Abstract: Melt extrusion processes involving phosphite stabilized polyolefin compositions subject to solid by-product formation during melt extrusion are improved by the addition of a metal salt of a lactic acid to the composition. The processes involving the improved compositions exhibit reduced levels of screen pack plugging during fiber and film extrusion processes than that achieved with fatty acid salts, such as calcium stearate.

Abstract: A color masterbatch resin composition for a packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material which does not adversely affect photographic properties of the photographic photosensitive material, comprising a light-shielding material in a concentration thrice as much as or more that of the packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material, and a thermoplastic resin of which 50 wt. % or more is the same type as a thermoplastic resin occupying 50 wt. % or more of the total thermoplastic resin composing the packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material, production thereof, a packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material formed of a color masterbatch resin composition, and production thereof.

Abstract: Mixtures of absorbable polymers and plasticizers useful in the production of medical devices are provided.

Abstract: Novel latex or emulsion compositions containing internally plasticizing and crosslinkable long-chain alkenol ester monomers are disclosed and claimed. Preferred embodiments include latex formed from acrylate or methacrylate esters of long-chain alkenols. A process for the synthesis of the latex composition is also disclosed, which involves (a) esterification of a long-chain alkenol with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; (b) polymerization of the ethylenically unsaturated ester in an aqueous phase with at least one other copolymerizable monomer; and (b) blending of so formed polymer with at least one drier and a surfactant to form the novel latex or emulsion compositions. These compositions form films at low minimum film forming temperatures (MFT) ranging from -5 to 10.degree. C. and cure to above ambient glass transition (T.sub.g) polymers without the use of traditional organic cosolvents which contribute to environmental pollution via volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions.

Abstract: The present invention includes a coating composition which can be used for transportation and sign surfaces. The coating composition comprises a mixture of a binder capable of being polymerized and crosslinked and comprising an organic material and an inorganic material, a visibility enhancement filler, a retroreflectivity enhancement filler, and a moisture proofing and water repellent material. The coating composition can further include various additives. The present invention also includes methods of preparing the coating composition and methods of producing a coated substrate using the coating composition of the invention.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a cross-linked gel-like polyvinyl-based composition of matter having unique elasticity. The composition is capable of being used as a kneading compound, as well as being moldable, stretchable, and bouncing, for use in play activities. The composition is based on a cohesive polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl pyrrolidone nonadhesive and substantially nondrying binder composition that is appropriate for child use. The invention is also directed to a method of making the instant polyvinyl-based composition of matter.

Abstract: The invention concerns basic layered lattice compounds of the general formula (I) Me.sup.III.sub.a Me.sup.II.sub.b (Me.sup.IV).sub.c (OH).sub.d O.sub.e A.sup.n.sub.f .times.mH.sub.2 O, a process for producing the same and the use thereof in a halogen-containing resin composition having improved thermal stability, initial coloring and improved color fastness.

Abstract: Method of improving the crystallization rate and temperature of syndiotactic polypropylene by addition of at least one of polytetrafluoroethylene, sodium 2,2-methylene-bis-(4,6,di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphate)), pimellic acid, and calcium pimallate, and compositions and products made thereby.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is the use of at least one alkyl ester of adipic acid in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composition for the production of products made from biocompatible material, in particular blood lines, to increase the resistance of these products to irradiation with penetrating rays.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition is herein disclosed which is obtainable by blending (A) 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin comprising (a) 100 to 20% by weight of a homopolymer of propylene and/or a propylene copolymer containing 4% by weight or less of another olefin unit in which in a pentad fraction by .sup.13 C-NMR, ?rrrr/(1-mmmm)!.times.100 is in the range of 20 to 60%, a Tm measured by a DSC is 150.degree. C. or more, and a melt enthalpy is 100 J/g or less, and (b) 0 to 80% by weight of a propylene copolymer containing 10 to 80% by weight of an olefin unit other than propylene, with (B) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of an octyltin salt of a fatty acid, an alkylenebisfatty acid amide, a fatty acid ester of a polyvalent alcohol, or a metal salt of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid.

Abstract: At least one aliphatic carboxylic acid metal salt is added to a terminally-stabilized polyacetal resin, said salt having occluded therein at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydroxide and a metal chloride, and optionally having attached to a surface thereof at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydroxide and a metal chloride.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vinyl chloride-based polymer-polyurethane composite comprising vinyl chloride-based polymer (1), polyurethane, plasticizer (4), metal salt of higher fatty acid (6) and hydrocarbon-based lubricant (7), the metal of metal salt of higher fatty acid being at least one element selected from a group consisting of magnesium, zinc and lead, which have low hardness and excellent hydrolysis resistance, compression set characteristic and profile extrusion moldability, and a method of producing vinyl chloride-based polymer-polyurethane composite which is produced by means of of heating, melting and mixing not less than 200 parts by weight to not more than 800 parts by weight of polymer polyol (2), isocyanate compound (3) with three or more isocyanate groups in amount of the molar ratio of isocyanate group in isocyanate compound (3) to hydroxyl group in polymer polyol (2) being not less than 0.3 to not more than 0.

Abstract: A halogen-free flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition which can give a molded article improved in low-temperature resistance and surface whitening resistance and improved in flame retardancy and melt index, and an expansion-molded article having uniform and fine gas bubbles without large-sized gas bubbles, the halogen-free flame-retardant polyolefin-based resin composition containing a polyolefin resin, a dihydric or trihydric metal hydroxide surface-treated with a saturated fatty acid, or, when the metal hydroxide is aluminum hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide surface-treated with a saturated or specific unsaturated fatty acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, and an aluminum salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An overbased mixture of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylates salts useful in making low-fogging thermal stabilizers for PVC is made by reacting zinc oxide with fatty acid and such as stearic acid, then adding aromatic acids, and then adding and reacting one or both of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, under controlled heating conditions to maintain fluidity while minimizing side reactions, and then conditioning the reaction product to remove volatiles.

Abstract: A process for preparing polyvinylbutyral sheet having a desired uniform adhesivity comprising preparing a blend of polyvinylbutyral and a compatible quantity of a at least one plasticizer and an adhesion control agent, and extruding the blend to form a sheet, the improvement comprising monitoring the acidity of the sheet and adding water to the blend as an agent for controlling the adhesivity of said sheet.

Abstract: A surface coating composition is disclosed which includes: (1) 100 wt. parts of a polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of i) photopolymerizable compounds having at least two (meth)acryloyloxy groups in a molecule and ii) heat polymerizable silane compounds having at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of ether groups and ester groups in a molecule, (2) 0.05 to 20 wt. parts of an organopolysiloxane of the formula ?1! described in the specification, and (3) 0.005 to 1.5 moles of an electrolyte salt per one mole of ?R.sup.3 O+R.sup.4 O! which is (moles of the organopolysiloxane).times.(the total number of the R.sup.3 O and R.sup.4 O groups in a molecule). A cured film obtained by polymerizing the surface coating composition, a synthetic resin molded article coated with the cured film, a method for forming a cured film from the surface coating composition, and use of the surface coating composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A curable composition which contains an alkenyl group containing polyorganosiloxane, an organosilicon compound having two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms, a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst, and a glass frit, which is suitable, upon cure, for use as a firewall sealant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a stabilizer composition effective to protect PVC resin against heat-mediated deterioration, comprising a mixture of barium and zinc salts of aliphatic C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 carboxylates and aromatic C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 carboxylates, organic triphosphites of the formula R.sub.1 OP(OR.sub.3)OR.sub.2 wherein each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 alkyl or phenyl, and organic acid phosphites of the formula R.sub.4 OP(OH)OR.sub.5 wherein each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 alkyl or phenyl, or R.sub.4 can be hydrogen. PVC film compounded with this stabilizer composition also exhibits improved wettability and adherence to water-based inks applied to such films.

Abstract: PVC stabilizers containing an overbased mixture of salts, such as magnesium and zinc salts, of unsubstituted and/or alkyl-substituted benzoic acid and optionally one or more fatty aliphatic acids, which contain a carbonate and/or silicate stabilizer, and which preferably also contain one or more polyols containing 2 to 10 hydroxyl groups, exhibit significant and unexpected reduction in the tendency to volatilize and form "fog" upon exposure of the formulation to moderately elevated temperatures, without loss of other desirable stabilization properties.

Abstract: Moldable and pigmentable heat-curable compositions which can be employed for forming molded articles with zero or practically zero shrinkage (low profile type) or a small expansion include a heat-curable resin, a catalyst, a (meth)acrylic polymer in powder form with a dimension smaller than 150 .mu.m, at least one inorganic filler and, optionally, reinforcing fibers and organic or inorganic pigments.

Abstract: A solid thermoplastic filler-filled surfacing material having a deep semi-translucent appearance, in the form of a thin, rigid sheet contains 19-25% polymethyl methacrylate, 19-25% styrene acrylonitrile copolymer, 5-20% styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, and 30-60% finely divided filler of barium sulfate, kaolin, basic aluminum oxalate and/or wollastonite.

Abstract: The present invention provides for amorphous, nanoporous, catalytic metal-containing ceramic material having a surface area in excess of 70 m.sup.2 /gm and characterized by a high content of open microporous cell structure wherein the micropores have a mean width of less than 20 Angstroms and wherein said microporous structure comprises a volume of greater than about 0.03 cm.sup.3 /gm of the ceramic. The invention also provides for a preceramic composite intermediate composition comprising a mixture of a ceramic precursor and from about 0.5 up to about 65 wt % of an organometallic compound containing a metal of Group IB, II, III, IV, IV, V, VIB, VIIA or VIII of the Periodic Table, including rare earth metals, whose pyrolysis product in ammonia or an inert atmosphere at temperatures of up to less than about 1100.degree. C. gives rise to the nanoporous catalytic ceramics of the invention.

Abstract: A tooth-surface treatment agent for use with dental glass ionomer cement comprises (a) a polymer of an .alpha.-.beta. unsaturated carboxylic acid having a specific molecular weight, (b) a compound containing one or more of the elements selected from the group of aluminum, iron, tin, and calcium, and (c) water. This agent ensures the dissolution and removal of the smear layer, and improves and stabilizes the bonding strength of the glass ionomer cement to tooth structure. Also, the agent has a milder effect than the effects had by phosphoric acid, and has an action on reducing irritation to the dental pulp and is harmless thereto because it enables the smear plugs to remain in dentinal tubules.

Abstract: A light colored basic alkali or alkaline earth metal organic salt is obtained by the reaction of a basic metal compound, an alkyl phenol and/or a carboxylic acid, carbon dioxide, and thereafter post-treating the reaction product with a C.sub.7 -C.sub.17 alkyl glycidyl ester such as glycidyl neodecanoate.

Abstract: A color masterbach resin composition for a packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material which does not adversely affect photographic properties of the photographic photosensitive material, comprising a light-shielding material in a concentration thrice as much as or more that of the packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material, and a thermoplastic resin of which 50 wt. % or more is the same type as a thermoplastic resin occupying 50 wt. % or more of the total thermoplastic resin composing the packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material, production thereof, a packaging material for a photographic photosensitive material formed of a color masterbatch resin composition, and production thereof.

Abstract: Recycled plastics, predominandy thermoplastics, from domestic, commercial and industrial waste can be stabilized against thermooxidative degradation by adding a combination of a sterically hindered phenol with an organic phosphite or phosphonite and a metal salt of a fatty acid.

Abstract: A photo-degradable, molded, high strength plastic shotshell component having a degradation composition comprising as its combination of active ingredients linear polyethylene having a melt index of 0.1 to 5.0 and an ethylene-vinyl acetate-carbon monoxide terpolymer, the ratios by weight of which to said linear polyethylene is approximately 0.115:1 to 0.261:1 The ethylene-vinyl acetate-carbon monoxide terpolymer in its preferred composition has about 65% by weight of ethylene, 25% by weight of vinyl acetate, and 10% by weight of carbon monoxide.

Abstract: A halogen-free flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition which can give a molded article improved in low-temperature resistance and surface whitening resistance and improved in flame retardancy and melt index, and an expansion-molded article having uniform and fine gas bubbles without large-sized gas bubbles, the halogen-free flame-retardant polyolefin-based resin composition containing a polyolefin resin, a dihydric or trihydric metal hydroxide surface-treated with a saturated fatty acid, or, when the metal hydroxide is aluminum hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide surface-treated with a saturated or specific unsaturated fatty acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, and an aluminum salt of an unsaturated fatty acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A natural rubber latex has been preserved and stabilized by at least one water-soluble carboxylic acid salt of the formula R--COO.sup.- M.sup.+, in which R is an alkyl or alkenyl radical having a branched carbon chain and M.sup.+ is a monovalent cation. A process for the preparation of the rubber latex mixture uses a water-soluble carboxylic acid salt for the preservation and stabilization of natural latex.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprisinga) a chlorine-containing polymer andb) at least one compound containing at least one radical of the formula I ##STR1## in which A is the additional groups or atoms necessary to form an unsubstituted or substituted six-membered heterocyclic ring containing two nitrogen ring atoms.

Abstract: Curable and cured elastomer compositions having approved mold release and methods for their preparation are provided. The elastomer compositions comprise an elastomer, a metal salt of an .alpha., .beta.-ethylenically unsaturated compound, an organic peroxide, and a fatty acid metal salt. The invention provides for improved mold release by the incorporation of the fatty acid metal salt into the elastomer composition, at high levels, without a loss in cured properties of the elastomer.

Abstract: The gels of the the invention may be made non-adhearing, non-sticking, non-tacky by incorporating an advantage amount of fatty acids, metal stearates, and waxes.

Abstract: A diphosphite is provided derived from phosphorous trihalide, tetra alkyl hindered bisphenol, and a neoalkyl diol. The phosphites exhibit improved stability and are useful as thermal oxidative stabilizers for thermoplastic compositions.

Abstract: Additive which simultaneously provides water-repellency and flexural bond strength improvement in mortar, concrete, or cement. An exemplary composition include calcium stearate and a flexural bond strength enhancing material comprising a polymer having a backbone to which are attached carboxyl cement anchoring groups. A cementious composition and method for enhancing water-repellency and flexural bond strength in a mortar are also disclosed.

Abstract: A sheet for laminated safety glass comprising polyvinyl butyral resin containing a multivalent metal-substituted aromatic chelate compound in an amount effective to control adhesion of the sheet to glass.

Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized PVDC-containing PVC, preferably a PVC recyclate, comprising as polymer at least 50% by weight of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and 0.05-50% by weight of PVDC and additionally comprising at least one inorganic compound of the series of the metal oxides, metal hydroxides or metal carbonates.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition which has a melt flow rate of 20 to 30 g/10 min and a flexural modulus at 23.degree. C. of 30,000 kg/cm.sup.2 or more and which comprises (A) 60 to 75% by weight of a specific crystalline polypropylene in which the propylene homopolymer portion has a Q value of 3.0 to 5.0, an isotactic pentad fraction of 0.975 or more and an intrinsic viscosity ?.eta.! of 0.95 to 1.15 dl/g as measured at 135.degree. C. in tetralin, (B) 2 to 8% by weight of an ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, (C) 2 to 8% by weight of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, (D) 10 to 20% by weight of talc having an average particle diameter of 4 .mu.m or less, and (E) 5 to 20% by weight of fibrous magnesium oxysulfate, and an injection molded article of the thermoplastic resin composition, said thermoplastic resin composition satisfying the impact strength and rigidity required as a material for an instrumental panel and having a short molding cycle and good surface quality.

Abstract: Aqueous polymer dispersions are obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains from 10 to 100% by weight of halogenated monomers by radical emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium, adjusting the pH of the aqueous phase of the resulting aqueous polymer dispersion to from 5 to 10 by addition of bases which differ from ammonia and from primary and secondary amines, and adding from 0.005 to 1% of the weight of the monomer mixture of one or more substances from the group comprising glycerol, pivalic acid, paraldehyde, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, benzophenone, alkyl-substituted benzophenones, thiosulfuric acid and salts thereof, and oxalic acid and salts thereof, it being possible to add both the bases and the one or more substances before, during and/or after the emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary agent for use in the synthesis of unsaturated polyester resins comprising a compound of the general formulaBCOO--A--COOB'and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fatty acid amides, fatty acid divalent metal salts and their mixtures, whereby styrene emissions from unsaturated polyester resins are suppressed.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for chlorine-containing polymer such as PVC, including a stabilizing composition.According to the invention the stabilizing composition includes:a) the unpurified crude product resulting from the reaction of condensation of an ester with a ketone in the presence of an alkaline agent, this crude product including between 10 and 95%, preferably between 20 and 80% by weight of beta-diketone, andb) a metal acetylacetonate complex,the ratio of the constituents a/b being between 50/50 and 1/99.The invention also relates to the standard objects obtained from these compositions.

Abstract: A melt processable high nitrile multipolymer such as an acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated, multipolymer, which is stabilized by admixing with maleic acid, derivatives of maleic acid, salts of maleic acid, maleic anhydride, maleamides, salts of maleamides, maleates, salts of maleates, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: Tabletized ionene polymers, methods for their preparation and their use in water treatment is described. The tablet contains about 5 to about 60 percent by weight of an ionene polymer, about 40 to about 95 percent by weight of a salt carrier matrix, 0 to about 10 percent by weight of a disintegration rate regulator, and 0 to about 10 percent by weight of an anticaking agent. The tablets may be made by mixing an aqueous solution of an ionene polymer with a carrier matrix to form a moist mass, drying the moist mass to form granules, reducing the granule size to form a powder, and compressing the powder into a tablet. The tablets are useful in a wide variety of water treatment applications. Accordingly, the specification describes a method for controlling the growth of microorganisms in an aqueous system. Using the method, one treats an aqueous system with an ionene polymer in an amount effective to control the growth of at least one microorganism. The ionene polymer is contained in a tablet of the invention.

Abstract: Machine-direction oriented polypropylene homopolymer and propylene copolymer films are described wherein the propylene copolymer is one selected from the group consisting of propylene-ethylene copolymers containing up to about 10% by weight of ethylene and propylene-1-butene copolymers containing up to about 15% by weight of 1-butene wherein the oriented films has an opacity of less than about 10% and a haze of about 10% or less in the machine-direction and in the cross-direction.

Abstract: A flame retardant composition is provided which is less expensive to produce than prior compositions and yet which exhibits desirable insulation properties, flame and fire resistance, and which, when ignited, does not emit noxious smoke or corrosive gases. The crosslinkable flame retardant composition includes a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester of a C.sub.2-6 aliphatic carboxylic acid, a hydrated inorganic filler, and a coupling agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to reinforcing compositions for thermoplastic polymers which have improved anticaking and flow properties, which include an impact additive and a synergic combination including a micronized silica and at least one calcium salt.These compositions are very particularly suitable for the reinforcement of PVC.

Abstract: An oil-absorbent composition including 30 to 99.5 parts by weight of (I) an oil-absorbent, cross-linked polymer formed from 96-99.999% by weight of (A) monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated group in the molecule, said monomer (A) containing mainly a monomer having a solubility parameter of not more than 9, and 4-0.001% by weight of (B) a cross-linking monomer having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups in the molecule, provided the sum of monomer (A) and cross-linking monomer (B) is 100%, and 70 to 0.5 to parts by weight of (IV) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (II) inorganic compounds having a methanol value of not less than 25% and (III) substantially water insoluble organic acid salts, provided the sum of oil-absorbent, cross-linked polymer (I) and compound (IV) is 100 parts by weight.

Abstract: Thermoplastic polyester compositions comprising polyester resin modified by introducing perfluoropolyether blocks in the polymeric chain characterized by high crystallization rate of the melted mass and therefore by an improved processability. In particular the use of such compositions in a process for preparing molded thermoplastic articles allows working at lower temperatures of the mold and with shorter molding times. Process for preparing modified resins.

Abstract: A method for the production of a material or article, e.g., an exterior building product such as wood composite siding, having improved weatherability properties. The material or article preferably has improved resistance to migration of wax sizing and moisture. The method preferably includes the use of salts of aluminum, calcium, zinc, and/or lithium cations, including salts of stearic acid and/or palmitic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizing composition for a chlorine-containing polymer (PVC), characterized in that it comprises the unpurified crude product resulting from the reaction of an ester with a ketone in the presence of an alkaline agent, this crude product comprising at least 10 % by weight of .beta.-diketone and being in the form of a powder.

Abstract: An overbased mixture of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylates salts useful in making low-fogging thermal stabilizers for PVC is made by reacting zinc oxide with fatty acid and such as stearic acid, then adding aromatic acids, and then adding and reacting one or both of magnesium oxide and calcium oxide, under controlled heating conditions to maintain fluidity while minimizing side reactions, and then conditioning the reaction product to remove volatiles.