An embodiment of the present invention provides a racing tire rubber composition comprising: 30-60 wt % of rubber, 10-30 wt % of carbon black, 1-20 wt % of carbon nanotubes, and 10-50 wt % of oil; and a method for manufacturing same.

The present invention relates to a polymer coagulant including methacrylamide in a preferred range and an enlarged graft copolymer prepared using same. The polymer coagulant provided in the present invention may enlarge a conjugated diene-based polymer to a suitable particle diameter range, and there are advantages of achieving excellent impact resistance and flowability of a graft copolymer prepared from the polymer.

The present invention relates to a polymer coagulant including methacrylamide in a preferred range and an enlarged graft copolymer prepared using same. The polymer coagulant provided in the present invention may enlarge a conjugated diene-based polymer to a suitable particle diameter range, and there are advantages of achieving excellent impact resistance and flowability of a graft copolymer prepared from the polymer.

A roofing accessory is disclosed includes an elastomeric layer including non-crosslinked elastomeric material having a composition including: (A) 100 PHR of a base polymer including ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) having a sum of ethylidene norbornene (ENB) content, vinyl norbornene (VNB) content, norbornadiene content, and 1,4 hexadiene content and/or dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) content from about 0 to 9 wt. %, (B) about 50 to 300 PHR of calcium carbonate; and (C) about 50 to 200 PHR of a dewaxed heavy paraffinic process oil(s). The accessory may further include a butyl-based layer adjacent to the elastomeric layer. The accessory may also include a protective layer configured as a liner, the protective layer arranged adjacent to the butyl-based layer such that the butyl-based layer is sandwiched between the first and protective layers. The accessory may have elongation at break of up to about 1800%.

This invention relates to microgel compositions, and in particular, to gel compositions fanned by binding a plurality of individual microgel particles together. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compositions and their use for particular applications, especially medical applications such as the repair of damaged, degenerated or inappropriately formed load-beating tissue (such as, for example, intervertebral discs).

The present invention provides a water-soluble silicone macromer. The water-soluble silicone macromer has a general formula: E−(M.sub.1).sub.x−(M.sub.2).sub.y, wherein M.sub.1 is a repeating unit which is derived from a silicone containing monomer, M.sub.2 is a repeating unit which is derived from a first hydrophilic monomer, and E is an ethylenically unsaturated group. The amount of M.sub.1 is in a range of 30-60 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer, and the amount of M.sub.2 is in a range of 40-70 wt % based on the total weight of the water-soluble silicone macromer. A silicone hydrogel composition containing the water-soluble silicone macromer and a silicone hydrogel lens made of the silicone hydrogel composition are also provided herein.

An aqueous dispersion comprising a tetrafluoroethylene core-shell polymer and at least one surfactant corresponding to the general formula R.sub.10-[CH.sub.2CH.sub.20].sub.n[R.sub.20].sub.m-R.sub.3 wherein R.sub.1 represents a linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbon group having at least 8 carbon atoms, preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene having 3 carbon atoms, R3 represents hydrogen, a C1-C3 alkyl group, or a C1-C3 hydroxyalkyl group, n has a value of 0 to 40, m has a value of 0 to 40 and the sum of n+m is at least 2, wherein the dispersion is free of fluorinated emulsifiers or contains them in an amount of less than 50 ppm based on the weight of the dispersion and wherein the core-shell polymer contains an outer shell of tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer. Further provided are methods of making the dispersions, coating compositions comprising the dispersions and article coated by the coating composition.

This invention relates to microgel compositions, and in particular, to gel compositions formed by binding a plurality of individual microgel particles together. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compositions and their use for particular applications, especially medical applications such as the repair of damaged, degenerated or inappropriately formed load-bearing tissue (such as, for example, intervertebral discs).

By using a graft polymer comprising a dendritic polymer with a styrene skeleton and a hydrophilic polymer grafted to a terminal thereof, a temperature-responsive substrate for cell culture having a temperature-responsive surface for cell culture that allows cells to be cultured with high efficiency and which yet allows cultured cells to be exfoliated in a short period of time and with high efficiency by simply changing the temperature of the substrate surface can be prepared conveniently. If this temperature-responsive substrate for cell culture is used, cells obtained from a variety of tissues can be cultured with high efficiency. If this culture method is utilized, cultured cells can be exfoliated intact in a short amount of time with high efficiency. In addition, by using this graft polymer, a wide range of peptides and proteins can also be separated by simply changing the temperature of a chromatographic carrier. This allows for convenient separation procedure and improves the efficiency of separating operations. What is more, the stereoregularity of the dendritic polymer per se may be utilized to enable separation of solutes based on differences in their molecular structures.

A polypropylene composition for a dyeable polypropylene filament yarn includes a polypropylene having a melt flow rate ranging from 30 g/10 min to 40 g/10 min, a polyester serving to modify the polypropylene and having a melt flow rate ranging from 40 g/10 min to 50 g/10 min, and a compatibilizer serving to improve compatibility between the polypropylene and the polyester. The polypropylene composition has a melt flow rate ranging from 30 g/10 min to 40 g/10 min.