Abstract:
A process for dissolving a binder off a fiber web bonded therewith includes treating the fiber web, which is bonded with a polymeric binder having carboxylate groups crosslinked via alkaline earth metal cations, with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt to form a sparingly soluble salt or complex between the anion of the alkali metal salt and the alkaline earth metal cations, and then removing the fiber freed of the binder.
Abstract:
An ionomer resin, a film or sheet of the ionomer resin and laminated articles having a lamina of the ionomer resin film are provided. The ionomer resin consists of ionically crosslinked ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer or ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer which is neutralized with a polyamine, preferably a diamine, that contains at least one R--CH.sub.2 --NH.sub.2 group and the R may contain: (--CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2).sub.x ; (--NH.sub.2).sub.x ; or (R'R"NH).sub.y where x=1 or more, y=0 or more. The polyamine neutralized ionomer resin may be formed into a film or sheet which may be self-supporting or may be laminated to glass to form a safety glass.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to aqueous solutions having dilatant properties in which the aqueous solution contains a polymer complex which is a water soluble polymer backbone containing an anionic comonomer and a copolymer of a water soluble polymer backbone containing a cationic comonomer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a free radical emulsion polymerization process for the formation of substantially gel-free co- or terpolymers of a major portion of at least one conjugated diene and a minor portion of a sulfonate containing monomer, wherein the co- or terpolymers are water insoluble and have about 18 to about 100 meq of sulfonate groups per 100 grams of polymer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a free radical emulsion polymerization process for the formation of substantially gel-free terpolymers of a major portion of a mixture of butadiene and styrene and a minor portion of a sulfonate containing monomer wherein the terpolymers are water insoluble and have about 18 to about 100 meq. of sulfonate groups per 100 grams of polymer.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a class of water soluble complex polymers of relatively low molecular weight, which have been found to be improved drag reducing agents. These complex polymers are a mixture of a cationic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone and an anionic copolymer having a water soluble polymer backbone. The solutions of these complex polymers are improved drag reducing agents for aqueous systems at low concentrations (i.e., 10 to 500 ppm) relative to individual solutions of the copolymers which make upon the polymer complex.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the gelation (i.e. thickening) of salt water which includes the steps of forming a solvent system of an organic liquid or oil and a polar cosolvent, the polar cosolvent being less than about 15 weight percent of the solvent system, a viscosity of the solvent system being less than about 100 cps; dissolving a nonionic surfactant and water insoluble, neutralized or unneutralized sulfonated polymer in the solvent system to form a solution, a concentration of the neutralized, or unneutralized sulfonated polymer in the solution being about 0.01 to about 0.5 weight percent, the concentration of the nonionic surfactant in the solvent system being about 0.0001 to about 1.0 weight percent, a viscosity of the solution being less than about 2,000 cps; and admixing or contacting said solution with about 5 to about 500 volume precent of salt water, the salt water being immiscible with the organic liquid and the polar cosolvent, nonionic surfactant and the water insoluble, neutralized or unneutralized sulfonated polymer transferring from the organic liquid to the salt water phase, thereby causing the salt water phase to gel.
Abstract:
An aqueous dispersion of improved stability, said dispersion consisting essentially of a mixture of(A) 10 to 90% by weight of an ethylene/.alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer containing 12 to 20% by weight on an average of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid units or the metal salt thereof, and(B) 90 to 10% by weight of an ethylene/.alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer containing 5 to 12% by weight on an average of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid units or the metal salt thereof,said mixture containing 8 to 20% by weight on an average, based on the weight of the mixture, of the .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid units, 30 to 80% of which units are present in the form of metal salts, and said mixture not containing more than 5% by weight, based on the weight of the mixture, of a fraction of the ethylene/.alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid having an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid unit content of less than 5% by weight or its salt, and more than 10% by weight, based on the weight of the mixture, of a fraction of the ethylene/.alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid having an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid unit content of more than 20% by weight or its salt.
Abstract:
This invention relates to injection moldable type elastomeric compositions having a viscosity at 200.degree. C. at 0.73 sec.sup.-1 of less than about 8.times.10.sup.4 poises. The compositions used for elastomeric articles include 100 parts of a neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymer; about 25 to about 150 parts per hundred of a non-polar process oil; about 25 to about 200 parts per hundred of a filler; and a preferential plasticizer at about less than 50 parts per hundred based on 100 parts of the sulfonated elastomeric polymer. The composition may also include a crystalline polyolefinic thermoplastic at least than about 100 parts per hundred by weight.These blend compositions can be readily processed due to their superior rheological properties on conventional plastic fabrication equipment, especially on low pressure injection molding equipment into elastomeric articles having excellent physical properties and desirable rubbery characteristics.
Abstract:
This invention relates to plasticized metal neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymers having at least 65 wt. % of ethylene in the backbone of the EPDM terpolymer and extended compositions of these metal neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymers having 100 parts of a neutralized sulfonated EPDM terpolymer; less than about 100 parts per hundred of a non-polar process oil; less than about 300 parts per hundred of a filler; and a preferential plasticizer at about less than 60 parts per hundred based on 100 parts of the sulfonated elastomeric polymer. These compositions can be readily processed due to their superior rheological properties on conventional plastic fabrication equipment, especially on low pressure injection molding and extrusion equipment into elastomeric articles having improved physical properties.