Provided is a vinyl chloride resin composition that enables production of a vinyl chloride resin molded product that can have a balance of excellent surface lubricity and excellent blooming resistance under normal temperature (23 C.) conditions. The vinyl chloride resin composition contains a vinyl chloride resin (a), a plasticizer (b), and a compound (c) indicated by the following formula (1): R.sup.1(NR.sup.2COR.sup.3).sub.n. In formula (1), n is an integer of not less than 2 and not more than 6, R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrocarbon group, R.sup.2 is a hydrocarbon group or hydrogen, and at least one of the n-number of R.sup.3 groups is an unsaturated hydrocarbon group including at least one carbon-carbon unsaturated bond.

A thermoplastic elastomer composition contains component (A-2), component (B), and component (C). The content of component (A-2) is 5 parts by weight or more and 95 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total amounts of components (A-2) and (B), and the content of component (C) is 0.005% by weight or more and 3% by weight or less with respect to 100% by weight of the whole amount of the thermoplastic elastomer composition. Component (A-2) is a crosslinked product of component (A-1), which is an ethylene copolymer containing a monomer unit derived from propylene and/or -olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and a monomer unit derived from ethylene, and having a Mooney viscosity (ML.sub.1+4, 125 C.) of 50 or more. Component (B) is a propylene polymer and component (C) is an antifungal agent.

Provided herein are mycelium materials and methods for production thereof. In some embodiments, a mycelium material includes: a cultivated mycelium material including one or more masses of branching hyphae, wherein the one or more masses of branching hyphae may be disrupted or pressed and/or a bonding agent may be combined with the cultivated mycelium material. Methods of producing a mycelium material are also provided.

The present disclosure relates to TPV compositions suitable for foaming, as well as foamed TPV compositions, methods of making the foregoing, and applications of various foamed TPV compositions, including in glass run channels. The TPV compositions comprise an at least partially vulcanized rubber component dispersed within a thermoplastic component comprising a first thermoplastic resin. According to some aspects, the TPV composition may be combined with a high melt-strength thermoplastic resin, and in particular a high melt-strength polypropylene-based thermoplastic resin, to make a foamable TPV composition. The foamable TPV composition (with or without high melt-strength thermoplastic resin) is then coextruded or otherwise combined with foaming agent (preferably comprising thermo-expandable microspheres) to form the foamed composition. Foamed compositions according to various aspects are suitable for use in glass run channels for automobiles, and in particular in the base and/or sidewall portions of such glass run channels.

A balance trainer having a dome and a base formed integrally is provided. Besides, a mold assembly for manufacturing the balance trainer that has a dome mold, a girdle, and a cover is provided. The girdle is sleeved on the dome mold and the cover is fixed on the girdle and thereby a cavity is formed in the mold assembly. Furthermore, a manufacturing process of the balance trainer is also provided. The process has the following steps: preparing ingredients of the dome and the base; feeding the ingredients of the dome into the dome mold; fixing a membrane on the dome mold via the girdle; feeding the ingredients of the base; sealing the ingredients via the cover; and then rotational molding. With the process and the mold, the rotational molding step can mold two materials at the same time, so the product can have two parts with different hardness.

[Problem] To provide a thermoplastic resin composition for use in an organ model, wherein said composition has a softness closer to that of an organ, a high mechanical strength, and a texture close to an organ, exhibits excellent durability, and can be handled easily. [Solution] A resin composition for an organ model, said composition containing, as component (A), 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer having an MFR (measured at a temperature of 230 C. and a load of 2.16 kg) of 1 g/10 min. or less, and an oil as component (B). Moreover, the composition may also contain a cross copolymer as component (C), a polypropylene resin as component (D), and a filler as component (E).

A thermally conductive elastomer composition of the present technology contains 100 parts by mass of a styrene-based elastomer, from 400 to 540 parts by mass of a process oil formed of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon, from 950 to 1350 parts by mass of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle diameter from 3 m to 20 , and from 70 to 80 parts by mass of expanded graphite having an average particle diameter from 3 m to 20 m, where a difference between the average particle diameter of the aluminum hydroxide and the average particle diameter of the expanded graphite is within 5 m.

Thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) may comprise a vulcanizable elastomer rubber, a thermoplastic polymer, and a plasticizer, wherein the plasticizer comprises a solid resin. Methods include introducing to a blender a masterbatch comprising a first thermoplastic polymer and a curative, a vulcanizable elastomer rubber, a second thermoplastic polymer, and 25 parts to 250 parts of a plasticizer by weight of the vulcanizable elastomer rubber. The first and second thermoplastic polymers combined are 20 parts to 250 parts by weight of the vulcanizable elastomer rubber, and the plasticizer comprises a solid resin. The masterbatch, thermoplastic resin, and plasticizer are then dynamically vulcanized in at least a portion of the vulcanizable elastomer rubber to form a thermoplastic vulcanizate.

A pneumatic tire includes a cap tread portion, an undertread portion, and a belt cover layer from outside to inside in the tire radial direction, a rubber composition for an undertread forming the undertread portion includes from 40 to 80 parts by mass of silica blended in 100 parts by mass of diene rubber containing 70 mass % or greater of natural rubber and/or isoprene rubber, and includes a silane coupling agent blended by an amount from 2 to 15 mass % with respect to the silica, a ratio (S.sub.UT/M.sub.UT) of tensile strength at break (S.sub.UT) to 300% deformation tensile stress (M.sub.UT) of the rubber composition for an undertread is 1.80 or greater, and an absolute value |M.sub.UT-M.sub.BC| of difference between the 300% deformation tensile stress (M.sub.UT) and 300% deformation tensile stress (M.sub.BC) of a rubber composition for a belt cover forming the belt cover layer is 3.0 MPa or less.

This invention relates to a phenolic resin composition comprising: a) about 50 wt % to about 95 wt % of one or more alkylphenol-aldehyde resins and b) about 5 wt % to about 50 wt % of an antioxidant composition. This invention also relates to a process of reducing hysteresis and/or improving scorch in a phenolic resin. This invention also relates to a process of recycling by-products of a reaction between an alkyl acrylate and an alkylphenol compound.