Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball which attains long flying distance and is superior in hit feeling and durability. The present invention provides a solid golf ball in which at least a portion thereof is made of rubber, wherein the rubber portion is a crosslinked, molded rubber composition comprising a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent and peroxides, the base rubber comprising a polybutadiene modified with a tin compound and having a cis content of 40% or more.

Abstract: Radiation sensitive compositions, processes for using the compositions, and articles of manufacture comprising the compositions. The compositions of the invention are use to form flexible coatings having a dielectric constant of 3 or less. The compositions comprise a resin binder and a polybutadiene that comprises one or more internal epoxide groups. In preferred aspect of the invention, the compositions of the invention further comprise a crosslinking agent capable of solvating the remaining constituents of the composition. The coatings are used for the manufacture of electronic and other devices.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of hydrocarbon solutions of monofunctional ether initiators of the following general structure: M—Qn—Z—O—[A(R1R2R3)] wherein M is an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium and potassium; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hydrocarbons, alkenylsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof into the M—Z linkage; Z is a branched or straight chain hydrocarbon group which contains 3-25 carbon atoms, optionally containing aryl or substituted aryl groups; A is an element selected from carbon and silicon; R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, aryl or substituted aryl groups containing lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, and lower dialkylamino groups, and n is an integer from 1 to 5, monof