Provided is a mountain-shaped structure material being excellent in stiffness and lightness. The present invention is a structure material including a resin, reinforced fibers and voids. The structure material has a specific bending stiffness represented as Ec.sup.1/3.Math..sup.1 being 2.5 or more where a bending modulus is Ec and a density is . The structure material has a mountain shape.

The present invention is directed to film-forming compositions comprising: a) a non-chlorinated, linear polyolefin polymer comprising 0.5 to 10 percent by weight residues of an ethylenically unsaturated anhydride or acid; b) an aminoplast; and c) a component comprising: i) at least one non-chlorinated hydrocarbon having at least 18 carbon atoms and optionally aromatic groups and/or oxygen heteroatoms; and/or ii) an alkyd resin. The present invention is also drawn to methods of improving fuel resistance of a coated article, comprising: (1) applying the film-forming composition to a substrate to form a coated substrate; (2) optionally subjecting the coated substrate to a temperature for a time sufficient to cure the film-forming composition; (3) applying at least one curable film-forming composition to the coated substrate to form a multi-layer coated substrate; and (4) subjecting the multi-layer coated substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure all of the film-forming compositions.

A door trim including a base and a skin firmly bonded via a non-reactive hot melt adhesive layer with less dependence on the material forming bonding surfaces, and a method for manufacturing the door trim are provided. This door trim includes a base and a skin bonded to a surface of the base. A bonding surface of the base to the skin includes a region made of polyolefin and/or a region made of polyurethane. A bonding surface of the skin to the base is made of polyolefin. The bonding surfaces are bonded via a non-reactive hot melt adhesive layer containing acid-modified polyolefin.

Paving compositions and method of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a paving composition includes a binder, where the binder includes bitumen, recycled plastic, and a performance enhancement additive. The performance enhancement additive is selected from the group of low molecular weight polyolefin, a glycidyl compound, and a combination thereof. The low molecular weight polyolefin has a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to about 30,000 Daltons. The glycidyl compound includes an ethylene glycidyl (meth)acrylate polymer with a weight average molecular weight of from about 500 to about 30,000 Daltons.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a prepreg and an integrally molded article, wherein the prepreg exhibits suitable flexibility and adhesiveness, excels in formability on a complicated mold face and adhesion to a mold face, causes no positional shift, and can be efficiently reinforced and stiffened at an intended position. A main object of the present invention is to provide a prepreg including (A) reinforcing fibers, (B) a thermosetting resin, and (C) a thermoplastic resin, wherein the (C) thermoplastic resin exists in at least a part of a face of the prepreg, and wherein the prepreg satisfies the condition [I], and satisfies the condition [II] or the condition [III]: [I]: the (B) thermosetting resin has a peak in the temperature range of more than 100 C. and 180 C. or less on a loss tangent (tan ) curve measured under isokinetic heating by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA); [II]: on a loss angle curve obtained by measuring the prepreg isothermally by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), the loss angle curve has a point representing the maximum value, and has a point which represents a loss angle value 5 or more smaller than the maximum value, and which is on the earlier time side of the point representing the maximum value; and [III]: even if, on the loss angle curve obtained by measuring the prepreg isothermally by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), the loss angle curve has a point representing the maximum value, the loss angle curve does not have a point which represents a loss angle value 5 or more smaller than the maximum value, and which is on the earlier time side of the point representing the maximum value, or the loss angle curve does not have a point representing the maximum value, and has a descendingly behaving section in which the loss angle value becomes 5 or more smaller at a slope of 1.4/minute or more.

A polyurethane foam which is obtained from an inert gas and a polyurethane reaction composition containing a polyol component, a foam stabilizer, a catalyst and an isocyanate component, by a mechanical froth method, wherein: the polyol component contains a polymer polyol having a solid content of from 20% by weight to 43% by weight; and the polyurethane reaction composition contains an acid-modified polyolefin powder.

The present invention relates to a new composite comprising glass or carbon fibers and polymer-based fibers as well as to a process for the preparation of the composite and molded articles made from said composite.

The invention relates to a wax composition comprising linear hydrocarbons, branched hydrocarbons and oxidized hydrocarbons, wherein the composition is characterized by a congealing point from 68? C. to 110? C., an acid number in the range of 3 to 30 mg KOH/g, a saponification number of 20 to 90 mg KOH/g and a needle penetration at 25? C. of below 15 1/10 mm. The invention further relates to an aqueous dispersion comprising the wax composition and a method of manufacture of both the wax composition and the dispersion. The wax composition can be used to fully or partially substitute Carnauba wax or Candelilla wax.

Provided is a resin for foam molding excellent in foam molding property and low-temperature impact resistance. According to the present invention, provided is a resin for foam molding including a component A, a component B and a component C. The component A is a long-chain branched homopolypropylene, the component B is a long-chain branched block polypropylene, the component C is a polyethylene-based elastomer, and when a total of the components A to C is 100 parts by mass, content of the component A is 20 to 70 parts by mass, content of the component B is 20 to 70 parts by mass, and content of the component C is 1 to 20 parts by mass.

A foamed thermoplastic material includes a thermoplastic material exhibiting, in its unfoamed state, a particular flammability index, flame growth rate, and specific extinction area. The foamed thermoplastic material further includes a plurality of cells having a number average mean diameter of 5 to 150 micrometers present in an amount effective to provide the foamed thermoplastic material with a density that is 10 to 90 percent of the density of the unfoamed thermoplastic material. The foamed thermoplastic material exhibits a desirable tensile elongation and dielectric constant. A process for forming the foamed thermoplastic material, articles including the foamed thermoplastic material, and an article-forming process are also described.