The present invention relates to the use of polyglycerol partial esters as defoamers, in particular in coating and paint applications, to defoamers comprising polyglycerol partial esters, and to corresponding polyglycerol partial esters.

This invention relates to copolymers AB having moieties derived from vinyl-terminated polysiloxanes A with more than one vinyl group bound to the polysiloxane, and moieties derived from two or more alkyl esters B of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein at least two different alkyl esters B1 and B2 are used; the alkyl group of the first alkyl ester B1 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid has from one to five carbon atoms, the alkyl group of the second alkyl ester B2 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid has from six to thirty carbon atoms, and moieties derived from at least one hydroxyalkyl ester B3 of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid, the ester B3 having at least one hydroxyl group in the alkyl group, and from two to six carbon atoms in the alkyl group, to a process for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof as flow modifiers in coating compositions.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface sealing material which has high storage stability and is capable of forming, on an object to be coated such as an organic EL element, a cured product layer that has less irregularity, cissing and the like, while having high surface smoothness. A surface sealing material for organic EL elements according to the present invention contains (B) a cationically polymerizable compound that comprises a cationically polymerizable functional group in each molecule and has a structure represented by formula (1) —(R—O).sub.n— (wherein R represents an alkylene group having 2-5 carbon atoms and n represents an integer of 1-150), (C) a thermal cationic polymerization initiator and (D) a leveling agent.

An inkjet receptive composition for use on glossy paper substrates may include a polymer binder, a multivalent salt, a pigment, a surfactant, a defoamer, and water. The polymer may be a polyurethane dispersion. The multivalent salt may be calcium chloride, and the water may be present in an amount greater than about 40 wt %. The inkjet receptive composition may have a viscosity in the range of about 3 and about 500 cP.

A method for treating a surface of inorganic flooring (e.g., concrete, terrazzo, or a ceramic) includes applying a composition that includes a silicate to a surface of the inorganic flooring and, while the composition is present on the surface, polishing the surface. The silicate may be a lithium polysilicate and/or a colloidal silica. The composition may further include a surfactant and/or a leveling agent. When the composition is applied to the surface of the inorganic flooring, gravity may enable it to spread substantially evenly across the surface. The acts of applying and polishing may be repeated. Such a treatment may result in a surface that has a glossiness that reflects at least about 80% of incident light when the incident light is directed toward the composition at an angle of 60° to the surface.

The present disclosure provides for an aqueous coating composition to coat and form a film on porous construction materials to help in controlling efflorescence in the porous construction materials. The aqueous coating composition includes a binder having an acrylic polymer in an acrylic polymer waterborne dispersion, wherein the acrylic polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 1° C. to 60° C.; and an alkoxy silane coalescing agent in a waterborne silane coalescing emulsion. The aqueous coating composition optionally further includes an additive selected from the group consisting of a pigment, a filler and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the alkoxy silane coalescing agent provides the only coalescing agent for the acrylic polymer waterborne dispersion in the aqueous coating composition.

The disclosure is directed to an aqueous composition comprising a waterborne polymer, a non-ionic surfactant, a levelling component, an IR absorber, and at least one UV absorber.

The disclosure is directed to an aqueous composition comprising a waterborne polymer, a non-ionic surfactant, a levelling component, an IR absorber, and at least one UV absorber.

A method for preparing a vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin comprises mixing a fluorine-containing vinyl monomer, an initiator, and a tetrafluoroethylene monomer in a gas phase to carry out an addition reaction so as to obtain the vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin. The fluorine-containing vinyl monomer is grafted onto tetrafluoroethylene, resulting in a vinyl-modified fluorocarbon resin which is highly resistant to strong acids and bases as well as weathering. The corrosion resistant coating prepared by using the resin as a base resin also has high resistances to strong acids and bases as well as weathering.

Disclosed herein is a copolymer comprising first polymerized units of the formula (1);

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wherein: R.sub.1 is H or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl group; and R.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3-C.sub.20 alkyl group that optionally includes one or more of —O—, —S—, —N—, —C(O)—, or —C(O)O—, —N—C(O)—, —C(O)—NR—; wherein R is H or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl group; and

second polymerized units of the formula (2):

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wherein: R.sub.3 is a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl group that optionally includes one or more of —O—, —N—, —S—, —C(O)—, or —C(O)O—; wherein the first polymerized units and the second polymerized units are chemically different, and the copolymer is free of fluorine.