Provided are a thermoplastic polymer composition having good mold processability, flexibility, rubber elasticity, scratch resistance, abrasion resistance, transparency, ease of coating, and mechanical properties when formed into a sheet or film, a sheet or film produced using the thermoplastic polymer composition, and a multi-layered film. The thermoplastic polymer composition includes (I) a block copolymer having a number average molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, or a hydrogenated product thereof, which has a polymer block (A) mainly composed of -methylstyrene units and a polymer block (B) mainly composed of conjugated diene compound units or isobutylene units, (II) an acryl-based polymer, and (III) a softening agent at a ratio satisfying the formulae (1) and (2) as described in claim 1, and has a sea-island structure in which the components (II) are dispersed in the form of particles in a continuous phase including the component (I), in which the average dispersed particle diameter of the dispersed particles of the components (II) is 200 nm or less, and 35% by mass or more of the dispersed particles have dispersed particle diameters of less than 60 nm.

We disclose a monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer containing a plurality of monovinylarene-conjugated diene mixed blocks, wherein each mixed block contains conjugated diene units and monovinylarene units in a weight ratio of about 0.05 to about 0.33. We also disclose a composition containing (a) from about 50 parts by weight to about 95 parts by weight of the monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer and (b) from about 5 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of polystyrene; wherein the monovinylarene-conjugated diene block copolymer and the polystyrene total 100 parts by weight. We further disclose a method of shrink-wrapping an object or a group of objects by wrapping the object or the group of objects with a film containing the composition, to yield a wrapped object or group of objects, and heating the wrapped object or group of objects to a temperature and for a duration sufficient to shrink the film in at least a first direction, to yield a shrink-wrapped object or group of objects.

A reclaiming agent is formed by grafting thiol groups onto styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). The reclaiming agent has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 120000, which can be a random copolymer or a block copolymer. 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber can be reacted with 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of the reclaiming agent to form a reclaimed rubber.

The disclosure relates to a solvent-based polymer composition comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of: (i) a base polymer selected from the group consisting of: polyurethane (TPU), acrylic polymers, epoxy resins, polyamides, polyesters, polyethylene, polypropylene, rubbery polymer, polyisobutylene, poly(vinyl acetate), poly(vinyl alcohol), and mixtures thereof, (ii) a decarboxylated rosin as a first solvent in a solvent system containing a hydrocarbon-based co-solvent selected from any of: aromatic/aliphatic hydrocarbons, esters, alcohols, ketones, and mixtures thereof. The composition can be used in applications including adhesive, sprayable adhesive, sealant, and coating.

Disclosed is a method for recycling a mixture of different polymers. The method includes heating an oil in a container to a process temperature greater than approximately 240 degrees Celsius. The method also includes combining two or more polymers including at least two of polystyrene, polyethylene terephthalate, acrylic butane styrene, polypropylene, or polyethylene with the heated oil in the container. The method further includes maintaining the temperature of the combination of the heated oil and the polymers at or above the process temperature. The method includes mixing the combined polymers and heated oil at least once to form a substantially homogenous liquid composition. Additionally, the method includes pouring the liquid composition into at least one mold and allowing the liquid composition to cure to form a recycled plastic material.

The present invention is directed to specific pyrrolidone-containing polymers (PP) and its use as a spray-drying additive (also known as spray drying aid; SDA) for an aqueous polymer dispersion. The present invention is further directed to a process of manufacturing a redispersible dispersion powder (RDP) comprising said SDAs, as well as RDPs comprising said SDAs and certain applications thereof. In addition, the present invention is directed to a process for producing the specific pyrrolidone-containing polymers (PP).

A method for making modified latex particles, wherein the particles comprise condensation polymers bonded to functional groups on the latex particles and the method for forming the condensation polymer comprises reacting the amino groups present on the latex particles with (i) at least a first polyfunctional compound, having at least two functional moieties reactive with said functional groups of the latex, or (ii) at least a first polyfunctional compound, having at least two functional moieties reactive with said functional groups of the latex and at least a first amine compound, comprising amino groups selected from the group consisting of ammonia, a primary and a secondary amine to form a first condensation polymer reaction product comprising ion exchanging sites and a first unreacted excess of functional moieties.