Abstract: In the process and a correspondingly appropriate device for preparing homo- or copolymers of at least one of the, polymerizable monomers of the group consisting of styrene, butadiene, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, vinylidene chloride, alkyl (meth)acrylatc (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylonitrile and (meth)acrylamide reaction is carried out at at least 40° C. in the presence of a dispersing auxiliary and of a free-radical polymerization initiator such that at least 85% by weight of the polymer is formed from these monomers.

Abstract: A polymer dispersion composition obtained by dispersing an electrode active material and a polymer having a gel content of 50% or more in an organic dispersion medium of which boiling point at 760 mmHg is 80° C. or above. The composition is successfully usable as, for instance, a binder composition for batteries, and the battery produced therefrom is high in initial capacity and small in the drop of capacity.

Abstract: Disclosed are a propylene-based polymer and an injection molded article made of the propylene-based polymer, both of which are superior in transparency and impact resistance wherein the propylene based polymer satisfies requirements (a) and (b) defined below:

Abstract: A coupler is described for use in carbon black filled rubber compositions. The coupler includes an amine group and a thiol group or a polysulfidic linkage. The coupler improves the interaction of the carbon black with the rubber as measured by a decrease in the tan delta at 60° C. while substantially maintaining the tan delta at 0° C.

Abstract: A polymer composition capable of depleting oxygen from adjacent spaces is disclosed. One or more botanical extracts, either naturally occurring or synthetic, that contain proanthocyanidin or its derivatives are added to a base polymer or polymer blend prior to processing to provide the polymer with oxygen-scavenging benefits without adverse effect to the characteristics of the base polymer or polymer blend.

Abstract: An ionomeric nanocomposite that includes a base component of a propylene-based polyolefin-metal salt component and a nanostructured material. Optionally, the blend further contains a polymeric component including an ethylene ionomer, a styrenic block ionomer, a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene random copolymer, or a combination thereof. Such ionomeric nanocomposites have increased scratch and mar resistance while still retaining clarity and thermal stability. Methods of preparing such blends, as well as resultant articles including such blends, are also part of the invention.

Abstract: The use of perfluorinated polymers and/or fluorinated ionomers as surfactant emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization of fluorinated monomers.

Abstract: A propylene type resin composition comprising from 95.0 to 99.999 parts by weight of component (A) which is a propylene/&agr;-olefin random copolymer polymerized by a metallocene catalyst, and from 0.001 to 5.0 parts by weight of component (C) which is a polyethylene wax, wherein components (A) and (C) satisfy the following conditions: Component (A): Propylene/&agr;-olefin random copolymer 1) Melt index at 230° C.: 2 to 30 g/10 min 2) Main melting peak temperature (Tm) obtained by DSC: 110 to 145° C. Component (C): Polyethylene wax 1) Density: 0.94 to 0.98 g/cm3 2) Melt viscosity at 140° C.: At least 10 cps.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition containing a pigment dispersed uniformly in a solvent and a block polymer having an ionic functional group, an image-forming method and an image-forming apparatus employing the ink composition.

Abstract: Crystalline polymers and copolymers of propylene having total MIL values>2 g/10 minutes, total [&eegr;] values in tetrahydronaphthalene at 135° C.≦2.8 dl/g, Mw/Mn values>20, a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C.≧94, and comprising from 10 to 60% by weight of a fraction (A) having [&eegr;]≧2.6, are prepared by way of sequential polymerization in at least two stages, in the presence of particular Ziegler-Natta catalysts supported on magnesium halides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for defoaming liquid hydrocarbons, whereby these vinyl alkylether polymerizates of general formula (I), in which R represents a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl radical with 2 to 18 C atoms, and n represents a number >1, are added in quantities ranging from 1 to 2000 ppm.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous suspension including a mixture of at least one aqueous suspension of precipitated silica and of at least one latex, in which the aqueous suspension of precipitated silica has a solids content of between 10 and 40% by weight, has a viscosity lower than 4×10−2 Pa s at a shear of 50 s−2 and, after centrifuging at 7500 revolutions per minute for 30 minutes, produces a supernatant containing more than 50% of the weight of the silica initially in suspension. This suspension can be employed in compositions based on an inorganic binder and in concrete compositions.

Abstract: An impression material for the use with an impression spoon in patients, wherein the impression material comprises curable components and at least one first filler, characterized in that said at least first filler has a BET surface of from 20 to 50 m2/g, preferably from 30 to 40 m2/g, whereby the impression material attains a low thixotropy and a viscosity of from 1 to 350 Pas.

Abstract: Fine silica particles surface-treated with a silane and having primary particles having a particle diameter of from 0.01 to 5 &mgr;m, which fine silica particles fulfill the following conditions (i) and (ii), a process for their production and an organic resin composition containing such particles as a component are provided. (i) When an organic compound which is liquid at room temperature and has a dielectric constant of from 1 to 40 F/m and fine silica particles are mixed in a weight ratio of 5:1 and shaked, the fine silica particles disperse uniformly in the organic compound, and (ii) the quantity of primary particles remaining as primary particles when methanol is evaporated under heating by means of an evaporator from a dispersion prepared by dispersing the fine silica particles in methanol and thereafter the particles are held at a temperature of 100° C. for 2 hours, is in a percentage of at least 20% based on the quantity of primary particles originally present.

Abstract: The invention relates to fiber compositions that can be pumped and metered in the fashion of fluid chemical admixtures into a concrete mix, thereby enabling the fibers to be dispensed by concrete ready-mix plant operators who can provide verification of fiber administration and dosage. The fibers, particularly plastic shrinkage control fibers having large cumulative surface area, are suspended in an aqueous medium such that their surface area is already wetted out, thereby virtually assuring that substantial uniform fiber dispersion can be achieved without clumping and the delay that is usually required by fiber intermixing.

Abstract: A malleable high density polymer material having a high density metal component and a polymer phase consisting of a rigid or hard component, and an elastomeric modifier for the hard component, and where the elastomeric component is chosen from one of several narrow molecular weight distribution ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomers. One advantage of the present invention is to achieve a surprisingly malleable, high density material that has unusual melt properties which may be used as a lead substitute in the making of for example, projectiles, shot, or angling weights. Another advantage of the present invention is to provide a lead substitute that is non-toxic.

Abstract: A composition for protecting a target surface and a method of applying the composition is provided. The composition includes a PVP compound (i.e., polyvinylpyrrolidone and moieties thereof) or an anionic polymer dispersed in a solvent such as water or a C1-C4 alcohol. The compositions can further include optional ingredients such as surfactants, fragrances, waterproofing agents, and coloring agents. The compositions are applied to the target surface in a thin layer and allowed to dry. Preferably, at least one additional coat is subsequently applied to the first layer. The dried coating layers are essentially invisible to observers and have an ASTM D2240-97 hardness of at least about 70, making them useful for protecting the target surface from potentially damaging foreign elements (e.g., such as protecting the front end of an automobile from paint chips caused by flying rocks). The layers remain substantially in place upon exposure to rain. Additional layers can be applied periodically as desired.

Abstract: The invention discloses improvements in the so-called coated thermal flow process for reducing the pattern dimension of a patterned resist layer on a substrate to accomplish increased fineness of resist patterning, in which a coating layer of a water-soluble resin formed on the patterned resist layer is heat-treated to effect thermal shrinkage of the coating layer with simultaneous reduction of the pattern dimension followed by removal of the coating layer by washing with water. The improvement of the process is obtained by using an aqueous coating solution admixed with a water-soluble amine compound such as triethanolamine in addition to a water-soluble resin such as a polyacrylic acid-based polymer.

Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene agglomerated product obtained from a polytetrafluoroethylene powder and a coke powder, wherein the polytetrafluoroethylene powder contains at least 8.3 mass % of a polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder having a particle diameter of from 0.1 to 9.5 &mgr;m, and the mass ratio of the polytetrafluoroethylene powder/the coke powder is 95-60/5-40.

Abstract: Water-continuous emulsion of elastomeric polymers are disclosed having a solids content of greater than 75%, an average particle size less than 5 &mgr;m, and having sufficient stability to produce a stable lower solids emulsion upon dilution with water comprising; an elastomeric polymer, surfactant, water, optional plasticizer, optional low molecular weight acid, and is essentially free of organic solvents.

Abstract: Water-continuous emulsion of curable elastomeric polymers are disclosed having a solids content of greater than 75%, an average particle size less than 5 &mgr;m, and having sufficient stability to produce a stable lower solids emulsion upon dilution with water comprising; a curable elastomeric polymer, surfactant, internal cure additive, water, optional plasticizer, and optional low molecular weight acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of enhancing the tear resistance, tensile strength, and the aging properties of a latex product by adding an antioxidant synergist with an antioxidant to a latex compound comprising of a polymer, a stabilizing system, a film surface conditioner and a curing system comprised of an activator, crosslinker and accelerator and to the latex products formed therefrom. Antioxidant synergists which can be used with the present invention include 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (MBI), 2-mercaptotoluimidazole (MTI), zinc 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (ZMBI) and zinc 2-mercaptotoluimidazole (ZMTI). The latex products formed may be gloves but can also include threads, balloons and other latex-related products.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of (a) 0.1-40% by wt. of a low molecular weight, low melting point, water-insoluble polymer in which the polymer particles have a size <10 microns, and (b) 0.001-30% by wt. of an anionic emulsifier.

Abstract: Disclosed are aqueous, storage-stable, crosslinkable polymer compositions comprising: (a) an aqueous dispersion of a an acrylic polymer component containing certain carbonyl-containing functional-groups; (b) a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two carbonyl-reactive nitrogen groups; and (c) optionally, co-solvents, pigments, fillers, dispersants, wetting agents, anti-foam agents, UV absorbers, antioxidants, biocides, and stabilizers. Such compositions are useful as coatings or binders in coating compositions, or as adhesives.

Abstract: Ink-jet treating solution having a water base and an imidized styrene maleic anhydride polymer. The polymer is insoluble in a neutral aqueous medium and it is present in a concentration by weight of between about 2% and 4%, with a preferred concentration of about 3%. The polymer imparts wet smudge resistance to ink-jet inks when printed.

Abstract: The additive (b) for a communication cable filler according to the present invention contains as a main component an ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (a) having a number-average molecular weight (Mn), measured by GPC, of 500 to 5,000 and having a crystallizing temperature (Tc (° C.), rate of temperature decrease: 2° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a chipping resistance-imparting aqueous dispersion composition comprising a nonvolatile component (film-forming component) dispersed in water, said nonvolatile component containing an olefin thermoplastic elastomer or a styrene/conjugated diene block copolymer or its hydrogenation product. A coating film obtained by the use of the aqueous dispersion composition as an aqueous primer or an additive to a water paint is excellent in chipping resistance as well as in other properties such as film appearance, adhesion properties, heat resistance, moisture resistance and gasoline resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, more specifically to a thermoplastic resin composition with superior extrusion and calendar formability and directly coatable without using primer because the crosslinking density can be arranged to improve the physical and chemical properties of the composition and the solubility to the solvent is increased during the coating process by including processing oil, inorganic filler, crosslinking agent and crosslinking assistant in random polypropylene resin, highly-crystalline random polypropylene resin, highly-crystalline polyolefin resin, olefin copolymer rubber and low-density polyethylene resin. This thermoplastic resin composition may be suitable for the use as surface material of the inner parts of automobiles.

Abstract: A dry-wipeable overhead projector film ink is provided which includes a colorant, an acrylic polymer having a film forming temperature below room temperature, and water. Preferred inks further include a surfactant and an anti-drying agent. The inks are easily removable from most types of overhead projector film by wiping with a dry cloth or fingertip. Certain preferred inks are also removable by wiping with a wet cloth.

Abstract: A composite dielectric material comprising a resin resulting from a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a dielectric ceramic powder dispersed therein is useful in the high-frequency region. A composite magnetic material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a magnetic powder is also provided as well as a flame retardant material comprising a polyvinylbenzyl ether compound and a flame retardant. These materials may be used in the fabrication of substrates, prepreg sheets, coated metal foils, molded items, and metal foil-clad substrates.

Abstract: A pigment dispersion comprising pigment, an aqueous carrier selected from water and a mixture of water and at least one organic solvent, and a pigment dispersant is described. The pigment dispersant is prepared by controlled radical polymerization, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adhesive rubber mixtures consisting of at least one rubber and from 5 to 300 parts by weight of filler, the rubber having been prepared by polymerizing diolefins and, optionally, further vinylaromatic monomers in solution and introducing hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups, that rubber having a total content of from 0.05 to 5 wt. % of bonded hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups or their salts, a content of vinylaromatic monomers polymerized therein of from 0 to 50 wt. % and a content of diolefins of from 45 to 99.95 wt. %, the content of 1,2-bonded diolefins (vinyl content) being from 0 to 60 wt. % and the content of trans-1,4-bonded diolefin being from 0 to 40 wt. %, and from 2 to 20 parts by weight of sulfur or sulfur donors and, optionally, further rubbers, rubber auxiliaries and crosslinking agents.

Abstract: The open time of a cementitious composition, such as a grout, may be increased by the incorporating therein, as a binder, a polymer composition comprising a film-forming copolymer formed by polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising 1 to 3% of at least one monomer selected from the group of monomers consisting of amides of &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated C3 to C6 carboxylic acids and at least one hydroxy-(C1 to C8)alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, wherein the total amount of these monomers is from 2 to 7.5% by weight of said monomer mixture.

Abstract: An aqueous composition is essentially free of organic solvents, plasticizers and additional tackifiers and contains water and 20-99% by weight of a polymer and 1-80% by weight of a filler, the percentages by weight being based on the sum of the components of the aqueous composition, with the exception of water.

Abstract: An aqueous suspension is provided including a mixture of at least one aqueous suspension of precipitated silica and of at least one latex, in which the aqueous suspension of precipitated silica has a solids content of between 10 and 40% by weight, has a viscosity lower than 4×10−2 Pa s at a shear of 50 s−1 and, after centrifuging at 7500 revolutions per minute for 30 minutes, produces a supernatant containing more than 50% of the weight of the silica initially in suspension. This suspension can be employed in compositions based on an inorganic binder and in concrete compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to use of copolymers which are obtained through copolymerization, in the presence of a radical-polymerization initiator, of monomeric mixtures comprising:

Abstract: A process for forming certain aqueous polymeric dispersions including a first emulsion polymer having an average particle diameter of 150 to 3000 nanometers and a second emulsion polymer having an average particle diameter of 40 to 600 nanometers where at least the first emulsion polymer particles, when dry, contain at least one void is provided. Also provided are the aqueous polymeric dispersions made by the process and paper or paperboard coatings and paints including the aqueous polymeric dispersions.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aqueous suspension including a mixture of at least one aqueous suspension of precipitated silica and of at least one latex, in which the said aqueous suspension of precipitated silica has a solids content of between 10 and 40% by weight, has a viscosity lower than 4×10−2 Pa s at a shear of 50 s−1 and, after centrifuging at 7500 revolutions per minute for 30 minutes, produces a supernatant containing more than 50% of the weight of the silica initially in suspension.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersion of copolymers formed by the polymerization of a monomer mixture containing 0.05% to less than 4.5% by weight of certain terminally unsaturated oligomers are useful for improving the scrub resistance, corrosion resistance, opacifying capacity and/or efflorescence resistance of a coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing multifunctionalized polyorganosiloxanes (POSs) comprising alkoxyl functional siloxyl units and siloxyl units each having an SH functional group, which consists in introducing the SH functional group by the reaction of H2S on a precursor POS of formula: A—(RXSiO)a—(RYSiO)b—B where R is especially a C1-C6 alkyl radical, X is a C1-C15 alkoxyl radical, Y is a C2-C30 hydrocarbon group which includes an ethylenically unsaturated group from which the SH functionality derives, a is a number ranging from 1 to 150, b is a number ranging from 1 to 150, the number a+b ranging from 2 to 300 and A and B are terminal groups which are selected respectively, from, in particular, on the one hand (R)3SiO— radicals taken alone or as mixtures with (R)2XSiO— and/or R(X)2SiO— and/or (X)3SiO— radicals and on the other hand —Si(R)3 radicals taken alone or as mixtures with —SiX(R)2 and/or —Si(X)2R and/or —Si(

Abstract: The invention relates to an optionally foamed sealing composition for preformed seals which can swell when treated with water. The invention also relates to a method for the production thereof out of natural rubber and/or elastomers with a matrix comprised of natural rubber/elastomer components and particle-shaped water absorbing material stored therein. The water absorbing material is a combination of (A) polysaccharide(s) selected from cellulose, starch, starch derivatives removed from grafted starch, amylose, amylopectin, dextran, pectin, inulin, chitin, xanthan, alginic acid, alginates, carrageenan, pustulan, callose, laminarin, guluronic acid, pullulan, lichenin or mixtures of the same with (B) a highly water absorbent synthetic polymer selected from polymers based on (meth)acrylate, poly(meth)acrylic acid and the salts thereof, polyacrylamide, polyalcohols or copolymers of said synthetic polymers.

Abstract: A lap edge sealant composition is provided for adhering together overlapping sheets of roofing material which includes a rubbery polymer such as EPDM, a thermoplastic rubber, a tackifier, and a solvent, where the solvent is selected from aliphatic hydrocarbons, para-chlorobenzotrifluoride, or blends thereof. The lap edge sealant has a high solids content of about 65 to 90%, a volatile organic compound (VOC) content of less than about 250 g/l, and exhibits no more than about 35% shrinkage upon curing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reversible thermotropic plastics molding compound. Thermotropic molding compounds of this kind are used, amongst other things, for glass and coverings for shading and light/heat regulation in houses, cars, etc. The molding compound according to the invention consists of two compounds which are not thermodynamically miscible with one another. The first component consists of a plastics material, while the second component is not liquid-crystalline and has a refractive index which is the same as the first component in the transparent range and the temperature dependency of which is different from the temperature dependency of the refractive index of the first component. On raising the temperature, the transmission of the molding compound is thus altered.

Abstract: A polyethylene resin composition is prepared by first preparing a mixture by admixing the following components: (i) about 40-80% polyethylene, (ii) about 5-30% of a linear low density polyethylene prepared using a metallocene catalyst, (iii) about 1-10% of a low density polyethylene, and (iv) about 10-30% of a high density polyethylene and then heating the mixture at a temperature in the range of 80-120° C. for a time in the range of 0.45-1.5 hours. A polyethylene film composition is prepared by first preparing a mixture by admixing the following components: (i) about 40-80% polyethylene, (ii) about 5-30% of a linear low density polyethylene prepared using a metallocene catalyst, (iii) about 1-10% of a low density polyethylene, and (iv) about 10-30% of a high density polyethylene and then heating the mixture at a temperature in the range of 80-120° C. for a time in the range of 0.45-1.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resinous composite material has the good flowability of a meltage of the composite material during a molding process and can provide not only the excellent tensile strength, the excellent flexural strength, the excellent flexural elasticity and the excellent H.D.T of a product molded using the composite material but also provide the better impact resistance which can not be achieved by a composite material of the art. The thermoplastic resinous composite material is made from a mixture mainly consisting of mica, a wood cellulose filler and a thermoplastic resin. The mix proportion of mica, the wood cellulose filler and the thermoplastic resin is 10-50 weight by parts 10-43 weight by parts: 70-82 weight by parts.

Abstract: A kneaded rubber for expandable formulation, such as a material for die forming. The polymer components in the kneaded rubber principally comprise a polymer alloy, further comprising a sea phase of a ethylene/&agr;-olefin/non-olefin/non-conjugated polyene terpolymer rubber and an island phase of a polyolefin resin. The polyolefin resin wholly or largely comprises a monomer C4-C6 &agr;-olefin and has an MFR of at least 15 g/10 min at 190° C. under a load of 2.196 kgf according to ASTMD 1238. The kneaded rubber satisfies the following Mooney viscosity profile formula according to JIS K 6300: (ML1+480° C.)−(ML1+4160° C.)≧15.

Abstract: An ultraviolet light absorbing material that resists blooming and migration is made up of a fluoropolymer and an amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound, wherein the polymer and the amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound are hydrogen bonded to one another. Polymeric films that contain a polymeric matrix and the ultraviolet light absorbing material are useful as the top layer in multilayer constructions such as retroreflective sheetings and conformable marking sheets.

Abstract: The invention provides solid supported anionic catalysts, suitable for gas phase anionic polymerization of conjugated diene monomers, that are useful for anionically producing very high molecular weight branched diene polymers, such as styrene butadiene rubber, polybutadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, and the like. The catalysts comprise a metalatable particle, such as a bound rubber, a thermoplastic polymer or a cured elastomer, that is multiply metalated with Group IA alkali metal atoms. The multi-branched diene polymers obtained by gas phase anionic polymerization employing the catalysts exhibit desirable properties, such as an extremely high molecular weight, a controlled molecular weight distribution, Tg and vinyl content, and the ability to readily absorb hydrocarbon solvents and oils. The polymers are easily compounded to form vulcanizable elastomeric compounds and articles, such as tires, that have excellent resistance to wear and tear and exhibit reduced hysteresis properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compounded rubber composition comprising: (a) a hydrogenated, polydiene diol based polyurethane having a hard segment content of 10% or greater; (b) a non-polar extender oil in an amount from 10 to 400 phr; and/or (c) one or more thermoplastic resin(s) in an amount from 5 to 100 phr. The invention further relates to molded articles prepared from the compounded rubber composition of the present invention.

Abstract: A surface-fluorinated metal oxide particulate comprising a metal oxide particulate selected from titanium, aluminum, silicon, silver, copper, zirconium, zinc, tin, germanium, tantalum and the like, being reacted with fluorine and a process for manufacturing such surface-treated metal oxide particulates are disclosed. The process allows easy and efficient fluorination of the surface of metal oxide particulates in any desired ratio. The surface-fluorinated metal oxide particulates of the present invention are useful as an additive for weatherable paints, weatherable resins, cosmetics and the like.