A resin composition, including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin as a resin component; an imidazole compound, a phenol compound, and a thioether compound as an antioxidant; and a bromine compound and an antimony compound as a flame retardant, wherein the resin composition has a content of the imidazole compound of 14 to 24 parts by mass, a content of the phenol compound of 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass, a content of the thioether compound of 0.3 to 0.9 parts by mass, a content of the bromine compound of 15 to 30 parts by mass, and a content of the antimony compound of 5 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total content of the resin component in the resin composition.

Articles made from a moisture-curable, polymeric composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: (A) 2 to less than 80 weight percent (wt %) of an ethylenic polymer with (1) a crystallinity at room temperature of 34% to 55%, or 65% to 80%, and (2) a melt index (I.sub.2) of 0.1 to 50 decigrams per minute (dg/min); (B) 3 to 30 wt % of a halogenated flame retardant; (C) 3 to 30 wt % an inorganic antimony flame retardant; and (D) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one of an inorganic flame retardant other than the inorganic antimony flame retardant, e.g., zinc oxide
exhibit enhanced ACBD properties in comparison to articles alike in all respects except made from a composition comprising an ethylenic polymer without the requisite crystallinity at room temperature.

Articles made from a moisture-curable, polymeric composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: (A) 2 to less than 80 weight percent (wt %) of an ethylenic polymer with (1) a crystallinity at room temperature of 34% to 55%, or 65% to 80%, and (2) a melt index (I.sub.2) of 0.1 to 50 decigrams per minute (dg/min); (B) 3 to 30 wt % of a halogenated flame retardant; (C) 3 to 30 wt % an inorganic antimony flame retardant; and (D) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one of an inorganic flame retardant other than the inorganic antimony flame retardant, e.g., zinc oxide
exhibit enhanced ACBD properties in comparison to articles alike in all respects except made from a composition comprising an ethylenic polymer without the requisite crystallinity at room temperature.

The invention relates to additive mixtures for plastics containing phosphinic acid of the formula (I) as component A, ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 mean ethyl, M is Al, Fe, TiO.sub.p or Zn, m means 2 to <4, preferably 2 or 3, and p=(4−m)/2 is a compound selected from the group of Al, Fe, TiO.sub.p or Zn salts of ethylbutylphosphinic acid, dibutylphosphinic acid, ethylhexylphosphinic acid, butylhexylphosphinic acid and/or dihexylphosphinic acid as component B, phosphonic acid salt of formula (II) as component C, ##STR00002##
wherein R.sub.3 means ethyl, Met is Al, Fe, TiO.sub.q or Zn, n means 2 to 3, and q=(4−n)/2, and antimony, tin and/or indium as component D. Polymer compositions containing said additive mixtures are characterized by exceptional flame protection and by very good laser markability or laser weldability.

Formulations comprising from 10 to 80% by weight of the formulation of a halogenated epoxy resin; from 1 to 15% by weight of the formulation of an antimony based fire retardant; from 1 to 10% by weight of the formulation of an inorganic or non-polymeric organic phosphorous containing fire retardant; and from 1 to 30% by weight of the formulation of a curative system are provided. The formulations are particularly suitable for producing aircraft interior composite components having good fire retarding properties, low smoke emission, low smoke toxicity and low heat release properties. The formulations also have excellent processing and mechanical properties. Further components may be included in the compositions to improve various properties, including the fire retarding, low smoke emission, low smoke toxicity and low heat release properties and to also further improve the processing and mechanical properties, including toughness. Compositions produced from the formulations have excellent processing and mechanical properties, and may also have good surface finishes.

A thermoplastic composition including a) 20 to 90 wt. % of a thermoplastic resin, b) 0.1 to 80 wt. % of a laser direct structuring additive and c) 10 to 80 wt. % of ceramic filler particles which do not have a laser direct structuring additive function, wherein at least 80 wt. % of c) is TiO2, wherein the composition has a loss tangent measured at 40 GHz of at most 0.014, wherein the total amount of a), b) and c) is 95 to 100 wt. % with respect to the total composition, wherein the composition further includes f) one or more additives, wherein the total amount of the additives is 0.1 to 5 wt. %, 0.3 to 5 wt. % or 0.3 to 3 wt. % relative to the total weight of the composition.

A type of polyester yarn for an industrial sewing thread and preparing method thereof are provided. The preparing method is composed of a viscosity enhancing by a solid state polycondensation and a melt spinning for a modified polyester, and the modified polyester is a product of esterification and polycondensation of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid, trimethylsilyl branched diol and a doped Sb.sub.2O.sub.3 powder, wherein the tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of 5-tert-butyl-1,3-benzoic acid, 2-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid, 3-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid. Moreover, the modified polyester is dispersed with a doped ZrO.sub.2 powder. An obtained fiber has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 23-28% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months.

A type of polyester yarn for an industrial sewing thread and preparing method thereof are provided. The preparing method is composed of a viscosity enhancing by a solid state polycondensation and a melt spinning for a modified polyester, and the modified polyester is a product of esterification and polycondensation of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid, trimethylsilyl branched diol and a doped Sb.sub.2O.sub.3 powder, wherein the tert-butyl branched dicarboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of 5-tert-butyl-1,3-benzoic acid, 2-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid, 3-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid and 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,6-hexanedioic acid. Moreover, the modified polyester is dispersed with a doped ZrO.sub.2 powder. An obtained fiber has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 23-28% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months.

The present invention is to provide a rubber composition that can be a conveyor belt having excellent heat resistance and wear resistance, and a conveyor belt. An embodiment of the present invention is a rubber composition for a conveyor belt containing: per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing at least an ethylene-1-butene copolymer, from 1 to 10 parts by mass of antimony trioxide, and from 10 to 50 parts by mass of a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group that may contain an unsaturated bond.

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The present invention is to provide a rubber composition that can be a conveyor belt having excellent heat resistance and wear resistance, and a conveyor belt. An embodiment of the present invention is a rubber composition for a conveyor belt containing: per 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing at least an ethylene-1-butene copolymer, from 1 to 10 parts by mass of antimony trioxide, and from 10 to 50 parts by mass of a compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon group that may contain an unsaturated bond.

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