Polyethylene formulations and articles produced therefrom, comprise a multimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) composition, and 0.1 ppm to 300 ppm of a nucleating agent, wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises a density of 0.940 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.970 g/cm.sup.3 when measured according to ASTM D792, and a melt index (I2) of 0.1 g/10 min. to 10.0 g/10 min. when measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and a 2.16 kg load, and wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises an infrared cumulative detector fraction (CDF.sub.IR) of greater than 0.27 and an infrared cumulative detector fraction to light scattering cumulative detector fraction ratio (CDF.sub.IR/CDF.sub.LS) from 0.7 to 2.0.

Polyethylene formulations and articles produced therefrom, comprise a multimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE) composition, and 0.1 ppm to 300 ppm of a nucleating agent, wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises a density of 0.940 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.970 g/cm.sup.3 when measured according to ASTM D792, and a melt index (I2) of 0.1 g/10 min. to 10.0 g/10 min. when measured according to ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and a 2.16 kg load, and wherein the multimodal HDPE composition comprises an infrared cumulative detector fraction (CDF.sub.IR) of greater than 0.27 and an infrared cumulative detector fraction to light scattering cumulative detector fraction ratio (CDF.sub.IR/CDF.sub.LS) from 0.7 to 2.0.

Provided are a resin additive composition which is excellent in fluidity and can impart excellent physical properties to a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article thereof. A resin additive composition is composed of a phosphoric acid ester compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##
(in the formula (1), R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and R.sup.5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a fatty acid sodium salt (B) represented by the following general formula (2): ##STR00002##
(in the formula (2), R.sup.6 represents a group introduced From an aliphatic organic acid having 7 to 30 carbon atoms), and the mass ratio of (B)/(A) is 0.55 to 2.0.

Provided are a resin additive composition which is excellent in fluidity and can impart excellent physical properties to a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin composition, and a molded article thereof. A resin additive composition is composed of a phosphoric acid ester compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##
(in the formula (1), R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and R.sup.5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a fatty acid sodium salt (B) represented by the following general formula (2): ##STR00002##
(in the formula (2), R.sup.6 represents a group introduced From an aliphatic organic acid having 7 to 30 carbon atoms), and the mass ratio of (B)/(A) is 0.55 to 2.0.

To provide a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and excellent resin physical properties. There is provided a flame retardant resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; an inorganic filler; a phosphate ester flame retardant; an organic sulfonic acid flame retardant; a drip preventing agent; and a polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer, in which a content of the aromatic polycarbonate resin is 40 to 95 pts.mass to 5 to 60 pts.mass of the inorganic filler, and a content of the phosphate ester flame retardant, a content of the organic sulfonic acid flame retardant, a content of the drip preventing agent, and a content of the polyorganosiloxane-containing graft copolymer are respectively 1 to 30 pts.mass, 0.01 to 2.5 pts.mass, 0.05 to 1.5 pts.mass, and 0 to 10 pts.mass to the total 100 pts.mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin and the inorganic filler.

An adhesive composition including an epoxy-based adhesive polymer and a phosphorous element-containing compound; a process for making the adhesive composition; a process for increasing the corrosion resistance property of the adhesive composition; and a process for bonding a metal substrate with the adhesive composition to increase the corrosion resistance of the substrate by at least 40 percent.

An adhesive composition including an epoxy-based adhesive polymer and a phosphorous element-containing compound; a process for making the adhesive composition; a process for increasing the corrosion resistance property of the adhesive composition; and a process for bonding a metal substrate with the adhesive composition to increase the corrosion resistance of the substrate by at least 40 percent.

There are provided a resin composition that is suitable for the production of a flame-retardant molded article and that can provide high flame retardancy even with a small amount of flame retardant added, and a flame retardancy determination method for determining the flame retardancy of a resin composition. The resin composition of the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin, a cellulosic material, and a phosphate flame retardant and satisfies relational expressions (1) and (2) (where in expressions (1) and (2), T.sub.P, T.sub.B, and T.sub.CMP are temperatures at weight loss rate peaks in thermogravimetric analysis, T.sub.P is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the thermoplastic resin, T.sub.B is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the cellulosic material, and T.sub.CMP is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the resin composition. When the resin composition has two weight loss rate peaks, T.sub.CMP is a temperature at a peak on a lower temperature side).

There are provided a resin composition that is suitable for the production of a flame-retardant molded article and that can provide high flame retardancy even with a small amount of flame retardant added, and a flame retardancy determination method for determining the flame retardancy of a resin composition. The resin composition of the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin, a cellulosic material, and a phosphate flame retardant and satisfies relational expressions (1) and (2) (where in expressions (1) and (2), T.sub.P, T.sub.B, and T.sub.CMP are temperatures at weight loss rate peaks in thermogravimetric analysis, T.sub.P is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the thermoplastic resin, T.sub.B is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the cellulosic material, and T.sub.CMP is a temperature (° C.) at a weight loss rate peak of the resin composition. When the resin composition has two weight loss rate peaks, T.sub.CMP is a temperature at a peak on a lower temperature side).

A thermoplastic composition comprising: a copolycarbonate comprising bisphenol A (BPA) carbonate units and 10-50 mol % of second carbonate units different from the BPA carbonate units; a poly(carbonate-arylate ester) copolymer comprising BPA carbonate units and 5-50 mol % of monoaryl arylate ester units; and optionally a BPA homopolycarbonate; wherein the thermoplastic composition has at least one of: a Vicat B120 softening temperature of 155° C. or greater; or a yellowness index of less than 10 on a plaque having a thickness of 3 mm and molded at a temperature of 360° C. for 5 minutes; or an increase in yellowness index of less than 5 after 600 hours of weathering per ISO 11341 on a molded plaque having a thickness of 1 mm.