A method of producing a complex of a lamellar inorganic compound and an organic compound includes: heat-treating a particular non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound within a pyrolysis temperature range of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound; and intercalating an organic compound into the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound in a dispersion liquid in which the heat-treated non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound is dispersed in a medium, thereby inserting the organic compound into an interlamellar space of the non-swelling lamellar inorganic compound.

A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted, and at least one aromatic polyaldehyde selected from 1,3-benzenedicarboxaldehyde, 1,4-benzenedicarboxaldehyde and mixtures of these compounds, the rubber composition having a nominal secant modulus at 10% elongation, measured according to standard ASTM D 412, 1998, of greater than or equal to 25 MPa.

Provided is a benzoxazine-based thermosetting resin which is excellent in thermoplasticity during remolding and a method for producing the benzoxazine-based thermosetting resin. The thermosetting resin is a thermosetting resin which has a benzoxazine ring structure in a main chain and which has a tetravalent aromatic group that is derived from a bifunctional phenol compound (A) and a bifunctional epoxy compound (B), a tetravalent aromatic group that is derived from the bifunctional phenol compound (A), and a bivalent aromatic group that is derived from an aromatic diamine compound (C).

A process for the manufacture of a reinforced product comprising a matrix based on a composition and at least one reinforcing element, the reinforcing elements being embedded in the matrix, comprises: mixing of the composition based on: a compound A1 with a melting point T1, and a compound A2 with a melting point T2, at a temperature Tm such that: T1Tm<T2, so as to dissolve A2 in A1 and to obtain the composition in the liquid state; submerging of the reinforcing element(s) (36) in the composition; and crosslinking by heating of the composition at a temperature Tn such that: T1Tm<Tn.

The present invention relates to a flexible composite organic aerogel (1) comprising: a textile reinforcement (5), an organic aerogel (3) placed within said textile reinforcement (3),
said organic aerogel (3) being based on a resin resulting at least in part from polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F,
said organic aerogel (3) being a polymeric organic gel comprising at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte,
or said organic aerogel (3) being a pyrolysate of said gel in the form of a porous carbon monolith comprising the product of the pyrolysis of said at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P,
said organic aerogel (3) exhibiting a specific thermal conductivity of between 10 and 40 mW.Math.m.sup.1.Math.K.sup.1 at atmospheric pressure.

The present invention relates to a vacuum insulation board (1) comprising: a hermetically closed covering (3) in which the pressure is lower than atmospheric pressure, a core material (5) made of organic aerogel placed inside said covering (3),
said organic aerogel being based on a resin resulting at least in part from polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F,
said organic aerogel being a polymeric monolithic organic gel comprising at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte,
or said organic aerogel being a pyrolysate of said gel in the form of a porous carbon monolith comprising the product of the pyrolysis of said at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P,
said organic aerogel exhibiting a specific thermal conductivity of between 10 and 40 mW.Math.m.sup.1.Math.K.sup.1 at atmospheric pressure.

A fiber-reinforced aerogel is disclosed. The aerogel can include a porous organic polymer matrix and fibers included in the porous organic polymer matrix. The aerogel can include a thermal conductivity of less than or equal to 60 mWIm.Math.K at a temperature of 20 C., at least a bimodal pore size distribution with a first mode of pores having an average pore size of less than or equal to 50 nanometers (nm) and a second mode of pores having an average pore size of greater than 50 nm, and a planar shape having a thickness of 5 millimeters (mm) or less and is capable of being rolled up into a roll, wherein the fibers form a woven fiber matrix.

The invention relates to a gelled, crosslinked and non-dried aqueous polymeric composition capable of forming a non-monolithic organic aerogel by drying, to this aerogel, to a non-monolithic porous carbon resulting from a pyrolysis of this aerogel, to an electrode based on this porous carbon, and to a process for preparing this composition and this aerogel. The invention applies in particular to supercapacitors. A gelled, crosslinked and non-dried composition according to the invention, which is based on a resin resulting at least partly from a polycondensation of polyhydroxybenzene(s) R and formaldehyde(s) F and which comprises at least one water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P, is such that the composition is formed from an aqueous dispersion of microparticles of a shear-thinning physical gel that is crosslinked in an aqueous medium. The composition not yet crosslinked is in particular prepared by dilution of a prepolymer that forms this gel in an aqueous solvent in order to form the aqueous dispersion of microparticles of said gel.

The invention relates to a process for preparing a gelled, dried composition forming a monolithic aerogel with a heat conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW.Math.m.sup.1.Math.K.sup.1 and derived from a resin of polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), to this aerogel composition and to the use thereof. This process comprises: a) polymerization in an aqueous solvent of said polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s) in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelation of the solution obtained in a) to obtain a gel of the resin, and c) drying of the gel to obtain a dried gel.

According to the invention, step a) is performed in the presence of a cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent, and the process also comprises a step d) of heat treatment under inert gas of the dried gel obtained in step c) at temperatures of between 150 C. and 500 C. to obtain the non-pyrolyzed aerogel whose heat conductivity is substantially unchanged, even after exposure to a humid atmosphere.

The invention relates to a gelled carbon-based composition forming an organic polymeric monolithic gel which is suitable for forming an aerogel by drying, to uses and to a process for preparing this carbon-based composition. The invention applies especially to the production of such gels having a very low density and a very low heat conductivity, a very high specific surface area and a satisfactory compression strength, for their use as thermal superinsulators or as carbon-based electrode precursors of supercondensers.

A composition according to the invention comprises a resin at least partly derived from polyhydroxybenzenes H and from formaldehyde(s) F, said polyhydroxybenzenes comprising at least one unsubstituted poly-hydroxybenzene R and at least one polyhydroxybenzene substituted with one or two alkyl groups.

This composition is such that said polyhydroxybenzenes comprise several said unsubstituted polyhydroxybenzenes R and R and in that the composition comprises a water-soluble cationic polyelectrolyte P.