Provided is: an elongated plate-form piezoelectric body, which contains an optically active helical chiral polymer (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,000,000 and has an elongated plate shape having a thickness of from 0.001 mm to 0.2 mm, a width of from 0.1 mm to 30 mm and a width-to-thickness ratio of 2 or higher, and in which the lengthwise direction and the main orientation direction of the helical chiral polymer (A) are substantially parallel to each other; the crystallinity measured by a DSC method is from 20% to 80%; and the birefringence is from 0.01 to 0.03.

The present invention relates to preparation of heterogeneous mixtures of (carboxylated) vinyl ester/ethylene dispersions, such as vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) dispersions with polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE) wet strength resins having a reduced amount of halogenated organic compounds, such as less than 1500 ppm. The dispersion offers extremely low free and bound formaldehyde levels combined with wet tensile strength for use in non-woven textile and paper applications.

The present invention relates to the use of an activated carrot fiber for preparing products in the food or non-food area. The invention also relates to products containing the activated carrot fiber.

The present invention relates to preparation of heterogeneous mixtures of (carboxylated) vinyl ester/ethylene dispersions, such as vinyl acetate/ethylene (VAE) dispersions with polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE) wet strength resins having a reduced amount of halogenated organic compounds, such as less than 1500 ppm. The dispersion offers extremely low free and bound formaldehyde levels combined with wet tensile strength for use in non-woven textile and paper applications.

The present disclosure pertains to: polyamide fibers for an airbag which are characterized in that the fiber size thereof is 200-800 dtex, inclusive, and the stress retention rate thereof when obtained using a prescribed procedure is at least 3.0%; and a method for producing said polyamide fibers for an airbag, the method being characterized in that during the thermosetting step and the relaxing step thereof, the contact time between thread and a roller which is at least 190° C. is at least 30 msec and less than 110 msec, the temperature of the thermosetting roller is 190-205° C., inclusive, the temperature of the relaxing roller is greater than 100° C. and less than 190° C., and the speed ratio of the relaxing roller to the thermosetting roller satisfies this equation: 1.00<relaxing roller speed/thermosetting roller speed<1.10.

A thermoplastic polyester elastomer conjugate fiber including a core and a sheath is provided. A volume ratio of the core to the sheath is in a range of 4:6 to 6:4.

The invention relates to a fabric for lightweight nautical sails, such as spinnakers, asymmetric spinnakers, and gennakers, for sailboats and other surface vessels, the fabric being formed of continuous polyester warp and weft yarns and being coated on one or both of its two surfaces with a crosslinked polymer, characterised in that the polyester is poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) having a tenacity greater than or equal to 6 cN/dtex; in that the fabric has a density of between 20 and 50 threads/cm, in terms of warp and weft density; in that the polymer is a crosslinked polyurethane (PU) that is polyether-, polyester-, or polycarbonate based; and in that this PU is derived from the crosslinking (1) of a single-component polyurethane elastomer having a modulus at 100% elongation comprised between 1 and 15 MPa, better still between 2 and 15 MPa, in particular between 6 and 15 MPa, according to the standard DIN 53504, used in implementation in solvent phase; and (2) by a crosslinking agent, based on a proportion of dry crosslinking agent relative to the dry elastomer of between 20% and 75% by weight, in particular between approximately 30% and approximately 75% by weight. The coated fabric has an elongation in the bias direction under 20 Lbs, comprised between 10 and 30 hundredths of an inch.

Provided are a sea-island type composite multifilament which includes a thermoplastic elastomer resin as an island component, and an ultrafine multifilament prepared from such a sea-island type composite multifilament. The sea-island type composite multifilament includes an island component and a sea component. The island component includes a thermoplastic elastomer resin (A) having at least one of a Shore A hardness of 90 or less, a Shore D hardness of 60 or less, or a Rockwell hardness (R scale) of 70 or less. The sea component includes a water-soluble or easily alkali-soluble thermoplastic resin (B). The sea-island type composite multifilament has an average single island diameter of 8000 nm or less.

Provided is a cut-resistant polyethylene yarn, and more particularly, a cut-resistant polyethylene yarn which allows manufacture of a product having excellent cut resistance and providing excellent wearability.

Films, fibers, filaments, yarns and textiles including thermoplastic elastomeric compositions are described, as are methods of making the films, fibers, filaments, yarns and textiles. These films, fibers, filaments, yarns and textiles can be used to make articles of apparel, footwear, and sporting equipment. When thermoformed, the thermoplastic elastomeric compositions can impart abrasion resistance, traction, and other advantageous properties to the articles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.