A composition for preparing a foam, a foam, and a shoe employing the foam are provided. The composition for preparing a foam includes 3-30 parts by weight of a first polymer and at least one of a second polymer and a third polymer. The first polymer is cyclic olefin polymer (COP), cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), metallocene based cyclic olefin copolymer (mCOC), fully hydrogenated conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer, or a combination thereof. The total weight of the second polymer and the third polymer is 70-97 parts by weight. The second polymer is polyolefin, olefin copolymer, or a combination thereof. The third polymer is conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer, partially hydrogenated conjugated diene-vinyl aromatic copolymer, or a combination thereof. The total weight of the first polymer and at least one of the second polymer and the third polymer is 100 parts by weight.

A polymer composition made from or containing: A) from 70 wt % to 95 wt % of a propylene polymer composition made from or containing: A1) from 15 wt % to 35 wt % of a propylene 1-butene copolymer; and A2) from 65 wt % to 85 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer; and B) from 5.0 wt % to 30.0 wt % of a copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene containing from 3.0 wt % to 4.2 wt % of ethylene derived units, based upon the total weight of the copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene, wherein the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100 wt %.

A method for producing a molded article of expanded beads includes filling tubular polypropylene-based resin expanded beads each having a through-hole in a mold, and supplying a heating medium to fusion-bond the expanded beads to each other. The expanded beads have a foamed layer constituted by polypropylene-based resin. A closed cell of the expanded beads is 90% or more. An average hole diameter (d) of through-holes of the expanded beads is less than 1 mm. A ratio [d/D] of the average hole diameter (d) to an average outer diameter (D) of the expanded beads is 0.4 or less. An open cell content of the molded article of expanded beads is 2.5% or more and 12% or less.

A foam rubber molded produce obtained by molding a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of ethylene--olefin-nonconjugated diene copolymer, 4 to 30 parts by mass of amorphous 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer, 2 to 8 parts by mass of blowing agent, and a sulfur-based vulcanizing agent, and having a Mooney viscosity after kneading (ML1+4, 100 C.) of 54 or less. A specific gravity is 0.3 to 0.8, a compression set is less than 27%, and a foam state is an interconnected cell.

This disclosure relates to ethylene interpolymer compositions. Specifically, ethylene interpolymer products having: a Dilution Index (Y.sub.d) greater than 0; total catalytic metal ?3.0 ppm; ?0.03 terminal vinyl unsaturations per 100 carbon atoms, and; optionally a Dimensionless Modulus (X.sub.d) greater than 0. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have a melt index from about 0.3 to about 500 dg/minute, a density from about 0.869 to about 0.975 g/cm.sup.3, a polydispersity (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) from about 2 to about 25 and a CDBI.sub.50 from about 20% to about 97%. Further, the ethylene interpolymer products are a blend of at least two ethylene interpolymers; where one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a single-site catalyst formulation and at least one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a heterogeneous catalyst formulation.

A foamed thermoplastic material includes a thermoplastic material exhibiting, in its unfoamed state, a particular flammability index, flame growth rate, and specific extinction area. The foamed thermoplastic material further includes a plurality of cells having a number average mean diameter of 5 to 150 micrometers present in an amount effective to provide the foamed thermoplastic material with a density that is 10 to 90 percent of the density of the unfoamed thermoplastic material. The foamed thermoplastic material exhibits a desirable tensile elongation and dielectric constant. A process for forming the foamed thermoplastic material, articles including the foamed thermoplastic material, and an article-forming process are also described.

Porous sheet product and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the porous sheet product may be made by a process that includes providing an extrusion mixture, the extrusion mixture including a polymeric binder, a swelling agent, a compatibilizing agent, and a superabsorbent polymer, the superabsorbent polymer being in particle form. The superabsorbent polymer may be wet-milled such that its particle size before and after milling is reduced by a ratio of at least 5:1. The extrusion mixture may be melt-extruded to form a sheet material in film form. At least a portion of the swelling and compatibilizing agents may be removed. The porous sheet product is preferably liquid permeable and may be used, for example, as a battery separator, as a food packaging material, as a diffusion barrier and disposable garments.

A film including 70 to 99 weight percent of an amorphous, high heat copolycarbonate having a glass transition temperature of at least 170 C., preferably 170 to 230 C., more preferably 175 to 200 C., and 1 to 30 weight percent of a cyclic olefin copolymer each based on the total weight of polymers in the film; wherein the film has a dielectric breakdown strength of greater than 700 Volts/micrometer, preferably 700 to 1250 Volts/micrometer at 150 C., is provided. Methods for the manufacture of the film and articles including the films are provided.

Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a crosslinked product prepared by ionically crosslinking a solid grade oligomer and a polymer using an ionic crosslinking agent. In some embodiments, the polymer is derived from a hydrophobic monomer and/or a gas-phase monomer. In some embodiments, the solid grade oligomer is reacted with a polymer comprising a hydrophobic monomer and/or a gas-phase monomer. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making the disclosed compositions. The compositions disclosed herein can be used in a variety of applications including, but not limited to, asphalt compositions, paints, coatings, carpet compositions, paper binding and coating compositions, foams, or adhesives.

The invention relates to a cover film for fixing material when pressing round bales. The film comprises a copolymer.