A rubber composition is based on at least: a copolymer A, with a content of greater than or equal to 50 phr, said copolymer A being a copolymer based on at least one ethylene monomer and on at least one vinyl acetate monomer a reinforcing inorganic filler as agent for coupling between said copolymer A and said reinforcing inorganic filler, a copolymer B different from said copolymer A, said copolymer B being a copolymer based on at least one alpha-olefin monomer and on at least one functional monomer Y; and a peroxide crosslinking system. This composition is especially intended for the manufacture of semi-finished products for tires or for the manufacture of tires.

A polymer composition comprising: (a) from 50% by volume to 99% by volume, preferably from 70% by volume to 95% by volume, of at least one homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene; (b) from 1% by volume to 50% by volume, preferably from 5% by volume to 30% by volume, of at least two fillers having different thermal conductivity; (c) from 100 ppm to 4000 ppm, preferably from 200 ppm to 3500 ppm of at least one fluoropolymer; the sum of (a)+(b) being 100. Said polymer composition can be used as a phase change material (PCM), in particular for thermal energy storage (TES), more in particular for the storage of solar energy.

A natural rubber composition includes a natural rubber, a carbon black filler in an amount of 40 phr based on an amount of the natural rubber, a sulfur crosslinking agent in an amount of 1 phr of based on the amount of the natural rubber, and an accelerator to adjust vulcanization physical properties and a dynamic ratio. The accelerator includes a semi-ultra accelerator in an amount of 0.3 to 1 phr based on the amount of the natural rubber, a delayed accelerator in an amount of 1 to 2 phr based on the amount of the natural rubber, and an ultra accelerator in an amount of 0.3 to 1 phr based on the amount of the natural rubber.

A polypropylene composite resin composition with fiber texture includes a polypropylene resin including homo-polypropylene, a first ethylene-propylene copolymer, a second ethylene-propylene copolymer or a combination thereof, and an ethylene/-olefin copolymer, and a molded article manufactured using the same.

A process to produce a polyolefin composition is provided comprising: 1) extruding at least one recycled polyolefin in the presence of at least one radical initiator (E) to produce an extruded visbroken recycled polyolefin; and 2) melt blending (A) about 60 to about 96 wt % of the extruded recycled polyolefin; (B) about 2 to about 20 wt % of at least one random alpha-olefinic copolymer; and (C) optionally, about 2 to about 20 wt % of at least one tackifier; (D) optionally, at least one additional polymer; wherein the polyolefin composition has a weight ratio of random alpha-olefinic copolymer to tackifier of between about 0.2 to about 5.0; and wherein the extruded, visbroken polyolefin composition has a melt flow rate increase of about 5 to about 1500% compared to the recycled polyolefin.

A fiber reinforced powder paint provides improved flexural fatigue resistance for composites substrates. Fiber loading in the powder is greater than 40%. Aramid fiber loading in an epoxy based powder paint is exemplified. A composite bow limb coated with the powder paint survives a remarkably greater number of bending cycles before failure when coated with the powder paint.

The present invention relates to rubber or elastomer compositions as can be used for vehicle tires, and to a method for the production of the rubber or elastomer compositions. The elastic modulus of the compositions can be adapted depending on the temperature and/or the application conditions, and is a cost-effective and easily implemented method for the production of the compositions. The rubber or elastomer compositions contain at least one rubber or elastomer matrix and at least 20 to 150 phr of a phase change material in solid or liquid form. The compositions may be made by mixing the at least one rubber and the at least 20 to 150 phr of a phase change material in solid or liquid form, or the at least one rubber is at least brought into contact with the phase change material, and further processing steps can be performed, and a vulcanization can be performed.

It discloses a lignin enhanced wood-plastic composite, belonging to the field of polymer based composites. The wood-plastic composite is composed of one or more of plant fiber, lignin, a recycled thermoplastic plastic, mineral powder and a processing aid, and is processed by a screw granulating extrusion process. Compared with the prior art, the mechanical properties, heat stability and aging resistance of a wood-plastic material are improved by adding lignin into the wood-plastic material according to the present invention.

Embodiments of this invention relate to a composition composed of at least (A) a propylene-based polymer, and (B) a filler dispersed within the propylene-based polymer, which can be used as a wear layer on a resilient flooring or other substrate, among other uses.

Provided herein are conductive formulations which are useful for applying conductive material to a suitable substrate; the resulting coated articles have improved EMI shielding performance relative to articles coated with prior art formulations employing prior art methods. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, there are also provided methods for filling a gap in an electronic package to achieve electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding thereof, as well as the resulting articles shielded thereby. Specifically, invention methods utilize capillary flow to substantially fill any gaps in the coating on the surface of an electronic package. Effective EMI shielding has been demonstrated with very thin coating thickness.