This invention relates to an adhesive composition for a tire cord including: an epoxy compound; latex; an alicyclic polyurethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 250,000 to 350,000; an amine compound; and water, a tire cord including an adhesive layer formed form the adhesive composition, and a tire including the tire cord.

The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition that contains a polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin (A) contains a structural unit derived from at least one compound (a1) selected from the group consisting of a dimer acid compound and a dimer diol, and a structural unit derived from an aromatic compound (a2).

Provided is a polycarbonate polyol used as a raw material of a polyurethane that yields a polyurethane solution having good storage stability and exhibits excellent flexibility and solvent resistance. This polycarbonate polyol is a polycarbonate diol that includes structural units represented by the following Formulae (A) and (B), wherein, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and, in this range of the number of carbon atoms, optionally have an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituent containing these atoms; and R.sup.3 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon having 3 or 4 carbon atoms. This polycarbonate diol has a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000, and the value of the following Formula (I) is 0.3 to 20.0: (Content ratio of branched-chain moiety in polymer)/(Content ratio of carbonate group in polymer)×100(%) (I). ##STR00001##

Provided is a polycarbonate polyol used as a raw material of a polyurethane that yields a polyurethane solution having good storage stability and exhibits excellent flexibility and solvent resistance. This polycarbonate polyol is a polycarbonate diol that includes structural units represented by the following Formulae (A) and (B), wherein, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and, in this range of the number of carbon atoms, optionally have an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a nitrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituent containing these atoms; and R.sup.3 represents a linear aliphatic hydrocarbon having 3 or 4 carbon atoms. This polycarbonate diol has a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000, and the value of the following Formula (I) is 0.3 to 20.0: (Content ratio of branched-chain moiety in polymer)/(Content ratio of carbonate group in polymer)×100(%) (I). ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to curable photochromic compositions which include a polycarbodiimide, an at least di-functional first carboxylic acid functional material having at least two carboxylic acid groups, an optional second carboxylic acid functional material having at least three carboxylic acid groups, a photochromic compound, and an aprotic organic solvent. The curable photochromic compositions have an equivalents ratio of carbodiimide equivalents of the polycarbodiimide to a total carboxylic acid equivalents of the first and optional second carboxylic acid functional materials of from 0.5:1 to 10:1 when the second carboxylic acid functional material is not present; and from 0.5:1 to 3:1 when the second carboxylic acid functional material is present. The present invention, more particularly, relates to curable photochromic coating compositions, and curable photochromic adhesive compositions.

A solvent-based polyurethane retort adhesive system for producing laminates including: (A) at least one isocyanate compound, Component A, comprising: a blend of: (i) at least one aliphatic-based isocyanate and (ii) at least one aromatic-based isocyanate; and (B) at least one isocyanate-reactive component, Component B, comprising: (i) at least one phosphate ester compound and (ii) at least one polyether polyol having an average molecular weight of less than 1,500 g/mol; a process for producing the above adhesive; a multi-layer laminate product including the above adhesive; and a process for producing a laminate product using the above adhesive.

The present invention provides a polyisocyanate composition comprising at least one isocyanate compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic isocyanate and an alicyclic isocyanate as a skeleton, wherein an average value of a total number of isocyanate groups blocked with a blocking agent and not blocked with a blocking agent per polyisocyanate molecule is 2 or more, and among the isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate composition, 1 mol % or more and 99 mol % or less are blocked with a blocking agent, and the like.

Aqueous dispersion comprising polyurethane or polyurethane-urea, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The polyurethane or polyurethane-urea is prepared by reacting raw materials comprising the following components: a compound having a tertiary amine group and at least one NCO reactive functional group, a polyester polyol having a number average molecular weight of 400 to 5000 and a functionality of 2 to 3, an organic compound having at least two isocyanate groups, a hydrophilic compound having one or more of an ionic group, a potential ionic group and a non-ionic group and having 2 to 3 NCO reactive functional groups, and a mono-functional non-ionic hydrophilic compound having at least one NCO reactive functional group. The aqueous dispersion can be stably stored for a prolonged period of time, and an adhesive prepared from the aqueous dispersion has an improved hydrolysis resistance while maintaining good bonding strength and heat resistance.

The present invention relates to an acrylic resin powder containing a multistage polymer (G) having an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (ma) monomer unit and an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (mb) monomer unit, in which an alkyl group in the alkyl (meth)acrylate esters (ma) and (mb) has 4 to 8 carbon atoms, a glass transition temperature of the multistage polymer (G) is 50° C. or higher, a mass average molecular weight is 10,000 or more and 300,000 or less, a softening temperature that is measured by a flow tester temperature-rising method is 150° C. to 200° C., and the acrylic resin powder is soluble in acetone.

The present invention relates to an acrylic resin powder containing a multistage polymer (G) having an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (ma) monomer unit and an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (mb) monomer unit, in which an alkyl group in the alkyl (meth)acrylate esters (ma) and (mb) has 4 to 8 carbon atoms, a glass transition temperature of the multistage polymer (G) is 50° C. or higher, a mass average molecular weight is 10,000 or more and 300,000 or less, a softening temperature that is measured by a flow tester temperature-rising method is 150° C. to 200° C., and the acrylic resin powder is soluble in acetone.