A film is described comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polyvinyl acetal (e.g. butyral) resin. In some embodiments, the film has a glass transition temperature (i.e. Tg) ranging from 30 C. to 60 C. In some embodiments, the film has a gel content of at least 20% or greater. In some embodiments, the film has an elongation at break of at least 175%. The film typically comprises photoinitiator as a result of the method by which the film was made. The film may be a monolithic film or a layer of a multilayer film.

The present invention refers to a process for the production of an additive composition intended to be mixed into a bituminous conglomerate for road paving. The process includes grinding a mixed waste material containing a mixture of plastic materials, which includes at least one plastic material based on a polyolefin thermoplastic material, washing the ground mixed waste material and separating a portion of low-density material which contains the plastic material based on a polyolefin thermoplastic polymer from the mixed waste material. This portion of low-density material is then ground to a particle size between 10 mm and 20 mm; and then mixed with a material based on polyvinyl butyral. The resultant mixture is further ground to produce an additive composition having a particle size between 4 mm and 6 mm.

A method of controlling a particle size distribution of a filler in an extrudable composition comprises introducing an extrudable composition comprising a polymer matrix material and a filler into an extruder, the filler having a first average particle size that is larger than a target average particle size. The extrudable composition is extruded one or more times using the extruder to reduce the size of the filler from the first average particle size to a reduced average particle size, the reduced average particle size being within 10% of the target average particle size.

The present disclosure relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass comprising: (a) polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin having an average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) from about 175,000 to about 210,000 Dalton; and (b) about 30 to about 50 parts per hundred (pph) of a plasticizer. The interlayer film interposed between two glass sheets forms laminated glass having a pummel adhesion value that is greater in an outer area of the laminated glass than in a middle area of the laminated glass after the laminated glass has been maintained at 50 C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 28 days. The laminated glass exhibits improved durability and does not delaminate over time, even in the presence of high temperature and humidity conditions.

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which protrusion of an interlayer film portion in the TD direction can be suppressed at the time of producing laminated glass. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when, in the MD direction of the interlayer film, a birefringence index of the first surface part, a birefringence index of the second surface part, and a birefringence index of the center part are defined as nMDA, nMDB, and nMDC, respectively, nMDA, nMDB, and nMDC each are 0.2510.sup.3 or less.

The present invention aims to provide a luminescent sheet capable of displaying high-luminance images under irradiation with light and capable of controlling the adhesion to glass, and an interlayer film for a laminated glass and a laminated glass each including the luminescent sheet. Provided is a luminescent sheet including: a thermoplastic resin; a luminescent material; and a cyclic coordination metal compound having a five- or more-membered ring structure formed by coordinating an organic compound having in a molecule two or more atoms of at least one kind selected from oxygen, phosphor, nitrogen, and sulfur, to at least one metal selected from an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, and magnesium.

The present invention aims to provide a colored luminescent sheet that enables production of a colored glass providing better aesthetic appearance, and a colored luminescent glass including the colored luminescent sheet. Provided is a colored luminescent sheet including: a thermoplastic resin; a colorant; and a luminescent material that emits visible light having a wavelength of 380 to 750 nm under excitation light.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin film of which adhesive force can be easily adjusted to lie within an appropriate range when the thermoplastic resin film is bonded to other members such as a glass plate. A thermoplastic resin film according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin, and a compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkali metal, or a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkaline earth metal, and at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 represents a carboxyalkyl group, a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkali metal, or a group that is a salt of a carboxyalkyl group and alkaline earth metal.

Provided is a polyvinyl acetal ionomer resin material capable of enhancing the shock resistance at low temperature. A polyvinyl acetal ionomer resin material according to the present invention includes a polyvinyl acetal ionomer resin having an ionic functional group and having a metal in an amount that makes a degree of neutralization be 10% or more and 90% or less, and the polyvinyl acetal ionomer resin has a meso percentage of acetal ring structure of 80% or more.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass which is excellent in sound insulation property and has improved sound insulation performance not only in a coincidence region but also in a mass-dominated region.

The interlayer film for laminated glass includes a sound insulating layer which is formed from a composition (A) containing at least one resin (a1) selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin, wherein a tan obtained when a dynamic viscoelasticity of a sheet, which is obtained by molding the composition (A) to have a thickness of 0.8 mm, is measured at a frequency of 0.3 Hz in a tension mode has a maximal value at a temperature T.sub.A ( C.), T.sub.A ( C.) is in a range of 50 to 50 C., and the tan at T.sub.A ( C.) is 2.5 or more.