Coating Resins

Covestro has signed an agreement to acquire the Resins & Functional Materials business (RFM) from Royal DSM. By expanding its portfolio in the attractive growth market for sustainable coating resins, Covestro is taking a significant step in its long-term corporate strategy to strengthen its sustaina more

Gabriel Performance Products ("Gabriel"), a U.S.-based specialty chemicals company, announces the acquisition of Ranbar Electrical Materials (“Ranbar”). Headquartered in Harrison City, PA, Ranbar is a custom developer and manufacturer of specialty resins, varnishes, and coatings materials used in th more

Arkema completed the acquisition of Den Braven, a leader in high performance sealants for insulation and construction in Europe, on 1st December. With this strong value-creating acquisition, Arkema confirms its long-term ambition for Bostik, and actively pursues the development of its High Performan more

Flexible woven composites have been widely used in geotextiles and light weight building structures. The stab resistance behavior of the flexible woven composite is an important factor for the application design. This paper reports an analytical model for predicting stab resistance of flexible woven more

A macromonomer, 1,3-bis[(2-hydroxy-3-acrylate)propyloxy]2-hydroxypropane (BHAPP) was prepared by the reaction of acrylic acid with diglycerol diglycidyl ether (DGE) in the presence of triethyl amine as a catalyst. The progress of the reaction was followed by measuring the decrease in intensity of th more

Abstract Ein wichtiges Bildungsziel des Chemieunterrichts ist es, ungerechtfertigte Ängste gegenüber der Chemie abzubauen. Da eine ablehnende Haltung oft mit der Angst vor einer Gefährdung verbunden ist, sollte im Unterricht sowohl behandelt werden, welchen Nutzen Chemikalien haben als auch, unte more