Abstract:
A latex copolymer composition is produced having good flame retardancy. The copolymer is typically made from vinylidene chloride monomers, conjugated diene monomers, vinyl substituted aromatic monomers, and functional monomers such as unsaturated mono or dicarboxylic acids. Through the use of flame retardant agents such as halogenated waxes, metallic salts, and the like, the pliability or softness, as well as the strength of the copolymer composition, can be controlled. Flexibilizing agents can optionally be utilized to abate cracking, especially after heat aging. The composition can optionally be pigmented. The flame retardant latex composition can be utilized as coatings on various substrates such as mats, fibers, and the like.
Abstract:
This invention provides durable, low-ice-adhesion coatings with excellent performance in terms of ice-adhesion reduction. Some variations provide a low-ice-adhesion coating comprising a microstructure with a first-material phase and a second-material phase that are microphase-separated on an average length scale of phase inhomogeneity from 1 micron to 100 microns. Some variations provide a low-ice-adhesion material comprising a continuous matrix containing a first component; and a plurality of discrete inclusions containing a second component, wherein the inclusions are dispersed within the matrix to form a phase-separated microstructure that is inhomogeneous on an average length scale from 1 micron to 100 microns, wherein one of the first component or the second component is a low-surface-energy polymer, and the other is a hygroscopic material. The coatings are characterized by an AMIL Centrifuge Ice Adhesion Reduction Factor up to 100 or more. These coatings are useful for aerospace surfaces and other applications.
Abstract:
With a view to simultaneously achieving reduction in sputter adhesion to an electronic article and improvement in durability required for maintenance of a coat, the electronic article (10) according to the present invention has a coat (3) which is formed on the surface of an underlayer member (1) and which is composed of a baked and cured product of a coat solution of a binder resin comprising a fluorine-based resin and a ceramic filler, wherein the fluorine-based resin is distributed increasingly more in the coat (3) toward the surface on the side opposite to the underlayer member (1).
Abstract:
To provide a process for producing a powder coating material capable of forming a cured film which is excellent in weather resistance and which has few voids (gaps); a coated article having a cured film which is excellent in weather resistance and which has few voids; and a method for producing a carboxy group-containing fluororesin less susceptible to gelation. A process for producing a powder coating material containing a powder (X) composed of a composition (±) comprising a fluororesin (A) having carboxy groups, or alkoxysilyl groups and urethane bonds, and a curing agent (D), said process comprising (a) a step of melt-kneading a mixture comprising a hydroxy group-containing fluororesin (B), an acid anhydride (C1) or a compound (C2) having an alkoxysilyl group and an isocyanate group, and the curing agent (D), to obtain a kneaded product composed of the composition (±), and (b) a step of pulverizing the kneaded product to obtain the powder (X).
Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide a nonionic surfactant composition capable of providing an aqueous dispersion that has excellent mechanical stability and storage stability, is less viscous at high temperatures and high concentrations, and is less likely to give off an odor during drying and firing. The present invention relates to a nonionic surfactant composition including: a nonionic surfactant that comprises a molecule having a C10-C22 alkyl group and/or alkenyl group as a hydrophobic group, a polyoxyalkylene chain as a hydrophilic group, no aromatic ring, no C9-C14 alkyl group derived from an alcohol that is produced from a higher olefin derived from a mixture of propylene and butene through an oxo process, and no C13 alkyl group derived from an alcohol that is produced from a higher olefin derived from a propylene tetramer through an oxo process, wherein the nonionic surfactant has a hydrodynamic radius of 5.0 to 8.0 nm at 40°C in an aqueous solution in which a nonionic surfactant concentration is 0.1 kg/L in the nonionic surfactant composition, the radius being measured by a dynamic light scattering method.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a composition which is able to form a layer having excellent surface slip property and friction durability in addition to water-repellency, oil-repellency and antifouling property. The present invention provides a surface-treatment composition comprising (A) at least one fluorine-containing polymer having a curable moiety, and (B) at least one silicon-containing polymer having a curable moiety.
Abstract:
A composite article (20; 120) includes a substrate (22; 122) and a protective coating (32; 132) on at least a portion of the substrate. The protective coating includes reinforcement particles (34) dispersed within an elastomeric matrix (36) that is modified with a silicon-containing modifier selected from polysilsesquioxane, polyhedral oligomeric silicate and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS).