A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier (10) that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material (12) having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite Insert (14) or overlay (980) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous Insert (14) or overlay (980) is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that Is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (980) and the mass of polymeric material (12) are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at feast partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier (10) may be a mass of activatable material (126). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (980) may include a polymeric matrix that includes a thermoplastic epoxy.

One object of the present invention is to provide a composition for a fluororesin-containing coating which is less contaminated by carbon nanotubes, has sufficient conductivity, and has excellent workability at the time of coating. The present invention provides a composition for a fluororesin-containing coating containing carbon nanotubes, a fluororesin, and a dispersion medium, and the amount of the carbon nanotubes is 0.01˜0.5% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the total of the fluororesin and the carbon nanotubes.

Provided is a resin composition, a filament and resin powder for a three-dimensional printer, a shaped object, and a production method for the shaped object, all of which make it easy to produce a shaped object and can improve, in shaping using a three-dimensional printer, the resistance to delamination of the shaped object and the resistance to warpage and shrinkage of the shaped object. A resin composition contains: inorganic fibers having an average fiber length of 1 μm to 300 μm and an average aspect ratio of 3 to 200; and a thermoplastic resin and serves as a shaping material for a three-dimensional printer.

Provided is an asphalt modifier for an asphalt mixture and an asphalt mixture containing the same, and more particularly, to an asphalt modifier in which a coating layer containing low-melting-point polyethylene and an inorganic material is formed on a reinforcing fiber bundle. Preferably, the asphalt modifier according to the present disclosure is intended to be mixed with aggregate and an asphalt binder, and comprises: a reinforcing fiber bundle having a length of 8 to 34 mm and composed of a plurality of reinforcing fiber strands; and a coating layer forming the envelope of the reinforcing fiber bundle and comprising polyethylene and an inorganic material.

Provided is a glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article including low dielectric constant and particularly low dielectric loss tangent, in a high-frequency region of 10 GHz or more. The glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article contains glass fiber in the range of 10 to 90% by mass and a resin in the range of 90 to 10% by mass with respect to the. total amount of the glass fiber-reinforced resin molded article. The glass fiber includes a composition including 52.0 to 59.5% by mass of SiO.sub.2, 17.5 to 25.5% by mass of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 9.0 to 14.0% by mass of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 0.5 to 6.0% by mass of SrO, 1.0 to 5.0% by mass of MgO, 1.0 to 5.0% by mass of CaO, and 0.1 to 2.5% by mass of F.sub.2 and Cl.sub.2 with respect to the total amount of the glass fiber, and a number average fiber length is 1 to 10000 μm.

Provided is a method of suppressing burrs that occur during injection-molding of a polyarylene sulfide resin composition, including: adding at least 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of a carbon nanostructure to 100 parts by mass of a polyarylene sulfide resin and melt-kneading at least the carbon nanostructure and the polyarylene sulfide resin.

A laminated body (1) includes a base material (10) and an antistatic coating layer (11). The antistatic coating layer (11) is provided on the base material (10) and contains carbon nanotubes and a resin. The specific surface area per unit weight of the carbon nanotubes is 350 m.sup.2/g or more.

Provided is a polypropylene-based resin composition from which molded objects diminished in protrudent glass fibers and having excellent flame retardancy can be produced. The polypropylene-based resin composition includes a polypropylene-based polymer (A), a flame retardant (B), and glass fibers (C) having an aspect ratio of 20-60. The glass fibers (C) have a length of preferably 200-600 .Math.m.

Disclosed are a composition for a striker cap with improved noise and separation force, a striker cap, and a method for manufacturing a striker cap. The method for manufacturing a striker cap includes: preparing a first compound by compounding a first polyamide resin and an inorganic filler; preparing a second compound by compounding a second polyamide resin and a polyolefin-based additive; blending the first compound and the second compound to obtain an admixture; and injecting the admixture.

An hBN powder containing an aggregate of primary particles of hBN, the hBN powder having a ratio of an average longer diameter (L.sub.1) to an average thickness (d.sub.1) of the primary particles, [L.sub.1/d.sub.1], of 10 to 25, a tap density of 0.80 g/cm.sup.3 or more, and a BET specific surface area of less than 5.0 m.sup.2/g, in which a particle size distribution curve showing a frequency distribution based on volume of the hBN powder is a bimodal distribution curve having a first peak and a second peak in a range of a particle size of 500 μm or less and having a peak height ratio of a second peak height (H.sub.B) to a first peak height (H.sub.A), [(H.sub.B)/(H.sub.A)], of 0.90 or less, a method for producing the same, and a resin composition and a resin sheet each comprising the hBN powder.