Abstract:
The present invention relates to a latex with modified surface chemistry, which may be obtained by carrying out a free-radical emulsion polymerization in the presence of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer or at least one polymer containing residual ethylenically unsaturated bonds,of at least one free-radical polymerization initiator,of at least one water-soluble and/or water-dispersible monoblock, diblock or triblock polymer comprising at its end an active group capable of forming a radical, chosen from dithioesters, xanthates, thioether-thiones and diothiocarbamates. The invention similarly relates to redispersible powders that may be obtained by drying the said latices.
Abstract:
A rubber-modified resin obtained by conducting polymerization of a vinyl monomer in the presence of a mixed rubber latex of a silicone rubber latex (A) and an acrylic rubber latex (B), during which polymer particles are coagglomerated to enhance the particle size. The rubber-modified resin is useful as impact modifier and provides thermoplastic resin compositions having an excellent impact resistance by the incorporation thereof into thermoplastic resins.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to light fast, aqueous, strippable coating compositions containing A) 40 to 90 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of aqueous polyurethane-polyureas and B) 10 to 60 wt. %, based on resin solids of A) and B), of polymers prepared from radically polymerizable monomers, wherein the percentages of A) and B) add up to 100, based on the weight of resin solids of A) and B). The present invention relates also to substrates coated with these strippable coating compositions. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of the stripped coatings as recycled material by mechanically comminuting the stripped coatings, optionally after cleaning, and then either pressing them in heatable presses to form sheets, or extruding them in an extruder to form endless thermoplastic threads, and then processing the resulting threads by known granulating methods to form cylindrical, spherical, lenticular or rhombic granules. Finally, the present invention relates to the use of the resulting thermoplastic granules for the production of articles by known processes such as injection molding, blow molding, deep-drawing, slush molding or flat extrusion.
Abstract:
A process for forming an abrasion-resistant antistatic layer for an imaging element comprises: adjusting the pH of an aqueous composition of an electronically-conductive polymer to a pH of about 3 to about 10, and combining the pH-adjusted aqueous composition of the electronically-conductive polymer with an aqueous composition at a pH greater than 7 of a polyurethane film-forming binder having a tensile elongation to break of at least 50% and a Young's modulus measured at 2% elongation of at least 50000 psi. The process further comprises applying the resulting coating composition to the imaging element, thereby forming an abrasion-resistant antistatic layer on the element. The antistatic layer coating composition of the present invention can be applied to a wide variety of imaging elements, including, for example, photographic, electrostatographic, photothermographic, migration, electrothermographic, dielectric recording and thermal-dye-transfer imaging elements.
Abstract:
An aerogel material with surfaces containing fluorine atoms which exhibits exceptional hydrophobicity, or the ability to repel liquid water. Hydrophobic aerogels are efficient absorbers of solvents from water. Solvents miscible with water are separated from it because the solvents are more volatile than water and they enter the porous aerogel as a vapor across the liquid water/solid interface. Solvents that are immisicble with water are separated from it by selectively wetting the aerogel. The hydrophobic property is achieved by formulating the aerogel using fluorine containing molecules either directly by addition in the sol-gel process, or by treating a standard dried aerogel using the vapor of fluorine containing molecules.
Abstract:
An adhesive, comprising (A) a polymeric MDI, (B) modified polyvinyl acetate emulsion, (C) aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution, and (D) a filler. Preferably, a mass ratio of A:B:C:D is 30:(60-160):(50-160):(10-140) provided that the aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution (C) is in a concentration of 10% by mass
Abstract:
The present invention relates to polyol latex compositions, to methods of making such compositions, and to condensation polymers comprising such compositions.
Abstract:
Interpenetrating organic and inorganic networks with a maximum dimension of 100 nm are produced by: (1) mixing aqueous solutions or dispersions of organic polymers capable of forming polymer networks in aqueous phase, polymer precursors or the mixtures thereof and silicon dioxide components; (2) changing the pH value and/or thermally treating the aqueous solution or dispersion in order to form a gel made of interpenetrating organic and silica gel networks and (3) drying the gel.
Abstract:
A suspension, for use as an oilfield fluid, is composed of at least one ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, at least one surface active agent other than an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and a bipolar solvent. The bipolar organic solvent has a boiling point higher than the melting point of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer. The polar and nonpolar groups of the bipolar organic solvent and the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer(s) form a micellar self-assembly such that the polar groups and nonpolar groups of the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer(s) are associated with the polar groups and nonpolar groups, respectively, of the bipolar organic solvent. The micellar self-assembly serves as a vehicle for the incorporation of the surface active agent(s) into a single multi-component blend. Suitable surface active agents include corrosion inhibitors, scale preventatives, demulfisying agents, paraffin inhibitors, gas hydrate inhibitors, flocculanting agents as well as asphaltene dispersants. The suspensions are prepared by heating and mixing a mixture comprising the surface active agents, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer(s), and bipolar organic solvent to a temperature sufficient to solvate the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer(s), preferably from about 280 to about 375null F. The product is then air cooled such that the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer(s) are excluded to form the suspension.
Abstract:
The invention relates to soft capsules that consist of a gel from a starch mixture having a reduced branching degree and a swelling agent. The soft capsules are especially useful for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and veterinary uses, but also in food technology.