Disclosed are thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising a plastic phase and a rubber phase and process for preparing such thermoplastic vulcanizates, wherein the plastic phase comprises a thermoplastic polymer and the rubber phase comprises a carboxylated nitrile rubber.

A method for processing a thermoset resin mixed with inorganic fibers; said method comprising combining a thermoset resin, an inorganic fiber and water to produce a dispersion.

Spent filter media material may be blended with a classic material, such as high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene succinate, or polylactic acid, to form a filled plastic composition. The spent filter media may include spent diatomaceous earth, spent perlite, and/or residues thereof. The composition may be performed by co-extruding a mixture of the plastic material and the spent filter media. Surprisingly, the spent filter media may be used as-supplied and without the need to dry the material. The resulting plastic composite material has numerous uses, including, for example, litter scoops and eating utensils.

Methods for improving solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) through co-attriting the APIs with select excipients, especially solubility enhancing excipients, and the products prepared by the methods, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions containing co-attrited mixture of an API with a solubility enhancing excipient and use of the pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of diseases or disorders are also disclosed.

A method includes feeding a heated polymer additive at a first temperature into a continuous mixer at a first feed rate. The method includes feeding a heated abrasive solid material at a second temperature into the continuous mixer at a second feed rate. The heated abrasive solid material and the heated polymer additive are mixed in the continuous mixer to form a first mixture.

A foaming body for supporting microbes according to the present invention is superb in terms of microbial adherence to and affinity for pore areas therein, exhibits greatly improved supporting environments for microbes, and has a large surface area, thereby securing sufficient water treatment efficiency after loading microbes thereto.

A feeding and blending apparatus for a system for continuous processing of powder products comprises at least two system inlets for powder products; and at least two feeding and dosing devices arranged in a row. Each of the at least two feeding and dosing devices comprises, an inlet being connected with a system inlet, at least one feeder, at least one actuator configured to operate the at least one feeder, and an outlet being connected with an inlet of the powder blending device. A separation wall is configured to separate a process area from a technical. Process components of the at least two feeding and dosing devices are positioned in the process area and technical components of the feeding and dosing devices are positioned in the technical area. Connections between the at least one actuator and the at least one feeder pass through the separation wall.

A fiber-dispersed resin composite material, containing fiber dispersed in a resin, wherein the content of the fiber in the fiber-dispersed resin composite material is 1 mass % or more and less than 70 mass %, and wherein when a length-weighted average fiber length and a number-averaged fiber length of the fiber as determined under conditions below are set to LL and LN, respectively, LL and LN satisfy [Expression 1-1] below:

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LL and LN are determined for a dissolution residue obtained by immersing the fiber-dispersed resin composite material in a solvent miscible with the resin in the composite material, in accordance with Pulps-Determination of fiber length by automated optical analysis as specified by ISO 16065 2001, and

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One aspect of the present invention is a method for producing an ethylene vinyl acetate hot-melt adhesive, comprising: introducing a liquid including at least one of water and alcohol into a heating kneader while or after kneading a hot-melt adhesive material in a liquid state, at an amount of 0.05 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the hot-melt adhesive material; and performing vacuuming while heating stirring or dispersing the hot-melt adhesive material and the liquid so as to come into contact with each other.

The invention discloses a concentrate comprising polymethylpentene and titanium dioxide, a process for preparing polyester-based preforms and containers, a use of said concentrate, and a container product. The concentrate of the invention comprises 20-90% polymethylpentene, and 10-80% titanium dioxide, based on the weight of the concentrate.