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Filler Uses and Benefits for Medical Applications

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The medical sector is the fourth largest consumer of plastics after packaging, construction, and automotive sectors. It has a relatively high growth rate (8% per year). The growth is in part due to our long life expectancy but also because of new... (Article)

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Additives for Transparent Plastic Packaging

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Transparent plastics are certainly not new to packaging applications, and their use has continued to grow, as designers take advantage of clarity as yet another tool to differentiate their packaged goods. At the same time, use of clarified... (Article)

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Specialty Additives and Compounds Advancing Engineering Plastics for Electronics Solutions

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Electrical/Electronics (E/E) end-use market is the world's 3rd largest plastics sector behind packaging and building/construction. Apart from mechanical properties, the electrical behavior of plastics is a vital factor when using these materials... (Article)

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Progress in PVC Heat Stabilizer System Solutions

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

To perform satisfactorily, both rigid and flexible PVC call for an efficient additive package that includes heat stabilizers. Heat stabilizers, which are essential components of a PVC formulation protect the polymer during elevated processing... (Article)

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Antioxidant Trends that Enhance Durable Plastic Products

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Essentially all plastic materials undergo oxidation reactions which can occur at every stage of the life cycle of a polymer from manufacturing and storage of the material through its compounding/processing and end use. Exposure to oxidation reactions... (Article)

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Controlling Odor in Recycled Polymers

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

With the growing use of recycled polymers comes a growing need to control odors in these plastics. Odor in recyclate comes from many sources, including odors from the polymer, odors from degradation products of polymer additives, and odors specific... (Article)

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High Refractive Index Polymers

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Three properties of polymers are directly related to their refractive index: focusing power, light reflection and dispersive effect due to the diversity of the wavelengths of the light.
The higher the refractive index, the more the material... (Article)

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Save Costs Using New Processes for Conventional Products

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Processing costs can bring a broad contribution to lower prices through many ways, by lowering machine run costs, labour costs, direct investments, energy and utility consumptions, finishing costs, assembly, surface treatment, decoration.... (Article)

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What’s New in Solar and Heat Management Systems

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The earth's atmosphere absorbs much of the total energy from the sun. Solar energy that does reach the surface of the earth ranges in wavelength from 300 to 2500 nm (nanometers) and consists of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light or radiation.... (Article)

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Future Trends in the Emerging World of Bio-based Plastics

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence EPNOE published a jointly commissioned study on bio-based plastics. The developments in the past five years in emerging bio-based plastics are spectacular from a technological... (Article)

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Recyclate Upgrading Thanks to Specific Additives Leads to a Full Second Life in Various Applications

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It is more and more urgent to treat end-of-life plastics wastes exceeding hundred thousand tonnes a day. That is an economic and environmental requirement that must be solved to perpetuate the life and the economic activity of our Earth. Our attitude... (Article)

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Additives Enable Polypropylene to Penetrate New Applications and Compete with More Expensive Resins

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Polypropylene (PP) - with its low cost, light weight and ever-improving properties - is ready to go places. Technology advances in resins, processing equipment, and additives have all played a role in opening up new opportunities, and there is still... (Article)

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Flame Retardancy of Polymer Nanocomposites: An Extract *

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Direct property losses by fires are roughly 0.2% of the gross domestic product and the total costs of fires are around 1% of the gross domestic product. Therefore, it is important to develop well-designed flame retardant materials to decrease both... (Article)

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Edible Coatings to Incorporate Active Ingredients to Fresh-cut Fruits: A Review

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It is true that one should never judge a book by its cover! But this is not applicable in the case of consumer products. How a product is packaged, more often than not, determines its value and success in the market. Further, the importance of... (Article)

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Hybrid Polymers : A New Route Towards Unique Properties for Nanofilms, Nanocoatings, Smart Polymers and Many Other Applications

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

The success of hybrid polymers is based on special and often unusual characteristics combined with easy and cheap processing methods, leading to dramatic cost savings versus equivalent devices based on silicon technology. That is satisfying for many... (Article)

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Additives and New Processes Improve rPET Properties

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Condensation polymers like PET and PA degrade during melt processing, reducing molecular weight (measured by intrinsic viscosity or IV), which generally corresponds to lower mechanical properties. Recycled PET (rPET) applications such as fibers can... (Article)

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Phthalate Ousting: Not So Easy But Some Alternatives are Viable

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200

EU and USA ban some phthalates as plasticizers, especially for PVCs, the highest outlet for these additives. Other phthalates are not involved and can be used. However it is necessary to find new solutions for immediate and future requirements.... (Article)

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Migration of Additives from Polymers into Packaged Commodities: Analysis of Migration Liquids Containing More Than One Migrant

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Polymer formulations usually include one or more compounds such as antioxidants, secondary antioxidants, antistatic additives, light stabilisers, lubricants, plasticisers, stabilisers, slip and antiblock agents. In addition, the polymer and hence the... (Article)

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New Graphene Nano-fillers for Conductive Applications

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Graphene - a nanomaterial derived from graphite - has outstanding thermal and electrical conductivity, combined with other properties like strength and barrier, which make it an exciting new material in development for conductive applications.... (Article)

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Non-oil Additives, Ingredients and Polymers: The Breakthrough Starch, Fibres from Scraps, Bioplasticizers, Natural Protective Agents

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200

Petroleum drying up will lead to an energy crisis needing to find new sources for the plastics industry. Alternatives include the replacement of petroleum by coal, the use of minerals, the exploitation of biomass and CO₂, and... (Article)

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