The invention is directed to a synthetic flashing material, to a method of preparing the synthetic flashing material, and to a method for using the synthetic flashing material, and to the use as insulating material. The synthetic flashing material comprises an amount of polymer material of 75 wt. % or more, wherein the content of metals in the synthetic flashing material is 10 wt. % or less.

A polymer composition includes: about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of a polycarbonate polymer; about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer; about 15 wt % to about 35 wt % of a reinforcing filler having a tensile modulus of at least about 150 GPa; and about 4 wt % to about 20 wt % of a flame retardant comprising phosphorous. The polymer composition demonstrates a flexural modulus in an amount equal to or greater than about 10 GPa. Methods of forming a polymer composition and blended thermoplastic compositions are also described.

The thermosetting resin composition, a prepreg containing same, a metal foil-clad laminate and a printed circuit board; the resin composition comprises the following components: a combination of a bismaleimide resin and a benzoxazine resin or a prepolymer of a bismaleimide resin and a benzoxazine resin, an epoxy resin and an active ester. A metal foil-clad laminate prepared by using the resin composition provided by the present invention has a high glass transition temperature, a low thermal expansion coefficient, a high high-temperature modulus, a high peel strength, a low dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss factor, as well as good heat resistance and good processability.

A graft copolymer capable of providing impact resistance, flame retardance, and color rendering properties to a thermoplastic resin is described. The graft copolymer contains a polyorganosiloxane, and is obtained by graft-polymerizing vinyl monomers including a (meth)acrylate ester (b.sub.1) having an alkyl group or an aromatic group and an aromatic vinyl monomer (b.sub.2) on a polyorganosiloxane-based rubber. The graft copolymer has a volume average particle diameter of 200-2000 nm, and contains 0.1-69 mass % of polyorganosiloxane. A thermoplastic resin composition is also described, containing a thermoplastic resin (A), the graft copolymer, a fluorine resin (C) and a flame retardant (D). A molded article is also described, which is obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition.

Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: a polycarbonate-based resin (A) having a branching ratio of 0.01 mol % or more and 3.0 mol % or less; and a diphosphite compound (B) having a specific structure, wherein a content of the diphosphite compound (B) is from 0.005 part by mass to 0.5 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polycarbonate-based resin (A).

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes from 0% to 80% by weight of a polyolefin component and from 20% to 100% by weight of a thermoplastic elastomer component. The polymer composition has an elastic modulus of less than 1500 MPa at −40° C. as measured using dynamic mechanical analysis according to ASTM D4065. Further, the polymer composition has a coefficient of thermal expansion as averaged over the temperature range of −40° C. to 25° C. of more than 120×10.sup.−6/K when measured according to ASTM E831, and the polymer composition has a thermal contraction stress of no more than 4.0 MPa at −40° C. as measured using dynamic mechanical analysis. Additionally, embodiments of an optical fiber cable having a cable jacket made of the polymeric composition are disclosed herein.

A composition formed of an epoxy resin incorporating a fire retardant.

A surface physical property modifier composition includes (A) a wax, (B) a vinyl (co)polymer, and (C) an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 5 to 14. Component (A) is set to be at least one selected from the group consisting of (a1) paraffin wax, (a2) microcrystalline wax, (a3) Fischer-Tropsch wax, and (a4) polyethylene wax, and component (B) is produced from at least one of (b1) a (meth)acrylonitrile, (b2) a (meth)acrylic acid having a carbon number of 1 to 4, (b3) a hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate or hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, (b4) styrene, and (b5) predetermined (meth)acrylic acid alkyl esters. Component (A) is 50 to 98 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the total of (A) and (B), and component (C) is 0.001 to 1 percent by mass relative to the total amount of (A).

The present invention relates to a poly(arylene ether) resin composition and a cable coated with the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a poly(arylene ether) resin composition, including 20 to 40% by weight of a poly(arylene ether) resin, 15 to 35% by weight of a low-molecular weight styrene-based block copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 90,000 g/mol or less, 10 to 30% by weight of a high-molecular weight styrene-based block copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 95,000 g/mol or more, 1 to 20% by weight of a flame retardant, and 0 to 20% by weight of an additive.

In accordance with the present invention, a poly(arylene ether) resin composition having superior flame retardancy, tensile strength, flexibility, extrusion processability, elongation, and appearance characteristics and a cable coated with the same are provided.

A reactive functional group-containing polyarylene sulfide resin composition having a narrow polydispersity and a low gas generation amount is manufactured by mixing a polyarylene sulfide resin (a) and a polyarylene sulfide resin (b), wherein the polyarylene sulfide (a) has a weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and an increase rate of melt viscosity of less than 1.05 times by addition of a reactive compound (c) having a reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c), and the polyarylene sulfide (b) has the weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and the increase rate of melt viscosity of not less than 1.05 times by addition of the reactive compound (c) having the reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c).