Abstract: Composite including a rubber/thermoplastic blend adherent by itself to a thermoplastic material; the blend is in the form of a thermoplastic matrix containing rubber nodules functionalized and vulcanized during the mixing with the thermoplastic. Composite articles obtained by overmoulding the vulcanized rubber/thermoplastic blend onto the thermoplastic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiphase thermoplastic composition based on polyamide resin containing at least one ethylene/alkyl (meth) acrylate/unsaturated epoxide terpolymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite tubular article consisting of a vulcanized elastomer containing carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid anhydride functional groups, which is used in combination with a thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of such articles, characterized in that a tube consisting of an outer layer of thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks and optionally an inner layer consisting of a thermoplastic with good liquid-barrier property is sheathed by extrusion at an appropriate temperature of an elastomeric composition comprising a synthetic or natural elastomer containing carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid anhydride functional groups, a crosslinking system and optionally various adjuvants and fillers, in that the composite tubular article obtained is vulcanized, preferably at a temperature of between -5.degree. C. and +30.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a composite tubular article consisting of a vulcanized elastomer containing carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid anhydride functional groups, which is used in combination with a thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks. The composite tubular article is prepared such that it consists of an inner layer of thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks sheathed by extrusion at an appropriate temperature with an elastomeric composition comprising a synthetic or natural elastomer containing carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid anhydride functional groups, a crosslinking system and optionally various adjuvants and fillers. Optionally, an innermost layer consisting of a thermoplastic with good liquid-barrier properties is present. The composite tubular article obtained is vulcanized, preferably at a temperature of between -5.degree. C. and +30.degree. C. in relation to the Vicat point of the said thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks.

Abstract: Composite including a rubber/thermoplastic blend adherent by itself to a thermoplastic material; the blend is in the form of a thermoplastic matrix containing rubber nodules functionalized and vulcanized during the mixing with the thermoplastic. Composite articles obtained by overmoulding the vulcanized rubber/thermoplastic blend onto the thermoplastic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of composite material formed from a vulcanized elastomer, containing carboxylic acid or dicarboxylic acid anhydride groups, in combination with a thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks, which comprises vulcanizing an elastomer composition comprising said vulcanizable elastomer, a crosslinking system and, optionally, diverse adjuvants in a mold, one part of which is occupied by said thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks, the vulcanization temperature being between -15.degree. C. and +5.degree. C. with respect to the Vicat point of said thermoplastic elastomer containing polyamide blocks, the elastomer composition and the vulcanization kinetics being such that the material shows cohesive failure when subjected to stress for separation of the two elastomers.This process leads to composite materials which have excellent properties, in particular in respect of tensile strength (cohesive failure).

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprising an uncrosslinked blend of (A) from 1 to 80 weight percent of at least one partially crystalline polymer or copolymer of ethylene, having a density lying between 0.870 and 0.945, and (B) from 20 to 99 weight percent of at least one hydrophobic, non-elastomeric, random or graft copolymer.

Abstract: Thermoplastic composition comprising at least 40% by weight and not more than 70% by weight of a crosslinked polymer phase obtained by blending at least one copolymer (a) of 96 to 55% by weight of ethylene, of 3 to 30% by weight of at least one alkyl or cycloalkyl acrylate or methacrylate in which the alkyl or cycloalkyl group contains from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and of 1 to 15% by weight of at least one unsaturated epoxide, at least one copolymer (b) comprising from 84 to 55% of ethylene by weight, from 15 to 39% by weight of at least one alkyle or cycloalkyl acrylate or methacrylate in which the alkyl or cycloalkyl group contains from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and from 1 to 6% by weight of at least one arthydride of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and at least one compound (c) capable of accelerating the reaction between the epoxy functional group present in the copolymer (a) and the arthydride functional group present in the copolymer (b); with at least 30% by weight but not more than 60% by weight of at leas

Abstract: Thermoplastic composition comprising at least 60% by weight of a saturated polyester and not more than 40% by weight of at least one polymeric reinforcement.

Abstract: This composition comprises a mixture of 20 to 70 parts by weight of polynorbornene, crosslinked or uncrosslinked, 80 to 30 parts by weight of a polymer based on vinyl chloride and of at least one plasticiser customary for polynorbornene and the polymer based on vinyl chloride in an amount sufficient for reducing the glass-transition temperature of polynorbornene down to the range of rubbers. To prepare the thermoplastic composition comprising crosslinked polynorbornene, a mixture of polynorbornene, a polymer based on vinyl chloride, a plasticiser customary for polynorbornene and the polymer based on vinyl chloride and a crosslinking system is kneaded at a temperature sufficiently high and during a period sufficiently long for crosslinking polynorbornene.Applications: Manufacture of flexible tubes, seals for the construction and automobile industries, protective bellows for the automobile industry, injection-moulded articles, such as solid wheels for the toy industry, and the like.

Abstract: Composition comprising a mixture from 20 to 70 parts by weight of polynorbornene, from 80 to 30 parts by weight of crystalline polyolefine and a quantity of plastifier for the polynorbornene sufficient to lower its glass transition temperature down to the range of rubbers, characterized in that, a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefine having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms is used as crystalline polyolefine, said copolymer having a density between 0.89 and 0.93, a crystallinity ratio between 15 and 50% and a fluidity index between 0.5 and 15 dg/min. Such compositions are used to fabricate finished products and industrial articles by using the techniques of extrusion, injection moulding and compression moulding. Particular applications are flexible pipes, joints for the building and car industries, protection bellows for the car industry, injected articles.

Abstract: Thermoplastic composition comprising at least 60% by weight of a saturated polyester and not more than 40% by weight of at least one polymeric reinforcement.

Abstract: Polymers of melt index between 1 and 20 dg/min, which comprise units (A) derived from ethylene, units (B) derived from an ethylenically unsaturated .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic acid anhydride and, where appropriate, units (C) derived from an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate in which the alkyl group contains from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, characterized in that, per 100 moles, they comprise: from 83 to 99.7 moles of units (A), from 0.29 to 3 moles of units (B), from 0 to 13.6 moles of units (C) and, furthermore, from 0.01 to 0.4 moles of units (D) derived from at least one polyol polyacrylate or polymethacrylate.Their process of preparation consists of copolymerizing a mixture of ethylene, an anhydride of an ethylenically unsaturated .alpha.,.beta.-dicarboxylic acid, at least one polyol polyacrylate or polymethacrylate and, where appropriate, at least one alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, at a temperature of between 140.degree. and 280.degree. C.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a mixture of 20 to 30 parts by weight of polynorbornane, 80 to 30 parts by weight of a crystalline olefin-based polymer and a quantity of plasticizer for polynorbornane sufficient to lower its glass transition temperature to the range of rubbers. The crystalline olefin-based polymer is a polymer or mixture of polymers comprising 5 to 100 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one alkyl acrylate the group of which contains 1 to 8 carbon atoms, said copolymer having a melt flow rate between 0.1 and 20 dg/min. and 0 to 95 weight percent of a copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin containing at least 3 to 10 carbon atoms, said copolymer having a density between 0.89 and 0.93, a crystallinity between 15 and 50% and a melt flow rate between 0.5 and 15 dg/min. The composition of the invention is prepared by mixing a mixture of polynorbornane, plasticizer, ethylene/acrylate copolymer, crosslinking system and, if necessary, ethylene/.alpha.

Abstract: Polymer composition based on a mixture of 15 to 50% by weight of a propylene polymer and of 50 to 85% by weight of a flexible ethylene copolymer. The flexible ethylene copolymer is either a terpolymer (A) comprising from 83 to 92.7 mol % of ethylene, from 7 to 14 mole % of at least one alkyl (meth)acrylate, whose alkyl group has from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and from 0.3 to 3 mol % of at least one unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride, or a mixture comprising, for 100 parts by weight, at least 70 parts by weight of the terpolymer (A) and at most 30 parts by weight of at least one copolymer (B) selected from ethylene copolymers comprising from 86 to 93 mol % of ethylene and from 7 to 14 mol % of at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from alkyl (meth)acrylates whose alkyl group has from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and ethylene copolymers comprising 92 to 98 mol % of ethylene and from 2 to 8 mol % of at least one C.sub.3 -C.sub.10 .alpha.-olefin, the said ethylen/.alpha.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprising an uncrosslinked blend of (A) from 1 to 80 weight percent of at least one partially crystalline polymer or copolymer of ethylene, having a density lying between 0.870 and 0.945, and (B) from 20 to 99 weight percent of at least one hydrophobic, non-elastomeric, random or graft copolymer.

Abstract: A composition comprising from 2 to 25 weight percent of at least one free radical ethylene polymer with a specific gravity between 0.91 and 0.94, and from 75 to 98 weight percent of at least one copolymer of ethylene and at least one .alpha.-olefin containing at least 4 carbon atoms, with a specific gravity between 0.905 and 0.940 and a melt index between 0.4 and 3 dg/minute, wherein the average proportion of .alpha.-olefin units in the copolymer is between 1 and 8 mole percent, wherein the copolymer comprises crystalline fractions and amorphous fractions, wherein the distribution of the .alpha.-olefin units in the copolymer is heterogeneous, and wherein the proportion of .alpha.-olefin units in the copolymer varies between at least 0.2 and at most 5 times the average proportion, depending on the fractions considered. Application to the manufacture of films with a thickness of between 5 and 200 microns.

Abstract: A composition comprising from 25 to 95 weight percent of at least one free-radical ethylene polymer and from 5 to 75 weight percent of at least one ethylene .alpha.-olefin copolymer, wherein the .alpha.-olefin contains at least 4 carbon atoms, wherein the copolymer has a specific gravity between 0.905 and 0.940 and a melt index between 0.4 and 3 dg/min, and wherein the free-radical ethylene polymer has a melt index between 0.15 and 3 dg/min. Application to the manufacture of films having a thickness between 8 and 200 microns and other applications.

Abstract: A combination of at least one propylene polymer and at least one ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer wherein the combination comprises: (a) 10 to 40 weight percent isotactic polypropylene; and (b) 60 to 90 weight percent ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer, wherein said .alpha.-olefin has at least 4 carbon atoms, and wherein said copolymer has a density between 0.905 and 0.940 g/cm.sup.3 and a melt index between 0.2 and 3 dg/min. Application to the manufacture of mono-oriented yarns.

Abstract: A modified copolymer of ethylene and of at least one .alpha.-olefin having from 3 to 12 carbon atoms, comprising from 0.5 to 10 mole percent of units derived from the .alpha.-olefin, wherein the measured limiting viscosity of the copolymer is between 1.5 and 10 times the limiting viscosity of the copolymer calculated from the molecular weight distribution of the copolymer. Process for producing these copolymers employing at least one free-radical initiator.