Omnova Solutions Inc.

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

John Tsavalas

John Anderson Roper, Iii

James G Galloway

David A Babb

Zenon Lysenko

Aaron W Sanders

Alan K Schrock

Carleton L Gaupp

Larry DeLynn Chambers

John P Kelly

Alan B Chaput, Jr

H Ray Jouett

James H Gilchrist

Fabio Aguirre

Timothy M Dellinger

Charles Keillor

Eugene Paul Wiltz, Jr

Greg W Welsch

Holly L Dunnill

Mark J Pollock

Charles M Keillor

Eugene Paul Wiltz

John A Iii Roper

Embodiments of the present disclosure include paper coating compositions, coated paper and/or paperboard, and methods of forming coated paper and/or paperboard with the paper coating compositions. The embodiments of the paper coating compositions contain high levels of hollow polymeric pigment relative to other pigments used in the paper coating composition (e.g., inorganic pigments). The paper coating compositions can provide the coated paper and/or paperboard with a wide variety of desirable features (e.g., high gloss, good smoothness, improved stiffness), while minimizing compaction (i.e., permanent deformation) of the underlying base paper.

Paper coating compositions, coated papers, and methods

Agglomerated hollow particle latex is employed as a filler in the wet end of the paper-making process to provide paper with improved properties.

Paper manufacturing using agglomerated hollow particle latex

Flexible polyurethane foams are prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate with a high equivalent weight polyol. At least a portion of the high equivalent weight polyol is a polyester containing hydroxymethyl groups. The polyester is prepared in a multi-step process from animal or vegetable fats, by recovering the constitutent fatty acids, hydroformylating carbon-carbon double bonds in the fatty acids and reducing to form hydroxymethyl groups, and then forming a polyester by reaction with an initiator compound.

Polyurethane foams made from hydroxymethyl-containing polyester polyols

Polyols useful in the manufacture of polyurethanes are disclosed. The polyols are prepared by reacting a vegetable oil based (hydroxymethyl containing) monomer with a polyol, polyamine or aminoalcohol under vacuum.

Vegetable oil based polyols and polyurethanes made therefrom

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