Rohm and Haas Company

Norman L Holy

Newman M Bortnick

William J Work

Robert M Amici

Edward E LaFleur

Graham Swift

Kathleen A Hughes

Robert E Jerman

Jeffrey Lawrence Daecher

Phelps B Johnson

Andrew B Bigley, Jr

Polymer blends of at least one polar polymer are prepared by admixture with a poly(vinyl alcohol) and a (meth)acrylate copolymer also containing vinyl amide and/or unsaturated acid units. The ternary compositions have attractive processing and performance properties.

Polymeric blends

A process for producing a cured composite and flexible light pipe, in which a molten cladding polymer and a crosslinkable core mixture are concurrently and coaxially extruded through a core mixture delivery tube of a coextrusion die, the extruded tubular cladding is filled with the extruded crosslinkable core mixture, and the crosslinkable core mixture is cured within the tubular cladding.

Cured composite, processes and composition

This invention provides hydrolytically labile polyamide compositions and articles containing an ester derived moiety in the polymer backbone which will degrade after exposure to water over long periods of time.

Degradable polyamides

An improved process for the free radical copolymerization of a mixture of olefins and a polar monomer is disclosed. The process requires the catalytic isomerization of internally-unsaturated olefins to terminally-unsaturated olefins during the copolymerization reaction. The process results in improved yields in terms of solid product formation and in lower costs than conventional processes. The process is especially useful for the preparation of diisobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymers.

High solids copolymerization via in-situ isomerization

This invention relates to high temperature aqueous processes for the polymerization of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic monomers to produce low molecular weight, water-soluble polymer products useful as detergent additives, scale inhibitors, dispersants and crystal growth modifiers. Suitable monomers include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, crotonic acid, and itaconic acid. The reactions are run at temperatures ranging from about 130.degree. C. to 240.degree. C., preferably from about 140.degree. C. to about 230.degree. C. The process can be continuous, semi-continuous, or batch.

High temperature aqueous polymerization process

Process for cured composites and flexible light pipe, in which a molten cladding polymer and a crosslinkable core mixture are coaxially extruded through a coextrusion die, the cladding is filled with the crosslinkable core mixture, and the crosslinkable core mixture is cured within the cladding.

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Norman L Holy