Provided herein is a resin composition containing milled fibreglass and graphene. Also provided herein is a composite material containing cured resin composition, fibreglass reinforced resin containing the composite material and further fibreglass, a laminate including a layer of the fibreglass reinforced resin, and methods of making the resin composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin. The composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin and laminate find use in, for example, the construction of swimming pools and spa pools.

Provided herein is a resin composition containing milled fibreglass and graphene. Also provided herein is a composite material containing cured resin composition, fibreglass reinforced resin containing the composite material and further fibreglass, a laminate including a layer of the fibreglass reinforced resin, and methods of making the resin composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin. The composition, composite material and fibreglass reinforced resin and laminate find use in, for example, the construction of swimming pools and spa pools.

The present disclosure provides an aluminum phosphite-based complex with dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics and a preparation method and use thereof. A structural formula of the complex is as follows: ((HPO.sub.3).sub.3Al.sub.2).((H.sub.2PO.sub.3).sub.3Al).sub.x, wherein x is 0.01-0.5 and represents a molar ratio of (H.sub.2PO.sub.3).sub.3Al to (HPO.sub.3).sub.3Al.sub.2. The dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics are as follows: a first gravity peak temperature is 460-490° C., and a second gravity peak temperature is 550-580° C. The preparation method includes: uniformly mixing aluminum phosphite and aluminum hydrogen phosphite according to the ratio in the structural formula, and then performing stepwise heating at a rate of 5° C./min to raise the temperature of a mixture from the normal temperature to no more than 350° C. within 1-10 hours, so as to obtain the aluminum phosphite-based complex with the dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics. The complex may serve as or is configured to prepare a flame retardant or a flame-retardant synergist.

The present disclosure provides an aluminum phosphite-based complex with dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics and a preparation method and use thereof. A structural formula of the complex is as follows: ((HPO.sub.3).sub.3Al.sub.2).((H.sub.2PO.sub.3).sub.3Al).sub.x, wherein x is 0.01-0.5 and represents a molar ratio of (H.sub.2PO.sub.3).sub.3Al to (HPO.sub.3).sub.3Al.sub.2. The dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics are as follows: a first gravity peak temperature is 460-490° C., and a second gravity peak temperature is 550-580° C. The preparation method includes: uniformly mixing aluminum phosphite and aluminum hydrogen phosphite according to the ratio in the structural formula, and then performing stepwise heating at a rate of 5° C./min to raise the temperature of a mixture from the normal temperature to no more than 350° C. within 1-10 hours, so as to obtain the aluminum phosphite-based complex with the dual-peak thermal gravity decomposition characteristics. The complex may serve as or is configured to prepare a flame retardant or a flame-retardant synergist.

A mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers with an alloy of at least one polyamide and of at least one polyolefin, the mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers including from 5% to 60% by weight of hollow glass beads relative to the sum of the solid and hollow glass reinforcers, the alloy-mixture proportions being from more than 50% to 75% of said mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers, to prepare a composition having a modulus, when dry at 20° C., of from 5 GPa to less than 8 GPa as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

A mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers with an alloy of at least one polyamide and of at least one polyolefin, the mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers including from 5% to 60% by weight of hollow glass beads relative to the sum of the solid and hollow glass reinforcers, the alloy-mixture proportions being from more than 50% to 75% of said mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers, to prepare a composition having a modulus, when dry at 20° C., of from 5 GPa to less than 8 GPa as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

A mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers with an alloy of at least one polyamide and of at least one polyolefin, the mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers including from 5% to 60% by weight of hollow glass beads relative to the sum of the solid and hollow glass reinforcers, the alloy-mixture proportions being from more than 50% to 75% of said mixture of solid and hollow glass reinforcers, to prepare a composition having a modulus, when dry at 20° C., of from 5 GPa to less than 8 GPa as measured according to ASTM D-2520-13, at a frequency of at least 1 GHz, at 23° C., under 50% RH.

Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes a plasticized cellulose ester and an effective amount of an inorganic rheological modifier having a refractive index that differs from the refractive index of said plasticized cellulose ester an amount no more than 0.03 refractive index units. Related articles are also described.

Disclosed is a plasticized cellulose ester composition. The plasticized cellulose ester composition of the present invention includes a plasticized cellulose ester and an effective amount of an inorganic rheological modifier having a refractive index that differs from the refractive index of said plasticized cellulose ester an amount no more than 0.03 refractive index units. Related articles are also described.

A polymer composition comprising carbon nanostructures dispersed within a polymer matrix that includes a thermoplastic polymer having a deflection temperature under load of about 40° C. or more as determined in accordance with ISO 75:2013 at a load of 1.8 MPa and a melting temperature of about 140° C. or more is provided. The carbon nanostructures include carbon nanotubes that are arranged in a network having a web-like morphology and optionally disposed on a substrate.