A formulation of material includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, and a surface active agent. The formulation of material may be polymeric materials that relate morphology and crystalline structure of cellular polymeric material that may be used to form usable articles, such as an insulated container useful for containing food or liquid.

A rigid polyurethane foam formulation comprising a polyester polyol having a hydroxyl number of from 150 to 600 mg KOH/g and a functionality of at least 2, a blowing agent comprising water and an auxiliary blowing agent, a non-silicone organic surfactant, greater than 0.1% to less than 3.7% of a cyclic siloxane, by weight based on the total weight of the foam formulation, a catalyst, and optionally a flame retardant; and a polyisocyanate; such that the isocyanate index is in the range of from 100 to 500, a rigid polyurethane foam formed from the foam formulation; and a method of forming a rigid polyurethane foam.

This invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer composition having a type A hardness (i.e., the momentary value) of 55 or less in accordance with JIS K6253, which comprises 35 to 65 parts by weight of an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer (A) having a type A hardness (i.e., the momentary value) of 75 or less in accordance with JIS K6253 and 65 to 35 parts by weight of a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer (B) having a type A hardness (i.e., the momentary value) of 60 or less in accordance with JIS K6253 (with the total amount of components (A) and (B) being 100 parts by weight) and a molded thermoplastic elastomer product obtained via molding of such composition.

The present invention relates to a polypropylene composition, an injection molded article comprising the polypropylene composition, a foamed article comprising the polypropylene composition as well as the use of a polypropylene homopolymer (H-PP1) for reducing the 5stiffness reduction factor of a foamed injection molded article by at least 40 as determined by the difference of the flexural modulus measured according to ISO 178 of the non-foamed and foamed injection molded article and compared to an article comprising the same amount of a polypropylene which has been polymerized in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst.

A process and composition is described for the inclusion of polyether polyols in concentrations greater than 10% loading on the B-side formulation with a catalyst package less than 1% loading on the B-side formulation. In one specific example, the use of glycerin as a fluorine ion scavenger is utilized to improve performance of the polyurethane systems through a twelve-month shelf life.

A shoe sole member formed by a foam includes cells having a certain size and being excellent in transparency in order to provide a shoe sole member being lightweight and excellent cushioning properties while having transparency.

The present invention relates to a polyethylene composition comprising a) a polyethylene blend comprising from 95.5% to 99.5 wt % low density polyethylene (LDPE) and from 0.5% to 4.5 wt % high density polyethylene (HDPE), wherein the wt % (% by weight) is based the total amount of low density polyethylene and high density polyethylene in the blend, and b) a mixture of glycerol-mono-stearate and glycerol-mono-palmitate.

The present invention provides a polyolefin resin foam sheet having an area density of 5 g/m.sup.2 or more and 400 g/m.sup.2 or less, and having a time (t) required for a weight decrease from 90% by mass to 10% by mass, of 9 minutes or more, as measured by thermogravimetric analysis carried out at a heating rate of 10° C./min and a measurement temperature of 23° C. to 550° C. According to the present invention, a polyolefin resin foam sheet can be provided that has a high fire retardancy while maintaining a lightweight property.

Provided is a tire that prevents a polyurethane foam layer from discoloring to brown. A tire comprises: a polyurethane foam layer laminated on an outer layer of the tire with a barrier layer therebetween, wherein the polyurethane foam layer contains a polyurethane foam, and the barrier layer is formed from a rubber composition containing butyl rubber as a rubber component.

Expanded beads are those including a mixture of an olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer and a polyethylene-based resin, wherein a melt flow rate MFR(I) of the olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer is 2-10 g/10 min; a difference ((MFR(II))−(MFR(I))) between a melt flow rate MFR(II) of the polyethylene-based resin and the melt flow rate MFR(I) of the olefin-based thermoplastic elastomer is 1-35 g/10 min; and a content of the polyethylene-based resin in the mixture is 3-40% by weight.