A multilayered heat-recoverable article according to the present invention includes a cylindrical base material layer and an adhesive layer disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the base material layer, in which the base material layer contains a polyethylene and an oxidation inhibitor, the adhesive layer contains an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an oxidation inhibitor, the oxidation induction temperature of the base material layer is 255 C. to 270 C., and the oxidation induction temperature of the adhesive layer is 255 C. or higher.

The invention discloses oxygen scavenging films having at least one oxygen scavenging layer comprising a blend of ethylene/methyl acrylate/cyclohexene methyl acrylate copolymer (EMCM) as oxygen scavenger resin and a catalyst in a carrier resin, and an outer substrate layer having a thickness greater than 5% with respect to the total thickness of the film. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.

The present invention is an assembly layer for a flexible device. The assembly layer is derived from precursors in eluding at least one of a physically cross-linked silicone elastomer and a covalently cross-linked silicone elastomer forming reagent mixture, and a MQ resin. Within a temperature range of between about 30 C to about 90 C, the assembly layer has a shear storage modulus at a frequency of 1 Hz that does not exceed about 2 MPa, a shear creep compliance (J) of at least about 610.sup.6 1/Pa measured at 5 seconds with an applied shear stress between about 50 kPa and about 500 kPa, and a strain recovery of at least about 50% at at least one point of applied shear stress within the range of about 5 kPa to about 500 kPa within about 1 minute after removing the applied shear stress.

An acoustic composite comprising a plurality of discrete air flow resistive layers layered on top of each other including a top layer and one or more lofted fibrous layers produced by a lapping process, the top layer having a specific air flow resistance that is greater than a specific air flow resistance of the one or more lofted fibrous layer.

Provided is an electrophotographic member that has a high excessive charging-suppressing effect under a low-temperature and low-humidity environment, and has high charge-providing performance under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each including the electrophotographic member. The electrophotographic member is an electrophotographic member including an electro-conductive substrate and an electro-conductive resin layer, the electro-conductive resin layer contains a cation and at least one anion selected from the group consisting of anions represented by the following formulae (1) to (5): ##STR00001##
where X represents an arbitrary halogen atom, n in the structural formula (4) represents an integer of from 2 to 6, and n in the structural formula (5) represents an integer of 2 or 3.

A polymer-based multilayer film including a combination of desirable properties, such as relatively high chemical resistance and relatively good gas barrier properties. Specifically, in various embodiments, a multilayer film may include at least one layer having relatively high chemical resistance and at least one other layer having relatively good gas barrier properties. In one particular embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a multilayer film structure having a core layer of a fluoropolymer containing chlorine and a fluoropolymer containing chlorine and oxygen and an outer layer operably bonded on one side of the core layer and comprising a perfluorinated fluoropolymer. The core layer may be a blended layer of the fluoropolymer containing chlorine and the fluoropolymer containing chlorine and oxygen, or the core layer may be a sandwiched structure having at least one layer of the fluoropolymer containing chlorine and at least one layer of the fluoropolymer containing chlorine and oxygen.

The invention relates to an outer coating of a ship's hull in the underwater area, wherein the coating comprises a bottom layer on the hull exterior, said layer being made of an adhesive or an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and being particularly designed as a film, and a superimposed top layer made of an ultra high-molecular weight polyethylene.

The use of a fibre composite material W having a sandwich structure, constructed from: A) a thermoplastic material layer w, containing as components: a) a thermoplastic moulding compound A as a matrix, b) a ply made from reinforcing fibres B, and c) optionally additive C, wherein the ply of reinforcing fibres B is embedded in the matrix of the thermoplastic moulding compound A, and, in the production of the material layer w, the thermoplastic moulding compound A comprises at least one chemically reactive functionality, which reacts with chemical groups of the surface of the reinforcing fibres B; and B) a further thermoplastic layer T and/or a foam layer S, wherein said further layer T and/or S is permanently connected to the material layer w; provides increased mechanical stability for the production of moulded parts.

A flexible laminate structure for making a package and methods for constructing such flexible laminate structures are described that provide a peelable portion integral to the laminate structure. An inner ink layer may be printed on the peelable portion that includes a promotional offer, such as in the form of a barcode, where the inner ink layer is not visible to a consumer without first peeling the peelable portion off the package due to the presence of one or more blocker ink layers.

A gypsum board provided with a foamed gypsum core layer, a facing sheet over the foamed gypsum core, and a latex polymer coating layer on an outer surface of the facing sheet. The latex polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0 to 35 F. Methods for making the board are also disclosed.