The present disclosure relates to a CFRP structural body having improved flame retardancy, and a carbon fiber prepreg capable of giving a CFRP structural body having improved flame retardancy.

A CFRP structural body comprising CFRP, in which the CFRP structural body is molded from a carbon fiber prepreg comprising a carbon fiber mat formed of chopped carbon fiber bundles with a filament count of 3K or less impregnated with a resin composition, a carbon fiber content of the CFRP is 60% by mass or more, and the CFRP structural body does not have a portion with a thickness of less than 4 mm; and a prepreg comprising a carbon fiber mat impregnated with a resin composition, in which the carbon fiber mat is formed of chopped carbon fiber bundles with filament counts of 3K or less, and a carbon fiber content of the prepreg is 60% by mass or more.

In an additive for an epoxy adhesive and an epoxy adhesive composition for construction including same, the additive for an epoxy adhesive is formed by atomic transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of a polyacrylate of which one terminal is halogenated, as an arm-polymer, and a diacrylate-based compound or a dimethacrylate-based compound, as a cross-linker, and comprises a star polymer of a star-shape having a core/shell structure including a core formed by the polymerization of the cross-linker and a shell formed by a portion of the arm-polymer.

A method for producing a resin additive composition is a method for handling, as a solid, a compound that can maintain a liquid state or fluid state at 100° C. for 30 minutes or longer, and includes causing 100 parts by mass of a styrene-based elastomer (A) to be mixed with 50 to 250 parts by mass of a compound (B) that can maintain a liquid state or fluid state at 100° C. for 30 minutes or longer. A resin additive composition is obtained by mixing 100 parts by mass of a styrene-based elastomer (A) with 50 to 250 parts by mass of a compound (B) having a melting point of 100° C. or lower.

This invention generally relates to transparent compositions containing a blend of poly(phenylene ether) and styrenic polymer, methods for their manufacture, and food packaging films and containers derived therefrom.

A composite powder includes a core particle comprising a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix, and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle, and methods of making thereof. Various articles can be manufactured from such composite powders.

A method of determining the composition of a polymeric body includes applying electromagnetic radiation to the polymeric body, modulating the electromagnetic radiation using a tagant disposed within a polymer composition forming the polymeric body, and receiving the modulated electromagnetic radiation from the tagant at an infrared detector. The electromagnetic radiation received from the tagant has a signature corresponding to the polymer composition forming the polymeric body. A method of making a polymeric body and system for determining composition of a polymeric body are also described.

A composition can include polystyrene, modified-polystyrene, or a mixture thereof. The polystyrene, modified-polystyrene, or mixture thereof can include carbon nanotubes. The composition can also include a polyolefin. The composition can include at most 1.90% by weight of carbon nanotubes, based on a total weight of the composition. The composition can be prepared by providing a masterbatch including at least 5% by weight of carbon nanotubes based on a total weight of the masterbatch, and a polyolefin and/or styrenic copolymer. The masterbatch can be blended with polystyrene, modified-polystyrene, or a mixture thereof, and with a polyolefin, in amounts such that a conductive composition is obtained. An article can be made of the conductive composition.

The present invention is directed to a polyethylene-polypropylene composition comprising a blend (A) being a recycled material, said blend comprising polypropylene and polyethylene, and a compatibilizer (B) being a C.sub.2C.sub.3C.sub.4 terpolymer. Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said polyethylene-polypropylene composition and a process for preparing said polyethylene-polypropylene composition. The present invention is also directed to the use of a compatibilizer (B) being a C.sub.2C.sub.3C.sub.4 terpolymer for improving the impact-stiffness balance and the morphology of the blend (A).

The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a phosphate ester-based flame retardant (A) having an aromatic hydrocarbon group containing two or more aromatic ring structures and a polyphenylene ether derivative (B) having an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing group at both ends.

A film with a gas barrier resin having a glass transition temperature of 70° C. or below and an elastomer, and having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 200 mL/(m.sup.2.Math.day.Math.atm) or less. In a case where tension is applied to stretch the film in a machine direction (MD) at 20° C. such that a twofold increase in length of the film is kept for 30 seconds, and then the tension is released, a ratio L.sub.2/L.sub.1 is 1.5 or less, where L.sub.1 denotes the length of the film prior to application of the tension and L.sub.2 denotes the length of the film subsequent to release of the tension. An elongation ratio at break E.sub.TD/E.sub.MD of the film is preferably 0.9 or more and 1.7 or less, there E.sub.MD denotes the elongation at break in MD and E.sub.TD denotes the elongation at break in the transverse direction (TD).