A particle and a method for producing the same is disclosed. For example, the particle includes a polymer resin that is compatible with a three-dimensional (3D) printing process to print a three-dimensional (3D) object and a marking additive that allows selective portions of the 3D object to change color when exposed to a light, wherein the marking additive is added to approximately 0.01 to 25.00 weight percent (wt %).

Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.

There is provided a toner comprising a binder resin, a wax, a charge control resin and a colorant. As a result of gas chromatography analysis, a first total amount of components detected in a range of a peak detecting time of hydrocarbons having 5 to 9 carbons is 500 ppm or less in terms of styrene; a second total amount of components detected in a range of a peak detecting time of hydrocarbons having 10 to 18 carbons is 5,000 ppm or less in terms of styrene; and an amount of a component corresponding to a maximum peak of peaks of hydrocarbons having 10 to 18 carbons is 3,000 ppm or less in terms of styrene.

Provided are: a dispersant for calcium carbonate that is capable of dispersing calcium carbonate well in a thermoplastic resin; a calcium carbonate composition and a thermoplastic resin composition that each contain the dispersant for calcium carbonate; and a molded body produced by using the thermoplastic resin composition. Specifically, provided are a dispersant for calcium carbonate, including a polyester resin containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residue, an aliphatic diol residue, and a monoalcohol residue or a monocarboxylic acid residue and having a melting point of 100 to 250° C.; a calcium carbonate composition that contains the dispersant and calcium carbonate; a thermoplastic resin composition that contains the dispersant, calcium carbonate, and a thermoplastic resin; and a molded body that contains the thermoplastic resin composition.

Provided are an aliphatic polycarbonate-polyurethane composition and an aliphatic polycarbonate-polyurethane polymer using the same.

Copolymers having General Formula (I):

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in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are chosen from C.sub.1 to C.sub.30 aliphatic groups, R.sup.4 is chosen from divalent C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 linear aliphatic groups and divalent C.sub.4 to C.sub.7 linear heteroaliphatic groups, optionally substituted with one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.6 linear aliphatic groups, C.sub.1-C.sub.6 branched aliphatic groups, or combination thereof, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 are each independently chosen from methyl or hydrogen, x is chosen from 0 to 0.8, y is chosen from 0 to 0.8, when y is 0, x is greater than 0, and when x is 0, y is greater than 0, and z is chosen from 0.1 to 0.9. The summation of x, y, and z equals 1. Methods for inhibiting formation of clathrate hydrates in a fluid capable of forming the clathrate hydrates, including contacting the fluid with at least one copolymer of General Formula (I).

A particle and a method for producing the same is disclosed. For example, the particle includes a polymer resin that is compatible with a three-dimensional (3D) printing process to print a three-dimensional (3D) object and a marking additive that allows selective portions of the 3D object to change color when exposed to a light, wherein the marking additive is added to approximately 0.01 to 25.00 weight percent (wt %).

A resin formed body, having a diffraction peak at a position where a scattering vector s is 3.86±0.1 nm.sup.−1 in a wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement, and having at least one melting peak each at respective regions of 129° C. or lower and 159° C. or higher in a differential scanning calorimetry, and with which a peak of tan δ is observed in a range of −40±10° C. in a dynamic viscoelastic measurement, and a resin composition suitable for preparing the same.

Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.

A motor vehicle cooling fluid flow pipe, such as an engine cooling fluid pipe, characterized in that the wall of the pipe is constituted by a single layer made of a polymer material comprising a mixture of at least two polymer materials of different natures, one of which, referred to as a first material, being a polyolefin, and the other of which, referred to as a second material, being a thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE). The method of manufacturing this pipe comprises an operation of mixing at least the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE), a step of extruding said mixture in a screw extruder followed by a step of forming the pipe, the operation of mixing the polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer elastomer (TPE) being performed upstream from the extruder or at its inlet.