Provided is a polymer from which an encapsulant excellent in weather resistance and processability can be obtained when being used for an encapsulant for a solar cell. The polymer that has a main chain comprising repeating units represented by formula (1) and repeating units represented by formula (2) and satisfies requirements (a1), (a2), and (a3), ##STR00001##
(a1): the ratio of the number of the repeating units represented by formula (2) to the total number of the carbon atoms that constitute the main chain of the polymer is from 3.8% to 7.5%;
(a2): the ratio X represented by formula (3) is from 82% to 100%;
X=100A/B(3)
(a3): the polymer has a melting point of 42 C. to 90 C. as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter.

The present invention provides a primer for footwear constituting members, wherein the primer includes an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a medium; the acid-modified polyolefin resin is a copolymer including an olefin unit and an unsaturated carboxylic acid unit; the copolymer includes as the olefin unit, a propylene unit (A) and an olefin unit (B) other than the propylene unit; the mass ratio (A/B) between the propylene unit (A) and the olefin unit (B) other than the propylene unit is 60/40 to 95/5; and the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid unit is 0.1 to 10 parts by mass in relation to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of (A) and (B).

The present invention consists of a process of preparation of at least one mineral matter and/or of at least one pigment, including a calcium carbonate made at once partially organophilic and partially hydrophilic, in which the carbonate is blended and/or ground and/or concentrated in an aqueous medium, in the presence of at least one salt of ethylene acrylic acid, one dispersing agent and/or one grinding aid agent, which is introduced before and/or during this treatment stage. Another object of the invention lies in the aqueous dispersions and suspensions of calcium carbonate thus obtained. They may be dried and the dry pigments obtained also constitute an object of the invention. Use of these aqueous dispersions and these dry pigments in the field of plastic, paints and paper constitutes another object of the invention.

Apparatus and methods for alternative coatings applicable to metal are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a composition having, an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer; a neutralizing base; and water. The ethylene acrylic acid copolymer is about 15 percent to about 45 percent by weight concentration of the water. The apparatus further comprises metal coated with the composition.

Beverage containers and methods of coating are provided. The beverage containers include a metal substrate that is at least partially coated with a coating prepared from a composition that includes a binder system, a cross linker, and a catalyst.

A process includes combining a copolymer and mono- or di-valent metal ions to form a mixture, wherein the copolymer has from about 70 to about 98 wt % of an alpha-olefin moiety and about 2 to about 30 wt % of a (meth)acrylate moiety; reactively extruding the mixture to form a neutralized copolymer having a melt flow index of from about 5 to about 1500 g/10 min, wherein about 2 to about 50 wt % of the (meth)acrylate moiety is neutralized to form a mono- or di-valent metal salt present in an amount of from about 0.2 to about 20% based on the total (meth)acrylic acid content of the copolymer; and grinding the neutralized copolymer to form the powder having a Dv50 particle size of from about 10 to about 600 m as determined using ASTM D5861, wherein the process is free of utilizing a liquid and/or a slurry.

An aqueous dispersion composition according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first ethylene-based copolymer having a melting temperature of 84 C. or higher and a second ethylene-based copolymer having a melting temperature of less than 80 C., wherein a content of the second ethylene-based copolymer is 70 wt % to 90 wt % based on a total weight of the first ethylene-based copolymer and the second ethylene-based copolymer, and a total content of the first ethylene-based copolymer and the second ethylene-based copolymer is 50 wt % or more based on a total solid content weight of the aqueous dispersion composition.

An aqueous dispersion composition according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes a first ethylene-based copolymer having a melting temperature of 84 C. or higher and a second ethylene-based copolymer having a melting temperature of less than 80 C., wherein a content of the second ethylene-based copolymer is 70 wt % to 90 wt % based on a total weight of the first ethylene-based copolymer and the second ethylene-based copolymer, and a total content of the first ethylene-based copolymer and the second ethylene-based copolymer is 50 wt % or more based on a total solid content weight of the aqueous dispersion composition.

A glass container is disclosed that includes a glass substrate and a cold-end coating applied over, and preferably in direct contact with, an exterior surface of the glass substrate. The cold-end coating includes encapsulated graphene in which graphene particles are surrounded by and distributed within a polymer matrix material. The graphene may include multilayer graphene and the polymer matrix material may include ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, polyethylene oxide, or both ethylene acrylic acid copolymer and polyethylene oxide. A method of applying a cold-end coating during manufacture of a glass container is also disclosed in which a coating composition is applied over an exterior surface of a glass substrate having a container shape. The coating composition is a heterogeneous solution that includes one or more emulsified organic polymers and suspended graphene.

A glass container is disclosed that includes a glass substrate and a cold-end coating applied over, and preferably in direct contact with, an exterior surface of the glass substrate. The cold-end coating includes encapsulated graphene in which graphene particles are surrounded by and distributed within a polymer matrix material. The graphene may include multilayer graphene and the polymer matrix material may include ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, polyethylene oxide, or both ethylene acrylic acid copolymer and polyethylene oxide. A method of applying a cold-end coating during manufacture of a glass container is also disclosed in which a coating composition is applied over an exterior surface of a glass substrate having a container shape. The coating composition is a heterogeneous solution that includes one or more emulsified organic polymers and suspended graphene.