Processes for producing melamine octamolybdates having high thermal stability include a step of reacting molybdenum trioxide and melamine in an acidic aqueous system at a pH of less than or equal to about 4 to form a slurry of the melamine octamolybdate. The resulting melamine octamolybdate can be characterized by a decomposition onset temperature (or a temperature at a weight loss of 1%, or a temperature at a weight loss of 2%) on a thermogravimetric analysis curve of greater than 300° C., and is useful in polymer compositions as a smoke suppressant.

A high temperature resistant polyimide film and its preparation method. The present invention relates to a polyimide film and its preparation method and solves the problems of honeycomb's and skin panel's core adhesive—polyimide film with insufficient heat resistance, no climbing of bonding core structure and adhesive fillet formation. The high temperature resistant polyimide film is made by polyimide solution, inorganic filler modifier and interface coupling agent by the steps of: under specific temperature and stirring conditions, adding inorganic filler modifier and interface coupling agent to polyimide solution, stirring to obtain the adhesive agent; filtering and degassing the adhesive agent, casting to a stainless steel drum with carrier cloth and release paper to obtain a self-supporting film; then heating and annealing to obtain the final polyimide film. The present invention is applied to high temperature resistant polyimide film and its preparation method.

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the reactivity of lignin which method comprises the following steps; providing a mixture comprising lignin and an alkali solution wherein the concentration of the alkali solution of the mixture is between 5-50% by weight, storing said mixture for a period of at least 1 day whereby the reactivity of the lignin is increased. The present invention also relates to a resin composition comprising said lignin and use of said resin composition.

According to one embodiment, an ionomer includes a neutralized blend of an ethylene acid copolymer and an aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid. The blend includes from 60 to 95 wt. %, based on the total wt. % of the blend, and from 5 to 40 wt. % of the aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid based on the total wt. % of the blend. The ethylene acid copolymer being the polymerized reaction product of: ethylene, alkyl acrylate; optionally monocarboxylic acid monomer; and unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer. At least 30 mole percent of total acid units of the blend are neutralized with a magnesium cation of the magnesium neutralizing salt.

Halogen-free flame retardant compositions comprising thermoplastic elastomers, which exhibit flame retardance and low-smoke emission. The flame retardant compositions comprise (a) one or more thermoplastic elastomers; and (b) a flame retardant mixture comprising: magnesium hydroxide, aluminium trihydrate, melamine cyanurate, and optionally a phosphate ester flame retardant.

The present application relates to a composition comprising the following components: A) at least one ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer; B) a peroxide; C) at least one filler selected from one or more carbon black samples, MgO, or a combination thereof; and optionally, at least one filler selected from silica, ZnO, CaCO.sub.3, A1 (OH).sub.3, Mg (OH).sub.2, or a combination thereof; D) a calculated P content from 0.010 wt % to 0.300 wt %, based on the weight of the composition, and wherein the calculated P content is the calculated content the phosphorus element present in one or more phosphate compounds selected from Structure 1 below: O═P (OR1) (OR2) (OR3) (Structure 1), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each, independently, selected from i) a non-aromatic hydrocarbon or ii) a non-aromatic hydrocarbon comprising at least one heteroatom, excluding P.

The polyester based polymer composition includes a polyester, a metal oxide, and a metal hydroxide. The polymer composites contains the metal oxide and a metal hydroxide made from melting blending has good mechanical property as well as greater degradability after a required time in the higher temperatures and moisture of downhole conditions. The reinforced polymer composites with glass fibers, and the metal oxide and metal hydroxide made from melting blending has higher mechanical property as well as greater degradability after a required time in the higher temperatures and moisture of downhole conditions. The polymer composites made from melting blending have the required mechanical properties and the degradability so that the polymer composites can be used for degradable or dissolvable component of a downhole tool.

A process for the preparation of a coated substrate is described, in which a substrate is coated with a coating mixture containing a polymer and an amino acid-modified layered double hydroxide. The process of the invention is markedly simpler than conventional techniques for affording coated substrates having reduced permeability to degradative gases. The coated substrates obtainable by the process are particularly useful in packaging applications, notably in the food industry.

The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a polymer (a) and a nanoparticle filler (b), wherein the polymer composition comprises a volume percentage (vol. %) of the nanoparticle filler (b), which is Dvol vol. %, and has a center-to-center average distance, in nanometer (nm), in two dimensions (2D) and with a free radius, from one nanoparticle to its nearest nanoparticle neighbour, which is R1st nm, and wherein the polymer composition shows a dependency between said center-to-center average distance to nearest neighbour, R1st, and said volume percentage, Dvol vol. %, which is R1st=E/(Dvol+0.3)+F, wherein Dvol.sub.1≤Dvol≤Dvol.sub.2, E.sub.1≤E≤E.sub.2, F.sub.1≤F≤F.sub.2, and Dvol.sub.1 is 0.010 and Dvol.sub.2 is 4.4, E.sub.1 is 100 and E.sub.2 is 280, and F.sub.1 is 50 and F.sub.2 is 140; an electrical device, e.g. a power cable; and a process for producing an electrical device.

The invention relates to a curable fluoroelastomer composition having low swelling tendency, comprising: A) a curable fluoroelastomer; B) a curing system; and C) 0.1 wt.-% to 30 wt.-% of a nitrogen-containing polymer, selected from polyamide, polyimide, mixtures and/or copolymers thereof, each relative to the total weight of fluoroelastomer and nitrogen-containing polymer, the nitrogen-containing polymer being present in particulate form of an average particle size in the range of 0.15 to 70 μm and/or in fiber form having an average fiber diameter in the range of 0.15 to 70 μm.