The invention concerns a thermoplastic composite material having a component A, which is a continuous matrix based on a homogeneous polymer mixture, and component B, which includes solid particles and/or fibers. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thermoplastic composite material as well as use thereof.

A polycarbonate composition includes particular amounts of a virgin polycarbonate and a purified recycled polycarbonate. The polycarbonate composition can exhibit improved color. The polycarbonate composition can be useful for forming molded articles. A method of purifying a post-consumer or post-industrial recycle polycarbonate composition is also disclosed.

Provided is a curable resin composition which can be molded by casting to obtain composite materials each composed of a polycarbonate resin and an acrylic resin and having high transparency and high impact strength. More specifically, provided is a curing resin composition comprising an acrylic monomer having a saturated group, a polycarbonate resin having an unsaturated-group-containing terminal structure at a molecular end, and a free-radical polymerization initiator.

A method for producing a thermoplastic resin composition, including: melt-kneading a mixture containing a polyester resin (A), a starch material (B), and water; and dewatering the melt-kneaded mixture to reduce a water content to 5% by weight or less. The mixture contains 25 to 55 parts by weight of the water per 100 parts by weight of a solid content of the starch material (B). A film containing a thermoplastic resin composition containing a biodegradable polyester resin (A) and a starch material (B), wherein the starch material (B) has a number-average particle diameter of 3 μm or less.

Curable organopolysiloxane compositions and their cured products with superior properties are described as well as their uses as materials for optical devices, such as LEDs.

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a thermoplastic resin containing a rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer and an aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; zinc oxide; zinc phosphate; a surface-coated zinc oxide, of which a portion or the entirety of a surface is coated with zinc phosphate. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent acid resistance and antibacterial properties.

A method for producing a master batch having improved properties is provided. The method relates to, in particular, a master batch containing a polycarbonate and a reinforcing filler, preferably selected from one or more members of the group including the members titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2), talc (Mg.sub.3Si.sub.4O.sub.10(OH).sub.2), dolomite CaMg[CO.sub.3].sub.2, kaolinite Al.sub.4[(OH).sub.8|Si.sub.4O.sub.10] and wollastonite Ca.sub.3[Si.sub.3O.sub.9], preferably selected from one or more members of the group including the members titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2) and talc (Mg.sub.3Si.sub.4O.sub.10(OH).sub.2). The content of the reinforcing filler is 30 to 70 wt. %, preferably 35 to 65 wt. %, particularly 40 to 60 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the molding compound. A method for producing a molding compound having improved properties is also provided.

A preparation method of a fluoropolymer processing aid. The preparation method comprises the following steps: simultaneously adding ε-caprolactone and a fluoropolymer elastomer into a reactor, and heating to completely dissolve the fluoropolymer elastomer; and then cooling, adding polyol, mixing thoroughly, and adding an organotin catalyst to carry out a polymerization reaction; and after the reaction is finished, carrying out cooling, pulverizing or spray granulation so as to obtain the fluoropolymer processing aid. The processing aid prepared by using the method can reduce the extrusion pressure of a polymer during extrusion, improve the processing efficiency, improve the phenomena of melt rupture and “sharkskin” during polymer extrusion, and effectively enhance the surface quality of a product. Compared with the prior art, the processing aid of the invention has the characteristics of uniform dispersed particle size during polymer processing, no coking at a die head during long-time polymer extrusion processing, etc.

The invention relates to the use of a low Tg compatible resin as an adhesive layer for the welding of a thermoplastic composite structure to a thermoplastic or thermoset structure. The invention is especially good for the welding of large parts, such as wind turbine halves and spar caps. A useful thermoplastic composite is one formed by the infusion and curing of long fibers by a reactive acrylic liquid resin system, such as ELIUM® resin systems from Arkema.

A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition for automotive cooling parts contains, with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin (A): 30 to 110 parts by weight of glass fibers (B); and 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a silane compound (C) having a functional group selected from an amino group and an isocyanate group. In this polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, the PPS resin (A) has a number-average molecular weight of 7,000 to 14,000, and gives a residue amount of 2.0 to 5.0% by weight when dissolved in 20-fold amount by weight of 1-chloronaphthalene at 250° C. for 5 minutes and subsequently subjected to heat pressure filtration through a PTFE membrane filter having a pore size of 1 μm.