Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a superabsorbent polymer including a) preparing a hydrogel phase polymer by thermopolymerizing or photopolymerizing a monomer composition including a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a polymerization initiator; b) chopping the hydrogel phase polymer; c) adding particles having properties of the following i) and ii) to the chopped hydrogel phase polymer; d) chopping the particle-added hydrogel phase polymer again; e) drying the hydrogel phase polymer; f) milling the dried hydrogel phase polymer; g) adding a surface crosslinking agent to the milled hydrogel phase polymer; and h) carrying out a surface crosslinking reaction. i) BET specific surface area of 300 m 2 /g to 1500 m 2 /g, ii) Porosity of 50% or greater.
Abstract:
Fast cure resin system comprise semisolid epoxy resins and finely divided curatives of particle size less than 25 microns. The resins are dry to the touch, can be readily combined with fibrous reinforcement to provide prepregs which can be rapidly cured in a short moulding cycle.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to aqueous coating compositions for stretchable coatings in paper applications comprising at least one polymeric binder having a Tg of -3°C or lower, and at least one inorganic filler having a BET specific surface area in the range of 1.0 to 30.0 m 2 /g, wherein the dry weight ratio of the at least one polymeric binder to the at least one inorganic filler is between 15 : 100 and 20 : 100, as well as their use as stretchable coatings in paper and board applications.
Abstract:
A composition may include a first talc having a morphology index less than or equal to about 0.6 and a second talc having a morphology index greater than or equal to about 0.6. The first talc and the second talc may form a talc composition, and the talc composition may have a content ratio of the first talc to the second talc ranging from about 30:70 by weight to about 80:20 by weight. A polymer composition may include a polymer matrix and a filler composition. The filler composition may include a first talc having a morphology index less than or equal to about 0.8 and a second talc having a morphology index greater than or equal to about 0.8, The filler composition may have a content ratio of the first talc to the second talc ranging from about 30:70 by weight to about 80:20 by weight. The first talc may be a microcrystalline talc. The second talc may be a macrocrystalline talc.
Abstract:
A method of embedding a sample material in a mounting medium with reduced cycle times and a mounting medium for embedding a sample material. The method includes the steps of: - preparing a granular mounting medium by blending a granular resin and a granular filler, - placing a sample material and said granular mounting medium in a moulding cavity, - followed by the steps of: - heating, for a first period of time, said moulding cavity including said granular mounting medium thereby producing a sintering mounting medium, - cooling, for a second period of time, said moulding cavity including said mounting medium thereby producing a solid mounting medium embedding said sample material.
Abstract:
(1) A polyamide resin composition comprising, relative to 100 parts by volume of a polyamide resin, 50 to less than 100 parts by volume of flake graphite, 5 to 40 parts by volume of carbon fibers, and 0.1 to 5 parts by volume of a polyhydric alcohol; (2) a polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin and, as a property imparting component, at least one member selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a nitrogen compound, and a silicon compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid units of the polyamide resin are oxalic acid in an amount of 70 mol% or more, based on the total dicarboxylic acid units; or (3) a polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin and metal oxide particles, wherein the polyamide resin composition contains the metal oxide particles in an amount of 70 to 85% by mass, based on the mass of the polyamide resin composition, wherein the metal oxide particles contain those having a particle size of 70 µm or more in an amount of 10 to 50% by mass and those having a particle size of 20 µm or less in an amount of 1 to 50% by mass, based on the total mass of the metal oxide particles.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for producing an organopolysiloxane emulsion composition which contains an organopolysiloxane having a trialkyl group at a terminal thereof and having a viscosity of 50,000 mm 2 /s or more at 25°C, within a shorter time compared with the conventional methods. A method for producing an emulsion composition which contains an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of 50,000 mm 2 /s or more at 25°C and capped with a trialkylsilyl group, said method comprising: (I) emulsifying a mixture comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane, (B) a nonionic surfactant, (C) an anionic surfactant, (D-1) an acidic compound and (E-1) water to prepare an emulsion composition; (II) adding (D-2) an acidic compound and (E-2) water to the emulsion composition to perform emulsion polymerization; and (III) adding 0.001 part by mass or more of (F) a compound to the resultant product to perform emulsion polymerization again.
Abstract:
A method of producing a complex of a lamellar inorganic compound and an organic compound includes: heat-treating a particular non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound within a pyrolysis temperature range of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound; and intercalating an organic compound into the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound in a dispersion liquid in which the heat-treated non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound is dispersed in a medium, thereby inserting the organic compound into an interlamellar space of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound.
Abstract:
The flaky glass granules of the present invention include glass flakes having an average thickness of 0.1 to 2.0 µm and an average particle diameter of 10 to 2000 µm and a binder that binds the glass flakes together into the granules. The flaky glass granules contain 1.0 to 5.0% by mass of the binder in terms of solid content. The binder contains 9% by mass or less of a coupling agent. The resin composition of the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and the flaky glass granules.
Abstract:
Copper oxide particles having particular starting size and surface area characteristics can be processed by heat and milling to achieve sizes and particle size distributions that give the copper oxide properties as an infrared reflective pigment without addition of other metals or oxides.