A method of making a polyolefinic foam composition comprising the steps of: (a) feeding a polyolefinic polymer into an extruder; (b) adding a nucleating agent to the resin feed; (c) optionally adding a permeation modifier to the resin feed; (d) plasticating the mixture in an extruder to form a polymeric melt; (e) incorporating a blowing agent of carbon dioxide and optionally one or more members se...

Films, made of polyethylenes and fillers, and articles made therefrom greater WVTR than previously available films based on conventional Zeigler-Natta based polyethylenes. The polyethylenes are produced in a metallocene-catalyzed production process. The films may be made by a cast film process, and may be made in widely varying filler content, generally polyethylene to filler ratios of 30/70 to 70...

The present invention provides a method for curing a resin comprising unreacted phenolic OH groups and bisoxazoline monomers in the absence of a catalyst effective to promote curing, the method comprising exposing the resin to an electromagnetic field comprising a voltage, a frequency, and a wattage sufficient to maximize and to produce substantially uniform heating throughout the resin, wherein s...

The method for bonding polyolefin plastic materials, omopolymers, copolymers, either thermoplastic or cross-linked, expanded or not expanded, alone or properly compounded with plasticizers, extender, fillers, mineral or organic fibres, stabilizers, chemical additives, includes the application of a coat of a solution containing 0.5 % up to 10 % of a chlorinated organic compound dissolved into an or...

(1) A flexible polypropylene resin composition characterized by comprising 100 parts by weight of a flexible polypropylene resin exhibiting a peak melting temperature of 150 DEG C or above as determined by the use of a differential scanning colorimeter and a modulus in tension of 200 to 700 MPa and 0.05 to 5 parts by weight of a hindered amine light stabilizer. The flexible polypropylene resin is...

Folien, bestehend aus A) 55 bis 99 Gew.-% mindestens eines thermoplastischen Polyamids; B) 0,1 bis 15 Gew.-% eines mineralischen Füllstoffes mit einem Länge/Durchmesser (L/D)-Verhältnis von 1:5 bis 1:100; C) 0 bis 30 Gew.-% weiterer Zusatzstoffe und Verarbeitungshilfsmittel, wobei die Summe der Gewichtsprozente der Komponenten A) bis C) jeweils 100 % ergibt.; Foils consist of (A) 55 to 99 wt % of ...

The subject invention involves processes for making granular compositions comprising soil release polymers, the polymers comprising at least about 10 % of substantially linear esters having a backbone; the esters being uncapped or end-capped on one or both ends of the backbone; the esters comprising in their backbones oxyalkyleneoxy units and hydrophobic aryldicarbonyl units; the esters having a m...

In a broad aspect, the invention is a method and apparatus for the downhole metering and control of fluids injected into a subterranean formation, and comprises: a housing (12) sealably connectable to a well tubing; a turbine meter (18) disposed in the housing which provides an indication of flow rate therethrough to a control panel at the surface; and a variable orifice valve means (24) in the ho...

A network system which is constituted by using an Internet techology and through which data can be transmitted voluntarily to a required user terminal from a server machine. The network system is a server-client type network system which includes a server machine (10) in which data on a plurality of pages which are described in a language in accordance with the HTML specifications and hyperlinked ...

A method and apparatus for determining payments due for accountable use of one or more protected materials. The protected materials are documented in a database which includes relevant details concerning each of the protected materials (100). Then each copy of a medium (such as a compact disc) including the protected materials is encoded with references to the materials included (102). Upon each u...

An opaque polymeric film having enhanced moisture barrier and mechanical properties. The film has a base layer which includes a blend of a high crystallinity polypropylene having an isotactic stereoregularity greater than 93 % and a cavitating agent in an amount effective to cavitate the base layer.

A diamond having improved properties is produced by a method which comprises introducing a mixture of hydrogen (A), an inert gas (B) and a carbon-containing compound (C) in molar ratios which satisfy the following equations: $generating\; a\; plasma\; with\; a\; direct\; current\; or\; alternating\; current\; electromagnetic\; field\; under\; pressure\; of\; 5\; to\; 760\; Torr.\; to\; form\; the\; diamond\; on\; the\; substrate.$

A cushioning structure improved in impact resilience, compression endurance and compression recovery and free from the impression of bottoming, comprising a matrix and elastic composite fibers made from thermoplastic elastomer dispersed therein, wherein amoeboid, omnidirectionally flexible thermal fusion points formed at the intersections of the composite fibers with each other and quasi-omnidirec...

A high density, blow molded container for maple syrup having a thin, oxygen-barrier coating layer of polyvinylidene chloride copolymer bonded to the exterior surface. A method of providing an extended shelf life maple syrup jug which comprises applying, such as by dipping, a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer coating layer onto the treated exterior surface of a high density polyethylene maple syrup...

Alkenyl aromatic thermoplastic synthetic resinous elongate foam bodies having a machine direction, a traverse direction and closed noninterconnecting gas-containing cells are prepared using at least 70 percent by weight of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and or 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane as a blowing agent or part of a blowing agent mixture. These foam bodies have an average cell size of 0.01 to 0.3 millimet...

The present invention is a styrenic polymer foam blown with solely carbon dioxide and a process for making that styrenic polymer foam. Foam sheet made by this process is especially useful for thermoforming purposes.

An oriented heat sealable multilayer structure. The structure comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the substrate comprising a polyolefin film; a polymeric heat sealable layer on the first surface of the substrate, the layer comprising a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of a terpolymer of ethylene, propylene and butene-1, a random copolymer of ethy...

A thin, tacky, non-pourable film of incompatible in situ-expandable thermoplastic particles and thermosettable matrix resin that contains an essentially uniform density and thickness across the breadth of the film. The in situ-expandable mass is not pourable yet can be easily dispensed in a uniform manner within a mold and thereafter expanded to the dimensions of the mold. Composites and reinforce...

An information recording/reproduction apparatus comprises an insertion opening (2) into which an optical recording medium (30) is inserted, a detector (3) for detecting that the optical recording medium is inserted into the insertion opening (2),a table (10) on which the optical recording medium is placed, an optical head (70) for recording information on the optical recording medium placed on the...

Monoaxially oriented polypropylene is coated with a pigmented polymer dispersion which imparts good print quality, ink adhesion, and smudge resistance to the ultimate biaxially oriented film.