Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable, suitable for both electrical and data transmission, comprising at least one shield layer, comprising a metal layer directly adhering onto the polymeric layer.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a composition based on a fluoroelastomer comprising nitrile or carboxylate-type cure sites and including a curing agent and a Br-containing marker having reactivity towards the said cure-sites, which can be cured so as to deliver cured parts maintaining chemically bound bromine atoms; this material, when submitted to wear/damage would hence release Br-containing contaminants, which can easily spotted via notably an on-line mass spectrometer, so as to monitor and anticipate critical failures of sealing materials based there upon.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of making cured parts from a composition comprising certain fluoroelastomers and certain bromine-containing compounds under conditions suitable for delivering cured parts possessing outstanding mechanical and sealing properties and incorporating suitable amounts of bromine-containing compounds, so that these cured parts, when submitted to wear/damage would release Br-containing compounds, which can easily detected using appropriate analytical techniques, so as to monitor and anticipate critical failures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layered article made from a perfluoropolymer and to a method for its manufacturing, the multi-layered article being made of a composition (C) comprising at least one melt-processable fully fluorinated polymer (FMP), said article having at least one surface (S) comprising:—at least one molecule grafted onto said surface (S), said molecule comprising at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom, and—at least one layer (LI) adhered to said surface (S) comprising at least one metal compound (M).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fluoroelastomer composition comprising: at least one fluoroelastomer [perfluoroelastomer (A)], said fluoroelastomer (A) comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms and having a backbone comprising: recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE); recurring units derived from at least one perfluorinated monomer selected from the group consisting of: perfluoroalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF2?CFORf1 in which Rn is a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl (monomers of this type being referred to, herein after, as PAVE), e.g. —CF3, —C2F5, —C3F7; perfluoro-oxyalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF2?CFOX0, in which X0 can be (i) a C1-C12 perfluorooxyalkyl having one or more ether groups, e.g. —C2F5—O—CF3; or (ii) a group of formula —CF2ORf2 in which Rf2 is a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl, e.g.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing three-dimensional objects via an additive manufacturing system, using a fluorinated thermoplastic elastomer, delivering hence advantages over corresponding thermoplasts in throughput and part design accurate control, containment of degradation, reduction of fumes, and yet delivering parts with outstanding chemical and thermal resistance.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluorinated thermoplastic elastomer, to a process for the manufacture of said fluorinated thermoplastic elastomer and to uses of said fluorinated thermoplastic elastomer in various applications, especially in low temperature applications.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluoropolymer composition comprising an organic colouring compound, to a process for the manufacture of said composition and to uses of said composition in various applications.

Abstract: The invention pertains to certain fluoroelastomer compositions comprising an iodine-containing (per)fluoroelastomer of low molecular weight and certain organic peroxides, possessing outstanding cross-linking behaviour at limited temperatures, and yielding resulting final parts exhibiting good mechanical and sealing properties, while avoiding discoloring/degradation phenomena, and enabling easy colour match in a wide range of colours.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a (per)fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)] comprising the following steps: step (a): polymerizing in an aqueous emulsion in the presence of a surfactant by feeding in a first reactor comprising feeding the following ingredients: (i) a monomer mixture [mixture (M1)] comprising at least one fluoromonomer [monomer (F)], (ii) at least one iodinated and/or brominated chain-transfer agent(s), (iii) at least one branching agent possessing at least two ethylenic unsaturations; and (iv) at least one radical initiator, so as to obtain a pre-polymer latex [latex (P)]; step (b): recovering the said latex (P) from the said first reactor and storing the same in a storage tank; and step (c): feeding the said latex (P) from the said storage tank to a second reactor; step (d): polymerizing in the said second reactor at least a second monomer mixture [mixture (M2)] comprising at least one monomer (F) in the presence of a radical initiator, so as to obtain a final latex [la

Abstract: The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising: —a (per)fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)]; and —at least one (per)fluoropolyether additive [polymer (E)] comprising a (per)fluoropolyether chain comprising recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety, and comprising at least one chain end comprising at least one per(halo)fluorinated aromatic group [group (AO], said polymer (E) being comprised in the composition in an amount of 0.5 to 30 phr, with respect to fluoroelastomer (A).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fluoroelastomer composition comprising: (a) a vinylidene fluoride-based fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)] comprising recurring units derived from vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and recurring units derived from at least one additional (per)fluorinated monomer; said fluoroelastomer (A): —possessing a polydispersity index (IMWD) of between 1.5 and 3.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising at least one (per)fluoroelastomer comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms, at least one polyunsaturated compound, at least one organic peroxide and at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of (thio)urea compounds, cyclic addition products of ammonia or primary amine and aldehyde; (thio)carbamates.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fluoroelastomer composition [composition (C)] comprising:—at least one fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)];—at least one basic compound [base (B)];—at least one pyridinium-type salt [salt (P)] having at least two groups in ortho or para position to the quaternized nitrogen bearing a reactive hydrogen atom.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 1,5-enediyne compounds of formula (I) as curing agents in polymeric systems. In particular the invention relates to a curable composition comprising a curing agent of formula (I) and a fluorinated polymer suitable to be cross-linked and at least one fluorinated aromatic compound.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a fluoroelastomer composition comprising:—at least one fluoroelastomer [perfluoroelastomer (A)], said fluoroelastomer (A) comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms and having a backbone comprising:—recurring units derived from tetrafluoroethylene (TFE);—recurring units derived from at least one perfluorinated monomer selected from the group consisting of:—perfluoroalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF2?CFORf1 in which Rn is a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl (monomers of this type being referred to, herein after, as PAVE), e.g. —CF3, —C2F5, —C3F7;—perfluoro-oxyalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF2=CFOX0, in which X0 can be (i) a C1-C12 perfluorooxyalkyl having one or more ether groups, e.g. —C2F5—O—CF3; or (ii) a group of formula —CF2ORf2 in which Rf2 is a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl, e.g.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a perfluoroelastomer composition comprising: at least one perfluoroelastomer comprising iodine and/or bromine atoms [perfluoroelastomer (A)]; from 0.5 to 5 weight parts, per 100 parts by weight of said perfluoroelastomer (A), of at least one bis-olefin [bis-olefin (OF)] having general formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, equal or different from each other, are H, a halogen, or a C1-C5 optionally halogenated group, possibly comprising one or more oxygen group; Z is a linear or branched C1-C18 optionally halogenated alkylene or cycloalkylene radical, optionally containing oxygen atoms, or a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene radical; from 0.1 to 3 weight parts, per 100 parts by weight of said perfluoroelastomer (A), of at least one organic peroxide; from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to branched saturated hydrocarbons which are covalently modified with haloalkylene units. Said modified hydrocarbons show low values of wear and friction with respect to the corresponding non modified hydrocarbons and can be conveniently used as lubricants in applications wherein higher resistance to wear and friction is required.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising: at least one (per)fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)]; and from 0.1 to 30 weight parts, per hundred parts of fluoroelastomer (A), of at least one perfluoropolyether block copolymer [polymer (E)] comprising: A) one or more (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene segment (chain Rf), that is to say a segment comprising recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety, and B) one or more polyalkylene segment (chain Ra) comprising recurring units of formula: —(CR1R2—CR3R4)— wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, equal to or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of H, halogens (preferably F, Cl); C1-C6 (hydro)carbon groups, optionally containing fluorine or other heteroatoms, preferably perfluoroalkyl or (per)fluorooxyalkyl.

Abstract: The present invention related to a process for the manufacture of hydrogen-based lubricants modified with per(halo)fluorinated aromatic compounds, to the modified lubricants thereby obtained and to the use of the modified lubricants for the preparation of lubricant compositions.