Abstract:
A SPONGEE BUFF SUITABLE FOR USE IN POLISHING OR FINISHING SURFACES OF STAINLESS STEELS, ALUMINUM AND OTHER METALS IS MADE BY REACTING POLYVINYL ALCOHOL WITH A LOWER ALDEHYDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF FORMALDEHYDE, ACETALDEHYDE AND BUTYRALDEHYDE, AND DIALDEHYDE STARCH AT A PH OF AT LEAST 1 IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ACIDIC CATALYST, SUITABLE FOAMING AGENT AND 20-70% BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE REACTION MIXTURE OF HEAT RESISTANT FIBERS, AND FORMING THE REACTION PRODUCED IN ANY DESIRED FORM.
Abstract:
Heat-degraded thermoformed water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol is rendered odor-free by mixing a proton acceptor with the polyvinyl alcohol before the polyvinyl alcohol is heatdegraded by a thermoforming operation.
Abstract:
Polyvinyl alcohol having a 4 percent solution viscosity at 20* C. in the range of 7.5 to 16 centipoises is uniquely adapted to function as the sole pigment binder in paper coating colors and to improve the rheological properties thereof.
Abstract:
METHOD OF GELLING POLYVINYL ALCOHOL AT CONTROLLED RATES WHICH COMPRISES MIXING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) WATER, (B) POLYVINYL ALCOHOL WHICH IS AT LEAST ABOUT 85 MOLE PERCENT HYDROLYZED AND HAS A MOLECULAR WEIGHT WHICH PROVIDES A HOEPPLER VISCOSITY OF ABOUT 4 TO 150 CENTIPOISIS IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE A BROOKFIELD VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST 20 CENTIPIOSES, (C) A WATER-SOLUBLE CHROMIC SALT IN AN AMOUMT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ABOUT 1 TO 100 PARTS OF CHROMIC ION PER 100 PARTS OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL, AND (D) A WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC ACID SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMMONIUM, ALKALI METAL AND ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALTS OF ORGANIC ACIDS OF 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE ABOUT 0.05 TO 9 EQUIVALENTS OF ORGANIC ACID ANION PER EQUIVALENT OF CHROMIUM ION, WITH SUFFICIENT WATER-SOLUBLE STRONG ALKALINE MATERIAL TO PROVIDE A PH OF AT LEAST ABOUT 8 AND CAUSE GELATION OF SAID POLYVINYL ALCOHOL WITHIN 10 SECONDS TO 2 HOURS, THE RESULTING BASIC SOLUTION CONTAINING SUFFICIENT POLYVINYL ALCOHOL TO PROVIDE AN INITIAL BROOKFIELD VISCISOTY OF ABOUT 20 TO 400 CENTIPOISES. THIS METHOD OF GELATION IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR SOIL STABILIZATION AND THE PREPARATION OF FILLED COMPOSITIONS AND FOAMS.
Abstract:
A stable monophasic composition is here taught consisting of a solution of an antioxidant and copolymers of polyvinyl acetals in a solvent mixture containing a chlorinated hydrocarbon and an aqueous solution of a basic agent. The composition is useful for restoring and preserving papers and similar materials without discoloration.
Abstract:
A polyvinyl alcohol gel pad. The gel pad has properties which make it useful as a support pad in the prevention and treatment of decubitus ulcers (also known as pressure sores) and for other purposes. The polyvinyl alcohol gel is made by cross-linking high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol using a cross-linking agent, such as formaldehyde, in the presence of an acid catalyst, such as hydrochloric acid, and by incorporating at least one internal plasticizer, such as propylene glycol, in the gel. The support pad is completed by putting a thin-film envelope around the gel. The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.