An improved method forms and employs a wax to modify asphalt. The method includes: (a) selecting a solid polymeric material, (b) heating the solid polymeric material in an extruder to produce a molten polymeric material, (c) filtering the molten polymeric material, (d) placing the molten polymeric material through a chemical depolymerization process in a reactor to produce a depolymerized polymeric material, and (e) adding the depolymerized material to a pre-wax mixture to produce a polymer-modified asphalt. The addition of wax reduced the mixing time necessary to achieve improved polymer dispersion compared to the control formulation modified bitumen and reduced the viscosity of the neat bitumen. Pre-polymer addition of wax is detrimental to most properties of the resulting modified asphalt. Post-polymer addition improved viscosity reduction, higher softening point and improved dimensional stability.

The present invention relates to a multicomponent plastic product comprising at least two different thermoplastic materials, wherein a first thermoplastic material comprises a first thermoplastic polymer, and a second thermoplastic material comprises at least a second thermoplastic polymer and at least one degrading enzyme able to degrade the first thermoplastic polymer. The second thermoplastic material has a transformation temperature lower than the transformation temperature of the first thermoplastic material, and the first and second plastic materials are at least partially adjacent in the multicomponent product.

The present invention relates to thermoplastic molding compounds F containing at least two graft rubbers P-I and P-II which are processed by the co-precipitation of a mixture of the respective emulsions containing P-I and P-II. The present invention further relates to a method for producing such thermoplastic molding compounds F and to molded bodies obtained from a thermoplastic molding compound F according to the invention.

This invention provides a flame retardant additive composition which comprises at least one glow suppressant and at least one brominated flame retardant. The glow suppressant is about 0.5 wt % or more of the flame retardant additive composition, based on the total weight of the flame retardant additive composition. The brominated flame retardant contains aromatically-bound bromine and is selected from a) a brominated anionic styrenic polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 750 to about 7500, and/or a bromine content of about 60 wt % to about 77 wt %, b) a brominated anionic chain transfer vinyl aromatic polymer which contains about 70 wt % or more bromine, or a mixture of any two or more of these. Also provided are flame retarded polyolefin compositions that contain at least one glow suppressant and a brominated flame retardant.

There are provided a thermoplastic resin composition capable of bonding a cyclic polyolefin-based polymer and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with sufficient strength and to provide a laminate using the same.

Provided is an adhesive that effectively utilizes bark and demonstrates superior adhesion performance. The adhesive of the present invention comprises at least one adhesive resin (A) selected from the group consisting of phenolic resin, urea resin, and melamine resin, and finely pulverized bark (B) comprising cellulose nanofibers.

The present invention relates to starch-based adhesive compositions comprising microfibrillatedcellulose (“MFC”). In addition to microfibrillated cellulose, these adhesive compositions comprise at least one starch and/or at least one starch derivative.

The invention relates to a method for the combined processing of at least two polymer melts selected from the group consisting of (M1), (M2) and (M3), wherein (M1) is a polymer melt comprising a terephthalate polyester (A1), (M2) is a polymer melt comprising a copolyester (A2) on the basis of terephthalic acid, at least one aliphatic, ω-dicarboxylic acid and at least one aliphatic 1,ω-diol, and (M3) is a polymer melt 0 comprising a copolyester (A3) on the basis of terephthalic acid, at least one polytetramethylene glycol and at least one aliphatic 1,ω-diol. The method comprises the alternating processing of the at least two polymer melts into at least one product selected from the group consisting of pellets (P1), fibers (P2), expanded particles (P3), preforms (P4) and articles (P5).

The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel having an asymmetric pore size. the pore size of the upper surface of the polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel is 1-30 μm, the pore size of lower surface thereof is 50-300 μm, and the pore size of the hydrogel gradually increases from the upper surface to the lower surface. The polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel in the present invention has excellent biocompatibility, and has functions of blocking bacteria, anti-adhesion, the absorption of exudate, promoting wound healing, observing in situ of wound healing process and the like.

Embodiments of an invention disclosed herein relate to devices, processes, and systems for processing one or more polymers.