Atofina

Arkema France

Francois Court

Ludwik Leibler

Christophe Navarro

Philippe Bonnet

Michel Devic

Anthony Bonnet

Jean-Pierre Pascault

Marius Hert

Beatrice Boussand

Patrice Robert

Martin Baumert

Manuel Hidalgo

Ahmed Mourran

Vincent Royackkers

Sophie Ritzenthaler

Use is made, for selectively hydrogenating the olefinic double bonds of block copolymers, at least one block of which comprises olefinic double bonds, using a catalyst based on a metal from Group VIII in a medium comprising an organic solvent for the copolymer and an ionic liquid as solvent for the catalyst, of a water-immiscible ionic liquid, preferably an ionic liquid for which the anion is the hexafluorophosphate anion and the cation is the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium (bmim) or 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (emim) cation. Applied to poly(styrene)-b-poly(butadiene)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymers, the poly(butadiene) block of which predominantly possesses a 1,4-microstructure, this process results in copolymers for which the degree of hydrogenation is at least equal to 50% and which exhibit a melting point of greater than 30 &#xb0;C.

Hydrogenation method for unsaturated block copolymers and hydrogenated unsaturated block copolymers

These compositions based on semi-crystalline thermoplastic resin and on ABC block copolymers result in materials or in items which exhibit an impact strength, an elongation at break, a resistance to cracking and to deformation under stress, and a thermal behavior which are improved with respect to semi-crystalline resin or resins alone or mixed with conventional impact additives, while retaining a high modulus and thus a degree of stiffness. They are generally suitable for the preparation of items or articles, such as sheets, films, pipe sheathings, tubings, pipes, yarns, strands, cable sheathings, bracing wires, leaktight sheathings, sleeve tubes, both mono- and multilayer, shaped components, molded panels, thermoformed articles, sections, bottles or powders for coating substrates. The materials or items obtained from these compositions exhibit a characteristic morphology visible in electron microscopy.

Compositions based on semicrystalline thermoplastic resins and block copolymers, resulting materials and methods for obtaining same

The present invention relates to a thermoset material with improved impact resistance comprising: S is advantageously polystyrene and B polybutadiene. The thermoset resin advantageously originates from the reaction of a thermosetting epoxy resin and of a hardener.

Thermoset materials with improved impact resistance

The invention concerns a mixture comprising by weight, the total being 100%, 1 to 100% if a polyamide block copolymer consisting of a basic polyolefin chain and on an average at least a polyamide graft wherein: the grafts are fixed to the basic chain by the radicals of an unsaturated monomer (X) having a function capable of reacting with a polyamide with amine terminal, the radicals of the unsaturated monomer (X) are fixed to the basic chain by grafting or copolymerization from its double bond; 99 to 0% of a flexible polyolefin with elastic modulus in flexure less than 50 MPa at 23&#xb0; C. and having a crystalline melting point ranging between 60&#xb0; C. and 100&#xb0; C. Said mixtures are useful for making films, tanks, geomembrane protective fabrics produced by extrusion, products obtained by calendering, thermocladding/forming, protective films for electric cables and skins using slush molding technique.

Mixture of grafted polyamide-block and flexible polyolefin copolymers

The present invention relates to a conductive composition comprising (i) a fluoropolymer, (ii) an electrically conductive product and (iii) a triblock copolymer ABC, the three blocks A, B and C being linked together in this order, each block being either a homopolymer or a copolymer obtained from two or more monomers, block A being linked to block B and block B to block C by means of a covalent bond or an intermediate molecule linked to one of these blocks via a covalent bond and to the other block via another covalent bond, and such that: block A is compatible with the fluoropolymer, block B is incompatible with the fluoropolymer and is incompatible with block A, block C is incompatible with the fluoropolymer, block A and block B. The invention also relates to the components manufactured with the above composition. These components may be plates, films, tubes, rods, centrifugal pump components and containers.

Fluoropolymer-based conductive composition

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