Abstract: A method to form a polymeric material is disclosed. The method provides a water immiscible solvent and one or more condensation monomers, where those one or more condensation monomers are essentially insoluble in the water immiscible solvent. The one or more condensation monomers may be either a solid or a liquid at room temperature. The method forms a reaction mixture comprising a suspension of one or more solid condensation monomers, or an emulsion of one or more liquid condensation monomers, in the water immiscible solvent. The method includes heating the reaction mixture to form the polymeric material product. That polymeric material is then separated from said reaction mixture.

Abstract: Organosilicone and vinyl ester copolymers free from phase separation are prepared by copolymerizing at least one vinyl ester monomer with organosilicones containing difunctional silicone monomers and optionally a minor amount of monofunctional silicone monomers, in a non-aqueous solvent mixture containing at least one solvent with a transfer coefficient greater than 20·10?4 relative to vinyl acetate.

Abstract: A liquid composition which is a precursor to a solid surface material comprises a liquid polymerizable component and two different solid particle distributions with an added polycarboxylic acid or salt retarding or preventing particle settling.

Abstract: Processes for the preparation of polyol fatty acid polyesters comprise heating a mixture of polyol, fatty acid ester, emulsifying agent and catalyst. In one embodiment, the fatty acid chains of the fatty acid ester have from about 6 to about 14 total carbon atoms and the emulsifying agent comprises a fatty acid soap having fatty acid chains of from about 16 to about 22 total carbon atoms.

Abstract: An improved emulsion polymerization process for producing an oil and water repellent finish for textiles wherein the improvement comprises polymerization in an aqueous solution containing 0.1 to 4.9% by weight of dipropylene-glycol monomethyl ether acetate or propylene glycol diacetate relative to water is disclosed.

Abstract: A rubber-modified flame resistant styrene resin composition, which has superior heat stability and weather resistance to prevent discoloration and deterioration due to heat or light and is processed under various molding condition, is provided. The rubber-modified flame resistant styrene resin composition includes a rubber-modified styrene resin, flame retardant comprising compounds selected from a group consisting of tetrabromobisphenol-A-bis(2,3-dibromopropylether), hexabromocyclododecane and a mixture thereof, and brominated epoxy oligomer, and calcium stearate as a lubricant.

Abstract: A carboxyl group-containing polymer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a carboxyl group-containing polymer (A) prepared by copolymerizing an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid (a) with a compound (b) having at least two ethylenic unsaturated groups; and 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of at least one compound (B) selected from an ester (c) obtained from a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, and an alkylene oxide adduct of an ester (d) obtained from a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid. Since the carboxyl group-containing polymer composition is excellent in the solubility in water and gives the aqueous solution excellent thickening property, the polymer composition can be suitably used as a thickener for various aqueous solutions.

Abstract: A method of protecting surfaces from corrosion calls for providing a coating material containing polyisocyanates with unreacted, active NCO groups; and applying the coating material to a rust covered surface, whereby the free NCO groups in the coating material react with the moisture in the rust to dehydrate the rust and produce a strong coating which keeps out water and oxygen which corrode surfaces. The active NCO content is about 3% to about 20% NCO groups. Also disclosed is a composition for coating an iron surface, the composition comprising polyisocyanates whose NCO content is between 5% and 30%; and aluminum flakes at about 5% to about 50% by weight.

Abstract: Polyhydroxyalkanoate type polyester that comprises one unit % or more of 3-hydroxy-&ohgr;-(4-vinylphenyl)alkanoic acid units. A microbial production method is also provided.

Abstract: A method to form a polymeric material is disclosed. The method provides a water immiscible solvent and one or more condensation monomers, where those one or more condensation monomers are essentially insoluble in the water immiscible solvent. The one or more condensation monomers may be either a solid or a liquid at room temperature. The method forms a reaction mixture comprising a suspension of one or more solid condensation monomers, or an emulsion of one or more liquid condensation monomers, in the water immiscible solvent. The method includes heating the reaction mixture to form the polymeric material product. That polymeric material is then separated from said reaction mixture.

Abstract: This invention provides a polymer polyol composition (I) comprising a polyol (A) and polymer particles (B) dispersed in (A), the polymer particles (B) being formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b) in a polyol, wherein the content of (B) in (I) is from 35 to 75 mass %, based on the mass of (I), and the amount of soluble polymers (P) dissolved in (A) is not more than 5 mass %, based on the mass of (A), and provides methods for producing the polymer polyol composition (I). Further, this invention provides a method for producing a foamed or non-foamed polyurethane resin, which method comprises reacting a polyol component with a polyisocyanate component in the presence or absence of a blowing agent, wherein the above polymer polyol composition is used at least as a portion of the polyol component.

Abstract: A fire resistant resin composition, a method of making the fire resistant resin composition and an electrical wire comprising the fire resistant resin composition are provided. The fire resistant composition includes a halogen-free propylene resin containing propylene as its main monomer component, a halogen-free styrene-based thermoplastic elastomeric resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative of such an acid, and a fire resistant metal hydroxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel formulations for water proofing leather, a process for waterproofing leather, and leather goods waterproofed by the formulations and processes of the present invention. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of a composition containing a salt of polyalkyl carboxylic acid anhydride, an aliphatic carboxylic acid amide, a fatty alcohol or blend of fatty alcohols, an alcohol cosolvent, a preservative, and water for imparting improved hydrophobicity, flexibility, and/or product feel of the finished leather goods.

Abstract: A solid and/or cellular polyurethane elastomers which are produced using polyester polyols are disclosed. The elastomers which exhibit improved stability to hydrolysis are characterized in that their preparation is carried out in the presence of at least one esters of monobasic carboxylic acid or polybasic carboxylic acids, the (first) dissociation constant (pK) of which is 0.5 to 4.

Abstract: Resin for a binder suitable for mineral fibers such as glass or stone wool, said resin comprising the reaction product of a polymer free mixture of an amine with a first anhydride and a second anhydride, characterized in that the first and second anhydrides are different anhydrides.

Abstract: Solvent based poly(urethane/urea) resins suitable for formulating flexographic and gravure laminating printing ink and coating compositions formed from a poly(urethane) prepolymer solution made from a blend of polymeric diols and diols reacted with diisocyanates and then with diamine in an organic solvent. The resin is prepared by adding the poly(urethane) prepolymer solution at a controlled rate to the diamine in a organic solvent which allows a resin solution to be formed, which may be used in the formulation of laminating printing ink and coating compositions without the need for adjuvants, grinding in polyvinyl butyral or blending with nitrocellulose base.

Abstract: A composition of polyolefin, ester additive, and hyperbranched polymer with improved tensile energy-to-break value compared to polyolefins wihtout the hyperbranched polymer. The concentration of the hyperbranched polymers can be between about 0.1% and about 10% by weight of the polyolefins. The polyolefins have a melt flow index of about 14 g/10 min or greater.

Abstract: A polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) having a desired configuration is produced using a raw material containing &ohgr;-(4-vinylphenyl)-alkanoic acid and (&ohgr;-substituted alkanoic acid in which a group having a ring structure selected from phenyl, thienyl, and cyclohexyl structures substitutes therefor on the end thereof by producing a PHA copolymer containing the corresponding 3-hydroxy-&ohgr;-(4-vinylphenyl)-alkanoate unit and the corresponding 3-hydroxy-&ohgr;-substituted alkanoate unit by making use of a microorganism capable of producing the PHA or by oxidizing a predetermined portion of the corresponding PHA.

Abstract: A synthetic latex is prepared by charging a portion of water and a monomer as raw materials in a reactor in a ratio of monomer/water, at which a maximum ultimate pressure in said reactor that is attained if an initial composition in said reactor before the initiation of the polymerization is polymerized from a polymerization initiation temperature in an insulated state, is within a practical proof pressure of said reactor; initiating the polymerization; adding dropwise the remainder of said water and said monomer during the polymerization, continuously or intermittently, and performing the emulsion polymerization. As a result, the emulsion polymerization can be stably performed while controlling the temperature and pressure in said reactor in a runaway reaction in all processes of the method of preparing the synthetic latex, thus making it possible to improve the productivity.

Abstract: This invention provides a polymer polyol composition (I) comprising a polyol (A) and polymer particles (B) dispersed in (A), the polymer particles (B) being formed by polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated compound (b) in a polyol, wherein the content of (B) in (I) is from 35 to 75 mass %, based on the mass of (I), and the amount of soluble polymers (P) dissolved in (A) is not more than 5 mass %, based on the mass of (A), and provides methods for producing the polymer polyol composition (I). Further, this invention provides a method for producing a foamed or non-foamed polyurethane resin, which method comprises reacting a polyol component with a polyisocyanate component in the presence or absence of a blowing agent, wherein the above polymer polyol composition is used at least as a portion of the polyol component.

Abstract: Novel latex or emulsion compositions containing internally plasticizing and crosslinkable monomers derived from traditional semi-drying or non-drying oils are disclosed and claimed. The monomers are ethylenically unsaturated derivatives of long-chain olefinic compounds. Preferred embodiments include latex formed from acrylate or methacrylate esters of fatty alcohols. A process for the synthesis of the latex composition is also disclosed, which involves (a) polymerization of the ethylenically unsaturated derivatives of a long-chain olefinic compound 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° C.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition is calendered to produce a film or a sheet. The polyester resin composition is a polyester having a crystallization half time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes combined with an additive for preventing sticking of the polyester to calendering rolls.

Abstract: A calendered film or sheet of a polyester resin composition has a haze value of less than 5 percent. The polyester resin composition comprises a polyester having a crystallization half-time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes and an additive comprising (i) a fatty acid or a salt of a fatty acid containing more than 18 carbon atoms and (ii) an ester wax comprising a fatty acid containing more than 18 carbon atoms with an alcohol containing from 2 to 28 carbon atoms, wherein the ratio of the fatty acid or salt of the fatty acid to the ester wax is 1:1 or greater. Also, the present invention is a process for producing such calendered film or sheet having a haze value of less than 5 percent.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions that exhibit characteristics which make them useful as grind resins for preparing grind vehicles for ink and coating formulations. In particular, this invention relates to rosin-fatty acid vinylic grind resin compositions obtained from the addition polymerization reaction of a mixture of rosin and fatty acid and a mixture of (meth)acrylic and vinylic monomers.

Abstract: A calendered film or sheet of a polyester resin composition has a haze value of less than 5 percent. The polyester resin composition comprises a polyester having a crystallization half-time from a molten state of at least 5 minutes and an additive comprising (i) a fatty acid or a salt of a fatty acid containing more than 18 carbon atoms and (ii) an ester wax comprising a fatty acid containing more than 18 carbon atoms with an alcohol containing from 2 to 28 carbon atoms, wherein the ratio of the fatty acid or salt of the fatty acid to the ester wax is 1:1 or greater. Also, the present invention is a process for producing such calendered film or sheet having a haze value of less than 5 percent.

Abstract: A composition comprising a polymer dispersion wherein said polymer is formed by reacting in the presence of water and in the presence of the reaction product of (i) one or more carboxylic fatty acids; and (ii) ammonia or one or more polyfunctional aromatic or aliphatic amines: (1) one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers which is capable of polymerizing in an aqueous environment is provided.

Abstract: Polymer polyols and process for their production are disclosed. The process requires the selection of specified free radical polymerization initiators and amounts thereof to produce a polymer polyol having desired properties including a Brookfield Viscosity of equal to or less than (a e[(0.051)(b)]) where “a” is the viscosity of the carrier polyol and “b” is the [(weight fraction of solids)(100)].

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of thermomechanically mixing of a rubber composition containing a fatty acid selected from the group consisting of soya fatty acid, sunflower fatty acid and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A nutritional composition for adding to food for enhancing and extending the satiety of the food by stimulating CCK levels in a calorically efficient manner and for reducing weight. The nutritional composition includes long chain fatty acids (C12 to C18) being in the range of 1.0 to 6.0 grams by weight of the composition; a calcium (C23) source being in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 grams by weight of the composition; potato fiber being in the range of 1.0 to 6.0 grams by weight of the composition; whey protein enriched with glycomacropeptide being in the range of 1.0 to 5.0 grams by weight of the composition; glucomannan fiber being in the range of 0.5 to 4.0 grams by weight of the composition; guar fiber being in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 grams by weight of the composition; alfalfa being in the range of 0.05 to 3.0 grams by weight of the composition; and wherein the food is selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat.

Abstract: A sterile or non-sterile flavored monomeric adhesive composition includes a flavoring additive and a monomer. The composition can be applied, for example, to skin or the inside of the mouth. A method of making a sterile, flavored adhesive composition includes placing a mixture of a polymerizable adhesive monomer and a flavoring additive in a container, sealing the container, and sterilizing the mixture and the container. The flavored adhesive composition is particularly useful as a medical adhesive and can include 1,1-disubstituted ethylene monomers, such as &agr;-cyanoacrylates.

Abstract: Vinylic polymer compositions having a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 4,000 to about 12,000 are produced by reacting, in an addition polymerization reaction, a fatty acid rosin mixture and a monomer mixture at a temperature in the range of about 135° C. to about 175° C. These compositions exhibit properties that make them useful as support resins for ink and overprint formulations and as additives for formulating various coating compositions.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions and the process for preparing them. In particular, the invention relates to novel rosin-fatty acid vinylic polymer compositions which exhibit properties that make them useful as support resins for ink and overprint formulations.

Abstract: A polyurea-polymer formulation suitable for preparing a molded polyurea polymer includes a polyisocyanate, an isocyanate-reactive material, and a fatty-acid ester. The fatty-acid ester is present in an amount effective for providing a molded polyurea polymer prepared from the formulation with blister resistance such that when the molded polyurea polymer is exposed to moisture and a temperature of at least about 350° F. (177° C.), the molded polyurea polymer is substantially free of blisters. A fatty-acid ester suitable for use with these formulations can be natural or synthetic, and one example includes jojoba oil. A polyurea-polymer formulation can also include other components known to be useful with polyurea polymers such as fillers, catalysts, surfactants, and polyepoxides. A molded polyurea polymer can be prepared from a polyurea-polymer formulation. One method suitable for preparing a molded polyurea polymer includes reaction injection molding.

Abstract: The present invention provides to an organo-bridged ladderlike polysiloxane having the following formula: and a tube-like organosilicon polymer, complexes thereof and the method for producing the same.

Abstract: A heat curable silicone rubber composition, having improved resistance to engine coolants and oils, including long-life coolants and synthetic motor oils, comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of an organosiloxane polymer base comprising an organosiloxane polymer containing at least 2 silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in each molecule and 1 to 65 weight percent reinforcing silica filler, (B) curing component sufficient to cure the composition when heated, and (C) an effective amount of at least one metal salt additive selected from the group consisting of monobasic alkali metal phosphates, alkali metal oxalates, alkali metal tartrates, alkali metal tetraborates, alkali metal phthalates, alkali metal citrates; dibasic metal phosphates where the metal is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium; metal acetates, where the metal is selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium; metal sulfates where the metal is selected from the group consisting of s

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous emulsions, a process for the preparation and the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane resins, in which, in an ester as solvent, a) at least one compound having 2 hydroxyl and/or amino groups, b) at least one di- and/or polyisocyanate, c) at least one compound containing 2 groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, these compounds containing, at least in part, at least one group capable of forming anions which is neutralized before or after incorporation of component (c) into the polyurethane molecule, and d) at least one compound having at least 3 hydroxyl and/or amino groups are used to prepare a polyurethane resin, preferably using components (a), (b) and (c) to prepare an intermediate which has terminal isocyanate groups and at least some of whose free isocyanate groups are subsequently reacted with component (d), characterized in that ethoxyethyl propionate is employed as solvent.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate adhesive composition is disclosed which has a lowered adhesion to the skin and contains at least one compound selected from the groups mentioned below and an anionic polymerization accelerator: A: An aliphatic alcohol having an aliphatic group in which 6 or more carbon atoms are directly bonded with each other; B: An aliphatic carboxylic acid ester having an aliphatic group in which 6 or more carbon atoms are directly bonded with each other; C: An aliphatic carboxylic acid ester having at least 2 aliphatic groups in which 4 or more carbon atoms are directly bonded with each other; and D: A carboxylic acid ester of a carbocyclic compound having, in a carboxylic acid residue or alcohol residue, an aliphatic group in which 5 or more carbon atoms are directly bonded with each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinkable impregnating dielectric composition comprising a polydiene polyol, a polyisocyanate and a chemically inert liquid filler, (an insulating liquid) characterized in that a sufficient amount of the said liquid filler is used in order to maintain a viscosity of less than 50 mPa s at the impregnation temperature for a period at least equal to 1 day and in order to obtain a tans at 20° C. and at 50 Hz, after complete crosslinking, of less than 0.02. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the said composition.

Abstract: A curable release coating composition is provided, comprising (a) a cationically curable functionalized polyorganosiloxane; (b) a photoinitiator; and (c) an adhesion promoter having the following formula (1): wherein R1 to R3 and R7 to R9 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R4 and R6 are are independently alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon groups having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and R5 is an alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl hydrocarbon or halohydrocarbon group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. Cured release coatings from theses compositions exhibit less rub off than other coatings, particularly on plastic substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable silicone composition which contains an air-oxidation-curable unsaturated compound, and which is cured by means of a hydrosilylation reaction and a condensation reaction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pressure-sensitive removable adhesives based on polyacrylates, characterized in that they comprise a compound of formula: wherein R1, R2 and R3, which are identical or different, represent a linear or branched C1-C8, preferably C2-C6, alkyl radical; and R4 represents H or an acyl radical COR5 wherein R5 is a linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl radical. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of said adhesives. The present invention further relates to adhesive labels and tapes comprising said adhesives.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersion of a vinylidene fluoride (VdF) polymer which comprises a VdF polymer having a particle size of not more than 200 nm and contains 30 to 50% by weight of solids and not more than 1% by weight of a fluorine-containing surfactant on the basis of water. This aqueous dispersion is prepared by emulsion-polymerizing VdF monomer or a monomer mixture containing VdF under coexistence of not more than 1% by weight of the fluorine-containing surfactant and 0.001 to 0.1% by weight of a nonionic non-fluorine-containing surfactant on the basis of water, and is suitably used for paints.

Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to isocyanate reactive systems which have an internal mold release agents having improved stability. The isocyanate reactive system includes (1) at least one compound containing a plurality of isocyanate-reactive groups and (2) an internal mold release system comprising (a) a carboxylic acid and (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of a fatty polyester, a fatty acid ester and a fatty amide, and a surfactant selected rom the group consisting of ethoxylated alcohols, propoxylated alcohols or blends thereof.

Abstract: A cyanoacrylate adhesive composition is disclosed which has a lowered adhesion to the skin and contains at least one compound selected from the groups mentioned below and an anionic polymerization accelerator:

Abstract: Novel latex or emulsion compositions containing internally plasticizing and crosslinkable monomers derived from traditional semi-drying or non-drying oils are disclosed and claimed. The monomers are ethylenically unsaturated esters of long-chain olefinic compounds. Preferred embodiments include latex formed from acrylate or methacrylate esters of hydroxy fatty acid esters derived from castor oil or lesquerella oil. A process for the synthesis of the latex composition is also disclosed, which involves (a) an esterification reaction of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivatives with a substituted hydroxy long-chain olefinic compound; (b) subsequent polymerization of the so formed ethylenically unsaturated ester of a long-chain olefinic compound in an aqueous phase with at least one other copolymerizable monomer; and (c) blending so formed polymer with at least one drier and a surfactant to form the novel latex or emulsion compositions.

Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a composition that can form silica thin films, wherein said composition performs well as a substrate planarizing coating when applied to a substrate and can be converted by exposure to high-energy radiation into silica thin film with an excellent electrical insulating performance. The composition for the formation of silica thin films comprises (A) a hydrogen silsesquioxane resin that contains at least 45 weight % hydrogen silsesquioxane resin with a molecular weight no greater than 1,500; and (B) solvent. A silica thin film is produced by evaporating the solvent (B), and then converting at least a portion of the hydrogen silsesquioxane resin (A) to silica by exposing the surface of the said substrate to high-energy radiation. The preferred substrate is a semiconductor substrate having at least one electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: Alkyl cyanoacrylate compositions comprising at least one alkyl cyanoacrylate, a biocompatible plasticizer (preferably an acyl trialkyl citrate wherein the acyl group contains from 2 to 4 carbon atoms and each alkyl group contains from 4 to 6 carbon atoms), and SO2 as an anionic polymerization inhibitor are provided. These compositions are suitable for topical application to human skin.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising a copolymer which is the polymerization product of a mixture of vinylic monomers wherein from about 5% to about 90% by weight of the vinylic monomers are selected from co-esters of a drying oil acid and an unsaturated &agr;, &bgr;-polymerizable unsaturated carboxylic acid, contains from about 0.5% to about 50% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of a hydrophobic ester or partial ester of a drying oil acid and a polyol. The copolymer polymerized in the presence of the hydrophobic ester or partial ester is characterized by a relatively low gel content, and by a relatively broad, multi-nodal, molecular weight distribution, including a low molecular weight component which acts as a transient plasticizer and coalescing agent. The aqueous dispersions can be formulated into quick drying coating compositions which form smooth protective films on various substrates, without requiring volatile coalescing agents.

Abstract: A catalyst composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a titanium compound, a complexing agent, hypophosphorous acid or its metal salt, water and optionally a solvent. The complexing agent can be hydroxycarboxylic acid, alkanolamines, aminocarboxylic acids, or combinations of two or more thereof. The solvent can be water, ethanol, propanol, isopropanol, butanol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, isopropylene glycol, butylene glycol, 1-methyl propylene glycol, pentylene glycol, or combinations of two or more thereof. The titanium compound can be combined with a zirconium compound. Also disclosed is a process for using the composition for producing an ester or a polyester. The process comprises contacting a carbonyl compound, in the presence of the compositions, with an alcohol under a condition suitable for esterification, transesterification, polymerization, or combinations of two or more thereof.