Abstract: A plastisol is disclosed comprising poly(vinyl halide) and a trimellitate plasticizer and a second plasticizer, with the trimellitate plasticizer comprising between about 60 and about 90 weight percent of the total plasticizer content. The plastisol can be made into a polymeric skin using spray molding techniques. The plastisol can be sprayed on a slush mold surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer system for halogenated polymers comprising, as component (A), calcium monocarbonatohydroxodialuminate of the formula (A) CamAl2(OH)6+2(m-1)CO3*nH2O??(A), where m=from 3.8 to 4.2, and n=from 0 to 3, and, as component (B), a catena-2,2?,2?-nitrilotrisethanolperchloratolithium or -sodium coordination polymer (B1) with a monomer unit of the formula where Mt=Li or Na, An=OClO3 and q=1, and/or a quaternary or ternary ammonium or phosphonium perchlorate (B2). The present invention further relates to compositions and articles comprising these stabilizer systems, and to the use of the systems and compositions.

Abstract: A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder resin is paste extrudable and expandable. Methods for making the functional TFE copolymer are also described. The expanded functional TFE copolymer material may be post-reacted after expansion.

Abstract: A true tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) copolymer of the fine powder type is provided, wherein the copolymer contains polymerized comonomer units of at least one comonomer other than TFE in concentrations of at least or exceeding 1.0 weight percent, and which can exceed 5.0 weight percent, wherein the copolymer is expandable, that is, the copolymer may be expanded to produce strong, useful, expanded TFE copolymeric articles having a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils. Articles made from the expandable copolymer may include tapes, membranes, films, fibers, and are suitable in a variety of end applications, including medical devices.

Abstract: A process for the production of expanded PVC of the type includes heating a mass of polymeric mixture inside a closed mold; controlling the expansion of the mass in an environment having a constant volume defined by the closed mold, control being performed by the presence, in the mass of polymeric mixture, of microparticles of a compressible material, suitable for being contracted, under the action of the pressure generated by the formation and expansion of microcells of expanding gas in the same mass, from an initial form having a larger volume, to a form having a smaller volume; and expanding the microparticles, from their configuration to the initial configuration, the density of the expanded material thus obtained being determined by the contemporary presence of both microcells of expanding gas and the microparticles in their configuration having a larger volume.

Abstract: Multi-esters of the formula: wherein each R1 is the hydrocarbon residue of a C4 to C13 OXO-alcohol averaging from 0.2 to 5.0 branches per residue, and R2 is hydrogen or an ester group, processes of making the multi-esters, use of the multi-esters as plasticizers, polymer compositions containing such plasticizers, and articles containing such plasticizers.

Abstract: Compositions containing polymers and one or more heat labile and/or incompatible components adsorbed on carrier materials are provided. The heat labile components include materials that are inactivated, that volatilize, decompose, or undergo a chemical reaction or transformation at the polymer's processing temperatures (heat labile biocides). Incompatible components are materials that generally react or form gels or precipitates upon mixing. The carrier materials generally include inorganic or organic porous materials capable of remaining solid during processing temperatures. Methods for preparing the polymer compositions are provided.

Abstract: A process for the production of expanded PVC of the type includes heating a mass of polymeric mixture inside a closed mold; controlling the expansion of the mass in an environment having a constant volume defined by the closed mold, control being performed by the presence, in the mass of polymeric mixture, of microparticles of a compressible material, suitable for being contracted, under the action of the pressure generated by the formation and expansion of microcells of expanding gas in the same mass, from an initial form having a larger volume, to a form having a smaller volume; and expanding the microparticles, from their configuration to the initial configuration, the density of the expanded material thus obtained being determined by the contemporary presence of both microcells of expanding gas and the microparticles in their configuration having a larger volume.

Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride composition having polyvinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer ester selected from di-butyl terephthalate, di-isobutyl terephthalate, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a biomass composite composition and a foaming method thereof. The biomass composite composition includes (a) polyester alloy containing biodegradable polyester and petrochemical plastic, (b) reinforcing agent, (c) foaming agent, (d) compatibilizer, (e) lubricant, and (f) impact modifier. The biomass composite composition of the present invention is biodegradable and of heat resistance and melt strength suitable for manufacture of foam products.

Abstract: A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder resin is paste extrudable and expandable. Methods for making the functional TFE copolymer are also described. The expanded functional TFE copolymer material may be post-reacted after expansion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) porous membrane having, when an arbitrary in-plane direction of the membrane is taken as a first direction, and an in-plane direction orthogonal to the first direction is taken as a second direction, a strength of 20 N/mm2 or more, an elongation percentage at breakage of 200% or less, and a ratio of the elongation percentage in the second direction with respect to the elongation percentage in the first direction of 0.5 to 2.0, in a tensile test performed in the first direction and in the second direction. The PTFE porous membrane of the present invention is less elongated due to an external force and has small anisotropy in elongation.

Abstract: Provided are polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads which can be molded by in-mold molding and thus stably provide, without impairing excellent characteristics inherent in polyvinylidene fluoride resin, molded articles having excellent mechanical properties. Polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads, characterized in that when 1 to 3 mg of the expanded beads are subjected to heat-flux type differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) wherein the beads are heated from 25° C. to 200° C. at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./min, the obtained DSC curve (of first heating) has both an inherent endothermic peak which is inherent in polyvinylidene fluoride resin and one or more higher-temperature endothermic peaks which appear on the higher-temperature side of the inherent endothermic peak, the quantity of heat of melting of the higher-temperature endothermic peaks being at least 0.5 J/g.

Abstract: A foamable fluoropolymer composition containing foam cell nucleating agent is provided, wherein the fluoropolymer comprises melt-fabricable tetrafluoroethylene-/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, wherein the alkyl contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the melting temperature of said tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer is no more than 35° C. greater than the melting temperature of said tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and/or wherein said tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and said tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer each have a melt flow rate (MFR) within the range of 1 to 40 g/10 min and the MFR of one of said copolymers is at least twice that of the other of said copolymers.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an insulating layer present between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution holding layer that composes the insulating layer and includes an electrolytic solution and a porous polymer compound, in which the electrolytic solution is held in the pores in the porous polymer compound and swells the porous polymer compound, the material of the porous polymer compound includes a vinylidene fluoride polymer, the vinylidene fluoride polymer is a vinylidene fluoride homopolymer or a copolymer including a vinylidene fluoride monomer unit and a hexafluoropropylene monomer unit, the mass composition ratio of the monomer units of the vinylidene fluoride polymer, or vinylidene fluoride monomer units:hexafluoropropylene monomer units, is 100:0 to 95:5, and the weight average molecular weight of the vinylidene fluoride polymer is 500,000 or more to less than 1.5 million.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable composition comprising a linear hydrolyzable silyl group-containing polymer and a branched hydrolyzable silyl group-containing polymer in the weight ratio of 1:9 to 9:1 and having a specific weight of less than 1.15.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising: at least one melt-processible per(halo)fluoropolymer (polymer A); from 0.01 to 5% by weight of polymer A of at least one smoke-suppressant agent (S) having a decomposition temperature of at least 350° C., selected from the group consisting of molybdenum derivatives, borates of an alkaline-earth metal or of a group 12 transition metal, and mixtures thereof; optionally, at least one oxide of a metal different from molybdenum. The composition of the invention excels simultaneously in providing excellent insulating properties on meal wires or optical fibers, outstanding processing parameters for high speed cable manufacture and high performance ratings on flammability, smoke generation and fuel load. Advantageously, cables comprising said composition comply with 25/50/8 requirements according to NFPA-255 and -259 for limited combustible materials.

Abstract: A polymer or polymer composite membrane having through-thickness micropores and a method of preparing the same are provided. More particularly, a polymer or polymer composite membrane having a pore structure such that micropores are aligned in a mesh structure in the thickness direction of the polymer or polymer composite membrane due to unidirectional freezing in the thickness direction of a solvent. The membrane has through-thickness micropores, and thus has improved permeability in the thickness direction and superior uniformity in size of the micropores and wall thickness between the micropores. For these reasons, the membrane can be used for a porous membrane substrate, microfiltration membrane, etc.

Abstract: A thin, biocompatible, high-strength, composite material is disclosed that is suitable for use in various implanted configurations. The composite material maintains flexibility in high-cycle flexural applications, making it particularly applicable to high-flex implants such as heart pacing lead or heart valve leaflet. The composite material includes at least one porous expanded fluoropolymer layer and an elastomer substantially filling substantially all of the pores of the porous expanded fluoropolymer.

Abstract: A composition for forming a molded article comprises a first formable material capable of flowing when heated to a first molding temperature, a second formable material capable of flowing when heated to a second molding temperature, and an additive mixed with the second formable material. The additive is provided in an amount determined by: (a) calculating a molding time for the first formable material to reach the first molding temperature; (b) calculating a required power factor for the second formable material that will allow the second formable material to reach the second molding temperature in the molding time of the first formable material; and (c) calculating the amount of the additive to be mixed with the second formable material to obtain the required power factor. A method of forming the composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition as well as a set of compositions and method for producing cellular or foamed or blown fluoropolymers such as perfluoropolymers and other thermoplastics articles allowing for the creation of a lower cost communications cable, conductor separator, conductor support-separator, jacketing, tape, wire insulation and in some cases a conduit tube as individual components or combined configurations that exhibit improved electrical, flammability and optical properties. Specifically, the foamable or blown fluoropolymer such as a perfluoropolymer cellular insulation composition comprises; talc and the selected fluoropolymer such as perfluoropolymers. Compounded pellets or products resulting in cellular or foamable products using these pellets has also been realized by providing the melt combination in the pellets of only talc and a perfluoropolymer.

Abstract: A microporous membrane may be manufactured using a polymer binder and a filler material using a liquid pore forming agent having a surface free energy that is lower than that of the filler and higher than that of the polymer. The repulsion of the pore forming agent to the polymer may form the pores of the membrane, while the attraction of the polymer to the filler may encapsulate the filler into the structure of the membrane. The filler may be particles that are on the order of or smaller than the wall thickness of the microporous structure.

Abstract: A container for hot liquids includes a thermal barrier printed on a surface thereof. The thermal barrier includes a plurality of expandable microspheres that expand when exposed to heat to increase thermal insulation. During shipping and pre-use, the thermal barrier is not activated. Exposure to heat from a hot liquid poured in the container activates the microspheres, which expand to increase thermal insulation properties, thereby allowing a user to hold the cup without being too hot to the touch.

Abstract: To produce a PTFE aqueous emulsion, whereby the environmental load is little, the stability of the aqueous emulsion is high, and a molded product having high heat resistance can be obtained. A process for producing a PTFE aqueous emulsion, which comprises emulsion-polymerizing tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) by means of at least one fluorinated emulsifier selected from the group consisting of a C4-8 fluorinated carboxylic acid having from 1 to 4 etheric oxygen atoms in its main chain, and its salts, to obtain an aqueous emulsion containing polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) microparticles having an average primary particle size of from 0.1 to 0.3 ?m, wherein at the beginning of the emulsion polymerization of TFE, a (polyfluoroalkyl)ethylene (a) represented by “CH2?CH—Rf1”, and/or a comonomer (b) having a monomer reactivity ratio rTFE of from 0.1 to 8 in copolymerization with tetrafluoroethylene, is incorporated to the emulsion polymerization system, so as to be from 0.001 to 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides plasticized polymer compositions comprising an 7V-allcyl-2-pyrrolidone and a fatty acid ester. These compositions exhibit enhanced hardness, tensile strength, and/or elongation at break without the use of ph-thalate-based plasticizers. The plasticized polymeric compositions can be employed in a wide variety of applications, such as in sheeting, tubing, and coatings.

Abstract: Fluoropolymer foams are prepared by mixing fluoropolymer resin with blowing agents and additives to produce foamable compounds at temperatures below the activation temperature of the blowing agent. The compounded material is expanded at temperatures above both the softening point of the fluoropolymer resin and the activation temperature of the blowing agent. The resulting fluoropolymer foam can be fabricated into any desired shape, such as pipes, sheets, tapes, blocks and rods, using techniques such as cutting, welding, thermoforming and adhesive bonding. Alternatively the fluoropolymer compound may be expanded directly into the desired shape, for example, by expanding the compound in a mold.

Abstract: A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder resin is paste extrudable and expandable. Methods for making the functional TFE copolymer are also described. The expanded functional TFE copolymer material may be post-reacted after expansion.

Abstract: Resin plasticizers are produced by esterification of keto acids derived from acylation of aromatic compounds with cyclic anhydrides, and are particularly useful in making phthalate-free articles using PVC.

Abstract: Microporous membranes having a relatively large average pore size, methods of making microporous membranes having a relatively large average pore size, and methods of using microporous membranes having a relatively large average pore size are disclosed.

Abstract: A foamable fluoropolymer composition containing foam cell nucleating agent is provided, wherein the fluoropolymer comprises melt-fabricable tetrafluoroethylene-/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, wherein the alkyl contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the melting temperature of said tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer is no more than 35° C. greater than the melting temperature of said tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, and/or wherein said tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and said tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer each have a melt flow rate (MFR) within the range of 1 to 40 g/10 min and the MFR of one of said copolymers is at least twice that of the other of said copolymers.

Abstract: Polymer composite roofing materials are provided which contain resin, and about 20-75 wt. % fillers and additives, in which the fillers contain at least one bulk filler for reducing the amount of resin needed to make the roofing material, and at least one aesthetically functional filler for providing the roofing material with an aesthetic appearance. The bulk filler and the aesthetically functional filler of this embodiment are non-toxic, resistant to microbial attack, and have a Mohs hardness of less than about 5.

Abstract: Low density, buoyant materials, in particular hydrophobic aerogels, may be used to absorb hydrophobic liquids. The materials are adapted to float on aqueous solutions and can absorb oils or other hydrophobic liquids from the surface of the solution without absorbing appreciable amounts of the aqueous solution. Methods for creating and using the materials are disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a molding material for extrusion foam molding from which woody molded foam of high quality can be obtained. From the molding material, woody molded foam of high quality with no defects is efficiently produced. Constituent materials comprising woodmeal and a thermoplastic resin as major components and containing 1-5 wt % alkane having a molecular weight of 300-1,000 g/mol are melt-kneaded until the components come into an evenly dispersed state, and the resultant mixture is molded into pellets having a given diameter to obtain a molding material. Subsequently, this molding material is extrusion-molded into a given shape together with a blowing agent by means of an extrusion molding device, thereby obtaining woody molded foam.

Abstract: A pipette tip or tube containing chromatographic media contained and held in place in said tube by using low melting point porous polymer particles. Such pipette tips or tubes can be used for sample preparation, filtration and synthesis of small molecules and biomolecules.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foamed fluoropolymer, preferably a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) structure, such as from Kynar® resins. The foamed structure is continuous self-supporting, sized, and has a dense skin. The foamed structure is manufactured in a process using foaming agents and nucleating agents. The structure is sized into a specific shape during the manufacturing process—requiring a good melt viscosity of the PVDF foam. In one process, a master batch containing the nucleating agent is used. The foamed article could be a sheet, film, profile, tube, pipe, article, rod foam-core structure, or other self-supporting shape. Foamed tubes, pipes, rods, sheets and conduit are especially useful. The foamed structure of the invention provides added value by being lighter weight, more flexible, and more impact resistant than a comparable non-foamed PVDF structure. It also has increased hysteresis, increased insulation properties, reduced dielectric constant, and increased compressibility.

Abstract: A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder resin is paste extrudable and expandable. Methods for making the functional TFE copolymer are also described. The expanded functional TFE copolymer material may be post-reacted after expansion.

Abstract: Provided are polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads which can be molded by in-mold molding and thus stably provide, without impairing excellent characteristics inherent in polyvinylidene fluoride resin, molded articles having excellent mechanical properties. Polyvinylidene fluoride resin expanded beads, characterized in that when 1 to 3 mg of the expanded beads are subjected to heat-flux type differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) wherein the beads are heated from 25° C. to 200° C. at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./min, the obtained DSC curve (of first heating) has both an inherent endothermic peak which is inherent in polyvinylidene fluoride resin and one or more higher-temperature endothermic peaks which appear on the higher-temperature side of the inherent endothermic peak, the quantity of heat of melting of the higher-temperature endothermic peaks being at least 0.5 J/g.

Abstract: A stabilizer composition for halogenated polymers comprising at least one zinc salt of a carboxylic acid and/or of a ?-diketone, comprising a metal salt of the carboxylic acid selected from the group of the following metals: Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Al and Zn; a metal salt of the ?-diketone selected from the group of the following metals: Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca, Al and Zn; and an amino alcohol derivative.

Abstract: Microporous material having a spherulitic matrix made from ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer has a plurality of pores having an average pore size greater than about 0.01 micrometer. The material is made by thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) process that includes melt mixing ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer, diluent and nucleating agent to provide a melt mixed composition; shaping the melt mixed composition; cooling the shaped melt mixed composition to induce phase separation of the ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer to provide a phase separated material; and stretching the phase separated material to provide the microporous material. The microporous material may be incorporated into articles and the articles may include one, two or more layers of microporous material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of coating at least one surface of a substrate comprising the step of applying a coating comprising fibres onto the at least one surface of the substrate, wherein upon application of the coating on the at least one surface of the substrate, the surface exhibits hydrophilicity or greater hydrophilicity compared to an uncoated surface. The present invention also provides a coating for coating at least one surface of a substrate, wherein the coating comprises fibres, and wherein a surface coated with the coating exhibits hydrophilicity or greater hydrophilicity compared to an uncoated surface. The anti-wetting coating may have a high degree of transparency.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of talc as a chemical foaming agent in perfluoropolymers to form foamable and foamed compositions. For example, in one aspect, a foamable composition is disclosed, which comprises (i) one or more base perfluoropolymers comprising at least 50 percent by weight of the composition, and (ii) talc blended with the one or more base perfluoropolymers, where the talc comprises 3 percent to about 15 percent by weight of the composition. Each of the perfluoropolymers is selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethylvinyl ether copolymer (MFA), hexafluoropropylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (FEP) and perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) and any blend thereof, where hydrogen-containing fluoropolymers are absent from the composition. The one or more base perfluoropolymers are melt-processable at one or more elevated processing temperatures of at least about 600° F.

Abstract: A process for the production of a moulding composed of foamed polytetrafluoroethylene by means of an extruder, includes introducing a foaming agent, which brings about foaming, into the polytetrafluoro-ethylene, where the extruder used includes a commercially available extruder, to which a thermoplastically processable, fusible polytetrafluoroethylene is fed, the polytetrafluoroethylene is fed to the extruder together with a foaming agent which has chemical action and which has a decomposition temperature of at least 320° C., and after its discharge from the extruder, the moulding is drawn off in the direction of production without any further measures relating to the foaming procedure.

Abstract: A filtering unit for removing a virucidal substance from a biological fluid including an outer casing having at least one input aperture and at least one output aperture. The outer casing including a filter medium, which separates the filtration unit into an input compartment and an output compartment. The filter medium includes at least one hydrophilic material able to absorb or adsorb the virucidal substance. The at least one hydrophilic material includes either porous non-woven material or a porous membrane.

Abstract: To provide a method for easily producing an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer porous material having excellent chemical resistance and filtration performance and has a high heat resistance, within a wide range of the porosity, and an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer porous material obtained by such a process. A process for producing an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer porous material which comprises a step of dissolving an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer having repeating units based on ethylene and repeating units based on tetrafluoroethylene at a temperature of at most 300° C. in a solvent which can dissolve the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer at a temperature of at most 300° C., to achieve a predetermined concentration to obtain a solution, a step of forming the solution to obtain a formed product, and a step of cooling the formed product to a temperature of at most the phase separation temperature of the solution to solidify the ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer.

Abstract: Hollow polymeric microspheres may be rendered nonflammable by coating with one or more flame retardants, while maintaining a composite density of not greater than 0.05 g/cm3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising blends of alkenyl aromatic polymers such as styrenic polymers (i.e. PS and HIPS) and bio-based or biodegradable polymers (i.e. PLA, PGA, PHA, PBS, PCL) compatibilized with styrene-based copolymers (i.e. styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) block copolymers, maleated SEBS, styrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer, styrene-methyl methacrylate (SMMA) copolymer) or a mixture of two or more styrene-based copolymers such as SEBS and SMA. These novel compositions can be extruded and thermoformed to produce very low density food service and consumer foam articles such as plates, hinged lid containers, trays, bowls, and egg cartons with good mechanical properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the use of talc as a chemical foaming agent in perfluoropolymers to form foamable and foamed compositions. For example, in one aspect, a foamable composition is disclosed, which comprises (i) one or more base perfluoropolymers comprising at least 50 percent by weight of the composition, and (ii) talc blended with the one or more base perfluoropolymers, where the talc comprises 3 percent to about 15 percent by weight of the composition. Each of the perfluoropolymers is selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethylvinyl ether copolymer (MFA), hexafluoropropylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (FEP) and perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) and any blend thereof, where hydrogen-containing fluoropolymers are absent from the composition. The one or more base perfluoropolymers are melt-processable at one or more elevated processing temperatures of at least about 600° F.

Abstract: A stable, plasticized composition of PVC polymer including a C4-C30 alkyl pyrrolidone to plasticize said PVC into a flexible state and an organic phosphite ester stabilizer to impart long term high temperature stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer system for halogenated polymers comprising, as component (A), calcium monocarbonatohydroxodialuminate of the formula (A) CamAl2(OH)6+2(m?1)CO3*nH2O??(A), where m=from 3.8 to 4.2, and n=from 0 to 3, and, as component (B), a catena-2,2?,2?-nitrilotrisethanolperchloratolithium or -sodium coordination polymer (B1) with a monomer unit of the formula where Mt=Li or Na, An=OClO3 and q=1, and/or a quaternary or ternary ammonium or phosphonium perchlorate (B2). The present invention further relates to compositions and articles comprising these stabilizer systems, and to the use of the systems and compositions.

Abstract: A crystalline polymer microporous membrane containing a crystalline polymer microporous film containing a crystalline polymer, and having an asymmetric pore structure; fluorine alcohol covering at least part of an exposed surface of the crystalline polymer microporous film; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the fluorine alcohol is crosslinked with assistance of the crosslinking agent.