Disclosed are novel substituted catechol monomers, polymers made with the substituted catechol monomers, pH responsive polymers made with the substituted catechol monomers, and related methods. Also provided is a method of preparing an aqueous coating composition such as a latex paint including the above components.

A method for forming a multilayer coating film, comprising the steps of applying a color paint (W) to a substrate to form a colored coating film; applying an effect pigment dispersion (X) to the colored coating film, wherein the effect pigment dispersion (X) contains an effect pigment (x2), and the content of the effect pigment (x2) in the effect pigment dispersion (X) is within a range of 15 to 80 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total solids content in the effect pigment dispersion (X), to form an effect first base coating film; applying a transparent colored second base paint (Y) containing a color pigment (y2) to form a transparent colored second base coating film; and applying a clear paint (Z) to form a clear coating film, wherein the clear paint (Z) contains a hydroxy-containing acrylic resin (z1) and an aliphatic triisocyanate compound (z2-1) having a molecular weight within a range of 200 to 350.

Method for the preparation of a flame retardant, comprising iron and chlorine in the chemical compositions of its components, comprising at least: —providing an iron containing chemical substance —providing a chlorine containing chemical substance, and bringing said iron containing chemical substance and said chlorine containing chemical substance in contact with each other, to thereby form an at least partially volatile ferric chloride acting as a flame poison. The flame retardant thus formed is also contemplated as well as articles to which the flame retardant is applied.

Method for the preparation of a flame retardant, comprising iron and chlorine in the chemical compositions of its components, comprising at least: —providing an iron containing chemical substance —providing a chlorine containing chemical substance, and bringing said iron containing chemical substance and said chlorine containing chemical substance in contact with each other, to thereby form an at least partially volatile ferric chloride acting as a flame poison. The flame retardant thus formed is also contemplated as well as articles to which the flame retardant is applied.

Provided are a random copolymer for forming a neutral layer promoting directed self-assembly pattern formation, a laminate for forming a pattern including the same, and a method for forming a high-quality pattern using the same.

A water-based paint composition has performance to decompose ozone. The water-based paint composition includes a manganese oxide-based catalyst, an activated carbon, a polyacrylate-based dispersant, a water-soluble resin, a pH adjuster, and a water-based solvent.

A water-based paint composition has performance to decompose ozone. The water-based paint composition includes a manganese oxide-based catalyst, an activated carbon, a polyacrylate-based dispersant, a water-soluble resin, a pH adjuster, and a water-based solvent.

An aqueous coating composition comprising (a) from 12.5% to 87% by weight based on the weight of the aqueous coating composition, of a film-forming polymer; (b) from 9.5% to 85% by weight based on the weight of the film-forming polymer, of a specific oligomer; and (c) from 2.5% to 50% by weight based on the weight of the film-forming polymer, of beads with a mean particle size of from 5.0 to 10.5 μm; and a process for preparing the aqueous coating composition.

A photo-curable coating composition comprising (1) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, (2) a photopolymerization initiator, and (3) a specific hydroxyphenyltriazine base UV absorber has high mar resistance and long-term weather resistance.

The present invention relates to a solventborne, pigmented coating composition having a solids fraction of at least 35%, which comprises, based on the total amount of the coating composition, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % of at least one copolymer (A), where the copolymer (A) is obtainable by copolymerization of a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (a) in at least one organic solvent, the mixture of monomers (a) to be polymerized consists of (a1) 10 to 60 mol % of at least one monomer of the formula (I) below

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where R.sub.1═C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkoxy, R.sub.2═C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl, and m=0 to 2, and also (a2) 40 to 90 mol % of at least one further olefinically unsaturated monomer, and the copolymer (A) possesses a glass transition temperature T.sub.g of at least −30° C. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the coating composition, and to the multicoat paint systems themselves.