The thermoplastic elastomer composition contains a thermoplastic elastomer and a pigment.

The thermoplastic elastomer composition contains a thermoplastic elastomer and a pigment.

Detergent composition (F) for domestic or industrial use including, as thickener, a self-invertible inverse latex including an aqueous phase including: a) a crosslinked anionic polyelectrolyte (P) consisting of: —at least one first monomer unit derived from 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]-1-propanesulfonic acid in free acid form or partially or totally salified form; —at least one second monomer unit derived from at least one monomer chosen from the elements of the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate, or vinylpyrrolidone; and—at least one monomer unit derived from a polyethylenic crosslinking monomer (AR), b) at least one sequestrant compound (SQ) chosen from the elements of the group consisting of ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid in trisodium salt form, the glutamic acid, N,N-diacetic acid, tetrasodium salt, and the sodium salt of iminosuccinic acid.

A resin composition including a resin R including a repeating unit having a partial structure of Formula (I) or (II):

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where Q.sub.A is an ester bond shown in the Formula (I), R.sub.A is a substituent group, n1 is any of integers 1 to 5, * is a bonding site with a remainder of the repeating unit, and ** is a bonding site with a phenyl group in the Formula (I);

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where Q.sub.B is a linking group or a single bond other than the ester bond of Q.sub.A in Formula (I), R.sub.B is a substituent group, with at least one R.sub.B being a hydroxyl group, n2 is any of integers 1 to 5, and * is a bonding site with a remainder of the repeating unit.

The invention relates to the use of polyamide 6 for reduction of the melt viscosity, to be determined at 260° C. to ISO 11443, and/or of the fill pressure, to be determined according to EN ISO 294-1, of compositions and moulding compounds in which there are 10 to 115 parts by mass of glass fibres per 100 parts by mass of poly-C.sub.1-C.sub.6-alkylene terephthalate.

The present invention provides comb polymer compositions comprising phosphorus acid group containing backbone polymers of six-membered cyclic methacrylic imide having one or more side chain ether group containing N-substituent chosen from an ether group, a polyether group, an etheramine group, a polyetheramine group, an ether group crosslinking the backbone polymer chains, and a polyether group crosslinking the backbone polymer chains. The backbone polymers comprise from 60 to 100 wt. %, based on the total weight of monomers used to make the backbone polymer, of methacrylic acid polymerized units, regardless of their form, and from 7.5 to 95 wt. % of such polymerized units as methacrylic anhydride groups or six-membered cyclic methacrylic imide groups.

A thermally stable diamine compound of formula (I′) is proposed as well as polymers, copolymers, polyamic acids, polyamic acid esters, or polyimides based on such compound. Also, a process of preparing orientation layers for liquid crystals including preparing orientation layers for liquid crystals from thermally stable alignment materials comprising diamine compounds of formula (I′).

The present invention relates to a fouling control coating composition comprising an ingredient having biocidal properties for aquatic organisms and (a1) a polymer comprising quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups bound to the backbone of the polymer, said quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups being neutralised by a conjugate base of a sulphonic acid having an aliphatic, aromatic, or alkaryl hydrocarbyl group, and (a2) a polymer comprising silyl ester groups. The invention further relates to a method of protecting a man-made structure immersed in water from fouling, and a substrate or structure coated with the fouling control coating composition.

The present invention relates to a fouling control coating composition comprising an ingredient having biocidal properties for aquatic organisms and (a1) a polymer comprising quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups bound to the backbone of the polymer, said quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups being neutralised by a conjugate base of a sulphonic acid having an aliphatic, aromatic, or alkaryl hydrocarbyl group, and (a2) a polymer comprising silyl ester groups. The invention further relates to a method of protecting a man-made structure immersed in water from fouling, and a substrate or structure coated with the fouling control coating composition.

The present invention relates to a fouling control coating composition comprising an ingredient having biocidal properties for aquatic organisms and (a1) a polymer comprising quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups bound to the backbone of the polymer, said quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups being neutralised by a conjugate base of a sulphonic acid having an aliphatic, aromatic, or alkaryl hydrocarbyl group, and (a2) a polymer comprising silyl ester groups. The invention further relates to a method of protecting a man-made structure immersed in water from fouling, and a substrate or structure coated with the fouling control coating composition.