The present disclosure relates to a method of producing bioplastic pellets using livestock manure, the method including steps of: making a first mixture livestock manure, sawdust, a microbial medium and a microbial preparation; (2) making a fermentation product by stirring the first mixture; (3) making an aged product by aging the fermentation product; (4) making a dried product by drying the aged product; (5) making compost powder by crushing the dried product; and (6) mixing the compost powder, synthetic resin, a binder, a dispersing agent and a slip agent together to obtain a second mixture, and cutting the second mixture into pellets during extrusion. The method has an advantage in that it is possible to improve processability by reducing the water content of decomposed livestock manure containing a lot of water and to improve mechanical properties.

The present disclosure relates to a composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle having excellent dimensional stability, and a rack housing member of a vehicle formed therefrom. In an embodiment, the composition for a rack housing member of a vehicle comprises 100 parts by weight of a base resin containing polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate copolymer, and polyethylene terephthalate, and 40 to 75 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes a glass fiber and a plate-shaped mineral filler.

A preparation method of a conductive elastomer includes the following steps: (1) according to the mass percent of 20˜75%, dissolving the metallic salts into deionized water to form an electrolyte solution, wherein said metallic salts is either of magnesium nitrate, sodium nitrate, zinc nitrate, cesium nitrate, calcium nitrate, neodymium nitrate, aluminum nitrate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium chloride, zinc chloride, cesium chloride, aluminum chloride or their combinations; (2) according to the mass percent of 10˜40%, mixing starches into the electrolyte solution prepared in step (1), then at the temperature of 33˜120 ° C., stirring to gelatinize the starches, forming a viscous liquid; (3) standing the viscous liquid obtained in step (2) at 25˜90° C. for 10 min to 48 h to obtain the conductive elastomer.

A composition [composition (C)] comprising from 1 to 90% by weight (wt. %) of at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) [(PAEK) polymer], from 1 to 25 wt. % of at least one polyphenylsulfone polymer [(PPSU) polymer], from 1 to 90 wt. % of at least one polyethersulfone polymer [(PES)polymer], and from 0.1 to 50 wt. % of at least one reinforcing filler, where all wt. % are based on the total weight of the composition (C) and the (PES) polymer has as melt flow rate(MFR) at a temperature of 380° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg according to ASTM D1238 of greater than 35 g/10 min.

An aqueous binder for mineral fibers, in particular glass fibers, includes at least one ammonium lignosulfonate or one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of lignosulfonic acid, and at least one carbonyl compound of formula: R—[C(O)R.sub.1].sub.x (I) in which: R represents a saturated or unsaturated and linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon radical, a radical including one or more aromatic nuclei which consist of 5 or 6 carbon atoms, a radical including one or more aromatic heterocycles containing 4 or 5 carbon atoms and an oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur atom, it being possible for the R radical to contain other functional groups, in particular hydroxyl or alkoxy groups, especially methoxy groups, R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-C.sub.10 alkyl radical, and x varies 1 to 10, the binder being devoid of hydrogenated sugar and of melamine.

The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition including eco-friendly materials, an electronic device and a method of manufacturing the same. The polymer composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a thermoplastic resin at 30 to 70 parts by weight; an eco-friendly resin, including a bio-resin, at 1 to 50 parts by weight; and a silicone resin at 1 to 60 parts by weight based on the total weight of the polymer composition.

The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a compound having a maleimido group, a divalent group having at least two imido bonds and a saturated or unsaturated divalent hydrocarbon group.

The instant invention provides procatalysts and catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, olefin based polymers polymerized therewith, and process for producing the same. In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I):

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The present disclosure relates to polyolefin-based compositions made from or containing (A) a butene-1 polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (B) a second polyolefin polymer, and (C) an ethylene-propylene elastomer. In some embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is further made from or contains an additives composition. In additional embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is made from or contains a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer.

Recycled elements and/or renewable resources, such as recycled carbon black or recycled carbon black and recycled particulate rubber, are incorporated into a rubber composition. The rubber composition can be used to manufacture tires or various tire components including tire subtreads.