The resin composition production method includes a step in which a cellulose fiber composition containing 5 to 45 parts by mass of water with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of cellulose fibers (A) and an acrylic resin and/or a styrene acrylic resin (B) is kneaded with a thermoplastic resin (C), and water is removed until the water content after kneading falls to 1% or less. The resin composition production method is also characterized in that: 20 parts by mass or more and 200 parts by mass or less of the resin (B) is blended with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cellulose fibers (A), the dissolution amount of the resin (B) in 100 g of water at 25° C. is less than 1 g, and the glass transition temperature of the resin (B) is 40 to 150° C.

Provided are various gloves and protective articles with improved donning characteristics. The glove comprises an interior surface, and a polymer system coating the interior surface. The polymer system comprises one or more first polymers, each including an average particle size between 100 nanometers (nm) to 400 nm. The polymer system further comprises one or more second polymers, each including an average particle size in excess of 500 nm. The one or more first polymers may comprise a combination of one or more polymers including: butadiene based polymer and copolymer latices, isoprene based polymer and copolymer latices, copolymer latices prepared from styrene and acrylic monomers, and polyurethane copolymers. The one or more second polymers may include vinyl acetate polymers. The glove may be an elastomeric rubber glove coated with the polymer system in an amount between 0.0004 grams and 0.0016 grams on a dry basis.

Disclosed are such co-polymers of vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups chain extended by a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups which copolymerize with the one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers. Disclosed are compositions comprising vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups and a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups, which may optionally, contain salts of alkaline earth metals, alkali metals, transition metals, post transition metals or metalloids. Disclosed are methods of preparing such chain-extended and/or branched copolymers.

Disclosed are such co-polymers of vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups chain extended by a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups which copolymerize with the one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers. Disclosed are compositions comprising vinylidene substituted aromatic monomers and unsaturated compounds containing nucleophilic groups and a copolymer of one or more vinylidene aromatic monomers and one or more unsaturated compounds having pendant electrophilic groups, which may optionally, contain salts of alkaline earth metals, alkali metals, transition metals, post transition metals or metalloids. Disclosed are methods of preparing such chain-extended and/or branched copolymers.

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.

This invention relates to a multilayer biodegradable film which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of packaging and is also characterised by appreciable optical transparency properties in addition to high level mechanical properties.

The present invention relates to a film comprising at least one biodegradable layer (i) having an elastic modulus of more than 450 MPa, consisting of a mixture of polyhydroxyalkanoate constituting the continuous phase and aliphatic and/or aliphatic-aromatic polyester constituting the discontinuous phase, and at least one coating layer (ii) preferably capable of having barrier effects against gases and liquids. The surface of said layer (i) will have a root mean square roughness Sq of more than 10 nm and less than 45 nm, measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The film is particularly suitable for use in food packaging.

The present invention provides a hydrophobic thermoplastic starch and method for manufacturing the same, to be used as granules for making biodegradable composites. The hydrophobic thermoplastic Starch of the invention is in a granule type, has the melt flow index in the range of 0.2-6 g/10 min at 160° C. and has 60-80 wt % of starch and the water content less than 9%.

A polyester resin composition includes a polyester resin A containing 70 to 100% by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate resin and 0 to 30% by mass of a polyethylene terephthalate resin, and includes a metal organic acid salt B that is either one or both of an alkali metal organic acid salt and an alkaline earth metal organic acid salt and a predetermined amount of a polyfunctional glycidyl group-containing styrene-based polymer C, and the polyester resin composition contains either one or both of alkali metal atoms and alkaline earth metal atoms in a predetermined amount based on 100 parts by mass of the polyester resin A, and further, the content of linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate or the content of the linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate and the linear oligomers of polyethylene terephthalate is less than or equal to 1000 mg/kg.