The Standard Oil Company

The B. F. Goodrich Company

Lawrence E Ball

Mu-Yen M Wu

Eddie Wardlow, Jr

Muyen M Wu

Walid Y Aziz

Kenneth C Benton

Richard C Smierciak

Raymond J Weinert, Jr

George S Li

Michael J Desmond

Curtis E Uebele

Philip A Smith

Robert O Rau

Amy L Nemecek

William M Griffin

Gerald P Coffey

Kathleen M Antloga

Richard J Jorkasky, Ii

Irving Rosen

Abolghassem Eskamani

Eleanor J Fendler

Chor Huang

Richard J Jorkasky

V Frances Gaylor

Martin A Pichler

Barbara D Curatolo

Kathleen M Wallace

A high nitrile fiber formed from an acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated multipolymer which fiber is produced by a waterless, solventless melt spinning process.

Melt spun acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated fibers and a process to

A melt processable high nitrile multipolymer such as an acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated, multipolymer, which is stabilized by admixing with maleic acid, derivatives of maleic acid, salts of maleic acid, maleic anhydride, maleamides, salts of maleamides, maleates, salts of maleates, and combinations thereof.

Stabilizers for high nitrile multipolymers

A homogeneous, high nitrile melt processable acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated multipolymer and a process for making the multipolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer and one or more olefinically unsaturated monomers, in which the rate of addition of the multimonomer mixture is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomers and unreacted olefinically unsaturated monomer(s) is low and the polymerization process is in a monomer starved condition.

Process for making a high nitrile multipolymer prepared from

A process for making a thermally stable melt processable acrylonitrile/methacrylonitrile/olefinically unsaturated multipolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer, methacrylonitrile monomer, and olefinically unsaturated monomer in which the rate of addition of the multimonomer mixture is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomer, unreacted methacrylonitrile monomer and unreacted olefinically unsaturated monomer is low and the polymerization process is in a monomer starved condition.

Process for making an acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and olefinically

A process for making acrylonitrile/methacrylonitrile copolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer and methacrylonitrile monomer in which the rate of addition of the comonomers is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomer and unreacted methacrylonitrile monomer is low and the polymerization process is in a starved condition.

Process for making an acryloinitrile/methacrylonitrile copolymer

Polymers are disclosed which comprise the reaction product of (A) at least about 60 weight percent of at least one .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated polycarboxylic acid or anhydride; and (B) about 0.5 to about 40 weight percent of at least one acrylamide represented by the formula VI:

Polymers derived from .alpha., .beta.-unsaturated polycarboxylic acids

A mixture in-oil antifoam composition comprising a mixture of a defoaming agent comprising a defoamer in an oil carrier, a non-ionic surfactant having an HLB number less than about 10, and water. In particular, the defoamer is particulate hydrophobic silica dispersed in oil and the non-ionic surfactant has an HLB number of between 2 to 8.

Defoamer emulsion

A terpolymer mixture having emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties comprising a mixture of (1) a water soluble vinyl monomer, (2) a water insoluble vinyl monomer having 12 to 30 carbon atoms and (3) a polymerizable vinyl monomer containing acid groups. The terpolymer may be used in combination with oil and water to form stable oil-in-water emulsions or in enhanced oil recovery procedures.

Anionic polymeric stabilizers for oil-in-water emulsions

Oil-in-water emulsions are stabilized against separation of the components by the addition of a novel interpolymer comprising (1) about 97 to about 99 percent by weight of a water soluble polymerizable monomer containing at least one acid group or salt thereof, and (2) about 1 to about 3 percent by weight of an ester of acrylic acid.

Emulsifier and stabilizer for water base emulsions and dispersions of

The spread of printing paste when applied to textiles is inhibited by the inclusion of an 'anti-wick agent' in the print paste. The 'anti-wick agent' comprises a copolymer resulting from the polymerization of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, maleic acid and maleic anhydride with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylate esters and N-substituted acrylamides.

Anti-wick agent for textile printing

A mixture having emulsifying and emulsion stabilizing properties resulting from the polymerization of (1) a water soluble vinyl monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylamide and methacrylamide, (2) a water insoluble vinyl monomer having an alkyl chain containing about 6 to 30 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylate esters, alkyl methacrylate esters, N-alkyl acrylamides, N-alkyl methacrylamides and vinyl esters, and (3) a polymerizable vinyl monomer containing a basic group or salt thereof selected from the group consisting of ##STR1## where X is --O-- or ##STR2## A.sup.- is an inorganic anion,

Cationic polymeric stabilizers for oil-in-water emulsions

An electrically conductive composite comprising conductive polyacetylene moiety, a nonconductive high nitrile resin, and a dopant. The high nitrile resin further comprises at least nitrile monomers or comonomers and optionally copolymerized with comonomers of mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomers and conjugated diolefins and further optionally containing an elastomeric component. The invention further includes a process for producing an electrically conductive composite comprising:

Electrically conductive composites of polyacetylene and high-nitrile

A polyamide is produced by polymerizing at least one of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid and ammonia, an ammonium salt of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, an alpha, beta-unsaturated nitrile and water, a beta-amino propionic acid or alkyl derivative thereof and an alpha, beta-unsaturated amide and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst comprising a pentaammine cobalt (III) complex.

Polyamide preparation with pentaamine cobalt (III) complex catalyst

Olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers containing at least one activated carbon to carbon olefinic double bond and at least one carboxyl group, such as acrylic acid, are polymerized in an organic media in the presence of free radical forming catalysts and at least one oil soluble ionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of: (a) anionic surface active agents of the formula:

Polymerization process for carboxyl containing polymers utilizing oil

Water soluble block copolymers having two or more water soluble polymer blocks useful for controlling the viscosity of aqueous media used in enhanced oil recovery techniques are described.

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Akron, OH, United States of America

Lawrence E Ball