3m Innovative Properties Company

Siegmund Papp

James M Nelson

Jeffrey Jacob Cernohous

Ryan E Marx

Yong K Wu

Jeffrey G Linert

Neil R Granlund

Audrey A Sherman

Rudolf J Dams

Michael D Crandall

Jay M Jennen

Ignatius A Kadoma

Sasha B Myers

Andrew J Peterson

Michelle M Hewitt

Buoyancy modules () are made from a foam composition that includes a combination of a thermally fusable powder and glass microspheres heated in a manner that provides a hardened syntactic foam having both low density and a high degree of compressive strength. An outer barrier () may enclose the buoyancy module.

Buoyancy module

There is provided a controlled degradation fiber and methods of making such controlled degradation fiber, wherein at least one first material and at least one second material are selected such that the fiber has a weight loss of greater than 6 wt. % and less than 60 wt. % based on the total weight of the fiber after one week at 130&#xb0; C. in the presence of water.

Controlled degradation fibers

There is provided a thermoplastic silicone-based polymer process additive component for use in injection molding applications, articles made using the silicone-based polymer process additive component, and methods for making these articles.

Thermoplastic silicone-based polymer process additives for injection molding applications

A composition that employs a coupling agent with a fluoropolymer processing aid to address melt-processing issues related to the use of interfering components in melt-processable polymeric binders.

Compositions and method for improving the processing of polymer composites

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Siegmund Papp