A method for forming chrome-free retanned leather including: (a) contacting wet white (chrome-free tanned hide) with a retanning mixture comprising from 2% to 15%, by solids weight, based on the wet weight of the wet white, of an amphoteric polymer composition comprising amine functional units and acid functional units; and (b) applying a polymeric overcoat containing an acrylic copolymer with one or more metal transition elements, with a thickness of no greater than 100 microns, to the retanned wet white, is provided. The present invention also provides a chrome-free retanned leather formed by the method.

A glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate composite material, a preparation method and an application thereof; the material includes the following components: component A: 40 parts to 90 parts of a polycarbonate; component B: 1.5 parts to 50 parts of a polysiloxane block copolymer; component C: 5 parts to 60 parts of a glass fiber; component D: 0.1 parts to 30 parts of a phosphorus-containing compound; and component E: 0.01 parts to 30 parts of a polyolefin compound.

An isocyanate composition according to the present invention contains: a difunctional or more-functional isocyanate compound; and 1.0 ppm by mass to 1.0 × 10.sup.4 ppm by mass, based on the isocyanate compound, of a compound having at least one unsaturated bond excluding unsaturated bonds constituting an aromatic ring, the compound being different from the isocyanate.

Disclosed herein is a warm mix asphalt additive comprising (a) a wax; (b) a phosphoric ester; and (c) a fatty amine. Preferably component (a) is a fatty amide wax and component (b) is a C16-C18 alkyl phosphoric ester. Also disclosed is a warm mix asphalt binder composition comprising asphalt and a warm mix asphalt additive, and methods for its preparation thereof. Additionally disclosed is a warm mix asphalt composition comprising a warm mix asphalt binder and aggregate, and methods for its preparation thereof.

Disclosed herein is a warm mix asphalt additive comprising (a) a wax; (b) a phosphoric ester; and (c) a fatty amine. Preferably component (a) is a fatty amide wax and component (b) is a C16-C18 alkyl phosphoric ester. Also disclosed is a warm mix asphalt binder composition comprising asphalt and a warm mix asphalt additive, and methods for its preparation thereof. Additionally disclosed is a warm mix asphalt composition comprising a warm mix asphalt binder and aggregate, and methods for its preparation thereof.

The present invention relates to a gas-barrier coating composition containing a metal oxide, a phosphoric acid compound, and an amine compound. The present invention provides a gas-barrier film that features excellent oxygen-barrier property, excellent water vapor-barrier property as well as excellent transparency, and a gas-barrier laminate that includes the film.

The invention relates to a process for preparing an organic solvent-based dispersion comprising a melt-blended network of an epoxy-functional and/or amino-functional polymer having a polymer-O—Si—O-polymer linkage and a polyolefin (co)polymer having carboxylic acid and/or carboxylic acid anhydride groups, the process comprising the steps of a) forming the melt-blended network from a prepolymer, a silane-functional compound and the polyolefin (co)polymer in the absence of a solvent, b) mixing the melt-blended network with an organic solvent to make the organic solvent-based dispersion, and c) cooling the organic solvent-based dispersion. The invention further relates to a coating composition and to a coated metal substrate.

Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a metal ion (B), a content of the metal ion (B) being greater than or equal to 0.05 μmol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.

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Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a metal ion (B), a content of the metal ion (B) being greater than or equal to 0.05 μmol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.

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A thermoplastic molding composition is disclosed. The thermoplastic molding composition includes A) from 20 to 96.9% by weight of a thermoplastic polyamide, B) from 1 to 20% by weight of an inorganic phosphinate salt, C) from 1 to 15% by weight of an organic phosphinate salt, D) from 1 to 15% by weight of melamine cyanurate, E) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a polyvinylpyrrolidone homopolymer, and F) from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives. The total of the percentages by weight of A) to F) is 100%.