Abstract: An alkali metal salt additive in very low concentration in spandex (e.g., 0.02-0.25%) increases the heat set efficiency of spandex. The anion of the salt is a carboxylate having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or thiocyanate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silica reinforced rubber composition and pneumatic tires having treads comprised of the silica reinforced rubber compositions. The silica reinforced rubber composition comprises an elastomer, silica, optionally carbon black and a silica coupler comprised of the zinc salt, the ammonium salt or the sodium salt of salicylic acid.

Abstract: A stain-blocking, mildewcide and biocide resistant aqueous coating compositions containing synthetic or natural polymer includes a soluble zinc ammonium complex. The zinc ammonium complex has the formulaZn(NH.sub.3).sup.+2.sub.n X.H.sub.2 Owhere n is a number from 4 to 6 and X is selected from a group consisting of acetate, borate, carbonate, citrate and phosphate.

Abstract: A water retaining adhesive composition prepared by polymerizing and partially crosslinking 100 parts by weight of a 20 to 35 wt % solution of the acrylic polymer with 2 to 5 parts by weight of the amine group compound, amide group compound or amino group compound at a temperature of 20.degree. C. to 80.degree. C.; adjusting the pH value of the resultant partially crosslinked polymer to 6.0 to 7.0; and then sequentially compounding 10 to 40 parts by weight of modifiers and 2 to 5 parts by weight of water retaining agent in the partially crosslinked polymer. The modifier is a polyol, a polyalcohol or a poly(ether alcohol). The water retaining agent is 2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylate.

Abstract: A waterborne structural adhesive bonding primer composition (a) that can be effectively applied to an adherend for structural adhesive applications, (b) that emits a VOC content of less than about 250 grams per liter, (c) is thermally stable, and (d) may be employed with 350.degree. F. (176.7.degree. C.) cure epoxy resin systems, which contains the combination of (i) a dialkanol amine adduct of an oxazolidinone modified polyglycidyl ether of a tris(hydroxyphenyl)alkane dissolved in a water vehicle, and (ii) a rigid ring substituted polyethylenically unsaturated carboxylate, carboxamide or carboximide intimately dispersed in the water vehicle and the dialkanol amine adduct of an oxazolidinone modified polyglycidyl ether of a tris(hydroxyphenyl)alkane. Formulations are described that contain chromate-free corrosion inhibitors.

Abstract: A fungiresistant polyorganosiloxane composition comprising(A) 100 parts by weight of a polyorganosiloxane having a viscosity at 25.degree. C. of from 100 to 500,000 cSt, each of both the terminals of which being blocked with a silanol group or an alkoxy group,(B) from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organisilicon compound having on the average more than 2 hydrolyzable groups each bonded to a silicon atom in the molecule,(C) from 0.001 to 25 parts by weight of a benzimidazolylcarbamate compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, or a nitro group; R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxyalkyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms: and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an N-substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group or an N-substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyloxy group, and(D) from 0.

Abstract: Antistatic thermoplastic styrenic compositions comprising high molecular weight polyethylene oxide and a lithium salt and ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol or triethylene glycol, characterized by their possession of a balance of mechanical properties, gloss and antistatic behavior.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising (a) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) and copolymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene and one or more ethylenic comonomers; wherein said copolymers comprise at least about 50% by weight of chlorotrifluoroethylene and (b) effective amount of one or more nucleating agents selected from the group of compounds consisting of silver octonate, calcium carbonate, potassium benzoate, talc and lays bentonite, montmorillonite, hectorite and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: An extrudable elastomeric composition including an elastomeric A-B-A' block copolymer where A and A' are each a thermoplastic polymer endblock and where B is a conjugated diene monomer unit having a low degree of residual ethylenic unsaturation; a polyolefin; and an effective amount of a transition metal compound which is substantially uniformly distributed in the blend containing the polyolefin and block copolymer so that the extrudable elastomeric composition is adapted form an elastic sheet that is degraded after less than about 30 days continuous exposure to a thermally oxidative environment. The transition metal compound may be a salt or complex of cobalt and/or manganese and is added in an amount that will provide at least about 0.01 percent, by weight, of the transition metal in the extrudable composition.

Abstract: The invention provides a compostable thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a transition metal salt selected from cobalt, manganese, copper, cerium, vanadium and iron, and a fatty acid or ester having 10 to 22 carbon atoms providing unsaturated species and free acid. The composition will oxidatively degrade to an embrittled state within at least 14 days at 60.degree. C. and a relative humidity of at least eighty percent.

Abstract: 1. A resin composition which comprises(A) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer,(B) a polyolefin resin,(C) a graft polymer obtained by grafting an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof to a polyolefin resin and reacting the adduct with a polyamide oligomer or polyamide, and(D) a hydrotalcite solid solution representable by the general formula[(M.sup.2+).sub.y1 (M.sup.2+).sub.y2 ].sub.1-x M.sup.3+ (OH).sub.2 A.sub.x/n.mH.sub.2 Owherein M.sup.2+ represents at least one metal selected from among Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, M.sup.2+ is a metal selected from among Zn, Cd, Pb and Sn, M.sup.3+ is a trivalent metal, A.sup.n- is an anion having a valence of n, and x, y1, y2 and m are respectively positive numbers satisfying the conditions 9<x.ltoreq.0.5, 0.5<y1<1, u1+y2=1, and 0.ltoreq.m<2.

Abstract: A composition comprisinga) a chlorinated polymer,b) at least one Me(II) carboxylate and/or Me(II) phenolate and/or Me(II) alkylphenolate, wherein Me(II) is Ba, Ca, Mg, Cd, Sr or Zn, andc) at least one compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 and, when n=1, R is phenyl and X is an alkyl group of 10 to 20 carbon atoms, when n=2, R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl, and X is alkylene of 4 to 12 carbon atoms, alkylene of 2 to 12 carbon atoms which is substituted by at least one C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group, or is --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, when n=3, R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms of phenyl and X is CH.sub.3 CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2 --).sub.

Abstract: Very thin polymer/MOC film, on the order of 500A to 1000A thick, is prepared by dissolving both the polymer and the MOC sequentially in the same solvent to obtain an emulsion consisting of a discontinuous phase of finite globules of the MOC solution dispersed in a continuous phase of the polymer solution, then partially evaporating the solvent from a layer of the emulsion, and finally subjecting the resultant polymer/MOC layer, while the solvent continues to evaporate, to a controlled treatment permitting attainment of a desired arrangement of the MOC phase in and throughout the film, depending on the specific film properties sought to be achieved, while the polymer crystallizes. The treatment may be a drawing operation or, if the metal component of the MOC is magnetic, the application of a magnetic field either parallel or perpendicular to the plane of the layer.

Abstract: Useful compositions are prepared by incorporating into organic materials, crystalline lithium aluminates which conform substantially to the empirical formula(LiA.sub.x).sub.y.2Al(OH).sub.3.nH.sub.2 Owhere A represents one or more anions and/or negative-valence radicals,where x represents a quantity of A ions and/or radicals sufficient to substantially satisfy the valence requirements of the Li,where y is a numerical value sufficient to maintain the crystalline structure,and where n represents the number of waters of hydration, if any.

Abstract: Fast-crystallizing polyester compositions comprising a mixture consisting or consisting essentially of a polyester thermoplastic resin and of a nucleating agent selected from organic acid salts having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R is an aromatic, cycloaliphatic or heterocyclic radical, optionally substituted in the ring;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 4 C;Me is an alkali or alkaline-earth metal, andn is zero or an integer from 1 to 3.

Abstract: A filiform corrosion-resistant primer coating composition for use in application to a metallic substrate, comprising a film forming component containing a film-forming resinous material and a hydrotalcite component, characterized in that the hydrotalcite component is a hydrotalcite solid solution represented by the following formula (1)[(Mg.sup.2+).sub.y1 (M.sup.2+) y2].sub.1-x M.sub.x.sup.3+ (OH).sub.2 A.sub.x/n.sup.n-.mH.sub.2 Owherein M.sup.2+ represents at least one divalent metal cation selected from the group consisting of Zn, Cd, Pb, Ca and Sr, M.sup.3+ represents a trivalent metal cation, A.sup.n- represents an anion having a valence of n, and x, y1, y2 and m represent positive numbers which satisfy the following conditions:0<x.ltoreq.0.5,0<y1,0<y2,0.5.ltoreq.y1+y2<1, and0.ltoreq.m<2,the amount of the hydrotalcite solid solution being 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the film-forming component.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing polycarbonates consisting of mixtures of polycarbonates with at least one salt of particular carboxylic organic compounds, said salt being of metals of Group I A and/or B, and/or Group II A and/or B of the Periodic Table of elements, and/or of ammonium.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing polycarbonates are disclosed, which consist of mixtures of polycarbonates with at least one salt of metals of the I and/or the II A and B Groups of the Periodic Table, and/or ammonium salts of organic carboxylic compounds having the general formula (I) ##STR1## and, as an adjuvant, at least one compound which is a member selected from the group consisting of the following classes of compounds:(i) a halogenated phenyl ether;(ii) a phthalimide or naphthalimide;(iii) an organic sulphone or a derivative thereof;(iv) an inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of halides of alkali metals or of alkaline earth metals, oxides of metals of the Groups IB,VIB,VIIB,IIIA,IVA and VIII of the Periodic Table, of the lanthanide group, carbon black and the residues of the pyrolysis of the organic acid salts of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention comprises a high density, moisture resistant, high temperature stable mica laminate. Said laminate comprises a plurality of mica papers, impregnated with a polysiloxane binder containing a titanate and naphthenate. A process of preparing said mica laminates is also disclosed. The laminates of this invention have exceptional structural qualities, moisture resistance, stain resistance, and densities of 1.5 g/cc or greater.

Abstract: A synthetic resin composition having reduced corrosion-causing tendency and coloration, said composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a synthetic resin containing halogen and/or an acidic substance, and (B) 0.001 to 50 parts by weight of a hydrotalcite solid solution represented by the following formula (1)[(M.sub.1.sup.2+).sub.y1 (M.sub.2.sup.2+).sub.y2 ].sub.1-x M.sub.x.sup.3+ (OH).sub.2 A.sub.x/n.sup.n-.mH.sub.2 O . . . (1)wherein M.sub.1.sup.2+ represents at least one divalent metal cation, M.sub.2.sup.2+ represents at least one divalent metal cation, M.sup.3+ represents a trivalent metal cation, A.sup.n- represents an anion having a valency of n, and x, y1, Y2 and m are positive numbers represented by the following expressions0<x.ltoreq.0.5,0<y1,0<y2,0.5.ltoreq.y1+y2<1, and0.ltoreq.m<2; anda method for preventing the corrosion-causing tendency or coloration of a synthetic resin containing halogen and/or an acidic substance by using the above formula (1) compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a composition for use in preventing the formation of ice comprising (A) organopolysiloxane, (B) alkali metal compound and (C) liquid or solid paraffin; a method for preventing the formation of ice by applying the composition to the surface of an object; and another method for preventing the formation of ice by applying a primer containing a silane coupling agent to the surface of an object and applying the composition to the primer coat formed.

Abstract: A water permeability correction process, and composition therefor, to improve the sweep efficiency of waterflooding which involves the sequential injection of (1) an optional aqueous preflush slug to adjust connate water salinity, (2) an aqueous sequestered polyvalent metal cation, such as chromium, wherein the sequestering anion is bactericidal, such as propionate, (3) a gelable polymeric viscosifier, such as polyacrylamide, and, preferably, (4) an aqueous drive fluid.

Abstract: An antistatic additive for polymers, particularly polyurethanes is disclosed comprising an ionizable metal salt and an enhancer comprising a non-ionizable salt or ester of an organic acid.

Abstract: A carboxyl-containing ethylene copolymer composition exhibiting thermal stability and method for preparing the same. The composition comprises (a) an ethylene copolymer containing a carboxyl-functional comonomer in an amount ranging from about 0.01 to about 50 weight percent of the copolymer, and (b) a hydrated compound in intimate admixture therewith. The hydrate dehydrates at a temperature between about 100.degree. C. and about 300.degree. C. and is selected from hydrated metallic salts of organic acids, inorganic hydrates, bimetallic hydrates and combinations thereof. The hydrate is present in the composition in at least an amount effective to impart thermal stability thereto up to about 5 weight percent of the composition, preferably 0.01-0.45 weight percent. The composition is prepared by adding the hydrate to the copolymer and intimately mixing the hydrate and the copolymer. The addition and mixing steps are performed either during or subsequent to the manufacture of the copolymer.

Abstract: This invention relates to water-based coatings and caulking compositions for exterior surfaces which upon application quickly develop resistance to being washed out by inadvertant precipitation. These compositions comprise an aqueous dispersion of water-insoluble latex polymer prepared by emulsion polymerization, inorganic pigment dispersed with anionic polymer, and water-soluble salt of a multivalent complex ion having labile, volatile ligands such as zinc ammonium complex ion.

Abstract: Copolymer light stabilizers are provided having at least one 2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl piperidyl group in the molecule and a molecular weight within the range from about 1000 to about 20,000, that are copolymers of a maleic or fumaric acid ester containing a 2,2,6,6-tetraalkyl piperidyl group in the alcohol group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## R.sub.2 is alkyl or R.sub.1 ; X is ##STR3## R.sub.6 is lower alkyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen or methyl;R.sub.5 is alkylene;Y is ##STR4## R.sub.7 is alkylene; and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of aliphatic carboxylic acid vinyl ester having from two to eight carbon atoms; alkyl vinyl ethers having from one to eighteen carbon atoms; triallyl isocyanurate; pinene; and tricyclo-(5.2.1.0.sup.2.6)-decene-3; and synthetic resin compositions having improved light stability comprising per 100 parts by weight of resin from 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of the polymeric light stabilizer.

Abstract: Described herein is a composition for treating furred animal pelts and/or fur, which composition comprises a water soluble cationic polymer, a cationic surfactant, and water.

Abstract: Improved "easy-clean" vinyl acetate homo- and copolymer-based emulsion adhesives are provided by the addition thereto of specific water soluble, ionic salts. Those particular vinyl acetate based adhesives which are formulated for use in remoistening applications are further improved with respect to their "lay-flat" performance.

Abstract: An improved flame retardant polycarbonate composition of an aromatic carbonate polymer in admixture with an organic alkali metal salt or an organic alkaline earth metal salt or mixtures thereof, which composition has in admixture therewith a fluorinated polyolefin.

Abstract: There is provided flame retardant thermoplastic compositions and masterbatch formulations effective for rendering thermoplastics flame retardant. A typical flame retardant composition could be comprised of 50 to 97 percent by weight of thermoplastic, 1 to 40 percent of a silicone base such as a linear silicone fluid or gum, 1 to 20 percent of a metal organic compound such as magnesium stearate, and 1 to 20 percent of a silicone resin such as MQ resin which is soluble in the silicone base.

Abstract: Air entrained, super plasticized concrete having a maximum bubble spacing factor of 0.008 inch (ASTM Standard C 457) and a method for preparing such concrete are disclosed. The method includes the steps of adding an air entraining agent while mixing aggregates and water, adding during the mixing a small but effective quantity of a potassium salt of a fluorinated alkyl carboxylate having a high surface activity and a pH of 8-9, and then adding a super plasticizer to the resulting mix prior to placement. The air entrained concrete having the aforesaid bubble spacing factor contains a super plasticizer, a vinsol resin air entraining agent, and a potassium salt of a fluorinated alkyl carboxylate. The fluorinated alkyl carboxylate is present in an amount of one to two parts per 100 parts of the super plasticizer on a weight basis.