Abstract: A breathable film includes at least one polymer (a) taken from the group comprising an ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (a1), an optionally neutralized ethylene/ (meth)acrylic acid copolymer (a2), an ethylene/vinyl monomer copolymer (a3), the (a1)/(a2) blend, the (a1)/(a3) blend, the (a2)/(a3) blend and the (a1)/(a2)/(a3) blend, and/or includes at least one functionalized polyethylene (b); and at least one copolymer (c) having copolyamide blocks or polyester blocks and polyether blocks.

Abstract: This invention relates to latex dispersions that are based on (co)polymers with one or more n-alkyl(meth)acrylate monomers with n a varying from 6 to 40, and optionally one or more monomers that are not very water-soluble of the (meth)acrylic and/or vinyl type, optionally one or more polar monomers that are selected from among the (meth)acrylamides and their derivatives and optionally one or more monomers that are selected from among the ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic and/or dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides. These dispersions are obtained by radical-type emulsion polymerization in the presence of water. They can be used as is for the inhibition of the deposition of paraffins that are contained in the crude petroleum hydrocarbons or else diluted in one or more solvents.

Abstract: A method for increasing at least one of the following two parameters of a polyamide: (I) its melting point and (ii) its enthalpy of melting ?Hm, in which: this polyamide is brought into contact in the solid state with water or with steam at a temperature close to its crystallization temperature Tc for a time long enough to effect this increase; then, the water (or steam) is separated from the polyamide and the polyamide is dried.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a peroxyester which can be used in particular in polymerizations, such as the polymerization of vinyl chloride, or in the thermosetting of polyester resins. This process comprises the reaction of a hydroxyhydroperoxide salt with an acid halide or an acid anhydride under the following conditions: the molar ratio Rb of the hydroxyhydroperoxide corresponding to the hydroxyhydroperoxide salt to the acid halide is between 0.5 and 1.5; or alternatively the molar ratio Rb? of the hydroxyhydroperoxide corresponding to the hydroxyhydroperoxide salt to the acid anhydride is between 1.0 and 3.0; the hydroxyhydroperoxide salt was prepared beforehand by reaction of the corresponding hydroxyhydroperoxide with a base according to a molar ratio Ra of the base to the hydroxyhydroperoxide of between 0.5 and 1.5; and this process is carried out in aqueous media.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of cleaning a solid surface comprising the following stages: a) the solid surface is cleaned using a microemulsion-type cleaning composition; e) the cleaned surface is drained; f) the drained surface is rinsed with an organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents with a low boiling point; and g) said surface which was rinsed with the organic solvent or the mixture of organic solvents used in c) is then dried.

Abstract: Blends of PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) homopolymer or copolymer with ABC triblock copolymers are useful for manufacturing parts which may be sheets, film, tubes, rods, centrifugal pump components and containers. The PVDF comprises a fraction of non-transferred chains of very high molar mass which are insoluble in the usual solvents for PVDF, such as DMF (dimethylformamide), DMSO (dimethyl sulphoxide) and NMP (N-methylpyrrolidone), the polymer fraction associated with these high-mass chains having a dynamic viscosity of greater than 50 kpoise at 230° C., and at a shear rate of 100 s1, and has spherulites with a size between 0.5 and 4?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fire-retarded compositions comprising, by weight, the total being 100 parts: 50 to 75 parts of a blend of a polyamide (A) and a polyolefin (B), 25 to 50 parts of a blend comprising: 0.1 to 48.8 parts of a fire retardant, 0.1 to 30 parts of a phosphorus-containing plasticizer, 0.1 to 10 parts of a zeolite, the total of these three products being between 25 and 50. These compositions have a V0 or V1 classification according to the UL94-VB test when a fire test is carried out on test specimens 1.6 mm in thickness. They have many advantages, in particular the elongation at break measured according to ISO R 527-1B exceeds 100%. As regards the impact strength, they have a non-brittle behaviour in multiaxial impact at room temperature according to ISO 6603-2 (at a rate of 7.7 m/s). They retain at least 50% of their mechanical properties after ageing for seven days at 120° C. in hot air.

Abstract: The process comprises the following phases: formation of a pre-emulsion of monomers in water; transfer into the polymerisation reactor with stirring, of (1) reaction stock consisting of a water solution of a surfactant, in an amount by weight relative to the weight of final polymer dispersion of 1–15%; (2) a portion of the pre-emulsion prepared in the previous phase, in an amount of 1%–10% by weight of the initial pre-emulsion; phase C.1: initiation of the polymerisation ; phase C.2: polymerisation of the monomer mixture at 30–90° C., by gradually adding into the reactor, separately, the initiator solution and the remaining portion of the pre-emulsion with an added salt, which is soluble in water at 25° C. to at least 1% by weight, in an amount so as to have a salt concentration in the added pre-emulsion of 0.02–0.25% by weight; phase C.3: scrubbing of the residual monomers.

Abstract: The process of the present invention is a process to make a conductive fluorinated polymer composition (also called composite) wherein: a) an aqueous solution of an anilinium salt is mixed with an aqueous dispersion of a fluorinated polymer, b) then an oxidant is added to the mixture of step a) to make a blend of said fluorinated polymer and doped polyaniline (PANI), c) by-products and unreacted aniline are removed by washing with water or an alcohol to get a blend of purified fluorinated polymer and doped PANI, d) eventually the purified fluorinated polymer and doped PANI of step c) can be mixed with an acid, e) water is removed from the purified fluorinated polymer and doped PANI of step c) or d) if any and the remaining powder is melted and shaped in films, pellets or any object.

Abstract: Use is made, for selectively hydrogenating the olefinic double bonds of block copolymers, at least one block of which comprises olefinic double bonds, using a catalyst based on a metal from Group VIII in a medium comprising an organic solvent for the copolymer and an ionic liquid as solvent for the catalyst, of a water-immiscible ionic liquid, preferably an ionic liquid for which the anion is the hexafluorophosphate anion and the cation is the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (bmim+) or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (emim+) cation. Applied to poly(styrene)-b-poly(butadiene)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymers, the poly(butadiene) block of which predominantly possesses a 1,4-microstructure, this process results in copolymers for which the degree of hydrogenation is at least equal to 50% and which exhibit a melting point of greater than 30 °C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (F123). This process consists in placing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane (F133a) in contact with chlorine in the presence of hydrogen fluoride and a fluorination catalyst. F133a may be obtained by fluorination of trichloroethylene, and the F123 may be subsequently fluorinated to F125.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising: 35 to 65 wt. % of radical vinylaromatic polymer, 5 to 40 wt. % of ethylene and alkyl(meth)acrylate copolymer, 2 to 20 wt. % of copolymer with vinylaromaticdiene monomer blocks, a necessary and sufficient amount of conductive black carbon for providing the composition with resistivity ranging between 1.104 to 1.109 ?·cm. The composition maintains good conductivity whatever the transformation mode used and has excellent impact resistance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent composition comprising, by weight, the total being 100%: 5 to 40% of an amorphous polyamide (B) which results essentially from the condensation: either of at least one diamine chosen from cycloaliphatic diamines and aliphatic diamines and of at least one diacid chosen from cycloaliphatic diacids and aliphatic diacids, at least one of these diamine or diacid units being cycloaliphatic, or of a cycloaliphatic ?,?-aminocarboxylic acid, or of a combination of these two possibilities, and optionally of at least one monomer chosen from ?,?-aminocarboxylic acids or the possible corresponding lactams, aliphatic diacids and aliphatic diamines, 0 to 40% of a supple polyamide (C) chosen from copolymers containing polyamide blocks and polyether blocks and copolyamides, 0 to 20% of a compatabilizer (D) for (A) and (B), 0 to 40% of a supple modifier (M), with the condition that (C)+(D)+(M) is between 0 and 50%, the remainder to 100% being a semi-crystalline polyamide (A).

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic polyesters, which comprise, by weight: (i) a thermoplastic polyester; (ii) an impact modifier comprising: (a) a core-shell copolymer (A); (b) an ethylene copolymer (B) chosen from ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride copolymers (B1), ethylene-unsaturated epoxide copolymers (B2) and blends thereof; (iii) the (B)/(A) ratio being between 40/60 and 10/90 for proportions of impact modifier between 18 and 40% in 82 to 60% of polyester, respectively; (iv) the (B)/(A) ratio being between 40/60 and 25/75 for proportions of impact modifier between 2 and 18% in 98 to 82% of polyester, respectively. It is particularly useful for PET and PBT.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alkylimidazolidone (meth)acrylates, generally expressed as compound (I): that are prepared by reacting at least one (meth)acrylate of formula (II): with a heterocyclic alcohol of formula (III): in the presence of a catalyst comprising at least one compound (a) which is a chelate formed of lithium and of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The invention also relates to a composition comprising compound (I) in solution in (meth)acrylate (II). Finally, the invention involves the use of the abovementioned composition in the preparation of polymers that can be used as coatings and adhesives, in the treatment of paper and of textiles, as agent for leather treatment and in the production of paints with high wet adhesion characteristics.

Abstract: According to a first form, the present invention relates to a compatibilizer composed of a polyolefin backbone and of polyamide grafts in which: the grafts are attached to the backbone via the residues of an unsaturated monomer (A) having a functional group which acts as activator in the polymerization of lactains and which is not an isocyanate functional group, the residues of the unsaturated monomer (A) are fixed to the backbone by grafting from its double bond. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of these compatibilizers in which, after the preparation of the backbone comprising the monomer having an activating functional group, the precursor lactam of the grafts and a catalyst are added and heating is carried out in order to obtain anionic polymerization of the lactam which spreads starting from the activating functional group. Subsequently, the compatibilizer and the polyamide which has formed apart from the grafts are optionally separated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (F123). This process consists in placing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane (F133a) in contact with chlorine in the presence of hydrogen fluoride and a fluorination catalyst. F133a may be obtained by fluorination of trichloroethylene, and the F123 may be subsequently fluorinated to F125.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for steam-cracking naphtha, according to which a charge of hydrocarbons containing a portion of paraffinic naphtha, which is modified by adding a combination of a first component containing a portion of gasoline and a second component containing a portion of at least one hydrocarbonated refinery gas, and a paraffin-rich change containing at least one parrafin selected among propane, butane, or a mixture thereof are fed through a steam cracker in the presence of vapor. Also disclosed is a hydrocarbon composition suitable for steam cracking, containing a portion of a paraffinic naphtha, which is modified by adding a combination of a first component containing a portion of gasoline and a second component containing a portion of at least one hydrocarbonated refinery gas and a paraffin-rich charge containing at least one paraffin selected among propane, butane, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a thermally insulating composition in the form of crosslinked polyurethane elastomer gel, obtained by reacting at least one polyol and at least one polyisocyanate in the presence of at least one inert organic filler, for the thermal insulation of pipeline systems present in a product-transfer conduit.

Abstract: To replace compositions based on CFCs or CFHCs in applications for cleaning or drying solid surfaces (in particular defluxing), the invention proposes azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic compositions based on 1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane and, optionally, methanol.