The present invention relates to a photovoltaic (PV) module and to a lamination process for producing said PV module.

Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising (a) 10 to 89 weight percent of an ethylene-based interpolymer having the following properties: (i) a density of 0.93 g/cm3 or less, (ii) a high-shear viscosity (V100) at 190 C and 10% strain of 1,200 Pa.Math.s or less, (iii) a shear thinning ratio (V0.1/V100) at 190 C and 10% strain of at least 8, and (iv) a melt index (I.sub.2) greater than 1 g/10 minutes; and (b) 10 to less than 90 weight percent of a filler, where the ethylene-based interpolymer is not prepared in a high-pressure reactor. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions may be employed as insulation layers in flexible power cables.

The present disclosure provides pre-treatment compositions and related methods. As such, a pre-treatment coating composition can include an evaporable liquid vehicle and a pre-treatment coating matrix. The pre-treatment coating matrix can include from 5 wt % to 40 wt % multivalent metal salt, and from 5 wt % to 20 wt % coalescent latex binder comprising styrene-butadiene rubber, polyurethane, or mixture thereof. The composition can further include from 30 wt % to 80 wt % high Tg latex having a Tg greater than 80 C., from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % water soluble binder, and from 3 wt % to 20 wt % wax having a melting point greater than 120 C. The weight percentages of the pre-treatment coating matrix exclude the evaporable liquid vehicle content.

An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch.sup.2 to 30 mg/inch.sup.2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch.sup.2 to 250 mg/inch.sup.2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.

A film forming aqueous dispersion having utility as heat seal coatings for blister packaging applications comprises a blend of 10-90% by weight of one or more polyurethane dispersions; 90-10% by weight one or more compatible ethylenic copolymer dispersions/emulsions; an anti-blocking additive at 0.1-12 weight % of the total solids; and optional additives including wetting, defoaming, thickener, antifungal additives. The heat seal coating compositions provide enhanced and balanced properties such as a reduction of organic solvents, a tack free coating surface off the press, good press runnability, easy clean-up, antiblocking from ambient temperature to 50 C., heat-activation with no pot life at elevated temperatures, and, heat sealability to various plastic substrates including Virgin Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), recycle PET (RPET), Amorphous PET (APET), PET-Glycol modified (PETG), PETG/APET/PETG (GAG) and Polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

The present invention relates to an ethylene based polymer composition suitable for use in extrusion coating. The present invention also relates to an extrusion coating product comprising such composition and the use of such a composition.

The present invention relates to an ethylene based polymer composition suitable for use in extrusion coating. The present invention also relates to an extrusion coating product comprising such composition and the use of such a composition.

Silane-crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, an acidic silanol condensation catalyst, and a phenolic antioxidant. The phenolic antioxidant comprises two sulfur-containing radicals, one located at the ortho position and the other located at the para position relative to the hydroxyl group of the phenol. Such crosslink able polymeric compositions can be employed in various articles of manufacture, such as in the wire and cable industry.

A composition for use as an assay reagent includes a paramagnetic solid support comprising a coating of a synthetic copolymer. The synthetic copolymer comprises two or three of a first copolymerized monomer, a second copolymerized monomer and a third copolymerized monomer and further comprises a polyethylenic backbone.

The present invention relates a photovoltaic module comprising a protective front layer element, an encapsulation layer element, a photovoltaic cell element and a protective back layer element, whereby at least one of the protective elements comprises glass; wherein the encapsulation layer element comprises a polymer composition (I) comprising at least the following components: (A) 97.00 to 99.99 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a polymer selected from an ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, a polyolefin elastomer or a polymer of ethylene (a) selected from (a1) a copolymer of ethylene which bears functional groups containing units; (a2) a copolymer of ethylene comprising one or more polar comonomer unit(s) selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate or (C1-C6)-alkyl (C1-C6)-alkyl acrylate comonomer units, and optionally bears functional groups containing units different from said polar comonomer unit(s); (a3) a copolymer of ethylene comprising one or more alpha-olefin comonomer unit(s); and optionally bears functional groups containing units different from said polar comonomer unit(s) of polymer (a2); or mixtures thereof; and (b) silane group(s) containing units; (B) 0.01 to 3.00 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition (I) of a compound according to Formula (I); wherein; R.sub.1, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, n-alkyl, iso-alkyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, halogen and mixtures thereof; X is selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines, hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl and mixtures thereof. Furthermore, the present invention refers to the use of an encapsulation layer element comprising polymer composition (I) according to the invention for increasing the P.sub.max determined after 96 h according to IEC 60904, by applying the foil method with a temperature of 85? C. and relative humidity of 60% and a potential difference of 1500 V, of a photovoltaic module comprising besides the encapsulation layer element a protective front layer element, a photovoltaic cell element and a protective back element, whereby at least one of the protective elements comprises glass. ##STR00001##