The invention relates to a coating slip comprising (i) an aqueous dispersion of one or more vinyl acetate polymers, obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of 77% to 99% by weight of vinyl acetate, 1% to 13% by weight of ethylene and 0% to 10% by weight of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers that are neither vinyl acetate nor ethylene, where the amounts of the monomers add up to 100% by weight, (ii) an aqueous dispersion of one or more styrene copolymers, obtainable by free-radically initiated emulsion polymerization of a monomer composition comprising 35% to 70% by weight of styrene, 20% to 60% by weight of one or more esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid with alkanols having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or of one or more conjugated aliphatic dienes, 1% to 10% by weight of one or more monomers comprising acid groups, where the amounts of the monomers add up to 100% by weight, (iii) inorganic pigments and (iv) optionally further auxiliaries, where the total amount of emulsion polymers (i) and (ii) is 10 to 30 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of inorganic pigment (iii) and where the weight ratio of the styrene copolymer to the vinyl acetate polymer is 77:23 to 93:7, and to a method of producing the coating slip, to the use thereof for coating board, to a method of coating board with the coating slip and to the board coated thereby.

The invention relates to a microemulsion comprising water in an amount of 1-30 w %; sodium or potassium oleate, Na/K salts of tall oil fatty acid, and/or Na/K salts of C16-C18 saturated or unsaturated fatty acids in an amount of 10-40 w %; oleic acid, tall oil fatty acid, or C16-C18 saturated or unsaturated fatty acids in an amount of 2-40 w %; ethanol in an amount of 0-40 w %; glycerol in an amount of 5-40 w %; and liquid hydrocarbon(s) in an amount of 5-40 w %, up to a maximum or total of components parts of 100 w %. Moreover, methods of manufacture and uses of the microemulsion are disclosed.

A method of packaging a battery device with a metal shell, comprising: applying a waterborne two-component polyurethane composition to the metal shell of the battery device, and drying the applied polyurethane composition to form a packaging layer; wherein the polyurethane composition comprises, (A) an aqueous dispersion comprising a hydroxyl-functional polymer, wherein the hydroxyl-functional polymer comprises, by weight based on the weight of the hydroxyl-functional polymer, from 20% to 50% of structural units of a hydroxy-functional alkyl (meth)acrylate; from 0.1% to 10% of structural units of an acid monomer, a salt thereof, or mixtures thereof; and structural units of a monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; and (B) a polyisocyanate.

A sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol resin comprising up to 15 mol % of a first comonomer comprising sulfonic acid groups. The modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a hydroxyl unit content of at least 65 mol % and a gel fraction of 3.2 or less. Further, the modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a disintegration time of 85 seconds or less, as measured in a mixture of 50 vol % water and 50 vol % isopropyl alcohol at 23° C. Additionally, the modified polyvinyl alcohol resin has a hard component present in a component ratio of 10% or greater and 55% or less and having a relaxation time of 0.0091 milliseconds or greater and 0.0104 milliseconds or less, as measured by the pulsed NMR Solid Echo method at 80° C. Also disclosed are methods for producing the sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol resins, which may advantageously be used in inks, paints, paper coatings, emulsions, or films.

An aqueous dispersion and an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion, and the aqueous coating composition providing coatings made therefrom with improved anti-corrosion property and good water resistance and block resistance.

A composition is provided that includes a graphene dispersion, a silicone microemulsion, a reactive siloxane emulsion, and water as a majority by weight of the composition. A process for imparting a durable shine to a vehicle surface is also provided. The composition is applied to the vehicle surface. The water is allowed to evaporate from the composition to form a coating imparting a durable shine to the vehicle surface. A coating is obtained after evaporation. The coating includes a silicone film formed by the evaporation of water from a silicone microemulsion and the cross-linking of a siloxane from an emulsion. Graphene particles are embedded in the silicone film. The coating has a thickness of between having a thickness of between 5 and 10,000 nanometers and a hardness of between 3 and 7 GPa.

Described herein are compositions useful for infusing color into nonwoven polyester containing product and methods to do so. Such compositions and methods comprise use of a color infusion composition comprising an antimigrant polymer; pigment; ammonium polyphosphate; and an anionic surfactant comprising phosphate. In certain embodiments, thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 93.0° C. or less is used to enhance color infusion.

The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition, the preparation and use of the composition, a two-component coating system comprising the composition and use thereof, and an article obtained by coating with the composition or the two-component coating system. The water-based coating composition comprises a water-based UV resin; a silane-treated nanosized silicon oxide compound; and a photoinitiator; wherein per kilogram of the solid constituent of the water-based UV resin contains not less than 3 mol of ethylenically unsaturated groups, and wherein the weight ratio of the solid constituent of the nanosized silicon oxide compound to the solid constituent of the water-based UV resin is 11:20 to 73:100. The coating layer formed by the water-based coating composition of the present invention has high hardness and good adhesion, and is particularly suitable for electronic, electrical and communication equipment in the 5G field.

The silicone emulsion composition for forming a rubber coating film according to the present invention, including (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to silicon atoms at terminal ends of the molecule in each molecule thereof, (B) an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (1) ##STR00001##
(where R.sup.1 through R.sup.3 represent H or a univalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent divalent hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.6 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer 0 to 6), (C) a vinyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (2):
CH.sub.2═CHSi(OR.sup.7).sub.3
(where R.sup.7 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group), (D) a surfactant, and (E) water and not containing an organic tin compound, is free of problems with storage stability or byproducts, and a rubber coating film can be formed thereby in a short time without the use of an organic tin compound.

The present disclosure relates to an aqueous fire-retardant composition comprising particles dispersed in an aqueous phase, wherein the particles comprise a fire-retardant brominated epoxy polymer and an organic polymer comprising ionic dispersing groups. The present disclosure further relates to an aqueous fire-retardant coating composition comprising such fire-retardant composition, and to a substrate coated with a coating deposited from such coating composition.