Abstract: A method of preparing sound dampened flooring comprises providing a flooring substrate, applying a coating of a liquid acrylic sound damping composition to a surface of the flooring substrate, drying the coating, and optionally, forming one or more additional layers on the coating. A sound dampened flooring is also disclosed.

Abstract: A filament for three-dimensional printing comprises a thermoplastic resin and an acrylic polymer additive in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts per hundred of the thermoplastic resin (phr). A 3D printed article prepared from the filament and a process for preparing filament for three-dimensional printing are also disclosed.

Abstract: A composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a polyvinyl butyral (PVB) polymer in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a filler in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %. Further, the composition comprises (C) an acrylic polymer additive in an amount of from greater than 0 to 10 wt. %, the acrylic polymer additive selected from acrylic copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of at least 4,000,000 Da and a core-shell acrylic additive having a crosslinked core and a shell comprising an acrylic homopolymer or copolymer. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a mineral filler in an amount of from 7.5 to 75 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a polyvinyl chloride polymer in an amount of from 20 to 92 wt. %. Further, the composition comprises (C) a polydiorganosiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 5 wt. %; the (C) polydiorganosiloxane being a compound of unit formula: (R2R?SiO1/2)a(R3SiO1/2)b(R2SiO2/2)c(RR?SiO2/2)d, where each R is an independently selected monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation, each R? is an independently selected alkenyl group of 2 to 18 carbon atoms, subscript a is 0 to 2, subscript b is 0 to 2, a quantity (a+b)=2, subscript c?0, subscript d?0, a quantity (a+d)?1, and a quantity (a+b+c+d) is sufficient to give the polydiorganosiloxane a viscosity of 2,000 mPa·s to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. measured at 0.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a mineral filler in an amount of from 47.5 to 75 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a PVC polymer in an amount of from 25 to less than 50 wt. %, wherein the amount of the (A) mineral filler is greater than the amount of the (B) PVC polymer. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 5 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa·s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a mineral filler in an amount of from 7.5 to 75 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a polyvinyl chloride polymer in an amount of from 20 to 92 wt. %. Further, the composition comprises (C) a polydiorganosiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 5 wt. %; the (C) polydiorganosiloxane being a compound of formula (I): where each R is an independently selected monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms that is free of aliphatic unsaturation, and subscript x has a value sufficient to give the (C) polydiorganosiloxane a viscosity of greater than 350 mPa·s to 100,000 mPa·s measured at 25° C. at 0.1 RPM to 50 RPM on a Brookfield DV-III cone & plate viscometer with #CP-52 spindle. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.