Compositions for additive manufacturing applications are described herein which, in some embodiments, impart flame resistant and/or flame retardant properties to articles printed or formed from the compositions. The compositions may also impart desirable mechanical properties to the articles. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a sinterable powder or a thermoplastic polymer in an amount of 10-99 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, and an intumescent additive in an amount of up to 30 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition. The intumescent additive comprises a phosphinate component and at least one of (a) a heptazine or melamine-derived component, and (b) a proton donor component.

The present invention relates to a filler for a paint composition, wherein the filler comprises a calcinate having particles with an average particle size (d.sub.50, SediGraph III) in the range between 3 m and 50 m and a mullite content of 30-70 measured as mullite index. The invention is characterised in that the bulk density of the filler is >450 g/L. The invention also relates to a paint composition characterised in that it comprises a filler which has a bulk density>450 g/L and comprises a calcinate which has particles with a mean particle size (d.sub.50, SediGraph III) in the range between 3 m and 50 m and a mullite content of 30-70 measured as mullite index. Furthermore, the invention relates to uses of such a filler for the preparation of a paint composition.

Object: The present disclosure provides a film having a low gloss appearance and excellent scratch resistance, and a surface coating composition that can be used in the production of such a film. Resolution Means: The film of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a scratch resistant surface layer containing a binder containing a urethane resin, urethane resin beads having an average particle diameter of 3 m to 30 m, hard particles having an average particle diameter of 5 m to 45 m; and nanosilica particles. The surface layer contains the hard particles in an amount of 30 parts by mass to 500 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the binder. The gloss of the surface layer is approximately 5.5 GU or less at 60 degrees.

The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.

Compositions for additive manufacturing applications are described herein which, in some embodiments, impart flame resistant and/or flame retardant properties to articles printed or formed from the compositions. The compositions may also impart desirable mechanical properties to the articles. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a sinterable powder or a thermoplastic polymer in an amount of 10-99 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, and an expandable graphite component in an amount of up to 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition. In some instances, the expandable graphite component is in its free form or encapsulated in material.

An insulated wire comprising a conductor and an insulating layer covering the conductor, wherein: the insulating layer comprises a resin and a first filler; the resin comprises a polyimide; the first filler is present in the form of a primary particle or a secondary particle having a plurality of the primary particles aggregated; the primary particle is a silica or alumina particle; the secondary particle has a particle diameter of 0.03 m or more and 5 m or less; and the percentage of the total area of the secondary particles to the sum of the total area of the primary particles and the total area of the secondary particles in the cross section of the insulated wire is 50% or more.

The present invention relates to an anti-glare film including: a light-transmitting substrate; and a hard coating layer containing a binder resin and inorganic fine particles dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the anti-glare film has a specific reflection intensity ratio (R), and a polarizing plate and a display device including the anti-glare film.

A writing feel improving sheet comprising a base material and a writing feel improving layer with which a touch pen is brought into contact, wherein when a touch pen having a pen tip of 0.5 mm diameter is used to bring the pen tip into contact with a surface of the writing feel improving layer with which the touch pen is brought into contact and the touch pen is then linearly slid at a speed of 1.6 mm/second while applying a load of 200 g to the touch pen and maintaining an angle formed between the touch pen and the surface at 45, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of frictional force generated between the pen tip and the surface is 80 mN or more and 300 mN or less, wherein the frictional force is measured between a point at which a sliding distance is 10 mm and a point at which the sliding distance is 100 mm. The writing feel improving sheet makes it possible to well reproduce the writing feel experienced when writing on paper with a ballpoint pen.

A coating film is provided in a cable, a medical hollow tube, a molded article and a hollow tube. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 210.sup.3 MPa to 410.sup.3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.

The invention relates to rice bran wax oxidates that have optionally been derivatized and to micronized wax additives (MWAs) comprising optionally derivatized rice bran wax oxidate, having a volume-average particle size d.sub.50 of between 1 and 50 m, and to the production thereof and use thereof in printing inks, paints and coatings.