Abstract: A fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin filament for a 3D printer is formed by impregnating a thermoplastic resin into a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: an average value S of a roundness parameter s of a cross section is 60% to 100%, the average value S being evaluated by (i) taking a photograph of the cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the filament, (ii) drawing an inscribed circle and a circumscribed circle of the filament in a cross-sectional image and determining the diameter length of each, (iii) calculating the roundness parameter s defined by equation (1), and (iv) repeating (i)-(iii) at a plurality of locations on the filament and calculating the average value S of the roundness parameter s; and the coefficient of variation of the diameter length of the circumscribed circle is 0% to 10%.

Abstract: Provided herein is a resin composition containing milled fibreglass and graphene. Also provided herein is a composite material containing cured resin composition, fibreglass reinforced resin containing the composite material and further fibreglass, a laminate including a layer of the fibreglass reinforced resin, and methods of making the resin composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin. The composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin and laminate find use in, for example, the construction of swimming pools and spa pools.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: about 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin including a polyester resin; about 50-150 parts by weight of glass fibers; and about 1-10 parts by weight of a polyether-ester copolymer, wherein the polyether-ester copolymer has a melt volume flow rate (MVR) of about 30-120 cm3/10 min as measured under conditions of 230° C. and 2.16 kg based on ISO 1133. The thermoplastic resin composition is excellent in impact resistance, appearance characteristics, metal joining properties, and the like.

Abstract: Provided herein is a resin composition containing milled fibreglass and graphene. Also provided herein is a composite material containing cured resin composition, fibreglass reinforced resin containing the composite material and further fibreglass, a laminate including a layer of the fibreglass reinforced resin, and methods of making the resin composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin. The composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin and laminate find use in, for example, the construction of swimming pools and spa pools.

Abstract: A resin composition includes polyetheretherketone, a polyetheretherketone recycled material, and a filler, wherein a percentage of the recycled material is 25 mass % or higher with respect to a total of the polyetheretherketone and the recycled material; and the filler has a content of from 5 to 30 mass % and has an aspect ratio of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat curable solvent free plastisol composition that exhibits very low volatile organic compound amounts while maintaining high performance characteristics. The present plastisol compositions have solvent substitutes used at amounts up to 15% by weight based on the total composition weight. The solvent substitutes have very low vapor pressures, stable viscosity effects, and are fusible with the plastisol polymers. These solvent substitutes can be used to replace the typical solvents without requiring extensive re-formulation of the plastisol composition. The final plastisol compositions according to the present invention exhibit low VOC measures of less than 0.03 pounds per gallon when measured according to EPA Method 24.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article which has excellent shielding properties and absorbency for electromagnetic waves having a specific frequency. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article includes a thermoplastic resin composition including stainless steel fibers, and the content ratio of the stainless steel fibers in the molded article is from 0.5 to 20 mass %. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article has a thickness from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, and a shielding property of 10 dB or greater and an absorbency of 25% or greater for electromagnetic waves having any frequency in a frequency domain from 59 GHz to 100 GHz.

Abstract: Waterproof composite fabrics comprising a textile layer and a continuous polymer layer that comprises adjoining first and second regions with different physical or visual properties, and knife-over-roll coating methods for 5 manufacturing said composite fabrics. The waterproof composite fabrics described are particularly suitable for covering medical support surfaces, for instance mattresses.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermosetting composite resin composition including a thermosetting resin, particularly an unsaturated polyester resin, a low-profile additive and an inorganic filler, and to a method of manufacturing an automobile shell plate using the same. The thermosetting composite resin composition can be used to manufacture not only automobile shell plates having low specific gravity and superior surface smoothness and mechanical properties but also structural parts such as interior parts for airplanes or railways.

Abstract: A dental milling blank for the production of permanent indirect restorations in the CAD/CAM process, characterized in that it has a water sorption WSP of less than/equal to 18 ?g/mm3, measured according to ISO 4049 and an E modulus E greater than/equal to 13 GPa, measured according to the ADA specification No. 27 and a quotient Q of WSP/E of less than 1.35 ?g/(GPa×mm3) and consists of the polymerization product of a radically curable dental composition, which comprises a) inorganic fillers, wherein the total mass of the inorganic fillers is at least 83 wt. %, based on the total mass of the composition, b) radically polymerizable monomers, c) one or more initiators for radically curing.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced resin composition includes a polyamide resin and a polyolefin resin, and when one resin between the polyamide resin and the polyolefin resin is set as a first resin, and the other resin is set as a second resin, the composition has a sea-island structure including a continuous phase C consisting of the first resin and a dispersed phase c consisting of the second resin dispersed in the continuous phase C, and in a resin phase separation cross-sectional structure, a total of cross-sectional areas of dispersed phases having a cross-sectional area equal to or smaller than an average cross-sectional area of the reinforcing fiber is 20% or less with respect to a total of cross-sectional areas of all dispersed phases.

Abstract: A hybrid composite comprising a thermoplastic or thermoset matrix in which brittle and ductile fibers are present, wherein the fibers are configured such that the ductile fibers of the hybrid composite dissipate energy at a impact or overload by plastic deformation of the ductile fibers and show residual properties after impact or overload.

Abstract: A process for resin transfer molding (RTM) with staggered injection of a resin is provided that injects resin into a plurality of injection ports of a mold. The temperature and pressure applied to the mold are controlled during injection to limit promote rapid filling of the mold cavity. The injection ports are activated for injecting the resin in any order of individually, in groups, or pairings. Fibers are readily added to the mold separately or within the resin. Cycle times of from 1 to 5 minutes are provided for the process.

Abstract: Glass flakes of the present invention have an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 15 ?m and an average thickness of 0.1 to 2 ?m. The glass flakes have a particle size distribution in which the particle diameter at 99% of the cumulative volume from the smaller particle diameter is 45 ?m or less, and the maximum particle diameter of the glass flakes is 62 ?m or less.

Abstract: Passenger vehicle tire, the tread having edge parts (11), provided with a plurality of transversely or obliquely oriented cuts (3) having a width at most equal to 2 mm and a depth at least equal to 75% of the thickness of the tread that is intended to be worn away, more than half of the cuts (3) comprising a protuberance that locally reduces the width of the cut (3) to a width at least equal to 0.2 mm and at most equal to 0.5 mm. The tread material which comes into contact with the road surface in the new state has a Shore A hardness at least equal to 48 and at most equal to 57, a loss at 60° C. at least equal to 12% and at most equal to 20%, a glass transition temperature Tg at least equal to ?20° C. and at most equal to ?10° C.

Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced polyolefin resin material, containing: a glass fiber; and a thermoplastic resin, wherein said thermoplastic resin contains: at least, a specific graft-modified polypropylene, wherein, with respect to the graft-modified polypropylene, each specific amounts of the glass fiber and a compound or polymer having an acid anhydride structure are contained, and wherein, in the content of a graft-modification component in the graft-modified polypropylene, the content of a component obtained from the (meth)acrylate containing an epoxy group is 0.5 or more and 10 or less parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of said polypropylene, and a component obtained from the aromatic vinyl compound has a mass equal to or less than said component obtained from the (meth)acrylate; a composition for said resin material; a method of producing the same; and a composite.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition includes a poly(etherimide), a poly(ester-carbonate), a poly(carbonate-siloxane), a flow promoter, and a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene. The flow promoter includes units derived from styrene and acrylonitrile, preferably an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, a styrene-acrylonitrile, a high rubber graft acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer, or a combination including at least one of the foregoing. A method of making the thermoplastic composition and an article including the thermoplastic composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a fibrous material, a multistage polymer and a (meth)acrylic polymer. The composition can be in form of a prepreg, a preform or a laminate. The present invention further relates to a method for making a composition comprising a fibrous material, a multistage polymer and a (meth)acrylic polymer and its use in making composite articles. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a composition comprising a fibrous material, a multistage polymer and a (meth)acrylic polymer and its use for producing fibre reinforced impact modified composites.

Abstract: A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, which system comprises a vulcanization accelerator having a vulcanization initiation time, referred to as “t0”, of less than 3.5 minutes, preferably of less than or equal to 3 minutes.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article produced using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes: a styrene-based copolymer resin; a rubber-modified acrylic graft copolymer; a silicone compound-containing branched copolymer; glass fibers; and metal particles, wherein a weight ratio of the branched copolymer to the glass fibers ranges from about 1:1 to about 6:1.

Abstract: A composition [composition (C)] comprising: from 1 to 90% by weight (wt. %) of at least one a polyetherimide polymer [PEI polymer], from 5 to 94 wt. % of at least one polyphenylsulfone polymer, [PPSU polymer], from 5 to 75% wt. of at least one fibrous reinforcing filler.

Abstract: Provided are a high-performance glass fiber composition, and a glass fiber and composite material thereof. The content, given in weight percentage, of each component of the glass fibre composition is as follows: 52-64% of SiO2, 12-24% of Al2O3, 0.05-8% of Y2O3+La2O3+Gd2O3, less than 2.5% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, more than 1% of K2O, 10-24% of CaO+MgO+SrO, 2-14% of CaO, less than 13% of MgO, less than 2% of TiO2, and less than 1.5% of Fe2O3. The composition significantly increases the mechanical strength and the elastic modulus of glass, significantly reduces the liquidus temperature and the forming temperature of glass, and under equal conditions, significantly reduces the crystallization rate, the surface tension and the bubble rate of glass. The composition is particularly suitable for the tank furnace production of a high-strength high-modulus glass fiber having a low bubble rate.

Abstract: The flaky glass granules of the present invention include glass flakes having an average thickness of 0.1 to 2.0 ?m and an average particle diameter of 10 to 2000 ?m and a binder that binds the glass flakes together into the granules. The flaky glass granules contain 1.0 to 5.0% by mass of the binder in terms of solid content. The binder contains 9% by mass or less of a coupling agent. The resin composition of the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin and the flaky glass granules.

Abstract: A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, which system comprises a vulcanization accelerator having a vulcanization initiation time, referred to as “t0”, of less than 3.5 minutes, preferably of less than or equal to 3 minutes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyester resin composition and a molded article manufactured therefrom. The polyester resin composition includes: (A) a polyester resin; (B) a white pigment; and (C) a reflectance retention agent comprising an inorganic compound having a pH of about 7.5 to about 14.

Abstract: A transfer case having an actuator assembly with a plastic actuator structure and a cam follower. The actuator structure defines a sleeve structure, a fork structure and a follower mount. The sleeve structure defines a shaft aperture that extends longitudinally along an actuation axis. The fork structure extends radially outwardly from the sleeve structure and defines a U-shaped fork member having a pair of tines that are disposed about an engagement axis that is parallel to and radially offset from the actuation axis. The follower mount extends radially outwardly from the sleeve structure. The cam follower is formed of metal and is partly encapsulated in the plastic material of the actuator structure. The cam follower extends from the follower mount along a follower axis that is parallel to the actuation axis. The follower axis is rotated about the actuation axis relative to the engagement axis.

Abstract: A tribologically modified polyoxymethylene polymer composition is disclosed. The polyoxymethylene polymer composition is comprised of a polyoxymethylene polymer and at least one tribological modifier. The tribological modifier may comprise at least one tribological modifier comprising an ultra-high molecular weight silicone having a kinematic viscosity of greater than 100,000 mm2 s?1. The composition may exhibit a dynamic coefficient of friction against a counter-material of from about 0.01 to about 0.15. The polyoxymethylene polymer compositions provide polymer articles with improved tribological properties and mechanical properties.

Abstract: Provided are a method of producing a glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded object by which a special glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded object excellent in mechanical strength and aesthetic appearance can be easily produced, and a glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded object obtained by the method. Glass fiber chopped strands subjected to a surface treatment with at least one of a urethane-based sizing agent and an acrylic urethane-based sizing agent, the glass fiber chopped strands each having a fiber length of from 1.2 mm to 1.8 mm, and a thermoplastic resin are each directly loaded into an injection molding machine, and are subjected to injection molding to produce the following special glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded object. The resin molded object shows a specific fiber length distribution and shows a specific tensile strength, and unopened glass fibers are absent on the surface of the resin molded object.

Abstract: The present invention is a polyamide resin (A) that contains from 95 to 99.95% by mass of a polyamide (a-1) having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 or more and from 0.05 to 5% by mass of a polyamide oligomer (a-2) having a number-average molecular weight of from 500 to less than 2000, in which at least 25 mol % of all the monomer units constituting the polyamide (a-1) and the polyamide oligomer (a-2) are structural units derived from a specific alicyclic monomer, and the content ratio of the trans isomer structural units derived from the alicyclic monomer is from 50 to 85 mol %. The polyamide resin (A) is excellent in heat resistance, low water absorption, high-temperature rigidity, chemical resistance and flowability, and exhibits the effects of securing sufficient crystallization even when molded in a mold at 80° C. and causing minimal mold deposit during production.

Abstract: A composition for a thermoplastic composite material having a thermoplastic matrix made of a semi-crystalline polyamide having a specific composition that includes at least two amide units, A, 55-95 mol %, and B, 5-45 mol %. A corresponds to x.T, wherein x is a C9-C18 linear aliphatic diamine and B corresponds to x?.T, wherein x? can be B1): a specific branched x-dependent aliphatic diamine, B2): MXD or B3): a linear x-dependent aliphatic diamine, said polyamide having a glass transition temperature Tg of at least 90° C. and a melting point no higher than 280° C. Also, a method for manufacturing the composite material, the semi-crystalline polyamide polymer, the use of the composition and of the polymer for parts made of composite material, as well as the material and the resulting composite part.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyamide compositions comprising (a) at least one polyamide mixture; (b) at least one reinforcing filler; (c) at least one heat stabilizer; and (d) at least one ionic lubricant, wherein the (a) at least one polyamide mixture is formed from (i) a polyamide 6,6, the amount of AEG being greater than the amount of CEG, and (ii) a blend of a first high chain-length polyamide having viscosity number (VN) of X1 and a second high chain-length polyamide having VN of X2, X1 being greater than X2. The polyamide composition can be advantageously used to produce articles exhibiting enhanced chemical resistance, notably CaCl2 salt crack resistance, such as radiator end tank in an automobile.

Abstract: Reversible floor mats having two layers bonded together at an undulating surface are described. Each layer has a generally non-constant across over its width and length. The combined thickness of the two layers is generally constant over its width and length. The layers have different colors and/or different surface textures to provide different working surfaces.

Abstract: A high impact strength lighted nock assembly for an arrow that is activated when the arrow is fired with a bowstring. The lighted nock assembly includes a nock molded from a high impact strength, transparent polymeric material containing at least 10% by weight reinforcing fibers. The nock includes a head configured to engage with the bowstring and a shank configured to couple with a rear end of the arrow. The shank includes a recess extending in a distal end of the shank toward the head. A light assembly including a light emitting device is located in the recess in the shank that is electrically coupled to a battery. A switch is electrically coupled to the light emitting device and the battery that is triggered when the arrow is fired to activate the light emitting device.

Abstract: A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, silica as predominant reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, in which the ratio of the amounts, in phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer), of sulfur and of reinforcing filler, is less than 0.08.

Abstract: A composition improves mechanical strength (e.g., impact resistance and flexural strength), and achieves improved mass productivity by reducing a situation in which a strand fuzzes during extrusion. The composition includes a conjugated diene-based polymer (A), fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the composition including the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) in a ratio of 0.05 to 30 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), and including the fibers (B) in a ratio of 3 to 150 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (C), wherein the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) includes at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilyl group and an amino group.

Abstract: Compositions containing a polycarbonate and a linear and cyclic phenyl containing siloxanes are disclosed. Specifically, a composition comprising: (a) a branched polycarbonate resin, (b) a flame retardant, (c) at least one linear phenyl containing siloxane and at least one cyclic phenyl containing siloxane, and (d) a linear polycarbonate resin when said branched polycarbonate is less than 100% based upon weight percent of total polycarbonate in said composition, wherein the amounts of said branched and linear polycarbonate resins, said linear siloxanes and cyclic siloxanes, and flame retardant are in amounts effective to provide a molded article from said composition with a UL94 V0 p(FTP) value of 0.90 or greater at a thickness of between 1 mm and 2.5 mm or at 2.5 mm or at 1.5 mm or at 1 mm is disclosed.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is highly resistant to thermal discoloration during retention in a molding process and provides molded articles excellent in fluidity, impact resistance, heat resistance, surface appearance, color reproduction properties and vibration damping properties. A thermoplastic resin composition includes 20 to 70 parts by mass of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft copolymerizing a vinyl monomer selected from unsaturated nitrile monomers, aromatic vinyl monomers and (meth)acrylate ester monomers, in the presence of a rubbery polymer having a volume average particle diameter of 80 to 600 nm; and 30 to 80 parts by mass of a copolymer (B) obtained by copolymerizing a vinyl monomer mixture including vinyl monomers selected from unsaturated nitrile monomers, aromatic vinyl monomers and (meth)acrylate ester monomers, the vinyl monomer mixture including styrene and ?-methylstyrene as the aromatic vinyl monomers, (total of the graft copolymer (A) and copolymer (B) is 100 parts by mass).

Abstract: A reinforced polyamide molding composition is described, particularly for use as starting material for the production of housings for devices in the field of mobile radio technology, composed of the following components: (A) from 20-45% by weight of aliphatic polyamide selected from the group consisting of: PA 610, PA 612 and mixtures thereof; (B) from 5-15% by weight of semiaromatic polyamide selected from the group consisting of: 6I, DI, 6I/6T, 6I/6T, DI/DT, DI/6T, MXD6 and mixtures thereof; (C) from 45-75% by weight of flat glass fibers with non-circular cross section, where the dimensional ratio of the major cross-sectional axis to the minor cross-sectional axis of the said cross section is in the range from 2-5; (D) from 0-10% by weight of additives; where components (A)-(D) give a total of 100% by weight.

Abstract: A wellbore tool may be formed, at least in part, by a fiber-reinforced hard composite portion that comprises a binder, matrix particles, and reinforcing fibers. The reinforcing fibers may have an aspect ratio ranging from equal to a critical aspect ratio (Ac) to 15 times greater than the Ac. In the formula, Ac=?f/(2?c), ?f is an ultimate tensile strength of the reinforcing fibers, and ?c is an interfacial shear bond strength between the reinforcing fiber and the binder or a yield stress of the binder, whichever is lower.

Abstract: Disclosed is a film containing a copolyester having a minimum crystallization half-time of at least 8.6 minutes and a polyester plasticizer having a weight-average molecular weight of 900 to 12,000 g/mol. The polyester plasticizer includes (i) a polyol component comprising residues of a polyol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and (ii) a diacid component comprising residues of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a modified polyalkylene terephthalate such as modified polybutylene terephthalate. In particular, the process comprises employing a titanium-containing catalyst formed by the reaction product of tetraalkyl titanate and a complexing agent comprising a phosphorous, nitrogen or boron atom. The process is used to prepared modified polyalkylene terephthalates characterized by improved hydrostability, as well as compositions and compositions derived therefrom.

Abstract: Sprayable low-viscosity compositions have improved acoustic damping properties through the addition to the composition of a sterically hindered phenol, present in an amount from 9% to 18% by weight of the composition. In other embodiments, the sterically hindered phenol will have a melting point within the range from 60° C. to 250° C. and a molecular weight of 300 g/mol or less (but not 0).

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite which comprises a matrix material made of an amorphous polyamide with a glass transition temperature of at least 180° C. The composites according to the invention are used for the production of reinforced components in the fields of sport, leisure, engineering industry, electronics, construction, medical technology, communication and transport means and aeronautical and aerospace engineering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition (C) comprising at least one polyaryletherketone (PAEK), at least one polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), at least one polysulfone (PSU) and glass fibers having an elastic modulus of at least 76 GPa as measured according to ASTM D2343. Polymer composition (C) is very well suited for the manufacture of articles useful in areas as various as plumbing and electronics.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a compatible blend of i) 60 to 85 weight percent of a linear poly(arylene sulfide), ii) 15 to 40 weight percent of a polyetherimide sulfone; and iii) 1 to 3 weight percent of a novolac resin having an average of 2 or more epoxy groups per molecule. Weight percent is based on the total weight of the composition. An article made from the composition has a tensile strength greater than or equal to 70 megaPascals (MPa), as determined by ASTM D638, an impact strength of greater than or equal to 3 kiloJoules per square meter (kJ/m2), as determined by ASTM D256, and an elongation at break greater than or equal to 3 % as determined by ASTM D638. Methods of making the composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane and at least one poly(meth)acrylate, where the at least one thermoplastic polyurethane is a polyurethane based on hexamethylene 1,6-diisocyanate (HDI), on at least one diol, and on at least one chain extender, selected from the group consisting of ethylene 1,2-glycol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexanediol, 1,4-dimethanolcyclohexane, and neopentyl glycol. The present invention further relates to moldings comprising the compositions of the invention, and also to the use of the compositions of the invention for producing a foil and for coating a molding.

Abstract: The thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin (A), and a modified ethylene copolymer (B) dispersed and contained therein, wherein the modified ethylene copolymer (B) in the thermoplastic resin composition has an average dispersed particle aspect ratio of 1 to 3.5, and an average dispersed particle diameter of not more than 3 ?m. The modified ethylene copolymer (B) is preferably a copolymer, modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, of ethylene with at least one monomer component selected from the group consisting of (i) olefin components except for ethylene, (ii) diene components and (iii) ester components having an ethylenically unsaturated group.

Abstract: A polyamide molding material is proposed, which comprises at least one partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamide (A) and at least one amorphous polyamide (B). The polyamides (A) and (B) together make up 30-60 wt.-% of the polyamide molding material. Furthermore, the polyamide molding material comprises 40-70 wt.-% glass fibers (C) having flat cross section, 0-15 wt.-% of at least one nonhalogenated flame retardant (D), and 0-10 wt.-% further additives (E), the components (A) to (E) adding up to 100 wt.-% of the polyamide molding material. The at least one partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamide (A) has a glass transition temperature of at least 105° C. The polyamide molding material according to the invention is preferably distinguished in an injection-molding burr formation test in that, at a melt temperature of 320° C. and a tool temperature of 90° C.

Abstract: A thermoplastic acrylic resin composition is provided in which translucency properties are suitable for use as a top-sheet member of a photovoltaic cell, warping caused by temperature change is suppressed, and its weathering resistance is excellent; 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a glass is contained in 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic acrylic resin; an absolute value of a difference in refractive indices of the thermoplastic acrylic resin and the glass is 0.08 or lower; an average particle size of the glass is 100 to 2,000 ?m; a softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin is 80° C. or higher; and the aspect ratio of the glass is 15 or greater. Also, a molded article which is obtained by molding the thermoplastic acrylic resin composition and has a YI value of 20 or lower after weathering-resistance testing. Further, a top-sheet member of a photovoltaic cell is made of the molded article.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition for tire that is excellent in abrasion resistance, initial grip performance and stability of grip performance while maintaining processability. The rubber composition for tire comprises a diene rubber component, a hydrocarbon resin containing a component unit derived from a monomer component having a heteroatom or a hydrogenated product thereof (resin A) and a hydrocarbon resin that does not contain a component unit derived from a monomer component having a heteroatom or a hydrogenated product thereof (resin B), wherein a content ratio (mass ratio) of the resin B to the resin A is 0.1 to 50.