A layer includes polyvinyl alcohol and 20 wt % or more calcium carbonate, based on the total weight of the layer. Another layer includes polyvinyl alcohol and calcium carbonate. A container includes a body that defines an internal cavity capable of holding an article, the body including a layer including polyvinyl alcohol and 20 wt % or more of calcium carbonate, based on the total weight of the layer. Another container includes a layer including polyvinyl alcohol and calcium carbonate.

Provided is a cable having a sheath composition having flame retardancy and water resistance, and a sheath layer formed of the sheath composition. Specifically, the present invention relates to a sheath composition for simultaneously improving flame retardancy and water resistance of a sheath layer of a cable, which are in a trade-off relation with each other, and physical properties such as heat resistance, hardness, and wear resistance, improving appearance, and reducing manufacturing costs; and a cable having a sheath layer formed of the sheath composition.

A thermoplastic elastomer compound includes polyolefin elastomer, high softening point tackifier, and, optionally, styrenic block copolymer. When styrenic block copolymer is present, the weight ratio of polyolefin elastomer to styrenic block copolymer is no less than about 1:1. The polyolefin elastomer has a POE Tan Delta Peak Temperature, the styrenic block copolymer has a SBC Tan Delta Peak Temperature, and the thermoplastic elastomer compound has a Compound Tan Delta Peak Temperature. The Compound Tan Delta Peak Temperature is greater than the POE Tan Delta Peak Temperature. When styrenic block copolymer is present, Compound Tan Delta Peak Temperature is also greater than the SBC Tan Delta Peak Temperature. The thermoplastic elastomer compound exhibits useful damping properties at or above room temperature and can be formed into plastic articles, including foamed plastic articles and/or crosslinked plastic articles, which can be useful for a variety of damping applications.

A dielectric material includes a main component represented by (Ba.sub.1-xCa.sub.x)(Ti.sub.1-yZr.sub.y)O.sub.3, (Ba.sub.1-xCa.sub.x)(Ti.sub.1-ySn.sub.y)O.sub.3, or (Ba.sub.1-xCa.sub.x)(Ti.sub.1-yHf.sub.y)O.sub.3 (0≤x≤1 and 0≤y≤0.05) and a subcomponent. When an angle corresponding to a maximum peak is referred to as θ.sub.0 and angles corresponding to a full width at half maximum (FWHM) are respectively referred to as θ.sub.1 and θ.sub.2 (θ1<θ2) in the peaks of (002) and (200) plane of an x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern using Cu Kα1 radiation (wavelength Δ=1.5406 Å), (θ.sub.2−θ.sub.0)/(θ.sub.0−θ.sub.1) is greater than 0.54 to 1.0 or less.

The present invention is suitable for optical applications with excellent transparency through a haze value of 1.5% or lower and particles that are hardly visible to the naked eye, by producing a film using particles having little difference in refractive index in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is a commonly-used polyester film, and can provide a highly transparent optical film capable of improving a winding property by forming surface roughness of 4 nm or higher.

One-part condensation curable silyl-modified polymer (SMP) based sealant compositions in particular one-part condensation curable SMP based sealant compositions containing a catalyst comprising (i) a titanate and/or zirconate and (ii) a metal carboxylate salt which compositions upon cure provide elastomeric sealants having low modulus and a high elastic recovery.

A one-part low modulus room temperature vulcanisable (RTV) silicone composition containing a catalyst comprising (i) a titanate and/or zirconate and (ii) a metal carboxylate salt which cures to a low modulus silicone elastomer which may be used as a non-staining (clean) sealant having high movement capability.

The present invention refers to the use of at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride before or during extrusion of a polymer composition comprising polylactic acid as polymer component and at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material as filler, to reduce the polymer decomposition during processing and/or to decrease the melt flow rate of such an extruded polymer as well as a method for reducing the polymer decomposition during processing and decreasing the melt flow rate of a polymer composition comprising polylactic acid as polymer component and at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material as filler, the use of a polymer composition obtainable by a process comprising the steps of a) providing at least one polylactic acid as polymer component, b) providing at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material as filler, c) providing at least one mono-substituted succinic anhydride and d) contacting the components of a), b) and c) in any order and e) extruding the contacted components of step d) as well as an article comprising a polymer composition obtainable by the aforementioned process.

A continuous process for making a pressure-sensitive adhesive is disclosed. A mixture comprising natural rubber having a Mooney viscosity of 85 to 100, a tackifier, a filler, and 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an added C.sub.12-C.sub.24 fatty acid based on the amount of mixture is masticated in a first section of a single- or twin-screw extruder. Mastication of the mixture continues in at least one subsequent extruder section in the presence of additional tackifier. The product is a homogeneous, reduced-viscosity pressure-sensitive adhesive. The minor proportion of added C.sub.12-C.sub.24 fatty acid aids mastication of the rubber and enables high throughput without addition of peptizers. Duct tapes made from the adhesives display improved adhesion to steel, better adhesion bond strength, and enhanced seven-day clean removability from even difficult substrates such as marble or ceramic tile.

The invention relates to an acrylic alloy composition that can be 3-D printed by a material extrusion additive manufacturing process, to an acrylic filament that has a very uniform diameter useful in the extrusion additive manufacturing process, to acrylic articles made from the acrylic alloy composition by a material extrusion additive process, and to a material extrusion additive manufacturing process for producing the acrylic articles. The acrylic alloy composition is an alloy of an acrylic polymer, and a low melt viscosity polymer, such as polylactic acid. The alloy may optionally be impact modified, preferably with hard core core-shell impact modifiers.