Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article which has excellent shielding properties and absorbency for electromagnetic waves having a specific frequency. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article includes a thermoplastic resin composition including stainless steel fibers, and the content ratio of the stainless steel fibers in the molded article is from 0.5 to 20 mass %. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article has a thickness from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, and a shielding property of 10 dB or greater and an absorbency of 25% or greater for electromagnetic waves having any frequency in a frequency domain from 59 GHz to 100 GHz.

The present invention relates to the use of hydrophopic polyols for producing fiber composite components on the basis of a polyurethane/polyisocyanurate reaction mixture, to a method for producing composite components and to the composite components as such. The method according to the invention is particularly economical in terms of saving material and time costs and the composite components obtained are characterized by excellent visual and material properties.

The present invention relates to filled polymeric materials including a thermoplastic polymer and a metallic filler and to light weight composite materials, which comprise a metallic layer and a polymeric layer, the polymeric layer containing the filled polymeric material. The filled polymeric material preferably is an extruded sheet. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures and/or welded to other metal materials using conventional welding techniques.

A thermoplastic prepreg includes a mat, web, or fabric of fibers and hollow glass microspheres that are positioned atop the mat, web, or fabric of fibers or dispersed therein. The thermoplastic prepreg also includes a thermoplastic polymer that is fully impregnated through the mat, web, or fabric of fibers and the hollow glass microspheres so that the thermoplastic prepreg has a void content of less than 3% by volume of the thermoplastic prepreg. The thermoplastic material is polymerized monomers and oligomers in which greater than 90% by weight of the monomers or oligomers react to form the thermoplastic material.

A thermoplastic prepreg includes a mat, web, or fabric of fibers and hollow glass microspheres that are positioned atop the mat, web, or fabric of fibers or dispersed therein. The thermoplastic prepreg also includes a thermoplastic polymer that is fully impregnated through the mat, web, or fabric of fibers and the hollow glass microspheres so that the thermoplastic prepreg has a void content of less than 3% by volume of the thermoplastic prepreg. The thermoplastic material is polymerized monomers and oligomers in which greater than 90% by weight of the monomers or oligomers react to form the thermoplastic material.

The present invention relates to filled polymeric materials including a thermoplastic polymer and a metallic filler and to light weight composite materials, which comprise a metallic layer and a polymeric layer, the polymeric layer containing the filled polymeric material. The filled polymeric material preferably is an extruded sheet. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures and/pr welded to other metal materials using conventional welding techniques.

A sheetlike semifinished product comprising a matrix having at least one latent reactive plastics composition which is curable to afford an elastomer, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer, and fibers embedded in the matrix. A process for producing sheetlike semifinished products is further disclosed.

A resin-metal composite member for a tire, the member including a metal member (27), an adhesion layer (25), and a covering resin layer (28) in the listed order, in which the adhesion layer (25) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer having a polar functional group, and the covering resin layer (28) includes a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer.

More specifically, provided are a polyarylene sulfide resin composition including 100 parts by mass of a polyarylene sulfide resin and 1 to 100 parts by mass of an inorganic filler surface-treated with a sizing agent, wherein the sizing agent is a sizing agent () containing at least a urethane-modified epoxy resin having an alkoxy polyoxyalkylene structure and a urethane resin having a sulfonate group, a sizing agent () containing a copolymer (1) having a mass average molecular weight of 5000 to 150000, which is obtained by radical copolymerization of a polymerizable monomer mixture of at least a (meth)acrylic acid ester and maleic acid (anhydride), or a sizing agent () containing at least a polyether resin, a urethane resin, and a silane coupling agent, a molded article thereof, an inorganic filler used for the composition, and methods for producing them.

Polymer compositions having improved electromagnetic (EMI) shielding properties under high temperature are disclosed. The polymer compositions comprise a thermoplastic polymer, stainless steel fiber, and optionally one or more of glass fiber, a conductive filler, a second polymer, and other additives. The disclosed compositions maintain heat resistance and other mechanical properties under high temperatures.