Abstract:
The present invention relates to a proton exchange membrane, to the process for preparing said membrane, and to the application of said membrane in fields requiring ion exchange, such as effluent purification and electrochemistry or in energy fields. In particular, this membrane is used in the design of fuel cell membranes.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a proton exchange membrane, to the process for preparing said membrane, and to the application of said membrane in fields requiring ion exchange, such as effluent purification and electrochemistry or in energy fields. In particular, this membrane is used in the design of fuel cell membranes.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for producing a stable fluorinated latex by emulsion polymerization in the absence of fluorinated surfactant, stabilized by an amphiphilic block copolymer formed in situ. The invention also concerns the aqueous dispersion comprising the fluorinated polymer chains and the amphiphilic block copolymers, obtained by this process.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer comprising an ethylene bond, the method comprising putting in contact the at least one fluorinated monomer with a polymerization initiator and a chain transfer agent, the chain transfer agent being a polysulfide compound, preferably a disulfide compound. The invention also relates to a telechelic fluoride-based polymer obtained with said method.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fluorinated composition and a fluorinated film having properties that make it suitable for use outside, especially in the agricultural sector. The film according to the invention is a single-layer polymer film comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) matrix and at least one impact modifier having a polyorganosiloxane core and at least one thermoplastic shell, in which the weight content of impact modifier varies between 2.5% and less than 40%. According to one embodiment variant, the invention relates to multilayer films comprising at least one layer of said fluorinated film and at least one layer of unmodified PVDF.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a propylene polymer, including: a) fermenting and optionally purifying first renewable materials to produce an alcohol or an alcohol mixture, the alcohol or alcohol mixture including at least isopropanol and/or at least a mixture of ethanol and 1-butanol; b) dehydrating the resulting alcohol or the alcohol mixture to produce an alkene or alkene mixture in a first series of reactors, the alkene or alkene mixture containing at least propylene; c) polymerizing the propylene in a second reactor, optionally in the presence of a comonomer, so as to produce a propylene polymer; d) isolating the propylene polymer obtained in step c); and e) grafting the propylene polymer obtained from step d). A grafted propylene polymer capable of being obtained by the method, to the compositions containing the polymer, as well as to the uses of the polymer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of polymerizing at least one monomer comprising a vinylidene fluoride monomer, the method comprising putting in contact the at least one monomer with a polymerization initiator -and an oxidizing agent, the polymerization initiator having the formula (I):
wherein Rf is a fluoroalkyl group comprising from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and Mx+ is chosen from a monovalent cation, or a divalent cation, or a trivalent cation, or a tetravalent cation.
Abstract:
An adhesive composition that can be used in an extrusion-coating process for application to a support or in an extrusion-laminating process in order to bond several supports of different or identical nature to one another, over a wide temperature range, including: from 91% to 98% by weight of the composition, of a copolymer of ethylene and of alkyl acrylate; at least one tackifying resin; processing aids, wherein the tackifying resin represents between 1.5% and 5.5% of the weight of the composition and the processing aids represent between 0.5% and 3.5% of the weight of the composition and the anti-blocking agent represents, in the processing aids, at least 60% by weight of the aids. Also, a film of the composition and a multilayer structure that includes this film.
Abstract:
A thermoplastic composition including a mixture of three particular and different polyolefins, including one of a polyamide-grafted polyolefin having particular polyamide grafts (type and quantity), for example, a polyamide-grafted polymer having a polyolefin trunk containing a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer and a plurality of polyamide grafts. Also, a thermoplastic film and, more specifically, a film for encapsulating a photovoltaic module incorporating the polyamide-grafted polyolefin composition.
Abstract:
A polyamide-grafted polyolefin composition in which the grafting rate of the composition is between 41% and 70% by weight. Also, a thermoplastic composition including a polyolefin backbone comprising a residue of at least one unsaturated monomer (X) and a plurality of polyamide grafts, in which: the polyamide grafts are attached to the polyolefin backbone by the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) comprising a functional group capable of reacting by a condensation reaction with a polyamide having at least one amine end and/or at least one carboxylic acid end, the residue of the unsaturated monomer (X) is attached to the backbone by grafting or copolymerization, wherein the polyamide grafts represent from 41% to 70%, preferably from 45% to 70%, by mass of said polyamide-grafted polymer. Also, a thermoplastic film for encapsulating and/or protecting the back (“backsheet”) of a photovoltaic module that includes said polyamide-grafted polyolefin composition.