This highly thermally-conductive silicone composition is obtained by blending, as thermally-conductive fillers at a specific ratio and in specific amounts in (A) a silicone composition containing an organopolysiloxane as a main agent, (B) a spherical magnesium oxide powder having an average sphericity of 0.8 or more, an average particle size of 80-150 μm, and a purity of 98 mass % or more, and (C) (C-I) a spherical aluminum oxide powder which has an average sphericity of 0.8 or more and an average particle size of 7-60 μm, and in which the proportion of rough particles of 96-150 μm is 0.1-30 mass % in the entire component (C-I) in a laser diffraction particle size distribution, and (C-II) a spherical or irregularly-shaped aluminum oxide powder having an average particle size of 0.1-4 μm. The thermal conductivity of the composition is 7.0 W/m.Math.K or more, and the viscosity of the composition at 25° C. is 30-800 Pa.Math.s. This highly thermally-conductive silicone composition has excellent electrical insulating properties and thermal conductivity.

Provided is a resin composition for laser direct structuring on which a plating can be formed and demonstrating low loss tangent, a molded article, and, a method for manufacturing a plated molded article. The resin composition for laser direct structuring contains a polycarbonate resin and a laser direct structuring additive, and the polycarbonate resin containing 5% by mass or more, relative to all structural units, of a structural unit represented by formula (1). In formula (1), each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and W.sup.1 represents a single bond or a divalent group).

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Provided is a flame retardant and heat insulating material having high flame retardancy and a high heat insulating property. Also provided is a flame retardant heat insulator including such flame retardant and heat insulating material having high flame retardancy and a high heat insulating property. A flame retardant and heat insulating material according to one embodiment is formed from a resin composition (A), wherein the resin composition (A) contains: a binder resin; a low-melting point inorganic substance; a high-melting point inorganic substance; and voids. A flame retardant and heat insulating material according to one embodiment is formed from a resin composition (B), wherein the resin composition (B) contains: a binder resin that produces a high-melting point inorganic substance when heated; a low-melting point inorganic substance; and voids and/or a void-forming agent.

The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition that contains a polyester resin (A), wherein the polyester resin (A) contains a structural unit derived from at least one compound (a1) selected from the group consisting of a dimer acid compound and a dimer diol, and a structural unit derived from an aromatic compound (a2).

Provided is a molded product which exhibits an excellent jet black color in a case where a light source is turned off, can exhibit a specific color tone in a case where the light source is turned on, and has a high solar transmittance. The molded product of the present invention is a molded product comprising a transparent resin, in which an L* value of reflected light is 35 or less, in a wavelength range of 430 nm or more and 700 nm or less, a wavelength at which a maximum value of a light transmittance is shown is in a wavelength range of 430 nm or more and less than 680 nm, and a light transmittance at a wavelength of 770 nm is 0.5% or more.

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a series of PC resin additives for maintaining the color stability and blue-cut performance during injection molding. The additives may be used to adapt a PC resin customarily used for sun protection lenses for clear lens applications.

The present invention provides a polyol composition that can secure the stability over time even when a large amount of water is blended in the polyol composition; a flexible polyurethane foam that uses the polyol composition, is low in density and is excellent in durability; and a method for producing the same. The above objects are solved by a polyol composition for molding a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol component; a catalyst; a foam stabilizer; a foaming agent; and a compatibilizing agent, wherein the compatibilizing agent is an anionic surfactant which has a hydrophilic portion having an alkali metal salt, and which has a hydrophobic portion having an aromatic ring or alternatively a hydrophobic portion not having an aromatic ring but containing 8 or more carbon atoms in total.

This disclosure relates to a milling blank for the production of medical-technical molded parts, in particular dental splints or ear molds, as well as a method for the production of such a blank.

The invention provides a stabilising composition for a polyol and/or a polyurethane, comprising: a) a first derivatised phenolic antioxidant having a molecular weight of at least about 400 g/mol and a melting point of less than about 100° C.; b) a second derivatised phenolic antioxidant having lower steric hindrance than the first derivatised phenolic antioxidant, which is a solid at ambient conditions; and c) a secondary antioxidant comprising a phosphite and/or a thioester,
and also disclosed is a fire retardant blend comprising the stabilising composition and a fire retardant.

A flame retardant composition includes poly(carbonate-bisphenol phthalate ester) or a combination of poly(carbonate-bisphenol phthalate ester) and a poly(ester), an organophosphorous flame retardant present in an amount effective to provide 0.5-0.8 wt % of added phosphorous; 5-45 wt % of glass fibers; optionally, a poly(carbonate-siloxane); optionally, 0.01-10 wt % of a flame retardant sulfonate salt; optionally, 0.1-0.6 wt % of an anti-drip agent; and optionally, 0.01-10 wt % an additive composition, wherein the amount of the polymer component, the organophosphorous flame retardant, the glass fibers, and the optional components total 100 wt %; and wherein a molded sample of the flame retardant composition has a UL 94 rating of V0 at a thickness of 1.2 millimeter, preferably a CA UL 94 rating of V0 at a thickness 0.8 millimeter.