A method for providing particles of polyvinyl chloride, wherein the particles offer improved chlorinating efficiency, the method comprising (i) providing polyvinyl chloride particles; and (ii) introducing a chlorination accelerant to the polyvinyl chloride particles to thereby provide polyvinyl chloride particles having an accelerant associated therewith.

A method for providing particles of polyvinyl chloride, wherein the particles offer improved chlorinating efficiency, the method comprising (i) providing polyvinyl chloride particles; and (ii) introducing a chlorination accelerant to the polyvinyl chloride particles to thereby provide polyvinyl chloride particles having an accelerant associated therewith.

Expandable styrene polymers comprising polymeric brominated flame-retardant, wherein the polymeric brominated flame-retardant comprises at least one brominated polybutadiene block having a bromination degree between 33 and 75%, based on the double bonds in the polybutadiene block before bromination, a process for producing such expandable styrene polymers by suspension polymerization and particulate foam moldings made therefrom.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that provides a molded article having excellent heat cycle characteristics and excellent weather resistance, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin having an average of a ratio (A/B) of a peak intensity A observed in a range of 300 to 340 cm-.sup.1 to a peak intensity B observed in a range of 1,450 to 1,550 cm.sup.-1 of 3.5 to 40.0 in Raman imaging measurement by Raman spectroscopy.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that provides a molded article having excellent heat cycle characteristics and excellent weather resistance, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin having an average of a ratio (A/B) of a peak intensity A observed in a range of 300 to 340 cm-.sup.1 to a peak intensity B observed in a range of 1,450 to 1,550 cm.sup.-1 of 3.5 to 40.0 in Raman imaging measurement by Raman spectroscopy.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that enables the production of a molded article that maintains high adhesion strength even when used in a form subjected to high pressure and is less susceptible to defects such as cracks due to insufficient strength, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin, containing two components including a A.sub.30 component and a B.sub.30 component, the A.sub.30 component and the B.sub.30 component being determined by measuring the resin by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 30° C. to give a free induction decay curve of .sup.1H spin-spin relaxation, and subjecting the free induction decay curve to waveform separation into two curves derived from the A.sub.30 component and the B.sub.30 component in order of shorter relaxation time using the least square method, and having a ratio of T5.sub.B to T.sub.B [T5.sub.B/T.sub.B] of 76% or more and less than 96%, where T.sub.B is a relaxation time of the B.sub.30 component and T5.sub.B is a relaxation time of the B.sub.30 component after heating at 200° C. for five minutes.

The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that enables the production of a molded article that maintains high adhesion strength even when used in a form subjected to high pressure and is less susceptible to defects such as cracks due to insufficient strength, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin, containing two components including a A.sub.30 component and a B.sub.30 component, the A.sub.30 component and the B.sub.30 component being determined by measuring the resin by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 30° C. to give a free induction decay curve of .sup.1H spin-spin relaxation, and subjecting the free induction decay curve to waveform separation into two curves derived from the A.sub.30 component and the B.sub.30 component in order of shorter relaxation time using the least square method, and having a ratio of T5.sub.B to T.sub.B [T5.sub.B/T.sub.B] of 76% or more and less than 96%, where T.sub.B is a relaxation time of the B.sub.30 component and T5.sub.B is a relaxation time of the B.sub.30 component after heating at 200° C. for five minutes.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a macromolecular composition comprising indene-derivatives. The invention also relates to the macromolecular compositions per se, and to methods of using the macromolecular compositions. The macromolecular compositions are useful for undergoing subsequent reactions with small molecules.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a macromolecular composition comprising indene-derivatives. The invention also relates to the macromolecular compositions per se, and to methods of using the macromolecular compositions. The macromolecular compositions are useful for undergoing subsequent reactions with small molecules.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a macromolecular composition comprising indene-derivatives. The invention also relates to the macromolecular compositions per se, and to methods of using the macromolecular compositions. The macromolecular compositions are useful for undergoing subsequent reactions with small molecules.