Disclosed is a polyolefin thermal insulation foam and use thereof, and to a method for preparing a physically foamed polyolefin thermal insulation foam, which can be recycled well and which has excellent flexibility characteristics.

The application discloses cellulose ester compositions comprising two or more miscible blends of cellulose ester each comprising a plurality of propionyl substituents having tunable rheology and physical properties not achievable by any one of the cellulose esters alone. These cellulose ester compositions can be further processed, with or without other materials such as plasticizers, flame retardants, and blowing agents, and converted into articles. These cellulose ester compositions have higher modulus and have low to no butyryl/butyric acid content relative to cellulose acetate butyrate (“CAB”) cellulose ester compositions made from CABs having a butyryl content of greater than 30 wt %.

Provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including polycarbonate blocks (A-1) each formed of a specific repeating unit and polyorganosiloxane blocks (A-2) each containing a specific repeating unit, wherein the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer satisfies the following expression (F1a):
15≤wM1  (F1a)
wherein wM1 represents the average content of the polyorganosiloxane blocks (A-2) in polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymers each having a molecular weight determined by using a polycarbonate as a conversion reference of from 56,000 or more to 200,000 or less among polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymers obtained through the separation of the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer by gel permeation chromatography.

The present disclosure provides to a novel flame retardant resin, wherein the resin is a reaction product of an epoxy material, a curing agent, and a partially esterified tannic acid of formula I, ##STR00001## wherein TA represents a tannic acid moiety, R.sup.1 represents an optionally substituted C.sub.1-C.sub.6 straight or branched alkyl, an optionally substituted C.sub.3-C.sub.6 cyclic ring, an optionally substituted phenyl group, or any combination thereof, and n is 2-10.

The present invention relates to a flame-retardant polycarbonate composition comprising the following components:

A) 50-90 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate,
B) 3-20 parts by weight of non-core-shell impact modifier,
C) 2-15 parts by weight of at least one cyclic phosphazene of formula (V):

##STR00001##

where
k is an integer from 1 to 10, the trimer content (k=1) being more than 98 mol %, based on component C, and where
R are in each case identical or different and are an amine radical, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl in each case optionally halogenated, C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkoxy, C.sub.5-C.sub.6-cycloalkyl in each case optionally substituted by alkyl and/or halogen, C.sub.6-C.sub.20-aryloxy in each case optionally substituted by alkyl and/or halogen, and/or hydroxyl, C.sub.7-C.sub.12-aralkyl in each case optionally substituted by alkyl and/or halogen, a halogen radical, or an OH radical,
D) 0-30 parts by weight of filler,
E) 0.05-5 parts by weight of antidripping agent; and
F) 0-15 parts by weight of additional additives,
the total weight of the composition is 100 parts by weight,
preferably, the composition consists to at least 90 wt. %, more preferably at least 95 wt. %, most preferably 100 wt % of components A-F, relative to the total weight of the composition.

The present invention also relates to a shaped article produced from the composition. The polycarbonate composition according to the present invention has a good combination of flame retardancy, hydrolytic stability and impact resistance, meanwhile there is no feeding issue during its production.

The invention provides a copolyetherester compositions that are resistant to burning and which show reduced smoke production when exposed to heat or flame.

The current disclosure provides reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance in aqueous environments, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable, reaction to fire, combustion and flame-resistance properties. Also provided are methods of preparing or manufacturing such reinforced aerogel compositions. In certain embodiments, the composition has a silica-based aerogel framework, reinforced with an open-cell macroporous framework, and includes one or more fire-class additives, where the silica-based aerogel framework comprises at least one hydrophobic-bound silicon and the composition or each of its components has desired properties.

A flame-retardant polyamide composition can be prepared with a glow wire ignition temperature of not less than 775° C. Such a composition can include a polyamide having a melting point of not more than 290° C. as component A, fillers and/or reinforcers as component B, a phosphinic salt of the formula (I) as component C, a compound selected from the group of the Al, Fe, TiO.sub.p and Zn salts of ethylbutylphosphinic acid, of dibutylphosphinic acid, of ethylhexylphosphinic acid, of butylhexylphosphinic acid and/or of dihexylphosphinic acid as component D, a phosphonic salt of the formula (II) as component E, and a melamine polyphosphate having an average degree of condensation of 2 to 200 as component F. Additional components can be included in the composition.

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising: about 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin including one or more of a polypropylene resin and an ethylene-propylene block copolymer; about 10 parts by weight to about 60 parts by weight of a phosphorus nitrogen-based flame retardant; about 0.05 parts by weight to about 10 parts by weight of a maleic anhydride-modified olefin-based polymer; and about 5 parts by weight to about 40 parts by weight of talc having a calcium content of about 0.1% by weight or less. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent flame retardancy, impact resistance, rigidity, molding processability, etc.

A flame-retardant composition including polypropylene, anhydride modified polyethylene and inorganic filler and a rigid molded article prepared with the flame-retardant composition. Also disclosed a method of molding a rigid article from the flame-retardant composition.