A conductive paste composition according to the present disclosure contains silver-coated copper nanowires with a core-shell structure; a binder mixture containing a silicone resin binder and a hydrocarbon-based resin binder; and an organic solvent, such that the conductive paste composition has a low sheet resistance and may withstand a high temperature, thereby implementing excellent conductivity and electromagnetic wave shielding properties. Furthermore, the conductive paste may be widely used in various fields such as electromagnetic wave shielding, solar cell electrodes, electronic circuits.

The present invention provides alumina hydrate particles, a flame retardant and a resin composition that are each for an electric wire/cable covering material improvable in flame retardancy and mechanical properties while the covering material keeps acid resistance; such an electric wire/cable; and producing methods thereof. The alumina hydrate particles of the present invention for electric wire/cable covering material have an average particle size of 0.5 to 2.5 μm, and having a primary particle variation R of 24% or less, the variation R being represented by the following expression:
primary particle variation R (%)=“standard deviationσ(μm) of major axis diameters of the primary particles”/“average value(μm) of the major axis diameters of the primary particles”×100.

A structure for manufacturing castings, containing an inorganic fiber, a layered clay mineral, and an inorganic particle other than the layered clay mineral and having an organic content of 5 mass % or lower or having a mass loss of 5 mass % or lower when heated at 1000° C. for 30 minutes. The inorganic particle preferably contains one or more selected from obsidian, graphite, and mullite. The inorganic fiber preferably contains carbon fiber. The inorganic fiber preferably has an average length of 0.5 to 15 mm. The layered clay mineral preferably contains one or more selected from bentonite and montmorillonite.

The present disclosure relates to a corona shielding material. The teachings thereof may be embodied in a material with an adjustable resistance and/or a corona shielding system which comprises an overhang corona shielding system (OCS). In some embodiments, a corona shielding material may include: a matrix; and a filler comprising doped and undoped particles in a given size fraction. A resistance of the corona shielding material is set by a concentration of doped particles in the filler particle size fraction.

A transparent polyester film has low visible light transmittance of 5-50% by JIS K7705 testing standard and a high infrared-blocking rate of at least 90% by JIS R3106 testing standard, which is extruded from a kind of polyester resins obtained from 5-40 wt % of nanoparticle-based thermal insulation slurry and/or 0.005-0.1 wt % of nanoparticle-based black pigment slurry by weight of and to react with the polymerization materials to completely perform an esterification and a polycondensation, wherein the thermal insulation nanoparticle has a chemical formula of Cs.sub.XN.sub.YWO.sub.3-ZCl.sub.C with an average particle size of 10-90 nm and the nanoparticle-based black contains carbon black particles having a particle size of 20-80 nm.

The invention relates to a hollow glass microsphere and polymer composite having enhanced viscoelastic and rheological properties.

A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; approximately 0.1-5 parts by weight of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; approximately 0.1-7 parts by weight of zinc oxide; approximately 0.01-2 parts by weight of a C10-20 alkyl phosphate; approximately 0.01-2 parts by weight of a maleic anhydride-graft polymerized rubber polymer; and approximately 0.01-2 parts by weight of a phosphite-based antioxidant, wherein the zinc oxide has an average particle size of approximately 0.5-3 μm, a specific surface area BET of approximately 1-10 m.sup.2/g, a 2θ value as the peak position, of 35-37°, in X-ray diffraction analysis, and a crystallite size, represented by relation 1, of approximately 1,000-2,000 Å. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent antibacterial properties, weather resistance, impact resistance, heat resistance and the like.

This disclosure describes polymerization processes and processes for quenching polymerization reactions using reactive particulates, such as amorphous silica, as quenching agents, typically in solution or bulk polymerization processes.

The present invention relates to a hydrophobic antimicrobial agent comprising a mineral material, which is surface coated with a copper and/or silver salt of at least one fatty acid, a method for its manufacture, wherein at least one fatty acid and at least one copper and/or silver salt are dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent, the solutions are combined, the copper and/or silver salt of the at east one fatty acid is precipitated by adding water, separated, and surface coated onto the mineral material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the hydrophobic antimicrobial agent obtained by said method, the use thereof as a filler, products comprising the hydrophobic antimicrobial agent, and the use of a copper and/or silver salt of at least one fatty acid for surface coating a mineral material.

A porous filler for reducing the gas permeability of an elastomer composition, a process for producing the elastomer composition comprising the porous filler, and the elastomer composition itself. The porous filler is selected from surface-reacted calcium carbonate, precipitated hydromagnesite and mixtures thereof. The addition of the porous filler to the elastomer composition allows for reducing the gas permeability of the elastomer composition while retaining or improving the mechanical properties of the elastomer composition.