A process is described for producing PU foams, especially rigid PU foams, based on foamable reaction mixtures containing polyisocyanates, compounds having reactive hydrogen atoms, blowing agents, foam stabilizers, and possibly further additives, wherein polymer particles are additionally used, the average particle size of the polymer particles being <100 μm, preferably <70 μm, especially 5 to 50 μm.

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material satisfies (i) and/or (ii). (i) P.sub.2 is 500 or more. (ii) The composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m.Math.K) or more and a thickness of 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm, the void have an average diameter of 50 μm to 1500 μm, and P.sub.3 is 70% to 90%. P.sub.2=the heat conductivity [W/(m.Math.K)] of the composite material×P.sub.3×100/an amount [volume %] of the inorganic particles P.sub.3 [%]=(F.sub.0−F.sub.1)×100/F.sub.0

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m.Math.K) or more and a spring constant of 100 N/m to 70,000 N/m. The heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D5470-01.

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids facing a wall surface of the solid portion. At least a portion of the inorganic particles is present on a wall surface. The plurality of voids are in contact with each other directly or via the inorganic particle. A heat transmission path stretching through the plurality of voids is formed of the inorganic particles in contact with each other.

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. The composite material compressed by 10% has a reaction force of 0.1 kPa to 1000 kPa, and the composite material has a heat conductivity of 0.5 W/(m.Math.K) or more. The heat conductivity is a value measured for one test specimen in a symmetric configuration according to an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard (ASTM) D5470-01.

A method for producing a foam, wherein polyol and an isocyanate are combined in a mold, and wherein an additive of biological matter and/or waste materials is added at the same time, before, or after, wherein the additive is pretreated.

Provided are a container that comprises a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin as a constituent material and that is used for accommodating an electrical component with an accommodation ratio v of 60% or more as expressed by equation (A), an accommodation device that comprises this container and a cooling device contained in the container and/or a heating device contained in the container, and an electrical component-accommodating body that comprises this container or accommodation device and an electrical component contained in the container.

The present invention relates to the treatment or prevention of skeletal disorders, in particular skeletal diseases, developed by patients that display abnormal increased activation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3), in particular by expression of a constitutively activated mutant of FGFR3.

An insulating material, in particular a permeable fire-proof insulating material comprising water glass and polystyrene, consisting of a hardening mixture which contains 1 to 32.4 wt % of expanded polystyrene, 57.5 to 96.0 wt % of aqueous sodium silicate solution, 2 to 6 wt % of aluminium hydroxide, 0.8 to 2.6 wt % water glass hardener and 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of water glass stabilizer, while the surface of the expanded polystyrene is provided with carbon black, the carbon black making up 0.1 to 1 wt % of total weight. A method for the production of insulating material, in particular a method for the production of permeable fire-proof insulating material comprising water glass and polystyrene, according to which firstly the polystyrene beads are mixed with an aqueous solution of carbon black so as to coat their entire surface, then is added to the aqueous sodium silicate solution aluminium hydroxide and the whole is mixed so as to form an insulating mixture, and then a water glass stabilizer is added to the aqueous sodium silicate solution, and then to this solution is mixed water glass hardener, with this solution being further stirred for 1 to 10 minutes to form a binder solution, and the insulating mixture is added to the binder solution with constant stirring, and the whole is mixed, and the resulting mixture is then poured into the application site.

A composite material according to the present invention includes a solid portion including inorganic particles and a resin. The composite material has a porous structure including a plurality of voids surrounded by the solid portion. In the composite material, a ratio of a smallest heat conductivity of heat conductivities λ.sub.x, λ.sub.y, and λ.sub.z respectively in x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis directions perpendicular to each other to a largest heat conductivity of the heat conductivities λ.sub.x, λ.sub.y, and λ.sub.z is 0.8 or more.