The present disclosure describes kits and compositions for three dimensional printing, systems for three-dimensional printing, and methods of making three-dimensional printed articles. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing comprises: a fusing agent comprising water and a radiation absorber, wherein the radiation absorber absorbs radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat; and a pore-promoting agent comprising water and a water-soluble pore-promoting compound, wherein the pore promoting compound chemically reacts at an elevated temperature to generate a gas, and wherein the water-soluble pore-promoting compound is selected from the group consisting of sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, and combinations thereof.

Provided is a system, process, and method for the recycling of waste plastics. The recycling system, process, and method may comprise sorting of comingled waste. The sorting of comingled waste may include sorting into, for example, like polymer groups or families of plastic materials. The recycling system, process, and method may comprise processing of a sorted waste, including processing of the sorted plastic waste. The processing of the sorted plastic waste may include grinding and mixing, a supercritical or subcritical fluid treatment and sterilization, and extrusion to create and provide a homogenous precursor plastics blend. The precursor plastics blend may then be further extruded and refined to remove water and other low molecular weight material, and may be customized with additives to provide a value-added recycled plastic material. The additives may include colorants, flame retardants, fillers, fiber, identifiers, and the like, and may be combined in a ratio with virgin plastics, to impart specific properties on the value-added recycled plastic material based on its subsequent use in remanufacture and tracking. One or more of the recycling steps or phases may provide at least one of speed, accuracy, or cleanliness and minimization of human contact with waste materials.

Compositions are provided including an uncrosslinked thermoplastic nitrogen-containing matrix material and composite particles distributed in the matrix material. The composite particles each include a chemical blowing agent particle encapsulated within a shell including an uncrosslinked thermoplastic material. The uncrosslinked thermoplastic material exhibits at least a certain minimum complex viscosity at a decomposition temperature of the chemical blowing agent particle. Also described are foam compositions and particles including the foam compositions, such as a sheet or multilayer construction. Composite particles are further provided. Methods of making the foam compositions are additionally described herein. Also, polishing pads, polishing systems, and methods of polishing a substrate are provided.

The present invention relates to a non-crosslinked block copolymer foam composition, characterised in that it is in the form of a polymer matrix comprising closed cells containing gas, said matrix comprising: from 90 to 99.9% by weight of said block copolymer; and from 0.01 to 10% by weight of metal carbonate, for the total weight of the foam composition. The present invention also relates to a foamable composition and a method for manufacturing said foam, as well as the use of the foam in sports shoe soles, balloons or balls, gloves, personal protection equipment, rail soles, automobile parts, construction parts, electrical and electronic equipment parts, audio equipment, sound- and/or heat-proofing, and parts used to damp vibrations.

A molding compound contains polyether block amide (PEBA) based on a subunit 1 made of at least one linear aliphatic diamine having 5 to 15 C atoms and at least one linear aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 16 C atoms. The PEBA also contains a subunit 2 made of at least one polyether diol having at least 3 C atoms per ether oxygen and primary OH groups at the chain ends. The sum of the C atoms of diamine and dicarboxylic acid is odd and is 19 or 21, and the number-average molar mass of the subunit 2 is 200 to 900 g/mol. A molded object can be created from the molding compound, which can be a molded part, a film, a bristle, a fiber, or a foam.

A polymer composition can be used in selective absorbing sintering, SAS, or selective inhibition sintering, SIS, methods. The polymer of the polymer composition has open mesopores, where a cumulative pore volume distribution of the mesopores, measured according to DIN 66134, is at least 0.01 cm.sup.3/g.

The rigid hollow protection casing (30) includes a first rigid layer (10) composed of a matrix of a first thermoplastic material (11) including in its interior at least one long-fibre fabric layer (12) selected from fibreglass, carbon fibre and/or aramid fibre and comprising between 45% and 65% of the total weight of the first layer (10); a second overlapping rigid layer (20) exterior to the first layer (10), the second layer (20) being entirely composed of a matrix thereof or of a second thermoplastic material (21), the second layer (20) comprising between 2% and 10% of the total weight of the casing (30).

Molded polymer foam articles are described as having a novel a foam structure. The polymer foam articles include a continuous polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles therein which is present throughout the entirety of the article, including in the surface region extending 500 microns beneath the surface of the article. The surface region is further characterized as having compressed pneumatoceles. The novel foam structure is achieved even when molding polymer foam articles comprising a thickness of more than 2 cm, a volume of more than 1000 cm.sup.3; or both a volume of more than 1000 cm.sup.3 and a thickness of more than 2 cm. Methods of making the molded polymer foam articles are also described.

Described herein are thermoplastic molding materials including components:

A) 10 to 98.5 wt % of a thermoplastic polyamide,
B) 1 to 20 wt % of red phosphorus,
C) 0.5 to 15 wt % of an aluminum salt of phosphonic acid,
D) 0 to 55 wt % of a fibrous or particulate filler or mixtures thereof,
E) 0 to 30 wt % of further additives,
wherein the weight percentages of the components A) to E) sum to 100%.

The present invention relates to a novel method for conferring to thermoplastic, thermostable polymers or elastomers, magnetic, electromagnetic, electrical, X-ray shielding or density properties that allow the detection of said polymers by means of specific equipment that exists in the prior art. The detection of the thermoplastic polymers, thermostable polymers or elastomers in turn facilitates their location, removal or separation. The method is based on the addition of specific iron and silicon alloys with or without surface treatment.