Abstract: The present invention relates to the use for ore beneficiation, of at least one derivative of alkoxylated (polyester)amine. The present invention also relates to the flotation pulp and the tailings comprising said product useful for ore beneficiation.

Abstract: Provided is a process for synthesizing a functionalized cyclic dithiocarbamate.

Abstract: A poly(methyl methacrylate) composition and to the uses of the composition. The composition includes 85 to 98% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of poly(methyl methacrylate) having a loss factor tan ? of at least 10; and 2 to 15% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of copolymer including polyamide blocks and polyether blocks.

Abstract: Curable compositions contain at least one polymerizable ionic species and, when cured (for example, by photocuring), provide cured compositions which are thermoplastic and yet fragmentable by a protic liquid medium such as water. The polymerizable ionic species corresponds to Formula (I) A+B? wherein A+ is a cationic species having a cationic functional group and a first polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated functional group; and B? is an anionic species having an anionic functional group and a second polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated functional group which is the same as or different from the first polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated functional group. The curable compositions are useful for forming sacrificial or temporary articles, for example by three-dimensional printing methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide powder having a high glass transition temperature and to the corresponding preparation method. The invention also relates to the articles made therefrom and to a method for the production thereof.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a solution of a fluorocopolymer in a solvent, the solvent having a boiling point above or equal to 150° C. at 1013 hPa and/or a saturation vapour pressure less than or equal to 5 hPa at 20° C., the process including a step of mixing said fluoropolymer with the solvent in a reactor having a stirring spindle including at least one blade, at a mixing temperature ranging from 40° C. to 100° C., and at a blade tip stirring speed of greater than or equal to 0.1 m/s, until said polymer has dissolved in the solvent. Also, a solution of the copolymer in this solvent that includes no co-solvent having a boiling point strictly below 150° C. at 1013 hPa and/or a saturation vapour pressure strictly greater than 5 hPa at 20° C.

Abstract: A composition including: (A) from 29 to 74% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide, the semi-crystalline aliphatic polyamide obtained from the polycondensation: of at least one C6 to C18 amino acid; or at least one C6 to C18 lactam; or at least one C4 to C36 diamine Ca with at least one C4 to C3 diacid Cb; (B) from 25 to 70% by weight of glass fibers mainly of silica dioxide (SiO2), aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO); the glass fibers (B) having from 62 to 66% by weight of SiO2; (C) from 1 to 20% by weight of at least one impact modifier; and (D) from 0 to 2% by weight of at least one additive, excluding copper chromite, zinc sulfide, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate and a polyolefin-based colored masterbatch; the sum of the various constituents (A) to (D) being 100% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive. In particular the present invention it relates to a liquid composition comprising a monomer, a (meth)acrylic polymer and at least one flame-retardant substance (FD1) chosen from a phosphorus-based additive that can be used as a syrup and especially as a syrup for impregnation and for the preparation for improving the fire resistance of a thermoplastic polymer or matrix obtained after polymerization of the syrup. Also concerned is a thermoplastic material obtained after polymerization of the liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a liquid composition or syrup. The invention also relates to a process for impregnating a fibrous substrate of long fibers with said liquid composition or syrup.

Abstract: A method for transferring heat using a heat transfer facility containing a heat transfer composition, said heat transfer composition including a refrigerant, which includes 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and a lubricant. The lubricant includes a polyol ester, and the solubility of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene in the lubricant at 0° C. and at an absolute pressure of 2.2 bar is less than the solubility of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane in the lubricant at 0° C. and at an absolute pressure of 2.0 bar. A method including the successive steps of: evaporating a refrigerant; superheating the refrigerant; and compressing the refrigerant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wind turbine blade (1) comprising an outer casing formed at least in part of panels (3) of thermoplastic polymer composite, defining a leading edge (4) and a trailing edge (5) of the wind turbine blade, and at least one longitudinal stiffening member (6) made of polymer composite, extending along a longitudinal axis (A) of the wind turbine blade inside said wind turbine blade (1), said stiffening member (6) being arranged between at least one panel defining the leading edge (4) and at least one panel defining the trailing edge (5), characterized in that the thermoplastic polymer composite comprises a fibrous reinforcement and a (meth)acrylic thermoplastic polymer matrix and in that at least one panel (3) of thermoplastic polymer composite is connected to the stiffening member (6) by a weld-type interface (7).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process (100) for manufacturing an object (1) made of thermoplastic polymer composite from at least two parts (10) made of thermoplastic polymer composite, said thermoplastic polymer composite comprising a fibrous reinforcement and a thermoplastic polymer matrix, said process comprising the steps of: arranging (120) the two parts (10) made of thermoplastic polymer composite adjacently or overlapping at an assembly interface zone (11), and heating (130) to melt the thermoplastic polymer matrix at said assembly interface zone (11), so as to form an object (1) made of thermoplastic polymer composite comprising a welded interface (12).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous electrolyte composition comprising a sulfonic acid, optionally sulfuric acid, redox metal ions, and at least one inorganic additive (A) comprising at least one phosphorus atom whose degree of oxidation is less than or equal to +5. The present invention also relates to an electrochemical cell comprising said electrolyte composition and an oxidation-reduction battery (also called a redox battery) comprising such a cell.

Abstract: A multilayer structure for transporting hydrogen, including, from the inside, a sealing layer and at least one composite reinforcement layer, an innermost composite reinforcement layer being wound around the sealing layer, the sealing layer being a composition predominantly of: a polyamide thermoplastic polymer PA11, up to less than 15% by weight of impact modifier, up to 1.5% by weight of plasticizer relative to the total weight of the composition, the composition being devoid of nucleating agent and of polyether block amide (PEBA), and at least one of the composite reinforcement layers being a fibrous material in the form of continuous fibers, which is impregnated with a composition predominantly of at least one polymer P2j, (j=1 to m, m being the number of reinforcement layers), the structure being devoid of an outermost layer and adjacent to the outermost layer of a composite reinforcement layer made of a polyamide polymer.

Abstract: A lamp for a photochemical reactor, including: a support member made of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 100W/mK at 20° C. and including at least one channel configured to contain a coolant fluid; at least one printed circuit mounted on the support member; and at least one light-emitting diode mounted on the printed circuit. A photochemical reactor including such a lamp, and a method for preparing a cycloalkanone oxime or a lactam using such a lamp.

Abstract: Example embodiments relates to a film having excellent mechanical properties with excellent optical properties such as refractive index, haze, yellow index, and the like, light transmitting laminate, use as a cover film, a multi-layered electronic device, and the like comprising the same. The film comprises an elastic layer, the elastic layer has a refractive index of 1.48 to 1.58, a low temperature damage index is a difference of a tensile modulus and a tensile strength at a certain temperature, and the elastic layer has a low temperature index of 1,300 MPa or less.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an aromatic diether, including the reaction of a compound A including at least two halogenated aromatic groups with a compound B, B being an aromatic alkoxide, optionally in the presence of a compound C acting as reaction solvent, the molar proportion of compound B to compound A being at least 2:1 and the molar amount of compound C to compound A being, where appropriate, not more than 10:1. Also, a process for manufacturing a polyaryl ether ketone.

Abstract: An actinically curable composition includes (a) at least one monomer of formula (I); (b) at least one monomer of formula (II); (c) optionally a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer; and (d) a photoinitiator, wherein R1, R2, R3, R7, R8 and R9 are as defined. A method of making a three dimensionally printed composite article from the actinically curable composition is also provided.

Abstract: A composition based on poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) including poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK), wherein the poly(ether ketone ketone) (PEKK) includes a mixture of terephthalic and isophthalic units, the percentage by weight of terephthalic units, with respect to the sum of the terephthalic and isophthalic units, being between 55 and 85%, limits included, and preferably between 55 and 70%, the composition including between 1 and 40%, limits included, preferably between 5 and 40% and more preferably still between 10 and 30% by weight of PEKK, with respect to the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: A process including: the provision of a semicrystalline or crystallizable composition, having a glass transition temperature Tg, including at least one polyaryletherketone; the provision of a compression forming means including: a mold, the mold having at least one cavity; the preparation of the composition in the molten state in said at least one cavity, the mold having a temperature T0 at the end of the preparation stage; the compression and the cooling of the composition in the molten state, the mold being cooled from the temperature T0 down to a final temperature Tfof less than or equal to (Tg+30)° C., to form a compression-formed article; and the removal of the compression-formed article from the mold; in which the composition has a melting point strictly of less than 340° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for treating a polyamide-based composition which is intended to be recycled. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for treating a composition, typically a powder based on untransformed polyamides during the manufacture of an object in 3D printing. The invention also relates to the use of the recycled composition.