Abstract:
Antistatic textiles can be prepared having static dissipative polyurethane backings. These backings can be in the form of precoats, integral foam pads and removable adhesives. The static dissipative polyurethane backings are prepared from formulations including a polyisocyanate, a polyol and a conductivity inducing agent which is a non-volatile metal salt of a fluoroalkyl sulfonic acid. The antistatic textiles are particularly useful as antistatic floor coverings.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for making closed-cell, alkenyl aromatic polymer foam packing bodies or foam strands. An alkenyl aromatic polymer material is heated to form a melt polymer material. A blowing agent is incorporated into the melt polymer material at an elevated pressure to form a foamable gel. The blowing agent has 20 weight percent or more of a first blowing agent selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide and ethane. The foamable gel is extruded through a die to form a foam strand. The foam strand is optionally pelletized to form a plurality of foam bodies. The bodies are further expanded by exposing them one or more times to heated air or steam. Preferably, the strands or bodies are allowed to age for a preselected period of time before and between subsequent expansions. The use of carbon dioxide and/or ethane as blowing agents allows the reduction or elimination of certain blowing agents classified as volatile organic contaminants, which are currently being employed commercially in making foam bodies.
Abstract:
A method of establishing an essentially steady state cross-flow filtration flow in a cross-flow membrane filtration module by starting at a low transmembrane pressure (TMP) and steady state operation and then increasing the TMP by an iterative procedure until the performance starts to become unstable and then backing down the TMP slightly until the performance restabilizes. One preferred embodiment employs a filtration module that describes a flow length such that the permeate pressure is equal to the concentrate pressure.
Abstract:
Novel catalyst compositions comprising complexes of tin (IV) salts and amine compounds are used to prepare polyurethanes, polyureas, polycarbodiimides and polyisocyanurates. The complexes, which preferably employ primary amines, allow delay of gelation until they dissociate under certain reaction conditions. The complexes can be prepared neat, or in situ in an active hydrogen containing formulation component. The complexes serve to delay gelation of the formulation because they are relatively stable to moisture and will predictably dissociate upon heating, either as a result of the exothermic nature of the reaction being catalyzed or with application of an external heat source. The catalyst compositions are particularly useful for preparation of carpet underlay and in other applications requiring significant delay prior to gelation.
Abstract:
A process for the catalytic conversion of various chlorinated alkene byproducts and waste products especially to reaction product including corresponding less chlorinated, useful or salable alkanes in substantial proportions, in which a chlorinated alkene feedstock is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst including a Group VIII metal such as platinum in elemental or compound form, and a Group IB metal such as gold in elemental or compound form.
Abstract:
A process for the catalytic conversion of 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane to reaction products including vinylidene chloride in a commercially substantial proportion, in which 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst including a Group VIII metal such as platinum in elemental or compound form, and a Group IB metal such as copper in elemental or compound form.
Abstract:
A process for the catalytic conversion of 1,3-dichloropropene to reaction products including propylene in a commercially substantial proportion, in which 1,3-dichloropropene is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst including one or more Group IB metals in elemental or compound form and one or more Group VIII metals inclusive of platinum or iridium in elemental or compoud form.
Abstract:
Polyurethane/polyurea polymers can be electrostatically painted without first being coated with a conductive primer. Disclosed is an improvement in a process for electrostatically painting polyurethane/polyurea polymers, the improvement being to prepare the polymer from a formulation including a non-volatile metal salt conductivity inducing material. The polymers painted by the process of the present invention can have physical properties and aesthetic properties substantially similar to those of otherwise identical polymers prepared without the non-volatile metal salt conductivity inducing materials of the present invention. The increased conductivity of the polymers can allow them to be charged with sufficient charge density to permit efficient paint transfer to the polymer surface. Also disclosed is a composition of at least two layers, one layer being an outer layer of electrostatically applied paint, and the other an inner layer of polyurethane/polyurea polymer.
Abstract:
An ion exchange membrane or ion exchange membrane/electrode assembly having increased efficiency in proton exchange processes as the result of membrane hydration processing comprising heating a hermetically sealed membrane or membrane/electrode assembly at elevated temperature and pressure so as to provide increased hydration levels of the membrane.
Abstract:
Compositions having good low temperature impact performance made from a thermoplastic (e.g., a polyolefin such as polypropylene) and either at least one linear ethylene/C5-C20 (alpha)-olefin or at least one substantially linear ethylene/C3-C20 (alpha)-olefin polymer are disclosed. The compositions are easily molded and have particular utility in making automotive facia, parts and other household articles.