A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.

A method of making a polymer article comprises the steps of making a polymer solution by mixing a first compound containing carbodiimide groups with a second compound containing carboxylated groups, applying the polymer solution to a former, wherein the step of applying occurs within 2 hours of the making of the polymer solution, and curing the polymer solution. The polymer solution can have a pH adjuster consisting of ammonium hydroxide.

Polymer matrix composite comprising a porous polymeric network; and a plurality of thermally conductive particles distributed within the polymeric network structure; wherein the thermally conductive particles are present in a range from 15 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermally conductive particles and the polymer (excluding the solvent); and wherein the polymer matrix composite has a density of at least 0.3 g/cm.sup.3; and methods for making the same. The polymer matrix composites are useful, for example, in electronic devices.

A polyvinyl chloride composition for powder molding includes 100 parts by mass of a polyvinyl chloride, 120 parts by mass or more and 200 parts by mass or less of a polyester-based plasticizer, and 4 parts by mass or more and 23 parts by mass or less of an acrylic polymer. The polyvinyl chloride has an average particle diameter of 50 μm or more and 500 μm or less and an average degree of polymerization of 1,700 or more. The acrylic polymer contains 40 mass % or more and 95 mass % or less of a constitutional unit derived from methyl (meth)acrylate, and 5 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less of a constitutional unit derived from at least one (meth)acrylic ester selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylic ester of an aliphatic alcohol having two or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylic ester of an aromatic alcohol.

Provided is a method of producing a glove, the method including: (1) the step of immersing a glove forming mold in a liquid coagulant containing calcium ions so as to allow the coagulant to adhere to the glove forming mold; (2) the step of adjusting the pH to be 9 or higher using an ammonium compound or an amine compound and leaving a glove emulsion composition to stand with stirring; (3) the dipping step of immersing the glove forming mold, to which the coagulant has thus adhered in the step (1), in the glove emulsion composition; (4) the gelling step of leaving the glove forming mold, to which the glove emulsion composition has thus adhered, to stand at a temperature for a period that satisfy specific conditions; (5) the leaching step of removing impurities from a cured film precursor thus formed on the glove forming mold; (6) the beading step of, after the leaching step, winding the cuff portion of the resulting glove; (7) the precuring step of heating and drying the cured film precursor that has been subjected to the beading step; and (8) the curing step of heating the cured film precursor at a specific temperature for a specific period to obtain a cured film.

Provided among other things is an polymeric protective garment comprising a layer of carboxylated polymer that incorporates an alumina-silica composition, thus forming a silica alumina polymer composite.

A latex composition for dip molding having an excellent flow mark property and syneresis property and being capable of providing a molded article having excellent tensile properties and texture is provided. A method of preparing the latex composition, and a dip-molded article produced using the latex composition are also provided.

A dental article includes at least one segment defining a complex three-dimensional shape configured to follow contours of an oral anatomy, in which the at least one segment includes a core component including a majority of parylene.

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a skin care pack. According to an aspect of the present invention, the apparatus for manufacturing a skin care pack may be provided, the apparatus containing: a housing for providing a working space for forming a skin care pack; a film moving module provided to be movable in one direction within the working space, and having a base on which a film is mounted; a molding machine provided to be movable within the working space in two directions perpendicular to the one direction, and including at least one nozzle module for discharging hydrogel to the base; and a controller for controlling movement of the film moving module and the nozzle module, and controlling discharge of the hydrogel from the molding machine.

A method for producing a polymer latex, includes a step of emulsifying a polymer solution of a synthetic polyisoprene and/or a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer, in water in the presence of a rosin and/or a rosin metal salt, thereby obtaining an emulsified liquid, wherein the rosin and/or the rosin metal salt to be used have/has a total content rate of abietic acid, neoabietic acid and palustric acid, and salts thereof, of 5% by weight or less.