An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer film having a small anisotropy of linear expansion factor. Another object of the present invention is to provide a substrate for communication including the polymer film.

The polymer film of the present invention is a polymer film including a liquid crystal polymer, in which, in a case of observing a surface of the polymer film under a crossed nicol environment with a polarization microscope, a plurality of bright portions are observed in an observation region, and in the plurality of bright portions, an equivalent circle diameter of a bright portion having a maximum equivalent circle diameter is 10 μm or less.

The invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising an additive formulation, the use of said formulation as a liquid additive concentrate in a thermoplastic resin composition, methods for improving specific properties of additives in a thermoplastic resin composition, the use of specific carriers for improving said properties, and a kit of parts for preparing a thermoplastic resin composition. In particular, specific carrier substances enhance the technical efficiency of additives, if these are introduced into polymers derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers, such as polyolefins.

A method is provided for adhering prescribed adherend rubbers to one another using a rubber for adhesion obtained from a rubber composition for adhesion containing an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (X2) and an organic peroxide (Y2) at the adhesion interface between the adherend rubbers. The ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (X2) contained in the rubber composition for adhesion contains an ethylene-1-butene copolymer. The ethylene-1-butene copolymer satisfies prescribed values of the number average molecular weight and the molecular weight distribution. The content of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer is from 60 to 100 mass % of the total mass of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (X2).

A thermoplastic elastomer composition having: at least one elastomer component selected from the group made of elastomeric polymers (A) each of which has a side chain containing a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety having a carbonyl-containing group and/or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below, and elastomeric polymers (B) each of which contains a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety and a covalent-bond cross-linking moiety in a side chain and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below; an organically modified clay, a content ratio of which is 20 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the elastomer component; and a polymer (Z) which is a polymer other than the elastomeric polymers (A) and (B), and an SP value of which is 9.0 or more and is greater by 0.5 or more than an SP value of the elastomer component.

A method is provided for adhering prescribed adherend rubbers to one another using a rubber for adhesion obtained from a rubber composition for adhesion containing an ethylene--olefin copolymer (X2) and an organic peroxide (Y2) at the adhesion interface between the adherend rubbers. The ethylene--olefin copolymer (X2) contained in the rubber composition for adhesion contains an ethylene-1-butene copolymer. The ethylene-1-butene copolymer satisfies prescribed values of the number average molecular weight and the molecular weight distribution. The content of the ethylene-1-butene copolymer is from 60 to 100 mass % of the total mass of the ethylene--olefin copolymer (X2).

A polymer composition made from or containing:

A) from 70 wt % to 95 wt % of a propylene polymer composition made from or containing

A1) from 19 wt % to 50 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer;

A2) from 50 wt % to 81 wt % of a propylene ethylene 1-butene terpolymer;

wherein the sum of the amount of component A1) and A2) being 100 and

the propylene polymer composition A) having a xylene soluble fraction at 25? C. between 2 wt % and 15 wt %; and

B) from 5.0 wt % to 30.0 wt % of a copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene containing from 3.0 wt % to 4.2 wt % of ethylene derived units.

A porous resin molded body contains cellulose acylate (A), wherein the porous resin molded body has a porosity of about 2% or more and about 30% or less.

A thermoplastic elastomer composition having: at least one elastomer component selected from the group made of elastomeric polymers (A) each of which has a side chain containing a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety having a carbonyl-containing group and/or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and has a glass-transition point of 25 C. or below, and elastomeric polymers (B) each of which contains a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety and a covalent-bond cross-linking moiety in a side chain and has a glass-transition point of 25 C. or below; an organically modified clay, a content ratio of which is 20 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the elastomer component; and a polymer (Z) which is a polymer other than the elastomeric polymers (A) and (B), and an SP value of which is 9.0 or more and is greater by 0.5 or more than an SP value of the elastomer component.

Provided are a process for making a polymer composition comprising (i) providing a multistage polymer latex by emulsion polymerization in the presence of at least one organo-phosphorus soap, wherein providing the multistage polymer comprises (a) providing a first stage polymer, wherein the first stage polymer comprises polymerized units derived from at least one organo-phosphorus monomers, and (b) providing a final stage polymer, and (ii) isolating the multistage polymer by spray drying or coagulation with one or more divalent cations. Also provided is a process for making a matrix resin composition comprising mixing multistage polymer compositions and a matrix resin.

The present disclosure relates to a polyethylene composition suitable for a biaxially stretched film, which has excellent stretching stability and high shrinkage resistance while maintaining excellent mechanical properties, productivity and printability, and a biaxially stretched film including the same.