Abstract: A process for making a latex emulsion suitable for use in a toner composition includes contacting a resin with a solid neutralizing agent in the absence of an organic solvent to form a mixture either via a co-feeding process or a pre-blend mixture, and adding a solid or aqueous surfactant to the pre-blend mixture or prior to melt mixing the mixture.

Abstract: A process for making a self-emulsifying granule suitable for use in forming latex emulsions includes contacting a resin with a solid or highly concentrated surfactant, a solid neutralization agent and water in the absence of an organic solvent to form a mixture, melt mixing the mixture, and forming self-emulsifying granules of the melt mixed mixture. Self-emulsifying granules are also provided and configured to form a latex emulsion when added to water.

Abstract: Compositions comprising an organic polymer as the matrix and inorganic particles as the filler and exhibiting in mixture a) 20 to 99.9% by wt. of an organic polymer and b) 0.1 to 80% by wt. of inorganic particles, where the sum of the constituents a) and b) amounts to 100% by wt.; and optionally c) 0 to 100 parts by weight of b) of various additives, in which case the content of the additives c) relates to the sum of a) and b), calculated as 100 parts by weight. characterized in that the composition can be obtained by incorporating particles and optionally other additives into the polymer matrix, in which case the particles to be incorporated i) are aggregates of globular primary particles; ii) the size of the primary particles is in a range of 0.5 nm to less than 100 nm; iii) the volume-weighted median value d50 of the particles is in a range of greater than 0.50 ?m to 0.

Abstract: This invention provides a masking material that can be used to protect an underling surface (e.g., an automobile surface) during an overcoating (e.g., painting) operation. The masking material in one embodiment includes a thickener and a pH control agent and water. The masking material can be applied to a surface that is to be protected from paint overspray or other coating processes, allowed to dry, and the surface then coated (e.g., with paint). After drying of the paint, or other coating, the masking material can removed by water washing.

Abstract: A process and system for continuously making a resin emulsion suitable for use in forming toner particles includes at least one micromixer for micromixing a resin mixture and aqueous phase to continuously produce an emulsion of a high solids content.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink with high storage stability and scratch resistance at such a high level that the coloring material of an image is not scraped off even when lightly touched with a sharp product. The aqueous ink includes a water-insoluble coloring material and plural polymers. The plural polymers include a polymer A which relatively contributes to dispersion of the water-insoluble coloring material and a polymer B which does not relatively contribute to the dispersion of the water-insoluble coloring material compared to the polymer A. The polymer A includes a block copolymer having an acid value of 120 mgKOH/g to 180 mgKOH/g and having an ethylene oxide group as a nonionic group. The polymer B has an acid value of 150 mgKOH/g or less and a hydrogen bond parameter (?h) of the polymer obtained by solubility parameters of monomers constituting the polymer of 1.0 cal0.5/cm1.5 or more and 3.2 cal0.5/cm1.5 or less.

Abstract: In obtaining a water-absorbing resin with high property in high productivity, produced a production method for a water-absorbing resin in high property and stably. Provided is a production method for a water-absorbing resin, comprising: a step for polymerizing an acrylic acid aqueous solution; a step for drying the resultant water-containing gel; a step for pulverizing and classifying the dried substance; and a step for surface cross-linking after classification, wherein a hopper having an inclination angle of a cone part of equal to or larger than 45 degree, and a drawing rate of 30 to 80% is used.

Abstract: To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 ?m selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin.

Abstract: Coating materials that comprise at least one polymer (P1), at least one polymer (P2) which is incompatible with polymer (P1) in the solid phase and/or a crosslinking agent (V) which is incompatible with the polymer (P1) in the solid phase, where the polymers (P1) and/or (P2) have at least one functional group (a) which reacts in the course of curing of the coating material to form covalent bonds, wherein the coating material comprises 0.1 to 30% by weight, based on the nonvolatile constituents of the coating material, of electrically charged inorganic particles (AT) whose average particle diameter (D) is <1 ?m and whose average D/d ratio of the average particle diameter (D) to the average particle thickness (d) is >50. Also disclosed is a method for producing antistonechip OEM coat systems using the disclosed coating material.

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: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant thermoplastic polyester resin composition comprising: (A) about 100 parts by weight of a polyester resin; (B) about 1 to about 60 parts by weight of a cyclic oligomeric phosphazene compound; (C) about 1 to about 50 parts by weight of a melamine compound; (D) about 1 to about 20 parts by weight of a inorganic metal compound; and (E) about 0.1 to about 5 parts by weight of a fluorinated polyolefin resin. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition may further contain a filler (F).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to produce a polymeric sheet comprising the steps of providing an acid-based polymer, providing a neutralizing agent, the neutralizing agent being selected from the group consisting of an organic metallic compound, a metallic salt of a fatty acid, and an ionomer, or a mixture thereof, providing a processing oil, mixing said acid-based polymer, said neutralizing agent, said processing oil, to obtain a polymeric composition, and processing said polymeric composition to form a polymeric sheet. The polymeric sheet may be used as a component, or as a substrate, of a surface covering. The polymeric sheet may also be used to form polymeric particles which are component of so-called “homogenous”, or substrate-free, surface covering.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline polyester blend, which is obtained by combining a liquid-crystalline polyester (A) and a liquid-crystalline polyester (B) such that the ratio by weight of (A)/(B) is 99/1 to 80/20: liquid-crystalline polyester (A) which consists of aromatic oxycarbonyl repeating units, aromatic dioxy repeating units and aromatic dicarbonyl repeating units, and contains 40-80 mol % of the repeating unit represented by formula (I) based on the total repeating units constituting the liquid-crystalline polyester (A); liquid-crystalline polyester (B) which comprises repeating units represented by formulae (I) and (II), wherein the molar proportion of the total amount of the repeating units represented by formulae (I) and (II) based on the total amount of the repeating units constituting the liquid-crystalline polyester (B) is greater than or equal to 90 mol % and the molar proportion of the repeating units represented by formulae (I) to (II) is from 10/90 to 50/50.

Abstract: The present invention is a highly mineral-filled halogen-free, flame-retardant composition made from or containing a polypropylene thermoplastic elastomer, a polypropylene, a metal hydroxide filler, and a polar-monomer-grafted polyolefin elastomer compatibilizer. The invented system has improved tensile strength, improved elongation at break, and low permanent deformation at increasingly high test temperatures. The invention also includes cables and extruded articles prepared from the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition having superior molding processability, a resistance to thermal deformation and suitable stretchability and intensity, which is rich in elastic deformation. The present invention provides a flame-retardant polyolefin resin composition comprising component A (a thermoplastic resin having a carbonyl oxygen atom in the molecular skeleton), component B (a polymer alloy containing an ethylene component and a propylene component), component C: a modified polyolefin polymer containing an acidic functional group and having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000-80,000 and component D (an inorganic metal compound), and substantially free of a halogen atom.

Abstract: A process for making a resin emulsion suitable for use in forming toner particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes melt mixing a resin in the absence of an organic solvent, optionally adding a surfactant to the resin, adding to the resin a basic agent and water, and subjecting the resin, basic agent and water to acoustic mixing at a suitable frequency to form an emulsion of resin particles. In embodiments, the resin emulsion thus produced may be utilized to form a toner.

Abstract: Reheat characteristics of polyethylene and polypropylene resins, including reheating time and resin color, are improved by adding to the resin carbon black with a primary particle size in the range of 200 to 500 nm as an infrared absorber. Thermal carbon blacks having this primary particle size are preferred over Furnace carbon blacks. Injection stretch-blow molded bottles and other thermoformed products are made from resins with carbon black infrared absorber.

Abstract: Compositions, particularly for forming dental products, having a hardenable self-supporting structure with sufficient malleability to be subsequently customized into a second shape and then hardened, and methods.

Abstract: A coating solution comprising: a first solvent; 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer relative to 100 parts by weight of the solvent; and 0.05 to 0.25 chemical equivalent of a zinc compound relative to an amount of carboxyl group in the polycarboxylic acid-based polymer, wherein a number average molecular weight of the polycarboxylic acid-based polymer is in a range of 40,000 to 10,000,000.

Abstract: A method for forming a composite structure, using a mandrel that is later removed from the composite structure, involves production of a mandrel by depositing a particulate mixture, including an aggregate and a binder, into a mold and removing the mandrel from the mold. The mandrel may be treated while still in the mold by heating, curing with an agent, microwave energy, or by some combination thereof. Once finished, the mandrel can be used in manufacturing polymer and/or composite components. The mandrel can also be include materials that can be easily removed from the finished composite structure by water, shakeout, chemically dissolving, or by some combination thereof.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion with a pH of from 2 to 7, comprising (A) at least one swellable polymer or oligomer containing anionic and/or potentially anionic functional groups, (B) surface-modified, cationically stabilized, inorganic nanoparticles of at least one kind, (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of amphiphiles and organic compounds which are capable of forming chelate ligands, and (D) at least one crosslinking agent; method for its production and its use for producing highly scratch-resistant coatings, moldings, and self-supporting films.

Abstract: A fiber size composition contains a modified polyolefin, a hydrophilic coupling agent, a boron-containing, fluorine-containing compound, a blend of at least two fatty acids and a compound selected from phosphorus(V) compounds and sulfur(VI) compounds, the fiber size composition being substantially free of conventional lower oxidation state antioxidants and optical brighteners. Composite materials produced from reinforcing fiber materials sized with a fiber size composition according to the invention exhibit improved properties such as, for example, increased strength and/or improved color stability.

Abstract: A first method comprises: dissolving a polymer in a terpene, terpenoid, or aromatic solvent to form a polymer solution; dissolving a salt in a polar organic solvent to form a salt solution; and mixing the salt solution and the polymer solution to form a mixture. The salt and the polar organic solvent do not cause substantial precipitation of the polymer upon mixing with the polymer solution. A resulting terpene, terpenoid, or aromatic solvent phase of the mixture is suitable for forming fibers by electric-field-driven spinning from one or more spinning tips onto a target substrate. A composition comprises the terpene, terpenoid, or aromatic solvent phase of the mixture resulting from the method. A second method comprises forming fibers by electric-field-driven spinning of the first composition from one or more spinning tips onto a target substrate. A second composition comprises the fibers formed by the second method.

Abstract: A baking-drying water damping paint composition from which heavy film-thickness damping paint films can be obtained, heavy film-thickness damping paint films, in which an inorganic filler is filled into the resinous component of paints to higher extent, and which are free from the occurrence of cracks and swelling in the paint films when the paint films are baked and dried.

Abstract: In the present invention, an inorganic reactant is, or reactants are, localized with respect to a dendritic polymer by physical constraint within or by a non-covalent conjugation to the dendritic polymer. The localized inorganic reactant or reactants is/are subsequently transformed to form a reaction product which is immobilized with respect to the dendritic polymer. This immobilization occurs on a nanoscopic scale as a consequence of the combined effects of structural, chemical and physical changes without having covalent bonds between the product(s) and the dendritic container and results in new compositions of matter called dendritic nanocomposites. The resulting nanocomposite material can be used to produce revolutionary products such as water soluble elemental metals, with specific applications including magnetic resonance imaging, catalytic, magnetic, optical, photolytic and electroactive applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing (pearlescent) pigments, comprising the steps of: (1) coating of a sheet silicate with a desired metal oxide, wherein coated flakes are obtained, (2) delamination of the coated flakes obtained in step (1), wherein exfoliated coated flakes and exfoliated non-coated flakes are obtained, (3) separation of the exfoliated coated flakes from the exfoliated non-coated flakes, (4) coating the exfoliated coated flakes obtained in step (3) with metals, metal oxides, metal sulfides, metal nitrides or mixtures thereof, wherein a (pearlescent) pigment is obtained; to (pearlescent) pigments, obtainable by the process and to the use of the (pearlescent) pigments in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings, printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition for the production of a polarizer, which has excellency in major characteristics including durability and antistatic property, more precisely, an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing ester plasticizer having one or more ether bonds and alkali metallic salt, a polarizer applied with the pressure sensitive adhesive and liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the same. The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition for the production of a polarizer of the present invention has excellent pressure sensitive adhesive functions and durability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and more particularly, to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which comprises (a) 100 weight parts of an acrylic copolymer, (b) 0.001 to 30 weight parts of an antistatic agent; and (c) 0.01 to 10 weight parts of a corrosion inhibitor, thereby being optically transparent, causing durability and reliability not to change, and simultaneously improving antistatic performance and preventing generation of corrosion although the adhesive composition comes into contact with a metal surface.

Abstract: A resin composition includes (A) a polylactic acid and (B) polyarylate particles having a number average particle diameter of from 10 nm to 300 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a resin polymer blend comprising at least two dry blended, non-melt processible resin polyimide particulates, wherein the non-melt processible resin polyimide articulates are molded by compression molding.

Abstract: An oxygen scavenger composition includes a block co-polymer having at least one block including a polyester condensation polymer segment having cycloalkenyl group(s) or functionality directly or indirectly bonded to the polymer chain of said block, and having at least one second block including a polymer segment of a thermoplastic, film forming material. The block copolymer has been found to act as an oxygen scavenger agent under both ambient and refrigerated conditions, to be compatible with conventional film forming packaging materials, and to provide compositions exhibiting low tack which can be readily formed and processed using conventional film forming equipment. A packaging material, such as a film or laminated product suitable for packaging applications, can include the oxygen scavenger composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a non-fibrous polymer solution essentially consisting of 1 to 8 wt. % para-aramid, at least 50 mole % of the aromatic moieties thereof being unsubstituted, in a mixture of a) a polar amide solvent selected from N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, N,N?-dimethyl-formamide, N,N?-dimethylacetamide, tetramethylurea, and mixtures thereof; b) between 0.7 mole of an alkali or alkaline earth metal chloride per mole amide groups of the para-aramid and 7.5 wt. % of the alkali or alkaline earth metal chloride, and c) water; and wherein at least 50 wt. % of the formed hydrochloric acid has been neutralized to obtain a solution having a dynamic viscosity which is at least a factor three smaller than the dynamic viscosity of the polymer solution without neutralization. The invention further pertains to a process making the same and para-aramid pulp-like fiber, paper and film made from said polymer solution.

Abstract: Wood pulp is treated with an esterase formulation in combination with a metal ion or cationic polymer to increase the stability or activity or both of esterase enzymes at high temperature, or at extreme pH ranges of acidic and alkaline conditions. The treatment by esterase together with metals ion or cationic polymer can be used to treat pitch containing pulp at high temperatures prior to, during or after refining of wood chip/pulp, in order to enhance the reduction of pitch problems and facilitate in the manufacture of paper.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing ester plasticizer having at least one of ether linkages in the molecule represented by formula 1, alkali metallic salt and quaternary ammonium salt together and polarizer and LCD using the same. The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition of the present invention for polarizer has improved antistatic property, owing to the synergy effect of ester plasticizer having one or more ether linkages, alkali metallic salt and quaternary ammonium salt, in addition to the excellent adhesive force and durability. In particular, the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition provided by the present invention shows excellent durability and improved antistatic property by adding quaternary ammonium salt containing weakly coordinated anions.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a water-based dispersion of a self-dispersing polymer, including: obtaining a copolymer solution including a copolymer having a hydrophilic constituent unit and a hydrophobic constituent unit, and a solvent dissolving that dissolves the copolymer; obtaining a water-based dispersion of the copolymer through dispersion using the copolymer solution and water; and adding a water-soluble electrolyte selected from an acidic compound and the salt thereof to either or both of the copolymer solution and the water-based dispersion, as well as a water-based ink composition including the water-based dispersion, an ink set including the water-based ink composition, and an image forming method using the water-based ink composition or the ink set.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of ceramic slurry being used for producing a green sheet which can have a smooth surface, exhibits a satisfactory sheet strength, and is excellent in workability such as releasing, a green sheet produced by the use of the slurry produced by the method, and a multilayer ceramic device produced by the use of the green sheet is provided. According to the present invention, a manufacturing method of ceramic slurry at least comprising a ceramic powder and a binder resin solution, wherein a high-pressure dispersing treatment of the ceramic powder and a lacquer for preliminary addition, which is a part of the binder resin solution, is carried out so that a shearing rate is set to 1×107 to 1×108 [1/sec] to prepare a preliminary slurry, and at least a lacquer for post-addition, which a high-pressure dispersing treatment is not applied, is added to the preliminary slurry which a high-pressure dispersing treatment is applied.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method of stabilizing high solid slurries, like kaolin slurries, the method comprises causticizing the sodium polycrylate or polyacrylic acid used in a dispersant blend to a pH of above 9. The method comprises a homogeneous dispersant blend of sodium carbonate, sodium polyacrylate, sodium silicate, and sodium hydroxide. This invention is also directed to a method of stabilizing high solid slurries, like kaolin slurries, by adding sodium polyacrylate at an acidic pH range or polyacrylic acid solution to the slurries: and adding a blend of solid ash and sodium silicate to the slurries.

Abstract: Thermal barrier synthetic polymer composite embraces a synthetic polymer matrix made from reaction of a mixture of at least an isocyanate and an active hydrogen-containing compound, in intimate admixture and combination with at least one water-releasing mineral additive. Thermal barrier, fire resistance, fire retardant, and smoke reducing properties are provided by the composite.

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: The instant invention generally provides polymer microfiller composite comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and a microfiller, and a process of making and an article comprising the polymer microfiller composite.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic inorganic composite powder which has a specific particle shape in accordance with a washing solvent, which contains fine inorganic particles, and which easily disperses in water by: precipitating a metal salt from the reaction solvent through neutralization or reduction in the presence of a polymer or monomer dissolved in the reaction solvent; polymerizing the monomer after precipitation of the metal salt in the case where the monomer forms no composite with the metal salt during precipitation in the presence of the monomer; washing the obtained precipitate with a specific washing solvent; and drying the resultant.

Abstract: The use of a sulphur-free and low-emission elastomer blend which has properties of various rubbers, and the mechanical properties thereof are improved, in particular, in relation to the permanent set (DVR), elongation at rupture, tensile strength and/or gas permeability (permeation) in relation to the individual compounds, and it also has an improved temperature resistance and an improved resistance to media. The elastomer blend includes a rubber having at least two functional groups which can be cross-linked by hydrosilylation, at least one other rubber comprising at least two functional groups which can be cross-linked by hydrosilylation, and can be used as a material in the insertion area of the fuel cells, in particular, the direct-methanol-fuel cells.

Abstract: The instant invention generally provides a process for extruding a melt of a mixture comprising a molecularly self-assembling (MSA) material and at least one first rheological additive to give a shaped MSA material, a shaped MSA material produced by the process, and an article comprising the shaped MSA material. The instant invention also generally provides a composition comprising a MSA material and at least one second rheological additive, a process of electrospinning the composition, and a fiber prepared by the electrospinning process.

Abstract: A copolymer is disclosed, having aminobenzoic or substituted aminobenzoic and comonomer repeating units. Methods of preparing the copolymer by polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising aminobenzoic acid in the presence of at least one strong acid and optionally at least one initiator are disclosed. Compositions and films comprising at least one such copolymer, composites comprising a film as described above overlaid by another coating, methods of coating a metal surface with such a composition or film, and methods of protecting a metallic surface comprising applying to the surface a film comprising an electroconductive copolymer as described above are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a continuous phase and a discontinuous phase wherein a) the continuous phase comprises a water vapour permeable hydrophobic polymer; and b) the discontinuous phase comprises a water soluble salt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush filament for industrial applications and a brush made with the same. The brush filament comprises a matrix resin, a hydrolytic stabilizer and/or an acid-absorbing agent, and an antioxidant. The brush filament of the invention is suitable for industrial applications, in particular, for grinding, polishing and cleaning of marbles and/or metals after they have been cut.

Abstract: The present invention herein provides an oxygen-absorbing resin composition which is excellent in the oxygen-absorbability and which can inhibit any deterioration through oxidation during the molding operations of the composition and does not accordingly undergo any coloration during the molding operations. The present invention thus provides an oxygen-absorbing resin composition characterized in that it comprises (A) a hydrogenated styrene-diene copolymer; (B) a thermoplastic resin including ethylenic structural units in its molecular structure; and (C) a transition metal catalyst, wherein the oxidation of the thermoplastic resin (B) proceeds while the copolymer (A) serves as a trigger and the composition thus absorbs oxygen. In this respect, the copolymer (A) comprises carbon-carbon double bonds derived from the diene in an amount ranging from 1×10.5 to 1×10.2 eq/g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semitransparent interference pigments having a neutral mass tone comprising a substrate and a coating comprising metallic tin and additionally at least one metal oxide, to a process for the preparation of these pigments, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner coated by the coating composition to the resin-made components where due formation occurs upon the cooling operation, provides the antifouling performance against various stains, restrains enlargement of droplet, and provides an excellent long-term durability (sticking property and peeling off property) all at the same time. The air conditioner of the present embodiment forms a coating film 103 to surfaces of resin-made components and resin-made components installed to a rear flow side of the heat exchanger, includes the silica ultrafine particles 101 and the fluororesin particles 102, and provides, within the coating film 103, a silica film 104 comprising the silica ultrafine particles and the fluororesin particles 102 partially exposed from a surface of the silica film 104 in dots, and an exposed area of the silica film 104 is greater than an exposed area of the fluororesin particles 102.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dielectric elastomer composition which has been improved to have an excellent flame-retardant property in consideration of influence on environment and a satisfactory dielectric characteristic as a material for an antenna; and a member for the antenna formed by molding the dielectric elastomer composition. The dielectric elastomer composition contains 50 to 400 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide such as aluminum hydroxide powder, magnesium hydroxide powder and 10 to 200 parts by weight of a brominated flame retardant except polybromodiphenyl ether and polybromobiphenyl for 100 parts by weight of an elastomer such as ethylene propylene rubber. At a frequency of 1 GHz and a temperature of 30° C., a dielectric constant of the dielectric elastomer composition is not less than 3, and a dielectric loss tangent thereof is not more than 0.02. The member for the antenna is formed by molding the dielectric elastomer composition.