Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Kenji Saimen

Akio Mizobe

Ken Yuki

Toshihide Ohigashi

Hideki Hoshiro

Hiroshi Sugishima

Hironao Funabiki

Sotaro Itadani

Provided is a process for producing molded articles having excellent flexural strength, flexibility and dimensional stability, which comprises autoclave-curing at not lower than 100.degree. C. an aqueous composition comprising a hydraulic material (A) and a polyvinyl alcohol (B) powder, said polyvinyl alcohol (B) powder being contained in an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight based on the weight of said hydraulic material (A). Also provided are molded articles comprising a hydraulic material (A) and a polyvinyl alcohol (B), said polyvinyl alcohol (B) being contained in an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight based on the weight of said hydraulic material (A), said molded article having a structure comprising said polyvinyl alcohol (B) having once dissolved and then solidified being dispersed therein in the form of islands. These molded articles have excellent flexural strength, flexibility and dimensional stability.

Process for producing molded articles

Provided is a moldable sheet comprising a synthetic organic fiber nonwoven fabric for reinforcing resinous molded article and a resin composition having impregnated the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric comprises opened single filaments having a specific fineness and bundles of filaments laid parallel with one another having a specific total fineness distribution, said single filaments and said bundles of filaments being bonded with a binder of non-fiber form. By employing this construction, the nonwoven fabric can, when used for reinforcing resinous article, improve the impact resistance, i.e. falling ball impact resistance and Izod impact resistance, which have been poor with conventional glass-fiber reinforced resinous shaped articles, while maintaining the high mechanical strength of the resinous article.

Nonwoven fabric comprising single filaments and filament bundles that

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