A terpolymer compositions made from or containing: A) From 80 wt % to 97 wt %; of a first propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 7.2 wt % to 14.8 wt %; and B) From 20 wt % to 3 wt %; of a second propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer having: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranging from 0.5 wt % to 3.2 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranging from 14.4 wt % to 26.5 wt %; and
the terpolymer composition having the melt flow rate, MFR, measured according to ISO 1133 at 230° C. with a load of 2.16 kg, ranging from 3.0 g/10 min to 20.0 g/10 min; the sum of the amounts of A) and B) being 100 wt %.

The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material comprising one or more di- or multireactive mesogenic compounds and one or more compounds of formula UVI,

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wherein the individual radicals have one of the meaning as given in the claims. Furthermore, the present invention relates also to a method for its preparation, a polymer film with improved thermal durability and UV stability obtainable from a corresponding polymerisable LC material, to a method of preparation of such polymer film, and to the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices.

A filled polyolefin composition made from or containing butene-1 copolymers having high melt flow and an inorganic filler. The compositions are useful for carpet backing.

The present invention relates to a process for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion by free-radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization, by polymerizing, in an aqueous medium,

(a) 40 to 75 parts by weight of at least one vinylaromatic compound and
(b) 24.9 to 59.9 parts by weight of at least one conjugated aliphatic diene
(c) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one monomer comprising acid groups and
(d) 0 to 20 parts by weight of at least one other monoethylenically unsaturated monomer,
the amounts of the monomers (a) to (d) adding up to 100 parts by weight,
in a monomer feed process in the presence of at least one inorganic peroxide and at least one organic peroxide, with the proviso that the continuous metering of the inorganic peroxide starts at the same time as the continuous metering of the vinylaromatic compound, the metering of the organic peroxide is started at a time at which at least 5% and not more than 20% of the vinylaromatic compound has already been metered in in a continuous mass flow under polymerization conditions and optionally a portion of the inorganic peroxide is initially charged,
and also to the aqueous polymer dispersions produced by the process and to the use of these as a binder, adhesive, sizing agent for fibers, for the production of coatings or for the production of a paper coating slip.

A method of preparing an acrylonitrile-based copolymer for a carbon fiber. The method includes: preparing a reaction solution including a (meth)acrylonitrile-based monomer and a first reaction solvent; adding a first portion of a radical polymerization initiator to the reaction solution to initiate polymerization; and adding a second portion of the radical polymerization initiator to the reaction solution when a polymerization conversion ratio is between 70 to 80%.

Provided is a novel oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance and suppressing odor generation after absorption of oxygen even if a material responsive to a metal detector is not used. Further provided is an oxygen-absorbing resin composition having excellent oxygen-absorbing performance in a wide range of humidity conditions from low humidity to high humidity. Such an oxygen-absorbing resin composition contains a copolymerized polyolefin compound and a transition metal catalyst, in which the copolymerized polyolefin compound contains at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring.

A method for producing an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer may minimize the neck-in phenomenon of the strand by discharging the copolymer strand by controlling the discharging temperature of the produced copolymer to be 200 to 300° C., has excellent workability, processability, and moldability, and melt index (MI) is easy to control. In addition, the ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer produced by this method has the effect of having high melt tension.

The invention relates to a polymerisable LC medium with negative optical dispersion, a polymer film with negative optical dispersion obtainable from such a medium, and the use of the polymerisable LC medium and polymer film in optical, electro optical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices.

This invention relates to monodisperse cross-linked polymer particles, comprising particles with a substantially smooth outer surface and an average diameter of less than 1 μm, wherein the particles are solid or porous, and wherein the coefficient of variation (CV) % of the particles, when measured by CPS disk centrifugation analysis, is less than 15%. These monodisperse cross-linked polymer particles may comprise magnetic material and are useful in various application. This invention also relates to monodisperse polymer particles for use as seed particles in the Ugelstad process.

An adhesive composition for an electrical storage device contains a polymer A and a solvent. The polymer A includes an alicyclic (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit in a proportion of not less than 50.0 mass % and not more than 90.0 mass %, and also includes a nitrile group-containing monomer unit.