A thermosetting resin composition having improved flowability and stiffness, and a prepreg using the same. Specifically, three kinds of fillers having different average particle diameters are combined with a binder resin system including an epoxy resin, a bismaleimide resin, a diaminodiphenylsulfone resin, and a benzoxazine resin.

A resin composition is useful for preparing an article such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board. The resin composition includes a benzoxazine resin of Formula (1) and a maleimide resin. The article made from the resin composition has high thermal resistance, low dielectric properties and high dimensional stability and meets the processability requirements of printed circuit boards involving multiple lamination processes and multiple assembly operations.

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A metal or metallized reinforcer, at least the surface of which is at least partially metallic, comprises at least a metallic part coated with a polybenzoxazine, the repeat units of which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a reinforcement can be used for the reinforcement of a rubber article, in particular a motor vehicle tire.

Monomer(s) based on a 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,3-benzoxazine derivative. Alternatively, a composition comprising a mixture of the monomer(s) and of a second benzoxazine derivative selected from the group consisting of monofunctional amines bridged with diphenolic compounds, monophenolic compounds bridged with diamines and diamines bridged by diphenolic compounds, or a mixture thereof. These compounds are suited for the preparation of benzoxazine derivative heterogeneous polymers, for example having the shape of coatings or films, exhibiting enhanced anti-inflammatory and/or anti-oxidant properties. A material with a coated substrate with the heterogeneous polymer may be a part of implantable materials, such as implantable metallic apparatus such as a catheter, a metallic implant, or a metallic prosthesis, biologically compatible. These implantable materials may be safely used because they are preventing any inflammatory and/or oxidative reaction(s) from a host into which the coated substrate is grafted or implanted.

A process for manufacturing a polybenzoxazine monomer, crosslinking the latter, and using the crosslinked product to form an ablative thermal protection system for a thruster nozzle or atmospheric reentry body.

Disclosed herein are polymers formed by the condensation of bis(hydroxycarbyl)-aminophenolic compounds with aldehydes. The condensation polymers include one or more repeat units having bis(hydroxycarbyl)amino functionality. The hydroxyl groups of the bis(hydroxycarbyl)amino functionalities are available for further condensation with an epoxide, such as ethylene oxide, to yield a polyalkoxylated polymer. The polymers are useful as antipolymerants, polymerization retardants, surfactants, or a combination of these in one or more industrial systems.

Polybenzoxazine comprises repeat units which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a polybenzoxazine may be used as a metal-adhesive layer, in particular for the adhesive bonding of a metal substrate, in particular made of carbon steel, to a rubber.

Polybenzoxazine comprises repeat units which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): ##STR00001##
in which Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a polybenzoxazine may be used as a metal-adhesive layer, in particular for the adhesive bonding of a metal substrate, in particular made of carbon steel, to a rubber.

Polymers are formed by the condensation of bis(hydroxycarbyl)-aminophenolic compounds with aldehydes. The condensation polymers include one or more repeat units having bis(hydroxycarbyl)amino functionality. The polymers are useful as antifoulants, antipolymerants, rheology modifiers, dehazers, polymerization retardants, surfactants, or a combination of these in one or more industrial process streams.

Crosslinked polymers made up of polymerized units of cyclic diaminoalkane, aldehyde and bisphenol-S or melamine. A method for removing heavy metals, such as Pb(II) from an aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater sample with these crosslinked polymers is introduced. A process of synthesizing the crosslinked polymers is also described.