Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide composition including at least one semi-aromatic copolyamide, said semi-aromatic copolyamide consisting essentially of about 25 to about 55 mole percent repeat units of the formula —C(O)(CH2)mC(O)NHCH2ArCH2NH—??(I) and about 45 to about 75 mole percent repeat units of the formula —C(O)(CH2)mC(O)NH(CH2)2NH—(II) wherein m is 8, 10, and/or 12, n is 6, 10 and/or 12 and Ar is a meta-substituted benzene ring; and said polyamide has a melting point equal to or less than 225° C.; and 0.1 to 15 weight percent of one or more polyhydric alcohols having more than two hydroxyl groups and having a number average molecular weight (Mn) of less than 2000. Also disclosed are molded or extruded articles including the polyamide composition.

Abstract: A golf ball material composed of (A) an oxygen-containing inorganic metal compound in the form of a particulate or a master batch capable of neutralizing at least some of the acid groups in an acid-containing polymer blend, (B) one or more polymer selected from among diene polymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermoset polymers, and (C) an acid-containing polymer is prepared by mixing component A in a blend of components B and C. The golf ball material has a good heat resistance, flowability and processability, and can be used to produce high-performance golf balls having durability, scuff resistance and optimal hardness without a loss of rebound.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition in which a modified rubber excellent in low temperature resistance is dispersedly added in a polyamide resin matrix to improve the low temperature resistance (cyclic fatigue resistance) of the polyamide resin, the composition maintaining its fluidity even at a high content of modified rubber, thus allowing film formation, and exhibiting excellent low temperature resistance. The thermoplastic resin composition includes a polyamide resin (A) and a modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group and is characterized in that the modified rubber (B) having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group is modified with a hydrogen bonding compound (C) having a functional group reacting with an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group and a functional group capable of hydrogen bonding with an amide bond or a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite having improved impact resistance. According to the invention, this composite is obtained from a composition comprising the following polymers: polylactic acid (PLA) which forms the matrix; at least one polyamide forming a dispersed phase within the PLA matrix; at least one functionalized polyolefin (A) comprising alpha-olefin units and epoxy, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid anhydride units; and, optionally, at least one unfunctionnalized polyolefin (B).

Abstract: The invention relates to phosphorus-containing mixtures containing compounds of the formula RO—PO(A)-CH2—CH2—CO2H and??(I) HO—PO(A)-CH2—CH2—CO2R??(II) in which A is C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, C6-C18-aralkyl or aryl, R is (D,E)C?C(B, R5) or H B, D, E are identical or different and are each H or C1-C18-alkyl R5 is —CO-alkoxy, a process for their preparation and their use.

Abstract: A hydrogen tank liner material comprises a polyamide resin composition which comprises (A) a polyamide resin at 85-40 wt %, (B) a copolyamide at 5-30 wt % and (C) an impact-resistant material at 10-30 wt % with respect to the total weight of the polyamide resin composition. Preferably, the (B) copolyamide is PA6/66 and the (C) impact-resistant material is an acid-modified ethylene/?-olefin-based copolymer. A hydrogen tank liner material with excellent gas barrier properties and superior impact resistance even at low temperatures is obtained.

Abstract: A method for preparing nylon microspheres is provided, said method comprising steps (1), (2) and (3) or steps (1?), (2) and (3) as follows: (1) a radically polymerizable monomer is dispersed in a molten lactam monomer, and a free radical initiator is added, so that radical polymerization of the radically polymerizable monomer is carried out, to give a mixture of a free radical polymer and the lactam monomer; or (1?) a mixture of a free radical polymer and a molten lactam monomer is provided; and (2) an initiator and an activator, used for anionic ring-opening polymerization of the lactam monomer, are added to the mixture obtained in step (1) wherein the remaining radically polymerizable monomer and water are removed, or to the mixture obtained in step (1?), so that the anionic ring-opening polymerization of the lactam is carried out to give a polymer alloy of the free radical polymer/polyamide; and (3) the free radical polymer in the polymer alloy obtained in step (2) is removed by dissolution, giving nylon m

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition, having an excellent extensibility and flexing fatigue, composed of a polyamide resin (A), as a matrix, and a modifying polymer (C), dispersed therein, having a functional group (B) reactive with the polyamide resin (A), wherein a tensile stress at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 30 to 70% of the tensile stress at break of the polyamide resin (A), and a tensile elongation at break of the modifying polymer (C) is 100 to 500% of the tensile elongation at break of the polyamide resin (A) as well as a pneumatic tire and hose using the same.

Abstract: Fiber reinforced composites fabricated using a low-temperature, solution-based growth of nanowires such as ZnO nanowires on the surface of the reinforcing fibers such as carbon fibers and functionalized aramid fibers. The composites with nanowire interphase may have an enhanced fiber/matrix interface strength and a comparable in-plane strength, as compared to similar composites without such nanowire interphase.

Abstract: Disclosed is an impact-resistant modified polyamide moulding compound which is suitable in particular for the production of containers having a good oxygen barrier and low-temperature impact strength. Also disclosed are containers which are produced from the thermoplastic polyamide moulding compound. In particular, storage or transport containers for industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, the cosmetic industry, pharmaceutical industry or foodstuffs industry can be produced from the polyamide moulding compound of the invention.

Abstract: Provided are a kind of high selectivity polymeric adsorbents with amide functional groups based on the hydrogen bonding interaction, which is prepared by adequately swelling a DVB-co-MA copolymer of 6% crosslinking degree as the initial resin with dimethyl formamide, performing an amination reaction by adding a diamine, soaking the dried resultant yellow resin with an acylating agent that is a dianhydride, and performing an acylation reaction to obtain the polymeric adsorbent with amide functional groups of the invention. The polymeric adsorbent of the invention can be used to effectively isolate and purify the active ingredients, i.e., flavones and lactones, from the extract of ginkgo leaf.

Abstract: Polyamides containing repeat units derived from about 10 to about 35 weight percent 1,6-diaminohexane and terephthalic acid, up to 10 weight percent of other polyamide repeat units, and the remainder of the repeat units derived from 1,6-diaminohexane and adipic acid may be toughened with exceptionally small amounts of rubber tougheners, to give compositions which are especially tough. The resulting compositions are useful for industrial, consumer, electronics, and automotive parts.

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions, comprising A) from 10 to 95% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide, B) from 5 to 90% by weight of an acrylate rubber, obtainable via free-radical-initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of at least one dispersing agent and of at least one free-radical initiator, where the emulsion polymerization uses from 1 to 50% by weight of an alkene having from 5 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer A], and from 50 to 99% by weight of an ester based on an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and on an alkanol having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms [monomer B], and also, if appropriate, up to 10% by weight of an ?,?-monoethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and/or its amide [monomer C], and up to 30% by weight of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated compound different from the monomers A to C [monomer D], and the monomers A to D give a total of 10

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a reactive functional group-containing resin (B), which has a specific structure in the morphology of the resin composition observed by transmission electron microscopy tomography, and the relaxation time T1C of each carbon nucleus by the solid NMR measurement of the thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin is kept in a specific range. The composition is excellent in the balance between contradictory properties such as impact resistance and heat resistance, remarkably exhibits a peculiar viscoelastic behavior not observed in the conventional polymeric materials, and is remarkably excellent in impact energy absorbing performance and vibration energy absorbing performance at the time of high-speed deformation.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions with improved flowabilty based on a thermoplastic polyamide and on a copolymer composed of at least one olefin with at least one methacrylic ester or acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol, the MFI of the copolymer being not less than 50 g/10 min, and to a process for preparation of these molding compositions, and also to the use of the these molding compositions, for production of moldings for the electrical, electronics, telecommunications, motor vehicle, or computer industry, in sports, in medicine, in the household or in the entertainment industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition including a polyamide graft polymer including a polyolefin backbone containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer having reacted with at least one polyamide graft. The invention also relates to structures, particularly multilayer structures, including said composition. One of the preferred structures of the present invention is a photovoltaic module including said composition. The composition according to the invention can advantageously be used as a binder or encapsulant. It is also used in solar panels and laminated glass.

Abstract: Polymers and compositions, collectively “bioadhesive materials”, with improved bioadhesive properties have been developed. One or more compounds comprising: a) an aromatic moiety comprising two or more hydroxyl substituents, methoxy substituents, substituents hydrolyzable to hydroxyl substituents, or a combination thereof, and b) a primary or secondary amino moiety are either covalently attached to a polymer or are physically mixed with a polymer to form a bioadhesive material. These bioadhesive materials can be used, for example, to fabricate new drug delivery or diagnostic systems with increased residence time at tissue surfaces, and consequently increase the bioavailability of a drug or a diagnostic agent.

Abstract: Ionomeric reaction products are disclosed that are made by combining a monomer, oligomer or polymer having at least one reactive carboxyl group and/or isocyanate group, or functional group or groups equivalent thereto or derived therefrom, with an amine compound having both an amine and an anionic functional group and a formula [RHN—(R1)m—(X?)n]o-Ma+p where R is hydrogen, aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, R1 is a linking group that links the amine and salt functional groups and is aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, X is an anionic group, M is a positively charged species, a is 1-4, m is 0 or greater, n is 1-4, o is 1-4 and p is 0-4, more typically 1-4. An amount of the amine compound is used to react with at least a portion of the reactive functional groups. A method for making a golf ball also is disclosed, as are golf balls comprising disclosed ionomers. At least one component of a golf ball, such as a cover layer, is made comprising disclosed ionomers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting member, especially to a cutting filament, for a plant-cutting device such as a scrub cutter or edge trimmer characterized in that at least one portion of the cutting member is a mixture of at least a polyamide and at least one another thermoplastic material. Another object of the invention relates to a composition for use in the manufacture of a cutting member by extrusion/drawing or by injection, characterized it is made from a mixture of at least a polyamide and at least one another thermoplastic material.

Abstract: Polyamide blend molding compound, includes a polyamide blend content and at least one impact-resistant component, characterized in that the polyamide blend content includes the following polyamides: (A) 20 to 65% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline polyamide with an enthalpy of fusion >40 J/g and with an average of at least 8 C atoms per monomeric unit; (B) 8 to 25% by weight of at least one amorphous and/or microcrystalline polyamide, with the microcrystalline polyamide having an enthalpy of fusion in the range of 4 to 40 J/g, and (C) 1 to 20% by weight of at least one polyamide with an average of a maximum of 6 C atoms per monomeric unit. The impact-resistant component includes as follows: (D) 10 to 40% by weight of a polyamide elastomer which is composed of hard segments and soft segments, with the hard segments being based on lactams and/or amino-carboxylic acids, and (E) 0 to 35% by weight of a non-polyamide elastomer.

Abstract: A composition and an article therewith are disclosed wherein the composition comprises or is a blend that comprises a polyamide, an ionomer of an ethylene copolymer containing a monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, and a sulfonamide.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising an aromatic polyester having a butylene terephthalate skeleton as the main constituent unit (component A), polylactic acid comprising poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(D-lactic acid) (component B), and a modifier (component C), wherein the resin composition has (i) a crystal melting peak of stereocomplex-phase polylactic acid at 190° C. or higher in differential scanning calorimeter measurement, (ii) a biomass ratio of not less than 50%, (iii) a notched Izod impact strength of 4 to 15 kJ/m2 and (iv) a flexural modulus of 2.5 to 6 GPa. The resin composition provides a molded article having excellent impact resistance and stiffness. The resin composition has a biomass ratio of not less than 50%. The resin composition has a low moisture absorptivity, hydrolysis resistance and high-speed moldability. The resin composition provides a molded article having excellent heat resistance.

Abstract: A yarn, fabric, and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection comprising aramid fiber and modacrylic fiber wherein the modacrylic fiber has less than 1.5 percent antimony and is preferably antimony-free. In one embodiment, the yarn, fabric, and/or garments consist essentially of (a) 50 to 80 weight percent meta-aramid fiber having a degree of crystallinity of at least 20%, (b) 10 to 40 weight percent modacrylic fiber that is antimony-free, (c) 5 to 20 weight percent para-aramid fiber, and (d) 1 to 3 weight percent antistatic fiber, based on the total weight of components (a), (b), (c) and (d). In some embodiments, garments made from the yarns provide thermal protection such that a wearer would experience less than a 65 percent predicted body burn when exposed to a flash fire exposure of 4 seconds per ASTM F1930, while maintaining a Category 2 arc rating per ASTM F1959 and NFPA 70E.

Abstract: A yarn, fabric, and garment suitable for use in arc and flame protection and having improved flash fire protection, consisting essentially of (a) 50 to 60 weight percent meta-aramid fiber having a degree of crystallinity of at least 20%; (b) 31 to 39 weight percent modacrylic fiber; and (c) 5 to 15 weight percent para-aramid fiber; said percentages on the basis of components (a), (b), and (c). In some embodiments, 1 to 3 weight percent of the meta-aramid fiber is replaced with an antistatic fiber comprising carbon or metal with the proviso that at least 50 weight percent meta-aramid fiber is maintained. Garments made from the yarns provide thermal protection such that a wearer would experience less than a 65 percent predicted body burn when exposed to a flash fire exposure of 4 seconds per ASTM F1930, while maintaining a Category 2 arc rating per ASTM F1959 and NFPA 70E.

Abstract: A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X repeating units, wherein n is a monomer unit and X is a monomer unit and/or other reactant. The copolymer may also include less than 50% of the polymeric units having the same molecular weight. The present invention is further directed to processes for preparing the copolymer and to coating compositions employing the copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a microcrystalline polyamide for obtaining an object having all or part of its outer surface formed from this microcrystalline polyamide and having a particular surface finish, in which: the manufacture of the object comprises steps carried out hot between the Tg (glass transition temperature) and the Tm (melting point) of this microcrystalline polyamide; the transparency of the microcrystalline polyamide is such that the light transmission at 560 nm on a polished object 1 mm in thickness is greater than 80%, advantageously greater than 88%, the transparency being measured on the object obtained by standard processing methods, such as injection moulding and sheet extrusion/calendering.

Abstract: An adhesive vinylidene fluoride resin sheet, including: an extruded sheet of a vinylidene fluoride copolymer composition comprising 100 wt. parts of polymerized units of a vinylidene fluoride monomer containing at least 60 wt. % of vinylidene fluoride, and 0.01-0.8 wt. part of polymerized units of a monoester of unsaturated dibasic acid. The vinylidene fluoride resin sheet is excellent in adhesiveness with another thermoplastic resin layer, and provides a lamination extrusion sheet with such another thermoplastic resin layer taking advantage of the good adhesiveness.

Abstract: Multi-component fibers comprising at least one polymer having a softening temperature up to 150° C., and another polymer having a melting point of at least 130° C. The fibers are non-fusing up to at least 110° C. The fibers are useful, for example, for flowback control in wellbores and reservoirs.

Abstract: Star polymers prepared by reacting a highly branched polymer and either a lactone or lactam are disclosed. These star polymers find particular application as additives for powder coating compositions, to improve various performance properties thereof. Powder coating composition comprising the described star polymers are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material comprising components (A), (B) and (C): (A) a mixture of different masterbatches prepared by separately masterbatching two or more different metal ions (A1) or a masterbatch prepared by simultaneously masterbatching two or more different metal ions in itself (A2), (B) one or more polymer selected from the group consisting of diene polymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermoset polymers, and (C) one or more polymer having an acid content of from about 0.5 to about 30 wt % and selected from the group consisting of olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers, olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymers, unsaturated carboxylic anhydride-containing polymers, unsaturated dicarboxylic acid-containing polymers and unsaturated dicarboxylic acid half ester-containing polymers. The invention also provides a method for preparing such a golf ball material, and a golf ball made of the material.

Abstract: To provide a structure material having excellent mechanical characteristics and a functional material having excellent regularity, provided are a polymer alloy which is composed of at least two components of thermoplastic resins and of which the structure can be controlled finely and evenly dispersed and a production method of the polymer alloy. With respect to a polymer alloy composed of at least two or more components of thermoplastic resins, a precursor (A) of at least one thermoplastic resin among the thermoplastic resin components composing the polymer alloy is chemically reacted in the co-presence of the remaining thermoplastic resin component (B1) and/or a precursor (B2) of the thermoplastic resin component to induce spinodal decomposition, so that it is made possible to obtain a polymer alloy having excellent regularity and of which the structure is finely controllable and the structure is evenly dispersed.

Abstract: The invention relates to extruded transparent or translucent article that have been melt calendered to improve the physical properties and optical clarity. The polyamide article is a sheet, film, or profile.

Abstract: For making a monolayer packaging article having O2 scavenging properties, a dry blend is prepared by dry blending: —(A) polyamide pellets (A1) coated with at least one first transition metal catalyst (A2),—preferably (B) a second transition metal catalyst and—(C) a polyester, and the dry blend (A/C) or (A/B/C) is processed in order to form the monolayer packaging article. Preferably, the amount of (A) is between 1 wt % and 4 wt % of the total weight of the dry blend [(A/C) or (A/B/C)], and the total amount of the first (A2) and where appropriate second (B) transition metal catalysts is between 1 wt % and 15 wt % of the total weight of polyamide pellets (A1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend composition, suitable for use in golf ball manufacture, which is the reaction product of (A) a polymer of ethylene and/or an alpha olefin and one or more ?, ?-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C20 carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids or phosphoric acids; (B) a compound having both amine and carboxylic acid functionality or a derivative of these functional groups; and (C) a basic metal ion salt, which has the capacity to neutralize some or all of the acidic group present in blend components (A) and (B). When (A) is a polymer comprising one or more ?, ?-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C20 carboxylic acids it comprises a high molecular weight component having a molecular weight from about 80,000 to about 500,000.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a powdered polymer selected from a polyamide, a copolyamide or a copolyesteramide by anionic polymerization in a solvent solution, characterized in that the polymerization of the monomers) generating said polymer is made in the presence of a catalyst, an activator, at least one amide one of which is always a N,N?-alkylene bisamide, and an organic or inorganic filler, the amount of N,N?-alkylene bisamide added in the medium being determined based on the specific surface are desired for the powder particles, said powder particles having an essentially constant diameter or one depending on the desired mean diameter of the powder particles, said powder particles having an essentially constant specific surface area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a flexible thermoplastic composition resistant to the ageing effects of oil, said composition comprising a grafted copolymer containing polyamide blocks and consisting of a polyolefin backbone and at least one polyamide graft. According to the invention, the grafts are attached to the core by the residues of an unsaturated monomer (X) having a function that can react with a polyamide comprising an amine end or a carboxylic acid end; the residues of the unsaturated monomer (X) are attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerisation from the double bond thereof; and the composition comprises between 40 to 90 wt % of the polyolefin core comprising the unsaturated monomer (X); between 5 to 40 wt % of polyamide grafts; and between 5 to 40% of at least one polymer selected from a saponified ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and a polyamide.

Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material composed of (i) a non-ionomeric thermoplastic resin, (ii) an ionomeric resin and/or an acid-containing polymer which is the base polymer of an ionomeric resin, and (iii) a norbornene dicarboxylic anhydride and/or a derivative thereof. Methods for preparing such a material, and a golf ball which includes as a component therein a part made of the golf ball material are also provided. The golf ball material has a good thermal stability, flow and processability, and can thus be used to obtain high-performance golf balls endowed with an excellent rebound resilience, durability and flexibility.

Abstract: A controlled molecular weight polymer of styrene is provided having bromine substituted thereon. Control of molecular weight is achieved by the use of alpha-methyl styrene dimer as a chain transfer agent. The brominated polymer of styrene is useful as a flame retardant, particularly for polyamides giving improved properties including color retention after molding.

Abstract: Moulding compound, comprising 30 to 80% by weight of a polyamide as a thermoplastic matrix and of a cross-linked, disperse elastomer phase which is bonded to the thermoplastic matrix and contains 10 to 69% by weight of an ethylene copolymer and also 1 to 10% by weight of a compatibility agent, selected from the compounds obtained by means of grafting of ?, ?, ethylene-unsaturated mono- and/or dicarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof on an ethylene-copolymer-polymer backbone, respectively relative to the moulding compound.

Abstract: Polyamides containing repeat units derived from about 10 to about 35 weight percent 1,6-diaminohexane and terephthalic acid, up to 10 weight percent of other polyamide repeat units, and the remainder of the repeat units derived from 1,6-diaminohexane and adipic acid may be toughened with exceptionally small amounts of rubber tougheners, to give compositions which are especially tough. The resulting compositions are useful for industrial, consumer, electronics, and automotive parts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) based on low Mooney, optionally hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber and polyamides. The present invention also relates to TPVs based on low Mooney, optionally, hydrogenated nitrile terpolymers and polyamides. TPVs prepared according to the present invention have improved morphology, smaller rubber particle size, and improved processability compared to TPVs containing non-low Mooney, optionally hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystalline resin composition capable of readily blow-molding a molded article having uniform thickness, with the addition of good blow-moldability owing to the improved drawdown-resistant property, the improved melt-tension increase rate, and other properties without deteriorating the low gas-permeability which is a characteristic of liquid crystalline resin.

Abstract: An oligomeric composition containing oligomers and at least one stabilizing component is provided. An aqueous dispersion composition containing the oligomeric composition is useful for treating tanned leather to provide leather with increased softness or strength. Also provided are a method of treating tanned leather using the composition and an article containing the treated leather.

Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball material which includes, in mixture: (A) a metal-containing chelating agent (A1) or a mixture (A2) composed of a metal-containing chelating agent and an oxygen-containing inorganic metal compound; (B) one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of diene polymers, thermoplastic polymers and thermoset polymers; and (C) one or more acid-containing polymers having an acid content of from 0.5 to 30 wt % and selected from the group consisting of olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymers, olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymers, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride-containing polymers, unsaturated dicarboxylic acid-containing polymers and unsaturated dicarboxylic acid half ester-containing polymers. The invention also provides a method for preparing such a golf ball material, and a golf ball made with the material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible semiaromatic polyamide composition with a low moisture uptake, made up by weight, the total being 100: A) 60 to 99.5% (preferably 70 to 93%) of at least one copolyamide of formula X/Y,Ar in which there are between 0.5 and 0.7 mol of X per 1 mol of Y, and in which Y denotes the residues of 1,10-decanediamine, Ar denotes the residues of terephthalic acid, X denotes the residue of aminoundecanoic acid NH2—(CH2)10—COOH, the unit Y,I residue from the condensation of the diamine (Y) with isophthalic acid, wherein said composition is a flexible semiaromatic copolyamide; B) 0.5 to 40% (preferably 7 to 30%) of at least one product chosen from plasticizers, nanofillers, polyolefins, crosslinked polyolefins and additives.

Abstract: In a laser sintering method for producing a three-dimensional object wherein subsequent layers of the object to be formed are subsequently solidified on positions corresponding to the object, as a build-up material, a powder is used wherein the upper grain limit of the powder particles is below 100 ?m, the D0.5-value is below 55 ?m, the BET-surface is smaller than 5 m2/g and the grains of the powder basically have a spherical shape.

Abstract: Crosslinkable compositions based on polyamide and on ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers, where the compositions comprise a crosslinking initiator, and also a co-crosslinking agent, and crosslinkable compositions based on polyamides and on ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymers, where these compositions comprise a crosslinking initiator and the amount of polyamide in the compositions is <30% by weight. The present invention further relates to the preparation of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention, to the use of the crosslinkable compositions of the invention for the production of thermoplastic elastomers, to a process for the crosslinking of the compositions of the invention to give a thermoplastic elastomer, and also to the thermoplastic elastomers themselves and to their use for the production of mouldings.

Abstract: A polyamide resin/rubber-reinforced styrene-based resin composition, particularly, a polyamide resin/ABS resin composition, excellent in the balance between impact strength and fluidity as well as in the heat resistance, chemical resistance and paintability, as well as a shaped article thereof, are provided. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin comprising (A) from 79.5 to 20 parts by weight of a polyamide resin, (B) from 20 to 79.5 parts by weight of a polymer obtained by grafting an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinyl cyanide-based monomer to a specific rubber-like polymer, (C) from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition comprising at least one type of non-charged curable monomer, at least one type of anionic curable monomer, at least one type of cationic compound having a molecular weight of at least 150 Da and a solvent.

Abstract: Two-phase or single-phase admixtures of a plastic and an elastomer, two or more thermoplastics, or two or more elastomers are irradiated (preferably with electron beam radiation) to cross-link the thermoplastic and, in the case of elastomer and thermoplastic admixtures, generate bi-modal molecules having moieties derived from both the elastomer and the thermoplastic.