摘要:
When polyvinyl alcohol and vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymers are acetalized in an acid aqueous medium in the presence of a wetting agent, an open-pore solid foam is formed, if the reaction mixture contains gas bubbles. These gas bubbles are produced, in particular, by stirring in air. The molded articles obtained are porous, and the pores are uniformly distributed. The dried molded article absorbs many times its weight of water. It is employed as a sponge for household use and in industry.
摘要:
The acetalization of polyvinyl alcohol in an acidic aqueous medium in the presence of a wetting agent yields an open-cell, solid foam when the reaction medium contains gas bubbles which are preferably produced by stirring air into the reaction mixture. By carrying out the acetalization in the presence of a nucleic acid a porous shaped article is obtained in which the cells are uniformly distributed. The dried shaped article absorbs a multiple of its weight of water. It can be used for household and industrial purposes.
摘要:
A label essentially comprises a top layer which can be printed and/or inscribed and a water-soluble adhesive layer. The adhesive layer can also be protected by a covering layer. The top layer is formed from polyvinyl alcohol which is preferably insoluble in cold water but soluble in hot water. The adhesive layer comprises a synthetic adhesive which is soluble in water and represents, in particular, a contact adhesive or permanent adhesive. The label is resistant to the action of cold water but is soluble in hot water, and is suitable for labeling containers with a smooth surface.
摘要:
With polybasic inorganic acids, for example boric acid, polyvinyl alcohol forms complex compounds, which, in the form of a gel, are suitable as adhesives. PVAL complex compounds are prepared in simple manner by subjecting to alcoholysis a polyvinyl ester in the presence of an organic boric acid derivative complexing agent. The reaction is carried out in alcoholic solution and the complexing agent should be soluble in alcohol. As starting material polyvinyl acetate is preferred, and methanol is preferred as alcohol. The PVAL complex compounds prepared in this way are used, inter alia, as binders and thickening agents for coating substances.
摘要:
A pulverulent polymer composition which is readily pourable, has a low tendency to form dust and has good stability on storage is composed of a mixture of a vinyl ester polymer and a small proportion of a hydrophobic silica. The composition is prepared by spray drying an aqueous vinyl ester polymer dispersion in the presence of a hydrophobic silica. The silica is preferably a product from the reaction of a hydrophilic silica with an organochlorosilane. The composition can be redispersed in water and the films produced from such dispersions are transparent; they are suitable for the production of paints, glues and adhesives.
摘要:
The water content of a material, which tends to either absorb water or to release water, is changed with the aid of a film, which at least partially separates the material from the adjacent space and is impermeable to liquid water but permeable to gaseous water. Polyvinyl alcohol with a particular degree of polymerization and degree of hydrolysis is used as the film material. The film can be mechanically or chemically after-treated. The moistening or de-moistening of the material, which is solid, liquid or gaseous, is effected, utilizing a water vapor pressure gradient, under very mild conditions.
摘要:
A molding composition on the basis of polyvinyl alcohol substantially consists of a partially solvolyzed graft copolymer of a vinyl ester and a polyethylene glycol or of a mixture of such graft copolymer with a partially solvolyzed polyvinyl ester as well as of water and optionally a polyhydric alkanol. The composition is obtained by mixing the granular polymers used in each case with the other components. It is water-soluble, flowable and thermoplastically workable and is suitable for the preparation of any shaped articles, especially sheets.
摘要:
In order to protect the environment from pollution, it is desirable to keep the polyvinyl alcohol content in waste waters as low as possible. Polyvinyl alcohol may be removed from waste waters by means of microorganisms on the the one hand, and on the other according to chemical/mechanical methods by salting-out and precipitation and subsequent separation of the solids. Advantageous is the precipitation in the form of a polyvinyl alcohol/boric acid/didiol complex, especially by means of alkaline earth metal hydroxides in an alkaline medium. Calcium hydroxide is a particularly suitable alkaline earth metal hydroxide.
摘要:
The sieve efficiency can be increased in an improved sieve apparatus in such a way tat the sieve apparatus is equipped with a compulsory mixing device (5). By means of this, during the sieve process, the sieve product, which is moving forward along the main flow direction (1) to a delivery end (11), is thoroughly mixed, which produces the desired increase in sieve efficiency.
摘要:
Polyvinyl alcohol containing films and coatings having a reduced water solubility are prepared from polyvinyl alcohol having an ester number of at most 200 mg of KOH/g. This polyvinyl alcohol being readily soluble in water is submitted in aqueous phase to an after saponification with alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide rendering it insoluble at elevated temperature. The alkali or alkaline earth metal ions then are precipitated in the form of compounds difficultly soluble in water by additions of substances containing corresponding anions. The precipitate remains as inert filler in the suspension of polyvinyl alcohol thus prepared. The suspension is applied in form of films or coatings and dried.