Abstract: Described herein is an industrial fan or blower including a flame-retardant polyamide composition.

Abstract: Described herein is a melt flowable polyamide composition for shaped articles, which may include thin wall connectors such as electrical connectors.

Abstract: Described herein is a polyamide composition and a tubular or pipe multilayer structure including the same.

Abstract: Described herein is a method for producing an intrinsically foamed polyamide and a shaped article including the intrinsically foamed polyamide.

Abstract: A composite article comprises a base layer and an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The base layer comprises the reaction product of a polyamide and an anhydride-functional copolymer, and an ionomer. The adhesive layer comprises a cationic polymer and an adhesive.

Abstract: A composite article comprises a base layer and an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The base layer comprises the reaction product of a polyamide and an anhydride-functional copolymer, and an ionomer. The adhesive layer comprises a cationic polymer and an adhesive.

Abstract: A composite article comprises a base layer and an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The base layer comprises the reaction product of a polyamide and an anhydride-functional copolymer, and an ionomer. The adhesive layer comprises a cationic polymer and an adhesive.

Abstract: A composite article comprises a base layer and an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The base layer comprises the reaction product of a polyamide and an anhydride-functional copolymer, and an ionomer. The adhesive layer comprises a cationic polymer and an adhesive.

Abstract: A single layer fuel tank includes a polyamide component, an impact modifier, and a binding filler. The polyamide component has a polyamide selected from the group of polyamide 6, polyamide 6/6, polyamide 6/66, and combinations thereof. The polyamide component also includes up to 5 parts by weight of polyamide oligomers per 100 parts by weight of the polyamide component. The impact modifier is an organic copolymer and is present in an amount of up to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank. The binding filler is not covalently bonded to the polyamide and includes at least one of a silica and a cyclodextrin. In addition, the binding filler is present in an amount of up to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank.

Abstract: A single layer fuel tank includes a polyamide component, an impact modifier, and a binding filler. The polyamide component has a polyamide selected from the group of polyamide 6, polyamide 6/6, polyamide 6/66, and combinations thereof. The polyamide component also includes up to 5 parts by weight of polyamide oligomers per 100 parts by weight of the polyamide component. The impact modifier is an organic copolymer and is present in an amount of up to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank. The binding filler is not covalently bonded to the polyamide and includes at least one of a silica and a cyclodextrin. In addition, the binding filler is present in an amount of up to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank.

Abstract: A composition comprises a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or polyester thereof, a free triglyceride, a dendrimer, and optionally, an epoxy component. The composition is used to prepare a thermoplastic polymer. The composition and the thermoplastic polymer may be used to form an article having an improved hydrolysis resistance and an improved melt viscosity. The article may be useful for automotive, electrical, household, and industrial applications. A method of preparing the thermoplastic polymer is also disclosed.

Abstract: A composition for forming an article having an improved resistance to hydrolysis is disclosed. The composition comprises a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or polyester thereof, a triglyceride, an epoxy component, and a plasticizer. The polyalkylene terephthalate has terminal carboxyl groups and hydroxyl groups and internal ester linkages. The triglyceride has at least one acid component with 6 to 30 carbon atoms and at least one epoxy group for reacting with the carboxyl groups. The epoxy component has internal aromatic groups and at least one terminal epoxy group for reacting with the carboxyl groups. The plasticizer comprises an esterification product of a polyoxyalkylene glycol with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and an aliphatic carboxylic acid with 1 to 25 carbon atoms for improving melt flow properties and for reducing hydrolysis of the composition.

Abstract: A new class of biodegradable pharmaceutical compositions useful as sustained release medicamentous compositions, including methods of making and methods of using these compositions, are described and claimed. The method of making these compositions include the steps of: a) dry mixing of a pharmaceutically active molecule with a biodegradable polymer; b) melt extruding the mixture to form a solid solution of the active molecule in the polymer; and c) pulverizing the solid solution to form microparticles such that they can be formed into injectable formulations. Preferred embodiments include pharmaceutical compositions of polylactide-co-glycolide and (+)-&agr;-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]-4-piperidinemethanol (active ingredient) and a method for its formation. These compositions release the active ingredient at a steady rate over a period of days to weeks.

Abstract: Improved mechanical properties such as tensile strength are exhibited by glass fiber reinforced linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon when the glass fibers have a blocked isocyanate sizing material.

Abstract: A thermoplastic polyketone polymer composition having thermoset properties, processes for its production, and articles made thereof are disclosed. This composition also having improved continuous use temperature and thermal stability properties can be produced by crosslinking, at elevated temperatures, a thermoplastic polyketone resin with a suitable basic material. Optionally, suitable lubricants or fillers can also be added to further improve the properties of the resulting composition.

Abstract: Glass fiber reinforced linear alternating polymers of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon show good mechanical properties when the glass fiber employed for reinforcement contains a sizing with an aminosilane functional group, and a polymeric film former with polyurethane and epoxy functional groups, and is present in an amount of from about 1 to 45 weight percent of the reinforced fiber.