Disclosed is an infill for an artificial turf field, the infill comprising: from about 40 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a polyvinyl chloride resin; from about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a plasticizer derived from a naturally occurring source; from about 2 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a reflective pigment; from about 0.01 wt. % to about 0.1 wt. % of a blowing agent; and from about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a filler. The infill is pelletized and maintains the temperature of an artificial turf field, when disposed throughout the artificial turf field, at a temperature about 15° F. to about 25° F. less than a temperature of a comparative artificial turf under substantially similar ambient and environmental conditions, wherein a comparative infill of the comparative artificial turf consists essentially of crumbed rubber infill.

A method of producing a heat-resistant chlorine-containing crosslinked resin formed body, formed from: Step (a) of melt-mixing, to a base resin containing a chlorinated polyethylene and a polyvinyl chloride and a plasticizer, an organic peroxide, an inorganic filler, and a silane coupling agent, at a specific ratio, at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide; Step (b) of mixing a silane masterbatch obtained in Step (a) and a silanol condensation catalyst; and Step (c) of crosslinking by bringing a formed body obtained by Step (b) into contact with water; wherein, in Step (a), from 5 to 55 mass % of the plasticizer is contained in 100 mass % of the base resin to be used in the reaction with the silane coupling agent; the formed body produced therefrom; a silane masterbatch and a mixture thereof; and a heat resistant product.

A foam flooring includes a stone-plastic base material structure, which sequentially comprises, from top to bottom, a first stable layer, a foaming layer and a second stable layer. The first stable layer and the second stable layer are both sheets with a PVC resin and filler powder as main components, with 25-40 parts by mass of the PVC resin and 55-75 parts by mass of the filler powder; and the density of the SPC foam flooring is 1.4-1.6 g/cm3. The foaming layer is arranged between the two stable layers, such that the overall density of the flooring is significantly reduced and reaches 1.4-1.6 g/m3; since the foaming layer is arranged inside, the surface strength of the overall flooring is not influenced.

This disclosure describes a composition that includes a bulk diffuser that includes a film having a major surface; the film includes a polymer, and a scattering element. The scattering element includes a silicone bead having a mean particle diameter in a range of 2 micrometers (μm) to 9 μm. The linear density of the film is at least 5.1 W.sub.i*μm, wherein the linear density equals the product of the mass fraction of the silicone bead (W.sub.i) and film thickness in micrometers (μm). This disclosure further describes methods of making the film and the bulk diffuser and methods of using the film including, for example, as a bulk diffuser in a sign box.

The present disclosure relates to a method to produce a coating layer, including applying a coating composition on a surface of a carrier, curing the coating composition to a coating layer, and subsequently applying pressure to the coating layer. The disclosure further relates to a method to produce a building panel, and such a building panel, and to a method to produce a coated foil, and such a coated foil.

A processing aid for foam molding comprising a copolymer obtained by the polymerization of from 50% to 100% by weight total of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of ethyl methacrylate and propyl methacrylate, and 0 to 50% by weight of other copolymerizable monomers, the copolymer having the following properties: (a) a reduced viscosity measured according to ASTM D2857 at 1 mg/mL in chloroform at 25° C. of greater than 8 dL/g and (b) a Tg equal to or less than 77° C. is provided.

The present disclosure is generally directed to solvent mixtures for swelling and bonding polymeric substances for use in facilitating the connection of polymeric substances to other parts. A swelling solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 5% and 95% by volume n-Octane and between 5% and 95% by volume of either a heptane isomer (such as n-Heptane) or a nonane isomer (such as n-Nonane). The swelling solvent solution may be used to swell polymeric parts to enable the parts to be attached to other parts. A bonding solvent solution according to the present disclosure may comprise between 2% and 98% by volume of at least one of: acetone, MEK, heptane, octane, nonane, isohexane, and THF, and between 2% and 98% by volume cyclohexanone. The bonding solvent solution may be used to bond polymeric parts to other parts.

The invention disclosed herein is an automotive acoustic panel including a porous sound-absorption material made from a polymer and an expanded perlite. One or more silane compounds may be coupled or coated onto the expanded perlite while a coupling agent and a chemical foaming agent may additionally be added to the automotive acoustic panel.

Hydrophilic coatings including a base coat layer and a top coat layer wherein at least one of the base coat and top coat compositions that form the hydrophilic coatings comprises a diacrylate compound have a number average molecular weight less than 1000.

Method to produce a polymeric product starting from a primary heterogeneous mixture comprising polymeric material, comprising fragmentation into desired sizing, mechanical primary selection of the fragmented material and plastification, obtaining a densified material which is then subjected to quenching.