Abstract: A fusion adhesive comprising an olefin copolymer comprising 70 to 95 percent by weight ethylene, 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of an amide of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and 0.5 to 15 percent by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid, the use of such fusion adhesive to secure two objects together, especially a polymeric plastic composition to a metal composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of preparing aqueous polymeric colloids comprising the steps of (a) polymerization in organic solvent at high concentration of the monomers (b) emulsification of the resultant polymer solution in water using small proportion of surfactant. The pH of the resulting emulsion is adjusted to 6.5 to 10 with amines. The structure of the polymers in the present invention is highly hydrophobic so that, even at full neutralization of the carboxylic acid groups with amines, it would not produce an aqueous solution. Furthermore, in the absence of surfactant, a stable colloidal emulsion cannot be attained.The aqueous coating composition has satisfactory performance as interior and/or exterior coating for food, beer, beverage and other metal containers. The eulsions can be easily applied by spraying or direct roller coating and baked to give films of outstanding properties.

Abstract: A phonograph or video disc comprises at least one unsaturated nitrile copolymer and has therein an unsaturated nitrile content of from 40 to 90 percent by weight, and the disc exhibits a Clash-Berg flex temperature of from 50.degree. to 120.degree. C, an absorbed impact energy of at least 0.5kg.cm. when tested with a test specimen thereof of a 2-mm. thickness by a Dynstat impact test according to BS-1330-1946, and a Shore D hardness of from 75 to 95.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of copolymers of ethylene with tert-butyl acrylate and acrylic acid at from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C under pressures above 800 atmospheres using mean residence times of up to at most 100 seconds, in which the reaction mixture obtained from the polymerization is kept for from 2 to 10 minutes at from 200.degree. to 250.degree. C under a pressure of not more than 500 atmospheres. Terpolymers are obtained which may be used as hot-melt adhesives in the form of thin and extremely homogeneous films.

Abstract: An alternating copolymer of an olefinic unsaturated compound and a conjugated vinyl compound is produced by contacting said monomers with at least one organoboron halide or/and a mixture of at least one organo-compound of metal from Groups IIb, IIIb and IVb of the Mendeleev Periodic Table and at least one halogeno-compound of metal from Groups IIIb and IVb of the Mendeleev Periodic Table. A typical catalyst is ethylboron dichloride or a combination of triethylaluminum and tin tetrachloride.

Abstract: In the production of a casting syrup, useful in a continuous casting process for manufacture of cast plates, by partial polymerization of methyl methacrylate or its mixture with at least one unsaturated vinyl compound copolymerizable therewith in an amount of not more than about 20% by weight based on methyl methacrylate, an improved method wherein the partial polymerization is carried out in the presence of a thiodicarboxylic acid ester of the formula:R.sub.3 OOCR.sub.1 --S--R.sub.2 COOR.sub.4wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each an alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms as a stabilizer using an azo compound as a polymerization initiator, whereby a casting syrup having a suitable viscosity with a good workability on casting and affording a cast plate of high thermal stability on completion of the polymerization is obtainable.

Abstract: An anti-solar polymer has in the macromolecular chain thereof at least one unit of the formula ##STR1## wherein F is a residue derived from an aromatic compound. The anti-solar polymer can also be one having in the macromolecular chain thereof at least one unit of the formula ##STR2## wherein F.sub.1 is ##STR3## These polymers have the ability to absorb wave lengths in the range of about 280-315 millimicrons. The polymers are employed in a cosmetic composition.

Abstract: An improved process for copolymerizing the monomers (a) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of monoolefins, non-conjugated polyenes, conjugated polyenes, haloolefins, unsaturated esters of carboxylic acids and unsaturated ethers and (b) an acrylic monomer under slurry polymerization conditions to give a copolymer containing the monomeric units (a) and (b) alternately connected to each other with good regularity which has a narrow molecular weight distribution and is not liable to gelling during its formation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of preparing aqueous polymeric colloids comprising the steps of (a) polymerization in organic solvent at high concentration of the monomers (b) emulsification of the resultant polymer solution in water using small proportion of surfactant. The pH of the resulting emulsion is adjusted to 6.5 to 10 with amines. The structure of the polymers in the present invention is highly hydrophobic so that, even at full neutralization of the carboxylic acid groups with amines, it would not produce an aqueous solution. Furthermore, in the absence of surfactant, a stable colloidal emulsion cannot be attained.The aqueous coating composition has satisfactory performance as interior and/or exterior coating for food, beer, beverage and other metal containers. The emulsions can be easily applied by spraying or direct roller coating and baked to give films of outstanding properties.

Abstract: A phonograph record molding composition formed by copolymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer with an acrylic ester monomer in the presence of one or more waxes which composition is especially suitable for injection and compression molding and which is characterized by substantially improved wear resistance, particularly when compared to conventional polystyrene record molding materials. The compositions of this invention comprise about 90 to 98, preferably 94 to 97, weight percent of vinyl aromatic/acrylic ester copolymer (with the weight ratio of vinyl aromatic to acrylic ester of from about 10:1 to 40:1), about 1 to 9, preferably 3 to 6, weight percent of the wax component and about 0.1 to 3, preferably 0.1 to 0.8, weight percent of a suitable lubricant. Preferred copolymers are styrene/2-ethylhexyl acrylate and styrene/stearyl methacrylate copolymers.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of copolymers of ethylene with n-butyl acrylate in a polymerization zone at pressures above 800 atmospheres and at from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C, wherein the reaction mixture obtained is transferred, via a cooling zone which is at a pressure below 500 atmospheres and at from 150.degree. to 250.degree. C, into the high pressure product isolation zone, the mean residence time of the reaction mixture in the two zones being from 2 to 10 minutes. A copolymer which gives good films is obtained.

Abstract: In the emulsion polymerization of polymers which comprise monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, alkyl esters of those acids and which may also comprise other compatible vinyl monomers such as styrene, vinyl acetate, N-methylolacrylamide, acrylonitrile, itaconic acid and the like, the emulsifier for the emulsion polymerization is a surface-active agent having the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## is the acyl radical of a fatty acid having 7 to 21 carbon atoms and M is selected from ammonium, the alkali metals, and certain alkaline earth metals, and x is 1 to 3.

Abstract: Acrylonitrile copolymers having controlled molecular weight are prepared using terpinolene or gamma terpinene as chain length modifier.

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition comprising novel arylglyoxyalkyl acrylates that exhibits useful light sensitivity. The basic structure of the new compositions, which may also themselves be polymerized are as follows: ##STR1## wherein Ar represents an aromatic structure selected from the group consisting of benzene, naphthalene and substituted products of each, R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms, R.sub.2 represents a grouping selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or a lower alkyl group having from one to five carbon atoms and R.sub.3 represents an alkenyl group having from one to ten carbon atoms and singular unsaturation. The light-sensitive compositions may themselves be utilized in photochemistry as photopolymers, they may be combined with suitable solvents and additives or polymerized with suitable backbone polymers to provide substances which can be used as light-sensitive coatings.

Abstract: A hydrolysis-resistant, film-forming, aqueous dispersion of a copolymer consisting essentially of(a) from 5% to 50% by weight of ethylene units,(b) from 10% to 60% by weight of vinyl alkanoate units having from 1 to 14 carbon atoms in the alkanoate moiety,(c) from 20% to 70% by weight of vinyl chloride units, and(d) from 5% to 30% by weight of alkyl methylacrylate units having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety; as well as the hydrolysis-resistant films produced on drying the above aqueous dispersion having a hydrolysis resistance in a 5.times. 5 cm film having a thickness of 0.1.+-. 0.02 mm, such that after storage for four days in a 25% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, its weight loss is less than 10%.

Abstract: A method of forming particles of between about 5 and about 50 microns utilizing a two stage process wherein monomer possibly containing pigments, dyes and/or fillers such as silicon and magnetite, as well as chemical reagents such as crosslinking agents and chain transfer agents, is sized to a narrow range by high shear mixing then polymerized during slow speed agitation to form polymeric particles.

Abstract: A functional group containing polymer, particularly useful for producing relief images, printing plates, and photographic duplications, containing 1 to 90 mol percent of the monomer unit represented by general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sub.2 is a divalent group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom (such as chlorine, bromine) a methoxy group, a nitro group or a methyl group; R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group or a carbamoyl group; X and Y each represents --O--, --S--, or --NR.sub.5 --; and R.sub.5 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, a method of preparing the above described functional group containing polymer and a composition containing the functional group containing polymer.

Abstract: An amorphous atactic alternating branched copolymer having a glass transition temperature less than about 0.degree. C., said copolymer having repeating units of --A--B-- wherein A is a polymerized unit derived from a compound containing the group ##STR1## and where B is a polymerized unit derived from a compound containing the group CH.sub.2 =C<.

Abstract: Sulfur vulcanizable elastomers comprise interpolymers of a major proportion of (a) one or more olefinic or haloolefinic hydrocarbons; (b) one or more esters of acrylic acid in which the acyclic or alicyclic radical moiety of the ester is free of olefinic unsaturation; and (c) a minor proportion, of about 0.10 to 10 mol percent of the total monomers present in the interpolymer, of an acyclic conjugated diolefin, prepared with a catalyst system comprising a Lewis acid, a vanadium compound and a source of free-radicals such as an organic peroxide. The polymer chain consists of segments of alternating olefin and acrylic ester monomer units of variable length interconnected by randomly distributed diolefin units and the sum of the olefin and diolefin monomers in moles is substantially equal to the sum of the acrylic esters in moles present in the interpolymer.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of copolymers of ethylene with vinyl acetate at pressures above 800 atmospheres and at from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C, using mean residence times of up to at most 100 seconds. The reaction mixture obtained from the polymerization is kept for from 2 to 10 minutes at from 150.degree. to 250.degree. C under a pressure below 500 atmospheres. Homogeneous ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers are obtained without the formation of substantial amounts of free acetic acid by decomposition of the vinyl acetate.

Abstract: Adducts of hydrocarbon lithium compounds and alkadienols such as 2,4-pentadien-1-o1 are employed in the anionic solution polymerization of polymerizable monomers to produce polymers containing terminal hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: A process for the polymerization of aromatic vinyl compounds and their copolymerization with alkyl esters or nitriles of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid, wherein1. in a first stage, the monomer or monomers is or are continuously introduced at excess pressure into a first reaction zone and polymerized there to a degree of conversion of 5 - 40% by weight at a temperature of from 80.degree. to 170.degree. C;2. in a second stage, the reaction mixture is conducted at constant pressure into a second reaction zone designed for conducting highly viscous melts, the mixture flowing through this reaction zone at a rate which is 1.1 to 5 times the intrinsic rate, and polymerized there to a degree of conversion of 40 to 95% at temperatures of from 120.degree. to 250.degree. C, the excess pressure in the first and second stage being chosen so that the monomer or monomers is or are liquid, and the polymer is continuously removed from this zone with release of the pressure; and3.

Abstract: Biocompatible polymeric microspheres having an average diameter below about 3 microns and having density at least 15% greater or lesser than organic cells and having covalent binding sites are provided in accordance with this invention. The microspheres are obtained by copolymerizing a hydroxy or amine substituted acrylic monomer such as hydroxyethylmethacrylate with a light or dense comonomer such as a fluoromonomer. A lectin or antibody is bound to the hydroxy or amine site of the bead to provide cell specificity. When added to a cell suspension the marked bead will specifically label the cell membrane by binding to specific receptor sites thereon. The labelled membrane can then be separated by density gradient centrifugation.

Abstract: A composition consisting essentially ofA. a polymer having at least 25 weight percent of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl acrylate units,B. a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 diprimary amine, andC. at least one acid selected fromI. C.sub.4 -C.sub.25 alpha-carbon branched aliphatic acids, andIi. aromatic acids whose pK.sub.A in aqueous solution is at least 3.0.

Abstract: Polymers having low permeability to gases and vapors and yet high heat stability and creep resistance are prepared by a novel method of polymerizing acrylonitrile, a vinylidene aromatic monomer such as styrene and an olefinic ester such as methyl methacrylate. Conjugated diene-based impact modifiers for said polymers are disclosed, as well as impact-resistant blends of said polymers and said impact modifiers. The blends are useful for packaging materials in applications wherein high thermoformability and processability, as well as excellent barrier properties and heat stability, color stability, and creep resistance are desired.

Abstract: Known polymers of a defined class are converted into a universally useable tableting ingredient that provides controlled release of a drug from tablets made with this material. The new material is made in a rapidly stirred, nonaqueous solvent in a one-step process.

Abstract: A process of preparing substantially organic waste liquids containing radioactive or toxic substances for safe, non-pollutive handling, transportation and permanent storage, wherein the liquids are mixed with polymerizable mixtures consisting essentially of one or more monomeric monovinyl compounds and one or more polyvinyl compounds and polymerization catalysts, and the resulting mixtures are converted into solid blocks by polymerization at temperatures in the range of from 15.degree. to 150.degree. C.

Abstract: Unsymmetrical azo compounds (R").sub.3 C--N=N--R' where (R").sub.3 C-- is tert.-aliphatic and R' is --C(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(Z) or ##STR1## e.g., 1-t-butylazo-1-chlorocyclohexane, their use as vinyl polymerization initiators and polyester resin curing agents, and methods for preparing same from t-aliphatic hydrazones and t-aliphatic .alpha.-halo-substituted azoalkanes.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a composition comprising a copolymer product of a vinyl aromatic monomer selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-methylstyrene, 2-methylstyrene and tertiary butylstyrene, methyl methacrylate, and acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile monomers which are polymerized at regulated conditions to produce a terpolymer having a disclosed weight ratio of vinyl aromatic to methyl methacrylate to acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile. The present composition is thought to be useful for applications in which clear solvent resistant polymeric compositions are required which also have high heat resistance evidenced by high heat deflection temperatures. Such composition possesses unique properties which can be exploited through recognized molding procedures to produce many household appliances which must be subjected to high temperatures, possess substantial clarity and reasonable chemical inertness.

Abstract: Dispersions suitable for the manufacture of moulding compositions which can be cured with low shrinkage to give mouldings with excellent surfaces can be obtained by the addition of finely divided ethylene copolymers manufactured in aqueous emulsion to unsaturated polyester resins.

Abstract: An alternating copolymer of an olefinic unsaturated compound and a conjugated vinyl compound is produced by contacting said monomers with at least one organoboron halide or/and a mixture of at least one organo-compound of metal from Groups IIb, IIIb and IVb of the Mendeleev Periodic Table and at least one halogeno-compound of metal from Groups IIIb and IVb of the Mendeleev Periodic Table. A typical catalyst is ethylboron dichloride or a combination of triethylaluminum and tin tetrachloride.

Abstract: A starting monomer mixture containing a minor amount of a cross linking agent is precipitation polymerized in a diluent/precipitant which is an unlimited solvent for the starting monomers but is neither a solvent or a substantial swelling agent for the resultant polymer. The amount of cross linking agent is maintained during polymerization at a critically low percent by volume relative to the entire polymerization mixture. The resultant product falling from the polymerization contains substantially only soluble hydrophilic polymers and copolymers.

Abstract: Continuous process for the production of reduced melt index, low gel content ethylene copolymers comprising the in-line addition of a solution of a free radical initiator into the polymer stream under turbulent conditions after most but not all of the unreacted monomers have been removed. The reduced melt index, low gel content ethylene copolymers prepared by the above process are particularly useful in coating compositions for paper, paperboard or corrugated board.

Abstract: Polymerization products of carboxyl-free and carboxylsubstituted ethylenically unsaturated monomers have retained with the resin a reaction solvent mixture of high boiling alcohols, of which about 30 to 60% are normally liquid, waterinsoluble alcohols. These products are solid, hard glass-like resins which may be dissolved in aqueous bases to form clear or cloudy substantially colorless coating solutions useful in the preparation of clear or cloudy aqueous floor polishes which deposit clear protective films on treated floors.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing approximately spherical polymeric beads of average size less than 20 microns, which process comprises copolymerizing an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a crosslinking agent characterized in that the polymerization is initiated by means of a two part redox free radical system and is carried out in a reaction mixture comprising a fine suspension of droplets of an organic phase in an aqueous phase wherein the organic phase comprises an acid chosen from the group consisting of methacrylic acid and crotonic acid; a crosslinking agent; and an oil soluble and water insoluble first part of a redox free radical initiated system; and wherein the aqueous phase comprises water, at least 15% weight inert salt per volume of aqueous phase, and a suspending agent; and the second part of the redox free radical initiator is at least partially soluble in both the organic and the aqueous phase and is added to the reaction mixture during the course of polymerization while the reaction mixture is maintai

Abstract: In a process for preparing homo- or co-polymer of ethylene, in which ethylene alone or mixed with one or more other unsaturated organic compounds capable of forming a copolymer with ethylene is subjected to a high pressure and a high temperature in a reactor in the presence of an initiator or a catalyst, in which the mixture of polymer and unconverted monomer discharged out of the reactor is expanded to, practically, atmospheric pressure with the aid of an expansion device in two or more steps, and in which the polymer present in the expanded mixture is separated from the mixture in the solid state, the improvement which comprises obtaining the polymer in a fibrous form by supplying the mixture to the last stage of the expansion device at such a pressure and temperature that, during the expansion, in this last stage, the polymer passes from the liquid phase to the solid phase.

Abstract: Novel sound reproduction molding compositions of good processing qualities are disclosed, based on copolymer of vinyl chloride and propylene. Records obtained therefrom, have good audio qualities and resistance to impact, thermal warpage and water blistering. Because of their high heat stability, formulations based on the vinyl chloride-propylene (VC/P) copolymers can be employed in making sound records not only by the usual compression molding techniques, but also by injection molding.

Abstract: Alkali metal salts of copolymers of ethylene and acrylic and/or methacrylic acid are provided. The alkali metal salts are prepared by saponifying copolymers of ethylene and an alkyl acrylate or an alkyl methacrylate in the presence of an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide.

Abstract: This invention relates to a photo-crosslinkable polymer comprising units with side chains having 2-pyrone groups therein. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the novel photo-crosslinkable polymers and to a photo-curable copying composition including the photo-crosslinkable polymer.

Abstract: Emulsions of ethylene homopolymer and/or copolymers are provided which are remarkably clear and have a light transmission of at least about 95%, and contain particles which have an average size no greater than about 100 angstrom units. These emulsions are produced by polymerizing ethylene, or ethylene with at least one other alpha unsaturated monomer in aqueous medium in the presence of an effective amount of a water soluble persulfate initiator, from about 2 to about 5 percent by weight based on the aqueous medium of an alkyl aryl sulfonate surfactant, and from about 0.3 to about 0.7 percent by weight based on the aqueous medium of an alkyl mercaptan. The resulting clear emulsions are combined with clear polish latexes such as acrylic latexes to form clear polish compositions.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for removing the heat of polymerization evolved during a polymerization procedure carried out while the liquid polymerization mixture is stirred in a reactor are provided. A condensable vapor present in the space above the liquid level of the polymerization mixture inside the reactor is condensed by a cooling means provided in said space while the inner pressure of the reactor is maintained at a level such that the polymerization mixture does not boil. Preferably, the vapor phase is stirred.

Abstract: A continuous mixing method and system for preparation of syrup employed as a starting material for continuously manufacturing plate products therefrom are disclosed. The syrup is prepared by a method in which at least one additive is incorporated into at least one master batch of methyl methacrylate or a monomer mixture of methyl methacrylate and a copolymerizable unsaturated compound or a syrup of a monomer-polymer mixture thereof and the flow of the resulting liquid mixture is continuously combined with the flow from another batch of a syrup of the monomer-polymer mixture in a proportion such that the master batch is less in amount than said other batch, and the combined flows are continuously blended with each other.

Abstract: A process for suspension polymerization of vinyl chloride or a mixture of vinyl chloride and a monomer copolymerizable therewith in an aqueous medium in the presence of an oil-soluble polymerization catalyst is improved by the use of a suspending agent comprising a well known protective colloid and a saccharose alkyl ester.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of carboxyl-containing polymer products which comprises reacting mono- or diolefin homopolymers or copolymers with a low molecular weight thermoplastic copolymer of a carboxyl-containing monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable therewith under the influence of shearing forces. A process for the preparation of composites is also provided which comprises preparing the carboxyl-containing polymer products in the presence of hydroxyl-containing materials.

Abstract: This invention is directed to dispersions containing stabilizing amounts of certain substantially linear interpolymeric interfacially spreading polyelectrolytes composed of a mixture of nonionic hydrophobic units and ionic hydrophilic units where the nonionic units are randomly distributed in the backbone of the polyelectrolyte and where the polyelectrolyte is adsorbed at the surface of the disperse phase of the dispersion in a substantially flat configuration. The polyelectrolytes are further characterized by having an adsorption constant equal to or greater than 1 at the point where the surface of the disperse phase is saturated with the polyelectrolyte, the absorption constant being determined as the amount of polyelectrolyte in the disperse phase divided by the amount of polyelectrolyte in the continuous phase. These stabilized dispersions are particularly useful as coating compositions and for use in the preparation of microspheres and seed latexes.

Abstract: Hydrophilic, water insoluble, organic solvent soluble polymers of hydroxyalkyl methacrylate or acrylate of high purity are prepared in water using hydroxyalkyl methacrylate or acrylate monomer having not over 0.035 weight percent of alkylene glycol dimethacrylate or diacrylate. The polymers have high molecular weight and narrow molecular weight distribution and are useful for medical applications, e.g., as a burn dressing.

Abstract: A diallyl phthalate resin-containing aqueous emulsion containing an aqueous emulsion of a diallyl phthalate resin of a rate of polymerization of 30 - 75 weight % consisting of 50 - 100 weight % of diallyl phthalate and 50 - 0 weight % of an alkyl acrylate, and an aqueous emulsion of a thermosetting vinyl resin consisting of 10 - 1 weight % of a vinyl compound containing a thermosetting functional group and 90 - 99 weight % of a vinyl compound not containing a thermosetting functional group, the content of said diallyl phthalate resin component to said thermosetting vinyl resin component being in a proportion of 10 - 70 weight % of the former to 90 - 30 weight % of the latter.

Abstract: A hot-melt composition comprising[A] a cyclopentadiene-type resin having a bromine number of not more than 70 and a softening point of 50.degree. to 170.degree.C., said resin being the polymerization reaction product of 90 to 40% by weight of (I) a monomer containing a cyclopentadiene skeleton with 10 to 60% by weight of (II) at least one polar unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of (i) organic unsaturated cyano compounds containing 3 to 6 carbon atoms, (ii) alkenyl alkanoates derived from aliphatic monocarboxylic acids containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and vinyl alcohol or allyl alcohol, and (iii) unsaturated carboxylic acid esters derived from unsaturated carboxylic acids containing 3 to 4 carbon atoms and aliphatic alcohols containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and[B] an ethylenic copolymer.

Abstract: A non-continuous suspension polymerization process for the production of finely-divided, low molecular weight polymeric particles of an aryl monomer is carried out in a heated aqueous suspension media at a polymerization temperature above the glass transition temperature of the desired polymer. The monomer reactants and the polymerization initiator are substantially simultaneously introduced into the heated suspension media at a slow, substantially continuous rate over a time within the range of from 20 to about 85 percent of the total polymerization reaction time. The suspension media is subjected to high-rate shearing throughout the reaction.

Abstract: The disclosure teaches the gelling and thickening of matrix forming resin systems by ion-dipole bonds. Suitable ions are introduced into the resin matrix as alkaline oxides or hydroxides. Thermoplastic polymers containing polar groups are used as additives for the thermosetting resins to offset shrink of the thermosetting resins during their crosslinking and curing in the molding operation. In the molded thermoset state of the resin materials, the polar groups provide sites for the improved bonding of paints, as for example, gel coats. The invention has particular advantages in polyester thermosetting resin systems and in the thermoplastic additives that are used therewith. Polar monomers copolymerized with styrene are the preferred thermoplastic additives.