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Therese C Jordan

John Robert Campbell

Tohru Takekoshi

Jimmy Lynn Webb

Farid Fouad Khouri

Kevin Hsingtao Dai

Novel silicate minerals that have undergone a cation exhange with at least one heteroaromatic cation comprising a positively charged organo-substituted heteroatom and/or at least one positively charged heteroatom not part of an aromatic ring with at least one bond having a bond order greater than one and compositions comprising the same are described.

Layered minerals and compositions comprising the same

Novel silicate minerals that have undergone a cation exchange with at least one heteroaromatic cation comprising a positively charged organo-substituted heteroatom and/or at least one positively charged heteroatom not part of an aromatic ring with at least one bond having a bond order greater than one and compositions comprising the same are described.

Flame retardant blends of poly(aryloxysiloxane) and organic polymers such as polyethers, polyesters, polyetherimides and terpolymers of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene are provided. In many instances, the flame retardant blends exhibit improved chemical resistance, impact resistance and have an improved heat deflection temperature as compared to the original polymeric materials.

Aromatic polymer blends and method

Broad range blends of aromatic polycarbonate and poly(aryloxysiloxane), such as poly(silyloxytetraalkylbiphenyleneoxide), have been found to be transparent. These blends also have been found to be flame retardant and possess excellent mechanical properties, such as high Notched Izod Impact.

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Therese C Jordan