A composite insulating material is provided. In one or more configurations the composite insulating material includes one or more active or responsive elements that mitigate corrosion under insulation (CUI). In a further aspect of the present invention, one or more active components of a composite insulation material are provided that dynamically generate an insoluble barrier within an insulating material through a bio-mineralization process.

The present invention relates to a polymeric processing aid its composition and its process of preparation and its use. In particular the present invention it relates to a polymeric processing aid and its use for highly filled halogen containing thermoplastic polymers. More particularly the present invention relates to a highly filled halogen containing polymer composition with a polymeric processing aid, its composition and its process of preparation.

The present invention provides a polyvinyl chloride-based resin molded product obtained by molding a resin mixture containing 1 to 50 parts by weight of calcium carbonate having an average primary particle size of 0.01 to 0.3 μm and 5 to 18 parts by weight of an impact modifier per 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin, wherein a Charpy impact strength at 0° C. is 20 kJ/m.sup.2 or more, and a Vicat softening temperature is 85° C. or higher, and a method for manufacturing the polyvinyl chloride-based resin molded product.

The invention relates to a pipe comprising a polypropylene composition (P) comprising a terpolymer composition (A), a nucleating agent (B) and optionally a composition comprising pigment (C), wherein the terpolymer composition (A) comprises at least one terpolymer prepared from propylene, ethylene and 1-hexene, wherein the nucleating agent (B) is a nucleating agent comprising a metal salt of hexahydrophthalic acid represented by formula (I) (I) wherein M1 and M2 are the same or different, and may be combined into one cation, and are selected from at least one metal cation of calcium, strontium, lithium, and monobasic aluminum; and wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, and R.sub.10 are either the same or different and are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C.sub.1-C.sub.9 alkyl, hydroxy, C1-C9alkoxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.9 alkyleneoxy, amine, and C.sub.1-C.sub.9 alkylamine, halogens, and phenyl wherein the polypropylene composition (P) has a melt flow rate in the range from 0.10 to 0.70 dg/min as determined by ISO1133-1:2011 at 230° C. and 2.16 kg.

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A polyolefin composition made from or containing a first heterophasic polyolefin polymer A) made from or containing a first crystalline propylene homopolymer matrix, a first propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 20.0 wt% up to 35.0 wt%, a second propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 55.0 wt% up to 70.0 wt%, and a second heterophasic polyolefin polymer B) made from or containing a second crystalline propylene homopolymer matrix, an ethylene C.sub.4-C.sub.10 α-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 65.0 wt% up to 85.0 wt%, and a third propylene ethylene copolymer having an ethylene content ranging from 40.0 wt% up to 50.0 wt%.

A polymeric composition includes (a) 1 wt % to 45 wt % of an ethylene-based polymer; (b) 50 wt % to 90 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate having a melt flow index from 21 g/10 min. to 35 g/10 min at 250 C and 2.16 Kg; and (c) 3.5 wt % to 10 wt % of a compatibilizer comprising a maleated ethylene-based polymer and ethylene n-butylacrylate glycidyl methacrylate.

A blown film of soil biodegradable aliphatic polyesters produced primarily from diacid and diol monomers. The diacid monomers may be of any type including succinic acid, adipic acid, and hexanedioic acid. The diol monomer may be of any type including ethylene glycol, propanediol, butanediol, and hexanediol. Commercial aliphatic polyesters produced from diacid and diol monomers include polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate succinate (PBAS), and polybutylene adipate (PBA). Comonomers may also be added. Such comonomers include chemicals with a single carboxylic acid, hydroxy, or amine moiety, which act as chain terminators, chemicals with three or more carboxylic acid, epoxy, and/or hydroxy moieties which, act as branching agents.

Provided herein are polyethylene compositions suitable in the fabrication of PE-RT pipes for use in cold and hot water plumbing in accordance with ISO 22391-2, and processes for making the same.

It is provided a polymer composition including at least the following components A) 70 to 97 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition of a polymer blend, including a1) 50 to 95 wt.-% of polypropylene; a2) 5 to 50 wt.-% of polyethylene; B) 3 to 30 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition of a copolymer of propylene and 1-hexene, including b1) 30 to 70 wt.-% of a first random copolymer of propylene and 1-hexene; and b2) 30 to 70 wt.-% of a second random copolymer of propylene and 1-hexene having a higher 1-hexene content than the first random propylene copolymer b1); with the provisos that the weight proportions of components a1) and a2) add up to 100 wt.-%; the weight proportions of components b1) and b2) add up to 100 wt.-%; component A) has a MFR.sub.2 (230° C., 2.16 kg) determined according to ISO 1133 in the range from 1.0 to 50.0 g/10 min; component B) has a 1-hexene content in the range of 2.0 to 8.0 wt.-% based on the overall weight of component B); and the polymer composition is free from plastomers being an elastomeric copolymer of ethylene and 1-octene having a density in the range from 0.860 to 0.930 g/cm.sup.3.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for cooling medium transportation pipes, which has high barrier performance, is flexible and has good extrusion moldability. A thermoplastic resin composition which comprises a matrix that comprises a thermoplastic resin and a domain that comprises a rubber and is dispersed in the matrix, the thermoplastic resin composition being characterized by having an oxygen permeability coefficient (cm.sup.3.Math.mm/(m.sup.2.Math.day.Math.mmHg)) of 0.02 or less at 21° C. and at a humidity of 0%, and being also characterized in that the melt viscosity of the thermoplastic resin constituting the matrix is 300 Pa.Math.s or less at 250° C. and at a shear rate of 243.2 s.sup.−1, the thermoplastic resin comprises a thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and a thermoplastic resin having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 0.004 or less or comprises a thermoplastic resin having a melting point or a glass transition temperature of 150° C. or higher and an oxygen permeability coefficient of 0.004 or less, and the rubber comprises an isobutylene-based block copolymer and an olefin- or styrene-based polymer having an epoxy group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, an acid anhydride group or a carboxyl group.