Abstract: A golf ball whose core is covered with a cover, wherein the core is constituted of a rubber composition containing polybutadiene rubber and the cover is constituted of a resin composition composed of ionomer resin and diene rubber. A golf ball cover material composition composed of ionomer resin, diene rubber and non-staining antioxidant. A method of manufacturing a golf ball cover material composition constituted by mixing/kneading ionomer resin and diene rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of molding a polyolefin-based resin comprising the steps of dissolving at least one dibenzylidene sorbitol compound in a molten polyolefin resin, cooling the molten resin to a temperature not higher than the sol-gel transition temperature during the cooling cycle to form network-like crystals of the dibenzylidene sorbitol compound, and molding the resulting resin composition at a temperature not lower than the melting temperature of the polyolefin-based resin but not higher than the sol-gel transition temperature during the heating cycle; and a polyolefin resin molded article obtainable by this molding method.

Abstract: Aqueous solutions or dispersions of copolymers A) a process of making them and their use in binder compositions. Copolymers A) containing a hydroxy-functional, hydrophobic copolymer I) containing 30 to 85% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid esters having C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol portion, aromatic vinyl compounds and/or vinyl esters and 5 to 45% by weight of hydroxy-functional monomers; a hydroxy- and carboxy-functional, hydrophilic-hydrophobic copolymer II) containing 4 to 20% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid esters having C1 to C18 hydrocarbon radicals in the alcohol portion, aromatic vinyl compounds and/or vinyl esters, 4 to 15% by weight of hydroxy-functional monomers and 0.8 to 3.

Abstract: A fiber composition which comprises a blend of modified polypropylene and modified poly(ethylene oxide). This fiber composition can be melt-processed to make fibers useful in flushable personal care products. A process for making this fiber composition is also provided.

Abstract: This invention describes grafted blend compositions, processes for their preparation and fabricated articles, especially foams therefrom. The blends exhibit enhanced melt strength, melt elongation greater than or equal to about 20 mm/s, increased upper service temperature, increased modulus, and increased hardness. The grafted blend compositions have little or no high shear viscosity increase over a corresponding polymer of the same chemical composition absent the coupling agent.

Abstract: Materials ranging from impact-modified thermoplastics to thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) can be obtained from blends of phase compatibility-treated recycled thermoset rubber with thermoplastic polymers by varying the ratio of components in the blend, or by changing the components themselves. The rubber component may include carbon black, or other fillers and additives, and it may be selected from among a variety of thermoset rubbers, both natural and synthetic. The thermoset rubber component can be obtained from a rubber material recycled according to a variety of known techniques. The thermoplastic component can be virtually any suitable polymer, the properties of which can be advantageously modified by combination with a rubber. Polyolefins are among the more preferred thermoplastic components.

Abstract: Polymer composition comprising (A) (co)polymers based on chlorotrifluoroethylene (PCTFE) and (B) copolymers based on ethylene/chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) and/or ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE).

Abstract: The invention provides for a process of making a compatibilized blend composition produced by mixing general purpose rubbers (GPR), selected from natural rubber, polyisoprene, polybutadiene, nitrile rubber, poly(styrene-co-butadiene) and poly(acrylonitrile-co-butadiene), a copolymer of isobutylene and methyl styrene, and a multifunctional agent. The compatibilized blend composition may also be cured.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides curable fluoropolymer compositions comprising fluoropolymer, onium, and alkyl or aryl oxalate-blocked compound and carbonate-blocked compound as crosslinking agents. In other aspects, the invention provides methods of making curable fluoropolymer compositions and provides alkyl or aryl oxalate-blocked and carbonate-blocked compounds.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides curable fluoropolymer compositions comprising fluoropolymer, onium, and alkyl or aryl oxalate-blocked compound as a crosslinking agent. In other aspects, the invention provides methods of making curable fluoropolymer compositions and provides alkyl or aryl oxalate-blocked compounds.

Abstract: A method for producing a polypropylene blend from a plastic packaging materials containing high molecular weight polypropylene, other high molecular weight polymers such as polyethylene, low molecular weight polymers and other contaminants. The method includes extraction, solid-liquid separation and liquid-liquid phase separation using various organic solvents. The polypropylene blend has a purity of 95% and has favorable melt flow characteristics, while retaining satisfactory mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present invention provides a block polymer comprising a polyolefin and a hydrophilic polymer, being finely dispersed in resins, in particular polyolefins, without requiring any compatibilizer, and giving thermoplastic resin compositions, said compositions giving moldings having permanent antistatic properties at low block polymer addition levels even when they are produced by a method involving no shearing and having excellent mechanical strength as well as having an excellent compatibility so as to avoid molding or roll pollution at their formation.

Abstract: A rubber composition which can achieve superior adhesion force between it and a material to be adhered without a coating of an adhesive. The rubber composition includes the following components (A) to (D): (A) a rubber composed of at least one of an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer and an ethylene-propylene copolymer, (B) a peroxide vulcanizing agent, (C) a resorcinol-based compound, and (D) a melamine resin.

Abstract: The invention includes a process of reacting a poly(sulfonyl azide) with a polymer comprising steps (a) forming a first admixture of a first amount of a first polymer or in a liquid which does not require removal from the polymer and a poly(sulfonyl azide); (b) then forming a second admixture of the first admixture with a second amount of at least one second polymer; and (c) heating the second admixture at least to the decomposition temperature of the coupling agent for a time sufficient to result in coupling of polymer chains. The invention further includes all compositions obtainable by processes of the invention as well as blends of those compositions with one or more polymers of compositions different from the first or second polymer or the product of a process of the invention.

Abstract: A process for producing a microgel composition particles having a core of cross-linked polymer at a multiplicity of polymeric arms appended to the core, the process comprising reacting a living prepolymer component with a monomer component wherein the monomer component includes a multi-olefininc monomer.

Abstract: Improved anti-reflective coating compositions for use in integrated circuit manufacturing processes and methods of forming these compositions are provided. Broadly, the compositions are formed by heating a solution comprising a compound including specific compounds (e.g., alkoxy alkyl melamines, alkoxy alkyl benzoguanamines) under acidic conditions so as to polymerize the compounds and form polymers having an average molecular weight of at least about 1,000 Daltons. The monomers of the resulting polymers are joined to one another via linkage groups (e.g., —CH2—, —CH2—O—CH2—) which are bonded to nitrogen atoms on the respective monomers. The polymerized compound is mixed with a solvent and applied to a substrate surface after which it is baked to form an anti-reflective layer. The resulting layer has high k values and can be formulated for both conformal and planar applications.

Abstract: A process for forming a compatibilized blend of general purpose rubbers (GPR) and a halogenated poly(isobutylene-co-4-methylstyrene) through solventless reactions utilizing a multifunctional agent containing a diene reactive group and a benzylic halo reactive group.

Abstract: The curable coating compositions of the invention comprise a particulate component having at least one binder component (a) which is a solid at 75° F./24° C., and an additive component (b). The curable coating compositions further comprise a crosslinking component (c) reactive with the at least one binder component (a). Additive component (b) has from 12 to 72 carbon atoms, is substantially free of any heteroatoms, is not a crystalline solid at 75° F./24° C. and comprises a mixture of two or more structures selected from the group consisting of aliphatic structures for additive component (b), aromatic-containing structures for additive component (b), cycloaliphatic-containing structures for additive component (b), and mixtures thereof, wherein at least one of the two or more structures is either a cycloaliphatic-containing structure or an aromatic-containing structure.

Abstract: This invention discloses an emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) that can be employed in manufacturing tire tread formulations that have rolling resistance and treadwear characteristics that are similar to those made with solution SBR but with improved traction characteristics. Thus, the emulsion SBR of this invention is superior in many respects for use in tire tread compounds to conventional solution SBR and conventional emulsion SBR. This invention more specifically discloses a styrene-butadiene rubber composition which is comprised of repeat units which are derived from styrene, 1,3-butadiene, and a hydroxy alkyl acrylate monomer, wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber composition has a number average molecular weight as determined by field flow fractionation which is within the range of about 50,000 to 150,000, and wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber has a light scattering to refractive index ratio which is within the range of 1.8 to 3.9.

Abstract: An elastomer composition obtained by crosslinking 1-99 parts by weight of a crosslinkable rubber-like polymer (A) and 1-99 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin (B) [the total amount of (A) and (B) being 100 parts by weight], where (B) is a crosslinking type polypropylene resin, has a flexural modulus of 100-10000 kgf/cm2 as specified in JIS K6758 and has a melting point peak in the range of 100-150° C. in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the melting point peak calorie being in the range of 10-600 J/g, especially the above elastomer composition wherein (A) has a crosslinking degree of 1-95% and a swelling degree of 3-100.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that is extrudable and cross-linkable in air. The composition that is extrudable and cross-linkable in air comprises a mixture of a copolymer with an ethylenically-unsaturated compound and an unsaturated ester, a hydrolizable silane compound having no ethylenic unsaturation containing functional groups, and a thermoplastic polymer having no functional groups, said functional groups of the ester being selectively reactive with the functional groups of the silane compound. Such a composition is used to fabricate a material for insulating or sheathing a power cable, in particular a medium-voltage cable or a cable for working at a voltage of less than 20 kV. The invention also provides method enabling said composition to be cross-linked and power cables including insulation and/or a sheath containing the composition obtained by the method.

Abstract: Rheology-modified thermoplastic elastomer compositions are prepared by peroxide modification of a melt blend of an ethylene/&agr;-olefin polymer or a diene-modified ethylene/&agr;-olefin polymer and a high melting polymer such as polypropylene or a propylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer. The resulting compositions have an elastomeric phase, a non-elastomeric phase and certain physical properties that exceed those of a like composition that is not rheology-modified. The compositions can be used to make a variety of articles of manufacture via conventional procedures.

Abstract: A process for producing a succinimide resin composition is provided which comprises reacting a maleic anhydride-olefin type copolymer constituted of 40-60 mol % of maleic anhydride units, 60-40 mol % of olefin units, and 0-20 mol % of a copolymerizable monomer units with one or more amine compounds for imide formation in the presence of a second polymer other than the succinimide resin. This process improves the productivity by lowering the torque in the extrusion reaction, giving a succinimide copolymer resin composition having low yellowness and high transparency with high production efficiency.

Abstract: A paper or board is coated with a composition comprising from 30-95 parts by weight of a synthetic, carboxylated surface size containing at least about 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups and at least about 25 mole percent of carboxylated groups such as styrene/acrylic acid copolymer, and from 5-70 parts by weight of a substantially hydrophilic polyacrylamide such as a cationic or anionic polyacrylamide.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic polyolefin compositions having enhanced surface durability and products thereof which include a thermoplastic polyolefin base component at least one radiation-crosslinkable component present in an amount sufficient to enhance the surface durability of the thermoplastic polyolefin component when radiation-cured and at least one photoinitiator present in an amount sufficient to initiate crosslinking of the radiation-crosslinkable component upon exposure of the thermoplastic polyolefin composition to radiation.

Abstract: An ebonite tape for coating metal substrates is made either of a single component mixture or a two-component mixture. A single component mixture includes unsaturated polymers, a sulfur vulcanization agent, a sulfur solubilizer, a vulcanization accelerator, and a vulcanization activator. Preferably, the sulfur solubilizer is polyamine, and the vulcanization accelerator is tetramethylthiuram disulfide. Reaction of polyamine and tetramethylthiuram disulfide causes a gelation in the mixture at ambient condition. A two-component mixture includes first and second components. First component includes first unsaturated polymers having first functional groups capable of reaction at ambient temperature, a sulfur vulcanization agent, and a vulcanization activator. Second component includes second unsaturated polymers having second functional groups that will react with first functional groups of the first unsaturated polymers at ambient condition, which causes a gelation in the mixture.

Abstract: A liquid ebonite mixture for coating includes two reactive components. The first component contains first unsaturated polymers having first functional groups capable of reaction at ambient condition either with or without a catalyst, a vulcanization agent, and a vulcanization activator. The second component contains second unsaturated polymers having second functional groups that will react with the first functional groups at ambient temperature. The first and the second unsaturated polymers must contain sufficient unsaturated backbones to allow vulcanization with the vulcanization agent. In addition, the second unsaturated polymers must be thermodynamically compatible with the first unsaturated polymers so that macroscopic phase separation will not occur and the vulcanization can happen homogeneously through out the coating.

Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer alloy comprising a grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) and a polymer (c) containing no fluorine atom, said grafted fluorine-containing polymer (a) comprising a fluorine-containing polymer (d) having hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms of its main chain and a grafting compound having a linking group capable of grafting to the fluorine-containing polymer (d) and a functional group capable of providing an adhesive property, grafted to the fluorine-containing polymer (d).

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture which is useful as a coextrusion binder, comprising: at least (A) one polyethylene or one ethylene copolymer, at least (B) chosen from (B1) polypropylene or a propylene copolymer, (B2) poly(1-butene) homo- or copolymer, and (B3) polystyrene homo- or copolymer, the mixture of (A) and (B) being grafted with a functional monomer, this grafted mixture itself optionally being diluted in at least one polyolefin (C) or in at least one polymer (D) of elastomeric nature or in a mixture of (C) and (D). The invention also relates to polyolefin/binder/polyamide, EVOH, polyester or metal structures. The invention is useful for making packaging.

Abstract: A method of preparing a functionalized polymer comprising the steps of initiating the formation and propagation of an anionically-polymerized living polymer, and terminating the propagation of the living polymer by reacting the polymer with a terminating agent selected from the group of agents defined by the formulas (III), (IV), and (V) where C is a carbon atom, S is a sulfur atom, X is a halogen atom, R2 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen and carbon-based moieties, and where the phenyl groups are selected from unsubstituted and substituted phenyl groups.

Abstract: There is provided an olefin-based resin composition which may be applied to the coatings of electrical cables used in automobiles. The coatings have neatly balanced properties to satisfy product requirements, such as wear and flame resistance, tensile strength, flexibility, and heat and freeze resistance. The olefin-based resin composition includes: (i) a polymeric material in an amount of 100 parts by weight which includes: (a) about 50 to 95 parts by weight of propylene polymer portion including at least one propylene polymer having a melt flow rate of up to about 5 g/10 min; (b) about 1 to 20 parts by weight of at least one polyolefin, a proportion of about 0.

Abstract: The present invention includes a composition comprising a coupled impact propylene copolymer. Preferably, the coupled impact propylene copolymer has an elastomeric phase that is present in an amount of at least 9 weight percent of the coupled propylene copolymer. Articles formed from the coupled propylene copolymer exhibit improved directionally balanced impact properties as compared with articles formed form comparable noncoupled impact propylene copolymers and also exhibit improved ductile-to-brittle transition temperatures compared with comparable noncoupled impact propylene copolymers. The invention also includes methods for making the coupled impact propylene copolymers using coupling agents, preferably, poly(sulfonyl azides). The invention further includes articles of manufacture that are made from the coupled impact propylene copolymer of the invention.

Abstract: A pregellable adhesive containing several polymers, of which at least one is olefinically unsaturated and the other capable of curing by esterification, prepared in such a way that it cures by two different chemical reaction mechanisms which can be activated successively and catalyzed at least substantially independently of one another.

Abstract: A methacrylate ester or acrylate ester two-part reactive adhesive composition including vinyl-terminated liquid rubber and polymeric elastomer. The vinyl-terminated liquid rubber is preferably methacrylate-terminated or acrylate-terminated polybutadiene; the polymeric elastomer is preferably polychloroprene, core shell polymer and/or block copolymer rubber.

Abstract: A powder coating composition and method of applying it to a substrate, such as medium density fibreboard, consisting of a glycidyl methacrylate resin, a dicarboxylic acid cross-linking agent, a catalyst selected from phosphines, phosphonium, ammonium 2-phenyl-2-imidazoline, substituted imidazoline and isopropyl imidazole Bis-A epoxy resin adduct and a matte texturing agent. The inventive formulation is able to create a matte texture finish on the surface of the substrate. Since the cured final coating is resistant to yellowing and moisture, it is of great utility in the kitchen cabinet making industry.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of a thermoplastic elastomeric resin composition comprising melt kneading (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer consisting of at least two polymeric blocks (A) composed mainly of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymeric block (B) composed mainly of a conjugated diene compound, and/or a hydrogenated block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating said block copolymer, (b) 40 to 240 parts by weight of a non-aromatic softening agent for rubber, (c) 5 to 300 parts by weight of polyethylene or a copolymer composed mainly of ethylene, and (d) 5 to 60 parts by weight of polypropylene or a copolymer composed mainly of propylene, characterized in that the process comprises the following steps: (I) melt kneading the whole amounts of components (a), (b) and (d) and a part of component (c), and, at the same time or subsequently, melt kneading these with (f) an organic peroxide, and (II) melt kneading the product obtained from step (I) with the remai

Abstract: Clearcoat coating composition for automotive exterior coatings with improved intercoat adhesion to a subsequently applied coating layer and improved flexibility contains (a) a first vinyl copolymer prepared from a monomer mixture including no more than about 35% by weight of nonfunctional monomers that has carbamate functionality and hydroxyl functionality, at least part of the hydroxyl functionality being on monomer units including an optionally branched alkyl group having at least about six carbon atoms; (b) a second vinyl copolymer having hydroxyl functionality, preferably primary hydroxyl functionality; and (c) a curing agent component that includes at least an aminoplast curing agent and optionally a polyisocyanate curing agent. The polyisocyanate curing agent is preferably blocked with a blocking agent that volatilizes during the cure reaction, regenerating a reactive isocyanate group.

Abstract: The invention concerns a dispersion powder composition which is redispersible in water and is made from water-insoluble organic polymers, the composition being characterized in that it contains 0.1 to 30% by wt., relative to the weight of the organic polymers, of one or more silicon compounds which are dispersible in water and which have a boiling point at normal pressure of 160 degrees C., selected from the group comprising the silanes, polysilanes, oligosiloxanes, carbosilanes, polycarbosilanes, carbosiloxanes, polycarbosiloxanes and polysilylenedisiloxanes. The invention also concerns methods for manufacturing such compounds and their use.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin, 5 to 250 parts by weight of a rubbery polymer and 0 to 500 parts by weight of an ethylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer rubber, wherein a complex dynamic viscosity &eegr;*(1) at 250° C. is 1.5×105 poise or less and a Newtonian viscosity index n is 0.67 or less, and furthermore, wherein said thermoplastic elastomer composition has a specific tan &dgr; peak, the peak temperature of which is different from that of the polyolefin resin and that of the rubbery polymer, at a temperature within the range from −70 to 30° C. in a temperature dependence curve of tan &dgr; determined by solid dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, powder or pellet thereof, and a molded article thereof.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a preform for a plastic optical fiber, having continuous refractive index profile in a radial direction, comprising a firs step of introducing a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, to a cylindrical reactor and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor; a second step of compensating for a void formed by volume shrinkage from the polymerization in the first step with a mixture consisting of at least two substances, each having a different density and refractive index relative to each other, and polymerizing the mixture in a centrifugal field generated by rotating the reactor, and a third step of repeating the second step until there is no void after polymerization

Abstract: The invention includes a process of reacting a poly(sulfonyl azide) with a polymer comprising steps (a) forming a first admixture, hereinafter referred to as a concentrate, of a first amount of a first polymer or in a liquid which does not require removal from the polymer, hereinafter diluent, and a poly(sulfonyl azide); (b) then forming a second admixture of the first admixture with a second amount of at least one second polymer, hereinafter second polymer composition; and (c) heating the second admixture at least to the decomposition temperature of the coupling agent for a time sufficient to result in coupling of polymer chains. The diluent is preferably a non-volatile, non-polar compound such as mineral oil in which the poly(sulfonyl azide) is sufficiently miscible to disperse the poly(sulfonyl azide) in the second polymer, more preferably a liquid at room temperature or low melting solid at room temperature, that is has a melting point below about 50° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition which is excellent in a curing property (particularly a low temperature curing property) of a coating film and which forms a coating film having excellent chipping resistance and adhesive property, and it comprises a hydroxyl group-containing resin (A), a cross-linking agent (B) and a phosphoric acid group-containing vinyl resin (C).

Abstract: A method for increasing the damping properties of tire rubber comprising the steps of adding an unsaturated damping additive to a vulcanizable composition of matter, and processing the vulcanizable composition of matter containing the damping additive into tire rubber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer vulcanizate obtained from a thermoplastic propylene/ethylene/&agr;-olefin terpolymer, a rubber component and optional additives, by dynamic vulcanization of the rubber component with a non-peroxide curing system. The vulcanizate has both superior physical properties and excellent processability.

Abstract: A vulcanizate that has improved damping properties where the vulcanizate is prepared by the steps comprising blending an unsaturated damping additive within a vulcanizable composition of matter, wherein the vulcanizable composition of matter includes a vulcanizable elastomer, and effecting vulcanization of the elastomer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-based copolymer prepared by free-radical polymerization, and a cross-linking agent. The copolymer is the reaction product of a first block and a second block. The first block is the reaction product of a first ethylenically unsaturated monomer, acrylic acid, and a second ethylenically unsaturated monomer, methyl methacrylate, as wells as the reaction product of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer, diphenylethylene. The second block is the reaction product of a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, styrene, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, and carbonate-modified glycidyl methacrylate including a carbonate functional group.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer prepared by a process comprising reacting an elastomer containing at least one reactive halogen atom with a poly(R1(R2)ethylene-co-maleimide) in the presence of a compatibilizer that reduces surface tension between the elastomer and the poly(R1(R2) ethylene-co-maleimide) and in the presence of a Lewis base catalyst, where R1 is a monovalent organic group and R2 is hydrogen or a monovalent organic group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber compounds comprising at least one rubber which contains double bonds, at least one rubber gel, and at least one sulfur-containing organosilicon compound. Vulcanized materials which can be employed in particular for the production of tire treads can be produced from the rubber compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: Random thermoplastic ethylene copolymers can be used to increase the elongation to break and toughness of thermoplastic vulcanizates. Polypropylene is a preferred thermoplastic phase. The rubber can be olefinic rubbers. Random thermoplastic ethylene copolymers are different from Ziegler-Natta ethylene copolymers as the compositional heterogeneity of the copolymer is greater with Ziegler-Natta copolymers. This difference results in substantial differences in properties (elongation to break and toughness) between thermoplastic vulcanizates modified with random thermoplastic ethylene and those modified with Ziegler-Natta ethylene copolymers. An increase in elongation to break results in greater extensibility in the articles made from a thermoplastic vulcanizate.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing (A), (B-1) and (B-2) described below and having a total content of (B-1) and (B-2) of 10 to 250 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the content of (A), a complex dynamic viscosity &eegr;*(1) at 250 ° C. of 1.5×105 poise or less and a Newtonian viscosity index n of 0.67 or less, and pellets obtained by using the thermoplastic elastomer composition, and a molded article thereof: (A): a polyolefin-based resin; (B-1): a conjugated diene-based thermoplastic elastomer or its hydrogenated product providing two tan &dgr; peaks within a temperature range of −70 to 30° C.