Abstract: Process for manufacturing a composite material comprising fibers and at least one vinyl chloride polymer comprising the immersion of the fibers in a hydrosol of said polymer in order to obtain fibers coated with said hydrosol followed by the drying and gelling of said hydrosol coated on the fibers. Composite material and use thereof for forming articles or for manufacturing reinforcing objects. Profiles reinforced by this composite material.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment film, a method for preparing the same and use thereof. The method for preparing the alignment film comprises the steps of: coating stearic acid onto a substrate; adding a polyamide acid salt solution to deionized water to allow the polyamide acid salt solution to form a stable film of a monomolecular layer on the surface of the deionized water; contacting the substrate coated with a layer of stearic acid horizontally with the monomolecular layer of the polyamide acid salt on the surface of the deionized water to form a monomolecular polyamide acid salt layer; and imidizing the monomolecular polyamide acid salt layer to form a monomolecular polyimide film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition reinforced with glass fiber which can produce a molded product having high anti-vibration property or, in other words, having very high resonance frequency and having, upon necessity, excellent weather-resisting color fastness. A polyamide resin composition reinforced with glass fiber, comprising a polyamide resin (A) constituted from aliphatic polyamide (a1) and aromatic component-containing polyamide (a2), and glass fibers (B) having a cross-sectional area of 1.5 to 5.0×10?6 cm2, wherein ratio by weight of the polyamide resin (A) to the glass fibers (B) [(A):(B)] is from 20:80 to 35:65 and ratio by weight of the aliphatic polyamide (a1) to the aromatic component-containing polyamide (a2) [(a1):(a2)] is from 5:95 to 95:5. The polyamide resin composition reinforced with glass fibers of the present invention can further comprise carbon black (C) in an amount of at most 5% by weight.

Abstract: A phenol resin molding material includes a modified olefin-based polymer particle (I) and a phenol resin (II). It is preferable that the modified olefin-based polymer particle (I) satisfy at least one of the requirements (A), (B), and (C) which are defined as follows: (A) Inclusion of at least one element selected from a group consisting of a group 15 element, a group 16 element, and a group 17 element of the periodic table. (B) When the whole of the above-described olefin-based polymer particle (I) is set as 100 wt %, the content of the above-described elements is greater than or equal to 0.05 wt % and less than or equal to 50 wt %. (C) MFR which is measured under the conditions of 190° C. and 2.16 kgf based on JIS K 7210 is greater than or equal to 0.001 g/10 minutes and less than 3 g/10 minutes.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment agent, a liquid crystal alignment film, and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal alignment agent includes a polymer composition (A-1) and a solvent (B). The polymer composition (A-1) is obtained by reacting a tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride compound (a) with a diamine compound (b). The diamine compound (b) includes at least one type of diamine (b-1) represented by formula (I) and at least one type of diamine (b-2) having the structure represented by formula (II). The liquid crystal alignment agent can be made into a liquid crystal display device having good uniformity of pretilt angle after ultraviolet irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to azine metal phosphates, compositions containing the same, a process for preparing the same and their use as flame retardants. Typical representatives are (A-H)(+)[MtPO4](+).2H2O and (Mel-H)(+)[AlP2O7](+) (where A=melamine or guanidine, Mel=melamine and Mt=Mg or Zn).

Abstract: A synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to less than 45 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene; 50 wt % to 35 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.15 to 0.21 g/ cm3 and a mean fiber length of 101 to 189 ?m in which 19 to 29% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 ?m or less, and 9 to 20% or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 ?m or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent.

Abstract: A film-forming composition is characterized by containing: a triazine ring-containing hyperbranched polymer containing a repeating unit structure represented by formula (1); and a dissolution-enhancing agent for breaking a hydrogen bond formed at least within the hyperbranched polymer and/or between molecules, between a nitrogen atom in the triazine ring, and a diarylamine-derived NH group. The film-forming composition has excellent dissolvability in organic solvents such as resist solvents, and has good handling and filtration properties at low viscosity. (In the formula, R and R? each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group (however, at least one of R and R? represents a hydrogen atom); and Ar represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and/or a heterocyclic ring).

Abstract: A controlled release composite membrane comprising hydrophobic styrene-butadienestyrene block copolymer as hydrophobic continuous medium and hydrophilic functional agents incorporated within silica nanoparticles as hydrophilic dispersed medium and a preparation process of said membrane are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber material containing an EPDM rubber composition containing an EPDM rubber, a carbon black, a softening agent, a vulcanizing agent and a sulfur compound, in which a blending amount of whole components from which the vulcanizing agent and the sulfur compound are excluded is from 300 to 400 parts by weight, and a total sulfur blending amount is from 1.0 to 2.8 parts by weight, in which a blending ratio of carbon black/softening agent is from 1.8 to 2.5, and in which the EPDM rubber composition has a Mooney viscosity of from 70 to 100 at 100° C., and a vulcanized composition thereof has a rate of rigidity change satisfying the following equation (1): {(30% Modulus at 100° C./30% modulus at 23° C.)?1}×100%??10%??(1).

Abstract: An air drying auto-oxidizable resin composition comprising components: a) a drier comprising a manganese carboxylate complex, and b) a polymer comprising unsaturated fatty acid residues, wherein the manganese carboxylate complex a) has the following structure I: wherein R1?H, C1-C20 alkyl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, or C6-C20 aryl optionally substituted with heteroatoms; X and Y are independently selected from O and OC(R3)O, in which a=4 when X?O, and a=3 when X?OC(R3)O, and in which b=4 when Y?O, and b=3 when Y?OC(R3)O; R2=C1-C20 alkyl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, C6-C20 aryl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, or a polymeric residue; and R3?C1-C20 alkyl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, C6-C20 aryl optionally substituted with heteroatoms, or a polymeric residue.

Abstract: A poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer is disclosed, where the copolymer has a melt temperature from 105 to 125° C., and wherein the copolymer includes a polyester component residue derived from a terephthalic-containing polyester homopolymer, a terephthalic-containing polyester copolymer, and combinations thereof, and further includes a polyester residue component; a quencher residue; and from 0.05 to 5 weight % based on total weight of poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer of a residue of an isocyanurate, polyisocyanate, and combinations thereof. Compositions and articles including the copolymer are also described.

Abstract: Biodegradable compositions containing an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester derived from aromatic polyesters. Methods of making the compositions through an in situ phosphorus containing titanium based catalyst and articles made from the compositions.

Abstract: A resin composition includes a low molecular polycarbonate resin having a weight average molecular weight from 20,000 to 40,000, a high molecular polycarbonate resin having a weight average molecular weight from 50,000 to 70,000, and a polyethylene terephthalate resin having an IV value from 0.5 to 0.8, wherein a weight ratio between a content of the low molecular polycarbonate resin and a content of the high molecular polycarbonate resin is in a range of 30:70 to 70:30.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.

Abstract: A polymer containing a repeating unit structure having a triazine ring such as, for example, that which is represented by formula (25): can exhibit alone high heat resistance, high transparency, high refractive index, high solubility and low volume shrinkage; and can be used as a component in a film-forming composition as appropriate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blended rubber gasket for fuel cells that includes a base having about 80 to 99 phr of EPDM rubber and about 1 to 20 phr of FKM rubber, and about 0.1 to 10 phr of a peroxide crosslinking agent, based on 100 phr of the base.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cyclic ketal, 2-methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane as a solvent in adhesives, as well as an adhesive composition comprising said ketal. 2-Methyl-2-ethyl-1,3-dioxolane has high solubilization power of the polychloroprene polymer, forming solutions having high viscosity and having suitable drying time after application of a film onto a surface. Due to the good technical performance, the adhesive composition made according to the present invention is well accepted in the market, finding use to substitute compositions containing toluene or other aromatic and oxygenated solvents.