Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc.

Ppg Industries, Inc.

Transitions Optical, Inc.

Polymer Product Company, Inc.

Carol L Knox

Robert G Swisher

Luciano M Parrinello

James L Boyer

Suresh B Damle

Seetha Eswarakrishnan

Feng Wang

Qunhui Guo

Christine Gardner

Gregory J McCollum

Shanti Swarup

Barry Van Gemert

Daniel E Rardon

Truman F Wilt

Robert A Smith

Anu Chopra

Kevin J Stewart

Brian K Rearick

Raphael O Kollah

Timothy A Okel

Michael O Okoroafor

John C Crano

James P Colton

Peter Lawrence Votruba-Drzal

Justin Jonathan Martin

Eric M King

Bhima R Vijayendran

Charles F Kahle

Shantilal Mohnot

Patrick M Brown

Rifat Tabakovic

Christine Gardenr

William H McDonald

Gregory J Mccollum

Nicholas J Parise

Shantilal M Mohnot

Shawn P Duffy

William H Mcdonald

Microporous materials that include thermoplastic organic polyolefin polymer (e.g., ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin, such as polyethylene), particulate filler (e.g., precipitated silica), and a network of interconnecting pores, are described. The microporous materials of the present invention possess controlled volatile material transfer properties. The microporous materials can have a density of at least 0.8 g/cm; and a volatile material transfer rate, from the volatile material contact surface to the vapor release surface of the microporous material, of from 0.04 to 0.6 mg/(hour*cm). In addition, when volatile material is transferred from the volatile material contact surface to the vapor release surface, the vapor release surface is substantially free of volatile material in liquid form.

Microporous material

The present invention is directed to methods of separating a fluid emulsion stream into a hydrocarbon stream and an aqueous stream, by contacting the stream with a microporous membrane to yield a hydrocarbon product stream and an aqueous product stream. The membrane comprises a substantially hydrophobic, polymeric matrix, and substantially hydrophilic, finely divided, particulate, substantially water-insoluble filler distributed throughout the matrix. The polymeric matrix has a mean pore size less than 1.0 micron, and the purities of the product streams are independent of the flux rate of the aqueous product stream and the pore size of the membrane.

Fluid emulsion purification processes using microporous materials having filtration and adsorption properties

The present invention is directed to a separation medium comprising rotary dried or spray dried precipitated silica. The silica has a pore surface area P wherein logP&#x3e;2.2, and the ratio of BET to CTAB is at least 1.0 measured prior to any surface modification of the silica. The present invention is further directed to a method of separating suspended or dissolved materials from a fluid stream, comprising contacting the stream with the separation medium described above.

Precipitated silica sorbents and method of separating materials from a fluid stream

Photochromic materials and photochromic compositions and articles including the photochromic materials are disclosed. The photochromic materials may be the reaction product of a hyperbranched polyester polyol having, on average, at least two reactive hydroxyl groups, and at least one photochromic indeno-fused naphthopyran.

Photochromic materials and photochromic compositions and articles including the same

Describes an optical article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes: (1) a transparent substrate, such as a thermoset or thermoplastic plastic substrate, (2) a multiply laminate adjacent to at least one surface of the substrate, the laminate comprising (i) a transparent, thermoplastic polyurethane film, the thermoplastic, polyurethane film providing a desirable light filtering property, e.g., photochromism, and being juxtaposed to the surface of the substrate, the polyurethane being formed from a material comprising polyether-based polyurethane or polycarbonate-based polyurethane, and (ii) a transparent protective film of polymeric material, e.g., polycarbonate film, adjacent to the thermoplastic polyurethane film. Describes also the aforedescribed optical article having an abrasion-resistant coating affixed to the protective film, e.g., an organo-silane abrasion-resistant coating; and an optical article having an antireflective coating adhered to the abrasion-resistant coating.

Photochromic article

Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein related to photochromic materials comprising the reaction product of (a) at least one ring-opening cyclic monomer, and (b) a photochromic initiator. Other non-limiting embodiments related to photochromic materials represented by: wherein S' comprises the at least one ring-opened cyclic monomer as set forth herein. Other non-limiting embodiments related to photochromic compositions, optical elements, and methods of inhibiting migration of a photochromic material in a polymeric material using the photochromic materials disclosed herein. Methods of making such photochromic materials, compositions, and optical elements are also disclosed.

Photochromic materials derived from ring-opening monomers and photochromic initiators

Describes a photochromic article, e.g., an ophthalmic photochromic plastic article, such as a lens, in which the article includes (1) a rigid substrate, e.g., a transparent substrate such as a glass or organic polymeric substrate, as for example, a thermoset or thermoplastic substrate, (2) a photochromic polymeric coating appended to at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate, the photochromic polymeric coating containing a photochromic amount of at least one organic photochromic material, e.g., spirooxazine, naphthopyran, diarylethene and/or fulgide, and (3) a thermally cured transparent thermoset polymeric coating superposed on, e.g., coherently appended to, the photochromic coating, the thermally cured polymeric coating being harder than the photochromic polymeric coating. Describes also the aforedescribed photochromic article having an abrasion-resistant coating affixed to the thermally cured polymer coating, e.g., an abrasion-resistant coating comprising an organo silane; and a photochromic article having an antireflective coating affixed to the abrasion-resistant coating.

Photochromic optical article

Described are photochromic organic resin compositions and the impact resistant polymerizates and coating compositions made therefrom. The organic resin composition comprises the reaction product of at least one polyol having greater than 1.0 hydroxyl groups; at least one polyisocyanate having greater than 1.0 isocyanato groups; and at least one polyamine curing agent having greater than 1.0 amino groups. The polymerizates are made photochromic either by the addition of organic photochromic compounds to the reactants used to form the polymerizate or by methods that imbibe or transfer the photochromic compounds into the polymerizate. Optically clear photochromic and impact resistant articles such as ophthalmic lenses and articles having photochromic coatings prepared from the photochromic organic resin compositions are also described.

Photochromic organic resin composition

An intumescent nonhalogenated flame retardant polystyrene composition having high impact strength comprises polystyrene, ammonium polyphosphate, tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate, hydrated zinc borate, and substantially amorphous elastomeric polymer.

Intumescent nonhalogenated flame retardant polystyrene composition

Small particles of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, diammonium hydrogen phosphate, or a mixture thereof provide a higher Limiting Oxygen Index ('LOI') to polyolefin compositions containing the small particles than do larger particles of the same substance. In many instances, improvement in one or more other properties, such as for example, processability, appearance, UL-94 rating, tensile strength, tensile modulus, and/or elongation at break is also obtained.

Particulate ammonium phosphate of small size

When tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate and a long chain amine are employed together in intumescent flame retardant compositions, tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate bloom is substantially reduced or even eliminated, and yet the flame retardant effectiveness of the tris(2-hydroxyethyl) isocyanurate is substantially retained.

Intumescent flame retardant composition

The water resistance of intumescent compositions is improved if the composition comprises polyol (alkyl carbonate).

The water resistance of intumescent compositions is improved if the composition comprises at least one organotin derivative of a polyol. Organotin derivatives of polyols can be produced by reacting polyol with dialkyltin oxide or with dialkyltin dialkoxide.

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Carol L Knox