A melt blended composition comprising, in weight percent (wt %) based upon the weight of the composition: (A) 55 to 94.98 wt % of a thermoplastic polymer, (B) 5 to 44.98 wt % of a moisture curable polymer, (C) 0.01 to 5 wt % of a moisture condensation catalyst, and (D) 0.01 to 5 wt % of a foaming agent, exhibits enhanced foaming, rheological and mechanical properties as compared to a composition alike in all aspects save for the presence of a moisture curable polymer.

A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of mer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.

A method of forming a particle includes, in a disperse phase within an aqueous suspension, polymerizing a plurality of mer units of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydrophobic protection group, thereby forming a polymeric particle including a plurality of the hydrophobic protection groups. The method further includes converting the polymeric particle to a hydrophilic particle.

[PROBLEM] To provide an antifouling film equipped with protective film having an antifouling layer with excellent antifouling characteristics even after aging, and to a method for manufacturing same. [SOLUTION MEANS] An antifouling film equipped with protective film in which protective film is laminated on an antifouling layer of an antifouling film having an antifouling layer on a substrate film X, the antifouling film equipped with protective film being such that, when the protective film is detached from the antifouling film, a contact angle of water with respect to a surface of the protective film that had been in contact with the antifouling layer of the antifouling film is 90 to 115. And also a method for manufacturing the aforementioned antifouling film equipped with protective film in which aging is carried out under certain temperature conditions while the protective film is laminated to a surface of the antifouling layer.

A packing material for surfactant-containing products includes a solid surface layer (3) that contains a non-aromatic silicone type polymer and a silicone oil layer (1) held on the solid surface layer (3), wherein the non-aromatic silicone type polymer is at least the one kind of polymer selected from a silicone resin, a silicone-modified olefin resin, silicone-modified polysaccharides and a silicone-modified acrylic resin.

The invention relates to a process for processing an adhesive, wherein the process comprises applying an adhesive precursor product onto an adhesive carrier and activating and crosslinking the adhesive precursor product by treating the adhesive precursor product with water vapor and heat in a reaction chamber, and wherein the process is characterized in that air mixed with reaction gases forming during the activation and crosslinking in the reaction chamber is conducted away from the reaction chamber and recirculated as circulating air into the reaction chamber, wherein a portion of used air of the air recirculated as circulating air is replaced by fresh air. The invention further relates to a corresponding device for processing a pressure sensitive hot-melt adhesive.

The present invention relates to a catalyst masterbatch for cross-linking a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups. The catalyst masterbatch includes both of a Brnsted acid and/or Brnsted acid anhydride (A); and a polyolefin (B) containing Brnsted acid and/or Brnsted acid anhydride groups. The invention also encompasses compositions of a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups that include the catalyst masterbatch, use of the catalyst masterbatch in a cross-linking reaction of silicon-containing polyolefins, and a cable layer that includes a polymer made using the catalyst masterbatch.

The invention relates to a pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form, obtained impregnating a fibrous mass with a polymeric binder composition and intended to be subjected to successive forming and complete curing operations to produce a fibre-reinforced composite material. The polymeric binder composition comprises one or more resins chosen in the group consisting of siloxane resins and silsesquioxane resins, and can optionally comprise one or more organic resins. The polymeric binder composition appears as a liquid with viscosity between 55000 and 10000 mPas at temperatures between 50 C. and 70 C. The polymeric binder composition forms a polymeric binder matrix, not cross-linked or only partially cross-linked, that fills the interstices of the fibrous mass. The invention also relates to a method for making said pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material in laminar form. The invention also relates to a manufactured article obtained by hot forming and complete curing of the aforesaid pre-impregnated fibre-reinforced composite material, as well as a method for making said manufactured article.

A resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material that makes it possible to improve productivity by suppressing deformation at the time of removal from a mold, in particular, in the PCM method, while achieving both rapid curing and storage stability. The resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material includes an epoxy resin (A) including a phenol novolac epoxy resin and a bisphenol A epoxy resin; a phenoxy resin (B); dicyandiamide (C); an imidazole-based curing aid (D); and a phenol-based curing accelerator (E) as essential components, wherein the phenol novolac epoxy resin of the epoxy resin (A) constitutes 40 parts by mass to 75 parts by mass, the bisphenol A epoxy resin constitutes 10 parts by mass to 35 parts by mass, and the phenoxy resin (B) constitutes 5 parts by mass to 15 parts by mass in the total of 100 parts by mass of the components (A) to (E).

Articles made from a moisture-curable, polymeric composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: (A) 2 to less than 80 weight percent (wt %) of an ethylenic polymer with (1) a crystallinity at room temperature of 34% to 55%, or 65% to 80%, and (2) a melt index (I.sub.2) of 0.1 to 50 decigrams per minute (dg/min); (B) 3 to 30 wt % of a halogenated flame retardant; (C) 3 to 30 wt % an inorganic antimony flame retardant; and (D) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one of an inorganic flame retardant other than the inorganic antimony flame retardant, e.g., zinc oxide
exhibit enhanced ACBD properties in comparison to articles alike in all respects except made from a composition comprising an ethylenic polymer without the requisite crystallinity at room temperature.