{"schema_version":1,"experiment_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_substrate_denial72_20260805","research_id":"eoa_inverse_innovation_exp12_light_screen_20260805","cell_id":"modular_decomposition__chemistry_materials","search_lanes":{"direct_problem_and_intervention":{"queries":["glass fiber recycled polypropylene masterbatch stabilizer compatibilizer interaction formulation","recycled polypropylene glass fiber masterbatch modular formulation stabilizer substitution frozen formulation"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2"],"no_result_note":"No exact implementation of contract-defined, separately stewarded concentrates with unrelated modules frozen during substitution qualification was located; the retained results address the material system and its coupled formulation variables."},"synonyms_and_historical_terms":{"queries":["polypropylene short glass fiber coupling agent masterbatch concentrate formulation","re-granulated polypropylene glass fiber melt compounding additive concentrate"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null},"products_practices_and_standards":{"queries":["polypropylene additive masterbatch antioxidants UV stabilizers colorants carrier","ISO 1133-1 2022 melt mass-flow rate filled thermoplastics"],"source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"],"no_result_note":null},"component_combination":{"queries":["polypropylene glass fiber maleic anhydride coupling agent crystallization mechanical properties","recycled polypropylene glass fiber melt flow processability mechanical properties","polypropylene antioxidant UV color additive masterbatch combined product"],"source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"],"no_result_note":null}},"sources":[{"source_id":"SRC1","title":"Analysis of Selected Properties of Polymer Mixtures Derived from Virgin and Re-Granulated PP with Glass Fibers","publisher":"Materials (MDPI)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38541587/","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["Changing recycled-polypropylene content in glass-fiber compounds significantly changed melt-flow-based processability.","The tested recycled and virgin formulations could have similar mechanical properties despite significantly different processing properties, showing why endpoint properties alone may not identify formulation responsibility."]},{"source_id":"SRC2","title":"Polypropylene/Short Glass Fibers Composites: Effects of Coupling Agents on Mechanical Properties, Thermal Behaviors, and Morphology","publisher":"Materials (MDPI)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28793710/","source_type":"PRIMARY_RESEARCH","claims_supported":["Coupling-agent identity and concentration changed tensile, flexural, impact, crystallization, morphology, and fiber-interface behavior in melt-compounded polypropylene/glass-fiber composites.","Different coupling agents produced opposing mechanical-property trends, supporting the existence of coupled and potentially ambiguous formulation effects."]},{"source_id":"SRC3","title":"Additives and Colorants for PP-R and PP-RCT Pipe Systems","publisher":"Avient Corporation","url":"https://www.avient.com/sites/default/files/2022-02/Additives%20and%20Colorants%20for%20PP-R%20Pipe%20Systems%20Application%20Bulletin.pdf","source_type":"FIRST_PARTY_PRODUCT","claims_supported":["Commercial polypropylene additive masterbatches supply antioxidant, ultraviolet-stabilizer, flame-retardant, and color functions.","Additives and colors may be combined in one masterbatch, establishing both functional concentrates and bundled multifunction packages as existing practice.","The supplier warns that processing conditions can shift properties and that end-product performance testing remains necessary."]},{"source_id":"SRC4","title":"ISO 1133-1:2022 Plastics — Determination of the Melt Mass-Flow Rate and Melt Volume-Flow Rate of Thermoplastics — Part 1: Standard Method","publisher":"International Organization for Standardization","url":"https://www.iso.org/standard/83905.html","source_type":"OFFICIAL_STANDARD","claims_supported":["ISO 1133-1 specifies standardized procedures for measuring thermoplastic melt mass-flow and melt volume-flow rates.","Melt volume-flow rate is particularly useful for comparing materials with different filler contents.","The standard cautions that its low-shear measurements may not correlate with processing behavior, so melt flow alone cannot serve as the complete integration contract."]}],"problem_evidence":{"status":"PARTLY_SUPPORTED","finding":"The problem is visible at the level needed for a coarse screen. Primary studies show that recycled-matrix content changes glass-fiber-polypropylene processability and that coupling-agent choices affect crystallization, morphology, interfaces, and several mechanical outcomes. Commercial practice also bundles stabilization and appearance functions into masterbatches. However, the bounded search did not directly document the proposal's full operational cascade in which a durability-additive substitution routinely forces changes to compatibilizer, lubricant, pigment, and processing settings.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"]},"closest_prior_art":[{"name":"Commercial functional and combination masterbatches","source_ids":["SRC3"],"overlap":"Uses polymer concentrates to deliver separately identifiable additive functions and also offers combined additive-and-color packages for polypropylene applications.","remaining_difference":"The retained product literature does not describe multiple versioned responsibility modules governed by quantitative cross-module contribution budgets, named change authority, frozen unrelated modules, and a local-plus-whole-compound substitution gate."},{"name":"Coupling-agent formulation studies for polypropylene/glass-fiber composites","source_ids":["SRC2"],"overlap":"Varies an interface-directed formulation component during melt compounding and evaluates crystallization, morphology, adhesion, and multiple final properties.","remaining_difference":"This is conventional whole-formulation experimentation, not a contract-defined modular protocol intended to demonstrate that one package can change without reopening other formulation responsibilities."},{"name":"Controlled recycled-polypropylene/glass-fiber mixture qualification","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC4"],"overlap":"Controls formulation ratios and evaluates melt flow, mechanical behavior, impact behavior, and thermal properties using established measurements.","remaining_difference":"It characterizes matrix-composition effects but does not partition stabilization, interface, processability, and appearance into separately stewarded concentrates or test frozen-module change locality."}],"prior_art_disposition":"ADJACENT_PRIOR_ART","contrastive_claim_remaining":"For one preregistered durability-package substitution in a glass-fiber recycled-polypropylene compound, explicit quantitative limits on carrier mass, moisture or volatiles, thermal window, dosing uncertainty, dispersion, melt-flow contribution, and reactive-group equivalents will allow only the durability concentrate to change while fixed reinforcement-interface, processability, and appearance modules still pass preregistered whole-compound gates. The retained sources establish functional masterbatches, coupled formulation effects, and relevant measurements, but not this frozen-module locality result.","contrastive_claim_falsifier":"The contrastive claim is falsified if the modular-equivalent incumbent cannot reproduce incumbent acceptance windows; if preregistered durability-by-interface interactions exceed the practical threshold without being predicted by contract measurements; if another module's composition or dose, or the fixed compounding schedule, must change for the candidate to pass; or if a matched monolithic workflow localizes the same substitution without additional cross-formulation decisions.","gates":{"adequate_source_search":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The bounded search covered direct wording, masterbatch and coupling-agent terminology, commercial products, an official measurement standard, and combinations of recycled matrix, glass fiber, stabilization, compatibility, crystallization, and processability. Exactly four opened sources from three publishers were retained, including two primary studies, a first-party source, and an official standard.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"supported_problem":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"Primary evidence supports variable recycled-matrix processability and coupled effects of interface additives on crystallization, morphology, and mechanical outcomes. The exact durability-substitution workflow cascade remains indirect, supporting a PARTLY_SUPPORTED rather than SUPPORTED finding.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3"]},"distinct_testable_claim":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The surviving claim predicts a discriminating result: successful substitution with every unrelated module composition and dose frozen under predeclared contracts and whole-compound gates. That differs from merely achieving acceptable endpoint properties through unrestricted formulation optimization.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC3","SRC4"]},"bounded_next_test":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"The proposed single-lot, single-extruder, at-most-ten-batch screen includes incumbent and modular-equivalent controls, a bounded durability-by-interface matrix, frozen processability and appearance modules, preregistered thresholds, and explicit accept, reject, or redraw outcomes. The retained research and standard provide precedent for the proposed melt-flow, thermal, morphology, and mechanical observations while also showing why whole-compound tests are necessary.","source_ids":["SRC1","SRC2","SRC4"]},"no_obvious_safety_or_authority_stop":{"status":"PASS","rationale":"No retained source identifies an inherent prohibition on an authorized bench-scale test using already approved materials and operating limits. The proposal retains EHS authorization, excursion stops, quarantine and rollback, whole-compound testing, and separate production-release authority. This gate does not establish chemical safety, regulatory compliance, or permission to scale.","source_ids":["SRC3","SRC4"]}},"screen_survival":true,"world_novelty_boundary":"This bounded public-web screen found adjacent prior art in functional and combination masterbatches, conventional polypropylene/glass-fiber coupling-agent studies, recycled-matrix qualification, and standardized melt-flow testing. It did not locate the complete contract-defined, separately stewarded, frozen-module substitution protocol. That search result cannot establish world novelty, patentability, freedom to operate, market size, expert acceptance, scale-up validity, safety, regulatory compliance, or realized value."}