A hot water storage device having a vessel includes a first section formed from a moulded material and a second section formed from a moulded material. An open end of the first section is sealingly engaged with an opposing open end of the second section to form the vessel. The first and second sections each have a generally cylindrical body portion and a closed end, comprising a head portion. The vessel includes a water inlet aperture moulded into the first or second section and a water outlet aperture moulded into the first or second section and wherein the inlet and outlet apertures are located on the body portion proximal to a tangent line between the body portion and the head portion.

A flame retardant thermoplastic polymer composition is disclosed. The flame retardant composition can include a flame retardant system comprised of only two flame retardant components. The composition can display excellent flame resistant properties at extremely small thicknesses. The composition can also contain a stabilizer package that dramatically improves heat aging properties.

A flame retardant thermoplastic polymer composition is disclosed. The flame retardant composition can include a flame retardant system comprised of only two flame retardant components. The composition can display excellent flame resistant properties at extremely small thicknesses. The composition can also contain a stabilizer package that dramatically improves heat aging properties.

A nitrile rubber composition comprising a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A) containing α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in a ratio of 8 to 60 wt % and having an iodine value of 120 or less and an alkylated phenol compound (B), wherein a ratio of content of the alkylated phenol compound (B) with respect to a total of the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A) and the alkylated phenol compound (B) is 0.01 to 1 wt %, and a difference (η2−η1) between a plasticity number η2 after storage at 70° C. for 7 days in a state of an aqueous dispersion by being dispersed in water and a plasticity number η1 before the storage is 12 or less is provided.

A nitrile rubber composition comprising a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A) containing α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in a ratio of 8 to 60 wt % and having an iodine value of 120 or less and an alkylated phenol compound (B), wherein a ratio of content of the alkylated phenol compound (B) with respect to a total of the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A) and the alkylated phenol compound (B) is 0.01 to 1 wt %, and a difference (η2−η1) between a plasticity number η2 after storage at 70° C. for 7 days in a state of an aqueous dispersion by being dispersed in water and a plasticity number η1 before the storage is 12 or less is provided.

Provided are a novel polyamide polymer obtained by polymerizing monomers including aromatic diamine substituted with a nitrile group and an amide group and an aromatic dibasic acid compound, a spinning dope comprising the same, and a polyamide molded article. A fiber obtained using the novel polyamide polymer according to the present invention, particularly, a fiber obtained by spinning the polymer according to the present invention may have high strength and high elasticity, such that the fiber may be applied to various industrial fields.

Provided are a novel polyamide polymer obtained by polymerizing monomers including aromatic diamine substituted with a nitrile group and an amide group and an aromatic dibasic acid compound, a spinning dope comprising the same, and a polyamide molded article. A fiber obtained using the novel polyamide polymer according to the present invention, particularly, a fiber obtained by spinning the polymer according to the present invention may have high strength and high elasticity, such that the fiber may be applied to various industrial fields.

Provided are a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack, which have improved safety. Particularly, since a bulletproof material is disposed on the inside and/or the outside of an exterior part, even when a conductive needle-shaped member penetrates a secondary battery, heating, burning, discharge of evaporated electrolyte, and electrical contact between the needle-shaped member and an electrode can be prevented, thereby improving safety of the secondary battery, the battery module, and the battery pack.

Provided are a secondary battery, a battery module, and a battery pack, which have improved safety. Particularly, since a bulletproof material is disposed on the inside and/or the outside of an exterior part, even when a conductive needle-shaped member penetrates a secondary battery, heating, burning, discharge of evaporated electrolyte, and electrical contact between the needle-shaped member and an electrode can be prevented, thereby improving safety of the secondary battery, the battery module, and the battery pack.

A process for manufacturing a display device, an optical device or an illuminating device includes casting a polyamide solution onto a base at temperature below 200° C. to obtain a film, heating the film on the base at temperature sufficient to make the film solvent resistant and obtain a polyamide film, forming on a surface of the polyamide film one of a display element, an optical element and an illumination element to form a display device, an optical device or an illumination device, and de-bonding the base from the display device, the optical device or the illuminating device. The polyamide solution comprises a solvent, an aromatic polyamide dissolved in the solvent, and a multifunctional epoxyde, where the aromatic polyamide comprises at least one functional group that reacts with an epoxy group, the aromatic polyamide comprises a first repeat unit of formula (I) and a second repeat unit of formula (II)

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