A laminate structure and method of forming is provided. The laminate structure includes a first metal sheet having a first thickness, a second metal sheet having a second thickness, and an adhesive core having an adhesive thickness. The adhesive core is disposed between and bonded to the first and second metal sheets. The first and second metal sheets are made of an aluminum based material and the adhesive core is made of an adhesive material also described as a viscoelastic adhesive material. The laminate structure is configured such that a ratio of the sum of the first and second thickness to the adhesive thickness is greater than either to one (8:1). The laminate structure including the viscoelastic adhesive core is characterized by a composite loss factor at 1,000 Hertz which is continuously greater than 0.1 within a temperature range of 25 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius.

A laminate structure and method of forming is provided. The laminate structure includes a first metal sheet having a first thickness, a second metal sheet having a second thickness, and an adhesive core having an adhesive thickness. The adhesive core is disposed between and bonded to the first and second metal sheets. The first and second metal sheets are made of an aluminum based material and the adhesive core is made of an adhesive material also described as a viscoelastic adhesive material. The laminate structure is configured such that a ratio of the sum of the first and second thickness to the adhesive thickness is greater than either to one (8:1). The laminate structure including the viscoelastic adhesive core is characterized by a composite loss factor at 1,000 Hertz which is continuously greater than 0.1 within a temperature range of 25 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees Celsius.

There is provided a composition that makes it possible to produce a cured product having a low volume resistance value, a cured product obtained by curing the composition, and a method for producing a cured product using the composition. The composition contains a component (A): at least metal particles selected from the group consisting of copper particles and silver particles, a component (B): at least one cashew component selected from the group consisting of cashew oils and cashew oil-modified resins, and a component (C): a curing agent. The cured product is obtained by curing the composition. The method for producing a cured product includes a coating step of coating a substrate with the composition and a curing step of heating the substrate coated with the composition to cure the composition.

The invention relates to a polymeric composite. The polymeric composite includes a polymeric matrix that further includes a thermoset polymer and a phase change material that has been mixed with the polymeric matrix using a thickening agent. In some cases, the polymeric composite is at least 10% by weight of the phase change material.

A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.

##STR00001##

A polyketone composition includes: (A) a polyketone having, in a main chain, a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I); and (B) an epoxy compound. In Formula (I), X represents a bivalent group that has from 1 to 50 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group that has from 1 to 30 carbon atoms and that may have a substituent group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 1500.

##STR00001##

The rubberized textile material for a belt textile ply is provided on at least one side of a textile web with a peroxidically crosslinkable ethylene-alpha-olefin-diene terpolymer rubber mixture, preferably an EPDM mixture. In this rubberization mixture the third monomer content (diene content) of the EPDM is preferably at least 4% and the rubber mixture contains: a peroxidic crosslinker, a mineral oil having an aromatics proportion of at least 50 percent by weight and at least one reactive phenol and/or reactive phenol resin capable of binding to the double bonds of unsaturated polymers. The reactive phenol and/or phenol resin and the mineral oil are present in the rubber mixture in a content of altogether 5 to 60 phr. The rubberization has an exceptional manufacturing tack coupled with good adhesion and good dynamic properties.

The rubberized textile material for a belt textile ply is provided on at least one side of a textile web with a peroxidically crosslinkable ethylene-alpha-olefin-diene terpolymer rubber mixture, preferably an EPDM mixture. In this rubberization mixture the third monomer content (diene content) of the EPDM is preferably at least 4% and the rubber mixture contains: a peroxidic crosslinker, a mineral oil having an aromatics proportion of at least 50 percent by weight and at least one reactive phenol and/or reactive phenol resin capable of binding to the double bonds of unsaturated polymers. The reactive phenol and/or phenol resin and the mineral oil are present in the rubber mixture in a content of altogether 5 to 60 phr. The rubberization has an exceptional manufacturing tack coupled with good adhesion and good dynamic properties.

Provided are [1] a furan resin comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1); and [2] a method for producing a furan resin, comprising reacting a specific furan compound and a specific carbonyl compound in the presence of an acid catalyst: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may contain a hetero atom; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be connected to each other to form a cyclic structure.

Provided are [1] a furan resin comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1); and [2] a method for producing a furan resin, comprising reacting a specific furan compound and a specific carbonyl compound in the presence of an acid catalyst: ##STR00001## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may contain a hetero atom; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be connected to each other to form a cyclic structure.