Imperial Chemical Industries Limited

Eric Nield

John B Rose

Riaz Ahmad Choudhery

Peter D Palasz

Brian N Hendy

James B Cattanach

Carl F Mathews

Peter I Vincent

Daljit K Suemul

Mary V Ward

Martin K Thompson

Riaz Ahmed

Frederic N Cogswell

Philip A Staniland

Brian P Griffin

Alan B Newton

Charles R Hart

David Edward Higgins

Philip Louis Taylor

Ronald George Feasey

Geoffrey Cowen

Roger M Turner

Jean P Mercier

John Maslen

Sidney R Oldland

Roger M Legras

Denis M Bovey

Peter K Lam

Mark W Young

Vir B Singh

Daniel J Daoust

Jacques J Devaux

A coating composition which comprises a dispersion in an aqueous medium of a dispersed vinyl polymer which is stabilized in dispersion by the presence of a stabilizer which is an epoxy resin, which has at least two hydrolyzable silane groups and at least one protonated or quaternised amine group.

Aqueous coating composition

This invention is a silica free curable composition comprising

Curable composition

A process for forming a coating on a surface of a substrate which comprises;

Coating process and product

Curable aqueous composition comprising a high molecular weight silane

A composition comprising a polymer in dispersion in a non-aqueous continuous diluent, in which the polymer phase comprises a crystallisable polymer, selected from polyesters, polycarbonates and polyamides, a curable solvent for the crystallisable polymer which is miscible with the continuous diluent, and optionally, an auxiliary solvent, and in which the curable solvent is at least partially reacted with the crystallisable polymer, so as to form a stabiliser for the dispersion.

Curable composition comprising a crystallisable polymer

a composition comprising a polymer phase in dispersion in a non-aqueous continuous diluent in which the polymer phase comprises a crystallizable polymer, selected from polyesters, polyamides and polycarbonates, in intimate admixture with a curable solvent for the crystallizable polymer, a stabilizer and, optionally, an auxiliary solvent.

A coating process in which a curable composition containing crystallizable polymer is provided on a surface and subsequently cured to produce a cured coating on the surface, wherein the process comprises

Process for forming a coating from a curable composition containing

A process for the application of a thin crystalline polypropylene coating to a surface which employs partially crystalline polypropylene particles which comprise zones of amorphous polypropylene containing entrapped moderate solvent. When heated particles flow and coalesce better than conventional polypropylene particles and so allow thinner coatings to be obtained. Also articles to which the coatings have been applied.

Making a thin (&gt;30pm) polypropylene coating by applying small

A method of shaping a body of thermoformable material containing continuous filaments by selecting a thermoplastic polymeric material having a minimum forming temperature which is no less than, and is preferably greater than the minimum temperature at which the thermoformable material of the reinforced body can be formed, contacting at least one surface of the reinforced body with the thermoplastic material, heating the reinforced body and a body of the thermoplastic material to a temperature at which the thermoplastic can be formed and applying a differential pressure preferably of not greater than 10 atmospheres, between opposite sides of the assembly of thermoplastic body and thermoformable body to induce a desired shaping of the reinforced thermoformable body and cause rearrangement of the filaments relative to each other, and adhering the thermoplastic body to the thermoformable body.

Method of producing shaped articles from reinforced composites

A method of producing a fibre reinforced structure by melt impregnation of continuous fibres with a thermoformable polymer melt comprising pre-wetting the filaments of the fibres with a composition containing a melt plasticizer for the thermoformable polymer, prior to introducing the pre-wetted fibres into the melt, optionally removing the plasticizer when the composition contains a polymer miscible with plasticizer to leave polymer coated filaments and introducing the pre-wetted filaments into a polymer melt, optionally a polymer melt containing a metal plasticizer for the melt and preferably removing the plasticizer from the composition by volatilization. The pre-wetted polymer coated filaments are useful materials as reinforcing fibres for use in processes other than direct melt impregnation. They can be used in the process known as film stacking impregnation or in processes involving initial impregnation using particulate polymers or alternatively in conventional extrusion compounding.

Process for making fibre reinforced products

A method of shaping a body of thermoformable material containing continuous filaments comprising selecting a shaping polymer material having a glass transition temperature which is greater than the glass transition temperature of the thermoformable material of the reinforced body, locating the reinforced thermoformable body between a pair of sheets of the selected shaping polymer, heating the assembly of reinforced body and shaping polymer sheets to a temperature at which the reinforced material can be formed and the shaping polymer can be stretched and applying a differential pressure preferably of not greater than 10 atmospheres, between opposite sides of the assembly of shaping polymer sheets and thermoformable body to induce a desired shaping of the reinforced thermoformable body and cause rearrangement of the filaments relative to each other. The method permits shaping of composite materials containing continuous fibres and greatly reduces the tendency of the fibres to buckle when the composite is shaped.

A method of increasing the molecular weight of a poly(aryl ether) comprising providing a mixture of (1) at least one polyaryl ether comprising polymer chains having end groups selected from groups of formula

Method of increasing molecular weight of poly(aryl ethers)

A crystallizable thermoplastic aromatic polyetherketone, the polymeric chain of which contains the repeat unit

Aromatic polyetherketones

An extruded profiled section characterized in that it has been extruded from a composition comprising a blend of a linear polyamide, a linear polyester containing at least 80% by weight of ethylene terephthalate units and an inorganic fibrous filler wherein the composition contains 5 to 60% by weight of the composition of the filler and the weight ratio of polyamide to polyester is between 1:1 and 49:1, which composition preferably has a melt flow index of not greater than 2 measured according to ASTM-D1238 using a standard die of bore 2.096 mm, length 8 mm and a load of 2.16 kg at a temperature of 285.degree. C. A preferred composition for preparing the extruded profiled section comprises a blend in which the polyamide contains an excess of terminal amino groups, and preferably at least 20 g equivalents of terminal amino groups per 10.sup.6 g of polyamide, in excess of the carboxyl groups.

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