Abstract: An anaerobic adhesive composition comprises a polymer having a polymerizable side chain and a molecular weight of at least 500, an organic acid having a vinyl or methacryl group and polymerizable with said polymer, a polymerization catalyst, and preferably, a vinyl monomer. The composition is used for bonding various adherends such as metals, plastics, FRP, glass, etc. and provides improved bond strength, water resistance, heat resistance, and fatigue resistance.

Abstract: A crystalline propylene polymer composition having excellent transparency and rigidity comprising a blend of a crystalline polypropylene with a polymer of a vinyl cycloalkane having at least 6 carbon atoms. The composition contains 0.05 weight ppm to 10,000 weight ppm of the vinyl cycloalkane unit.

Abstract: Fine particulate expandable styrene polymers suitable for the production of molded bodies with improved minimum mold dwell times, containing 0.01 to 2.0% by weight, referred to the polystyrene or the total of the polymerized monomers, of polyoctenamer having I values from about 10 to 400 ml/g and trans octylene contents from about 20 to 90%.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a copolymer reaction product of(A) 20 to 60 equivalent percent of a polymeric fatty acid;(B) 0 to 60 equivalent percent of a dicarboxylic acid;(C) 15 to 50 equivalent percent of a monocarboxylic acid; and(D) 5 to 25 equivalent percent of a synthetic polymeric resin having a crystalline chain structure, said resin having active carboxyl and/or hydroxyl groups capable of reaction with acid/amine groups; with(E) 50 to 80 equivalent percent of an organic polyamine.The copolymer is useful in flexographic ink compositions and such are advantageously water reducible (thinnable).

Abstract: Fine particulate expandable styrene polymers suitable for the production of molded bodies with improved minimum mold dwell times, containing 0.01 to 2.0% by weight, referred to the polystyrene or the total of the polymerized monomers, of polyoctenamer having I values from about 10 to 400 ml/g and trans octylene contents from about 20 to 90%.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for the functionalization of polymeric resins, wherein a halo-methylated resin, with a crosslink density of at least 4 percent is reacted with an alkyllithium wherein the alkyl radical is 1 to 12 carbon atoms; followed by a reaction to produce a polymeric material having a desired pendant functionality. Materials produced from the process of this invention have utility as intermediates in the production of polymer-bound catalysts and exchange resins.

Abstract: A polyester resin has an oxyalkylene content of from about 40 percent to about 75 percent. The polyester resin is especially useful as a pigment dispersant in coating compositions. Such compositions can be formulated without the need for conventional low molecular weight dispersants and surfactants which oftentimes adversely affect the film properties of the applied compositions.

Abstract: A process for the production of modified polypropylene particles by polymerizing vinyl monomers in aqueous suspension wherein (a) an aqueous suspension is prepared which, based on 100 to 2000 parts by weight of water, contains 100 parts by weight of polypropylene particles, 4 to 30 parts by weight of a polar vinyl monomer and based on 100 parts by weight of the monomer, 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a radical chain polymerization initiator which has a half life of at least 2 h at a temperature of 80.degree. to 135.degree. C. and 10 to 1200 parts by weight of an organic solvent which is capable of swelling polypropylene, of which the boiling point at 760 Torr is at least 100.degree. C. and which is miscible with the monomers in any proportion; (b) the aqueous suspension is heated without decomposition of the initiator, the polypropylene being swollen and the monomer penetrating into the polypropylene, after which (c) the aqueous suspension is kept at temperatures of .gtoreq.85.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention includes dental materials based on organic plastics in paste form, comprising at least one phase consisting essentially of finely divided, crosslinked plastics which contain copolymerized ester(s) of methacrylic acid to the extent of at least 50% by weight, and the second phase consisting essentially of ester(s) of methacrylic acid to the extent of at least 50% by weight. The materials can be used for making prostheses, crowns, bridges, artificial teeth, dental fillings, etc.

Abstract: Aluminum cyclopentadienyl compounds can be used to synthesize a variety of organic molecules containing the cyclopentadiene group, e.g., substituted cyclopentadiene compounds, polymer molecules with cyclopentadiene pendant groups, and polymer molecules with cyclopentadiene terminal groups.

Abstract: A dental material is provided based on organic plastics in paste form, which consists essentially of (a) a polymerizable binder, (b) a crosslinked bead polymer and (c) a fine-particled inorganic filler.

Abstract: In a process for the mass polymerization of vinyl aromatic monomer wherein vinyl aromatic monomer is polymerized in successive stages of increasing temperature, the improvement which narrows the molecular weight distribution of the resulting polymer comprising incorporating a crosslinking agent into a polymerizing mass at a point where about 60 to about 95% of monomer is converted to polymer.

Abstract: The invention provides dental materials which are opaque to X-rays and are based on organic plastics in paste form, which comprises (a) a polymerizable binder, (b) a crosslinked bead polymer and (c) an X-ray contrast medium. The materials can also contain as an additional component (d) a fine-particled inorganic filler which is not opaque to X-rays. The materials are useful, inter alia, for filing dental cavities.

Abstract: Alicyclic organomonolithium compounds having delocalized conjugated unsaturation are effective initiators in the preparation of polymers of conjugated dienes. Polymers of conjugated dienes, prepared with or without the alicyclic organomonolithium compounds, are terminated with alicyclic compounds having conjugated unsaturation. Either or both approaches can be used to provide polymers containing alicyclic conjugated unsaturated functional groups. Alternatively, polymers prepared from the alicyclic organomonolithium compounds can be coupled to produce linear or branched polymers. Polymers prepared from multichelic lithium compounds also can be terminated with alicyclic conjugated unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: Alicyclic organomonolithium compounds having delocalized conjugated unsaturation are effective initiators in the preparation of polymers of conjugated dienes. Polymers of conjugated dienes, prepared with or without the alicyclic organomonolithium compounds, are terminated with alicyclic compounds having conjugated unsaturation. Either or both approaches can be used to provide polymers containing alicylic conjugated unsaturated functional groups. Alternatively, polymers prepared from the alicyclic organomonolithium compounds can be coupled to produce linear or branched polymers. Polymers prepared from multichelic lithium compounds also can be terminated with alicyclic conjugated unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: A graft copolymer comprises a substrate of a diene rubber, and a homogeneous superstrate containing units of acrylonitrile and at least one aromatic olefin having a molar ratio of acrylonitrile to olefin between 2 and 9. The superstrate may also contain a minor amount (preferably less than 10 mole %) of at least one other comonomer selected from acenaphthylene, vinyl carbazole and its derivatives, maleimide and its N-substituted derivatives and norbornene and its derivatives.

Abstract: A paint composition is disclosed which comprises:(a) a highly flexible polymer such as an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer;(b) a compound having a plurality of aliphatic double bonds such as a polyterpene;(c) a plasticizer-tackifier such as a phthalate wherein (a), (b) and (c) comprises the binder; and(d) a liquid carrier such as an organic solvent for the binder; and(e) a pigment such as titanium dioxide, dispersible in the carrier.This composition when applied to asphalt or concrete surfaces dries under ambient conditions to set without the application of heat, and the dried paint composition exhibits a high degree of wear resistance under outdoor abrasive and erosive exposure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing curable resin which comprises reacting acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid [which is hereinafter cited as (metha-) acrylic acid] with hydroxyl group-containing resin (I) obtained by reacting a five-member cyclic compound having an unsaturated conjugated double bond represented by the general formula (A) given below; ##STR1## (WHEREIN R is an organic residue having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; m and n are integers and are in the relation of m+n=6) or the Diels-Alder addition product thereof (A) and a compound (B) having both reactive carbon-carbon double bond or bonds and towo or more hydroxyl groups within one and the same molecule thereof. In accordance with the present invention, curable coating composition comprising said curable resin can also be obtained. The resin of this invention can be very quickly cured by the exposure to heat or radiation.