Useful thermoplastic polymer powders are formed by a method comprising: cooling a foam comprised of a thermoplastic foam below the brittleness temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foam has an average strut dimension of 10 to 500 micrometers, and comminuting the cooled foam to form a thermoplastic polymer powder. The method allows for the efficient grinding of the thermoplastic polymer having improved morphology and desirable characteristics such as dry flow without flow aids.

A solvent-containing coating compound for stains and varnish coatings, in particular for house varnishes or components thereof, containing or consisting of at least one oxidatively drying organic binder, selected from the group consisting of at least one oxidatively drying middle oil and/or long oil alkyd resin, in particular an oxidatively drying long oil alkyd resin, at least one primary drier based on iron, in particular comprising or consisting of at least one organic salt of iron and/or a coordination complex of iron, in particular a complex salt of iron, at least one first secondary drier, in particular comprising or consisting of at least one organic and/or inorganic salt or a compound of zirconium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, lithium or aluminium, solvent, water, at least one emulsifying agent, optionally, at least one conventional additive.

A solvent-containing coating compound for stains and varnish coatings, in particular for house varnishes or components thereof, containing or consisting of at least one oxidatively drying organic binder, selected from the group consisting of at least one oxidatively drying middle oil and/or long oil alkyd resin, in particular an oxidatively drying long oil alkyd resin, at least one primary drier based on iron, in particular comprising or consisting of at least one organic salt of iron and/or a coordination complex of iron, in particular a complex salt of iron, at least one first secondary drier, in particular comprising or consisting of at least one organic and/or inorganic salt or a compound of zirconium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, lithium or aluminium, solvent, water, at least one emulsifying agent, optionally, at least one conventional additive.

A polyketone composition contains: a polyketone containing a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I), and inorganic particles; in which a content of the inorganic particle is from 10 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyketone and the inorganic particles, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is from 10 nm to 200 nm. In Formula (I), each X independently represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, each Y independently represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1,500

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A polyketone composition contains: a polyketone containing a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I), and inorganic particles; in which a content of the inorganic particle is from 10 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polyketone and the inorganic particles, and an average particle diameter of the inorganic particles is from 10 nm to 200 nm. In Formula (I), each X independently represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, each Y independently represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1,500

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A material system and method for bonding refractory powders in a three dimensional printer. A first particulate component including a refractory material is mixed with a first reactive component to form a particulate mixture. A flat layer of the particulate mixture is dispensed onto a build surface. A liquid binder, which may include a furan monomer and a surfactant, is dispensed by an ink-jet printhead onto the particulate mixture. The particulate mixture may contain a furan-soluble polymer that imposes a capillary attraction for the liquid binder, keeping it situated in the immediate vicinity of where the binder is dispensed. Additionally it provides a sufficient catalytic power to co-polymerize with the furan monomer and form a solid structure. This enables a 3D printer to build strong, accurate parts with high packing density, and to reuse the feed material many times in the printer.

A material system and method for bonding refractory powders in a three dimensional printer. A first particulate component including a refractory material is mixed with a first reactive component to form a particulate mixture. A flat layer of the particulate mixture is dispensed onto a build surface. A liquid binder, which may include a furan monomer and a surfactant, is dispensed by an ink-jet printhead onto the particulate mixture. The particulate mixture may contain a furan-soluble polymer that imposes a capillary attraction for the liquid binder, keeping it situated in the immediate vicinity of where the binder is dispensed. Additionally it provides a sufficient catalytic power to co-polymerize with the furan monomer and form a solid structure. This enables a 3D printer to build strong, accurate parts with high packing density, and to reuse the feed material many times in the printer.

A material for forming an underlayer film for lithography, in which a compound represented by the following formula (0) is used. ##STR00001##
(in formula (0), each X independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or a non-crosslinked state, R.sup.1 represents a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a single bond, each R.sup.0 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a straight, branched or cyclic alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a thiol group, a halogen group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxylic acid group or a hydroxyl group, the alkyl group, the alkenyl group and the aryl group each optionally include a cyanato group, a thiol group, a halogen group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, a hydroxyl group, an ether bond, a ketone bond or an ester bond, each m.sub.1 is independently an integer of 0 to 4, in which at least one m.sub.1 is an integer of 1 to 4, each m.sub.2 is independently an integer of 0 to 3, n is an integer of 1 to 4, and each p is independently 0 or 1.)

A material for forming an underlayer film for lithography, in which a compound represented by the following formula (0) is used. ##STR00001##
(in formula (0), each X independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, or a non-crosslinked state, R.sup.1 represents a 2n-valent group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a single bond, each R.sup.0 independently represents a straight, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, a straight, branched or cyclic alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms, a thiol group, a halogen group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxylic acid group or a hydroxyl group, the alkyl group, the alkenyl group and the aryl group each optionally include a cyanato group, a thiol group, a halogen group, a nitro group, an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, a hydroxyl group, an ether bond, a ketone bond or an ester bond, each m.sub.1 is independently an integer of 0 to 4, in which at least one m.sub.1 is an integer of 1 to 4, each m.sub.2 is independently an integer of 0 to 3, n is an integer of 1 to 4, and each p is independently 0 or 1.)

An aromatic polyketone including, in a structural unit, at least one alicyclic skeleton and at least one carbon atom bound by two rotatable single bonds, or an aromatic polyketone including a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1), the following Formula (2), or the following Formula (4), and a structural unit represented by the following Formula (5) is provided. ##STR00001##