A foaming composition useful to make an extruded foam is comprised of: a copolymer of a vinylidene aromatic monomer and an unsaturated compound containing nucleophilic groups, a copolymer of vinylidene aromatic monomer and an unsaturated compound having electrophilic groups; and a blowing agent. The foaming composition may be made into a foam by heating the foaming composition to a temperature sufficient to melt and react said copolymers to form a chain extended/branched copolymer and extruding the foaming composition from a higher pressure to a lower pressure to form an extruded foam comprised of the chain extended/branched copolymer. The foam is comprised of a chain extended/branched copolymer that is the reaction product of (i) a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups, and (ii) a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having electrophilic groups.

Provided by the present invention is a high melt strength styrene resin composition. The composition includes the following components proportioned according to certain parts by weight: a styrene resin or a styrene alloy, a tackifier, an antioxidant and a lubricant. Compared to the existing technology, the present invention has the following beneficial effects: 1. a random copolymer used as the tackifier in the present invention is thermodynamically compatible with the styrene resin and the alloy thereof, does not experience phase separation, and has excellent mechanical properties; 2. the random copolymer used as the tackifier in the present invention has a moderate molecular weight, and is more easily plasticized than a rubber powder, a SAN powder having a high molecular weight, a heat-resistant powder, and so on, thus having better processability, uniform thickness, and low shrinkage rate, and not frequently experiencing the problem of surface defects.

An additive for resin kneading contains an organic ultraviolet absorber and/or a radical scavenger, and a polymer having the organic ultraviolet absorber and/or the radical scavenger dispersed. The additive for resin kneading has a median size of 1 .Math.m or more and 100 .Math.m or less. A percentage of the total amount of the organic ultraviolet absorber and the radical scavenger in the additive for resin kneading is 20% or more and 70 % or less. The polymer is a copolymer of a vinyl monomer component that contains a monofunctional vinyl monomer containing only one polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond per molecule, and a polyfunctional vinyl monomer containing two or more polymerizable carbon-carbon double bonds per molecule. A percentage of the monofunctional vinyl monomer in the total amount of the monofunctional vinyl monomer and the polyfunctional vinyl monomer is 10% or more and 95% or less.

A composition comprises: a resin component including an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer satisfying all the following conditions (1) to (4): (1) a number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 500 or more and 100000 or less; (2) the aromatic vinyl compound monomer is an aromatic vinyl compound having 8 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, and a content of a unit of the aromatic vinyl compound monomer is 0 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less; (3) the aromatic polyene is one or more selected from polyenes having 5 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms and having a plurality of vinyl groups and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, and a content of the vinyl groups and/or the vinylene groups derived from the unit of the aromatic polyene is 1.5 pieces or more and less than 20 pieces per number average molecular weight; and (4) the olefin is one or more selected from olefins having 2 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, and a total of units of the olefin monomer, the aromatic vinyl compound monomer, and the aromatic polyene monomer is 100 mass %; and a surface-treated silica. The volume ratio between the resin component and the silica is in the range of 98 to 15:2 to 85. A cured product of the composition has a value of the dielectric tangent obtained by resonator method at a measurement frequency of 10 GHz and/or a measurement frequency range of 25 GHz to 40 GHz of 1.2×10.sup.−3 or less and a storage elastic modulus at 250° C. in the range of 10 MPa or more and 10 GPa or less.

A method for producing a porous copolymer monolith substrate for use in flow through liquid chromatography applications is disclosed. The method comprises forming a reaction composition comprising at least one monoethylenically unsaturated aryl monomer, at least one polyethylenically unsaturated aryl monomer, a RAFT agent, at least one liquid porogen, and a radical initiator. The reaction composition is introduced to a mold having a shape and dimensions suitable for forming a liquid chromatography substrate. The monoethylenically unsaturated aryl monomer, the polyethylenically unsaturated aryl monomer and the RAFT agent are copolymerised in the mold under conditions to form a solid copolymer network that is phase-separated from the reaction composition and/or any liquid components.

A method of making foamed styrenic copolymer comprising reacting the styrenic copolymer with an ionomer to form a composition; and contacting a blowing agent with the composition to form the foamed styrenic polymer. An article formed from a composition comprising a styrenic copolymer, an ionomer and a blowing agent.

A laminate has an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer and a metal foil. The number average molecular copolymer weight is between 5000 and 100000; the aromatic vinyl compound monomer is aromatic vinyl compound having between 8 and 20 carbon atoms, and the aromatic vinyl compound monomer unit content is between 10 and 60 mass %; the aromatic polyene is selected having between 5 and 20 carbon atoms and vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, the content derived from the aromatic polyene unit is between 1.5 and 20 pieces per number average molecular weight; and the olefin is selected having between 2 and 20 carbon atoms, being ethylene alone, or having a mass ratio of α-olefin monomer components other than ethylene to an ethylene monomer component contained in the olefin, of 1/7 or less, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.

An anion exchange membrane is composed of a copolymer of 1,1-diphenylethylene and one or more styrene monomers, such as 4-tert-butylstyrene. The copolymer includes a backbone substituted with a plurality of ionic groups coupled to phenyl groups on the backbone via hydrocarbyl tethers between about 1 and about 7 carbons in length. High-temperature conditions enabled by these copolymers enhance conductivity performance, making them particularly suitable for use in anion exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolyzers employing hydrogen, ion separations, etc. The properties of the membranes can be tuned via the degree of functionalization of the phenyl groups and selection of the functional groups, such as quaternary ammonium groups. Several processes can be used to incorporate the desired ionic functional groups into the polymers, such as chloromethylation, radical bromination, Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation, sulfonation followed by amination, or combinations thereof.

The invention relates to the co-use of a) a certain type of silica and b) a certain type of graphite, wherein the silica and the graphite are used in a weight ratio in a range of from 1:1 to 1:10, for decreasing the thermal conductivity of vinyl aromatic polymer foam.

A resin composition is provided containing a polymer having a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) in the molecule, and an inorganic filler, in which the inorganic filler contains silica in which a ratio of a number of Si atoms contained in silanol groups to a total number of Si atoms is 3% or less.

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In Formula (1), Z represents an arylene group, R.sub.1 to R.sub.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R.sub.4 to R.sub.6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.