An epoxy resin composition according to the present invention comprises an epoxy compound (A), a block copolymer (B) and a curing agent (C), wherein the block copolymer (B) is composed of a polymer block (a) comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and a polymer block (b) comprising an acrylic polymer that is different from the polymer block (a), said epoxy resin composition having such a property that a cured resin product produced by curing the epoxy resin composition forms a microphase-separated structure. A cured product of the epoxy resin composition forms a highly ordered phase structure, and therefore has excellent toughness and stiffness.

Disclosed herein are blended thermoplastic compositions comprising a polycarbonate component, a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer component, and a high rubber graft acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene copolymer or methyl (meth) acrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymer component. The resulting thermoplastic compositions can be used in the manufacture of articles requiring materials with high impact strength, good flow, flame retardancy, ductility, and improved surface appearance. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A thermoplastic composition comprises, based on the total weight of the polymers in the thermoplastic composition, a polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate; 2 to 15 wt % or 2 to 8 wt % or 1 to 4 wt % of a core-shell impact modifier; a flame retardant comprising a bromine-containing polymer or oligomer effective to provide 1.5 wt % to 5 wt % of bromine; an aromatic organophosphorus compound, effective to provide 0.1 to 1 wt % of phosphorus, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and optionally 0 to 80 wt % or 0 to 60 wt % of a polyetherimide.

Provided in the present invention are a halogen-free epoxy resin composition, prepreg and laminate using the same, the halogen-free epoxy resin composition comprising: (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin; (B) a crosslinking agent; and (C) a phosphorous-containing phenolic resin, the phosphorous-containing phenolic resin being formed by a synthesis of phenol and formaldehyde with dicyclopentadiene phenol, and being substituted by 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphapheanthrene-10-oxide or a derivative thereof. The prepreg and laminate prepared from the halogen-free epoxy resin composition have a high heat resistance, a low dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss factor and a low water absorption rate, and achieve halogen-free flame retardance.

A thermal insulator composition and methods of manufacturing made from an admixture of a molding compound, a fire suppressant, and a bonding agent. Water can be added to the admixture to develop the insulator into different phases such as liquid and semi-liquid. The molding compound may be a co-polymer such as an acrylate, polyethylmethacrylate, benzoyl peroxide, titanium dioxide, and one or more iron oxides. The fire suppressant may be an aqueous acrylic acid and potassium co-polymer combination, cross-linked modified polyacrylamides/potassium acrylate or polyacrylamides/sodium acrylate. The bonding agent may be a composition of ethyl methacrylate, hydroxyproptyl methacrylate, clycerol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol, dimethacrylate, dimethyltolyamine, benzophenone-3, and hydroquinone.

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 polymer resin composition capable of providing a synthetic resin showing physical properties of improved heat resistance or impact resistance is provided, in which the polymer resin composition includes a polyester tetrapolymer containing a residue of a dicarboxylic acid component containing terephthalic acid and a residue of a diol component containing dianhydrohexitol, and one or more terpolymers selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated nitrile-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft terpolymer, an alkyl methacrylate-diene-based rubber-aromatic vinyl graft terpolymer, and an alkyl methacrylate-silicone/alkyl acrylate graft terpolymer.

A hydrogenated block copolymer is disclosed comprising a polymer block A and a polymer block B. Prior to hydrogenation, the polymer block A has a first vinyl aromatic compound, and the polymer block B contains monomers a) a styrene compound having a radical reactive group and b) at least one conjugated diene, and optionally (c) a second vinyl aromatic compound that is same or different from the first vinyl aromatic compound. The repeat units of monomer a) forms 10-80 wt. % of the total block copolymer, and 10-70 wt. % of the total weight of block B. After hydrogenation, the polymerized units derived from the monomer b) has a RU of 0-1.5 meq per gram of the hydrogenated block copolymer. The hydrogenated block copolymer exhibits reactivity and higher flow properties before curing, after curing, shows excellent mechanical properties, improved flame resistance, and good solvent resistance.

A composition includes specific amounts of an aromatic polycarbonate, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane block copolymer, a poly(alkylene terephthalate), a flame retardant, and a drip retardant. The flame retardant includes an oligomeric or polymeric bis(aryloxy)phosphazene in combination with an organophosphine oxide, an oligomeric or polymeric aromatic phosphonate, or a combination thereof. The composition is useful for fabricating parts for electrical and electronic devices.

A resin composition contains a polycarbonate resin, a reaction product of a glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer with a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin that has not reacted with the glycidyl-group-containing polyethylene copolymer, an organic phosphorus flame retardant, and a flame-retardant anti-drip agent, wherein the amount of the polyethylene terephthalate resin in the reaction product is approximately not less than 3 mass % relative to the amount of the whole reaction product.