Disclosed herein is a stabilizer mixture for modifying an olefin-based polymer, which comprises at least one organic phosphorus-containing antioxidant represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of formulae (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), as well as at least one sulfur-containing carboxylate salt represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of formulae (9), (10), (11), and (12). Also disclosed herein is a modified polymer composition prepared from an olefin-based polymer using the stabilizer mixture. The olefin-based polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a combination thereof.

A methacrylic resin composition comprises a methacrylic resin, the methacrylic resin comprising: 50 mass % to 97 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit (A); 3 mass % to 30 mass % of a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain; and 0 mass % to 20 mass % of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the methacrylic resin satisfies a specific condition; and the composition has a weight average molecular weight residual ratio of 80% or more upon heating under a nitrogen atmosphere at 280° C. for 1 hour, and has a weight average molecular weight residual ratio of 80% or more upon heating in air at 280° C. for 0.5 hours.

A methacrylic resin composition comprises a methacrylic resin, the methacrylic resin comprising: 50 mass % to 97 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit (A); 3 mass % to 30 mass % of a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain; and 0 mass % to 20 mass % of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the methacrylic resin satisfies a specific condition; and the composition has a weight average molecular weight residual ratio of 80% or more upon heating under a nitrogen atmosphere at 280° C. for 1 hour, and has a weight average molecular weight residual ratio of 80% or more upon heating in air at 280° C. for 0.5 hours.

A polycarbonate resin composition for light guides which has excellent light guiding properties and flame retardancy, a light guide and a surface light source body. The light guide is formed from a resin composition which comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (component A) and (B) 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a metal salt-based compound (component B).

A polycarbonate resin composition for light guides which has excellent light guiding properties and flame retardancy, a light guide and a surface light source body. The light guide is formed from a resin composition which comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (component A) and (B) 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a metal salt-based compound (component B).

A polycarbonate resin composition for light guides which has excellent light guiding properties and flame retardancy, a light guide and a surface light source body. The light guide is formed from a resin composition which comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin (component A) and (B) 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a metal salt-based compound (component B).

An article in the form of a pipe, cable or geomembrane comprising polyethylene or polypropylene, and components A) and B), wherein component A) is a hindered amine light stabilizer containing a triazine residue, component B) is magnesium hydroxide which is present in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight relative to the weight of the polyethylene or polypropylene, and the weight ratio of component A) to component B) is 1:50 to 50:1, with the proviso that component B) is not a hydrotalcite.

An article in the form of a pipe, cable or geomembrane comprising polyethylene or polypropylene, and components A) and B), wherein component A) is a hindered amine light stabilizer containing a triazine residue, component B) is magnesium hydroxide which is present in an amount of 0.01% to 5% by weight relative to the weight of the polyethylene or polypropylene, and the weight ratio of component A) to component B) is 1:50 to 50:1, with the proviso that component B) is not a hydrotalcite.

The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition, an injection molded article comprising the polypropylene composition, a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition as well as the use of a polypropylene homopolymer (H-PP1) for reducing the 5stiffness reduction factor of a foamed injection molded article by at least 40 as determined by the difference of the flexural modulus measured according to ISO 178 of the non-foamed and foamed injection molded article and compared to an article comprising the same amount of a polypropylene which has been polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.

The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition, an injection molded article comprising the polypropylene composition, a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition as well as the use of a polypropylene homopolymer (H-PP1) for reducing the 5stiffness reduction factor of a foamed injection molded article by at least 40 as determined by the difference of the flexural modulus measured according to ISO 178 of the non-foamed and foamed injection molded article and compared to an article comprising the same amount of a polypropylene which has been polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.