A flowable hardenable composition comprising from 10 to 95 percent by volume of shaped composite particles dispersed in a hardenable binder precursor. The shaped composite particles comprise thermal filler particles having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5 retained in a binder matrix. After hardening, a thermally conductive composition is obtained. An electronic heat sink assembly comprises an electronic component, a heat sink, and the thermally conductive composition sandwiched therebetween.

Described herein is an industrial fan or blower including a flame-retardant polyamide composition.

The present disclosure includes thin, high-stiffness laminates, portable electronic device housings including the same, and methods for making such laminates and portable electronic device housings. Some laminates include an inner section having one or more first laminae and one or more second laminae, and first and second outer sections disposed on opposing sides of the inner section, each having one or more third laminae The laminate has a width and a length that is perpendicular to the width. Each of the first lamina(e) can have fibers aligned in a direction parallel to the length, each of the second lamina(e) can have fibers aligned in a direction parallel to the width, and each of the third lamina(e) can have fibers aligned in a direction angnlarly disposed at an angle of at least 10 degrees to each of the length and the width.

A natural binder for binding biomasses and industrial waste and/or recycled materials, using processes employed for petroleum-derived binders, includes a mixture of a protein flour, a plant hydrolyzate, and a magnesium oxide.

A natural binder for binding biomasses and industrial waste and/or recycled materials, using processes employed for petroleum-derived binders, includes a mixture of a protein flour, a plant hydrolyzate, and a magnesium oxide.

Disclosed are a resin composition comprising 20 to 50 mass % of a polyphenylene ether-based resin (a), 0.1 to 9 mass % of a polyphenylene ether-based resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or acid anhydride thereof (b), 15 to 50 mass % of a homopolystyrene (c), 1 to 25 mass % of one or more selected from the group consisting of a hydrogenated block copolymer (d-1) and a rubber-modified polystyrene (d-2), and 5 to 35 mass % of glass fibers (e) which are surface-treated, a resin composition comprising 20 to 50 mass % of a polyphenylene ether-based resin (a), 15 to 50 mass % of a homopolystyrene (c), 5 to 35 mass % of glass fibers (e), and 0.01 to 1 mass % of compounds (f), a method of producing the same, a molded article, and a mechanical component and housing.

The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) with an ethylene unit content of 20 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less, a divalent metal hydroxide (B) and a monovalent metal compound (C), wherein a content of the divalent metal hydroxide (B) is 5 ppm or more and 5000 ppm or less, and a mass ratio (C/B) of the amount of the monovalent metal compound (C) in terms of the monovalent metal atom to the amount of the divalent metal hydroxide (B) in terms of the divalent metal atom is 0.025 to 100. Thus, there is provided a resin composition containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having excellent long run property during melt molding and excellent color phase in long-term melt molding.

The present disclosure provides a functionalized carbon black obtained by treating an oxidized carbon black with a sulfur-containing primary or secondary amine or a salt thereof. The disclosure also relates to a process for preparing such functionalized carbon black. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates a vulcanizable rubber composition including (i) a vulcanizable rubber component, and (ii) an oxidized carbon black and (iii) a sulfur-containing primary or secondary amine or a salt thereof, or a functionalized carbon black formed from these components. The disclosure also concerns an article made from the vulcanizable rubber composition. The functionalized carbon blacks disclosed herein are particularly useful for obtaining rubber compounds with low hysteresis and enhanced abrasion resistance, e.g. for the production of energy-saving tires.

The present invention discloses a photo-crosslinked rubber composition and application thereof. The rubber composition comprises a rubber matrix and an initiator. Based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber matrix, the rubber matrix comprises a branched polyethylene with a content represented as A, in which 0<A≤100, and an ethylene-propylene rubber with a content represented as B, in which 0≤B<100; and the initiator accounts for 0.1-10 parts, and the initiator includes at least one of a cationic photoinitiator and a free radical photoinitiator. In the rubber composition, the ethylene-propylene rubber is partially or completely replaced by the branched polyethylene. The rubber composition can be used for rubber product crosslinked by ultraviolet light, including wire, cable, film, glove, condom, and medical catheter, which achieves excellent elasticity, electrical insulation property, aging resistance and ozone resistance, and also has good mechanical strength.

A flame retardant, flexible polyvinyl chloride mixture includes a trio of plasticizers and molybdate-based smoke suppressant for use in wire and cable articles.