A photochromic article having improved photochromic equilibrium response is described. In particular, a photochromic compound is incorporated into or applied to an article, e.g., matrix, of a synthetic organic resin prepared from a composition comprising from about 55 to about 90 weight percent of a polyol(allyl carbonate), e.g., diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate), from about 10 to about 40 weight percent of an aliphatic polyurethan having terminal ethylenic unsaturation, e.g., an aliphatic ...

Granular calcium hypochlorite containing from about 0.001 to about 1.0 weight percent of finely-divided polyfluorinated polymer, e.g., polytetrafluoroethylene, dispersed throughout the granules is described. The product may be compressed and formed into shaped articles, e.g., tablets. The granules may be prepared by admixing the polyfluorinated polymer with particulate calcium hypochlorite, compacting the mixture and granulating the compacted product. Tablets prepared from the polyfluorinated po...

Toluene sulfonate salts of 2-alkyl imidazolines, e.g., 2-undecyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl imidazoline, are described. These compounds may be used as internal or external antistatic agents for fibers, e.g., acrylic fibers, and synthetic polymers, e.g., polystyrene.

Described are spirobenzoxazine pyrrolo pyridine compounds. Also described is the use of such compounds as photochromic substances in organic host materials such as an organic transparent plastic material, e.g., an ophthalmic lens, to impart a photochromic response thereto.

Variable-transmittance articles, such as an ophthalmic lens, are prepared by applying to or incorporating within the article a combination of two (or more) organic photochromic substances exhibiting different activated absorption maxima within the matrix in which the substances are incorporated. One organic photochromic substance has an absorption maximum within the range of between greater than 590 and about 700 nanometers. The other organic photochromic substance exhibits at least one absorpti...

Described are a series of novel benzospiropyran and naphthospiropyran compounds in which a norcamphor group (or its alkyl-substituted homologues) or a tricyclodecane group (or its alkyl-substituted derivatives) are appended at the 2-position of the benzospiropyran or naphthospiropyran ring. Also described are organic host materials that contain or that are coated with materials containing such compounds. Articles, such as ophthalmic or plano lenses, that incorporate the novel pyran compounds or ...

A method for fabricating an electrochromic device having organic polymer substrates is described. Each substrate has a surface coated with an organic polymer primer coating onto which is deposited an electroconductive metal oxide film. An electrochromic material is deposited on one electroconductive film and a complementary electrochromic material is deposited on the other electroconductive film. The resultant two substrates are aligned with the electrochromic materials facing one another. A pre...

Describes a stabilized trans-1,2-dichloroethylene composition having a low concentration of aliphatic aldehyde hydrazone, optionally in combination with an epoxide. The aliphatic aldehyde hydrazone was found to be more efficient than commercially used hydroquinone monomethylether (HQMME) in preventing the isomeric transformation of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene to cis-1,2-dichloroethylene during storage. Also described is a process for cleaning the surface of an article with the stabilized 1,2-dich...

Toluene sulfonate salts of 2-alkyl imidazolines, e.g., 2-undecyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl imidazoline, are described. These compounds may be used as internal or external antistatic agents for fibers, e.g., acrylic fibers, and synthetic polymers, e.g., polystyrene.

Variable-transmittance articles, such as an ophthalmic lens, are prepared by applying to or incorporating within the article a combination of two (or more) organic photochromic substances exhibiting different activated absorption maxima within the matrix in which the substances are incorporated. One organic photochromic substance has an absorption maximum within the range of between greater than 590 and about 700 nanometers. The other organic photochromic substance exhibits at least one absorpti...