A talc particulate, a polymer composition comprising said talc particulate, methods of making said talc particulate and said polymer composition, and the various uses of said talc particulate.

The present invention provides a composition for coating an overhead conductor comprising: a binder which comprises a solvent and silica, organically modified silica, titanium oxide, aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide, iron oxide or a combination thereof; and an anti-corrosion agent, wherein the anti-corrosion agent is selected from an inhibitor pigment; a sacrificial pigment; a superhydrophobic agent; and combinations thereof.

The present invention provides a composition for coating an overhead conductor comprising: a binder which comprises a solvent and silica, organically modified silica, titanium oxide, aluminium oxide, zirconium oxide, iron oxide or a combination thereof; and an anti-corrosion agent, wherein the anti-corrosion agent is selected from an inhibitor pigment; a sacrificial pigment; a superhydrophobic agent; and combinations thereof.

A coating system including at least one reactive resin system RH, at least one thixotropic assistant TH selected from the group consisting of urea preparations HZ and fibers FS and at least one inorganic aggregate AZ having a particle size in the range from 0.2 to 3.0 mm. The coating system has a viscosity as measured with a shear rate of 1 s.sup.−1 of 9000-100,000 Pas and a viscosity as measured with a shear rate of 100 s.sup.−1 of 400-15,000 Pas. The coating system is notable for high surface roughness and for reliable and long-term bonding of the aggregates to the coating with no need for sealing. There is also no need for the coating to be subsequently strewn with aggregates such as sand, for example.

The invention relates to an acrylic alloy composition that can be 3-D printed by a material extrusion additive manufacturing process, to an acrylic filament that has a very uniform diameter useful in the extrusion additive manufacturing process, to acrylic articles made from the acrylic alloy composition by a material extrusion additive process, and to a material extrusion additive manufacturing process for producing the acrylic articles. The acrylic alloy composition is an alloy of an acrylic polymer, and a low melt viscosity polymer, such as polylactic acid. The alloy may optionally be impact modified, preferably with hard core core-shell impact modifiers.

Disclosed herein is a mud material comprising a refractory raw material, an organic binder, and a curing agent, wherein part or all of the organic binder is a novolac-type phenol resin, part or all of the curing agent is a methylene donor, and wherein the methylene donor is at least one selected from the group consisting of hexa(methoxymethyl)melamine and hexamethoxymethylolmelamine.

The present invention is directed to a flame retardant thermal interface material. The material contains a bio-based material and associated functional additives, wherein the bio-based material includes a protein and the functional additives include at least one of a char forming promotor, a char reinforce agent, a foaming agent, a thermal conductive agent, a flame suppression agent and other additives. The char forming promotor, the char reinforce agent and the flame suppression agent are used to adjust the combustion behavior of the material to render the material having desired flame retardation performance. The foaming agent and thermal conductive agent are used to adjust thermal conductivity of the material. The present invention is also directed to a process method of making a flame retardation thermal interface material.

A method of applying a coating composition to a substrate utilizing a high transfer efficiency applicator include the steps of providing the high transfer efficiency applicator comprising an array of nozzles wherein each nozzle defines a nozzle orifice having a diameter of from 0.00002 m to 0.0004, providing the coating composition, and applying the coating composition to the substrate through the nozzle orifice without atomization such that at least 99.9% of the applied coating composition contacts the substrate to form a coating layer having a wet thickness of at least 5 microns, wherein the coating composition includes a carrier, a binder, and a radar reflective pigment or a LiDAR reflective pigment. The coating composition has an Ohnesorge number (Oh) of from about 0.01 to about 12.6, a Reynolds number (Re) of from about 0.02 to about 6,200, and a Deborah number (De) of from greater than 0 to about 1730.

An ultra-light graphene-rubber foam particle for soles is prepared from, by weight, 60-65 parts of natural rubber, 8-12 parts of isoprene rubber, 8-12 parts of butadiene rubber, 6-8 parts of styrene butadiene rubber, 0.8-1.0 parts of modified graphene, 0.08-0.12 parts of poly(N-vinylacetamide), 0.8-1.0 parts of silicone oil, 3.0-3.5 parts of inorganic nano-particles, 1.2-1.5 parts of activated zinc oxide, 0.8-1.0 parts of zinc stearate, 1.0-1.2 parts of stearic acid, 0.8-1.0 parts of cross-linking agents, 2.0-3.0 parts of flow promotors, and 1.5-1.8 parts of foaming agents. According to the invention, the modified graphene is uniformly dispersed into the rubber materials, so that the ultra-light graphene-rubber foam particle has good thermal stability, wear resistance and tensile strength, the permanent compressive-deformation performance and thermal contraction resistance are improved, and the weight is reduced by over 50%.

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: a polycarbonate resin; a rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer; a large particle size rubbery polymer having an average particle size of about 400 to about 1,500 nm; an aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; a phosphorus-based flame retardant; talc; wollastonite; a maleic anhydride grafted rubbery polymer; and a black pigment. The thermoplastic resin composition is superior in terms of adhesion to metal, strength, flame retardancy, fluidity, and appearance.