A machinable wax with plastic additive and method of manufacture is shown and described. The machinable wax with a plastic additive includes between twenty-five (25) percent and thirty-five (35) percent of the polyethylene (PE) Wax by volume. The machinable wax includes between thirty-five (35) percent and forty-five (45) percent of LD polyethylene by volume. The machinable wax also includes between ten (10) percent and twenty (20) percent of micro crystalline wax by volume and between seven (7) percent and twelve (12) percent of paraffin wax by volume. In some embodiments the machinable wax includes between three (3) percent and six (6) percent of acetic acid ethenyl ester by volume. In some instances, the machinable wax has less than or equal to one (1) percent of colorant by volume added.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive resin composition that has excellent electroconductivity and high mechanical strength. The electroconductive resin composition according to the present invention comprises 75-99 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 1-25 parts by mass of a carbon material (B), and more than 1 part by mass but not more than 10 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the carbon material (B), of a modified polyolefin wax (C), wherein the carbon material (B) is a granular carbon material having an average grain diameter of 500 nm or less or a fibrous carbon material having an average fiber length of 1000 μm or less.

The present invention relates to methods and articles for wound healing involving the use of a material having antimicrobial properties, said material comprising a synergistic combination of at least two metal oxide powders, comprising a mixed oxidation state oxide of a first metal and a single oxidation state oxide of a second metal, wherein the mixed oxidation state oxide constitutes from about 0.05% to about 15% wt. of the total weight of the synergistic combination of the at least two metal oxide powders and wherein the ions of the metal powders are in ionic contact upon exposure of said material to moisture.

A hydrogenated block copolymer (P) obtained by hydrogenation of a coupled polymer represented by (A-B)n-X, wherein the content of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit in the hydrogenated block copolymer (P) is 10 mass % to 40 mass %, the peak top molecular weight of a diblock component corresponding to (A-B) in (A-B)n-X is 160,000 to 225,000, the proportion of a dibranched component corresponding to a case in which n is 2 in (A-B)n-X is 10 mass % to 30 mass % based on the total hydrogenated block copolymer (P), the proportion of a tribranched component corresponding to a case in which n is 3 in (A-B)n-X is 40 mass % to 70 mass % based on the total hydrogenated block copolymer (P), and the ratio of the tribranched component to the dibranched component M (mass of tribranched component/mass of dibranched component) is 2 or more.

A polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composition and a method for preparing a polymer composite article. The composition comprises (A) a mineral filler in an amount of from 47.5 to 75 wt. %. The composition also comprises (B) a PVC polymer in an amount of from 25 to less than 50 wt. %, wherein the amount of the (A) mineral filler is greater than the amount of the (B) PVC polymer. Further, the composition comprises (C) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of from greater than 0 to 5 wt. %; the (C) organopolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydroxyl group and a viscosity of from 1,000 to 60,000 mPa.Math.s at 25° C. The ranges for components (A)-(C) are based on the total weight of components (A), (B) and (C) in the composition.

A polymer composition includes a polymer (A) having, when composition ratios (molar ratios) of a structural unit represented by formula (1), a structural unit represented by formula (2), a structural unit represented by formula (3), and a structural unit represented by formula (4) in the polymer (A) are p, q, r, and s, respectively, a value α represented by formula (i) of 0.60 or more:

##STR00001## with a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1.0×10.sup.5 to 2.0×10.sup.6 in terms of polystyrene measured by gel permeation chromatography, and a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond; and a paraffin wax (B) having a melting point of 70° C. or more.

The present invention relates to methods and articles for wound healing involving the use of a material having antimicrobial properties, said material comprising a synergistic combination of at least two metal oxide powders, comprising a mixed oxidation state oxide of a first metal and a single oxidation state oxide of a second metal, wherein the mixed oxidation state oxide constitutes from about 0.05% to about 15% wt. of the total weight of the synergistic combination of the at least two metal oxide powders and wherein the ions of the metal powders are in ionic contact upon exposure of said material to moisture.

The present invention provides an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene powder having a viscosity-average molecular weight of 1010.sup.4 or higher and 100010.sup.4 or lower, wherein a temperature range in which a torque value reaches of the maximum torque value is 150 C. or higher and 170 C. or lower in torque value measurement.

The present invention relates to materials having antimicrobial properties, said materials comprising a polymer having incorporated therein a synergistic combination of at least two metal oxide powders, comprising a mixed oxidation state oxide of a first metal and a single oxidation state oxide of a second metal, the powders being incorporated substantially uniformly within said polymer, wherein the powders have substantially different specific gravities and substantially similar bulk densities and wherein the ions of the metal powders are in ionic contact upon exposure of said material to moisture. There are further provided methods for the preparation of said materials and uses thereof, including in combating or inhibiting the activity of microbes or microorganisms.

The present invention is directed to a polyolefin composition suitable for producing a non-oriented film with improved oxygen barrier property, and to such a non-oriented film. The polyolefin composition comprises a propylene homo-or copolymer, a hydrocarbon resin and optionally a nucleating agent. The present invention is also directed to the use of a hydrocarbon resin in a non-oriented film comprising a propylene homo- or copolymer for improving oxygen barrier property of said non-oriented film. The present invention allows the application of a polypropylene based non-oriented film like a cast film (CPP) for packaging of sensitive food.