Polyurethane composites and methods of preparing polyurethane composites are described herein. The polyurethane composite can comprise (a) a polyurethane formed by the reaction of (i) one or more isocyanates selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more polyols; (b) fly ash comprising 50% or greater by weight, fly ash particles having a particle size of from 0.2 micron to 100 microns; and (c) a coarse filler material comprising 80% or greater by weight, filler particles having a particle size of from greater than 250 microns to 10 mm. The coarse filler material can be present in the composite in an amount of from 1% to 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the composite. The weight ratio of the fly ash to the coarse filler material can be from 9:1 to 200:1.

Disclosed herein is a flooring material including: a plasticizer; fibers comprising at least one type of inorganic fibers or at least one type of organic fibers; and a thermoplastic resin. The fibers have an alignment. In addition, a method for manufacturing a flooring material is also disclosed. The method includes preparing a first mixture by mixing a liquid plasticizer with fibers comprising at least one type of inorganic fibers or at least one type of organic fibers; preparing a second mixture in which the fibers are dispersed in the liquid plasticizer by agitating the first mixture; preparing a third mixture by mixing the second mixture with a thermoplastic resin; and forming a floor material through thermo-compression of the third mixture.

A cross-linkable nitrile rubber composition including a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A) containing α,β-thylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in a ratio of 5 to 50 wt % and having an iodine value of 120 or less, a polysaccharide polymer staple fiber (B) having an average fiber diameter of 1 μm or less, and a cross-linking agent (C), wherein a ratio of content of the polysaccharide polymer staple fiber (B) is 0.5 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A).

A conductive thermoplastic resin composition, according to the present invention, comprises a polycarbonate resin and a conductive filler, wherein the conductive filler comprises carbon nanotube-modified glass fibers and/or processed carbon nanotube-modified glass fibers. A conductive thermoplastic resin composition has excellent electrical conductivity, flame retardancy, and mechanical properties.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive resin composition that has excellent electroconductivity and high mechanical strength. The electroconductive resin composition according to the present invention comprises 75-99 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 1-25 parts by mass of a carbon material (B), and more than 1 part by mass but not more than 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the carbon material (B), of a modified polyolefin wax (C), wherein the carbon material (B) is a granular carbon material having an average grain diameter of 500 nm or less or a fibrous carbon material having an average fiber length of 1000 μm or less.

Disclosed is a filter housing which is a molded body of a fluororesin composition in which carbon nanotubes are dispersed in a fluororesin, wherein the fluororesin composition comprises 0.01 to 2.0% by mass of the carbon nanotubes.

Provided is a seal material having excellent non-adherence to metal surfaces. The seal material is formed of a cross-linked rubber that is obtained through cross-linking of a cross-linkable rubber composition containing a binary fluororubber, a carbon material, and a polyol cross-linker. The carbon material includes one or more carbon nanotubes. The cross-linked rubber has an adhesion strength of 2 N or less to a metal surface after being heated at 250° C. for 70 hours while in contact with the metal surface.

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compositions, methods for producing TPU compositions, methods of using TPU compositions, and apparatuses produced therefrom are disclosed. Disclosed TPU compositions include a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, a heat stabilizer, a flow agent, and a filler material. The filler may be a glass fiber. Disclosed TPU compositions have improved thermal stability and improved flow properties suitable for injection molding of articles of manufacture having a large plurality of fine openings or pores. Articles produced from the composition have superior thermal stability, abrasion resistance, and chemical resistance. Example articles include screening members for vibratory screening machines.

The present invention relates to a carbon composite, which comprises a polymer resin and a carbon material having specific conditions, thereby controlling a dielectric constant. According to the present invention, the carbon composite and a method for controlling a dielectric constant by using the same can be variously applied to a circuit, an electronic material and the like by establishing a correlation between the specific surface area of the carbon material and the dielectric property of the carbon composite.

A method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet that can be used for an inspection of a semiconductor package or a high-frequency component part, in which the pitch of wiring is narrowed and the wiring itself has been subjected to wire thinning, and that can be easily produced. A method for producing an anisotropic conductive sheet, includes a molding step of molding a conductive filler material-containing composition including (A) a conductive filler material dispersed in an organic solvent and (B) a binder resin, into a sheet-like body, and an organic solvent volatilization step of heating one surface of the sheet-like body and thereby volatilizing the organic solvent through the other surface of the sheet-like body.