The present disclosure relates to an environmentally friendly plasticizer composition capable of reducing carbon emissions by including a recycled raw material, which has excellent gelling properties, plasticization efficiency, and weather resistance.

The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, to the vulcanizate thereof, and to a vehicle tire. The rubber mixture according to the invention comprises at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber; and, at least one char (HTC char) obtained by hydrothermal carbonization of at least one starting substance. A vehicle tire according to the invention comprises at least one vulcanizate according to the invention of the rubber mixture in at least one component.

A preparation method of a hybrid composite pipe and applications thereof. By mixing and curing high polymers as a matrix with one or more types of porous lightweight aggregates or granules, the main body or structural layer of this composite pipe can combine with a variety of non-metal or metal materials as well as various types of metal or non-metal base pipes so as to prepare different hybrid composite pipes. The high polymers include the thermosetting high polymers and thermoplastic high polymers. The pipe can be prepared and molded by one or more processes of rolling, winding, pultrusion, centrifugal casting, extrusion, injection molding, resin transfer, and sandwiching. The pipe described herein can be applied to petroleum, natural gas, heat and gas supply, water supply and drainage, agricultural irrigation, mining, seawater desalination, electric power communication, municipal pipeline corridor and other purposes.

The present disclosure provides a fire retardant composition that includes a non-intumescent composition and an intumescent composition, fire retardant coatings including the same, and methods of preparation and use thereof.

The present disclosure provides a fire retardant composition that includes a non-intumescent composition and an intumescent composition, fire retardant coatings including the same, and methods of preparation and use thereof.

Filled polyurethane foams having tailored microstructures, as well as methods of making these polyurethane foams, are described herein. By tailoring the microstructure of the polyurethane foam, composite materials having desirable mechanical properties (e.g., elastic modulus, compressive strength, or combination thereof) can be obtained.

A method of treating a biobased feedstock derived from agricultural resources and specifically from the non-distillate products of fermentation-derived renewable fuel and distilled spirit processes. The separation of thermally labile components from biobased feedstocks result in materials that are thermally stable and better suited for subsequent melt processing in a polymer matrix.

The present disclosure relates generally to polyurethane matrix composite materials, for example, suitable for making an exterior cladding product for houses and other buildings. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a polymer matrix composite material including a polyurethane matrix and an inorganic filler in a range from 45% to 85% by weight of the composite material. The inorganic filler includes a first substance from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, sand, talc, kaolin clay, dolomite, feldspar and mica and any mixture thereof, and fly ash, and/or an iron oxide in a range from 0.5% to 7% by weight of the inorganic filler.

The disclosed invention describes a novel approach to the utilization of the fine mineral matter derived from coal and/or coal refuse (a by-product of coal refining) to convert a non-biodegradable plastic into a biodegradable plastic. The fine mineral matter could also be based on volcanic basalt, glacial rock dust deposits, iron potassium silicate and other sea shore mined deposits. The conversion of the non-biodegradable plastic into biodegradable plastic in soil further increases nutrients availability in soil with the transition metals released as a result of biodegradation of the biodegradable plastic.

A curable composition for making polyisocyanurate comprising products obtained by combining and mixing at an isocyanate index of at least 100 at least a polyisocyanate composition, a polytetrahydrofuran polyol (P-THF) having average molecular weight in range 1000-5000 g/mol as toughening agent and diols having an average molecular weight <1000 g/mol.