Foam compositions comprise at least an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer. The ethylene/α-olefin interpolymers of the present disclosure are multi-block copolymers comprising at least one soft block and at least one hard block. The foam compositions can further comprise a blowing agent and a cross-linking agent. Methods of making the foam compositions and foamed articles made from the foam compositions are also described.

The present invention refers to a flame retardant comprising a complex formed by phosphine oxide and transition metal salt, wherein has good flame retardant property. The present invention also refers to a composite flame retardant and flame retardant antistatic composition, wherein composite flame retardant comprise the flame retardant and the inorganic flame retardant component as described above, which has an enhanced flame retardant effect; said flame retardant antistatic composition, comprising above described flame retardant or composite flame retardant and carbon nanofiber antistatic agent, wherein carbon nanofiber antistatic agent could have interaction with flame retardant, effectively reducing the amount of flame retardant, and the combination with the flame retardant without the adverse effect of each other which result in negative performance of each other, does not influence the subsequent foaming process and the foam structure and physical properties. The present invention also further refers to a flame resistant method, which adds the abovementioned flame retardant, composite flame retardant or flame retardant antistatic composition into the material, so that said material has flame retardance or flame retardance and antistatic, and has excellent mechanical properties.

A thermally expandable composition, including (a) at least one polymer P, cross-linkable by a free-radical initiator, and (b) at least one solid butyl rubber BRu, and (c) at least one free-radical initiator, and (d) at least one blowing agent, and (e) at least one tackifier TA, whereby the cured expanded composition has a volume increase compared to the uncured composition of less than 1300%. The thermally expandable composition is able to provide good expansion behaviour and good adhesion on metal surfaces and is especially suitable for baffle and/or reinforcement elements, e.g. in automotive manufacturing.

There is provided a curable resin composition capable of obtaining a resin molded body that is excellent in wear resistance and has a high flexural modulus. The curable resin composition according to the present invention contains a polyol compound, an isocyanate compound, a long reinforcing fiber, and a filler, in which the specific gravity of the filler is less than 4 and the average circularity of the filler is 0.65 or more.

A polyolefin resin molded product includes a base which comprises at least one kind of polypropylene resin having a crystallization temperature of 112° C. to 150° C.; low density polyethylene; an inorganic filler; and an olefin polymer comprising 2 wt % to 10 wt % of a reactive functional group bonded to a main chain or an end thereof and having a diameter of 0.5 μm to 200 μm. The base has foam cells having an average diameter of 20 μm to 50 μm are distributed on thereon.

A plasticized PVC formulation for foam extrusion including polyvinyl chloride, at least one plasticizer, at least one nucleating agent and a chemical blowing agent, wherein the plasticized PVC formulation is a dry blend containing 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more nucleating agents and 0.1 to 3% by weight of the chemical blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent is sodium bicarbonate and the nucleating agent is talcum, and a foam extrusion method using said formulation. The extruded plasticized PVC foam is particularly suitable for rock shield pads used for pipeline protection. The foams are lightweight and require less consumption of materials with comparable properties to corresponding solid articles.

A thermally conductive foam sheet for electronic equipment according to the present invention is a sheet-shaped foam sheet comprising a silicone resin (A), and thermal conductor particles (B) and bubbles dispersed in the silicone resin (A), wherein a content of the thermal conductor particles (B) is 100 to 400 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the silicone resin (A), and the foam sheet further has a 25% compressive strength of 200 kPa or less and a thickness of 0.8 mm or less.

The flame-retardant urethane resin composition contains a polyisocyanate compound, a polyol compound, a trimerization catalyst, a blowing agent, and an additive, wherein the additives include red phosphorus and a filler, and the filler has an aspect ratio of 5 to 50, an average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or larger, but smaller than 15 μm, and a melting point of 750° C. or higher.

The subject matter of the present application is a thermally expandable preparation that can be pumped at application temperatures below 70° C., containing (a) at least one first epoxy resin E1 that has an epoxy equivalent weight of at most 280 g/eq and a viscosity of at most 1250 Pa*s at 25° C., (b) at least one second epoxy resin E2 that has an epoxy equivalent weight of at least 300 g/eq and a viscosity of at most 250 Pa*s at 25° C., (c) at least one hardener that can be thermally activated, (d) at least one propellant that can be thermally activated, and (e) at least 1 wt. % of organic fibres having a fibre length of 0.2 mm to 10 mm.

Foamed polymeric compositions containing clay nucleating agents are described. The clays are preferably sepiolite, palygorskite/attapulgite, or combinations thereof. Also described are processes for forming the foamed compositions. The resulting products find particular application as insulation and packaging materials.