Provided is a poly(aryl-ether-ketone) (PAEK) powder suitable for use in a method for building objects layer-by-layer by electromagnetic radiation-generated sintering, which is obtained from a thermal pretreatment at a temperature between 260° C. and 290° C. and which has a melting temperature which is stable, at the build temperature, and below or equal to 330° C.

A fused filament fabrication filament, method and process, for layer-wise formation of a component, wherein the filament, method and process comprise feedstock material comprising a polyaryletherketone, PAEK and optionally, one or more filler means.

A disk hub is configured to retain a magnetic recording medium including an annulus shape and a layer configured for magnetic recording. The disk hub includes a base plate portion for supporting an inner diameter area of the magnetic recording medium and a stem portion on the base plate portion. The stem portion includes a frustoconical portion on the base plate portion and a top portion on the frustoconical portion. At least the top portion of the stem portion includes a material with a hardness less than that of stainless steel. The disk hub can reduce surface damages (e.g., scratches) on the media surface during media testing.

The present invention generally relates a polymer-metal junction comprising PEEK-PEmEK copolymers compositions, in contact with a metal substrate, wherein the PEEK-PEmEK copolymer having R.sub.PEEK and R.sub.PEmEK repeat units in a molar ratio R.sub.PEEK/R.sub.PEmEK ranging from 95/5 to 45/55. The present invention also relates to shaped articles including the polymer-metal junction, and methods of making the polymer-metal junctions.

A method for preparing 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene is provided. According to the method, when a 1,4-bis(4-phenoxybenzoyl)benzene synthesis reaction is carried out at a specific temperature, the amount of heat used in the preparing process can be minimized while attaining the same yield as that of the existing preparing method. In addition, waste solvent generated in the preparing process does not undergo a color change and thus can be reused, and thus energy saving effects can be provided.

The present application discloses a composite material and a fastening nut made therefrom, the composite material comprising: a polyether ether ketone resin, glass fibre and carbon fibre. The fastening nut is used to connect a CPU processor to a motherboard. The present application takes into account the environment of use of the fastening nut and the associated demands in terms of performance and cost of the fastening nut, and uses both glass fibre and carbon fibre to modify polyether ether ketone resin, such that the composite material obtained has excellent notch impact strength, excellent insulating properties, a suitable tensile modulus and a reduced cost, so that the fastening nut made from the composite material has excellent torque resistance, suitable resistance to stretching deformation and excellent resistance to high-temperature attenuation, and also has good product stability and a low production cost, so is especially suitable for connecting a CPU processor to a motherboard.

A polyarylene ether ketone resin of the present disclosure satisfies the following (A) to (D): (A) the residual amount of each element classified into Period 2 to Period 6 among the Group 3 to Group 13 elements in the periodic table excluding Tc (technetium) and Pm (promethium) of which no stable isotopes exist is 100 ppm or less; (B) the residual amount of each of Cl and Br elements is 100 ppm or less; (C) the residual amount of P is 100 ppm or less; and (D) the repeating unit (1-1) represented by the general formula (1-1) is included. The molar ratio of ketone groups in all repeating units included in the resin and the molar ratio of ether groups in the all repeating units, to the total carbon number in the all repeating units, are 9.5% by mol or more and 4.5% by mol or more, respectively.

The present disclosure relates to a method for crystallizing highly functional polymer by post-processing and crystalline polymer produced by the method, and more specifically, is characterized by producing crystalline polyaryletherketone (PAEK) by heat treating polyaryletherketone (PAEK) provided in the form of pellets or powders at a temperature of glass transition temperature (Tg) to melting point (Tm).

Film laminates containing a layer of a lower melting polyaryletherketone and a layer of a higher melting polyaryletherketone adhered to each other are resistant to heat, wear, moisture, weathering and chemicals and are useful for producing articles such as laminated electronic circuits, flexible heaters, insulated wire and cable, radio frequency identification tags and labeled articles.

The use of PEKK for lowering the CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2S permeability of a part intended to enter into contact with a petroleum effluent. Also, a pipe for transporting a petroleum effluent, including a layer intended to be in contact with the petroleum effluent, wherein the layer intended to be in contact with the petroleum effluent comprises PEKK and has a CO.sub.2 permeability at 130° C. of less than 10.sup.−8 cm.sup.3, for a thickness of 1 cm and a surface area of 1 cm.sup.2 and per second and bar of CO.sub.2 pressure and/or an H.sub.2S permeability at 130° C. of less than 10.sup.−8 cm.sup.3 for a thickness of 1 cm and a surface area of 1 cm.sup.2 and per second and bar of H.sub.2S pressure, the amount of CO.sub.2 and H.sub.2S being measured by GC, respectively. Lastly, a number of methods for manufacturing such a pipe.