Provided are a polyamide resin with a high melting point and a high glass transition temperature, a polyamide resin composition, and a molded article. The polyamide resin includes diamine-derived structural units and dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units, in which 50 mol % or more of the diamine-derived structural units are structural units derived from p-benzenediethanamine, and 65 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid-derived structural units are structural units derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

Disclosed is a composition that can impart a drip preventing effect together with an excellent heat release suppressing effect to a resin, and that enables the resin to exhibit an excellent color tone, by being mixed with the resin. The composition includes a component (A) and/or a component (B), and a component (C). It is preferable that the composition contains the component (C) in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a total of the components (A) and (B). The component (A) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (1). ##STR00001## The component (B) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (3). ##STR00002## The component (C) is a hydrous magnesium silicate.

Disclosed is a composition that can impart a drip preventing effect together with an excellent heat release suppressing effect to a resin, and that enables the resin to exhibit an excellent color tone, by being mixed with the resin. The composition includes a component (A) and/or a component (B), and a component (C). It is preferable that the composition contains the component (C) in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a total of the components (A) and (B). The component (A) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (1). ##STR00001## The component (B) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (3). ##STR00002## The component (C) is a hydrous magnesium silicate.

Disclosed is a composition that can impart a drip preventing effect together with an excellent heat release suppressing effect to a resin, and that enables the resin to exhibit an excellent color tone, by being mixed with the resin. The composition includes a component (A) and/or a component (B), and a component (C). It is preferable that the composition contains the component (C) in an amount of 0.1 to 50 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of a total of the components (A) and (B). The component (A) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (1). ##STR00001## The component (B) is a (poly)phosphate compound represented by General Formula (3). ##STR00002## The component (C) is a hydrous magnesium silicate.

The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising a thermoplastic polyester, a metal salt of formula (I), a halogen-containing flame retardant, and an anti-dripping agent; a method of producing fibers, foils and moldings comprising the use of the thermoplastic molding composition; and a fiber, foil or molding obtained from the thermoplastic molding composition.

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The present invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition comprising a thermoplastic polyester, a metal salt of formula (I), a halogen-containing flame retardant, and an anti-dripping agent; a method of producing fibers, foils and moldings comprising the use of the thermoplastic molding composition; and a fiber, foil or molding obtained from the thermoplastic molding composition.

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Provided are a polyamide resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a specific polyamide (A), 45 to 120 parts by mass of an inorganic fibrous reinforcing material (B), 25 to 40 parts by mass of at least one phosphinate salt (C) represented by a specific formula, and 2 to 15 parts by mass of a phosphite salt (D), the phosphinate salt (C) and the phosphite salt (D) being contained at a specific ratio, and a molded object of the polyamide resin composition.

Provided are a polyamide resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a specific polyamide (A), 45 to 120 parts by mass of an inorganic fibrous reinforcing material (B), 25 to 40 parts by mass of at least one phosphinate salt (C) represented by a specific formula, and 2 to 15 parts by mass of a phosphite salt (D), the phosphinate salt (C) and the phosphite salt (D) being contained at a specific ratio, and a molded object of the polyamide resin composition.

Provided are a polyamide resin composition containing 100 parts by mass of a specific polyamide (A), 45 to 120 parts by mass of an inorganic fibrous reinforcing material (B), 25 to 40 parts by mass of at least one phosphinate salt (C) represented by a specific formula, and 2 to 15 parts by mass of a phosphite salt (D), the phosphinate salt (C) and the phosphite salt (D) being contained at a specific ratio, and a molded object of the polyamide resin composition.

Modified lignin products, processes for making them, and their use to produce rigid polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foams are disclosed. The processes comprise heating a lignin source with a nitrogen source and a starved concentration of a C.sub.1-C.sub.5 aldehyde to give a reaction mixture comprising a Mannich condensation product, neutralizing the reaction mixture, and isolating the modified lignin product. The process is performed at a mass ratio of lignin source to nitrogen source within the range of 1:1 to 1:5 and at a molar ratio of nitrogen source to C.sub.1-C.sub.5 aldehyde within the range of 3.5:1 to 1:1. Polyol blends and performance additives that contain the modified lignin products are described. Rigid foams that process well and incorporate up to 60 wt.%, based on the amount of polyol component, of the modified lignin contribute to excellent flame retardancy and low-temperature R-value performance.