The present invention is a stabilizer composition for vinyl chloride resins comprising: (A) an organic acid calcium salt and/or an organic acid zinc salt, (B) a β-diketone compound and (C) a blue pigment, wherein the ratio by mass (A):(B) of said components (A) and (B) ranges from 99.9:0.1 to 15.0:85.0 and the content of said component (C) ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 parts by mass relative to the total of 100 parts by mass of said components (A) and (B).

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention is characterized by containing: about 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin including rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer and aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resins; about 10-50 parts by weight of a flame retardant other than a phosphorus-based compound; about 1.5-3.5 parts by weight of zinc oxide particles having an average particle size of about 0.2-3 μm and a BET specific surface area of about 1-10 m.sup.2/g; and about 2.5-6.5 parts by weight of sodium phosphate. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent antibacterial properties, flame retardant properties, and impact resistance properties.

A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, silica as predominant reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, in which the ratio of the amounts, in phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer), of sulfur and of reinforcing filler, is less than 0.08.

Halogen-free flame retardant compositions comprising thermoplastic elastomers, which exhibit flame retardance and low-smoke emission. The flame retardant compositions comprise (a) one or more thermoplastic elastomers; and (b) a flame retardant mixture comprising: magnesium hydroxide, aluminium trihydrate, melamine cyanurate, and optionally a phosphate ester flame retardant.

A one component spray polyurethane foam formulation containing a polymeric isocyanate with nominal functionality of 2.5 to 3.5, a polyol component that is at least 85 percent aliphatic and having a mole ratio of polyol with three or more functionality to total polyol of 0.2 to 0.75, 15-30 wt % of a plasticizer, 1.5-3.5 wt % phosphorous, 5.5 to 11.5 halogen and 1.5 to 5 millimoles of blowing agent per gram of formulation and that is free of expandable graphite achieves a B2 rating in DIN 4102 testing.

A reinforced product, which can be used especially for reinforcing a finished rubber article, comprises one or more textile or metallic reinforcing thread(s), said thread(s) being covered with a sheath comprising a thermoplastic polymer composition, the sheathed thread(s) being themselves embedded in a rubber composition referred to as coating rubber, characterized in that this coating rubber is a composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a sulfur-based vulcanization system, in which the ratio of the amounts, in phr (parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer), of sulfur and of reinforcing filler, is less than 0.08.

The present disclosure relates to a polyurethane-urea resin composition for synthetic leather and a method of preparing the polyurethane-urea resin composition, the polyurethane-urea resin composition having excellent resin stability, heat resistance and aesthetic properties by including an ionic compound containing a sulfonic acid group, and by not including a neutralizer. In addition, the polyurethane-urea resin composition for synthetic leather may be applicable for various purposes by controlling a polyurethane-urea particle size to a desired size by controlling a content of the ionic compound containing a sulfonic acid group.

A composition comprising: one or more polycarbonates; one or more vinylidene aromatic substituted polymers; and a buffer system that controls the pH in water at 25° C. at a value of about 6.0 to about 8.0. The composition may comprise the buffer system that has a pKa between about 4 and about 10. The composition may comprise: from about 10 or 50 to about 95 percent by weight of the one or more polycarbonates; from about 0.5 or about 10 to about 50 or about 90 percent by weight of the one or more vinylidene aromatic substituted monomers; and from about 0.005 percent to about 0.050 percent by weight of the buffer system; wherein weight is based on the total weight of the composition. The buffer system may be present in an amount from about 0.010 percent to about 0.040 percent by weight.

A chloroprene copolymer latex containing a chloroprene copolymer having a structural unit derived from chloroprene and a structural unit derived from 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene, in which a toluene insoluble content in the chloroprene copolymer is 50 to 95% by mass, and a modulus at 500% elongation of a film, which is obtained on a base material by dipping the base material in the chloroprene copolymer latex and then performing vulcanization at 100° C. for 30 minutes, according to JIS K 6251 is 4.0 MPa or less.

A system for applying a coating composition is provided herein. The system includes a first high transfer efficiency applicator defining a first nozzle orifice and a second high transfer efficiency applicator defining a second nozzle orifice. The system further includes a reservoir. The system further includes a substrate defining a first target area and a second target area. The first high transfer efficiency applicator and the second high transfer efficiency applicator are configured to receive the coating composition from the reservoir and configured to expel the coating composition through the first nozzle orifice to the first target area of the substrate and to expel the coating composition through the second nozzle orifice to the second target area of the substrate.