Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: An ink-jet ink which contains a coloring composition which is formed by dispersing coloring particulates in a water-based medium, and the coloring particulates containing a nonionic oil-soluble polymer, a hydrophobic high boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more, and an oil-soluble dye. Further, an ink jet recording method, in which recording is carried out using an ink-jet ink which contains a coloring composition, the coloring composition being formed by dispersing coloring particulates in a water-based medium, and the coloring particulates containing a nonionic oil-soluble polymer, a hydrophobic high boiling point organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or more, and an oil-soluble dye.

Abstract: Use of pigments according to formula (I) 1

Abstract: A composition comprising alkylthio- or aryl(heteroyl)thio-substituted p-phenylenediamine, its method of preparation, and its use as an antidegradant in natural or synthetic rubber.

Abstract: A process for separating a solvent and low molecular weight material from an acrylic resin by adding a hindered amine light stabilizer having at least one aminoether group to a mixture of the organic solvent, low molecular weight material and the acrylic resin and subjecting the resulting mixture to an elevated temperature for a time sufficient to remove the solvent and low molecular weight material from the acrylic resin by devolatilization. A composition can be provided which is capable of being formed into a powder coating composition which essentially contains an acrylic resin, a hindered amine light stabilizer having at least one aminoether group or residue thereof and less than 4% by weight of low molecular weight material having a molecular weight less than 600.

Abstract: A vulcanizable composition comprising a sulfur vulcanizable rubber, a sulfur vulcanizing agent, an accelerating agent selected from the group consisting of non-thiazole sulfenamide accelerators in an amount effective to not substantially inhibit vulcanization and an amount effective to improve the hardness stabilization of said rubber upon vulcanization of a hardness stabilization agent comprising a pyrimidine derivative. A method of improving the hardness stabilization of a composition comprising a sulfur vulcanizable rubber by adding to said composition the accelerators and pyrimidine derivative.

Abstract: Use of the pigment of formula (I) in which X stands for Cl or CH3, and of formula (II) wherein R is phenyl or C12H25, for the coloration of polyolefins which do not warp.

Abstract: A stabilizer mixture containing

Abstract: A composition including 8-hydroxyquinaldine and an N-acyl taurate is useful in compounding elastomer compositions. Compositions are described containing elastomers such as rubbers, metal oxides, plasticizers, fillers, antioxidants and curing agents. Rubber compositions of the invention have utility in a wide variety of applications.

Abstract: The contents of clear or lightly colored plastic containers or films are protected from ultraviolet radiation by the incorporation of certain UV absorbers of the class of durable benzotriazoles and tris-aryl-s-triazines in the container or film. Contents to be protected include foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like.

Abstract: A composition is disclosed comprising: (A) a thermoplastic resin; and (B) a stabilizing amount of a blend of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, at least one aromatic amine and/or N,N′-substituted oxamide antioxidant, and at least one lactone antioxidant having a 3-phenylbenzofuran-2-one structure. A method is also disclosed for stabilizing a thermoplastic resin, wherein the method comprises adding thereto a stabilizing amount of a blend of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant, at least one aromatic amines and/or N,N′-substituted oxamide antioxidant, and at least one lactone antioxidant having a 3-phenylbenzofuran-2-one structure.

Abstract: An additive-containing resin molded article which suffers from little exudation or vaporization of an additive and sustains the effect of the additive for a long period of time and in which reductions in various physical properties due to molecular weight reduction of a polyester resin are suppressed, and a process for producing the same are provided. When a polyester resin 5 is heat-melted and molded into a prescribed shape by means of an extruder 1, etc., a bi- or multi-functional additive 6 having at least one of a functional hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, and ester bond is added and allowed to react with the polymer molecules of the molten polyester resin 5 to obtain an additive-containing resin molded article 50 in which the additive 6 is bonded to the polymer molecules through an ester linkage or an amide linkage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to benzoxazinone compounds having a yellow index less than about 0, and a sodium concentration less than about 50 ppm. This invention also relates to a process for preparing these compounds comprising the step of reacting an isatoic anhydride with approximately stoichiometric amounts of an acylating compound, where the isatoic anhydride is purified by re-crystallization or other purification methods.

Abstract: A microbe-inhibiting (MI) compound is incorporated into a biodegradable polymer composition, most preferably, a starch-based polymer, to inhibit microbial growth and to attenuate the biodegradation of the polymer composition. Such a composition is used to manufacture any of a number of articles, particularly those that come in contact with foods such as foam containers and fruit shock absorber nets as well as packing materials such as loose fill pellets.

Abstract: The present invention provides additive packages for polyolefins The additive packages of the present invention comprise at least one non-phenolic antioxidant and a hindered amine light stabilizer. The additive packages may contain other additives as needed, and may optionally include an acid scavenger. Articles made from the resultant polymers, such as radiator surge tanks, exhibit enhanced stain and discoloration resistance upon exposure to high temperatures and harsh chemicals such as those experienced in “under the hood” spaces of modem automobiles.

Abstract: About 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered phenol-series compound, about 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a weather (light)-resistant stabilizer, and about 0.001 to 10 parts by weight of a spiro-compound having a triazine ring are added to 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin. The spiro-compound may be a compound represented by the following formula (1). The polyacetal resin composition may further comprise a coloring agent, a processing stabilizer, a heat stabilizer, and others.

Abstract: A chemical amplification photoresist monomer, a photoresist polymer prepared thereof, and a photoresist composition using the polymer. More specifically, a chemical amplification photoresist polymer comprising a fluorine-containing monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a composition comprising the polymer.

Abstract: Optical disc adhesives and lacquers comprising components that undergo free-radical polymerization when exposed to radiation and a cure-enhancing amount of R-SH, wherein R is a heterocycle; cationic, free-radical, and hybrid adhesives for digital versatile discs (DVD) comprising components that undergo cationic and/or free-radical polymerization when exposed to radiation and a corrosion-inhibiting amount of R-SH, R1-R2 and/or an acyclic thiol, wherein R is a heterocycle, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl as a substituent of R2 or forming with R2 a bicyclic structure, and R2 is a heterocycle comprising at least one double bond and at least two N atoms; and optical media, e.g., CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD, and the like, that include one, or a combination, of the foregoing inventive adhesive or lacquer compositions.

Abstract: A layer-forming antireflective composition is proposed which contains as a base polymer poly(hydroxyamide) or polybenzoxazole and as dye component at least one dye from the classes of the methine dyes, methine dye derivatives, azomethine dyes, azomethine dye derivatives, coumarin dyes, coumarin dye derivatives, triphenylmethane dyes, triphenylmethane dye derivatives and/or an azo dye.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymers and oligomers, methods of their synthesis, and electronic devices comprising them.

Abstract: A process for preparing a high gloss retention resin molding formulation comprising a polyester resin and a polycarbonate resin where the process comprises the steps of selecting a desirable colorant which is stable at molding temperatures and has desirable color retention properties when subjected to weathering, determining an optimized concentration of the colorant for maximizing gloss retention properties of the selected colorant by performing weathering test at differing concentrations of the colorant, and optionally determining a suitable gloss enhancing.

Abstract: A photochromic compound which by itself develops a color tone of a neutral tint, exhibits a large fading rate and offers a good photochromic light resistance.

Abstract: A composition comprising 2-alkylthio- or 2-aryl(heteroyl)thio-substituted p-phenylenediamine, its method of preparation, and its use as an antidegradant in natural or synthetic rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a methyl methacrylate resin composition exhibiting superior durability without impairing the transparency inherent to a methyl methacrylate resin, which comprises a methyl methacrylate resin and a 2-(1-arylalkylidene)malonic acid ester in an amount of 0.0005 to 0.1 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the methyl methacrylate resin.

Abstract: A plastic film or laminates comprising films blended with flame retardants and corrosion inhibitors to provide simultaneous flame retardancy and corrosion protection for metallic particles when enclosed or packaged in envelopes comprising such films. The additives, while typically mutually antagonistic, are compatible when the flame component is a mixture of an antimony oxide such as antimony trioxide, antimony pentoxide, or zinc borate with a bromoaryl compound commonly bromoaryl having a bromine content ranging from between 36% to 75% and selected from group consisting of decabromodiphenyl oxide, poly (dibromostyrene) and bis-(tribromophenoxy ethane) and with the antimony oxide component in the flame retardant mixture being present in an amount such that the molar ratio of the antimony or zinc to bromine is such that for each mole of the antimony or zinc, approximately between about 2.5 and 3.

Abstract: A drug delivery system for antiglaucomatous medications utilizing a polymeric hydrogel which can absorb an ophthalmic medication which can then be transferred into the ocular fluid of the eye.

Abstract: A process for separating a solvent and low molecular weight material from an acrylic resin by adding a hindered amine light stabilizer having at least one aminoether group to a mixture of the organic solvent, low molecular weight material and the acrylic resin and subjecting the resulting mixture to an elevated temperature for a time sufficient to remove the solvent and low molecular weight material from the acrylic resin by devolatilization. A composition can be provided which is capable of being formed into a powder coating composition which essentially contains an acrylic resin, a hindered amine light stabilizer having at least one aminoether group or residue thereof and less than 4% by weight of low molecular weight material having a molecular weight less than 600.

Abstract: Paper coating slips having high whiteness, high greying limit and high lightfastness can be prepared with the aid of whitened finely divided plastics.

Abstract: Disclosed are non-halogen, flame-retardant polycarbonate resin compositions capable of being stably molded even under heat, and their moldings having good flame retardant, high impact strength, good thermal aging resistance and good moisture resistance. The compositions comprise, as the essential components, (A) a polycarbonate resin, (B) a styrenic resin, and (C) a phosphate ester compound.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of improving the smoke suppressant characteristics of halogen-containing polymeric compositions which comprises adding to said polymeric compositions a smoke retardant amount of (1) a complex of a cuprous halide and a phosphite, and (2) an amine molybdate which contains no residual molybdenum trioxide prepared by reacting an amine with molybdenum trioxide in an aqueous acidic medium under greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature of from 105-150° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers whitened with optical brighteners obtained by (a) emulsion polymerization of acrylonitrile with or without a comonomer in the presence or absence of a graftable substrate, and (b) addition of an optical brightener before, during, or after the emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: A hydrophilic coating having excellent hydrophilicity, which can prevent offensive odor generation, and which has a good antibacterial performance and formability, is formed on an aluminum-containing metal material by coating an aqueous hydrophilization treating liquid containing (A) a glycidyl group-containing, water-soluble organic compound; (B) a water-soluble polymeric or polymerizable compound having a tert-amino group and at least one hydrophilic functional group selected from sulfonic, phosphonic, carboxyl, polyalkyleneglycol, hydroxyl and amide groups; and (C) an antibacterial agent not decomposing at 100° C. or lower, on an aluminum-containing metal material; and heat-drying the coated liquid.

Abstract: A process for the warp-free pigmenting of polyolefins, wherein an organic pigment is used whose particles are coated on the surface by one or more films of polar polymers.

Abstract: 1,2-Bis-adducts of stable hindered nitroxide compounds with substituted ethylenes are prepared by reacting two equivalents of nitroxyl compound with an ethylenically unsaturated compound such as styrene or an acrylate ester. These adducts are very effective inhibitors to prevent the premature polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers when such monomers are distilled, processed or stored.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula (I) where the substituents are as defined in the description as a stabilizer for organic material against the harmful effect of light, oxygen and heat.

Abstract: A rubber composition for use in a tread of a pneumatic tire comprises particular amounts of particular nitrogen-containing compound and particular proton acid or derivative thereof based on 100 parts by weight of rubber ingredient, and develops an excellent gripping performance.

Abstract: Polyether and polyester poloyols and polyurethane foams are stabilized by including therein stabilizers selected from (1) diphenylaminomethylbenzotriazole substituted by alkyl or phenylalkyl groups or (2) synergistic compositions consisting of (a) benzotriazole or alkylbenzotriazole and (b) secondary aromatic amine substituted by alkyl or phenylalkyl groups wherein the benzotriazole and amine is present in critical ratios. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for preparation of polyurethane foams from polyols and polyisocyanate that have reduced discoloration due to scorch by adding diphenylamino methylbenzotriazole or compositions of benzotriazole and secondary aromatic amine as scorch inhibitors to the polyol, foaming the polyol and curing.

Abstract: A conductive organopolysiloxane composition is provided which includes (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane; and (B) 0.1 to 800 parts by weight of a conductive material obtained by subjecting a member selected from the group consisting of a conductive metal, a conductive metal compound, a filler surface-treated with a conductive metal and a filler surface-treated with a conductive metal compound, to surface treatment with a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound represented by the formula (2). ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents --O-- or --NH--, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group. This composition is useful for the formation of a silicone rubber having a sufficient electrical conductivity and also stably retainable of electrical conductivity almost without undergoing a change in electrical conductivity even in a high-temperature environment.

Abstract: A resin composition for powder coating, comprising(A) a carboxyl group-containing resin having a number average molecular weight of 1000 to 20000, an acid value of 5 to 200 and a glass transition temperature of 30 to 120.degree. C.,(B) bis(.beta.-methylglycidyl)terephthalate of the formula (1): ##STR1## as a curing agent, and (D) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amines having the linkage of the formula (2): ##STR2## in the molecule, a triarylphosphines and onium salts as a ring-opening polymerization inhibitor, the equivalent ratio of (.beta.-methylglycidyl group of the component (B))/(carboxyl group of the component (A)) being 0.5 to 3.0. The composition can give a product of curing excellent in impact resistance, weathering resistance and so on.

Abstract: A polymeric article, such as an extruded or molded article or a biaxially oriented tape or film, and a method of stabilizing such a polymeric article to protect the article from degradation due to exposure to UV light. The article is formed by blending a polymeric material with from about 50 to about 5,000 ppm of at least one ortho hydroxy tris-aryl triazine light absorber and from about 500 ppm to about 1.25 percent of at least one oligomeric, polymeric, or high molecular weight HALS having a molecular weight of at least about 500, wherein the weight ratio of HALS to triazine light absorber is from about 3:1 to about 20:1, to form a stabilized polymeric composition, and forming an extruded or molded article or a biaxially oriented tape or film from the stabilized polymeric composition.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising the following components (A) to (C) and comprising no zinc-containing compound:(A): an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber, ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-nonconjugated diene copolymer rubber, or, ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer rubber and ethylene-.alpha.-olefin-nonconjugated diene copolymer rubber,(B): magnesium oxide, and(C): carbon black.

Abstract: To offer thermosetting paint compositions resistant to yellowing to brass, which give paint films of excellent resistance to yellowing due to brass, low-temperature curability, weather resistance, resistance to yellowing after stoving, acid resistance, scratch resistance, solvent resistance, adhesion and appearance. Thermosetting paint compositions, which are thermosetting paint compositions which are resistant to yellowing due to brass, characterized in that the paint-film-forming components include (A) a compound which has per molecule at least 2 functional groups which can react with an isocyanate group, at 49.6-90 wt %, (B) a blocked isocyanate which has par molecule at least 2 isocyanate groups blocked by an azole blocking agent, at 9.6-50 wt %, (C) an ultraviolet absorber and/or free radical scavenger, at 0.2-5 wt %, (D) an organotin compound at 0.1-3 wt %, and (E) an amino resin at 0.1-30 wt %.

Abstract: An ultraviolet light absorbing material that resists blooming and migration is made up of a carboxyl functional polymer and an amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound, wherein the carboxyl functional polymer and the amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound are hydrogen bonded to one another. Polymeric films that contain a polyolefin 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 present invention relates to rubber compositions containing an elastomer having olefinic unsaturation and a carboxymaleimidophenyl ester of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group alkyls having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and aryls having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and alkyls having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A method of preparing photochromic materials useful for optical applications, and photochromic materials prepared by such method, are described. Such method comprises polymerizing a blend of a polyol[(meth)acryloyl terminated carbonate] monomer and a photochromic amount of an organic photochromic substance, thereby forming a photochromic material. A preferred polyol[(meth)acryloyl terminated carbonate] monomer is diethylene glycol bis[(methacryloyloxy)ethylene carbonate]. Polymerization may be performed by free radical initiation using thermal initiators, photoinitiators or a combination of such initiators. Photochromic materials prepared by such method may be used in optical applications, e.g., photochromic lenses.

Abstract: This invention relates to colored polyester thermoplastics comprised of polymeric colorants having poly(oxyalkylene) moieties and/or anionic dye/quatenary ammonium substantially inorganic salt-free colorant complexes mixed with diluents selected from the group consisting essentially of sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters, ethoxylated sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters, mixtures thereof of sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters and ethoxylated sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters, ethoxylated nonyl-phenol ethers, ethoxylated dodecylphenol ethers, mixtures thereof of said ethoxylated nonyl-phenol ethers and ethoxylated dodecylphenol ethers, and mixtures of (i) sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters or ethoxylated sorbitan (C.sub.8 -C.sub.22) monoesters and (ii) ethoxylated nonyl-phenol ethers or ethoxylated dodecylphenol ethers.

Abstract: A description is given of compounds of the formula I ##STR1## where r is 0 or 1 and y is a number from the range 1-3; X is a direct bond or --NR.sub.8 --, --CO--, --CONH-- or --COO-- or a divalent aliphatic or mixed aromatic-aliphatic C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon radical;Z is an aromatic, aliphatic or mixed aromatic-aliphatic C.sub.3 -C.sub.18 hydrocarbon radical which is interrupted in the aliphatic moiety by one or more divalent functional groups, in each case in a carbon-carbon single bond, and/or in the aromatic or aliphatic moiety by one or more divalent functional groups, in each case in a carbon-hydrogen bond, possible functional groups being --O--, --NR.sub.8 --, --S--, --SO--, --SO.sub.

Abstract: Described are novel photochromic indeno-fused naphthopyran compounds, examples of which are naphthopyran compounds having a substituted or unsubstituted indeno group, the 2,1 positions of which are fused to the f side of the naphtho portion of the naphthopyran, and having certain substituents at the 3-position of the pyran ring. Certain substituents may also be present at the number 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 carbon atoms of the compounds. These compounds may be represented by the following graphic formula: ##STR1## Also described are polymeric organic host materials that contain or that are coated with such compounds. Optically clear articles such as ophthalmic lenses or other plastic transparencies that incorporate the novel naphthopyran compounds or combinations thereof with complementary photochromic compounds, e.g., certain other naphthopyrans, benzopyrans and spiro(indoline)type compounds, are also described.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a rubber component which comprises at least one type of rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber and diene synthetic rubbers, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one type of metal dithiophosphate represented by the following general formula, optionally 15 to 85 parts by weight of a reinforcing inorganic filler, and optionally a specific tertiary amine compound in an amount of 0.5 to 15% by weight of the amount of the reinforcing inorganic filler is provided.General formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 each independently represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, M represents an antimony atom, a zinc atom, a copper atom, or an iron atom, and n represents a valency of M.The rubber composition of the present invention exhibits excellent resistance to heat or resistance to heat aging (particularly excellent resistance to hardening and excellent fracture properties).

Abstract: A non-toxic, antifouling coating composition is provided which comprises zinc oxide which has ben surface coated by photosensitizer(s) which increase the capability of zinc oxide to absorb visible light.