Abstract: A cold setting coating composition comprises an urethane-modified vinyl resin (A) produced by reacting a reaction product with an isocyanate group-possessing compound (c). The reaction product is produced by reacting an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (a) with a fatty acid component (b) containing an unsaturated fatty acid. The vinyl copolymer (a) is a copolymer of a first polymerizable unsaturated monomer containing an epoxy group and a second polymerizable unsaturated monomer. The composition also comprises a polymer dispersion (B) obtained by polymerizing two or more of vinyl monomers in the presence of a dispersion stabilizer (d) in an organic liquid in which vinyl monomers are soluble and a polymer formed from the monomers is insoluble. The dispersion stabilizer (d) is soluble in the organic liquid. The coating composition improved weathering resistance and water resistance of the resulting coated film.

Abstract: Heat-settable epoxy resin mixtures are provided that can be used alone or in combination with fibers to form large composite material structures without the need for high consolidation pressures. The heat-settable resin mixture is composed of a resin component, curing agent component and a particulate component. The particulate component includes rigid-rod polymer particles that dissolve when the heat-settable resin is heated to temperatures within a predetermined processing window. After heating to the processing temperature, the resulting heat-set resin is cooled to form a curable solid resin. The curable solid resin may be stored indefinitely or re-heated to curing temperatures to form a cured product.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a low gloss powder coating composition comprising a first component (a) and a second component (b). The first component (a) comprises a mixture of (i) at least one glycidyl group-containing acrylic resin having epoxide equivalent weight of from about 250 to about 1500 and glass transition temperature of from about 30° C. to about 80° C.; and (ii) a curing agent. The second component (b) comprises at least one carboxyl-group containing material having acid number of from about 10 to about 300 and is not substantially compatible with the first component (a). The two components are dry-blended to obtain the powder coating composition.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising a combination of a nitrile rubber and an epilhalohydrin rubber is cross-linked to give a crosslinked product, by using at least two kinds of crosslinking agents selected from a sulfur-containing crosslinking agent, a mercaptotriazine crosslinking agent and a 2,3-dimercaptoquinoxaline crosslinking agent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a product and process for a substantially halogen-free thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer can be incorporated into a decorative surface covering as a binder with the addition of an optional filler. The substantially halogen-free thermoplastic comprises the combination of a dynamically vulcanized blend of epoxidized natural rubber (ENR), ionomers and a diluent polymer such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). The combination produces a pliable and flexible flooring product.

Abstract: Anti-reflective compositions and methods of using those compositions with low dielectric constant materials are provided. In one embodiment, the compositions include polymers comprising recurring monomers having unreacted ring members. In another embodiment, the polymers further comprise recurring monomers comprising ring members reacted with a light attenuating compound so as to open the ring. The compositions can be applied to dielectric layers so as to minimize or prevent reflection during the dual damascene process while simultaneously blocking via or photoresist poisoning which commonly occurs when organic anti-reflective coatings are applied to low dielectric constant layers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising (A) a glycidyl group-containing acrylic resin obtained by (co)polymerizing monomers containing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a glycidyl group and/or a ?-methylglycidyl group, (B) a polycarboxyl curative, and (C) an alcohol adduct of a styrene/maleic anhydride copolymer. Also disclosed are a cross-linked cured film of the composition and a process for preparing the composition. According to the invention, blending efficiency and dispersibility of the components of a powder coating, particularly those between the resin component and the curative component, are improved without changing a conventional production process of a powder coating, i.e., a process consisting of melt blending, cooling solidification, pulverization and sieving, and thereby a thermosetting powder coating composition, which is capable of forming a cross-linked cured film improved in appearance properties (high gloss, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder coating composition, which can ensure excellent smoothness, scratch resistance, water resistance and humidity resistance, when formed into a thin film, and a coating film forming method. The powder coating composition contains an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher and a number-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 2,500, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower, and a polycarboxylic acid (C). 30 to 90% by weight of a polymerization unit of the epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (B) originates in a methacrylic acid alkyl ester (b-1) which has an alkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition that includes a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of a film forming material having functional groups and a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups that are reactive with the functional groups in the film forming material. The crosslinking agent includes a copolymer having at least 30 mol % of alternating structural units of a residue from a donor monomer and a residue from one or more acrylic acceptor monomers. The thermosetting composition may coat a substrate by coalescing the composition to form a continuous film and curing the composition. The thermosetting composition may be included as part of a multi-component composite coating composition that includes an optional primer coat, a base coat deposited from a pigmented film-forming composition, and a transparent top coat applied over the base coat, where either the base coat, the transparent top coat, or both, are deposited from the thermosetting composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrogenated carboxylated nitrile-butadiene rubber (HXNBR), which contain molecularly dispersed triphenylphosphine, and which is useful as a cross-linking agent for elastomers, plastics and/or adhesive systems. The present invention also relates to products which are obtainable from the HXNBR having molecularly dispersed triphenylphosphine and elastomer, plastics and/or adhesive systems, a composition containing a HXNBR having molecularly dispersed triphenylphosphine and further non-molecularly dispersed activators, a process for the preparation of the composition as well as the use of HXNBR having molecularly dispersed triphenylphosphine, as an elasticizing agent for elastomer, plastics and/or adhesive systems.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that provides excellent vibration-isolating properties, a vibration isolating rubber formed from the rubber composition and a vibration-isolating mount. The rubber composition contains 5 to 40 parts by weight of a styrene-butadiene-based copolymer rubber, having a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 or less and a glass transition temperature of −35° C. or higher; and 95 to 60 parts by weight of a diolefin-based rubber, having a weight-average molecular weight exceeding 200,000 and a glass transition temperature of −20° C. or lower; where the weight are based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of both. A vibration-isolating rubber comprising this composition has a performance relationship between a dynamic-to-static modulus ration (Kd/Ks), which is a ratio of a dynamic spring constant (Kd) to a static spring constant (Ks), and a loss factor (tan &dgr;), as shown by the equation (1): Kd/Ks≦20 tan &dgr;−1.8 (1).

Abstract: A powder coating composition for heat-sensitive substrates curable at a temperature of about 300° F. or below for about 30 minutes or less comprises a) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of carboxylic acid-functional acrylic resin(s); b) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of polyepoxy resin(s); c) a catalyst in an amount sufficient to cure the composition at a temperature of about 300° F. or below for about 30 minutes or less; and d) optionally, a flexiblizing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for thermosetting powder coating having excellent low temperature curability and good storage stability, being capable of giving a coating with good appearance, flexibility and solvent resistance. The powder coating composition comprises a blend of two different glycidyl group containing acrylic copolymers and a polycarboxylic acid curing agent.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition that includes a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of a film forming material having functional groups and a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups that are reactive with the functional groups in the film forming material. The crosslinking agent includes a copolymer having at least 30 mol % of alternating structural units of a residue from a donor monomer and a residue from one or more acrylic acceptor monomers. The thermosetting composition may coat a substrate by coalescing the composition to form a continuous film and curing the composition. The thermosetting composition may be included as part of a multi-component composite coating composition that includes an optional primer coat, a base coat deposited from a pigmented film-forming composition, and a transparent top coat applied over the base coat, where either the base coat, the transparent top coat, or both, are deposited from the thermosetting composition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multi-layer golf ball which includes a core, a cover and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the core and cover, wherein the intermediate layer contains a glycidyl polymer and a thermoplastic component such as a copolyester, polyamide homopolymer or copolymer, polyetherester block copolymer, polyesterester block copolymer, polyetheramide block copolymer, polyesteramide block copolymer, dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer, styrene-butadiene copolymer, polyurethane, polymer formed using a metallocene catalyst, or a blend or copolymer thereof, and optionally a density-modifying filler such as zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, or a mixture thereof.

Abstract: Powder coating composition for automotive exterior coatings with compatibility with other coatings and resistance to yellowing include a film-forming material such as a polyepoxide and an acid-functional crosslinker that is a reaction product of 1,3,5-tris(2-hdyroxyethyl)isocyanurate and a cyclic anhydride.

Abstract: The invention concerns a crosslinkable composition of functionalized polyolefin powder comprising a functionalized polyolefin (A) having an MFI of at least 20 (190° C. 2.16 kg), a product (B) having a function for crosslinking (A), the composition having a grain size distribution between 100 and 400 &mgr;m. Said composition is useful for slush moulding, for thermoforming sheets or injection on an insert.

Abstract: A solid concentrate composition for use in promoting chain extension within a polymer, and corresponding method, includes a chain extender and a non-reactive carrier resin or a co-reactive carrier resin. The concentrate composition prevents the premature reaction of the chain extender within a molding apparatus, increasing the dispersion of the chain extender throughout the polymer, and thereby preventing gelation and promoting homogeneous chain extension.

Abstract: The present invention is a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition comprising (a) a polyphenylene sulfide resin and (b) an olefin-based resin, and satisfying the following conditions (i) through (v): (i) The mixing ratio of the polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) and the olefin-based resin (b) is such that the amount of the polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) is in a range from 95 to 60 wt %, while the amount of the olefin-based resin (b) is in a range from 5 to 40 wt %, with the total weight of both the ingredients as 100 wt %; (ii) said olefin-based resin (b) comprising two copolymers: (b-1) an epoxy group-containing olefin copolymer and (b-2) an ethylene/(&agr;-olefin copolymer obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an &agr;-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; (iii) as the morphology observed by an electron microscope, said polyphenylene sulfide resin (a) forms a continuous phase, and said olefin-based resin (b) forms a dispersion phase and has a core-shell structure having said ethylene/&agr;-olefin copolymer (b

Abstract: This invention relates to polymer blend compositions and the process for preparing the same. In particular, the invention relates to novel blends of cationic polymers and anionic polymers which exhibit properties that make them useful as coatings for various substrates.

Abstract: A curable coating composition is disclosed comprising a resinous binder comprising (a) a reaction product of an epoxy-containing polymer with a compound containing phosphorus acid groups, the reaction product having reactive functional groups, and (b) a curing agent having functional groups reactive with the functional groups of (a). An electroconductive pigment is dispersed in (a) such that the weight ratio of the electroconductive pigment to (a) plus (b) is within the range of 0.5 to 9.0:1. When the curable coating composition is deposited and cured on a metal substrate, the cured coating is weldable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isotactic polypropylene obtained by metallocene catalysis, onto which is grafted a functional monomer. The invention also relates to a composition which may form part of the composition of a coextrusion binder. This composition according to the invention comprises isotactic polypropylene obtained by metallocene catalysis, grafted and then optionally diluted with at least one polyolefin (C1) and/or in at least one polymer of elastomeric nature (D). The invention also relates to a multilayer structure comprising a layer (L) comprising the above binder, and, directly attached thereto, a layer (E): which is polar, nitrogenous or oxygenated, such as a layer of polyamide resin, of ethylene/saponified vinyl acetate copolymer (EVOH) or of polyester; or of a mineral oxide deposited on a polymer such as polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or EVOH; or which is metallic or metalloplastic.

Abstract: A propylene polymer composition of high melt tension, which is especially favorable for foam moldings of uniform thickness, and foam moldings thereof having a uniform thickness, are obtained by melt-kneading a polymer mixture of a specific ethylene polymer (A) and a specific olefin multi-stage polymer (B) to satisfy the following formula: Log(MS)>0.91−0.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition comprising; (A) from 1 to 99% by weight of a copolymer, which comprises an ethylene unit and an &agr;-olefin unit of 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and satisfies the specific requirements (A-1) to (A-4), and (B) from 99 to 1% by weight of a copolymer, which comprises an ethylene unit and a unit of a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond and an oxygen atom, and satisfies the specific requirements (B-1) and (B-2).

Abstract: A rubber composition for a hose, which comprises a nitrile rubber (A) comprising 45-55 weight % of &agr;,&bgr;-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units and 55-45% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units, an epihalohydrin rubber (B), and a crosslinking agent (CA) for the nitrile rubber and/or a crosslinking agent (CB) for the epihalohydrin rubber; the amount of nitrile rubber (A) being 25-80 weight % based on the sum of nitrile rubber (A) and epihalohydrin rubber (B); and a hose having a layer comprised of a crosslinked product of the rubber composition. The hose has excellent resistance to fuel oil permeation and cold resistance, and therefore, it is especially suitable as fuel oil hoses of an automobile.

Abstract: In a process for preparing polyether alcohols by catalytic addition of at least two alkylene oxides onto H-functional initiator substances, at least one multimetal cyanide compound is used as catalyst and the addition of the alkylene oxides onto the initiator substance includes incorporation of at least one oxyalkylene block during whose formation at least two alkylene oxides are metered in together and the ratio of the alkylene oxides to one another in the mixture is changed during the joint introduction.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition prepared by a wet process, which contains a mixture comprising (a) an epoxy-containing acrylic resin, (b) a polycarboxylic acid compound curing agent, (c) fine crosslinked resin particles and, optionally, (d) a resin that exists in the liquid form at room temperature.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder coating composition has an average particle diameter of entire particles is within a range from 5 to 50 &mgr;m, an average circularity of the particles is 0.90 or more, and a circularity of particles having a maximum number frequency in circularity distribution is within a range from 0.98 to 1.00, prepared by spray-drying an organic solvent solution containing, as a coating film forming component, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (A) having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer (B) having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or lower and a polycarboxylic acid (C) as an essential component.

Abstract: A golf ball comprising a center, a cover, and optionally, at least one intermediate layer disposed between the center and the cover, wherein at least one of the cover and the at least one intermediate layer is formed with a thermoplastic polyurethane composition comprising a reaction product of at least one polyol and at least one diisocyanate, and a curing agent consisting essentially of at least one diol having the formula: HOH2CH2C(OH2CH2C)nO—X—O(CH2CH2O)mCH2CH2OH; wherein n and m, each separately have a value of 0, 1, 2, or 3, X is o-phenylene, m-phenylene, p-phenylene, 1,2-cyclohexyl, 1,3-cyclohexyl, 1,4-cyclohexyl; and mixtures a thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the preparation of graft, block, and star-shaped copolymers. The method involves in situ coupling reaction between a living anionic backbone polymer possessing epoxy side chains and other living anionic polymers. The present method is simple, the coupling reaction is fast, pure copolymers are produced and the molecular weight, graft number and grafting position can be controlled to a greater extent than in existing methods.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a rubber composition which can give a vulcanized rubber with low rolling resistance and excellent wet skid resistance and wear resistance, which is particularly useful for automobile tire treads and the like.

Abstract: A slush molding process in which the moldable thermoplastic composition powder dosed to the mold is prepared by blending ethylene carboxylic acid copolymers or ionomers with ethylene/glycidyl acrylate or methacrylate copolymer and cross-linking promoter at a temperature and for a time that does not cause significant cross-linking prior to dosing to mold, which is held for sufficient time and temperature to cause cross-linking in-situ, and optionally, other additives including release agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising isotactic polypropylene homo- or copolymer obtained by metallocene catalysis (A), abbreviated to miPP, and isotactic polypropylene homo- or copolymer obtained by Ziegler-Natta catalysis (B), abbreviated to zniPP, and grafted. It also relates to a coextrusion tie comprising such a composition.

Abstract: The combination of powder coatings usable in a coating method comprising mixing two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogenous hue. A powder coating composition comprising two or more powder coatings of which each color is different, wherein each of the powder coatings fuses with each other and is heat-cured, to thereby give a coating film having a homogenous hue. A coating method comprising the steps of (a) applying to a substrate two or more powder coatings, of which each color is different; (b) heating to fuse with each other each of the two or more powder coatings applied in step (a); and (c) curing the resulting fused product in step (b), to give a coating film having a homogeneous hue.

Abstract: A golf ball having a core and a cover enclosing the core. The cover has one or more layers. At least one of the cover layers is composed mainly of a rubber-modified thermoplastic resin composition consisting essentially of a base resin in the form of an ionomer resin, a non-ionomer thermoplastic elastomer or a mixture thereof and a crosslinked functional rubbery copolymer.

Abstract: Flexible thermoplastic polymer alloy compositions and process for preparing same are disclosed. The composition comprises a blend of about 20 to about 40 weight percent (hereinafter “wt. %”) polypropylene; about 20 to about 50 wt. % uncrosslinked ethylene copolymer; about 2 to about 15 wt. % functionalized polymers, which functionalized polymers typically include maleated polypropylene; and about 1 to about 10 wt. % amines, which amines typically include long chain amines. Processes for mixing the compositions are also included.

Abstract: A multi-component coating composition having a hard, glossy, and tack-free finish is described. The coating composition comprises a fatty acid modified glycidyl-containing component and a hydroxy-functional polymer. The coating composition can be used to originally finish or to refinish such articles as farm, industrial, and construction equipment, automobiles, and trucks, and to paint structures such as bridges, buildings, appliances, metal furniture, and the like.

Abstract: To provide a thermosetting powder coating composition which comprises a powder of a composite resin comprising a vinylidene fluoride polymer having crosslinkable functional group and a methyl methacrylate polymer and having a melt flow rate of 1 to 1,000 g/10 min when measured at 130° C. at a load of 2.1 kg. The coating composition has advantages that the preparation thereof is easy because pulverization can be carried out at room temperature as well as at low temperatures, the composite resin has excellent compatibility with various curing agents and the composition gives a coating film having excellent properties.

Abstract: The rheological properties of a crosslinkable resin system are modified by the presence of a side chain crystalline (SCC) polymer (or a similar crystalline polymer which melts over a narrow temperature range). The polymer dissolves in the curable system at temperatures above the melting point of the crystalline polymer (Tp), but when the system is then cooled to a temperature below Tp, at least partially forms a separate phase in the curable system. Below Tp, this separate phase substantially increases the viscosity of the curable system (i.e. makes it thicker than the same system without the crystalline polymer). This is particularly valuable for sheet molding composites (SMCs) in which the increase in viscosity makes the composites less tacky, and for dry film resists (DFRs). Above Tp, the curable system containing the dissolved crystalline polymer has a viscosity which is substantially less than its viscosity below Tp.

Abstract: A liquid ebonite mixture for coating includes two reactive components. The first component contains first unsaturated polymers having first functional groups capable of reaction at ambient condition either with or without a catalyst, a vulcanization agent, and a vulcanization activator. The second component contains second unsaturated polymers having second functional groups that will react with the first functional groups at ambient temperature. The first and the second unsaturated polymers must contain sufficient unsaturated backbones to allow vulcanization with the vulcanization agent. In addition, the second unsaturated polymers must be thermodynamically compatible with the first unsaturated polymers so that macroscopic phase separation will not occur and the vulcanization can happen homogeneously through out the coating.

Abstract: A powder coating composition for heat-sensitive substrates curable at a temperature of about 300° F. or below for about 30 minutes or less comprises a) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of carboxylic acid functional acrylic resin(s); b) from about 10-90% by weight, relative to a) plus b), of polyepoxy resin(s); c) a first catalyst functioning as an epoxy homopolymerization catalyst; and d) a second catalyst functioning as an epoxy/carboxylic acid reaction catalyst.

Abstract: Polyester injection-moulded parts based on a polyester (A) and on a copolymer (B) of ethylene and of an unsaturated epoxy, such that weight % (B)×MFI (A+B)/MFI(A) is greater than 3 and in this expression: MFI (A+B) denotes the melt flow index of the modified polyester, that is to say the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers; MFI (A) denotes the melt flow index of the polyester (A) and of any fillers (without (B)); and weight % (B) denotes the percentage by weight of (B) in the blend of (A) and (B) and of any fillers.

Abstract: A polymeric composition for coating electric cables for power transmission at medium/high voltage, having an improved resistance against the formation of the so-called water trees, comprises a polymeric polyolefin base including, in parts by weight to the total weight thereof, from 0.5 to 15 parts of ester groups and from 0.01 to 5 parts of epoxy groups. Electric cables according to the invention comprise at least one electrically conducting core (2) and an insulation coating (5) comprising the aforementioned polymeric composition.

Abstract: Coating composition suitable for multilayer lacquering, containing, in addition to organic solvent, anti-sagging agents, optionally pigments, extenders and additives, a binder/crosslinkin agent system containing A) from 20 to 80 wt. % of carboxyl-functional (meth)acrylic copolymers and/or carboxyl-functional polyesters having an acid number of from 20 to 300, B) from 20 to 80 wt. % of epoxy-functional crosslinking agents, the percentages by weight of A) and B) adding up to 100 wt. %. C) from 0 to 30 wt. % of polymer polyol C), based on the sum of the weights of A) and B), E) from 0 to 20 wt. % of further crosslinking agents, based on the sum of the weights of A, B, and C), F) from 0 to 10 wt. % of monoepoxides, based on the sum of the weights of A) and B), and D) as anti-sagging agents, from 0.1 to 3 wt.

Abstract: A powder coating composition and method of applying it to a substrate, such as medium density fibreboard, consisting of a glycidyl methacrylate resin, a dicarboxylic acid cross-linking agent, a catalyst selected from phosphines, phosphonium, ammonium 2-phenyl-2-imidazoline, substituted imidazoline and isopropyl imidazole Bis-A epoxy resin adduct and a matte texturing agent. The inventive formulation is able to create a matte texture finish on the surface of the substrate. Since the cured final coating is resistant to yellowing and moisture, it is of great utility in the kitchen cabinet making industry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber compounds comprising at least one rubber which contains double bonds, at least one rubber gel, and at least one sulfur-containing organosilicon compound. Vulcanized materials which can be employed in particular for the production of tire treads can be produced from the rubber compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermocurable resin composition for coating with good storage stability and capable of forming a coating film excellent in low temperature curability, acid resistance, scratch resistance etc., containing a polymer obtained by half-esterifying with a monohydric alcohol the acid anhydride group of an acid anhydride group-containing polymer, obtained by copolymerizing a polymerizable, unsaturated, half-esterified product obtained by half-esterification of a hydroxyl group-containing, polymerizable unsaturated monomer and an acid anhydride group-containing compound in the proportion of 1-1.5 moles of the acid anhydride group per 1 mole of the hydroxyl group, an acid anhydride group-containing, polymerizable unsaturated monomer and another polymerizable unsaturated monomer; and a polymer having both hydroxyl group and epoxy group in the molecule.

Abstract: A resinous binder useful in clear coat compositions comprises a) a polyepoxide such as a copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated epoxide with other (meth)acrylate(s) or styrene, b) a polyacid such as a carboxyl-terminated polyester, and c) a polyisocyanate.

Abstract: A thermosetting powder paint composition comprising (A) a resin composition component, (B) a hardener component and (C) a solid flow controlling component, wherein the component (A) contains a resin composition component having reactivity with the component (B), the component (B) contains a hardener having reactivity with the component (A), the component (C) contains a vinyl polymer which is solid at 20° C., and the relation between SPA of the component (A) and SPC of the component (C) satisfies the following numerical formula (1) and the following numerical formula (2) simultaneously. By this constitution, excellent blocking-resistance in storing as the powder paint composition and excellent appearance properties of a paint film formed by coating the powder paint composition can be simultaneously manifested. 8≦SPA≦13  (1) 7≦SPC≦SPA  (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blend of polymeric materials comprising; (A) of from about 1 to about 80 percent by weight (based on the combined weights of Components A and B) of at least one substantially random interpolymer; wherein said interpolymer; (1) contains of from about 0.5 to about 50 mole percent of polymer units derived from; a) at least one vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer, or b) at least one hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinyl or vinylidene monomer, or c) a combination of at least one vinyl or vinylidene aromatic monomer and at least one hindered aliphatic or cycloaliphatic vinyl or vinylidene monomer; (2) contains of from about 50 to about 99.5 mole percent of polymer units derived from at least one aliphatic &agr;-olefin having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms; (3) has a melt index (I2) of from about 0.01 to about 100 g/10 min; and (4) has a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of from about 1.