The present invention discloses a high weld line strength polypropylene/polycarbonate alloy, including the following components in parts by weight: 5 parts to 40 parts of a polypropylene; 40 parts to 85 parts of a polycarbonate; and 1 part to 15 parts of an ethylene copolymer compatibilizer. The high weld line strength polypropylene/polycarbonate alloy has high weld line strength, a good melt index and an excellent chemical resistance.

The invention is directed to a resin composition containing polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and a compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group, a resin molded article containing polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and a compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group, and a method for preparing a resin composition including molten kneading polycarbonate, reinforced fibers and compatibilizer having a reactive cyclic group.

Disclosed herein are composite masterbatch granules containing reprocessed PET derived from recycled PET bottles, a method for making the same, and a use of the same in a foamed shoe material. Recycled PET is melted and mixed with EVA and a compatibilizer until they form a new polymer alloy through chemical modification, and the polymer alloy is processed with a high-torque extruder to produce the composite masterbatch granules. The composite masterbatch granules can be further mixed with EVA and a thermoplastic elastic material in order to make a shoe material by a foaming and molding process. The disclosure is intended to contribute to the recycling and reuse of waste PET so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, protect the environment, and lower the demand for virgin PET polymer materials and hence for petrochemical materials in general.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 3 Z-axis X-axis dimension, dimension, i.e., i.e., Type of raw Measuring width thickness material point (mm) (mm) r-PET #1 17.0 221 Injection-molded #2 16.5 221 in the modified #3 16.3 219 mold EVA #1 16.7 220 EVA molded in #2 16.3 220 the original #3 16.0 219 mold Conclusion: Z- and X-axis data resulting from the modified mold are similar to those produced by molding EVA in the original mold.

A process for making a starch-based resin from a starch-based plant feed stock generally comprising the steps of extracting starch content from prepared feed stock, preparing a dried starch from the extracted starch content that may be polymerized in a reactor with a catalytic material, a petroleum-based plastic resin, a quantity of glycerol, and an oil which is high in free hydrogen, and partially cross-linking the polymerized starch with a petroleum-based plastic resin to form a starch-based resin that may be used to produce starch-based film and bag products and other articles of manufacture that have unique degradation properties is disclosed herein.

A bendable panel comprising a substrate layer, wherein the panel is provided with a mechanism enabling the panel to bend. The mechanism enabling the panel to bend is at least one groove or cut, and the depth of the groove or cut is no longer than the panel thickness. The substrate layer is prepared by the following materials with the following mass ratio: 100 parts of PVC resin or PVC powder, 30-55 parts of a styrene based elastomer, 150-300 parts of stone powder, sawdust or rock, 1-10 parts of an additive, and 1-4 parts of an elastomer coupling agent. The panel may be bent during the installation, and several panels can be seamlessly installed.

Microporous sheet product suitable for use as a battery separator and method of forming the same. According to one embodiment, the method involves forming an extrusion mixture of one or more thermoplastic polymers and a fluid having a high vapor pressure. Next, the mixture is extruded through a die head, cooled and shaped in a first vapor zone under an above-UEL condition to form a solid sheet material. Next, the sheet material is subjected to a two-step process in a second vapor zone under a below-LEL condition, the first step involving a first stretching/fluid vaporization at a higher temperature, the second step involving a second stretching/fluid vaporization at a lower temperature. The resultant sheet is then annealed, and the remainder of fluid is removed to form a sheet product having a thickness characterized by a structure of smaller and larger pore strata across its thickness.

A curable polymer composition containing: (A) a thermoset benzoxazine resin precursor component; (B) optionally, an aryl sulphone-containing benzoxazine component, and (C) a polyarylsulphone thermoplastic toughening agent, wherein in the absence of component (B), component (C) contains one or more benzoxazine pendant- and/or end-groups.

Halogen-free, flame resistant and hydrolysis resistant polymer compositions are disclosed. The polymer composition contains a thermoplastic polymer, such as polybutylene terephthalate. The thermoplastic polymer is combined with a flame retardant that can include a phosphinate, a phosphite, and a nitrogen-containing synergist. In addition, the composition can contain various hydrolysis resistant components. For instance, the polyester polymer incorporated into the composition can have a relatively low amount of carboxyl end groups. In addition, the composition can contain reinforcing fibers that are coated with a hydrolysis resistant agent. The composition can also contain an organometallic compatibilizer.

The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising 60-98 wt. % of polypropylene, 2-40 wt. % of low density polyethylene, 0.1-10 wt. % of compatibiliser wherein the compatibiliser is a BAB or AB type of block copolymer comprising a polypropylene block A and a polyester block B, or wherein the compatibiliser is a graft copolymer of the type ABn having a polypropylene backbone A and polyester block(s) B grafted thereon, with n being at least 1, and the polyester block(s) B have an average M/F ratio from 8-32, wherein M is the number of backbone carbon atoms in the polyester not including carbonyl carbon atoms, and F is the number of ester groups in the polyester block(s), wherein the wt. % is based on the sum of the amount polypropylene, low density polyethylene and compatibiliser, for the manufacture of a foamed article.

The present invention concerns a process for manufacturing a thermoformable plasticized composite containing cellulose fiber and polylactide by blending the dry cellulose fiber and a compatibilizer in a compactor into pellets, and subsequently reacting the reactive compatibilizer and the mixture of cellulose fiber and polylactide by compounding. The invention also concerns a composite manufactured using said process, as well as further processed products.