The invention relates to a surfactant comprising a grafted rosin ester which is a rosin ester grafted with a capped polyalkylene glycol, wherein the capped polyalkylene glycol is a polyalkylene glycol capped by an alkyl ether and an aqueous dispersion consisting of an aqueous phase and resin particles dispersed in the aqueous phase, wherein the dispersion comprises the surfactant according to the invention.

A frictional power transmission belt is provided, containing an adhesion rubber layer in contact with at least a portion of a tension member extending in a longitudinal direction of the belt, in which the adhesion rubber layer is formed of a first vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and a filler, the filler contains substantially no silica and contains 30 parts by mass or more of carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the tension member has, on a surface thereof, an overcoat layer formed of a second vulcanized rubber composition containing a rubber component and silica.

A laminate comprising a substrate layer; a contact adhesive layer comprising a contact adhesive agent having at least one of chloroprene rubber or acrylic copolymers, as well as microspheres having an average particle size of 0.5 μm or greater in the contact adhesive layer, wherein the contact adhesive layer contains from 5 parts by mass to 500 parts by mass of the microspheres per 100 parts by mass of the contact adhesive agent, and the contact adhesive layer has a plurality of protruding portions because of the the microspheres.

In an embodiment a solvent composition can comprise, based on the total volume of the solvent composition, 10 to 95 volume percent of a first solvent, wherein the first solvent has Hansen solubility parameters of: 15 MPa.sup.0.5≤δ.sub.D≤17 MPa.sup.0.5, 4≤δ.sub.P≤10.5 MPa.sup.0.5, and 7≤δ.sub.H≤10 MPa.sup.0.5; 5 to 95 volume percent of a second solvent, wherein the second solvent has Hansen solubility parameters of: 16 MPa.sup.0.5≤δ.sub.D≤17.5 MPa.sup.0.5, 0≤δ.sub.P≤3 MPa.sup.0.5, and 0≤δ.sub.H≤3 MPa.sup.0.5; and 0 to 85 volume percent parachlorobenzotrifluoride; wherein the amounts of the first solvent, the second solvent, and parachlorobenzotrifluoride sum to at least 85 volume percent. The first solvent can comprise methyl acetate, acetone, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, n-butylamine, propyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, or a combination thereof. The second solvent can comprise cyclohexene, cyclohexane, cyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, or a combination thereof. The solvent compositions are particularly useful in an adhesive composition. An adhesive composition includes the solvent composition, a rubber, and a tackifying resin. A method of bonding two surfaces is also described.

A two-part formulation of a high strength acrylic adhesive that includes a Part A and Part B. The Part A includes at least one curable monomer of: Part A acrylate monomer, methacrylate monomer, acrylic acid monomer, methacrylic acid monomer, or a combination thereof; a Part A impact modifier; and a Part A adhesion promoter. A Part B includes impact modifier, a Part B adhesion promoter, and an induction agent. A polyvinyl acetal resin is present in at least one of Part A or Part B, and present from 1 to 30 total weight percent. A process of applying the resulting adhesive to bond substrates and a resulting structure are also provided.

A power transmission V-belt includes a tension member, an adhesion rubber layer in which at least part of the tension member is embedded, and a tension rubber layer and a compression rubber layer stacked via the adhesion rubber layer. A rubber hardness of the tension rubber layer is smaller than a rubber hardness of the compression rubber layer. In the adhesion rubber layer, a rubber hardness on a tension rubber layer side relative to the tension member is smaller than a rubber hardness on a compression rubber layer side.

There is provided an adhesive agent exhibiting high adhesive strength to polyolefin. An adhesive agent contains a chloroprene copolymer latex containing a chloroprene copolymer (A) and a metal oxide (B). The chloroprene copolymer (A) is a copolymer of a monomer group containing chloroprene (A-1), α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid (A-2), and 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene (A-3). The chloroprene copolymer (A) has a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component soluble in tetrahydrofuran and the weight average molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component is 80000 or more and 140000 or less. When the amount of the metal oxide (B) based on 100 parts by mass of the chloroprene copolymer (A) is defined as Y part(s) by mass and the weight average molecular weight of the tetrahydrofuran-soluble component is defined as X, the content of the metal oxide (B) satisfies Formula: −1.2×X/100000+1.6<Y<−4.2×X/100000+5.7.

A water-based adhesive film-forming cover composition including: (i) at least one film forming polymer; (ii) at least one lower crystallinity first polynitroso compound; (iii) at least one higher crystallinity second polynitroso compound; (iv) at least one crosslinking agent; and (v) water as a carrier liquid; a bonding system including a combination of: (a) a water-based primer component; and (b) the above water-based cover component; a process for manufacturing the above bonding system; and a process of manufacturing bonded article with the above bonding system. A bonded article, having a bonding line made from the above bonding system disposed between metal and rubber substrates, exhibits excellent stability against an aqueous urea-solution at temperatures of up to about 95° C.

The invention relates to a textile bonding composition comprising a salt of lignosulfonate, an aldehyde hardener thereof, and an elastomer latex. The lignosulfonate salt may be sodium, potassium, magnesium, ammonium, or calcium lignosulfonate. The invention also relates to the use of such a composition for imparting adhesion properties to a reinforcement textile, with regard to a rubber, a reinforcement textile, in particular yarn, cord or textile structure, at least partially coated and/or impregnated with this composition, and a part made of rubber or comprising a rubber, in which the rubber comprises at least one reinforcement textile, on the surface and/or integrated inside the rubber.

An adhesive composition is comprised of a film forming polymer, (ii) a lower crystallinity polynitroso compound, (e.g., poly-(1,4-phenylyenazine-N,N-dioxide)), (iii) a higher crystallinity polynitroso compound (e.g., poly-(1,4-phenylyenazine-N,N-dioxide)), and (iv) a carrier liquid. The composition is useful in bonding metal and rubber to make, for example, components to damp noise, vibration or harshness.