Abstract: An energy recovery system used with HVAC and Air-Conditioning units that is incorporated into a roof-curb, final filter curb assembly or base support structure (roof-curb air plenum) commonly used with mass produced standard or semi-custom manufactured air conditioning systems. The arrangement includes core or wheel type energy recovery media arranged and affixed within the curb or support base in an orientation and method to maximize the amount of energy recovery surface area installed in a minimum area while still allowing good airflow practices. Other items included may be filter racks preceding where air enters the energy recovery cores, a singular or multiple fan(s) to move the air, a condensate drain pan, and a preheat coil or bypass dampers which operate to prevent frosting of the energy recovery surface areas in cold conditions. A direct digital controller may also be included to maximize efficiency and control.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; approximately 1-10 parts by weight of a first rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer in which a monomer mixture comprising an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a cyanovinyl-based monomer is graft-polymerized onto a rubbery polymer; approximately 1-10 parts by weight of a second rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer in which an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer is graft-polymerized onto a rubbery polymer; approximately 1-30 parts by weight of a phosphorus flame retardant; and approximately 0.1-5 parts by weight of an encapsulated fluoropolymer. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent impact resistance, thin film flame retardancy, heat resistance, flowability and the like.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a graft copolymer, which includes: preparing a liquid maleimide-based monomer; preparing a reaction solution including a diene-based rubber polymer, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and adding the liquid maleimide-based monomer and the reaction solution to a reactor and carrying out polymerization. According to the preparation method of the present invention, the amount of the maleimide-based monomer involved in the polymerization can be increased, and the color characteristics, glass transition temperature, and softening temperature of the graft copolymer are improved.

Abstract: A composition comprising: a) one or more copolymers of i) one or more of one or more vinyl or vinylidene aromaticmonomers and/or (meth)acrylates; with ii) one or more unsaturated compounds containing one or more nucleophilic groups wherein the copolymer contains on average about 0.01 to about 5.0 percent by weight of nucleophilic groups based on the weight of the copolymer; b) one or more thermoplastic elastomer based polymers containing one or more nucleophilic groups; and c) one or more polymers having electrophilic groups; wherein the electrophilic groups have reacted with the nucleophilic groups and at least a portion of the one or more copolymers containing nucleophilic groups are bonded to at least a portion of the one or more thermoplastic elastomers containing one or more nucleophilic groups by at least a portion of the one or more polymers having electrophilic groups.

Abstract: Disclosed are such co-polymers of vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups chain extended by a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups which copolymerize with the one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers. Disclosed are compositions comprising vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups and a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups, which may optionally, contain salts of alkaline earth metals, alkali metals, transition metals, post transition metals or metalloids. Disclosed are methods of preparing such chain-extended and/or branched copolymers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition in which occurrence of an absorption phenomenon in a coating step can be suppressed and which is excellent in terms of impact resistance, heat resistance, and fluidity during a molding step; a coated article; and a molded resin article obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition contains: 35 to 75 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A); 15 to 35 parts by mass of a rubber-containing graft copolymer (B) obtained by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound in the presence of a rubbery polymer; and 10 to 50 parts by mass of a rigid copolymer mixture (C) containing a rigid copolymer (C-I) and a rigid copolymer (C-II), in which in the rigid copolymer mixture (C), an amount of the rigid copolymer (C-II) is 20% to 80% by mass in the mixture.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing composition for powder bed processes is described. The composition includes at least a first type of impact modified polymer beads. The polymer beads include a) an acrylic or vinyl (co)polymer matrix, and b) an impact modifier in which at least 85% w/w of the first type of impact modified polymer beads have a particle size of between ?20 ?m and ?200 ?m and/or on average the impact modified polymer beads have greater than 5% w/w impact modifier. Also disclosed is an additive manufacturing process for a production of a three dimensional product comprising fused impact modified polymer particles. The use of a composition in additive manufacturing, an additive manufacturing cartridge or replacement hopper and a process for the production of impact modified polymer beads by a suspension polymerization process is also disclosed.

Abstract: An adhesive film that can solve the problem of pickup defect and improve the yield rate of semiconductor packages. The adhesive film includes: (A) a bismaleimide resin; (B) a radical initiator; and (C) a coupling agent that contains a (meth)acrylic group. Further, an adhesive film with dicing tape, which includes such an adhesive film laminated onto a dicing tape, is provided. Furthermore, a semiconductor package that includes such an adhesive film with dicing tape is provided.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a rubber-modified polystyrene-based resin, a pentaerythritol ester compound and a fatty acid amide compound, wherein a total content of the pentaerythritol ester compound and the fatty acid amide compound is ranging from 4 parts to 8 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber-modified polystyrene-based resin, and a ratio of a content of the pentaerythritol ester compound to the total content of the pentaerythritol ester compound and the fatty acid amide compound is in a range of larger than 0.2 to less than 0.83.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that uses, as a plasticizer, an alternative compound to bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DOP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), having excellent tackiness, and can be unwound satisfactorily, where DOP and DBP are to be restricted under the REACH regulation. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape includes a poly(vinyl chloride) substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is disposed on or over one side of the substrate. The poly(vinyl chloride) substrate contains 10 to 40 percent by weight of bis(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape preferably has an unwinding force of 0.4 N/20 mm or less at a tensile speed of 0.3 m/min and an unwinding force of 1.2 N/20 mm or less at a tensile speed of 30 m/min.

Abstract: The invention relates to a primer, comprising a mixture dissolved or dispersed in one or more solvents, the mixture composed of a copolymer obtained through copolymerization, preferably free-radical copolymerization, of vinylcaprolactam and/or vinylpyrrolidone, and one or more of the following monomers: a) an acrylic acid ester of a linear primary alcohol containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl group of the alcohol, b) an acrylic acid ester of a branched, non-cyclic alcohol having 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group of the alcohol, c) acrylic acid, one or more organofunctional silanes. Such primer provides reliable and excellent adhesion between pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and hydrophilic surfaces, in particular glass. The adhesion-promoting effect is retained even when the primer additionally contains functional fillers.

Abstract: An oxygen scavenging polyolefin composition and methods of making thereof are described herein. In one approach, the composition includes a continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix having oxygen scavenging domains dispersed therein. The oxygen scavenging domains include an oxidizable polymer, a transition metal catalyst or salt thereof, and a catalytic promoter effective to bind with oxygen passing through the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix. The oxygen scavenging domains forming a discrete polar region within the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix. The composition further includes a polymeric compatibilizer having a polar moiety and a non-polar moiety and in amounts effective to uniformly disperse the polar oxygen scavenging domains in the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical film and method of manufacturing the same. The optical film of the present invention includes an acrylic resin and a core-shell type graft copolymer wherein the core includes a conjugate diene rubber, and the shell includes an acrylic monomer, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a maleimide monomer.

Abstract: A method of producing a silane cross-linked polyethylene is disclosed which includes maleating a polyethylene polymer to form a maleated polyethylene and reacting the maleated polyethylene with a primary or secondary amino silane to form a silane-grafted polyethylene. The method further includes treating the silane-grafted polyethylene in a moisture curing process to form the silane cross-linked polyethylene.

Abstract: A terminally unsaturated polyolefin satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) the mesopentad fraction [mmmm] of propylene chain unit or butene-1 chain unit is 20 to 80 mol %; (2) the number of terminal vinylidene groups per molecule is 1.3 to 2.5; (3) the weight-average molecular weight Mw is 500 to 100,000; and (4) the molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn is 1.1 to 2.6.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film and a retardation film that each include an acryl resin, and 20 to 65 parts by weight of a graft copolymer including a conjugated diene rubber based on 100 parts by weight of the acryl resin, and an electronic device including the same.

Abstract: An oxygen scavenging polyolefin composition and methods of making thereof are described herein. In one approach, the composition includes a continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix having oxygen scavenging domains dispersed therein. The oxygen scavenging domains include an oxidizable polymer, a transition metal catalyst or salt thereof, and a catalytic promoter effective to bind with oxygen passing through the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix. The oxygen scavenging domains forming a discrete polar region within the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix. The composition further includes a polymeric compatibilizer having a polar moiety and a non-polar moiety and in amounts effective to uniformly disperse the polar oxygen scavenging domains in the continuous non-polar polyolefin matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition, comprising (i) a polypropylene homopolymer, (ii) a polypropylene random copolymer, prepared by copolymerization of propylene with an olefin comonomer and having an amount of olefin comonomer units of 0.2 to 5 wt %, and (iii) an elastomeric copolymer of propylene and at least one olefin comonomer, the polymer composition having a tensile modulus, determined according to ISO 527-2/1 B at 1 mm/min. and 230 C, of at least 1200 MPa.

Abstract: A method of coating a polymer comprising the step of treating the polymer with an activating agent to produce a reactive polymer, for example treating a polymer bearing at least one X (halogen) group and at least one H with base to eliminate HX. The reactive polymer is then reacted with a reactive coating, for example PVP, preferably in the presence of an initiator like persulfate anions, to produce a coated polymer, which may be hydrophilic in nature.

Abstract: A method for removing residual styrene monomers from co-extrudates comprising polystyrene and water-insoluble, crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, which comprises subjecting an aqueous suspension of the particulate solid co-extrudate to a heat treatment at temperatures of 60 to 99° C., the weight ratio of solid co-extrudate to water in the suspension being 1:1.5 to 1:20, and the concentration of the suspension being kept constant during the treatment.

Abstract: A terminally unsaturated polyolefin satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) the mesopentad fraction [mmmm] of propylene chain unit or butene-1 chain unit is 20 to 80 mol %; (2) the number of terminal vinylidene groups per molecule is 1.3 to 2.5; (3) the weight-average molecular weight Mw is 500 to 100,000; and (4) the molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn is 1.1 to 2.6.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for vehicle lamp housings, includes: 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, and (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers, under the presence of an acrylic ester-based rubbery polymer (a-1) having a weight average particle size of 100 to 400 nm; and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a (co)polymer (B) in which at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers is polymerized, in which a content of total volatiles at 260° C. is no more than 0.7% by weight of the composition overall, and a content of oligomer component having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 is no more than 0.3% by weight of the composition overall.

Abstract: A rubber-modified polystyrene resin composition is for making an electroplatable article which has a sectioned layer defining a unit area. The rubber-modified polystyrene resin composition includes a resin matrix, occlusion rubber particles dispersed in the resin matrix, and non-occlusion rubber particles dispersed in the resin matrix. A total sectional area ratio of the occlusion rubber particles to the non-occlusion rubber particles in the unit area ranges from 1.1 to 14.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition consisting of a functionalized polypropylene (PP) and a functionalized styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (TPS). The functionalized PP is a PP grafted with N-vinyl pyrrolidone (NVP) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), and the functionalized TPS is a TPS grafted with acrylamide or methacrylamide. The functionalized PP and the functionalized TPS are subjected to melt blending to obtain the resin composition with a slight cross-linking structure due to the reaction between GMA and acrylamide or methacrylamide, therefore the resin composition presents good physical properties. Besides, the resin composition without additional plasticizer or other small molecular organic compounds can be utilized in blood bags, blood transfusion and collection apparatuses, etc. Thus, it does not release small molecular substances which are of potential harm to human body during use.

Abstract: The thermoplastic rubber grafted copolymer resin composition comprising (A) about 100 parts by weight of a rubber grafted copolymer prepared by (a1) about 10 to 100 parts by weight of a rubber-modified grafted copolymer and (a2) about 0 to 90 parts by weight of copolymer prepared by vinyl cyanide compound/aromatic vinyl compound or methyl methacrylate or N-phenyl maleimide/vinyl cyanide monomer or aromatic vinyl monomer/methyl methacrylate or N-phenyl maleimide; (B) about 1 to 30 parts by weight of a maleic anhydride copolymer; and (C) about 1 to 20 parts by weight of a clay treated with a compound containing reactive functional groups; wherein said compound containing functional groups has a radical-polymerizable group and an onium ion that can ion-exchange with said clay.

Abstract: An ink composition includes (A) at least one polymerizable compound selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer having an aliphatic cyclic structure, an N-vinyllactam, and an aromatic monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer, (B) a radical polymerization initiator, (C) a pigment, and (D) a graft copolymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula below in a graft chain: wherein R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X denotes a single bond, —O—, —CO—, —COO—, —CONR1—, —OCO—, or a phenylene group, R1 denotes a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, L denotes a single bond or a divalent linking group, Z denotes —NR2R3, R2 and R3 independently denote a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition for a vehicular lamp housing, which is excellent in balance of physical properties with regard to such as impact resistance and fluidity, and of which hot plate weldability, vibration weldability and laser weldability are improved when a vehicular lamp housing is welded with other members.

Abstract: A method of producing an enlarged rubber that includes mixing 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a condensed acid salt (B) and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of the solid fraction of an acid group-containing copolymer latex (C) with 100 parts by mass of the solid fraction of a rubber-like polymer latex (A). A graft copolymer obtained by polymerization in the presence of an enlarged rubber obtained by the above production method, a thermoplastic resin composition containing the graft copolymer, and a molded item obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition. The acid group-containing copolymer latex (C) is a latex of an acid group-containing copolymer obtained by polymerizing, within water, a monomer mixture containing 5 to 30% by mass of an acid group-containing monomer and 95 to 70% by mass of an unsaturated carboxylate ester-based monomer.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to silicone prepolymer compositions comprising a silicone prepolymer and a solvent. A soluble silicone prepolymer can be provided having increased average silicon content, thereby attaining a desired oxygen permeability. A solvent can be provided with a desired balance between hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity by selection and modification of the solvent molecular structure, resulting in molded polymer films and articles that exhibit minimal or nonexistent eye irritation and exhibit highly transparent products. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition that can have excellent heat resistance and impact strength comprising a rubber-modified styrene resin and a copolymer of N-substituted maleimide compound and aromatic vinyl compound.

Abstract: Thermoplastic resin compositions are provided. A heat-resistant ABS thermoplastic resin composition including a graft ABS polymer, an ?-methylstyrene copolymer, an imide-substituted copolymer, and an additive for improving elongation and impact strength is excellent in weld strength, chemical resistance, impact strength, and elongation. A thermoplastic resin composition including a graft ABS polymer, a ?-methylstyrene copolymer, and an additive for improving wettability is excellent in weld strength and wettability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition. In more particular, a thermoplastic resin of graft ABS polymer and heat-resistant copolymer contains acryl-based resin, peroxide-based additive, or cross-linking additive, so that the thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention is effective in processing of a colored heat resistant ABS resin by having excellent cold stress whitening reduction and strength property, without lowering other properties as well as giving excellence in hot-tool weldability, pigmentation and paint spread property which are more important in post process, and maintaining the mechanical property as well as giving excellent heat-resistance and low gloss property.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of copolymers, in particular of grafted copolymers into comb copolymers. The modification comprises the steps (i) of controlled radical polymerization of a polymer or copolymer bearing a epoxide group at one end resulting from the initiation step, and (ii) a heating step of the polymer prepared under (i) and a copolymer bearing a functional group either in the backbone or attached to a side chain, which is able to react with the epxide group. The result is a comb copolymer with well controlled chain length of the grafted side arms expressed for example by a low polydispersity.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film that includes i) a (meth)acrylic resin, and 5 to 45 parts by weight of ii) a graft copolymer, prepared by grafting a (meth)acrylic resin onto a copolymer of (meth)acrylic rubber and aromatic vinyl compound, based on 100 parts by weight of the i) (meth)acrylic resin, and an electronic device including the optical film.

Abstract: The present invention is a peroxide-free process for preparing a direct-grafted polyolefin. The process has the steps of (a) selecting an antioxidant-free, unsaturated polyolefin, (b) oxidizing the polyolefin, (c) selecting a graftable, polar monomer, (d) combining the polyolefin and the graftable, polar monomer, (e) forming free radicals on the oxidized polyolefin, and (f) grafting the graftable, polar monomer onto the polyolefin at the free-radical sites.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processing of thermoplastic polymers, for example to injection molding and extrusion. More particularly the present invention relates to extrusion of polyolefin resins, especially polyethylene resin, and could be used in manufacture of polymer profile, isolating jacketing at electrical cable, polymer tube and film in blown film process. The present invention is directed to increase rate of defect free extrusion. Other objects of the present invention are: to lower cost of the used additives, to lower amount of additives during extrusion of polymer melts with fillers, to simplify design of equipment, which is used for processing of polymeric materials, to save energy, which is necessary for processing, to improve product appearance and its mechanical performances.

Abstract: A pseudo cross-link type resin composition made of one of resins or a mixture of the resins; wherein the resin is obtained by mixing a polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end of the polymer molecule, and a polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at lest in a molecular side chain or in a molecular skeleton of the polymer molecule; wherein the polymer molecule having an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end is a vinylic polymer or a copolymer thereof that has a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end, and the polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or in a molecular skeleton is a vinylic polymer or a copolymer thereof

Abstract: A polythiourethane is produced by polymerizing a compound represented by formula (I) in the presence of a compound represented by formula (II) in which R1 represents a methyl group;

Abstract: A resin molded article is produced by performing extrusion molding of a thermoplastic amorphous resin containing a dispersion phase, and then rolling it. According to a molecular orientation associated with an elongation of the dispersion phase in the rolling direction, it is possible to provide the resin molded article having an increased elastic modulus and a reduced coefficient of linear expansion.

Abstract: Rubber-reinforced thermoplastic resins containing a copolymer resin (A1) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl monomer (b1) in the presence of an acrylic rubber-like polymer (a), or a mixture of copolymer resin (A1) and a (co)polymer (A2) of a vinyl monomer (b2). Acrylic rubber-like polymer (a) contains 50 to 98% by weight of acrylic rubber-like polymer particles (a1) which have a particle size of less than 350 nm and 2 to 50% by weight of acrylic rubber-like polymer particles (a2) which have a particle size of not less than 350 nm. The amount of the acrylic rubber-like polymer (a) is 5 to 80% by weight based on the rubber-reinforced thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A low gloss thermoplastic composition suitable for making article having low gloss and a process for its preparation are disclosed. The composition contains (I) a resinous component that includes (a) a (co)polyalkyl (meth)acrylate rubber characterized that it contains no grafted phase, (b) a poly(vinyl aromatic-co-nitrile)-grafted (co)polyalkyl (meth)acrylate rubber, and (c) a poly(vinylaromatic-co-nitrile), and (II) a gloss-reducing agent that is the reaction product of (d) a compound having two or more maleic anhydride groups per molecule, and (e) a compound having two or more terminal primary amine groups per molecule, with the proviso that the total of the maleic anhydride groups per molecule and the terminal primary amine functional groups per molecule is greater than 4.

Abstract: A pseudo cross-link type resin composition made of one of resins or a mixture of the resins; wherein the resin is obtained by mixing a polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end of the polymer molecule, and a polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at lest in a molecular side chain or in a molecular skeleton of the polymer molecule; wherein the polymer molecule having an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end is a vinylic polymer or a copolymer thereof that has a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group at least in a molecular side chain or at a molecular tail end, and the polymer molecule that has an atomic group capable of forming an intermolecular hydrogen bond at least in a molecular side chain or in a molecular skeleton is a vinylic polymer or a copolymer there

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising: −40 to 97 parts of a thermoplastic polymer (M) forming a matrix, chosen from polyamides, polyamide block copolymers, fluoro polymers, polycarbonate, styrene resins, PMMA, thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU), copolymers containing polyester blocks and polyether blocks, polycarbonate-polyester alloys, polyketones, PVC and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH), −60 to 3 parts of (B) comprising: either an ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (B1), the alkyl having at least 5 carbon atoms, which copolymer (B1) carries a functional group or a blend of an ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer (B2), the alkyl having at least 5 carbon atoms, which copolymer (B2) does not carry a functional group, and of an impact modifier which carries a functional group.

Abstract: Polymers containing &agr;-methylenelact(ones)(ams) such as &agr;-methylenebutyrolactones are useful in blends with other polymers. For examples such polymers which have reactive groups are toughened by mixing with a rubbery material which has complimentary reactive groups, or polymers containing repeat units derived from &agr;-methylenelact(ones)(ams) are toughened by mixing with polymeric core-shell particles having an elastomeric core and a specified thermoplastic shell. The properties of thermoplastics are also improved by blending with &agr;-methylenelact(ones)(ams) such as &agr;-methylenebutyrolactones containing (co)polymers.

Abstract: A molding composition containing a graft polymer is disclosed. The graft is a product of a free-radical emulsion polymerization of resin-forming vinyl monomers in the presence of rubber present in latex form having a glass transition temperature of ≦0° C. using an initiator combination comprising a persulfate compound and a redox initiator system. The process for preparing the graft polymer entails adding the persulfate compound at the beginning of the graft polymerization reaction and a later addition of the redox initiator. The composition that features good gloss and flowability is suitable for the preparation of molded articles.

Abstract: A process for obtaining a polyolefin composition endowed with improved adhesion performance, especially paintability, comprising premixing a high-flow polyolefin resin with one or more grafting monomers and initiator, possibly also one or more comonomers, feeding the obtained premix and a low-flow polyolefin resin into a mixing device, and gradually heating the components to above their melting points while being subjected to mixing forces. The process may be carried out in an extruder, and polyether amine may optionally be introduced into the extruding mass downstream of the feeding point.

Abstract: A pseudo cross-link type resin composition made of one of resins or a mixture of the resins;

Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions containing graft polymers produced with different initiator systems are disclosed. The compositions are distinguished by a combination of good toughness and reduced opacity. As a result, appreciably smaller quantities of pigment are needed to color the molding composition.

Abstract: A tire having improved tear strength including at least one component comprising: a vulcanized elastomer; and up to about 35 parts by weight functionalized polyolefin per one hundred parts by weight rubber.

Abstract: A copolymer comprising a maleimide-based monomer unit and/or an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride-based monomer unit, where the copolymer contains an unreacted maleimide-based monomer and/or an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride-based monomer in an amount of 200 ppm or less and an adduct of a compound other than the polymerized units of the copolymer and the maleimide-based monomer and/or unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride-based monomer in an amount of 0.1 to 3,000 ppm.