Provided is a resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin having a polar group; and a heterocyclic compound containing two or more heteroatoms, wherein the resin composition exhibits a different behavior in elastic strength with a glass transition temperature as a boundary.

Provided is a resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin having a polar group; and a heterocyclic compound containing two or more heteroatoms, wherein the resin composition exhibits a different behavior in elastic strength with a glass transition temperature as a boundary.

Provided is a resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin having a polar group; and a heterocyclic compound containing two or more heteroatoms, wherein the resin composition exhibits a different behavior in elastic strength with a glass transition temperature as a boundary.

The invention relates to a material for use as support material for energy-pulse-induced transfer printing, which contains (a) at least one energy transformation component, (b) at least one volume expansion component and (c) at least one binder and which has a viscosity at 25 C. of from 0.2 Pas to 1000 Pas and a surface tension at 25 C. of from 20 to 150 mN/m. The invention furthermore relates to a process for producing three-dimensional objects using the support material.

A flame retardant polymer composition is provided. The polymer composition includes a polymer resin and a flame retardant package dispersed within the polymer resin. The flame retardant package includes an additive of a polyoxometalate ionic liquid (PIL) and a synergist carrier. In particular, the PIL includes organic cations that produce an acid upon heating. Also, a flame retardant optical fiber cable is provided. The cable includes at least one optical fiber and a polymeric jacket that surrounds the at least one optical fiber. The polymeric jacket includes a polymer resin, a carbon source, an acid source, a polyoxometalate ionic liquid (PIL), and a synergist carrier. In particular, the PIL includes organic cations that produce an acid upon heating.

Provided is a shaped article having excellent jet blackness and also, by transmitting light with specific wavelength, can display a specific color. The shaped article is a shaped article for which the L* value of reflected light is 35 or less and the total light transmittance is 1% or less, wherein, in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to 780 nm or less, the wavelength at which the maximum value of light transmittance is exhibited is in a range of 380 nm or more to less than 680 nm, and the expressions T.sub.0.1% and 0%T.sub.T.sub./2 are satisfied, or, in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to 780 nm or less, the wavelength at which the maximum value of light transmittance is exhibited is in a range of 680 nm or more to 780 nm or less, and the expressions T.sub.10% and 0%T.sub.T.sub./2 are satisfied. In the expressions, T.sub. is the maximum value of light transmittance in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to less than 680 nm, and T.sub. is the maximum value of light transmittance in a wavelength range of 680 nm or more to 780 nm or less.

Provided is a shaped article having excellent jet blackness and also, by transmitting light with specific wavelength, can display a specific color. The shaped article is a shaped article for which the L* value of reflected light is 35 or less and the total light transmittance is 1% or less, wherein, in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to 780 nm or less, the wavelength at which the maximum value of light transmittance is exhibited is in a range of 380 nm or more to less than 680 nm, and the expressions T.sub.0.1% and 0%T.sub.T.sub./2 are satisfied, or, in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to 780 nm or less, the wavelength at which the maximum value of light transmittance is exhibited is in a range of 680 nm or more to 780 nm or less, and the expressions T.sub.10% and 0%T.sub.T.sub./2 are satisfied. In the expressions, T.sub. is the maximum value of light transmittance in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more to less than 680 nm, and T.sub. is the maximum value of light transmittance in a wavelength range of 680 nm or more to 780 nm or less.

A nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber including 10 to 60 wt % of an ,-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and 1 to 60 wt % of an ,-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit, and having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein a processability index Ipro (Ipro=CCSA) is 0.0030 or less, where the processability index Ipro is the product of the carboxyl group content CC, which is the number of moles of carboxyl groups per 100 g of nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber, and the absorbance area SA of a carboxylic anhydride group determined by infrared spectroscopy.

A nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber including 10 to 60 wt % of an ,-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and 1 to 60 wt % of an ,-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit, and having an iodine value of 120 or less, wherein a processability index Ipro (Ipro=CCSA) is 0.0030 or less, where the processability index Ipro is the product of the carboxyl group content CC, which is the number of moles of carboxyl groups per 100 g of nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber, and the absorbance area SA of a carboxylic anhydride group determined by infrared spectroscopy.

Disclosed herein is an artificial marble chip having a color gradient from a surface thereof to inside.