| abstract |
A polymer composition comprising a polymer material and a medium material composite holding a low molecular weight material therein is provided. Viscosity of the low molecular weight material, differences in respective solubility parameters of the low molecular weight material, the medium material and the polymer material, relative amounts of the low molecular weight material and the medium material, and relative amounts of the low molecular weight material and the polymer material are specified. A process for producing the polymer composition is also provided. The process comprises a process (S1) for preparing the medium material composite holding the low molecular weight material therein, in which the medium material has a backbone structure of a three-dimensionally continuous network, and a process (S2) for preparing the polymer composition by mixing the prepared medium material composite with the polymer material. The process (S1) comprises mixing the low molecular weight material and the medium material by using a mixing machine at a specific shear rate and a specific temperature. The process (S2) comprises using a mixing machine under specific mixing conditions. The polymer composition is advantageously used for electric appliances, sporting goods, industrial machines and instruments, precision machines and instruments, transportation machines and instruments, buildings, civil engineering, medical uses, leisure goods, and the like. Particularly, it is used for apparatuses and electric appliances which generate vibration or sound. |