Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive having the capacity to absorb at least about 7 percent of its own weight in water and having a desirable combination of plasticity and wet-stick characteristics, as well as good dry skin adhesion. An adhesive composition particularly suitable for use as a stoma seal adhesive comprises (I) from about 30 to about 80 parts by weight each of (a) a pressure-sensitive adhesive component comprising a synthetic or natural gum-like substance and (b) a moisture absorbing component comprising a synthetic carbohydrate or natural water soluble or swellable hydrocolloid together with (II) from about 2 percent to about 20 percent by weight silica, based on the total weight of the adhesive composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the viscosification of an organic liquid which comprises the steps of forming a first solution of an anionic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; forming a second solution of a cationic polymer dissolved in the organic liquid; and mixing the first and the second solutions together to form an interpolymer complex of the anionic and cationic polymer in the organic liquid, wherein the organic liquid containing the interpolymer complex has improved viscosification properties. This solution possesses higher viscosity than the mean of the separate viscosities of the starting solutions at relatively low solids content. Moreover, these interpolymer complexes, in hydrocarbon solutions, can be formulated to exhibit shear thickening at increased shear rates. This property is useful in such technological applications as antimisting of the solvent.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a class of water soluble complex polymers of relatively low molecular weight, which have been found to be improved drag reducing agents. These complex polymers are a mixture of a cationic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone and an anionic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone. The solutions of these complex polymers are improved drag reducing agents for aqueous systems at low concentrations (i.e., 10 to 500 ppm) relative to individual solutions of the copolymers which make upon the polymer complex.

Abstract: A skin barrier composition is provided which is composed of a mixture of a copolymer resin of ethylene and vinyl acetate (EVA), at least one water absorbing particulate hydrocolloid or polymer, and a water-insoluble dry tack-providing elastomer such as polyisobutylene. The composition after mixing and molding, is subjected to ionizing irradiation to form cross-linked polymer networks of the EVA or EVA with another polymer cross-linking by irradiation. The compositions have exceptional properties for use as barrier sheets, rings, or strips in ostomy, wound drainage, and incontinence devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semi-finished products in sheet or surfacing foil form for producing thermoplastic coatings with particular properties on finished parts produced by thermoforming or molding-stamping thermoplastic materials in plate or sheet form. These are constituted by: a basic mixture comprising 15%-95% by weight of reinforcing fiber, 85%-5% by weight of powder of at least one thermoplastic material, and, relative to this mixture, 2%-20% by weight of polyolefine dough, 1%-30% by weight of a binder, 0.2%-10% by weight of at least one floculant and if necessary a dispersing agent. These surfacing foils are characterized in that they contain: from 30 to 90% by weight of at least one polyolefine dough, from 2 to 15% by weight of binder, from 0.5 to 5% by weight of at least one floculant, the rest of the materials being composed of at least one powder element selected from among thermoplastics, fillers and pigments.

Abstract: An adhesive activated (AA) polyester cord, aramid cord, and fabrics made therefrom, may be coated in a one-step dip comprising an aqueous dispersion of a solid finely divided reversibly blocked polyisocyanate (RBP), an adhesive latex of a diene polymer, and a dispersion of an acrylic resin selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of a monomer, or a copolymer of two or more monomers having the structure ##STR1## wherein, R represents H, methyl, ethyl, Cl or CN, and, X represents hydroxyl (OH), hydroxymethylamino (NHCH.sub.2 OH), or alkoxy (O-alkyl) having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Automobile tires made from fabric coated with the one-step combination R/F/L, acrylic resin and RBP dip have comparable of better properties, as evidenced by test results of tires tested to destruction, than those of tires made with fabric treated with a two-step bath, the first bath containing the RBP and the second bath containing the R/F/L and acrylic resin.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising (A) a polymer having, in the molecule, at least two groups represented by the following structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is isopropyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, a C.sub.5-20 alkyl group, a C.sub.3-20 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.5-20 alkenyl group, a C.sub.3-20 hydroxyalkyl group, a C.sub.5-20 alkoxyalkyl group, a C.sub.3-20 aminoalkyl group, a C.sub.6-20 aryl group or a C.sub.6-20 arylalkyl group, and n is 0, 1 or 2, and (B) a polymer having an electron attractive group and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenic double bond adjacent thereto. Though said composition is stable at room temperature, it is crosslinked and cured at high temperatures because the amino group of the polymer (A) adds to the double bond of the polymer (B). Accordingly, said resin composition is suitable for use as a cathodic electrocoating material.

Abstract: An improvement in pavement surface-treating methods is provided of the type wherein a slurry seal composition is applied to the pavement the composition comprising aggregate in a slow setting asphaltic emulsion. The improvement resides in combining with the slow setting asphaltic emulsion in effective breaktime decreasing amount of an emulsion containing a chemically modified asphalt which is the prereacted reaction product of an acrylamide, asphalt having a viscosity of less than 120,000 cps (at 140.degree. F.), a vinyl aromatic monomer and a rubbery polymer.

Abstract: Stable dispersions of halogen-containing addition polymers, such as polyvinylidene fluoride, in water-dilutable liquid media, for example 2-butoxyethanol, are produced by dispersing pre-formed particles of the polymer, of a number-average size in the range 0.1-10 microns, in the liquid medium in the presence of a polymeric dispersant containing in the molecule a hydrophobic polymer chain and strongly ionized groups, in particular quaternary ammonium groups, the strongly ionized groups being present in such a proportion as to provide a charge density of from 0.05 to 6.0 milliequivalents per gram of the total dispersant. The dispersions thus obtained are valuable as a basis for water-borne coating compositions.

Abstract: Reinforced polymer composites having a uniform mix of fiber, polymer and binder and having good physical properties are prepared by forming dilute aqueous slurries of a solid heat fusible organic polymer, a reinforcing material and a bound charge latex binder.

Abstract: A coating composition, comprising an aqueous dispersion of a pigment such as clay and a binder such as a latex of a copolymer of styrene and butadiene thickened with a water-soluble copolymer of an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid such as acrylic acid, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxamide such as acrylamide and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having limited solubility in water such as acrylonitrile, is effectively employed in coating paper and other cellulosic web materials.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising hydroxy functional film formers and a novel flow control additive comprising a stable crosslinked dispersion prepared by addition polymerization of (a) first and second ethylenically unsaturated monomers each bearing functionality capable of crosslinking with the other and (b) at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, in the presence of (I) organic liquid which is a solvent for the polymerizable monomers, but a non-solvent for the resultant polymer and (II) a novel polymeric dispersion stabilizer.

Abstract: Vinyl and vinylidene halide resins containing carboxyl or sulfonic acid functionalities can be formulated as stable, aqueous, colloidal dispersions by converting them to ionomers in a mixture of water-miscible base, water, organic water-miscible macromolecular compound, water-miscible organic solvent having an affinity for the resin and water-miscible organic co-solvent which is a poor solvent for the resins and a water-immiscible organic diluent, stripping the resultant colloidal dispersion to a total organic solvent content of about 0.2 to about 20% by volume and finally mixing the colloidal dispersion with an acrylic internally crosslinked rheology modifier.

Abstract: Glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins composing glass fiber, a thermoplastic resin and a copolymer of an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer and from about 1 to about 20 wt. % of copolymerizable functional monomer exhibit a marked improvement in impact properties, heat distortion values and ductility, and improved adhesion between matrix resin and fiber.

Abstract: Stable aqueous dispersions of polyolefin fibers are formed by contacting the fibers with an aqueous solution of a cationic copolymer of an acrylamide and an acrylate or methacrylate ester, the pH of the aqueous solution having been adjusted to be in the range of from about 9.5 to about 12 either prior to, during or after contacting the fibers with said solution. An exemplary copolymer is that formed by the copolymerization of acrylamide and .beta.-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium methyl sulfate.

Abstract: A molding composition is obtained by blending flaky graphite with a resin component comprising a mixture of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature higher than room temperature and another thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature lower than room temperature. The composition is kneaded and rolled into a sheet to orient the graphite flakes parallel to the surface of the sheet. The rolled sheet is then molded into an article, for example, speaker diaphragm, arm pipe and head shell, which may be optionally be carbonized or graphitized. The resulting article exhibits improved physical properties, especially high specific modulus of elasticity comparable to aluminum and beryllium as well as good internal loss comparable to paper.

Abstract: It has been found that the addition of small amounts of a benzoate or acetate ester of a polyfunctional hydroxy containing compound to an olefinic nitrile copolymer composition greatly increases the flowability and processibility of these thermoplastic copolymers.

Abstract: An aqueous paper-coating composition which essentially comprises a finely divided pigment and an emulsion copolymer of(a) from 30 to 80% by weight of C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -alkyl acrylates or mixtures of C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -alkyl acrylates and di-(C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -alkyl) maleates,(b) from 8 to 30% by weight of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid,(c) from 0 to 50% by weight of vinyl propionate, vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate and/or vinyl .alpha.-branched C.sub.10 -monocarboxylate,(d) from 0 to 5% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinylsulfonic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and/or acrylonitrile and(e) from 0 to 3% by weight of crosslinking monomers in the form of an aqueous dispersion, as the sole binder and thickener.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel resin composition based on a polyphenylenesulfide resin which can be molded into shaped articles imparted with remarkably improved impact strength, cracking resistance and heat shock resistance. The inventive resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylenesulfide resin, from 10 to 300 parts by weight of an inorganic filler and from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing rubber such as a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene having specified Mooney viscosity.

Abstract: Blends of linear polyolefin, reinforcing fiber, and acid copolymer of .alpha.-olefin and .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid are provided wherein the acid copolymer has from 0 to about 90 percent of the acid groups ionized by neutralization with metal ions. Such blends having high heat distortion temperature, excellent Izod impact values and fast molding cycles are particularly suitable as molding resins.

Abstract: This invention relates to hot melt adhesive compositions which include an elastomeric co- or terpolymer, about 5 to about 100 parts by weight of a neutralized sulfonated co- or terpolymer per 100 parts by weight of the highly unsaturated hydrocarbon rubber, wherein the neutralized sulfonated elastomeric polymer has about 0.2 to about 5 weight percent of chemically combined sulfur and about 25 to about 200 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon resin of a petroleum or coal tar distillate, aliphatic dienes and mono and diolefins, cyclic olefins of 5 to 6 carbon atoms and hydrogenated poly cyclics per 100 parts by weight of the neutralized sulfonated co- or terpolymer rubber.

Abstract: This invention relates to a resin composition characterized in that a conventional chemical etching treatment is removed and instead of it a surface of the resin composition is plated with a metallic layer having a strong adhesive force, by means of a surface treatment by only a dry etching. Accordingly, the surface thereof can be directly treated with electroplating. Further, the use of chromic acid as a source of environmental pollution or other conventional addition agents for the surface treatment is completely eliminated.

Abstract: A synthetic resin composition is prepared by mixing various polymers which differ, above all, in their second order transition temperature; the composition can also contain a filler, an epoxide resin and an alcoholate. The composition is preferably obtained in the form of granules, the particle diameter being within the range from 1 to 10 mm. It is used as a starting material for the production of vibration-damping sheets.

Abstract: An improved paper-coating composition which contains, per 100 parts by weight of a finely divided pigment, from 5 to 25 parts by weight of a copolymer A, in the form of an aqueous dispersion, as a binder, and from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of a copolymer B, containing(a) from 20 to 70% by weight of copolymerized units of hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl acrylates or hydroxy-C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl methacrylates,(b) from 10 to 50% by weight of copolymerized units of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid and/or monoesters of maleic acid and(c) from 5 to 50% by weight of copolymerized units of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl acrylates of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl methacrylates, or vinyl esters of saturated C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -carboxylic acidsas the co-binder, with or without from 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of an optical brightener which is activated by the co-binder. The paper-coating composition has high water retention.

Abstract: A composite material comprising polyvinyl chloride, talc and a polyamide and/or amide compound is disclosed. The talc used is comprised of 85% or more by weight of particles having a diameter of 10 microns or less. The polyamide used has a softening point of less than 200.degree. C. The amide compound used is in preference alkylene bis-amide or methylolated aliphatic amide. The composite material contains up to 30 parts by weight of the polyamide or the amide compound per 100 parts by weight of the talc used. The disclosed polyvinyl chloride composite material has an improved impact strength and improved thermal stability.

Abstract: A process for producing an elastomer-filler mixture optionally containing an extender oil, comprising the combined precipitation of a homogeneous mixture of a synthetic elastomer latex, produced by emulsion polymerization in an anionic emulsifier system, and an aqueous suspension of a silicic acid based filler, using an acid and, optionally, an electrolyte or other flocculant; separation of the precipitated mixture; and drying of the mixture; is improved in that the filler suspension contains 0.1-5% by weight, based on the amount of filler, of a copolymer of acrylamide and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate.

Abstract: The disclosed water stopper and water stopping process use an aqueously-swelling water-stopping composition consisting of 10 to 40 weight % of rubber whose main ingredient is reclaimed rubber, 10 to 20 weight % of silicic compound, 10 to 60 weight % of bentonite, and 10 to 40 weight % of plasticizer. The aforesaid water-stopping composition may be extruded into an elongated water stopper with or without a core therein, which water stopper can be inserted into a joint gap or other gap of structural members to stop water at the gap.

Abstract: Water soluble cationic block copolymer comprising at least one first polymer block selected from a first class consisting of polymeric species having amino groups in the polymeric structure thereof wherein a majority of said amino groups are quaternary, and at least one second polymer block selected from a second class consisting of polymer species having amino groups in the polymeric structure thereof wherein a majority of said amino groups are other than quaternary amino acids. Also included are the methods of making these copolymers.

Abstract: Acrylic latex sealants are rendered water-resistant and have improved wet adhesion to a variety of substrates by incorporating hydrophobic resins and an aminosilane hydrolyzate therein.

Abstract: Polymeric soaps prepared from copolymers of hydrophobic monomers and hydrophilic monomers are useful as granulation and/or drying aids for polymeric gels, especially those gels of polyacrylamide.

Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions are disclosed which are useful as backings for automotive carpets. The thermoplastic compositions contain a high filler content of at least 60 percent by weight, about 5 to 25 percent by weight of an ethylene homopolymer or copolymer, about 1 to 10 percent by weight of a non-vulcanized elastomeric resin and about 1 to 15 percent by weight of a plasticizer. Preferably a low viscosity precoat of polyethylene or ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer is applied to the carpet prior to the application of the thermoplastic backing. The backed automotive carpet is moldable, withstands both high and low temperatures, possesses outstanding sound absorbing properties and can be produced economically.

Abstract: A cationic electrocoating composition containing a polyhydroxyamine and polybutadiene and optionally a crosslinker resin.

Abstract: A composition of a blend of a carboxylated copolymer latex having a Tg of not less than about -30.degree. C. such as a copolymer of styrene, itaconic and methacrylic acids and butadiene-1,3 and an acrylate copolymer latex having a Tg of not less than about +30.degree. C. such as a copolymer of ethylacrylate, methyl methacrylate and acrylamide containing a minor amount by weight of a heat sensitizer sufficient to gel the composition and which also can contain fillers, wetting agents and stabilizers, and so forth can be used to provide a water resistant film on the surface of a hot rubber compound or composition which subsequently can be cooled rapidly with water and dried. The resulting latex coated rubber can then be stacked or assembled without sticking.

Abstract: Room temperature curable latices can be produced by copolymerizing ketimine derivative ethylenically unsaturated monomers with conventional ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an emulsion process at a controlled pH greater than about 7.2 to produce a coagulum-free latex containing blocked amine (--NH.sub.2) groups. In use, the pH of the latex can be adjusted to acidic below 7 to generate unblocked reactive amino groups which can be cured or cross-linked at about room temperature with water-dispersed polymers such as epoxy, double bond or isothiocyanate containing polymers.

Abstract: Organic micro-fiber reinforced rubber compositions having high elastic modulus, excellent crack growth resistance, impact cut resistance and rebound resilience and a small swell value are prepared by incorporating 10-100 parts by weight of carbon black, 3-30 parts by weight of organic micro-fibers based on 100 parts by weight of at least one rubber selected from a group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene rubber, butyl rubber, halogenated butyl rubber, polybutadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymeric rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene ternary copolymeric rubber and acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymeric rubber, said micro-organic staple fibers being lower than 30.degree. C. or higher than 120.degree. C. in glass transition temperature of amorphous portion and higher than 160.degree. C. in melting point of crystal portion, and having an average length of the micro-fibers of 0.8-30 .mu.m, an average diameter of the micro-fibers of 0.02-0.8 .mu.

Abstract: Butadiene-styrene latex thickened with an emulsion containing a terpolymer derived from (1) methacrylic acid or ethacrylic acid; (2) a C.sub.1-8 alkylester of acrylic, methacrylic or ethacrylic acid, and; (3) acrylamide or styrene optionally nuclearly substituted by methyl or ethyl.