A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article contains inorganic fibers (A), organic fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article containing 5 to 45 parts by weight of the inorganic fibers (A), 1 to 45 parts by weight of the organic fibers (B), and 10 to 94 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin (C), based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the inorganic fibers (A), the organic fibers (B), and the thermoplastic resin (C), the inorganic fibers (A) in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article having a weight average fiber length (L.sub.wa) of 0.01 mm or more and 3 mm or less, the organic fibers (B) having a weight average fiber length (L.sub.wb) of more than 4 mm and 20 mm or less.

A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.

Provided are thionated polymers comprising one or more aromatic groups and at least one S.sub.x group, wherein x is 1-200, wherein the thionated polymer comprises about 50% by weight or less, based on the weight of the thionated polymer, of substituents on the backbone of the thionated polymer that absorb at a wavelength of about 700 to about 6200 nm. Also provided are substrates such as films, glass substrates, and optical devices comprising a thionated polymer and processes for preparing a thionated polymer described herein.

A polymer (B) essentially contains units represented by the following formulas (1), (2) and (3), wherein the number of moles of unit (1) is 0 to 95, the number of moles of unit (2) is 0 to 50, and the number of moles of unit (3) is 2 to 80 when the total number of moles of units (1), (2) and (3) is 100:

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In units (1) to (3), “X” is a recurring unit having a benzene ring, in unit (2), —CH.sub.3 is substituted on the benzene ring, “m” is an integer of 1-6, unit (3) is obtained by substituting a hydrogen of —CH.sub.3 in unit (2) by a substituent “Z” derived from a carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof, “n” is an integer of 1-6 indicative of the number of substitutions, l+n=m, and unit (3) is a unit in which “n” is an integer of 1-6 or a combination thereof.

A foam molding composition from which a foam molded body and a foamed electric wire can be produced having excellent heat resistance, a small average cell size, a high foaming ratio, and good outer diameter stability. The foam molding composition includes a resin (A) having a pyrolysis temperature of 330° C. or higher and at least one compound (B) selected from phosphoric acid esters and salts thereof and phosphoric acid ester complex compounds. Also disclosed is a foam molded body obtained from the foam molding composition, an electric wire including a core wire and a covering material covering the core wire obtained from the foam molding composition, and a method for producing the foam molded body.

A reactive functional group-containing polyarylene sulfide resin composition having a narrow polydispersity and a low gas generation amount is manufactured by mixing a polyarylene sulfide resin (a) and a polyarylene sulfide resin (b), wherein the polyarylene sulfide (a) has a weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and an increase rate of melt viscosity of less than 1.05 times by addition of a reactive compound (c) having a reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c), and the polyarylene sulfide (b) has the weight reduction ratio ΔWr of not higher than 0.18% under heating and the increase rate of melt viscosity of not less than 1.05 times by addition of the reactive compound (c) having the reactive group relative to melt viscosity prior to addition of the reactive compound (c).

The present invention is a molded article containing a polyarylene sulfide resin, a thermoplastic resin other than the polyarylene sulfide resin, and a metal oxide containing at least one of copper or chromium. The polyarylene sulfide resin forms a continuous phase, and a dispersed phase containing the thermoplastic resin and the metal oxide is present in the continuous phase. The present invention is also a polyarylene sulfide resin composition for providing it, a molded article having a roughened surface, a laminate of the molded article and metal, and methods for producing them. According to the present invention, there is provided a molded article that has superior heat resistance of a polyarylene sulfide resin, on which the speed of plating deposition is practical, and with which a laminate with potentially maintained adhesiveness of plating can be obtained and a method for producing it, as well as a polyarylene sulfide resin composition.

Provided are a spiral-wound gas separation membrane element, a manufacturing method therefor, a gas separation membrane module and a gas separation apparatus that include the element. The element includes a laminated body wound around a perforated central tube and including a separation membrane-flow channel member composite body. The composite body includes a gas separation membrane including a first porous layer and a hydrophilic resin composition layer. The gas separation membrane is folded with the first porous layer being located outside the hydrophilic resin composition layer. The composite body also includes a flow channel member that forms a gas flow channel, the flow channel member being sandwiched in the folded gas separation membrane. The flow channel member is provided with a first cover that covers one end portion of four end portions. The first cover is located closest to a turn-back part of the folded gas separation membrane.

A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.

Modified asphalt compositions and methods of making same. The modified asphalt compositions include asphalt, a crosslinkable polymer, and a dialkyl polysulfide. The methods of making the compositions include blending a mixture of asphalt, a crosslinking polymer, and a dialkyl polysulfide, such as at a temperature of about 100-300° C.