FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   RBF Capital, LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/15/2009 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MATERIAL SCIENCES CORP [MASC] (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 300 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) See footnotes 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) GREENBRAE, CA 94904 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock 1,708,703 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RBF Capital, LLC 100 DRAKES LANDING ROAD SUITE 300 GREENBRAE, CA 94904	Â	Â	Â	See footnotes
Fullerton Richard B. 100 DRAKES LANDING ROAD SUITE 300 GREENBRAE, CA 94904	Â	Â	Â	See foototes

Signatures

RBF Capital, LLC; By: Richard B. Fullerton, its Managing Member; /s/ Richard B. Fullerton		02/19/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Richard B. Fullerton; /s/ Richard B. Fullerton		02/19/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting persons are: (i) RBF Capital, LLC ("RBF"); and (ii) Richard B. Fullerton, RBF's managing member.
(2)	The securities reported on this Form 3 are beneficially held by investment limited partnerships for which RBF serves as the general partner and/or investment manager (the "Funds"). None of the Funds is itself the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the issuer's common stock. RBF and Mr. Fullerton may, however, be deemed to beneficially own the securities owned by the Funds insofar as they may be deemed to have the power to direct the voting or disposition of such securities.
(3)	Each of RBF, Mr. Fullerton and the Funds disclaims beneficial ownership in these securities, except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein.

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