Abstract: Polyester is provided. The polyester is copolymerized of a diacid monomer, an esterified diacid monomer or a combination thereof with a polyol monomer. The diacid monomer, the esterified diacid monomer or the combination thereof includes (1) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or a combination thereof or (2) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or a combination thereof and spiro-diacid. The polyol monomer includes (3) C2-C14 polyol or (4) C2-C14 polyol and spiro-diol. The spiro-diol has a Formula (I): and the spiro-diacid has a Formula (II): The diacid monomer, the esterified diacid monomer or the combination thereof and the polyol monomer meet the following conditions: (a) The diacid monomer, the esterified diacid monomer or the combination thereof includes (2) furan dicarboxylic acid, dialkyl furandicarboxylate, or the combination thereof and spiro-diacid or (b) The polyol monomer includes (4) C2-C14 polyol and spiro-diol.

Abstract: Poly(amine-co-ester) polymers, methods of forming active agent-load nanoparticles therefrom, and methods of using the nanoparticles for drug delivery are disclosed. The nanoparticles can be coated with an agent that reduces surface charge, an agent that increases cell-specific targeting, or a combination thereof. Typically, the loaded nanoparticles are less toxic, more efficient at drug delivery, or a combination thereof compared to a control other transfection reagents. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles are suitable for in vivo delivery, and can be administered systemically to a subject to treat a disease or condition.

Abstract: A liquid titanium-based catalyst and method for preparing polyester polymer thereof are disclosed herein. The catalyst is made by tetrabutyl titanate, 1-4 butanediol, phosphate ester, hydroxycarboxylic acid, TEOS, acetates of metal element through heating reactions in an appropriate amount of solvent. While the catalyst maintains a high activity, the synthetic slices have good hue, with high molecular weight, stable property, resistance to hydrolysis, moreover, the catalyst is a stable multicomponent liquid catalyst based on titanium, silicon. It can be directly added or diluted to add to the raw material ester or oligoester to be poly-condensed used for synthesis of polyesters which can be used in the production of fibers, engineering plastics, films, PET bottles, sheets and profiles, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric plasticizer compositions made from an aromatic acid source, a glycol, and a C4-C36 monocarboxylic acid, or ester or anhydride thereof. The aromatic acid source can include polymeric materials such as recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The present invention also relates to methods for making the polymeric plasticizer compositions, to methods of plasticizing polymeric materials, and to plasticized polymeric compositions. The polymeric plasticizers are useful for plasticizing various polymers, such as thermoplastic polymers, including, for example, polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The polymeric plasticizers provide a sustainable alternative to conventional phthalate ester plasticizers, such as diisooctyl phthalate (DOP).

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric plasticizer compositions made from an aromatic acid source, a glycol, and a C4-C36 monocarboxylic acid, or ester or anhydride thereof. The aromatic acid source can include polymeric materials such as recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The present invention also relates to methods for making the polymeric plasticizer compositions, to methods of plasticizing polymeric materials, and to plasticized polymeric compositions. The polymeric plasticizers are useful for plasticizing various polymers, such as thermoplastic polymers, including, for example, polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The polymeric plasticizers provide a sustainable alternative to conventional phthalate ester plasticizers, such as diisooctyl phthalate (DOP).

Abstract: Methods are provided for producing bio-oil polyols, alkoxylating bio-oil polyols to provide polyols, and for employing the alkoxylated bio-oil polyols for making polymers or copolymers of polyesters or polyurethanes.

Abstract: Provided herein are polymeric ?-hydroxy aldehyde or ?-hydroxy ketone reagents which can be conjugated to amine-containing compounds to form stable conjugates in a single-step reaction. In selected embodiments, the polymeric reagent itself incorporates an internal proton-abstracting (basic) functional group, to promote more efficient reaction. The substituent is appropriately situated, via a linker if necessary, to position the group for proton abstraction, preferably providing a 4- or 5-bond spacing between the abstracting atom and the hydrogen atom on the ?-carbon. Also provided are methods of using the reagents and stable, solubilized conjugates of the reagents with biologically active compounds. In preferred embodiments, the polymeric component of the reagent or conjugate is a polyethylene glycol.

Abstract: A poly(imide-amide) copolymer, which is a product of a reaction between a diamine including an amide structural unit-containing oligomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a dianhydride represented by Chemical Formula 3: wherein, groups and variables in Chemical Formulae 1 and 3 are the same as described in the specification.

Abstract: Compounds include polythioaminals of the formula: Each instance of R may be hydrogen or an electron withdrawing group. ‘n’ may be an integer such that the number average molecular weight (Mn) or weight average molecular weight (Mw) is between about 2,000 to about 80,000. Compounds also include polythioaminals of the formula: Each instance of R may be independently selected from the group consisting of —H, —F, —CF3, and —NO2. Each instance of R? may be independently selected from the group consisting of cycloalkyl, alkyl, alkylene glycol, acrylate, and siloxane. ‘n’ may be an integer such that the number average molecular weight (Mn) or weight average molecular weight (Mw) is between about 2,000 to about 80,000.

Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition that can achieve excellent initial adhesion improvement effects towards various types of substrates, and a protective agent or adhesive composition for electric and electronic components, are provided. The curable organopolysiloxane composition comprises (A) either i) (a1) an organopolysiloxane having a specific alkoxysilyl-containing group and at least an average of 0.5 alkenyl groups, or ii) a mixture of (a1) and (a2) an organopolysiloxane that has at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule, and that does not have the aforementioned group having an alkoxysilyl group. In the mixture, the amount of component (a1) is 10 to less than 100 mass %. The curable organopolysiloxane composition further comprises (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule, (C) a catalyst for a hydrosilylation reaction, and (D) a catalyst for a condensation reaction.

Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition and a semiconductor device are described. In a cured state and under conditions that the temperature is 25° C. and the humidity is 60% RH, the composition has the tensile strength of 2 to 8 Mpa, the elongation at break of 35% to 100% and the index of refraction being equal to or greater than 1.45. The composition includes: (A) organopolysiloxane comprising an R13SiO1/2 unit, an R22SiO2/2 unit and an R3SiO3/2 unit; (B) branched polyorganohydrogensiloxane having the viscosity of 300 to 4000 mPa·s, wherein each molecule has on average at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and at least one aromatic group, and the content of the aromatic group is larger than 10 mol %; and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst having the content capable of facilitating curing of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biostable gel comprising: (a) at least one silicon-containing polyol, polyamine, polyepoxy or polyisocyanate having 1 or more functional groups and a molecular weight of at least 20,000 which is cured in the presence of: (b) at least one diol, diamine or diisocyanate having a molecular weight of less than 10,000; and/or (c) an initiator, processes for their preparation and their use in the manufacture and repair of biomaterials and medical devices, articles or implants, in particular the manufacture of a soft tissue implant such as breast implants and the repair of orthopaedic joints such as spinal discs.

Abstract: Provided is a graft copolymer having excellent flexibility, adhesiveness and fatigue resistance while having a high gas barrier property. In the disclosure, a synthetic rubber is introduced, as a graft chain, to a main chain of one or more types of resins selected from a group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polyamide resin, cellulosic resin, polyvinylalcohol resin, ethylene polyvinylalcohol resin, acrylate resin and urethane resin, via a terminal portion of the synthetic rubber.

Abstract: Provided are multifunctional polymers comprising at least one anhydride repeating unit with at least one pseudo-cationic moiety graft and at least one hydrophobic graft. The grafting functionalizations can occur before, during, or after polymerizing the monomer(s). The anhydride employed may be partially or fully opened to provide amic acids, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acidic salts, imides, esters, and mixtures thereof. The polymers also may comprise other repeating units, including, but not limited to, alpha-olefins. In one embodiment the polymers exhibit antimicrobial activity, and can be employed in a wide variety of compositions, including those where antimicrobial activity is useful. A method of providing microbial activity also is provided.

Abstract: Alternating crystalline-amorphous polyolefin based multiblock copolymer compositions and methods for producing these multiblock copolymer compositions are disclosed. Also disclosed is the use of these multiblock copolymer compositions as additives to high density polyethylene (HDPE) resins in order to form polymer blends having improved ductility and toughness over that of the HDPE resins while retaining high mechanical strength, and the use of these polymer blends in films.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a composition of matter includes a substantially symmetrical 3-arm star block copolymer having a central core and diblock copolymer arms having inner blocks and outer blocks. In a second aspect, an article includes a substrate, a block copolymer composition on the substrate, and a neutral layer between the substrate and the block copolymer composition.

Abstract: In an example, a process of forming a polymeric material includes forming a mixture that includes a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) material and a pentaerythritol cross-linking material. The process also includes forming a cross-linked PDMS material via a chemical reaction of the pentaerythritol cross-linking material and the PDMS material.

Abstract: A method for making engineered crosslinked thermoplastic particles, which are useful for interlaminar toughening of prepregs and composite materials.

Abstract: A method for producing a polymer film of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) having a high concentration of silver nanoparticles (NPs) includes forming the NPs by drying the forming composition by the process of slow reduction of Ag ions by soft organic reductants. Changing a filling degree of Ag NPs in the film is achieved by displacement of Ag NPs and their seeds generated in the liquid PVA film under the action of a DC current at 2-6 mA. An example metal-polymer film with Ag NPs may be used in stealth technologies, for creating thermophotoelectric (TPE) elements, photo detectors, radiation cooling and heating of optoelectronic devices, in spectroscopy of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and for manufacturing LC devices.

Abstract: A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.

Abstract: Novel structural materials composed of industrial hemp fiber with recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) as well as methods for the production of the same are disclosed. The material's mechanical strength outperforms that of conventional lumber and could compete with glass fiber reinforced composites, particularly in tensile strength. In addition, this material offers many other significant advantages including insect free, high moisture resistance, no harmful chemical treatments, and no rapid corrosion in water environments.

Abstract: Methods of making a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer. The sized fibers may be contacted with a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curative that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite.

Abstract: A high frequency semi-isotropic embossed polymer interlayer sheet is disclosed. The embossed polymer interlayer sheet has a first side; a second side opposing the first side; and an embossed surface on at least one of the sides, and a surface texture ratio, Str, (as measured per ISO 25178) of between 0.1 and 0.99. The embossed polymer sheet may have at least 50 roughness peaks per centimeter (R PC, as measured per ASME B46.1 (1985)). The embossed polymer sheet may have a mottle value of less than or equal to 2.5 (as measured by a Clear Mottle Analyzer (CMA)). The embossed polymer sheet may be polyvinyl butyral.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a prepreg based on polyurethane, which is notable for high storage stability at room temperature, a two-stage reaction mechanism, and adjustable adhesion on metal surfaces. It is based on the problem of making the surface tack of the prepregs controllable during processing. The solution is to assemble the PU mixture from which the matrix originates at a later stage such that the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic polymer is above 30° C. For this purpose, the invention proposes two basically independent but certainly synergistic measures, namely: i) use of a polyol compound or a mixture of a number of polyol compounds as binder, the OH number or mean OH number of which is above 300 mg KOH/g, ii) choice of the proportion of hardener corresponding to the co-binder in the reactive composition at greater than 2% by weight, based on the total solids content of the reactive composition.

Abstract: A laminate having high ozone crack resistance and excellent in flexibility and fatigue resistance is provided. The laminate includes: a coating film 12 containing modified polyvinyl alcohol grafted by a functional group that is linear-chain, cycloaliphatic, branched, or aromatic and has a molecular weight of 20 to 10000; and a rubber layer 11 in contact with the coating film 12.

Abstract: A painted article includes a primer layer between a substrate and a paint layer, of which the substrate is the product of a substrate forming composition including an olefin block copolymer and a polypropylene polymer having a density from 0.89 g/cm3 and 0.92 g/cm3. The substrate is free of (1) phthalate-based plasticizer, (2) halogen-containing polymer, and (3) leachable, small polymeric units derived from styrene monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface modification method for a polyether-ether-ketone material. The method combines physical and chemical methods, and comprises the steps of performing plasma immersion ion implantation on the surface of the polyether-ether-ketone material with argon as an ion source, and then, soaking the polyether-ether-ketone material treated by plasma immersion ion implantation in a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, or ammonia water to make the surface of the modified polyether-ether-ketone material have nanoparticles, shallow nanoporous structures, and/or ravined nanostructures.

Abstract: A method of making a foamed article comprises (a) milling a block or sheet of thermoplastic polymer to form a precursor; (b) crosslinking the thermoplastic polymer; (c) heating the precursor to a first temperature to soften the thermoplastic polymer; (d) infusing the thermoplastic polymer with at least one inert gas at a first pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened thermoplastic polymer; and (e) while the thermoplastic polymer is softened, reducing the pressure to a second pressure below the first pressure to at least partially foam the precursor into a foamed article, wherein the foamed article is substantially the same shape as the precursor.

Abstract: Provided is a resin foam (13) that highly restrains the occurrence of display irregularities in a display unit when the resin foam is used in a touch-screen-equipped device (1), where the display irregularities may occur with user's touch operations. The resin foam (13) according to the present invention is obtained by expansion of a resin composition including a resin. The resin foam has a 25% compression load of 0.1 N/cm2 to 8.0 N/cm2 and is used in the touch-screen-equipped device (1). The resin is preferably at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyolefin resins, polyester resins, and acrylic resins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a soft polyurethane foam which is obtained by expansion molding a starting foam liquid that contains a polyol, a polyisocyanate, a crosslinking agent, a foaming agent and a catalyst. This soft polyurethane foam is configured such that: a polyether polyol having a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 3,000 to 12,000 and 3.5 to 4 functional groups is contained therein as the polyol; the value of (ethylene oxide groups)/(propylene oxide groups) (in terms of a molar ratio) in all compounds contained therein as the crosslinking agent is 100 or more; a short-chain polyol having a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or less is contained therein as the crosslinking agent; and tolylene diisocyanate is contained therein as the polyisocyanate in an isocyanate index of 70 or more.

Abstract: Aerogel compositions, methods for preparing the aerogel compositions, articles of manufacture that include or are made from the aerogel compositions are described and uses thereof. The aerogels include a branched polyimide matrix with little to no crosslinked polymers.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous resin particle including a mesoporous structure portion and an outer shell portion integrally formed on a surface of the mesoporous structure portion includes, in a state that an oil-phase liquid, in which a polymerizable monomer and an oil-soluble polymerization initiator having a polymerization initiating ability to the polymerizable monomer are dissolved or dispersed in a hydrophobic solvent, is dispersed as oil droplets in an aqueous medium containing a water-soluble polymerization initiator having a polymerization initiating ability to the polymerizable monomer, generating a plurality of mesopores inside the porous resin particle by forming a solid medium, by polymerizing the polymerizable monomer by acting the oil-soluble polymerization initiator and the water-soluble polymerization initiator at the same time on the polymerizable monomer.

Abstract: A process for the coating a substrate with a microporous layer includes at least incorporation by mixing of at least one physical and/or chemical blowing agent into an elastomer mixture, shaping of the elastomer mixture including the physical and/or chemical blowing agent by means of a calender or of a roller-head system, and application of the calendered elastomer mixture including the physical and/or chemical blowing agent to a substrate to be coated. Further, heating and blowing of the coating including the physical and/or chemical blowing agent is then provided by means of at least one heat source. In some cases, the blowing agent is composed of microspheres, which in some embodiments, may be present in non-expanded form. In some aspects, the heating and blowing of the coating directly follows the application procedure. The heat source may be an infrared source, such as a ceramic source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polyolefin resin composition including the step of mixing a first resin chip including a first polyolefin resin and glass filaments and a second resin chip including a second polyolefin resin and an aerogel or glass bubbles, a polyolefin resin composition including a first resin chip including a first polyolefin resin and glass filaments and a second resin chip including a second polyolefin resin and an aerogel or glass bubbles, and a polyolefin resin molded article including an extrusion molded article of the polyolefin resin composition.

Abstract: A composition including a medium and surfactant-free nanoparticles (SFNPs) at different dispersion state or aggregation form. The composition includes: (a) a composition of a medium and surfactant-free nanoparticles in primary form, wherein the dielectric constant value (DE value) of the medium is equal to or larger than the intrinsic dielectric constant value (IDE) of the SFNPs and smaller than about 1.

Abstract: A composite includes a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix. Methods to make these composites include heating a sulfonated polyester resin in an organic-free solvent adding a solution of silver (I) ion to the heated resin in water to form a mixture, adding a solution of a reducing agent to the mixture, thereby forming an emulsion of composite particles including a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles disposed within the sulfonated polyester matrix. Various articles can be manufactured from such composites.

Abstract: A polymeric formulation for “green” building materials for replacement of end products commonly formed from a broad range of materials, such as concrete and mixes thereof, cement and mixes thereof, petrochemical based mixes and products thereof, rubber, plastic wood domestic and commercial shingles of all types including cedar wood and ceramic verities, flooring of all types including ceramic tiles, recreational vehicles for water use and sports such as boats, automobile components and bodies, electrical wire coatings, all types of pipes commonly used in the plumbing, gas and oil industries including the replacement of pipes traditionally formed from poly vinyl chloride formulations, bricks and all other forms of architectural structures to list but a few. A method by which a biopolymer can be generated using a process requiring no heat or any other form of energy using an ionized aqueous cure agent is sprayed over a molded gel.

Abstract: Provided are a rubber composition that can achieve a balanced improvement in wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and abrasion appearance after abrasion, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a diene rubber; an inorganic filler having a BET of 10-120 m2/g, formed of a compound of formula below, magnesium sulfate, or silicon carbide; and a fine particle carbon black having a BET of 151 m2/g or more and/or a low-temperature plasticizer having a freezing point of ?10° C. or lower, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1-70 parts by mass of the inorganic filler, 5-140 parts by mass of the fine particle carbon black, and 1-30 parts by mass of the low-temperature plasticizer, the combined amount of the filler and the carbon black being 50-190 parts by mass, mM.xSiOy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED encapsulant including rare-earth metal oxide particles and, more particularly, to an LED encapsulant including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below in a polymer resin. Ma(OH)b(CO3)cOd ??[Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, M is Sc, Y, La, Al, Lu, Ga, Zn, V, Zr, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sn, Mn, Bi or Ac, a is 1 or 2, b is 0 to 2, c is 0 to 3, and d is 0 to 3, wherein b, c, and d are not simultaneously zero, and b and c are either simultaneously zero or simultaneously not zero.

Abstract: In some variations, this disclosure provides compositions for reducing fluid permeability through a polymer membrane, the composition comprising a polymer (e.g., bromobutyl rubber) and mineral particles (e.g., kaolin particles) including fine particles with particle sizes between about 0.05 ?m and about 1 ?m and coarse particles with particle sizes between about 3 ?m and about 20 ?m. Applications for these improved-barrier polymers include tire innerliners, paint and paper coatings, films, adhesives, liners, paints, and hoses, for example. Methods of making and use these polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bio-material includes at least one thermoplastic, at least one biological filling material, and long glass fibres.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition a tire, by which both low rolling resistance and wet grip performance can be achieved at high levels. This rubber composition for a tire is obtained by blending from 66 to 180 parts by weight of a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 150 to 400 m2/g into 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber; a size Rss of aggregates of the silica forming a hierarchical structure being from 14 to 23 nm when the rubber composition is measured by ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering and an obtained scattering profile is applied to a Unified-Guinier function.

Abstract: A method of preparing a polymer dispersion comprising (i) contacting an aqueous dispersion of de-ionized acidic colloidal silica particles with a first mixture of monomers to form a combination; (ii) polymerizing such combination at an initial pH of from 2 to 5 to at least 90% in completion; and (iii) adding a second mixture of monomers at a rate substantially equal to the rate of consumption of such second mixture of monomers to continue and complete the polymerization. The present invention further provides a polymer dispersion made from the above method.

Abstract: A composition includes a polymer having a poly-lactide and at least one compound of formula I), where L1 is C1-8alkylene or C3-6cycloalkylene; L2 is C1-6alkylene; L3 is C1-6alkylene; L4 is C1-6alkylene; L5 is C1-6alkylene; n is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 or 4; m is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 or 4; R1 is H; or C1-6alkyl; R2 is H; or C1-6alkyl. The poly-lactide is poly-L-lactide comprising a content of D isomer of at least 10% by weight based on the total weight of the poly-L-lactide; poly-D-lactide comprising a content of L isomer of at least 10% by weight based on the total weight of the poly-D-lactide; poly-DL-lactide; poly(meso-lactide); or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: PLA-containing materials, and building components containing such materials, include: polylactic acid (PLA); one or more inorganic pigments; and one or more stabilizers that includes one or more carbodiimide groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosetting composition for the manufacture of an ophthalmic lens which efficiently absorbs ultraviolet (UV) rays without exhibiting undesirable yellowing, said composition comprising an allyl monomer or oligomer, a catalyst, a UV-absorber and a specific anti-yellowing additive. The present invention also relates to the use of said composition and to the ophthalmic lens obtained from said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of N-hydroxybenzotriazole derivatives, in particular N-hydroxybenzotriazole salts and/or N-hydroxyindazoles, in particular N-hydroxyindazole salts as flame retardant for plastic materials. The present invention relates in addition to a flame-retardant plastic material moulding compound which comprises N-hydroxybenzotriazole derivatives and/or N-hydroxyindazole derivatives as flame retardant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of vulcanization of unsaturated polymers, in particular halogenated, and more particularly chlorinated, unsaturated polymers, such as, for example, polychloroprene, using as vulcanization agent a mixture of bis(2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole) and at least one organic base. The present invention relates to the process for vulcanization of said polymers with said vulcanization mixture.

Abstract: High impact polystyrene may be formed with increased swell index and reduced or eliminated discoloration. A process of forming high impact polystyrene may include providing a polymerization system including a polymerization reactor and a devolatilizer. High impact polystyrene may be formed in the polymerization reactor, and sent to the devolatilizer. A polar antioxidant having a hindered phenol structure and an aliphatic amine group, and with a phosphite antioxidant may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder and a fluorescent whitening agent may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder that inhibits free radical rubber crosslinking may be added to the polymerization system.

Abstract: The flame-retardant thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer composition includes a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, (A) a (poly)phosphate compound represented by general formula (1), (B) a (poly)phosphate compound represented by general formula (3), and (C) silicon dioxide. The composition preferably contains (D) zinc oxide. Symbols n, X1, and p in formula (1) and r, Y1, and q in formula (3) are as defined in the description.