A method of forming a skin-foam-substrate type structure particular suitable as an automobile trim component. The method comprises supplying a polymer resin containing a chemical foaming agent and including metal particles capable of inductive heating, that is positioned between a polymeric skin and substrate, followed by inductive heating to cause foaming of the polymeric resin. The foamed polymer resin adheres to the skin and substrate.

A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises: (A) a compound having a structure of formula (I),

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A production process of a rubber composition containing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, which can provide a rubber composition in which processability is excellent, and a filling agent, when contained, has favorable dispersibility therein. The production process of the rubber composition includes: a first step of kneading a modified conjugated diene-based polymer that is obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing a conjugated diene compound and has at least one nitrogen-containing functional group selected from a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group and groups in which these amino groups have been converted into an onium group, and a basic compound having an acid dissociation constant of 8.0 or more; and a second step of kneading the kneaded product obtained in the first step and a cross-linking agent.

Provided are a sheet, a method of its preparation, and a tire comprising the sheet, wherein the sheet comprises tire cords, a topping rubber for topping the tire cords, and a conductive fiber located on the surface of the topping rubber. The sheet can provide tires, on which a rubber composition with a low electricity-transmitting property and low rolling resistance is applied, with excellent conductivity.

Crumb rubber obtained from recycled tires is subjected to an interlinked substitution process. The process utilizes a reactive component that interferes with sulfur bonds. The resulting treated rubber exhibits properties similar to those of the virgin composite rubber structure prior to being granulated, and is suitable for use in fabricating new tires, engineered rubber articles, and asphalt rubber for use in waterproofing and paving applications.

The present invention provides a cushion partially or entirely composed of a foam, the foam composed of a polymer composition that includes a homopolymer or a copolymer including a constituent unit derived from farnesene.

A resin composition includes 20 parts by weight to 45 parts by weight of a phosphorus-containing bismaleimide and 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, wherein the phosphorus-containing bismaleimide has a structure of Formula (I); the thermosetting resin is selected from a vinyl-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a maleimide resin, a polyolefin resin, a prepolymer of maleimide resin, and a combination thereof. The resin composition may be used to make a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following properties can be improved, including flame retardancy, outgassing properties, arc resistance, copper foil peeling strength, X-axis coefficient of thermal expansion, glass transition temperature and water absorption rate. ##STR00001##

To provide reinforcing fibers that are excellent in adhesiveness to rubber even though resorcinol, formaldehyde, and an epoxy compound are not used, and a molded article using the same. Reinforcing fibers including fibers, a surface-modifying layer covering at least a part of a surface of the fibers, and an adhesive layer containing conjugated Diene-Based rubber covering at least a part of the surface-modifying layer, the surface-modifying layer containing a polyamine compound having one or more kind of a functional group selected from primary to tertiary amino groups and an imino group, having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 300 or more.

A resin sheet is for molding, has an impact strength of 1.0 J or greater in a DuPont impact test, and has a value of 80 N/m.sup.2 or smaller obtained through integration from an origin point to a strain when fracture has occurred in a stress strain curve obtained in a tensile test. A carrier tape 100 is a molded body 16 of the resin sheet, wherein an accommodation portions 20 capable of accommodating an article is provided.

A thermoplastic resin composition for foam molding including: a component (A) in an amount of 1 to 20 parts by mass; a component (B) in an amount of 0 to 50 parts by mass; an aromatic polycarbonate resin (C) in an amount of 40 to 90 parts by mass; and a high-molecular-weight resin (D) different from the components (A) to (C), having a weight average molecular weight greater than or equal to 2,000,000. When a total of the components (A) to (C) is 100 parts by mass, an amount of the high-molecular-weight resin (D) is 0.1 to 10 parts by mass. Component (A): a rubber-reinforced styrenic resin (A) derived from polymerization, in the presence of a rubbery polymer (a) of a vinyl monomer (b1) including an aromatic vinyl compound; component (B): and a styrenic resin (B) derived from polymerization of a vinyl monomer (b2) including an aromatic vinyl compound.