Abstract: Novel articles, in particular films, made from polymers, which are elastic, impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor. Said articles are made from a composition comprising a dispersion of an elastomer in an aqueous solvent, a hydrophilic compound and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: This invention is a substantially completely biodegradable high starch polymer using completely biodegradable high polymer polyvinyl alcohol [PVOH] that is made to be compatible with starch. The two ingredients are mixed with the optional addition of elasticity enhancer and supplement agent to better the stability and durability of the products. During the mixing and heating process the starch molecular structures are randomized. The randomized starch molecules, the PVOH, the elasticity enhancer and the supplement then under go the process of co-polymerization. The mixture is then extruded, at a temperature that is above the crystallization temperature of the starch molecules, to form the first stage product, the pellets. The pellets can then be extruded into films using a traditional plastic film extruder.

Abstract: Method for the manufacture of a phenolic resin emulsion and/or dispersion, wherein an aldehyde, a phenolic compound and an alkaline catalyst are allowed to react at a temperature of 40-100° C. until a desired degree of condensation is achieved, and the pH of the resin is adjusted to a value below 9 using an acid in the presence of a surface active agent or a mixture thereof at a temperature below 100° C. and a phenolic resin emulsion and/or dispersion is obtained providing a colorless or light-colored glue line or surface when cured.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of composition board, particleboard, fiberboard, waferboard and oriented strandboard as well as new and useful products thereof are provided for by the separation of one portion of the solid constituents of the composition board and the separate blending of that portion with adhesive before combining and mixing that portion with the remaining solid constituents of the composition board product. The method and product is particularly adapted to the use of fines as the one portion of the solid component of composition board and utilizing the precoated fines as an adhesive carrier in the final step of mixing or blending of the fines with the remaining composition board components.

Abstract: A suspension of finally divided hardened aminoplast or phenoplast resin, particularly melamine-formaldehyde resin, is prepared by mixing an aqueous solution of the resin or its precursors with a water-insoluble stabilizing agent, particularly microcrystalline cellulose; sufficient water is provided to exceed the water tolerance level of the resin and thus form a uniform emulsion or suspension of resin particles in water. Cure of the resin is then advanced such as by heating to form partially or fully cured resin particles of relatively uniform particle size.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of composition board, particleboard, fiberboard, waferboard and oriented strandboard as well as new and useful products thereof are provided for by the separation of one portion of the solid constituents of the composition board and the separate blending of that portion with adhesive before combining and mixing that portion with the remaining solid constituents of the composition board product. The method and product is particularly adapted to the use of fines as the one portion of the solid component of composition board and utilizing the precoated fines as an adhesive carrier in the final step of mixing or blending of the fines with the remaining composition board components.

Abstract: Self-reversible, stable, water-in-oil dispersions, miscible with water, constituted by an oil phase, an aqueous phase and at least two emulsifying agents of which at least one is of water-in-oil type, and at least one is of oil-in-water type, which contain 20 to 50% by weight of a mixture constituted by a hydrosoluble anionic polymer belonging to the group of carboxymethylcelluloses (C), and by a cross-linked, synthetic anionic polymer, insoluble in water but water-swellable (P), based on acrylic acid (AA), partially salified with an alkali metal (M), optionally copolymerized with 2-acrylamido 2-methyl propanesulphonate of the alkali metal M (AMPSM), cross-linked with a diethylenic carboxylic acid and in which the molar ratio of the salified acid functions to the total number of free or salified acid functions is comprised between about 0.6 and about 0.9, the ratio by weight C/P+C being comprised between 0.01 and 0.4, preparation process and use for obtaining a printing paste.

Abstract: Formaldehyde containing resins used as curing, setting or crosslinking resins in a variety of natural product adhesives can be made with surprisingly low and novel levels of free formaldehyde, can be made using reactants that can remove free formaldehyde from the resin solution or from the adhesive.

Abstract: An improvement in a process for the preparation of neutralized urea aldehyde polmeric dispersions by acid catalyzed reaction of urea with formaldehyde plus a higher aldehyde having from two to four carbon atoms wherein the improvement comprises reacting urea with formaldehyde and a polyfunctional aldehyde selected from the group consisting of a dialdehyde of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms or a polymer of formaldehyde such as a hydroxyaldehyde or polysaccharide which has a reactive, reducible aldehyde group wherein the mole ratio of formaldehyde to the polyfunctional aldehyde is at least 3:1. The products are useful as long term, sprayable fertilizers, especially for grasses.

Abstract: A paper coating composition is described, containing a pigment and an aqueous binder as major components, and further containing a mixture of a reaction product between (a) at least one alkylenediamine or polyalkylenepolyamine and (b) epihalohydrin, and (Y) a water-soluble resin obtained by reacting urea, polyalkylenepolyamine, and dibasic carboxylic acid and reacting the resulting polyamidopolyurea with formaldehyde, or containing these reaction products.

Abstract: A paper coating composition is described, containing a pigment and an aqueous binder as major components, and further containing a thermosetting resin in aqueous solution, obtained by reacting or mixing (Y) a water-soluble resin obtained by reacting urea, polyalkylenepolyamine, and dibasic carboxylic acid and reacting the resulting polyamidopolyurea with formaldehyde, (a) at least one alkylenediamine or polyalkylenepolyamine, and (b) epihalohydrin, or the reaction product between (Y) and (b) with (a).