Resinous composition

Claim 1

A STABILIZED LIQUID THERMOSETTING POLYESTER RESINOUS COMPOSITION CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY CURING AT LOW TEMPERATURES TO A SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE AND INFUSIBLE STATE IN THE PRESENCE OF A FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPRISING: (1) AN ESSENTIALLY LINEAR POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED POLYESTER, PREPARED BY REACTING AN A,B-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICAARBOXYLIC ACID AND AN ALIPHATIC DIOL; (2) A MONOMERIC CROSS-LINKING AGENT FOR SAID (1) CONTAINING A CH2-C<GROUP; (3) AN INHIBITING AMOUNT OF A PHENOLIC POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR; (4) A COMPLEMENTARY PROMOTER SYSTEM OF (A) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.3% BY WEIGHT OF A COBALT SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSOLVED METALLIC COBALT, AND (B) FROM ABOUT 0.05 TO 1.0% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF N,N-DIALKYLARYL TERTIARY AMINES AND SALTS THEREOF; AND (5) A COMPLEMENTARY STABLIZER SYSTEM OF (C) FROM ABOUT 1 TO 100 PARTS PER MILLION BY WEIGHT OF A COPPER SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSLOVED METALLIC COPPER, AND (D) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.1% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GUANIDINES, ISOMELAMINES, AMIDINES, BIGUANIDES, GUANYLUREAS, PSEUDOUREAS, PSEUDOTHIOUREAS, SALTS THEREOF, SALTS OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES, AND SALTS OF QUATERNARY PHOSPHONIUM HYDROXIDES, THE AMOUNTS OF SAID (A), (B), (C) AND (D) BEING BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID (1) AND (2),

Claim 3

A METHOD OF STABILIZING AN UNDERGROUND ROCK FORMATION HAVING ZONES OF WEAKNESS WHICH COMPRISES DRILLING A HOLE INTO SAID FORMATION AND INJECTING INTO SAID HOLE A LIQUID THERMOSETTING POLYESTER RESINOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING: (1) AN ESSENTIALLY LINEAR POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED POLYESTER, PREPARED BY REACTING AN A,B-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACID AND AN ALIPHATIC DIOL (2) A MONOMERIC CROSS-LINKING AGENT FOR SAID (1) CON TAINING A CH2=C$ GROUP; (3) AN INHIBITING AMOUNT OF A PHENOLIC POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR; (4) A COMPLEMENTARY PROMOTER SYSTEM OF (A) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.3% BY WEIGHT OF A COLBALT SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSOLVED METALLIC COBALT, AND (B) FROM ABOUT 0.05 TO 1.0% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF N,NDIALKYLARYL TERIARY AMINES AND SALTS THEREOF; (5) A CONPLEMENTARY STABILIZER SYSTEM OF (C) FROM ABOUT 1 TO 100 PARTS PER MILLION BY WEIGHT OF A COPPER SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSOLVED METALLIC COPPER, AND (D) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.1% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GUANIDINES, AMIDINES, BIGUANIDES, GUANYLUREAS, PSEUDOUREAS, PSEUDOTHIOUREAS, SALTS THEREOF, SALTS OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES AND SALTS OF QUATERNARY PHOSPHONIUM HYDROXIDES; AND (6) A FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST, THE AMOUNTS OF SAID (A), (B), (C) AND (D) BEING BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID (1) AND (2), WHEREBY SAID RESINOUS COMPOSITION FLOWS IINTO SAID ZONES OF WEAKNESS AND CURES IN POSITION, THEREBY ADHESIVELY UNITING SAID FORMATION AT SAID ZONES OF WEAKNESS.

Claim 4

A METHOD OF STABILIZING AN UNDERGROUND ROCK FORMATION HAVING ZONES OF WEAKNESS WHICH COMPRISES DRILLING A HOLE INTO SAID FORMATION AND INJECTING INTO SAID HOLE A LIQUID THERMOSETTING POLYESTER RESINOUS COMPOSITION COMPRISING: (1) AN ESSENTIALLY LINEAR POLYMERIZABLE UNSATURATED POLYESTER, PREPARED BY REACTING AN A,B-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED DICARBOXYLIC ACID AND AN ALIPHATIC DIOL (2) A MONOMERIC CROSS-LINKING AGENT FOR SAID (1) CON TAINING A CH2=C$ GROUP; (3) AN INHIBITING AMOUNT OF A PHENOLIC POLYMERIZATION INHIBITOR; (4) A COMPLEMENTARY PROMOTER SYSTEM OF (A) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.3% BY WEIGHT OF A COLBALT SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSOLVED METALLIC COBALT, AND (B) FROM ABOUT 0.05 TO 1.0% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF N,NDIALKYLARYL TERIARY AMINES AND SALTS THEREOF; (5) A CONPLEMENTARY STABILIZER SYSTEM OF (C) FROM ABOUT 1 TO 100 PARTS PER MILLION BY WEIGHT OF A COPPER SALT, CALCULATED AS DISSOLVED METALLIC COPPER, AND (D) FROM ABOUT 0.001 TO 0.1% BY WEIGHT OF A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GUANIDINES, AMIDINES, BIGUANIDES, GUANYLUREAS, PSEUDOUREAS, PSEUDOTHIOUREAS, SALTS THEREOF, SALTS OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM HYDROXIDES AND SALTS OF QUATERNARY PHOSPHONIUM HYDROXIDES; AND (6) A FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION CATALYST, THE AMOUNTS OF SAID (A), (B), (C) AND (D) BEING BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID (1) AND (2), WHEREBY SAID RESINOUS COMPOSITION FLOWS IINTO SAID ZONES OF WEAKNESS AND CURES IN POSITION, THEREBY ADHESIVELY UNITING SAID FORMATION AT SAID ZONES OF WEAKNESS.