Abstract:
A FRICTION OR TRACTIVE DRIVE COMPRISES AT LEAST TWO RELATIVELY ROTATABLE MEMBERS IN TORQUE TRANSMITTING RELATIONSHIP, THE TRACTIVE SURFACES OF THE MEMBERSHAVING DISPOSED THEREON ONE OR MORE TRACTANTS SELECTED FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUP(1) OR (2): (1) ATRACTANT COMPRISING ALKYLATED ADAMANTANE HYDROCARBON HAVING ONE ADAMANTANE NUCELUS PER MOLECULE WITH THE C3-C20 ALKYL MOIETY AS A BRIDGEHEAD SUBSTITUENT; AND, (2) BIS-TYPE HYDROCARBON PRODUCT HAVING TWO ADAMANTANE NUCLEI LINKED BETWEEN BRIGEHEAD POSITIONS THROUGH THE C3-C20 ALKYLENE MOIETY.
Abstract:
A wickless candle can be formed from a composition comprising 45 to 97.9 weight percent wax, 1 to 30 weight percent stearic acid and 1.1 to 25 weight percent ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The wickless candle is easily ignitable, burns with little or no dripping and leaves little residue upon complete combustion. The wax can be a paraffin wax or a combination of paraffin wax and one or more of the following waxes: candellilla, carnauba, montan, spermaceti and beeswax. The ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene refers to a polyethylene with a weight average molecular weight in the range of 500,000 to 6,000,000. The components of the composition are uniformly distributed therein.
Abstract:
NOVEL COPOLYMERS HAVING LOW MOLD SHRINKAGE PROPERTIES ARE PREPARED FROM ADAMANTANE ACRYLATE AND METHACRYLATES OF THE STRUCTURE
1-R3,3-(CH2=C(-R)-COO-),5-R1,7-R2-ADAMANTANE
WHERE R IS HYDROGEN OR METHYL AND R1, R2, AND R3 ARE PREFERABLY ALKYL OR CYCLOALKYL RADICALS HAVING 1-20 CARBON ATOMS AND A SECOND POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED MONOMER SUCH AS METHYL METHACRYLATE, STYRENE, ACRYLONITRILE, AND VINYL CHLORIDE.
Abstract:
A FRICTION DRIVE MACHINE COMPRISES A POWER INPUT MEMBER AND A POWER OUTPUT MEMBER IN TRACTIVE ROLLING CONTACT RELATIONSHIP AND AN OXIDATION-RESISTANT FLUID FILM BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, SAID FLUID COMPRISING A POLYMERIC REACTION PRODUCT OFC2-C8 OLEFIN, SAID POLYMER PREFERABLY HAVING AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 170-1000 (E.G., 300-500). THE CHOICE OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT IS DETERMINED PRIMARILY BY THE DESIRED VISCOSITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLUID (INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF ANY OTHER COMPONENTS SUCH AS LOW VI NAPHTHENES). FOR EXAMPLE, A POLY-3-METHYLBUTENE-1 (#31) OR 361 AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT HAS A KV AT 210*F. OF 5.47 CS., WHEREAS AN ETHYLENEPROPYLENE COPOLYMER OIL (#44) OF 555 AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT HAS A KV AT 210*F. OF 8.50 CS., AND A POLYPROPYLENE OIL (#25) HAVING A KV AT 210*F. OF 5.679 HAS AN AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF 457. THE POLYMERIC REACTION PRODUCT IS PREFERABLY HYDROGENATED TO EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATE OLEFINIC UNSATURATION.
Abstract:
A POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMPRISES A TRACTION DRIVE TRANSMISSION AND AS A LUBRICANT A HYDROCARBON BASE STOCK COMPRISING A PARAFFINIC OIL CONTAINING LESS THAN 1% BY WEIGHT OF AROMATICS AND HAVING AN ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTIVITY AT 260 MILLIMICRONS OF LESS THAN 0.5.
Abstract:
NAPHTHENES, SUCH AS ALKYL DECALINS, PERHYDROTERPHENYLS, PERHYDROFLUORENES, PERHYDROGENATED OLIGOMERS OF STYRENE, A-METHYL STYRENE, B-METHYL STYRENE AND MONO- DI, TRI OR TETRAALKYL OR ALKYL CYCLOHEXYL SUBSTITUTED DERIVATIVES OF SUCH NAPHTHENES ARE USEFUL AS LUBRICANTS OR AS COMPONENTS OF LUBRICANTS FOR TRACTION DRIVE TRANSMISSIONS. A NOVEL TRACTION FLUID HAVING A HIGH TRACTIN COEFFICIENT AND A HIGH VISCOSITY INDEX IS OBTAINED BY BLENDING SELECTED NAPTHENES WITH FROM 0.1-20 PARTS BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE NAPHTHENE, OF A BRANCHED PARAFFIN CORRESPONDING TO HYDROGENATED LIQUID C3-C8 OLEFIN POLYMER, COPOLYMER, OR TERPOLYMER. HYDROGENATED PETROLEUM OILS ARE ALSO USEFUL AS TRACTION FLUIDS OR AS COMPONENTS OF BLENDED TRACTION FLUIDS, AS ARE BRANCHED PARAFFINS CORRESPONDING TO THE FORMULA
-C(-R"1)(-R"2)-CH2-
WHEREIN R"1 IS HYDROGEN OR METHYL, AND WHEN R"1 IS HYDROGEN, R"2 IS ISOPROPYL OR ISOBUTYL, AND WHEN R"1 IS METHYL, R"2 IS METHYL, ETHYL, ISOPROPYL OR ISOBUTYL.
Abstract:
LINEAR POLYESTERS HAVING GOOD TEMPERATURE, HYDROLYTIC AND U.V. STABILITY ARE PREPARED FROM HYDROCARBON ADAMANTANE DIOLS AND CYCLOALKYL ORGANIC DIACIDS. THE HYDROXYL GROUPS ARE BRIDGEHEAD POSITIONS IN THE ADAMANTANE MOIETY AND PREFERABLY THE ADAMANTANE MOIETY CONTAINES SUBSTITUENTS AT THE REMAINING BRIDGEHEAD POSITIONS THUS REMOVING ALL TERTIARY HYDROGEN-ATOMS THEREFROM. THE POLYESTERS ARE USEFUL FOR PREPARING COATINGS, FILMS AND FIBERS.