A composition of matter including a mother solution; an organic ester; an additive agent and deionized water. The mother solution includes a rare earth compound or a metal compound, an organic acid, an organic amine, and deionized water. Also provided is a method of preparing the composition of matter. The method includes: 1) heating deionized water to a temperature of 50-60° C.; adding an organic acid to the deionized water, allowing to dissolve, followed by addition of a rare earth compound or a metal compound, 2-4 hours later, adding an organic amine, heating to a temperature of 70-80° C. and holding; cooling and filtering to yield a mother solution; 2) mixing the mother solution, deionized water, and a catalyst; vacuumizing a resulting mixture, heating the mixture to a temperature of 95-125° C. and holding, following by addition of a polymerization inhibitor and an organic ester; 2-4 hours later, cooling, standing, separating.

Provided is a water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer having favorable film formation property after long-term storage while maintaining high water vapor barrier property of a film after coating. A water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer comprises a vinyl halide copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl halide monomer and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is less than 0.7, wherein a mass ratio of the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer is 1 part by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the structural unit derived from the vinyl halide monomer, the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer, and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is 0.7 or more, and S1/(S1+S2) is 0 or more and 0.33 or less.

Provided is a water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer having favorable film formation property after long-term storage while maintaining high water vapor barrier property of a film after coating. A water dispersion of a vinyl halide copolymer comprises a vinyl halide copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl halide monomer and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is less than 0.7, wherein a mass ratio of the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer is 1 part by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the structural unit derived from the vinyl halide monomer, the structural unit derived from the copolymerization monomer, and a structural unit derived from a copolymerization monomer whose reactivity ratio r1 is 0.7 or more, and S1/(S1+S2) is 0 or more and 0.33 or less.

Provided is a water dispersion that has excellent coatability in recoating and that yields a uniform coating film without leveling failure, orange peel patterning, or the occurrence of foaming during film shaping. A halogenated vinyl polymer water dispersion contains a halogenated vinyl polymer and more than 0 mass% and less than 2.5 mass%, relative to resin solid content, of an anionic amphiphilic compound having a hydrophilicity index of less than 41.0.

Provided is a water dispersion that has excellent coatability in recoating and that yields a uniform coating film without leveling failure, orange peel patterning, or the occurrence of foaming during film shaping. A halogenated vinyl polymer water dispersion contains a halogenated vinyl polymer and more than 0 mass% and less than 2.5 mass%, relative to resin solid content, of an anionic amphiphilic compound having a hydrophilicity index of less than 41.0.

A moisture-curable composition includes a polymer preparable by free-radical copolymerization of monomers comprising at least one monomer A and at least one monomer B. Monomer(s) A comprise free-radically polymerizable hydrolyzable silane. Monomer(s) B include a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —(CF.sub.2O).sub.a—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.b—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.c—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.d—, —(CF.sub.2CF(CF3)O).sub.e—, and combinations thereof, wherein a, b, c, d, and e represent integers in the range of from 0 to 130, and wherein 1≦<a+b+c+d+e≦130. A composite article includes a layer of a composition on a substrate. The composition comprises a cross-linked reaction product of components including the moisture-curable composition. Methods of making the composite article are also disclosed.

A moisture-curable composition includes a polymer preparable by free-radical copolymerization of monomers comprising at least one monomer A and at least one monomer B. Monomer(s) A comprise free-radically polymerizable hydrolyzable silane. Monomer(s) B include a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —(CF.sub.2O).sub.a—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.b—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.c—, —(CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2CF.sub.2O).sub.d—, —(CF.sub.2CF(CF3)O).sub.e—, and combinations thereof, wherein a, b, c, d, and e represent integers in the range of from 0 to 130, and wherein 1≦<a+b+c+d+e≦130. A composite article includes a layer of a composition on a substrate. The composition comprises a cross-linked reaction product of components including the moisture-curable composition. Methods of making the composite article are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that enables the production of a molded article that maintains high adhesion strength even when used in a form subjected to high pressure and is less susceptible to defects such as cracks due to insufficient strength, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin having an average of a ratio (A/B) of a peak intensity A observed in a range of 300 to 340 cm.sup.-1 to a peak intensity B observed in a range of 1,450 to 1,550 cm.sup.-1 of 0.1 or more and 3.5 or less in Raman imaging measurement by Raman spectroscopy.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that enables the production of a molded article that maintains high adhesion strength even when used in a form subjected to high pressure and is less susceptible to defects such as cracks due to insufficient strength, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin having an average of a ratio (A/B) of a peak intensity A observed in a range of 300 to 340 cm.sup.-1 to a peak intensity B observed in a range of 1,450 to 1,550 cm.sup.-1 of 0.1 or more and 3.5 or less in Raman imaging measurement by Raman spectroscopy.

A water-repellent composition containing (1) a polymer having 2-100 wt %, with respect to the polymer, of a repeating unit derived from an amide group-containing monomer (a) represented by the following formula

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[wherein R.sup.1 is an organic moiety having an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group, R.sup.2 is a C.sub.7-30 hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-5 hydrocarbon group], (2) a co-agent containing at least one co-agent compound selected from the group consisting of a blocked isocyanate compound, a melamine resin, a silicone polymer, a wax, an acetylene-based emulsifier, and a polyoxyalkylene group-containing emulsifier, and (3) a liquid media. Preferably, the water-repellent composition includes no fluoroalkyl group-containing monomer, and preferably no fluorine-containing monomer. Also disclosed is a method for producing the water-repellent composition, a method for treating a substrate with the water-repellent composition, and a method for producing a treated textile product which includes treating a textile product with the water-repellent composition.