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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4136242 | Method for suspension-polymerizing vinyl chloride A polymerization vessel equipped with a condenser is charged with vinyl chloride, a suspending agent or dispersing agent, and water. The mixture is subjected to a preparatory stirring in the absence of a catalyst. The polymerization catalyst is added ther... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4057596 | Anti-sticking silicone compositions of non-solvent type Anti-sticking silicone compositions comprising (a) a diorganopolysiloxane of substantially straight-chain molecular structure having vinyldimethylsilyl terminal groups at both chain ends, (b) a diorganopolysiloxane of substantially straight-chain molecula... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4029619 | Method of preparing vinyl chloride resins Vinyl chloride monomer is polymerized in aqueous medium under the influence of oil soluble polymerization initiators in the presence of alkali metal salts of higher fatty acid, higher alcohols and/or higher fatty acids, and hydroxides of alkali metals in ... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4011247 | Method for the preparation of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane as a product of a partial addition reaction Starting from an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the silicone atoms, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane is obtained in which part of the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms have been converted into organic groups and ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4000108 | Silicone resin molding compositions Silicone resin-based molding compositions filled with spherical glass bodies, i.e., void-free glass beads or hollow glass spheres, have the possibility to give molded articles colored in white or light-tone colors different from conventional molding compo... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3996195 | Curable organosilicon compositions An improved curable organosilicon composition is formulated by blending a resin-type organopolysiloxane containing vinyl groups equivalent to 2.0 to 40 mole % of the organic groups with an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least 2 hydrogen atoms di... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3993839 | Printability improvers for molded synthetic resin products Printability improving agents for molded synthetic resin products comprising organosiloxy titanic acid esters prepared by co-condensation of a titanic acid ester having the formula Ti(OR1)4 where R1 is a monovalent hydroca... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3992355 | Heat-curable organopolysiloxane compositions Heat-curable organopolysiloxane compositions comprising a diorganopolysiloxane having at least two vinyl groups per molecule and a viscosity exceeding 100 centistokes at 25° C, an inorganic filler, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two Si... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3989733 | Process for the preparation of cyclic polydiorganosiloxanes Cyclic polydiorganosiloxanes, in particular, cyclic trisiloxanes are continuously prepared from mixed polydiorganosiloxane, the starting material, by subjecting them to thermal cracking and rectification in a reactor composed of a column, vertically held,... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3983180 | Process for preparing methyl chloride A process for preparing methyl chloride by reacting hydrogen chloride with methanol in the liquid-phase non-catalytic reaction, employing a reaction system comprising a reactor and two distillation columns, each being operated under a different pressure, ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3975446 | Method for the preparation of unsaturated ketones Unsaturated ketones represented by the general formula ##EQU1## are successfully synthesized with very good yield from corresponding unsaturated alcohols and diketene in a single-step process in which the esterification reaction and the decarboxylati... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3957523 | Coating compositions for solid medicines When a mixture comprising 30 to 70% by weight of an enterosoluble cellulose derivative containing a monoester linkage with a polybasic acid, such as, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate, and 70 to 30% by weight of a digestive fluid-insoluble cellulose... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3945958 | Method for suspension-polymerizing vinyl chloride When vinyl chloride or a mixture of monomers containing vinyl chloride as its main component is subjected to suspension-polymerization, in the presence of a polymerization initiator, employing as a suspending agent an aqueous medium consisting of two kind... | 03/23/1976 |