Abstract: Provided are a copolycarbonate and a polycarbonate composition comprising the same.

Abstract: A polymeric composition for enhancing grip, including a modified solvent phase and a solid phase dispersed within the modified solvent phase. The modified solvent phase may include calcium-based gel, including calcium acetate particles partially dissolved in an alcoholic solution. The solid phase also includes a polymeric matrix and a plurality of desiccant particles encompassed by the polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix includes polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) and a thickener.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a decreased spin rate on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a compound represented by the formula (1) as a co-crosslinking agent, and (c) a crosslinking initiator, (R1COO)M(OCOR2)m??(1) in the formula (1), M represents a metal atom, m represents 1 or 2, R1 and R2 are different from each other, represent an alkenyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms and have a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond at an ?-position carbon atom bonding to the carbonyl group, and when m is 2, two of R2 may be identical to or different from each other.

Abstract: A rubber compound for the preparation of portions of pneumatic tyres comprising a cross-linking unsaturated chain polymer base, a filler system and a vulcanization system. The filler system comprises (a) a first carbon black having a surface area less than or equal to 170 m2/gr in a quantity greater than or equal to 25 phr; (b) a second carbon black having a surface area greater than or equal to 250 m2/gr in a quantity such that the ratio between the quantity of the first carbon black and the quantity of the second carbon black is greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 10; (c) a carbon black dispersing agent in a quantity of less than or equal to 1 phr.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle having excellent dimensional stability, and a rack housing member of a vehicle formed therefrom. In an embodiment, the composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle comprises 100 parts by weight of a base resin containing polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer, and polyethylene terephthalate, and 40 to 75 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes a glass fiber and a plate-shaped mineral filler.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition including 7% to 64% by mass of rubber-containing graft copolymer (A), 2% to 35% by mass of thermoplastic elastomer (B), 0.5% to 90% by mass of another thermoplastic resin (C), and 0.5% to 20% by mass of inorganic compound (D) (total (A)-(D) is 100% by mass). The copolymer (A) is a graft copolymer in which 35 to 80 parts by mass of rubber-like polymer (a1) is graft-polymerized with 20 to 65 parts by mass of vinyl-based monomer mixture (a2) containing an aromatic-vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl-cyanide-based monomer. The content of polymer (a1) in the total 100% by mass of the components (A)-(D) is 2% to 35% by mass, and a difference between the content of the polymer (a1) in the total 100% by mass of the component (A) to the component (D) and the content of the elastomer (B) is within 15% by mass.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of PMMI copolymers for reducing the decrease in molecular weight of the polymer induced by addition of talc in compositions based on aromatic polycarbonate. At the same time, the mechanical, optical and rheological properties of the thermoplastic composition, in spite of the addition of the PMMI copolymer, remain good and are in some cases even improved.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a reactor for carrying out a melt transesterification reaction at a reactor temperature of 160 to 300° C. and a reactor pressure of 5 to 200 mbar, comprises a cylindrical tank comprising a top, a side, and a bottom, wherein the bottom is convex, extending away from the top; a stirring shaft disposed within the cylindrical tank along an axis thereof so that it is rotatable from outside of the cylindrical tank; a stirring blade extending from the stirring shaft in the cylindrical tank; a reactant solution inlet located on the bottom; and a reaction solution outlet located on the bottom. The reactor can be used for the polymerization of a polycarbonate oligomer.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for an acoustic wave probe including a polysiloxane mixture containing at least polysiloxane having a vinyl group and a phenyl group, polysiloxane having two or more Si—H groups in a molecular chain, and zinc oxide, a silicone resin for an acoustic wave probe, the acoustic wave probe, an acoustic wave measurement apparatus, an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, an ultrasound probe, a photoacoustic wave measurement apparatus, and an ultrasound endoscope.

Abstract: Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition, including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), 0.01 part by mass to 0.1 part by mass of an alicyclic epoxy compound (B), 0.2 part by mass to 0.6 part by mass of a polyether compound (C) having a polyoxyalkylene structure, and 0.005 part by mass to 1 part by mass of a phosphorus-based compound (D), wherein a difference between a YI value of a 5-millimeter thick molded body, which is obtained by molding the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition at 320° C., after a lapse of 3,000 hours under an environment at 85° C. and a humidity of 85%, and an initial YI value thereof is 3.0 or less.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprises about 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; and about 0.5 parts by weight to about 3 parts by weight of polystyrene-poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymer particles, wherein the polystyrene-poly(methyl methacrylate) copolymer particles include about 41 wt % to about 59 wt % of polystyrene and about 41 wt % to about 59 wt % of poly(methyl methacrylate) and have an average particle diameter of about 3 ?m to about 9 ?m and a coefficient of variation (CV) of about 20% to about 40%. The thermoplastic resin composition can have good properties in terms of light transmission, light diffusion and balance therebetween.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polycarbonate composition comprising: 10 to 30 wt % of a brominated polycarbonate; 10 to 80 wt % of a homopolycarbonate; optionally, 1 to 60 wt % of an aromatic poly(ester-carbonate) comprising carbonate units derived from bisphenol A, resorcinol, or a combination thereof, and ester units derived from a bisphenol, preferably bisphenol A, or resorcinol, and terephthalic acid, isoterephthalic acid, or a combination thereof, wherein a molar ratio of carbonate units to ester units ranges from 1:99 to 99:1; 5 to 15 wt % of a core-shell impact modifier; 1 to 10 wt % of an ?,?-unsaturated glycidyl ester copolymer impact modifier; 0.01 to 1 wt % of a hydrostabilizer, preferably an epoxy hydrostabilizer; optionally, 0.1 to 10 wt % of an additive composition; wherein the wt % of each component is based on the total weight of the composition, which totals 100 wt %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method of a poly(ester)carbonate, including subjecting a diol and a carbonate ester to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aluminum or a compound thereof, and a phosphorus compound.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 60 to 85 wt % of a (meth)acrylic resin, (B) 10 to 30 wt % of an acrylic graft copolymer, and (C) 5 to 10 wt % of a maleimide-based heat-resistant copolymer and a molded product using the same.

Abstract: A functionalized elastomer comprising the reaction product of a living elastomeric polymer and a polymerization terminator of formula I [R1]n—B—[X—R2]m??I where B is boron; X is oxygen or nitrogen; R1 is independently vinyl, oxiranyl, phenyl, 1-alkenyl of 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms including at least one halogen atom, 1-alkenyl of 2 to 8 carbon atoms including at least one halogen or one hydrogen; R2 is independently C1 to C8 alkyl, C8 to C14 aryl; or when m>1 R2 may be taken together to form a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic structure comprising 2 to 16 carbon atoms where the cyclic structure may be heterocyclic or non-heterocyclic; n is 1 or 2, m is 1 or 2, and n+m=3.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions based on aromatic polycarbonate comprising metal oxide-coated micas as effect pigment, which do not have any significant increase in molecular weight of the polycarbonate, as can be seen from the MVR, under thermal stress. This is achieved by the addition of small amounts of an anhydride-modified ?-olefin polymer, optionally in combination with phosphorus-containing thermal stabilizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, preferably a polycarbonate composition, for production of a thermoplastic moulding compound, comprising or consisting of polycarbonate and/or polyestercarbonate, two different rubber-modified vinyl copolymers in a weight ratio of 20:80 to 90:10, wherein both rubber-modified vinyl copolymers contain vinyl copolymer incorporated in the rubber particles as a separate disperse phase, and wherein one of the vinyl copolymers contains at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate, and to the moulding compound itself, to the use of the composition or moulding compound for production of moulded articles, and to the moulded articles themselves.

Abstract: A rubber composition for golf balls includes (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent which is an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (d) an alcohol having a value obtained by dividing the molecular weight of the alcohol by the number of hydroxyl groups thereon which is 70 or less. When the rubber composition is used in a golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layers encasing the core, by setting the hardness difference in the core interior hardness profile to a large value while maintaining a desired core hardness, low spin properties can be manifested on golf ball shots, enabling the flight performance of the ball to be improved.

Abstract: A composition including, based on a total weight of the composition: 30 to 60 wt % of polycarbonate; 20 to 40 wt % of polybutylene terephthalate; 5 to 40 wt % of carbon fiber; 1 to 10 wt % of an ethylene acrylic ester terpolymer; and less than 5 wt % of glass fiber.

Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition containing 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a polycarbonate copolymer (B) having carbonate bonding between (B1) bisphenol A and a (B2) polyalkylene glycol and 0.005 to 0.5 parts by mass of a phosphorus-containing stabilizer (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (A).