Abstract:
A polymer blend is described which contains at least one acrylic resin or vinyl resin having at least one ionic or ionizable group and at least one thermoplastic fluoropolymer. Preferably, the polymer blend is an intimate blend of the two polymers which are useful in a variety of applications including in the formation of a membrane which is useful in batteries and fuel cells and the like. Methods of making the polymer blends are also described.
Abstract:
Disclosed are blends of polypropylene, preferably isotactic polypropylene prepared with a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system and isotactic polypropylene prepared with a metallocene catalyst system. These blends are found to have a unique combination of properties as compared to the properties of either polymer alone. Particularly improved are the tensile properties.
Abstract:
The invention concerns at least a water re-dispersible powder composition and comprising: at least a water insoluble film-forming polymer, said polymer (a) being prepared from at least an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, at least a polyoxyalkylene surfactant (b) in an amount of at least 1.5 wt. % relative to polymer (a); at least a polyphenol (c) derived from the condensation of formaldehyde and phenol compound of formula (I) followed by sulphoalkylation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a selective deposition modeling material containing a base material, a plasticizing component containing at least 10 % by weight of at least one plasticizing agent that is solid at ambient conditions, and at least one tackifying resin that is compatible with the base material and the plasticizing component, wherein the modeling material has a viscosity of less than about 30 mPa s (centipoise) at 130 DEG C. The selective deposition modeling material can alternatively contain about 52 % to 98 % of a reactive polymeric material that is a mixture of at least one compound containing at least one glycidyl group per molecule, at least one compound having at least one terminal unsaturated group per molecule, at least one compound having at least one vinyl ether group per molecule or mixtures thereof; and a cure agent or activator; and optionally a non-reactive polymeric material or wax material, wherein the modeling material contains a fast set inducing segment content of about 10 % to 70 % by weight. The present invention further relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional article using said modeling materials.
Abstract:
An agent for both imparting electrostatic applicability and improving water resistance of film, which comprises 100 parts by weight of (A) an aromatic polyether ester amide derived from a polyamide having terminal carboxyl groups and a number-average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 and a bisphenol-alkylene oxide adduct having a number-average molecular weight of 1,600 to 3,000 and 5 to 100 parts by weight of a vinyl copolymer comprising as the essential constituents (b1) a sulfonated vinyl monomer or a salt thereof and (b2) at least one monomer selected from among vinyl monomers having functional groups reactive with the component (A). The use of this agent makes it possible to conduct the electrostatic coating of a styrene resin molding without applying any conductive primer, i.e., immediately after the completion of molding, and the film formed by the use of the agent is excellent in water resistance.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the production of particle-shaped rubber-elastic polymers by carrying out the following steps: (1) dispersion of a11: between 85 and 100 weight percent ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the homopolymers of which are rubber-elastic, as component A11, and a12: between 0 and 15 weight percent cross-linking monomers as component A12, in water in the presence of a protective colloid and an emulsifier to obtain a dispersion with a mean particle diameter of between 0.08 and 8 mu m; (2) polymerisation of the droplets with a radical polymerisation initiator; and possibly (3) graft polymerisation of the mixture obtained in step (2) in the presence of ethylenically unsaturated monomers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for improved stability of aqueous polymer dispersions in the face of thermal and/or mechanical influences. Said method is characterized in that at least a bis-C4-C18-alkyl ester salt of a sulfonated dicarboxylic acid with 4 to 8 C atoms is added to the aqueous polymer dispersion.
Abstract:
Thermoplastic moulding materials with reduced tendency to yellowing are obtained by (i) polymerising a monomer mixture A which contains (in relation to A): (a1) 1 to 100 % by weight acrylonitrile and (a2) 0 to 99 % by weight of one or several monomers which can be copolymerised with acrylonitrile, in the presence of 0.01 to 5 % by weight (in relation to the monomer mixture A), of an additive B which contains: (b1) at least one compound containing at least one silicon-hydrogen bond ("silyl hydrides"); (b2) orthocarbonates, orthocarboxylic acid esters or orthosilicates ("ortho compounds"), or mixtures of said ortho compounds; or (b3) mixtures of silyl hydrides (b1) and ortho compounds (b2); or by (ii) adding 0.01 to 5 % by weight (in relation to the monomer mixture A) of additive B when subsequently processing the polymers which correspond to the monomer mixture A.
Abstract:
A polymeric composition comprising a polymer and less than about 1 weight percent surfactant is useful for producing a high-gloss latex paint. The polymer comprises about 25 to about 60 weight percent of a soft monomer whose homopolymer has a Tg of less than about -20°C and about 40 to about 75 weight percent of a hard monomer whose homopolymer has a Tg of greater than about 30°C, and has a calculated Tg of about 15° to about 35°C, an actual Tg of about 10° to about 60°C, and a particle size of less than about 250nm.