Dai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Toray Industries, Inc.

Kai-ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Toshiaki Doyama

Hiroshi Hotta

Hideyuki Sumi

Manabu Kikuta

Osamu Wada

Nario Uejyukkoku

Kazuhiko Ishihara

Akio Watanabe

Etsuo Ito

Kanji Tanaka

Masashi Takeda

Masanari Matsumura

Tomomi Ueda

Shoichi Wakatake

A linear random N-substituted acrylamide copolymer comprising 65 to 99% by mole of ethylene units, 1 to 15% by mole of acrylate units and 1 to 35% by mole of acrylamide units, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 50000, and an aqueous composition, a resin film, a laminate, recording paper and a foamed article comprising the N-substituted acrylamide copolymer, respectively. The N-substituted acrylamide copolymer is excellent in antistatic ability for thermoplastic resins and does not lower physical properties such as transparency and elongation of films and articles which are formed from a thermoplastic resin. Moreover, the N-substituted acrylamide copolymer is excellent in anti-blocking ability so that the copolymer can be suitably used for various uses.

N-substituted acrylamide copolymer

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

An antistatic agent containing a cationic and/or amphoteric, water-soluble or water-dispersible and heat-reactive blocked urethane prepolymer as an essential component, said prepolymer having at least one cationic group and/or at least one amphoteric group in its molecule and having isocyanate groups blocked with a thermally dissociable blocking agent. The antistatic agent is applicable to various materials and can give the antistatic property with the water repellency, which can be kept for a long term, to the materials.

Antistatic agent

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Toshiaki Doyama