Compositions containing 1,1-difluoroethane and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, that can be used in multiple fields of application. The composition may include from 25 to 65 mol % of 1,1-difluoroethane and from 75 to 35 mol % of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene at a temperature of between 25 C. and 25 C. and a pressure of between 1 and 6 bar. The composition may further include hydrogen fluoride. The composition may include from 20 to 55 mol % of HF, 30 to 40 mol % of 1,1-difluoroethane and 30 to 40 mol % of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene.

The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising an alkyd resin; an acrylic polymer; a metallic drier; an adhesion promoter; and a solvent. Also disclosed are coatings formed from the coating composition. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate.

The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising an alkyd resin; an acrylic polymer; a metallic drier; an adhesion promoter; and a solvent. Also disclosed are coatings formed from the coating composition. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate.

The invention pertains generally to a process and resulting product of following the steps of the process involving adding an Iron- or Manganese- or Vanadium- or Copper- in combination with a multidentate ligand to form a metal-ligand complex with a thiol or polythiol to an alkyd resin, said steps performed in any order or the synthesis performed in-situ.

The invention pertains generally to a process and resulting product of following the steps of the process involving adding an Iron- or Manganese- or Vanadium- or Copper- in combination with a multidentate ligand to form a metal-ligand complex with a thiol or polythiol to an alkyd resin, said steps performed in any order or the synthesis performed in-situ.

The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising an alkyd resin; an acrylic polymer; a metallic drier; an adhesion promoter; and a solvent. Also disclosed are coatings formed from the coating composition. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate.

The present invention is directed to a coating composition comprising an alkyd resin; an acrylic polymer; a metallic drier; an adhesion promoter; and a solvent. Also disclosed are coatings formed from the coating composition. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate.

There is provided a highly versatile curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin. There are also provided a printing ink and a coating material that use the above curing accelerator. Specifically, the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin that is used contains a fatty acid manganese salt (A) and a compound (B) represented by formula (1) below, ##STR00001##
(wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, or an amino group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, a hydrocarbonoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a halogen atom, R.sup.3 and R.sup.6 are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.7 is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a ring, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may form a ring).

There is provided a highly versatile curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin. There are also provided a printing ink and a coating material that use the above curing accelerator. Specifically, the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin that is used contains a fatty acid manganese salt (A) and a compound (B) represented by formula (1) below, ##STR00001##
(wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, or an amino group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.5 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, a hydrocarbonoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a halogen atom, R.sup.3 and R.sup.6 are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.7 is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a ring, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may form a ring).

Microcapsules are disclosed that have a core composition encapsulated within a polymer wall, and an inorganic shell connected to an exterior surface of the polymer wall by a surfactant. The inorganic shell has a cation attracted to the surfactant and an anion or anion equivalent chemically bonded to the cation to form the shell or has the metal portion of a metal-containing compound attracted to the surfactant to form the shell. The shell may comprise a Ca, Mg, or Ag metal compound. The shell may be a graphene oxide-metal compound.