Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a method for making the same. The composition comprises the reaction product of about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. % polyphenylene ether, about 35 wt. % to about 65 wt. % polyamide, preferably about 0.4 wt. % to about 3.0 wt. % carbon fibrils, and optionally about 5 wt. % to about 40 wt. % talc, up to about 10 wt. % compatibilizing agent and up to about 20 wt. % impact modifier. The method comprises forming a carbon masterbatch with polyamide and introducing the masterbatch and the polyamide subsequent to compounding the polyphenylene ether with a compatibilizing agent.

Abstract: Two-component binder system with reduced release of aromatic compounds during foundry operations, the system consisting of a phenol resin component and a polyisocyanate component, the phenol resin component comprising a phenol resin having at least two OH groups per molecule and the polyisocyanate component comprising a polyisocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups per molecule, wherein at least the phenol resin component contains a solvent, and wherein at least one of the phenol resin component and the polyisocyanate component comprises a solvent selected from the group consisting of alkyl silicates, alkyl silicate oligomers and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A nanocomposite material comprises a smectite clay having exhangeable cations that has been treated with at least one organic swelling agent, uniformly dispersed in a graft copolymer having a backbone of a porous propylene polymer material, to which is graft polymerized at least one grafting monomer capable of being polymerized by free radicals, wherein the total inorganic content of the composite material is about 0.5% to about 10%, based on the total weight of the composite. The nanocomposite material is made by graft polymerizing at least one liquid monomer capable of being polymerized by free radicals onto a porous propylene polymer material in a non-oxidizing environment in the presence of a smectite clay and an organic free radical polymerization initiator, whereby the chains of polymerized monomer that are formed intercalate the clay and produce a uniform dispersion of clay particles within the particulate propylene polymer material.

Abstract: The anchoring of the carcass reinforcing elements 1 is assured by circumferential cables 2, with the interposition of a connecting rubber composition 3. The circumferential cable 2 is arranged in several turns forming one or more helices. These circumferential cables have an operational elongation rate Af=Ae+Ap of more than 4%. This operational elongation rate does not include the specific elongation As of the “cable” effect. The maximum stress Rm of the cable 2 is preferably more than 2000 MPa. The cables have undergone a heat treatment which has, in combination, the features of being a recovery annealing treatment and which is carried out directly on cable comprising wires previously separately covered by an adherent coating.