A solid adhesive is described that has an excellent finish, a light coating feeling, and is also capable of adhering to paper, wood, cloth, and the like. The solid adhesive contains water, an organic solvent, a gelation agent such as a dibenzalide of pentavalent to hexavalent sugar alcohol, and a polyvinyl formal resin. In some examples, the solid adhesive further includes a polyvinyl butyral resin and/or an adhesive resin such as a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin. A feed type solid adhesive may be provided, including a feeding container that is filled with the solid adhesive described above.

A solid adhesive is described that has an excellent finish, a light coating feeling, and is also capable of adhering to paper, wood, cloth, and the like. The solid adhesive contains water, an organic solvent, a gelation agent such as a dibenzalide of pentavalent to hexavalent sugar alcohol, and a polyvinyl formal resin. In some examples, the solid adhesive further includes a polyvinyl butyral resin and/or an adhesive resin such as a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin. A feed type solid adhesive may be provided, including a feeding container that is filled with the solid adhesive described above.

A solid adhesive is described that has an excellent finish, a light coating feeling, and is also capable of adhering to paper, wood, cloth, and the like. The solid adhesive contains water, an organic solvent, a gelation agent such as a dibenzalide of pentavalent to hexavalent sugar alcohol, and a polyvinyl formal resin. In some examples, the solid adhesive further includes a polyvinyl butyral resin and/or an adhesive resin such as a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin. A feed type solid adhesive may be provided, including a feeding container that is filled with the solid adhesive described above.

An aqueous noctilucent and allochroic glue that includes deionized water; a noctilucent material that includes long-afterglow phosphor powder and a transparent medium, wherein the noctilucent material includes particles formed by creating, curing, and then crushing a suspension, mixture, or sheet of the long-afterglow phosphor powder and transparent medium, and wherein the particles have been coated with allochroic material; adhesive; and suspension concentrate.

An aqueous noctilucent and allochroic glue that includes deionized water; a noctilucent material that includes long-afterglow phosphor powder and a transparent medium, wherein the noctilucent material includes particles formed by creating, curing, and then crushing a suspension, mixture, or sheet of the long-afterglow phosphor powder and transparent medium, and wherein the particles have been coated with allochroic material; adhesive; and suspension concentrate.

An adhesive suitable for use in security documents (for example, currency, passports, tickets, etc.) includes a plurality of polymers, that collectively exhibit tackification, resistance to aqueous agents, and solvent resistance, and a cross-linker selected to be activated to chemically react with one or more polymers of the plurality of polymers, at a temperature in a predetermined range of temperatures.

An adhesive suitable for use in security documents (for example, currency, passports, tickets, etc.) includes a plurality of polymers, that collectively exhibit tackification, resistance to aqueous agents, and solvent resistance, and a cross-linker selected to be activated to chemically react with one or more polymers of the plurality of polymers, at a temperature in a predetermined range of temperatures.

A disintegrable film is disclosed, including at least one water-soluble polymer having a molecular weight greater than about 700 kDa, and at least one water-soluble plasticizer having a molecular weight less than about 0.8 kDa. A further disintegrable film is disclosed wherein the disintegrable film is a tacky adhesive film, includes a storage modulus of about 310.sup.6 dyn/cm.sup.2 or less at 1 rad/s and 25 C., includes a disintegration resistance factor sufficient to resist disintegration for a disintegration time after contact with a disintegrating fluid, includes a tan evaluated at an angular frequency of 0.01 rad/s and 25 C. of less than about 1, the at least one water-soluble polymer constitutes between about 3 wt % to about 70 wt % of the disintegrable film, and the at least one water-soluble plasticizer constitutes between about 30 wt % to about 60 wt % of the disintegrable film.

A disintegrable film is disclosed, including at least one water-soluble polymer having a molecular weight greater than about 700 kDa, and at least one water-soluble plasticizer having a molecular weight less than about 0.8 kDa. A further disintegrable film is disclosed wherein the disintegrable film is a tacky adhesive film, includes a storage modulus of about 310.sup.6 dyn/cm.sup.2 or less at 1 rad/s and 25 C., includes a disintegration resistance factor sufficient to resist disintegration for a disintegration time after contact with a disintegrating fluid, includes a tan evaluated at an angular frequency of 0.01 rad/s and 25 C. of less than about 1, the at least one water-soluble polymer constitutes between about 3 wt % to about 70 wt % of the disintegrable film, and the at least one water-soluble plasticizer constitutes between about 30 wt % to about 60 wt % of the disintegrable film.

A thermally insulating composition comprising hollow spherical silica particles and a coating of a material having a thermal conductivity of less than 0.3 W/m.Math.K on surfaces of said silica particles. In particular embodiments, the low conductivity coating material may be a polymer, such as polystyrene or polyvinylpyrrolidone, or the low conductivity coating material may be a quaternary ammonium salt of the Formula (1), i.e., R.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3R.sup.4N.sup.+A.sup., with at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 being an alkyl group containing at least ten carbon atoms (and A.sup. is a counter anion), or the low conductivity coating material may be phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester covalently bound to the hollow spherical silica particles. Also described herein is a method of thermally insulating a surface by applying a coating of the thermally insulating composition, described above, onto the surface.