Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiko Ishihara

Jun Kawaguchi

Sumio Goto

Toshiaki Doyama

Etsuo Ito

Tamotu Hamamura

Masanari Matsumura

The invention relates to a method for modulating the sedimentation rate of piscicultural dry pellets and to piscicultural dry pellets with a controlled sedimentation rate. The invention is characterized in that a defined surfactant is added to a piscicultural dry pellet material. In accordance with the invention, it is easy to modulate the floatation property or sedimentation rate of piscicultural dry pellets which has heretofore been difficult to control.

Method for modulating the sedimentation rate of piscicultural dry

This invention relates to a flame retardant for synthetic fiber substrates and a method of imparting flame resistance to such substrates using the flame retardant. The flame retardant of this invention comprises 75 to 95 weight parts of a hexabromocyclododecane compound having a melting point not less than 195.degree. C. and 25 to 5 weight parts of a hexabromocyclododecane compound having a melting point less than 160.degree. C., which hexabromocyclododecane compounds are available on bromination of trans-trans-cis-cyclododecatriene. This flame retardant imparts excellent flame resistance to synthetic fiber substrates. Moreover, when a synthetic fiber substrate is dyed using a dye bath containing this flame retardant and a dye, the soiling of the substrate and dyeing equipment is kept at the minimum.

Method of imparting flame resistance to polyester fiber substrates

A hydrophilic and thermoreactive urethane composition having improved properties such as stability in solution, non-tackiness, water resistance and strength and useful in treating and finishing fibrous products prepared by forming a urethane prepolymer containing free isocyanate groups from (a) (1) a compound containing at least 2 active hydrogen atoms, containing an oxyethylene chain, and having a molecular weight of about 200 to 20,000, or (2) a compound containing at least 2 active hydrogen atoms, not containing an oxyethylene chain, and having a molecular weight of about 200 to 20,000 and a compound containing at least 2 active hydrogen atoms, containing an oxyethylene chain and having a molecular weight of about 200 to 200,000; and (b) an excess of a polyisocyanate; and if desired, (c) a chain extender containing at least 2 active hydrogen atoms; whereby the prepolymer has an oxyethylene chain content of 10 to 40% by weight, and then reacting the prepolymer or a solution thereof with not more than 3 times the equivalent of the free isocyanate groups in the prepolymer of an aqueous solution of a bisulfite salt having a concentration of at least 15% by weight. Where the urethane prepolymer contains at least 1% by weight ester groups, the hydrophilic and thermoreactive urethane composition is particularly valuable as a high strength adhesive composition and is useful as an adhesive in bonding a sheet-like material as a top-coat to a fabric as a base in producing an artificial leather.

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Shiga, Japan

Kazuhiko Ishihara