The present invention relates to a non-crosslinked block copolymer foam composition, characterised in that it is in the form of a polymer matrix comprising closed cells containing gas, said matrix comprising: from 90 to 99.9% by weight of said block copolymer; and from 0.01 to 10% by weight of metal carbonate, for the total weight of the foam composition. The present invention also relates to a foamable composition and a method for manufacturing said foam, as well as the use of the foam in sports shoe soles, balloons or balls, gloves, personal protection equipment, rail soles, automobile parts, construction parts, electrical and electronic equipment parts, audio equipment, sound- and/or heat-proofing, and parts used to damp vibrations.

The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and the method provides excellent productivity while having reduced amount of a volatile organic compound generated so as to provide the vinyl chloride-based polymer suitable for an eco-friendly material, and improved foaming and viscosity properties of a plastisol including the prepared polymer, by adding a carbonate-based metal salt and a transition metal catalyst together, and controlling input time and amount of the transition metal catalyst.

A thermally conductive material according to the present technology includes: 100 parts by mass of a crosslinking reaction product of an acrylic polymer (A) including at least two crosslinkable functional groups containing a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond and an acrylic polymer (B) including at least one of the crosslinkable functional groups; from 100 to 200 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (C) with a viscosity of 650 mPa.Math.s or less; from 150 to 350 parts by mass of a trimellitate ester plasticizer; from 3500 to 7500 parts by mass of a thermally conductive filler with an average particle size ranging from 0.1 μm to 100 μm; and from 50 to 300 parts by mass of a thickener with an average particle size of 50 nm or less.

A process of foaming a polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene, composition using as a nucleator a combination of (A) azodicarbonamide, and (B) a mixture of (1) a first component consisting of at least one of citric acid and an alkali metal citrate, and (2) a second component consisting of at least one of an alkali metal citrate, a di-alkali metal hydrogen citrate, an alkali metal dihydrogen citrate and an alkali metal bicarbonate, with the proviso that the mixture is not solely composed of alkali metal citrate.

A process of foaming a polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene, composition using as a nucleator a combination of (A) azodicarbonamide, and (B) a mixture of (1) a first component consisting of at least one of citric acid and an alkali metal citrate, and (2) a second component consisting of at least one of an alkali metal citrate, a di-alkali metal hydrogen citrate, an alkali metal dihydrogen citrate and an alkali metal bicarbonate, with the proviso that the mixture is not solely composed of alkali metal citrate.

An aqueous acrylic resin with high heat resistance, a polymeric composition, and a method for preparing the aqueous acrylic resin with high heat resistance are provided. The polymeric composition includes a monomer composition and a reactive emulsifier. Based on 100 wt % of the monomer composition, the monomer composition includes at least one alkyl group containing methyl acrylate, at least one carboxyl group containing methacrylic acid, an alkene-based unsaturated group containing methyl acrylate, a hydroxyl group containing acrylic polyester polyol and/or a hydroxyl group containing acrylic polyether polyol, and an alkoxysilane.

A coating for effecting artificial frost on glass, the coating comprising a silicate, a material selected from the group consisting of ceramic and glass spheres, sodium aluminosilicate, a lithium compound, and, a thickener.

A method of making a 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 PEEK-PEmEK copolymer obtained from the method and the polymer composition including the PEEK-PEmEK copolymer, at least one reinforcing filler, at least one additive, or a combination thereof, shaped articles including the polymer composition, polymer-metal junctions including the polymer composition. Also described are methods of making the polymer composition, methods of making the shaped articles, and methods of making the polymer-metal junctions.

The present disclosure relates to a vinyl chloride-based polymer having a pH of 7 to 11 and satisfying the number of olefin-type defects (N.sub.O) of 1.5 or less and the number of chloro-type defects (N.sub.C) of 11.0 or less. The vinyl chloride-based polymer contains reduced defects in the entire polymer and may suppress dehydrochlorination reaction or crosslinking reaction during processing, and effects of preventing discoloration phenomenon, improving heat resistance and preventing the deterioration of physical properties may be expected.

A method for producing a polyurethane foam includes mixing and reacting a polyurethane foam raw material containing a polyol, an isocyanate, a foaming agent, and a catalyst, wherein the polyurethane foam raw material contains sodium bicarbonate and an organic solid acid such as citric acid or malic acid.