Provided is an acrylic resin laminate film which has an excellent bonding property, resistance to water blushing, and an excellent external appearance. This acrylic resin laminate film is provided with: an acrylic resin layer (I) comprising an acrylic resin composition (A); and an acrylic resin layer (II) comprising a resin composition (B) that contains a reactive group-containing acrylic resin (B-1). (B) contains 10-100 mass % of (B-1), and 0-90 mass % of (B-2), which is an acrylic resin other than (B-1), with respect to 100 mass % of the total of (B-1), and (B-2), and further contains 0-50 parts by mass of (C), which is an additive other than (B-1), and (B-2), with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of (B-1), and (B-2). (B-1) contains a monomer unit which has a substituent that reacts with an amino group, or a methylol group. The content of the monomer unit that has the reactive substituent is 3 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of (B).

A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material and a first binder, the first thermally expansive layer having a first ratio of the first thermally expandable material with respect to the first binder; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material and a second binder, the second thermally expansive layer having a second ratio of the second thermally expandable material with respect to the second binder, wherein the second ratio is lower than the first ratio.

A thermally expandable sheet includes: a first thermally expansive layer that is formed on one side of a base and contains a first thermally expandable material and a first binder, the first thermally expansive layer having a first ratio of the first thermally expandable material with respect to the first binder; and a second thermally expansive layer that is formed on the first thermally expansive layer and contains a second thermally expandable material and a second binder, the second thermally expansive layer having a second ratio of the second thermally expandable material with respect to the second binder, wherein the first ratio is lower than the second ratio.

Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include application of TGIC-reactive carboxyl-functional polyester resins with high acid number formulated to cure at low temperatures of 120 C. to 135 C.

The invention relates to a multi-layer structure having at least one inner layer containing an alloy of a biopolymer and an acrylic polymer and at least one outer layer containing a thermoplastic or thermoset polar polymer matrix. The combination of outer polar layer and an inner biopolymer/acrylic layer provides improved properties, such as improved adhesion, and improved mechanical properties. The multi-layer structure may be in the form of a sheet, a film, a tube or pipe, or a profile, and could be used by itself or as a cap-layer over a substrate.

A lineal product includes a composite pultruded substrate having a solid outer surface, and a multi-layer coating extruded directly onto the outer surface. The coating comprises a solid extruded base layer comprising a first thermoplastic material extruded onto the outer surface, the base layer having a base-layer inner surface in intimate contact with the outer surface and a base-layer outer interface. The coating further comprises a solid extruded outer layer comprising a second thermoplastic material comprising polymethyl methacrylate extruded onto the first thermoplastic material, the solid extruded outer layer having an outer-layer interface in intimate contact with the base-layer outer interface and an outer-layer outer surface, wherein the intimate contact between the base-layer outer interface and the outer-layer interface forms a solid interface between the base layer and the outer layer. The solid extruded outer layer has a hardness of at least 1H pencil hardness.

Provided is a coating film that can more reliably exhibit an excellent water repellency and an excellent oil repellency. This water- and oil-repellent coating film is a coating film formed on a surface of a material in order to impart water repellency and oil repellency, wherein (1) the coating film contains a metal oxide-containing composite particle; (2) the composite particle contains a) a metal oxide particle and b) a covering layer that contains a polyfluoroalkyl methacrylate resin and is formed on the surface of the metal oxide particle; and (3) a value obtained by dividing the fluorine content (weight %) of the composite particle by a surface area (m.sup.2/g) of the metal oxide particle is 0.025 to 0.180.

Provided is a textile printing paper for use in a paper printing method, which textile printing paper has an ability to produce a high-resolution image and enables favorable color development on a printing substrate and is excellent in adhesiveness of a printed paper to a printing substrate. The textile printing paper has a base sheet and a glue layer on a surface of the base sheet, the base sheet having a compression layer on at least a glue layer side, the compression layer at least comprising a pigment and a binder, wherein the base sheet has a compression ratio of 1.5 or more as calculated by the formula given below from the smoothness measured using a soft backing at clamp air supply pressures of 300 kPa and 2000 kPa according to JIS P 8151:2004.

Compression ratio=[smoothness of base sheet at 300 kPa]/[smoothness of base sheet at 2000 kPa]

An encapsulation device comprises at least one assembly containing particles comprising at least a first material. The assembly has an open porosity. The particles: are distributed over a geometric structure that has a degree of compactness of said particles of greater than around 50% and preferably of greater than 60%, and are covered conformally by at least one layer referred to as an infiltration layer; the thickness of at least the infiltration layer closing off the porosity of the assembly comprising the particles covered by at least the layer, in the form of pores that are not connected to one another. A process for producing the encapsulation device is also provided.

An abrasion-resistant free-flowing glycocyamine-containing moldings, in particular pellets and extrudates, and methods for their production. The bulk density of the moldings is from 350 to 850 kg/m.sup.3, and their grain size range is from 32 to 2750 ?m, and their glycocyamine content is from 55 to 99.9% by weight, based on the total weight, and they are particularly suitable as feed additives.