Arkema Inc.

Arkema France

Trinseo Europe Gmbh

Jason M Lyons

Kevin R Yocca

Philippe Bussi

David A Mountz

Yves Deyrail

Stephane Girois

Richard Audry

Navneeth K Singh

Leonard H Palys

Joseph M Brennan

Robert John Barsotti

Bruce Clay

Timothy A Spahr

Xianfeng Shen

Amy A Lefebvre

Mark L Lavach

Zeena Cherian

Navneeth S Singh

A method of reducing gloss that results in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) component that exhibits a reduced level of surface gloss; wherein, the PVC or other thermoplastic resin component comprises: a PVC resin; one or more process aids comprising at least one base polymer with one or more of the process aids being functionalized with about 0.5 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a reactive epoxy, hydroxyl, or carboxylic acid functional group based on the total weight of the process aids; and optionally, at least one impact modifier. The PVC or other thermoplastic resin component exhibits a gloss reduction of at least 5 points measured at an angle of 85 degrees or less when compared to a similar PVC component in which the process aids are not functionalized.

Functionalized acrylic process aids used for gloss and surface finish modification

A one-pack polymer modifier containing a) at least one process aid functionalized with a reactive epoxy, hydroxyl, β-keto ester, β-keto amide or carboxylic acid functional group, b) at least one impact modifier, c) optionally, at least one mineral filler and d) optionally, at least one further additive is useful for modifying the properties of thermoplastic polymers such as PVC, including reducing the surface gloss of an article prepared from the thermoplastic polymer and improving the impact strength of such an article.

One-pack polymer modifiers

A method of manufacturing a semi-crystalline article from at least one pseudo-amorphous polymer including a poly aryl ether ketone, such as PEKK, including a softening step, wherein the at least one pseudo-amorphous polymer is heated to a temperature above its glass transition temperature to soften the polymer, and a crystallization step, wherein the at least one pseudo-amorphous polymer is heated to a temperature between its glass transition temperature and melting temperature, the pseudo-amorphous polymer being placed on a mold during either the softening step or the crystallization step before at least some crystallization takes place. The method results in articles demonstrating increased opacity, increased crystallinity, increased thermal resistance, improved chemical resistance, and improved mechanical properties over articles formed by traditional thermoforming processes.

Production of semicrystalline parts from pseudo-amorphous polymers

The addition of at least one promoter selected from the group consisting of thiosulfate salts, sulfite salts, bisulfite salts, erythorbate salts, isoascorbate salts, and combinations thereof to an aqueous treatment fluid containing a viscosifying polymer and a peroxide helps to promote the activity of the peroxide as a breaker, thus facilitating a reduction in viscosity of the aqueous treatment fluid at lower temperatures than are possible in the absence of the promoter. The promoted aqueous treatment fluid is useful as a fracture fluid to fracture subterranean formations in oil and gas recovery.

Promoters for peroxides in aqueous treatment fluids

The invention relates to impact-modified polymer compositions, containing a polymer blend of polycarbonate with polyester and/or polyamide, plus an impact modifier blend of core/shell and functional polyolefin impact modifiers. The impact modifiers can provide the polymer blend composition with improved impact strength at equivalent loading, and also allow for higher amounts of polyester and/or polyamide in the blend without sacrificing impact strength.

Impact-modified polycarbonate/polyester or polycarbonate/polyamide compositions

The invention relates to a methylmethacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) core/shell polymer impact modifier containing functionalization in the shell. The functionalized MBS is useful as an impact modifier in engineering resins, and especially in blends of engineering resins, particularly where the blend contains both functional and non-functional resins. One specific engineering resin blend having excellent low temperature impact performance is a polycarbonate (PC)/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) blend with the functional MBS of the present invention.

Functional MBS impact modifiers for use in engineering resins

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Jason M Lyons