Abstract: The invention relates to new universal pigment preparations having very good thermal stability and weathering stability as virtually foam-free aqueous, solventborne, and solvent-free pigment preparations and to their use in aqueous, solventborne or solvent-free coating materials, such as paints, adhesives, inks, including printing inks, and for coloring plastics.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is novel thermoplastic material and a golf ball utilizing the thermoplastic material. The golf ball (10) preferably comprises a core (12), a cover (16) and optionally a boundary layer (14). At least one of the core (12), cover (16) or boundary layer (14) of the golf ball (10) comprises the thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material comprises a partially to highly neutralized blend of copolymers additionally comprising a fatty acid or fatty acid salt, and a heavy mass filler in an amount ranging from 10 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight of the material, with the heavy mass filler having a density greater than the copolymer. The golf ball component of the invention has soft feel and resilience that is maintained or improved.

Abstract: A paint composition and formulation for building materials, such as materials that are generally cementitious, gypsum, or of another inorganic building material, including those containing cellulose, glass, steel or polymeric fibers. The paint formulation provides improved weatherability, durability, light stability, freeze-thaw resistance and water resistivity.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a process for preparing a precomposite based on nanotubes, comprising bringing said nanotubes into contact with at least one given plasticizing agent. It also relates to a precomposite thus obtained, and to its use for conferring at least one electrical, mechanical and/or thermal property on a polymer material. It also relates to the use of a given plasticizer for improving the dispersion and/or mechanical properties and/or electrical conductivity and/or thermal conductivity of nanotubes in a polymer matrix.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyolefin composition comprising: (1) 30-70 wt. % of an heterophasic propylene polymer; (2) 20-60 wt. % of a copolymer of ethylene with a comonomer selected from the group consisting of C3-6 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acids, C1-8 alkyl esters of a C3-6 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and mixtures thereof; and (3) 2-20 wt. % of a metal compound selected from the group consisting of: acetates, stearates, hydroxides and oxides of zinc, magnesium, calcium, sodium and mixture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire containing an epoxidized natural rubber, sulfur and a fatty acid metal salt, in which the metal of the fatty acid metal salt is a metal belonging to Group 12, 13 or 14 of the periodic table. Here, the fatty acid metal salt is preferably at least one kind selected from the group consisting of zinc stearate, aluminum stearate and tin stearate. Also, the present invention provides a tire manufactured by using the foregoing rubber composition for a tire.

Abstract: A sinter powder containing a polyamide and metal soaps, in particular particles of a salt of an alkanemonocarboxylic acid. A process for laser sintering, and to moldings produced from the sinter powder. The moldings formed using the powder have advantages in appearance and in surface finish when recyclability in the selective laser sintering (SLS) process is taken into account. Moldings produced from recycled sinter powder have improved mechanical properties, in particular in the modulus of elasticity and tensile strain at break.

Abstract: Multi-layer films particularly suited for packaging applications, including a core layer, the core layer having at least one nucleating agent and at least one water vapor transmission inhibitor are provided. Optionally, the multi-layer film may have at least one skin layer and at least one tie layer located intermediate the core layer and the at least one skin layer. Embodiments may have the advantage of superior barrier properties and very low water vapor transmission rates.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved PVB composition comprising an adhesion control agent which is a mixture of potassium and magnesium salts in a ratio of from about 0.05:1 to about 5:1, by weight, potassium salts to magnesium salts. The present invention also describes a method for improved control of adhesion of PVB to glass.

Abstract: The invention relates to new universal pigment preparations as virtually foam-free aqueous and also solventborne and solvent-free pigment preparations and to their use in aqueous, solventborne or solvent-free coating materials such as paints, varnishes, adhesives or inks, including printing inks, for example.

Abstract: A crystal nucleating agent composition comprising 100 mass parts of a crystal nucleating agent compound represented by the following general formula (I), -50 mass parts of a lithium salt of an organic fatty acid represented by the following general formula (II), and 5-50 mass parts of a metal salt of an organic fatty acid represented by the following general formula (III): (in the formula R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having 1-4 carbon atoms, R3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, R4, R5 are groups derived from an organic fatty acid having 10-30 carbon atoms, and M is a divalent metal atom).

Abstract: A composition comprising: A) 50-99.9% by weight of at least a copolymer (1) of ethylene (E) with chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) wherein CTFE is comprised between 53 and 70% by moles, having a crystallinity in the range 5-45%; B) 0.1-50% by weight of a fine powder of a nucleating agent, having an average particle size lower than 50 micron and a melting temperature higher than 300° C.

Abstract: Electro-photographic press print systems, methods of disposing a fluid onto a substrate in an electro-photographic press print system, and electro-photographic ink primers, are disclosed.

Abstract: A resin composite having excellent tensile strength and a process for producing the composite are provided. The resin composite comprises a resin and aluminum hydroxide having an average primary-particle diameter of about 100 nm or smaller and has an index Y/X of 0.1 or less provided that the value X is an average intensity of intensities of aluminum characteristic X-ray measured by scanning a beam on a straight line on the composite with an electron-probe X-ray microanalyzer and the value Y is a standard deviation of the intensities.

Abstract: The object of the invention to provide a recording ink with excellent discharge stability and storage stability, which rapidly penetrates into a recording medium and forms a coating, and which will never generate smearing upon high-speed printing or double-sided printing, and which excels in marker resistance, and which enables high quality image recording with less bleeding, and the ink cartridge, the ink record, the inkjet recording apparatus, and the inkjet recording method using the recording ink. The recording ink containing at least water, a colorant, a resin fine-particle, a water-soluble organic solvent and a penetrant, in which the penetrant is a diol compound whose carbon number is 7 to 11 and the resin fine-particle is a silicone modified acrylic resin not containing a hydrolyzable silyl group.

Abstract: A high barrier composition to a gas or organic liquid usable as a coating or layer on an article. The composition includes a blend of polyetheramine resin and at least one additive being a highly hydrolyzed organic compound, preferably of a low molecular weight, either with our without boric acid. Articles employing the gas barrier composition also constitute a part of this invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tread rubber composition for a tire, which highly controls energy loss in a wide frequency range and has high frictional force especially on wet road surfaces, and a tire using the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire comprising 5 to 100 parts by weight of a fatty acid obtained from a vegetable oil having an iodine value of at least 80, based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component, wherein the ratio of tan? at 60° C. to tan? at 0° C. is at least 0.85, and a pneumatic tire using the rubber composition.

Abstract: A coating agent composition obtained by mixing fine inorganic oxide particles, a polymerizable alkoxysilane compound, a polymerizing catalyst, an acid aqueous solution and an organic solvent, and satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) the polymerizing catalyst is at least partly an acetylacetonato complex; (2) a ?-dicarbonyl compound (excluding acetylacetonato complex) having two carbonyl groups in the molecule via a carbon atom, is further contained as a catalyst stabilizer; and (3) the fine inorganic oxide particles and the alkoxysilane compound are contained in a total amount of 23 to 40% by mass.

Abstract: A golf ball including a core; an outer cover layer; and an inner cover layer disposed between the core and outer cover layer, the inner cover layer being formed from a polymer blend including a microgel having a Tg of 20° C. or greater formed from a monomer, a co-monomer, and an initiator; and a thermoplastic material.

Abstract: A coating composition useful for coating automobile and truck bodies comprising a binder of a. polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; b. an isocyanate-reactive component having at least one compound having the following formula: wherein X, Y, R1, R2, m and n are described in the specification, and c. 0.05 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating composition, of a metal alkoxide compound; and containing optional additional polymeric components, oligomeric components and antioxidants, light absorbers and light stabilizers.

Abstract: High gas barrier, delamination-resistant polyamide compositions suitable for extended shelf-life packaging applications are provided. Also provided are polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability. The polyamide compositions comprise mXDA-IPA containing copolymers which provide excellent properties to the complete polyamide compositions. Also provided are direct blends of the polyamide compositions with other polymers. The polyamide products are particularly suited for producing barrier packaging articles such as monolayer or multi-layer films, sheets, thermoformed containers and molded bottles. Such articles are useful in a variety of oxygen-sensitive food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and health care product packaging applications.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a thermosetting powder paint composition comprising a thermosetting amorphous polyamide. The amorphous polyamide has a glass transition temperature between 20° C. and 200° C. The polyamide may be a carboxyl-, a hydroxyl- or an amine functional polyamide. A carboxyl functional polyamide has an acid number between 10 and 150 mg of KOH/gram of resin. The invention also relates to a thermosetting powder paint composition comprising a thermosetting amorphous polyamide and an additive comprising a copper halogenide and another halogenide. The invention further relates to a process for coating a substrate at low temperature cure (LTC) conditions and a composition suitable for LTC.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process to produce a film comprising poly(vinyl alcohol), wherein the poly (vinyl alcohol) solution has been purified utilizing an ion exchange resin. An approximate 50 micrometer thick film produced from the purified aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) solution has an APHA color value of 50 or less after the film has been heated at 150° C. for 60 minutes.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition for ink jet recording, which can yield images having excellent gloss with good color reproduction even on various recording media having a low level of water absorption, especially synthetic paper and printing paper for running-on. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, a poor water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, and a poor water-soluble both terminal alkanediol, and the alkanediol satisfies a requirement on a weight basis of A:(B+C)=2:1 to 2:3 wherein A represents the content of the water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol in the alkanediol; B represents the content of the poor water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol in the alkanediol; and C represents the content of the poor water-soluble both terminal alkanediol in the alkanediol.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions and methods of making same having improved coefficient of friction and blocking properties. The polymeric compositions include a linear low density polyethylene with additives such as a fluoroelastomer and an acid scavenger. The polymeric compositions may further comprise other additives such as antiblock agents, slip agents, stabilization additives, or combinations thereof. The methods include adding additives such as a fluoroelastomer and an acid scavenger to a polymer resin and forming end use articles such as film from the polymeric compositions.

Abstract: An ethylene oxide copolymer of the present invention has a crystallization temperature of not more than 20° C. and a glass transition temperature of not more than ?64° C. This makes it possible to provide an ethylene oxide copolymer in which increase in the glass transition temperature is small even when metal salt is added, and a polymer composition including the ethylene oxide copolymer.

Abstract: A dip-forming composition, comprising: a carboxyl group-containing diene-based rubber latex; and one or more compounds selected from the following (a) to (e): (a) an organometallic crosslinking agent containing two or more hydroxyl groups each bonded to a metal atom; (b) a cationic property-deactivated modified polyamine-based resin, a cationic property-deactivated polyamide-epichlorohydrin resin, a cationic property-deactivated polyamine-epichlorohydrin resin, a cationic property-deactivated amine group- or quaternary ammonium base-containing polyvinyl alcohol, a cationic property-deactivated amine group- or quaternary ammonium base-containing polyacrylamide, a cationic property-deactivated amine group- or quaternary ammonium base-containing carbohydrate, or a polyacrylamide, polyvinyl alcohol, or carbohydrate into which a crosslinkable functional group is introduced; (c) an anionic or nonionic polyvinyl alcohol, anionic or nonionic polyacrylamide, or anionic or nonionic carbohydrate to which a water res

Abstract: This invention relates to the preparation of silica-containing rubber compositions which contain precipitated silica reinforcement and use of an oligomeric organomercaptosilane coupling agent containing a plurality of mercapto and silane moieties, and a minimal content, if any, of ethoxy groups and is thus substantially free of ethoxy groups. The interaction of the plurality of mercapto moieties, or groups, of such oligomeric organomercaptosilane with the diene-based elastomer can promote a significant viscosity build up of the uncured rubber composition in a preliminary non-productive mixing stage and therefore present significant rubber processing difficulties during the mixing of the rubber composition. A challenge is therefore presented for reducing such viscosity buildup for such uncured silica-containing rubber composition.

Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprising as essential constituents (A) 45% to 90% by weight of at least one color-conferring component comprising (A1) 5% to 100% by weight of at least one pigment and (A2) 0% to 95% by weight of at least one filler without self color, (B) 5% to 50% by weight of at least one water-soluble surface-active additive from the group of alkylene oxide group containing additives (B1) and alkylene oxide group free additives (B2), the alkylene oxide group containing additive (B1) comprising at least 5% by weight of the pigment preparation, and (C) 0.1% to 5% by weight of an antioxidant and also production and use of the pigment preparations for coloration of macromolecular organic or inorganic materials and also of plastics materials.

Abstract: A Composition comprises a thermally crosslinked reaction product of a polyester and a carboxy-reactive material. Methods for the manufacture of the composition and articles derived from the composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ink compositions. More particularly, the ink compositions contain the basic ingredients of pigment inks for inkjet applications. Those ingredients are pigment dispersions, humectants, surfactants/penetrants, biocide, and balance water. In addition to these ingredients, the ink compositions of the present invention contain from about 2.5% to about 7.5% of a latex binder emulsion. The latex binder emulsions include all types of polyacrylates such as polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, and styrene-acrylates or methacrylates wherein the glass transition temperature is greater than 50° C. and the particle size of the polymer emulsion is under 500 nm. Using of the high Tg latex polymer emulsions described herein allows a high pigment load, but without negatively influencing jetting.

Abstract: This invention relates to a flame retardant composition comprising: (a) 81 to 99.99 weight percent of a thermoplastic resin, thermoset resin, thermoplastic resin blend, or thermoset resin blend which upon burning forms a char and (b) 0.01-19 weight percent of a silsesquioxane resin having a weight average molecular weight of greater than 300.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for forming a laminated window. The method includes: a) assembling a mold between two plies that make up a laminated window; b) filling the mold with a reaction mixture having: (1) at least one chain extender; (2) at least one polyether polyol having a molecular weight of approximately 1,000; and (3) at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate; and c) curing the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A pigmented ink for printing on untreated vinyl foils or substrates coated with vinyl by means of piezoelectric printing systems which include at least one heating device, wherein the ink is composed of a liquid carrier substance, water insoluble coloring agents, polymeric binding agents, drying decelerators, as well as additional additives, wherein the liquid carrier substance is composed of water and drying decelerators which are mixable in water. The liquid carrier substance has a content of at least 80% by weight water and the content of drying decelerators is composed of at least butyldiglycol and 1-metaxipropanol-2, and the ink has a pH-value of greater than 8.5.

Abstract: In a multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a solid core, a mantle and a cover, the solid core is made of a rubber composition that includes a base rubber containing a polybutadiene synthesized using a rare-earth catalyst, a small amount of organic peroxide, an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, an organic sulfur compound and an inorganic filler. The mantle is made of a thermoplastic resin composition. The cover is made primarily of a thermoplastic polyurethane material. This construction provides the golf ball with a combination of outstanding flight performance and soft feel with cover's scuff resistance and coating's abrasion resistance, that is unprecedented.

Abstract: A reduced cost elastomeric blend suitable for use in vehicle timing belts and other applications constructed with elastomeric portions having a high HNBR concentration. The blends comprise from about 50 to less than 100 phr of HNBR and from about 0.1 to about 50 phr of lower cost diluent unsaturated nitrile rubber with from about 0.1 to about 30 phr of a heat resistant additive, which may be THERBAN HT. The elastomeric blends may be cured with a peroxide/co-agent cure system. The elastomeric blends may be mixed by a Y-mix method to improve ozone resistance. A timing belt constructed of the elastomeric blend is also taught.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surface-penetration reinforcing agent that is used to effectively repair a damaged reinforced concrete structure. The surface-penetration reinforcing agent includes a silicate compound, an acrylate monomer, an amine compound and a silane compound as reactants. Further disclosed is a method for repairing a damaged reinforced concrete structure using the surface-penetration reinforcing agent depending on the aging grade of the reinforced concrete structure. According to the repair method, the surface-penetration reinforcing agent can be used to efficiently repair a damaged reinforced concrete structure depending on the aging grade of the reinforced concrete structure classified by whether or not the reinforcing bars are corroded in damaged portions of the concrete and the degree of carbonation in the concrete.

Abstract: A coating composition includes a latex component and an agent for replacing all or part of the volatile coalescing solvent. The agent has the following formula: X(AO)nH wherein X is a C6 to C16 group selected from the group of linear, chains, branched chains, aromatic rings, and combinations thereof, AO is an alkyleneoxy group selected from the group of ethyleneoxy groups, 1,2-propyleneoxy groups, 1,2-butyleneoxy groups, and combinations thereof, and n is from 3 to 14. The coating composition has a VOC content of less than or equal to 150 g/L. The agent for replacing the volatile coalescing solvent contributes little or nothing to a total VOC level in the coating composition. As such, the coating composition may be formulated to have a VOC content of less than or equal to 150 g/L, which meets or exceeds standards for VOC content in interior and exterior flat and non-flat paints for all sheen ranges, while providing equivalent or superior properties to those provided by volatile coalescing solvents.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition is provided, comprising (a) an acid copolymer, (b) a salt of a high molecular weight, monomeric organic acid; (c) a thermoplastic resin; (d) a cation source; and (e) optionally, a filler. Also provided are one-, two- and three-piece golf balls, and multi-layered golf balls comprising the composition of the invention.

Abstract: A golf ball including a solid core formed from a composition comprising a diene rubber, a metallic fatty acid salt present in an amount of from 6.3 parts to 7.5 parts, a cis-to-trans catalyst present in an amount of 2.35 parts or greater, and an organic peroxide present in an amount of 0.8 parts or less; and a cover; wherein the core has a coefficient of restitution of 0.810 or greater and a compression of 58 to 78.

Abstract: The invention is based on the discovery that the compounds and compositions described herein are useful as film-forming adhesives for use in a variety of applications, including, for example, adhesive tapes for the electronic packaging industry. The invention compositions described herein can be cured in a variety of ways with or without a catalyst.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising: a tri-functional or more (meth)acrylate having an alkoxysilyl group; and at least one of a metal oxide fine particle having a hydroxyl group on a surface thereof and a metalalkoxide, wherein the tri-functional or more (meth)acrylate having the alkoxysilyl group and the at least one of the metal oxide fine particle having the hydroxyl group on the surface thereof and the metal alkoxide covalently bind, and the production method thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are articles of manufacture comprising ionomeric copolymers blended with organic acids or salts thereof that have a unique combination of high stiffness and resilience. Articles of manufacture according the invention include, without limitation, footwear structural components (e.g., heel counters, toe puffs, and soles), golf club components, and industrial applications (e.g., materials such as caulking materials, sealants, modifiers for cement and asphalt, coatings, packaging films, molded parts, and resilient foams for sporting goods).

Abstract: An autoxidisable architectural coating composition suitable for application to surfaces found in and around buildings at ambient temperatures and in natural daylight by unsophisticated users having no respiratory protection wherein surface autoxidation of the composition is promoted by a combination of low concentrations of metal ions (especially manganese or vanadium) and at least one photoinitiator. The composition avoids the need to use more than trace amounts cobalt ions which are rumoured to be carcinogenic yet achieves adequately fast rates of autoxidation. Preferably the use of cobalt is avoided altogether. The use of the low concentrations of the other metal ions reduces discolouration of the compositions often to levels below what is achieved using conventional cobalt promoters. It also improves gloss. Also a modification in which surface autoxidation is promoted by a combination of a photoinitiator and trace amounts of cobalt ions in the absence of other surface autoxidation promoting metal ions.

Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising specific metal salts of hexahydrophthalic acid (HHPA) in order to provide highly desirable properties within thermoplastic articles are provided. The inventive HHPA derivatives are useful as nucleating and/or clarifying agents for such thermoplastics, are practical and easy to handle. Such compounds provide excellent crystallization temperatures, stiffness, and acid scavenger compatibility within target polyolefins. Also, such compounds exhibit very low hygroscopicity and therefore excellent shelf stability as powdered or granular formulations. Thermoplastic additive compositions and methods of producing polymers with such compounds are also contemplated within this invention.

Abstract: The method for the production of polymer/metal or metal sulphide composites comprises the stages of: preparing a dispersion of a metal mercaptide in a polymer, the metal of the mercaptide being selected from the group comprising the transition metals and earth metals, and heating the said dispersion so as to cause thermal decomposition of the mercaptide and obtain the corresponding metal or metal sulphide in the form of inclusions in a polymer matrix.

Abstract: A composition comprising: (1) from 50 to 99 wt % of a modified, random copolyetherester containing: (i) a modified, random polybutylene terephthalate copolymer block that is derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers and combinations thereof; and that contains at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component; and (ii) a polyalkylene oxide copolymer block that is derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component and polyalkylene oxide glycol, and contains polyalkylene oxide and at least one residue derived from the polyethylene terephthalate component; and (2) from 1 to 50 wt % of a polyester; wherein the copolyetherester, the polyester, and optionally any additives, are present in a total amount of 100 wt %.

Abstract: Dispersion concentrates are claimed which consist of: I) 10-80% by weight of a crosslinked copolymer obtained by polymerization of 1 to 50% by weight of a cyclic N-vinylcarboxamide and 49.99 to 98.99 by weight of acryloyldimethyltauric acid, II) 20-90% by weight of a phase selected from the group consisting of an emulsifier, an oil phase, and mixtures thereof, and III) up to 30% weight water based on the total weight of the stable dispersion concentrate. The stable dispersion concentrate is useful in preparing cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and dermatological compositions.

Abstract: Compositions comprising hexahydrophthalate (HHPA) metal salts may be useful as nucleating agents in polyolefins. Masterbatch compositions containing such salts and silica and/or hydrotalcite are particularly useful in reducing haze and improving properties of manufactured polyolefin articles or film. Such compositions may be dispersed effectively and efficiently into resin during manufacturing operations in the form of a masterbatch, thereby providing excellent polymer crystallization temperatures, improved polymer physical properties, improved dimensional stability, and improved transparency.

Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core, an intermediate layer, and a cover. The core, which has a compression of 100 or less and a diameter of between about 1.00 inches and about 1.64 inches, is formed from a first polymer including an acid group fully-neutralized by a salt of an organic acid, a cation source, or a suitable base of the organic acid; and a nano-material having an average particle size of 100 nm or less, present in an amount sufficient to adjust at least one material property of the first polymer by 5% to 50% when compared to the material property of the first polymer comprising a material identical to the nano-material but having an average particle size greater than 1000 nm. The intermediate layer is formed from a second polymer comprising an acid group fully-neutralized by a salt of an organic acid, a cation source, or a suitable base of the organic acid.