the composition comprises: more than 75% by weight of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) with a melt flow index (MFI) less than 400; and from 1% to less than 25% by weight of wax.

Abstract: Hot melt packaging adhesives comprising a base polymer component, a tackifier component and a wax component, which wax component comprises a soy wax, and are described.

Abstract: Fibers formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and waxes are disclosed, where the wax is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer. Also disclosed are nonwoven webs and articles formed from fibers of these compositions.

Abstract: A propylene-alpha-olefin polymer that includes at least 50% by weight propylene, has a ratio of z average molecular weight (Mz) to number average molecular weight (Mw) (Mz/Mw) from greater than 20 to no greater than 50, and a ratio of Mz to weight average molecular weight (Mw) (Mz/Mw) of greater than 2.5, and exhibits a viscosity of no greater than 2,500 centipoise at 190° C., and a hot melt adhesive composition that includes the propylene-alpha-olefin polymer, a first wax consisting of a functionalized wax, and a second wax different from the first wax, the adhesive composition exhibiting a viscosity of no greater than 2,500 centipoise at 177° C.

Abstract: Molded articles formed from compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and waxes are disclosed, where the wax is dispersed throughout the thermoplastic polymer.