Disclosed herein is a solvent-based bonding primer composition containing one or more organic solvents, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, and a low amount of core-shell rubber particles in nanometer size, submicron or micron size. Also disclosed is a method of applying the solvent-based bonding primer composition onto a metallic surface of a first substrate prior to bonding the metallic surface to a second substrate via a curable adhesive.

Disclosed herein is a solvent-based bonding primer composition containing one or more organic solvents, one or more epoxy resins, one or more curing agents, a silane compound, and a low amount of core-shell rubber particles in nanometer size, submicron or micron size. Also disclosed is a method of applying the solvent-based bonding primer composition onto a metallic surface of a first substrate prior to bonding the metallic surface to a second substrate via a curable adhesive.

A method is provided for bonding substrates having dissimilar coefficients of thermal expansion, using a thermoset adhesive. The method involves a pre-cure step using radio-frequency energy, followed by a heat-curing step.

A method is provided for bonding substrates having dissimilar coefficients of thermal expansion, using a thermoset adhesive. The method involves a pre-cure step using radio-frequency energy, followed by a heat-curing step.

A coated rubber composition includes a rubber composition coated with a liquid refresh agent selected from the group consisting of one or more liquid terpenes, limonene, carvone, pinene, pine needle oil, citral, orange oil, C.sub.9-C.sub.15 aliphatics, C.sub.9-C.sub.15 cycloaliphatics, ethyl lactate, dipentene, 1,8-cineole, eucalyptol, citronellol, geraniol, citronellene, terpinen-4-ol, and combinations thereof. A method of application and a coated rubber composition are also disclosed.

A coated rubber composition includes a rubber composition coated with a liquid refresh agent selected from the group consisting of one or more liquid terpenes, limonene, carvone, pinene, pine needle oil, citral, orange oil, C.sub.9-C.sub.15 aliphatics, C.sub.9-C.sub.15 cycloaliphatics, ethyl lactate, dipentene, 1,8-cineole, eucalyptol, citronellol, geraniol, citronellene, terpinen-4-ol, and combinations thereof. A method of application and a coated rubber composition are also disclosed.

To provide a composite laminate having excellent adhesiveness to a resin material imparted to a metal base material, such as an aluminum, and a method for producing the same, and a metal-resin bonded article using the composite laminate and a method for producing the same. A composite laminate 1 includes a metal base material 2 and one layer or plural layers of a resin coating layer 4 laminated on the metal base material 2, the resin coating layer 4 is laminated on a surface-treated surface of the metal base material 2, and at least one layer of the resin coating layer 4 is formed of a resin composition containing an in situ polymerizable phenoxy resin.

Provided is a method for recycling a battery electrode by immersing the electrode into a delamination solution and subsequently precipitating a polymeric binder with the addition of a precipitation agent; wherein the electrode comprises a current collector and an electrode layer material coated on one side or both sides of the current collector; wherein the electrode layer material comprises a polymeric binder; and wherein the polymeric binder comprises a copolymer comprising a structural unit derived from an acid group-containing monomer and a structural unit derived from a hydrogen bond-forming group-containing monomer (ii). The method disclosed herein circumvents complex separation process, corrosion of current collector and contamination of polymeric binder, enables excellent materials recovery and allows the recycling of battery electrode to be achieved in a highly efficient manner.

Provided is a method for recycling a battery electrode by immersing the electrode into a delamination solution and subsequently precipitating a polymeric binder with the addition of a precipitation agent; wherein the electrode comprises a current collector and an electrode layer material coated on one side or both sides of the current collector; wherein the electrode layer material comprises a polymeric binder; and wherein the polymeric binder comprises a copolymer comprising a structural unit derived from an acid group-containing monomer and a structural unit derived from a hydrogen bond-forming group-containing monomer (ii). The method disclosed herein circumvents complex separation process, corrosion of current collector and contamination of polymeric binder, enables excellent materials recovery and allows the recycling of battery electrode to be achieved in a highly efficient manner.

A core-sheath filament having a non-tacky sheath and a hot-melt processable adhesive core, the sheath exhibiting a melt flow index of less than 15 grams per 10 minutes, is provided. Methods of making the core-sheath filament and methods of using the core-sheath filament to print a hot-melt processable adhesive onto a primer-treated substrate surface to provide a structural bond are described.