A liquid color masterbatch composition for fabricating a colored fiber includes 30.0 to 44.4 parts by weight of a colorant, 14.0 to 44.4 parts by weight of a lubricant, and 11.2 to 56.0 parts by weight of a carrier, in which a viscosity of the liquid color masterbatch composition between 13000 cP and 18000 cP.

The present disclosure envisages a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a polymeric emulsion, silane functionalized fibres and a fluid medium. The silane functionalized fibres are present in an amount in the range of 0.05 wt. % to 10 wt. % of the coating composition. The polymeric emulsion is present in an amount in the range of 20 wt. % to 60 wt. % of the coating composition. The fluid medium is present in an amount in the range of 5 wt. % to 40 wt. % of the coating composition. The silane functionalized fibre comprises at least one polymer bonded to at least one silane group. The coating composition of the present disclosure exhibit improved properties such as better coverage when applied on a surface, mechanical properties, stain resistance properties and the like, when compared to coating composition without fibres.

A fiber can be made having a structure with an axial core and a coating layer. The fiber can have a polymer core and one or two layers surrounding the core. The fine fiber can be made from a polymer material and a resinous aldehyde composition such that the general structure of the fiber has a polymer core surrounded by at least a layer of the resinous aldehyde composition.

Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic molding composition, including: a) 30 to 99.85 wt % of at least one thermoplastic polyamide as component A; b) 0.1 to 10 wt % of at least one polyhydric alcohol having more than 6 hydroxyl groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 2000 g/mol as component B; c) 0.05 to 3 wt % of at least one sterically hindered phenol antioxidant as component C; d) 0 to 3 wt % of at least one polycarboxylic compound having more than 3 carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups, and having a number average molecular weight M.sub.n of more than 300 g/mol as component D; e) 0 to 50 wt % of at least one fibrous and/or particulate filler as component E; and f) 0 to 25 wt % of further additives as component F; where the total of wt % of components A to F is 100 wt %.

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a synthetic polymer containing a first segment containing a polypeptide skeleton and one or a plurality of second segments bonded directly to the first segment, in which the second segment contains a molecular group having a plasticizing function for the polypeptide skeleton.

An aliphatic polyester resin composition including: an aliphatic polyester resin; and calcium carbonate, wherein an amount of the calcium carbonate in the aliphatic polyester resin composition is 20% by mass or more, a number average particle diameter of the calcium carbonate in the aliphatic polyester resin composition is 0.20 μm or more but less than 0.40 μm, and a standard deviation of the number average particle diameter is 0.3 or more but 0.6 or less.

A method of removing metal ions is provided, which includes contacting a metal removal composition with a solution containing metal ions for removing the metal ions from the solution, wherein the metal removal composition includes a polymer with a chemical structure of: ##STR00001##
wherein Q is a quinoline-based group, n=90˜450, o=10˜50, and p=0˜20. The metal removal composition has a type of fiber or film. In addition, the metal removal composition has a porosity of 60% to 90%.

The present disclosure relates to polymer resins, fibers, and yarns with permanent antimicrobial activity, and a method of producing the same. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial polymer resin comprises a polymer having less than 2500 ppm of zinc dispersed within the polymer, less than 1000 ppm of phosphorus, wherein the weight ratio of zinc to phosphorus is at least 1.3:1 or less than 0.64:1.

Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DR.sub.fluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DR.sub.solid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DR.sub.fluid=DR.sub.sp*DR.sub.ag of at least 150, wherein DR.sub.sp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DR.sub.ag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DR.sub.sp being greater than 1 and DR.sub.ag at least 1. High-performance polyethylene multifilament yarn, and semi-finished or end-use products containing said yarn, especially to ropes and ballistic-resistant composites, are also disclosed.

Disclosed herein is a degradable cellulose ester. The cellulose ester may be formed into tow for use in cigarette filters or into articles, such as molded articles. A basic material, an enzymatic material, or combinations thereof is included in the cellulose ester in order to degrade the cellulose ester.