The present disclosure provides a polyalkylene carbonate-based resin having excellent thermal stability, thereby having an improved heat shrinkage phenomenon, and a molded article produced using the same. The polyalkylene carbonate-based resin includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin including a polyalkylene carbonate resin and a polylactide resin, and 5 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a heat shrinkage prevention agent, wherein the base resin includes the polyalkylene carbonate resin and the polylactide resin in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 4:6, and the heat shrinkage prevention agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate-based resin, a polyalphaolefin-vinyl acetate-based resin, and a polyoxyalkylene-based resin.

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cyclic acetal comprising i) preparing a liquid reaction mixture comprising a) formaldehyde source, b) an aprotic compound and c) a catalyst; and ii) converting the formaldehyde source into cyclic acetals.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cyclic acetal comprising i) preparing a reaction mixture comprising a) a formaldehyde source in a liquid medium and b) a catalyst; ii) converting the formaldehyde source into cyclic acetals, wherein the final conversion of said formaldehyde source to said cyclic acetal is greater than 10% on basis of the initial formaldehyde source.

The present invention relates to a process for producing cyclic acetal comprising i) preparing a liquid reaction mixture comprising a) a formaldehyde source, b) an aprotic compound and c) a catalyst; wherein the total amount of protic compounds is less than 40 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the reaction mixture; and ii) converting the formaldehyde source into cyclic acetals.

A method of decreasing aldehyde content in a polyoxymethylene (POM) polymer, increasing Oxidative Induction Time (OIT) and/or increasing thermal stability comprises contacting the POM polymer with an aldehyde scavenger selected from: (i) a compound XX which includes at least three moieties of formula (AA) wherein each moiety (AA) includes an amine moiety (NH2) bonded ortho or meta to the amide moiety (CONH), each R.sup.1 independently represents a substituent and m is an integer from 0 to 4; and the three moieties (AA) are bonded, via their respective amide nitrogen atoms, to respective carbon atoms of a Main Fragment, wherein the Main Fragment includes carbon and hydrogen atoms only and is saturated; and (ii) a cyanoacetamide.

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