Disclosed is a rubber composition for footwear. The rubber composition may comprise from 3 phr to 90 phr of a first rubber component, from 5 phr to 100 phr of a second rubber component, from 1 phr to 10 phr of a tackifying resin, from 10 phr to 60 phr of a reinforcing filler component, from 1 phr to about 10 phr of a plasticizer component, from 0.1 phr to 5 phr of a curing component. The rubber composition may exhibit a wet coefficient of friction of from 0.4 to 0.65 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, a dry coefficient of friction of from 0.76 to 0.90 when tested in accordance with SATRA TM144, and a DIN abrasion of 140 to 300 when tested in accordance with DIN 53616.

The present invention provides an innerliner rubber composition having an excellent balance of sheet processability and air retention properties, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to an innerliner rubber composition, containing a rubber component; a mixture of a fatty acid metal salt and a fatty acid amide; an oil; and a C5 petroleum resin, the rubber component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, at least 70% by mass of a butyl-based rubber, the mixture being present in an amount of 0.8 to 3.2 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the mixture, the oil, and the C5 petroleum resin being present in a combined amount of 6.0 to 16.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

The present invention provides an innerliner rubber composition having an excellent balance of sheet processability and air retention properties, and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to an innerliner rubber composition, containing a rubber component; a mixture of a fatty acid metal salt and a fatty acid amide; an oil; and a C5 petroleum resin, the rubber component including, based on 100% by mass thereof, at least 70% by mass of a butyl-based rubber, the mixture being present in an amount of 0.8 to 3.2 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the mixture, the oil, and the C5 petroleum resin being present in a combined amount of 6.0 to 16.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

An adhesive formulation such as a hot melt adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive is provided comprising 5 to 98% (by weight) biodegradable substantially non-crystalline mcl-PHA. The mcl-PHA may be cured with a peroxide curing agent. The adhesive formulation may include an additional biodegradable polymer, or a non-biodegradable thermoplastic elastomer. Hot melt adhesives comprising significant amounts of biodegradable mcl-PHA, waxes, and tackifiers are also provided.

An adhesive formulation such as a hot melt adhesive or a pressure sensitive adhesive is provided comprising 5 to 98% (by weight) biodegradable substantially non-crystalline mcl-PHA. The mcl-PHA may be cured with a peroxide curing agent. The adhesive formulation may include an additional biodegradable polymer, or a non-biodegradable thermoplastic elastomer. Hot melt adhesives comprising significant amounts of biodegradable mcl-PHA, waxes, and tackifiers are also provided.

A composite material for producing an extrudate may include: PVC and granules of cereal chaff. The granules of cereal chaff may include spelt, hulls, granules, seed coats and/or stem parts. The cereal may be Pooideae and/or Panicoideae and/or Andropogonoide-ae.

Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent electrical properties, and the thermoplastic resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of polycarbonate; (B) 2 parts by weight to 6 parts by weight of a cyclic phosphazene compound flame retardant; (C) 0.1 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight of an impact-reinforcing agent; and (D) 1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight of a fluorinated polyolefin.

Provided is a resin composition having a large proportion of polyolefin components, allowing preparation of a solution having a high solid content, having a good solution property after long-term storage, having good pigment dispersibility, and including a modified product of component (A): polyolefin resin with component (B): (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid ester, in which the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is 90/10 to 30/70, and the component (B) contains 20% by weight or more of component (B1): an alkoxy (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester.

Provided is a resin composition having a large proportion of polyolefin components, allowing preparation of a solution having a high solid content, having a good solution property after long-term storage, having good pigment dispersibility, and including a modified product of component (A): polyolefin resin with component (B): (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid ester, in which the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is 90/10 to 30/70, and the component (B) contains 20% by weight or more of component (B1): an alkoxy (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester.

Provided is a sealant material composition that can ensure good sealing properties while suppressing a flow of a sealant during travel and that can provide such performance in a well-balanced, compatible manner. As a sealant material composition constituting a sealant layer (10) disposed in an inner surface of a pneumatic tire, a sealant material composition in which a proportion (A) of toluene insoluble occupying the sealant material composition is from 30 mass % to 60 mass % is used, or a sealant material composition in which a ratio (d1/d2) of measured specific gravity (d1) of the sealant material composition measured by an underwater replacement method to calculated specific gravity (d2) of the sealant material composition calculated from specific gravity and a blended amount of each raw material in the sealant material composition is from 0.7 to 0.9 is used.