Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of ionic liquids as flame retardants. The compounds of the invention may be used as flame retardants in various materials without causing damage to the environment and or health of humans or animals. Ionic liquid flame retardants maybe applied alone or in combination with traditional flame retardants. Ionic liquid flame retardants can be applied to finish textile, plastic, leather, paper, rubber, or as wild fire flame retardants.

Abstract: The invention is a flame retardant resin composition, containing 100 parts by mass of (A) resin component containing 60 to 90 percent by mass of (A-1) polycarbonate resin and 40 to 10 percent by mass of (A-2) polyester resin, 5 to 15 parts by mass of (B) a phosphoric ester having formula (I), based on 100 parts by mass of (A), 0.01 to 0.5 part by mass of (C) an organic phosphoric ester, provided that the phosphoric ester having formula (I) is excluded, based on 100 parts by mass of (A), and 15 to 60 parts by mass in total of (D) comprising (D-1) glass fiber and (D-2) a scale-like inorganic filler, based on 100 parts by mass of (A), a mass ratio of (D-1) component to (D-2) component of (D) component, (D-1)/(D-2), being within the range of 0.2 to 1.5: in which X is a divalent aromatic group and R1, R2, R3 and R4 is a substituted or non-substituted phenyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a polymer dispersion (PD) comprising at least one polymer (P), obtainable by free-radical emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (M1) and at least one monomer (M2) different therefrom and selected from esters of phosphonic acid or of phosphoric acid with unalkoxylated or alkoxylated hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, and at least one emulsifier (E) selected from phosphoric esters with unalkoxylated or alkoxylated C8-C30 alkanols, and their salts, in coating materials to improve the scrub resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the burnish resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the stain resistance of the coatings produced therefrom and/or to improve the pigment distribution in the coatings produced therefrom and/or to reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds by the coatings produced therefrom, to polymer dispersions used in accordance with the invention, and to coating materials

Abstract: A liquid electrostatographic toner or liquid ink jet ink prepared by the steps of heating a marking particle mix of particles of a resin and a colourant blend in a carrier liquid to a temperature between about the first softening point of the resin and about the second softening point of the resin, maintaining the temperature of the heated marking particle mix for a selected period of time, cooling the marking particle mix to room temperature, and mixing the marking particle mix with high shear. The particle mix can be produced by coarse grinding in a ball mill. The resultant toner or ink has an improved Newtonian like flow behaviour, improved electrical properties, reduced sedimentation and agglomeration and significantly improved optical density and reduced background.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame-retardant mixture comprising (A) at least one polyurethane as component A, (B) at least one flame retardant selected from the group consisting of tallow, ammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, calcium carbonate, antimony oxide, zinc borate, clay, montmorillonite clay, metal oxides, metal hydroxides, organic phosphinate compounds, organic phosphate compounds, polyhydric alcohols, melamine compounds, chlorinated polyethylene, and mixtures thereof, as component B, and (C) at least one crosslinking reagent as component C, where the at least one crosslinking reagent is at least one isocyanate dissolved in at least one polyurethane, and also to a process for the production of a flame-retardant polyurethane, to the resultant flame-retardant polyurethane, and also to the use of a solution of at least one isocyanate in at least one polyurethane in the production of a flame-retardant polyurethane for increasing the mechanical stability of flame-retardant polyurethanes.

Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition containing a glass filler, which is excellent in transparency, strength, and heat resistance and provided with high flame retardancy, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the resin composition. The flame-retardant polycarbonate resin composition contains a combination including (A) 55 to 95% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and (B) 45 to 5% by mass of a glass filler having a refractive index smaller or larger than a refractive index of the aromatic polycarbonate resin by 0.002 or less, and further contains, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the combination, (C) 0.05 to 2.0 parts by mass of a silicone compound having a reactive functional group and (D) 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass of a phosphoric ester compound. The polycarbonate resin molded article has a thickness of 0.3 to 10 mm which is obtained by molding the composition.

Abstract: A polyester resin composition for light reflector base, causing only a small amount of outgas in the process of molding a light reflector base or producing a light reflector, excellent in adhesiveness with a metal film layer provided to the surface of the light reflector base, and capable of keeping high luminance even when exposed under high-temperature atmospheres will be provided. The polyester resin composition for light reflector base of the present invention, on the surface of which a light reflecting layer is provided, contains (A) 100 parts by weight of polyester resin, and (B) 0.05 to 2 parts by weight of modified polyolefin resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 or larger, and an acid value of larger than 1 mg KOH/g and smaller than 10 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: This invention relates a cellulose solution comprising cellulose and at least one tetraalkylammonium alkylphosphate and processes to produce the cellulose solution. Another aspect of this invention relates to shaped articles prepared from a cellulose solution comprising cellulose and at least one tetraalkylammonium alkylphosphate. Another embodiment of this invention relates to compositions comprising derivatives of cellulose prepared from a cellulose solution comprising at least one tetraalkylammonium alkylphosphate. Another embodiment of this invention relates to compositions comprising regioselectively substituted cellulose esters prepared from a cellulose solution comprising cellulose and at least one tetraalkylammonium alkylphosphate. In another embodiment of the invention, the cellulose esters of the present invention are used as protective and compensation films for liquid crystalline displays.

Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition containing a resin component composed of 55 to 99% by mass of polypropylene and 1 to 45% by mass of polyglycolic acid, and a reactive compatibilizing agent in a proportion of 0.3 to 30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the resin component; a formed product composed of the polypropylene resin composition, wherein a dispersed phase of the polyglycolic acid residing in the morphology that the polyglycolic acid is dispersed as individually independent thin films exists in a matrix of the polypropylene; and a production process of the formed product.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to an ink-jet ink and a method of ink-jet printing over a prolonged period of time. The ink-jet ink can comprise from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % pigment by solids, from 0.1 wt % to 15 wt % latex by solids, and from 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % phosphate-containing surfactant.

Abstract: The natural rubber latex of the present invention in which phospholipid contained in the latex is decomposed, particularly the natural rubber latex in which it is decomposed by enzyme treatment with lipase and/or phospholipase at a temperature of 70° C. or lower is excellent in a processability, and in the natural rubber thereof and the rubber composition using the same, the physical properties such as an anti-aging characteristic, a tensile strength and an abrasion resistance are sufficiently maintained. Accordingly, the natural rubber of the present invention can be used as an excellent member for a tire.

Abstract: The invention resides in the implementation of an antioxidant during the functionalization reaction of a (meth)acrylic polymer in a dry state by polyoxyalkylated lateral groups, so as to improve the grafting rate of the final polymer. The obtained polymers constitute another object of the invention, as do the aqueous formulations that they contain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reinforced thermoplastic resin composition having excellent moldability, processability, and mechanical strengths, as well as being capable of improving the drop impact resistance (surface impact strength determined by a falling ball test). The reinforced thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 10 to 60% by mass of a graft copolymer (A) having a graft chain (A2) grafted to a rubber polymer (A1); 40 to 90% by mass of a matrix polymer (B) which includes one or more types of polymers selected from the group consisting of a vinyl-based copolymer (B-1), a polycarbonate resin (B-2), and a polyester resin (B-3); 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (D) and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of a glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E) having a mass average molecular weight of 3,000 to 200,000.

Abstract: A resin based fluorescent paint with decreased drying time and improved fluorescent durability is formulated from a resin present in a concentration of about 55 percent to about 65 percent, by weight, an active solvent, for and compatible with the resin, present in a concentration of about 5 percent to about 10 percent, by weight, a gelative additive present in a concentration of about 1 percent to about 5 percent, by weight, a rheological additive present in a concentration of about 1 percent to about 5 percent, by weight, an anti-skinning additive present in a concentration of about 1 percent to about 5 percent, by weight, a fluorescent pigment present in a concentration of about 20 percent to about 30 percent, by weight, a synthetic drier in a concentration of less than 1 percent, by weight, and a wetting agent in a concentration of about less than 1 percent, by weight. The paint of the present invention is particularly suited for the purpose of detection of vibration loosening or tampering.

Abstract: A surfactant of formula 1 (Rf-A)a-Q-([B]k—R)b??Formula 1 wherein a and b are each independently 1 or 2; Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl radical having from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted with at least one oxygen; R is a C1 to C20 linear, branched or cyclic alkyl, or a C6 to C10 aryl; B is —(CH2CHR1O)x—, k is 0 or 1, x is 1 to about 20, A is —(CH2)m[(CHR1CH2O)]s—[(CH2)m(CH)tCHOH(CH2)m]e—, wherein each m is independently 0 to 3, s is 0 to about 30, t is 0 or 1, and e is 0 or 1, R1 is H or CH3, Q is: —OP(O)(O?M+)(O)—, —O—, —S—(CH2)m—C(O)—O—, —SO2—O— —CH2CH2O—C(O)CH2C(OH)(V)CH2C(O)O—; —(CH2CH2O)xCH2CH(OH)—(CH2CH2O)x—(CH2)m—Si[OSi(R2)3]2—, —SO2NR2—, —(CH2CH2O)zC(O)CH(SO3?M+)CH2C(O)(OCH2CH2)z— wherein z is 1 to about 15, or a bond when s is a positive integer, V is —C(O)OR3 and R3 is H, CH3 or Rf; R2 is C1 to C4 alkyl, and M+ is a Group 1 metal or an ammonium (NHxR2y)+ cation wherein x+y=4, and R2 is C1 to C4 alkyl, provided that when Q is —OP(O)(O?M+)(O)— or when Q is —(

Abstract: Process for the production on metal or plastic surfaces of thin, hydrolysis-resistant, scratch-resistant and stain-resistant coatings, wherein the coating material can be applied directly to the cleaned metal surface and subsequently cross-linked by high-energy radiation, in particular UV radiation. The substrates can be coated in the form of strip and only subsequently brought into the required external shape. Coated substrates such as these are no longer susceptible to staining by food, cleaning agents or fingerprints and can also be rendered antibacterial. Objects coated in this manner are thus suitable for use in architecture, for interior fittings of buildings, in furniture-making as well as for ornamental applications, and in particular in households, in sanitary applications, in hospitals and in the food-processing and pharmaceutical industries.

Abstract: Various embodiments related to curable printing fluids are disclosed. One example embodiment provides a curable printing fluid composition for a thermal fluid ejection device, the composition comprising a curable liquid-phase monomer, a substantially nonaqueous volatile driver fluid capable of being vaporized by a thermal fluid ejection printhead, an initiator, a phosphate ester resistor protectant, and a colorant comprising a dye.

Abstract: The present invention relates to emulsifying polymers, in particular to the use of these polymers for the stable emulsification of hydrophobic additives in aqueous concrete plasticizers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin and a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that enable excellent early hardness development in coating applications, the compositions comprising a blend of one or more acrylic emulsion copolymer, pA, having a Tg of 20° C. or higher, and one or more acrylic emulsion copolymer, pB, having a Tg at least 15° C. lower than that of pA, together with one or more additive chosen from a coalescent having a normal boiling point no greater than 300° C., a naturally derived plasticizer, and mixtures thereof. The compositions may be ambient curable.

Abstract: A poly(arylene ether) composition includes a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene, a flame retardant, and a poly(arylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer reaction product that itself includes a poly(arylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer. The composition is useful for forming extruded articles, including insulation for wire and cable. The poly(arylene ether)-polysiloxane block copolymer contributes improved flame retardancy and, in many cases, improved physical properties to the composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions useful as adhesives and more particularly to epoxy-based adhesive compositions with improved impact resistance.

Abstract: A curable resin composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of an alicyclic olefin polymer (A); from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a curing agent (B); from 10 to 50 parts by weight of a salt (C) of a basic nitrogen-containing compound with a phosphoric acid; and from 0.1 to 40 parts by weight of a condensed phosphate ester (D); of which phosphorus element content is not less than 1.5% by weight. The composition can provide a molded body or composite body which excels in a moisture resistance, a flame retardancy, a smoothness of the surface, and an electric insulation property and a cracking resistance, and hardly generates a harmful substance in burning. A multilayered circuit board is obtained by molding the composition into a sheet; laminating the sheet on an inner layer board; curing the laminated sheet to form an electric insulating layer; and forming an electric conducting layer on the electric insulating layer.

Abstract: Described as one aspect of the invention are polyesters containing (a) a dicarboxylic acid component having from 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues and up to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; and (b) a glycol component having from 11 to 25 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, and 75 to 89 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles.

Abstract: The invention relates to silica-containing radiation-curable formulations which in the cured state offer a particular degree of corrosion control for metallic substrates.

Abstract: A wire covering material composition which is systematically different from a polyolefin resin composition and which possesses favorable flame retardancy, tensile elongation and wear resistance, having 100 parts by weight of a polymer blend containing 40-95 wt % of polybutylene terephthalate, and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer blend, wherein 5 to 100 wt % of the total content of the polybutylene terephthalate in the polymer blend is made up of polybutylene terephthalate, whose molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn (where Mw: weight-average molecular weight; Mn: number-average molecular weight) is greater than or equal to 2.5.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a phosphor paste composition, which includes a phosphor, a dispersant, and a binder solution composed of a solvent and an organic binder, in which the dispersant includes iso-octylphenol ethoxylated phosphoric acid, phosphate ester of a block copolymer of nonylphenol and polyoxyethyleneglycol, or phosphate ester containing an acryl backbone. In addition, a display device using the phosphor paste composition is provided. The phosphor paste composition of this invention can be applied to various phosphor screens for display devices and to display devices, thus increasing high physical properties, including luminance, and greatly improving workability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of grinding a back side of a semiconductor wafer, which includes applying an adhesive sheet including a substrate and an adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate to a front side of a semiconductor wafer to provisionally fix the semiconductor wafer to the adhesive sheet, followed by grinding the back side of the semiconductor wafer, in which the adhesive layer contains 100 parts by weight of a base polymer for radiation-curable adhesives, 0.02 to 10 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound having an alkyl group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and more than 10 parts by weight but 200 parts by weight or less of at least one polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, the polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having a weight-average molecular weight per carbon-carbon double bond of 250 to 6,500.

Abstract: A system for providing temporary durable protective coatings onto surfaces of building construction elements, and for controllably removing said temporary protective coatings from said surfaces. The system comprises coating compositions configured to provide pliable resilient yet durable temporary protective coverings on surfaces of building construction elements, stripping compositions configured to at least partially dissolve the temporary protective coverings, and methods for use of said coating compositions and said stripping compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antistatic composition including: a polymer (A) containing a monomer unit represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having a benzene ring, A represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, and a plurality of A's may be the same or different from each other, m and n, each of which is an average polymerization degree of an oxyalkylene group, each represent a numeral of 1 or more, and p represents a numeral of 2 or more; and a low-molecular-weight anionic compound (B).

Abstract: A fire-retardant coating material includes an intumescent material and a binder. The intumescent material is cured and powdered. The intumescent material includes a hydrocarbon, acid source and blowing agent. The hydrocarbon includes a plurality of alcohol groups. The fire-retardant coating material dries at room temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic composition comprising: a poly(arylene ether); a poly(alkenyl aromatic) resin, an organophosphate ester flame retardant, and tricalcium phosphate. The composition may further comprise a reinforcing filler, black pigment, or combination thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a a polymer composition, comprising: (i) at least one thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of at least about 220°C.; (ii) at least one phenylalkoxysilane, biphenol, trisilanolphenyl polyhedral oligomeric silesquioxane, or mixture of two or more thereof; (iii) inorganic particulates having an average particle size in the range up to about 100 nanometers dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, the inorganic particulates having an index of refraction in the range from about 1.

Abstract: A two-component, water based micro encapsulation composition and method for the cleanup of hydrocarbon spills or contaminates on various surfaces and media. The two-part formulation includes a first solution including water in a predetermined ratio of a water soluble alkaline silicate solution having at least one alkali metal and a predetermined ratio of at least one water soluble surfactant; and a second solution including water, a predetermined ratio of water soluble acid, a predetermined ratio of water dispersible polymer, a predetermined ratio of water soluble hydrotrope, and a predetermined ratio of at least one water soluble flocculating agent. A method of using the two-part formulation includes preparing the two-part formulation, allowing the first solution to contact the hydrocarbon or chemical contaminate; allowing the second solution to contact the first solution and contaminate to form a homogeneous mixture; and removing the homogeneous mixture.

Abstract: There is provided an ink for recording, which contains: a coloring agent; a water-dispersible resin; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and water, wherein a total solid content of the coloring agent and the water-dispersible resin is 10% by mass to 30% with respect to a total mass of the ink, a ratio B/C is 0.1 to 1.6 where B is a solid content of the coloring agent in the ink, and C is a solid content of the water-dispersible resin in the ink, a viscosity of the ink is 5 mPa·s to 20 mPa·s at 25° C., and a surface tension of the ink is 35 mN/m or less.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition having high rigidity, high flowability, high heat resistance and excellent flame retardancy and molded articles with good appearance using the polycarbonate resin composition. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises 4 to 50 parts by mass of a nonmetallic inorganic filler (B) and 0.01 to 1 part by mass of a phosphate compound (C) relative to 100 parts by mass of a resin mixture (A) which is composed of 60 to 97% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (a-1) and 40 to 3% by mass of a fatty acid polyester (a-2).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a molded article formed of an isotactic ethylene propylene copolymer comprising providing an isotactic ethylene-propylene copolymer having an ethylene content of no more than 5 weight percent produced by the copolymerization of ethylene and propylene in the presence of an isospecific metallocene catalyst; heating the copolymer to a molten state; incorporating a nucleating agent into copolymer in an amount effective to provide a uniform shrinkage of the molded article at 48 hours molding of the at least 85% as determined by the differential in transverse and longitudinal shrinkage at the 48 hour mark; extruding the molten copolymer into a mold cavity; cooling the copolymer within the confines of the mold cavity to solidify the copolymer and form the molded article which is then retrieved from the mold cavity.

Abstract: An optical resin composition with superior impact resistance and a method for producing an optical lens from the composition are disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical resin composition for a plastic optical lens has superior impact resistance as well as light-weight, superior moldability, excellent dyeing ability, a high Abbe number and good transparency. The optical lens produced from the composition exhibits superior impact resistance even after multi-coating. The optical resin composition with superior impact resistance has a solid refractive index (nD) of about 1.53 to about 1.57, an Abbe number of about 35 to about 48, a liquid specific gravity of about 0.97 to about 1.25 and a solid specific gravity of about 1.10 to about 1.35, by which the composition comprises a mixture of isophorone diisocyanate and hexamethylene diisocyanate, pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate), a UV absorber, a release agent and a polymerization initiator.

Abstract: The invention provides an inorganic powder-containing resin composition capable of forming a dielectric layer having high light transmittance and excellent in surface smoothness. The invention also provides a film-forming material layer, a transfer sheet and a dielectric layer, which comprise the composition, a method of producing a substrate having a dielectric layer formed thereon, and a substrate having a dielectric layer formed thereon. The inorganic powder-containing resin composition comprises inorganic powder, a binder resin, and a phosphorus compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent H, an alkyl group, an alkylaryl group, NH4+ (ammonium) or —(CH2CH2O)n—R4, wherein n is 1 to 15, and R4 represents H, an alkyl group, an alkylaryl group or a (meth)acryloyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition having excellent surface impact strength and flame retardancy which is suitable for production of thin-wall molded products, as well as a molded product produced from the composition. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprises.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition having an excellent weld strength.

Abstract: A polymer composition which comprises a polymer, a phosphorus compound (a), and a phenol compound (b). The phosphorus compound (a) is, e.g., at least one member selected from compounds represented by the following formula (1). The phenol compound (b) is, e.g., at least one member selected from compounds represented by the following general formula (4), wherein in the general formula (1), the R1 represents C1-20 alkyl, allyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, or alkoxyalkyl and n is 1 or 2, provided that when two R1's are present, then the R1's may be the same or different, wherein in the general formula (4), the R4's each independently represents C1-20 alkyl, allyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, alkoxy, or alkylthiomethyl.

Abstract: A golfball comprising a core and a cover layer, wherein at least one of the core or cover layer comprises a plasticized polyurethane composition comprising at least one polyurethane and at least one hydrophobic plasticizer selected from the group consisting of phthalates, phosphate esters, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A flexible resin composition comprises poly(arylene ether) resin, syndiotactic polystyrene, olefin elastomer, hydrogenated styrene-butadiene copolymer, and a non-halogen fire retardant.

Abstract: Described as one aspect of the invention are polyester compositions containing: (I) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) 1 to 99 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and (ii) 1 to 99 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and (II) at least one thermal stabilizer chosen from at least one phosphorus compound, reaction products thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; wherein the inherent viscosity of the polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.

Abstract: The present invention can provide a resin composition characterized by comprising (A) a polyamide, (B) a polyphenylene ether, (C) an elastomer, and (D) a phosphorus compound selected from among phosphoric acids, phosphorous acids, hypophosphorous acids, metal phosphates, metal phosphites, metal hypophosphites, and phosphoric esters, wherein the resin composition contains 1 to 35 ppm of phosphorus element based on 100% by mass of the sum of the components (A) to (D), and can provide a molding composed of the resin composition. The resin composition can be used in a wide range of fields such as electrical/electronic parts, OA parts, vehicle parts and mechanical parts. In particular, the resin composition can be suitably used for exterior parts of automobiles or the like where large moldings are required.

Abstract: For producing an aliphatic polyester resin composition containing a thermal stabilizer and a carboxyl group-capping agent, the aliphatic polyester resin is first mixed in a hot-melt state with the thermal stabilizer and then mixed in a hot-melt state with the carboxyl group-capping agent. As a result thereof, the resultant aliphatic polyester resin composition is provided with better moisture resistance and noticeably improved heat resistance (less coloring) than in the case where these additives are simultaneously added to effect the hot-melt mixing.

Abstract: An adhesive composition includes a base polymer, the base polymer including a copolymer having at least one (meth)acrylic ester with a halogen element and at least one (meth)acrylate in a copolymeric unit, and an antistatic agent, the antistatic agent including an ionic compound.

Abstract: A resin composition contains a tackifying resin and at least one phosphorous containing surfactant having branched alkyl and/or alkenyl group and a polyoxyalkylene group. The resin composition is particularly suitable for use in pressure sensitive adhesives.

Abstract: A polyolefin-based resin which has improved stability when used under acidic conditions, and which does not affect the growth of crops when employed as a polyolefin-based film for agricultural use. A Zn salt of a stearylphosphate ester is added as an acid stabilizer to a polyolefin-based resin that contains no ultraviolet absorber.