The Dow Chemical Company

H Nelson Beck

Mark F Sonnenschein

Robert D Mahoney

Dalton C MacWilliams

Richard Allen Lundgard

Hawk S Wan

Jiro Kawamoto

Paul A Damrow

The invention relates to a process for preparing a microporous membrane from an unsulfonated poly(phenylene sulfide) polymer by forming a mixture of an unsulfonated poly(phenylene sulfide) polymer, an amorphous polymer, and optionally a plasticizer, heating the resulting mixture, extruding or optionally casting the mixture into a membrane, controlled cooling (quenching) or coagulating the membrane, and leaching the membrane, while optionally drawing the membrane before, during, and/or after leaching.

Process for making a microporous membrane from a blend containing a poly

The invention relates to a process for preparing a microporous membrane from an unsulfonated poly(etheretherketone)-type polymer by forming a mixture of an unsulfonated poly(etheretherketone)-type polymer, a low melting point crystallizable polymer, and a plasticizer, heating the resulting mixture, extruding or casting the mixture into a membrane, quenching or coagulating the membrane, and leaching the membrane, while optionally drawing the membrane before, during, after leaching, or a combination thereof.

Process of making microporous membranes from poly(etheretherketone)-type

The invention relates to a process for preparing a microporous membrane from an unsulfonated poly(etheretherketone)-type polymer by forming a mixture of an unsulfonated poly(etheretherketone)-type polymer, an amorphous polymer, and a plasticizer, heating the resulting mixture, extruding or casting the mixture into a membrane, quenching or coagulating the membrane, and leaching the membrane, while optionally drawing the membrane before, during, and/or after leaching.

Process for making a microporous membrane from a blend containing a

Methods for impregnating the pores of at least partially dried wood with a phosphorus nitride, particularly P.sub.3 N.sub.5, to provide flame resistance are described. Preferably liquid slurries of the phosphorus nitride are impregnated into the exposed pores of the wood using pressure or preferably a partial vacuum in a confined space which removes air from the pores and allows the slurry to impregnate the wood. The liquid is then removed from the wood.

Method for imparting flame resistance to wood surfaces

A method and compositions for imparting flame resistance to exposed surfaces of wood by impregnating the wood with dimethyl(oxiranylmethyl)phosphonate (DMOMP) and a catalyst and then reacting wood surfaces with the DMOMP is described. The catalysts are preferably Lewis acids or Lewis bases. The resulting treated wood products are useful in applications where flame resistance is important.

Method for imparting flame resistance to wood using dimethyl

A method for imparting flame resistance to exposed surfaces of wood by impregnating and reacting wood surfaces with dimethyl(oxiranylmethyl)phosphonate (DMOMP) is described. The resulting treated wood products are useful in applications where flame resistance is important.

Method for imparting flame resistance to wood using

Epoxy resins reacted with an oxirane group containing phosphonate of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or lower alkyl and R.sub.1 is lower alkyl are described. The backbone of the epoxy resin contains a functional substituent which reacts with (I) preferably a hydroxyl substituent. The cured epoxy resins reacted with the phosphonate (I) have improved flame resistance or glass temperatures.

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