Kyowa Gas Chemical Industry Company, Ltd.

Hiroshi Uehara

Haruo Nagai

Kunikazu Nunokawa

Tohru Shimizu

A neodymium-containing transparent resin comprising (A) a copolymer of (i) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl methacrylates having alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms and styrene with (ii) at least one copolymerizable unsaturated carboxylic acid or a salt thereof selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and neodymium salts thereof and (B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of saturated or unsaturated organic carboxylic acids substituted or unsubstituted with a hydroxyl group and having 6 to 21 carbon atoms, and neodymium salts thereof, which transparent resin is characterized by having a neodymium content in the range of 0.3 to 20% by weight, having the number of carboxyl groups possessed by said organic carboxylic acids and salts thereof in a ratio of x to the total number of carboxyl groups possessed by the acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and salt units thereof present in said copolymer and carboxyl groups possessed by said organic carboxylic acids and salts thereof and having the number of carboxyl groups participating in neutralization of neodymium and consequent formation of a salt thereof in a ratio of y to said total number of carboxyl groups, and having the values of x and y satisfy any of the following formulas I, II and III. ##EQU1##

Neodymium-containing transparent resin and method for manufacture thereof

A method for producing a lead containing monomer composition comprising reacting a mixture comprising (1) at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl methacrylate having 1-4 carbon atoms in an alkyl group, hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and styrene, (2) acrylic or methacrylic acid, (3) an organic acid having the general formula: R.sub.1 COOH, wherein R.sub.1 is hydrocarbon residue having 5-20 carbon atoms and optionally (4) an organic acid having the general formula: R.sub.2 COOH, wherein R.sub.2 is hydrocarbon residue having 2-4 carbon atoms with lead monoxide. The composition is polymerized to obtain a radiation shielding polymer.

Method for producing a lead containing monomer composition and a

A radiation shielding material of a composition containing a polymer comprising (A) at least one essential monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl methacrylate having 1 - 4 carbon atoms in an alkyl group, hydroxyalkyl acrylate, hydroxyalkyl methacrylate and styrene and (B) lead acrylate or lead methacrylate, and a lead carboxylate represented by the general formula: (RCOO).sub.a Pb, a being an integer equal to the valency of lead and R representing a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon residue having 5 - 20 carbon atoms, wherein the ratio x (% by weight) of the lead acrylate or lead methacrylate to the total constituent monomer in the polymer and the compounding ratio y (parts by weight) of the lead carboxylate to 100 parts by weight of said total monomer in said composition satisfy any one of the following three formulas I, II and III:

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