This invention provides a coating composition that contains an aromatic adhesion promoter. Containers and other articles comprising the coatings and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the adhesion promoter, which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.

The instant invention provides a crosslinkable coating composition, and method of producing the same. The crosslinkable coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) one or more polycarbamates derived from one or more polyesters comprising the condensation reaction product of one or more polyols with one or more polyacids, wherein said one or more polyols comprise at least 25 percent by weight of one or more units having 4 or more hydroxyl groups; (b) one or more crosslinking agents; (c) one or more acid catalysts; and (d) optionally one or more organic solvents.

The instant invention provides a crosslinkable coating composition, and method of producing the same. The crosslinkable coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) one or more polycarbamates derived from one or more polyesters comprising the condensation reaction product of one or more polyols with one or more polyacids, wherein said one or more polyols comprise at least 25 percent by weight of one or more units having 4 or more hydroxyl groups; (b) one or more crosslinking agents; (c) one or more acid catalysts; and (d) optionally one or more organic solvents.

The filter medium is a filter medium which uses a liquid containing oil and water as a separation target, and has a channel for the liquid. The filter medium includes a base constituting the channel, and one or more of nitrogen-containing fluorine compounds which are provided on at least a portion of a surface of the channel. The nitrogen-containing fluorine compound includes an oil-repellency imparting group and any one hydrophilicity imparting group selected from a group consisting of an anion type, a cation type, and an amphoteric type, in a molecule.

The filter medium is a filter medium which uses a liquid containing oil and water as a separation target, and has a channel for the liquid. The filter medium includes a base constituting the channel, and one or more of nitrogen-containing fluorine compounds which are provided on at least a portion of a surface of the channel. The nitrogen-containing fluorine compound includes an oil-repellency imparting group and any one hydrophilicity imparting group selected from a group consisting of an anion type, a cation type, and an amphoteric type, in a molecule.

To provide a process for producing a fluoroolefin copolymer powder for powder coating material, which presents excellent stability of a fluoroolefin copolymer solution obtainable by polymerization in its production process, and which is capable of forming a cured film having an excellent appearance when used for a powder coating material. A monomer mixture comprising specific monomers is polymerized in an organic solvent in the presence of specific amounts of hydrotalcite and at least one compound (B) selected from a potassium salt, a sodium salt, a magnesium salt and a hindered amine-type light stabilizer, to obtain a suspension; an insoluble component is removed from the suspension to obtain a fluoroolefin copolymer solution having a pH of from 3.8 to 6.5 and an APHA value within a range of from 1 to 200; and the organic solvent is removed from the solution to obtain the fluoroolefin copolymer powder.

To provide a process for producing a fluoroolefin copolymer powder for powder coating material, which presents excellent stability of a fluoroolefin copolymer solution obtainable by polymerization in its production process, and which is capable of forming a cured film having an excellent appearance when used for a powder coating material. A monomer mixture comprising specific monomers is polymerized in an organic solvent in the presence of specific amounts of hydrotalcite and at least one compound (B) selected from a potassium salt, a sodium salt, a magnesium salt and a hindered amine-type light stabilizer, to obtain a suspension; an insoluble component is removed from the suspension to obtain a fluoroolefin copolymer solution having a pH of from 3.8 to 6.5 and an APHA value within a range of from 1 to 200; and the organic solvent is removed from the solution to obtain the fluoroolefin copolymer powder.

Embodiments of an aqueous-based dispersion of a hydrolytically unstable polymer comprise particles of said hydrolytically unstable polymer and a stabilizing agent in water. The dispersion is substantially free of volatile organic solvents.

Embodiments of an aqueous-based dispersion of a hydrolytically unstable polymer comprise particles of said hydrolytically unstable polymer and a stabilizing agent in water. The dispersion is substantially free of volatile organic solvents.

A conductive composition, which can form bonded portions and is capable of maintaining a thickness of the bonded portions and bonding strength, and which includes: (A) silver fine particles having a number average particle diameter of primary particles of 40 nm to 400 nm, (B) a solvent, and (C) thermoplastic resin particles having a maximal value of an endothermic peak in a DSC chart, determined by a measurement using a differential scanning calorimeter, within a range of 80° C. to 170° C.