The objective of the present invention is to provide a biaxially stretched polyamide film that is excellent in an impact resistance, a folding pinhole resistance and a friction pinhole resistance and that is produced from a raw material derived from a biomass. The present invention relates to a biaxially stretched polyamide film, comprising 99 to 70 mass % of a Polyamide 6 resin and 1 to 30 mass % of a polyamide resin, wherein at least a part of a raw material of the polyamide resin is derived from a biomass, and the biaxially stretched polyamide film meets the following (a) and (b): (a) the number of Gelbo pinhole defect is 10 or less after the biaxially stretched polyamide film is twisted and bent 1000 times at 1° C. using a Gelbo flex tester, (b) a distance leading to a pinhole formation by a friction resistance pinhole test is 2900 cm or more.

The invention relates to flame-retardant polyamide compositions with a glow wire ignition temperature of not less than 775° C., comprising polyamide having a melting point of not more than 290° C. as component A, fillers and/or reinforcers as component B, phosphinic salt of the formula (I) as component C

##STR00001## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are ethyl, M is Al, Fe, TiO.sub.p or Zn, m is 2 to 3, and p=(4−m)/2 compound selected from the group of the Al, Fe, TiO.sub.p and Zn salts of ethylbutylphosphinic acid, of dibutylphosphinic acid, of ethylhexylphosphinic acid, of butylhexylphosphinic acid and/or of dihexylphosphinic acid as component D phosphonic salt of the formula (II) as component E

##STR00002## in which R.sub.3 is ethyl, Met is Al, Fe, TiO.sub.q or Zn, n is 2 to 3, and q=(4−n)/2, and melamine polyphosphate having an average degree of condensation of 2 to 200 as component F.

The polyamide compositions can be used for production of fibers, films and shaped bodies, especially for applications in the electricals and electronics sector.

A closed loop recycling process of manufacturing a foam part includes dispersing a filler material recycled from an additive manufacturing (AM) process in at least one foam reactant and pouring or injecting the at least one foam reactant with the filler material into a mold and forming the foam part. The foam part has a foam matrix with between 2.5 wt. % and 30 wt. % of the filler material. The filler material can be a recycled powder from a selective laser sintering process that is not graded (i.e., sized) before being dispersed in the at least one foam reactant. For example, the recycled powder can be a recycled polyamide 12 (rPA12) powder with an average particle diameter of less than 100 micrometers. Also, the least one foam reactant can be a polyol reactant and an isocyanate reactant such that a polyurethane foam matrix with recycled rPA12 filler material is formed.

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 prepreg is provided that has excellent processability and handleability and that can be processed into a cured product with high heat resistance. Also provided is a method to produce such a prepreg in an industrially advantageous way without being restricted by the types and contents of the matrix resin components used. The prepreg includes at least components [A] to [D] as given below and a preliminary reaction product that is a reaction product of the component [B] and the component [C], at least one surface resin in the prepreg having a storage elastic modulus G′ in the range of 1.0×10.sup.3 to 2.0×10.sup.8 Pa as measured at a temperature of 40° C. and an angular frequency in the range of 0.06 to 314 rad/s: [A] carbon fiber, [B] epoxy resin comprising a m- or p-aminophenol epoxy resin [b1] and either a glycidyl ether epoxy resin or a glycidyl amine epoxy resin [b2] that has two or more glycidyl groups in a molecule, [C] curing agent, and [D] thermoplastic resin.

A thermoplastic prepreg is disclosed having fully impregnated filaments. The prepreg is formed by having a plurality of continuous fibers that are substantially oriented in a longitudinal direction, the continuous fibers constituting from about 30 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the prepreg, a first resinous matrix that contains a first set of one or more thermoplastic polymers and within which the continuous fibers are embedded, wherein the thermoplastic polymers constitute from about 30 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the prepreg, and a second resinous matrix that contains a second set of one or more thermoplastic polymers, wherein the second set of thermoplastic polymers constitute from about 30 wt. % to about 40 wt. % of the prepreg.

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal polyester resin molded article containing a thermoplastic resin comprising a liquid crystal polyester and a fibrous filler, in which the liquid crystal polyester resin molded article contain the fibrous filler in an amount of equal to or greater than 1 part by mass and equal to or smaller than 120 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin, the proportion of the liquid crystal polyester with respect to 100 mass % of the thermoplastic resin is equal to or greater than 75 mass % and equal to or smaller than 100 mass %, and a length-weighted average fiber length of the fibrous filler is equal to or greater than 0.7 mm.

The present invention relates to a polymer composition (C) comprising: —a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), —at least 3 wt. % of polyamide 6 (PA6), —25 to 60 wt. % of reinforcing agents, —3 to 8 wt. % of a functionalized, non-aromatic elastomer, wherein the weight ratio PPS/PA6 is at least 4 and wherein wt. % are based on the total weight of the composition. The present invention also relates to articles incorporating the polymer composition and the use of polyamide 6 (PA6) as a heat-aging stabilizer in a polymer composition.

The invention relates to a seeded particle of polyamide (PA) powder consisting of: a polyamide core with a D50 within the range from 15 to 60 μm, and a polyamide shell,
characterized in that the shell has an inherent viscosity in solution and a melting temperature which are respectively higher than those of the core.

A fiber-reinforced plastic substrate is described in which a plurality of resins having different properties are firmly compounded and that includes components [A], [B], and [C]: [A] reinforcing fibers; [B] thermoplastic resin (b); and [C] thermoplastic resin (c),
wherein the component [A] is arranged in one direction, in the fiber-reinforced plastic substrate, a resin area including the component [B] and a resin area including the component [C] are present, the resin area including the component [B] is present on a surface of one side of the fiber-reinforced plastic substrate, and a distance Ra.sub.(bc) between Hansen solubility parameters of the component [B] and the component [C] satisfies formula (1):

Ra.sub.(bc)={4(δDB−δDC).sup.2+(δPB−δPC).sup.2+(δHB−δHC).sup.2}.sup.1/2≥8

wherein Ra.sub.(bc), δDB, δDC, δPB, δPC, δHB and δHC are as defined.