A process for obtaining water-based paints using expanded polystyrene (EPS) and/or extruded polystyrene (XPS) waste as raw material by a) cleaning the EPS and/or XPS waste with a surfactant to remove organic matter; b) rinse and remove all surfactants and solvents; c) treating the EPS and/or XPS waste with an organic solvent until obtaining a mixture with a concentration of EPS and/or XPS of 20 and 80% w/w; d) decanting the impurities from the mixture obtained in step (c) for 24 hours to 120 hours; e) collecting the supernatant obtained from step (d); f) make a mixture of the supernatant obtained in step (e) with emulsifier and then water; g) pigment dispersion in the mixture obtained in (f), for 5 to 50 minutes at a 500 and 3.000 rpm and 20 and 90° C.; h) mix the product of step (g) with water until the desired concentration is achieved.

A method of making an adhesive for an ice protection assembly includes mixing ferrous nanoparticles into the adhesive. Removal of the adhesive for ice protection assembly inspection or repair includes heating the ferrous nanoparticles in the adhesive to soften the adhesive and allow for easy removal or repositioning of the ice protection assembly.

To provide a high emissivity coating composition capable of exhibiting a higher emissivity at a low elevated temperature and substantially reduced formation micro craze when coated upon a substrate, and enabling a simplified application process, a high emissivity coating composition, comprising a powder mixture for providing emissivity; a binder for providing adhesion; and a co-binder for promoting adhesion and film-forming, characterized in that the powder mixture comprises at least three metal compounds of formula A.sub.(y−3)B.sub.y/2O.sub.y, wherein y is 4; A is selectable from a group of Ni and Co; B is selectable from a group of Fe and Cr; and O is oxygen; and the co-binder is an aqueous solution comprising silica in a compound of Formula (1), wherein R.sub.1 is H—Si—(CH.sub.3).sub.2; and a compound of Formula (2), wherein R.sub.2 is CH.sub.3, is disclosed herein.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a composition that contains electromagnetic wave absorbing particles and has excellent dispersion stability. A second object of the present invention is to provide a film and a cured film that are formed using the aforementioned composition and a manufacturing method of a cured film. A third object of the present invention is to provide an electronic component including a cured film formed using the aforementioned composition.

The composition according to an aspect of the present invention contains electromagnetic wave absorbing particles, a dispersant, and a solvent.

The composition absorbs electromagnetic waves in a frequency band of 1 GHz or higher when formed into a film.

Method to produce a polymeric product starting from a primary heterogeneous mixture comprising polymeric material, comprising fragmentation into desired sizing, mechanical primary selection of the fragmented material and plastification, obtaining a densified material which is then subjected to quenching.

Method for the preparation of a flame retardant, comprising iron and chlorine in the chemical compositions of its components, comprising at least: —providing an iron containing chemical substance —providing a chlorine containing chemical substance, and bringing said iron containing chemical substance and said chlorine containing chemical substance in contact with each other, to thereby form an at least partially volatile ferric chloride acting as a flame poison. The flame retardant thus formed is also contemplated as well as articles to which the flame retardant is applied.

Benzoxazine compounds, methods of making them, polymers made therefrom and methods of polymerizing the benzoxazines. These renewable benzoxazine monomers and polymers that utilize the variety of building blocks found in renewable plant biomass, demonstrate excellent processability and large temperature windows for processing of resin systems.

There is provided a radio wave absorber containing a magnetic powder, and an aliphatic polyamide, in which an intensity ratio (α/γ) of a diffraction intensity α of an α crystal of the aliphatic polyamide to a diffraction intensity γ of a γ crystal of the aliphatic polyamide, which are determined by subjecting the radio wave absorber to measurement with an X-ray diffraction method, is 2.60 or less. There is also provided a radio wave absorbing article including this radio wave absorber.

An article including a magnetic-containing layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first; a first reflector layer external to the first surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a second reflector layer external to the second surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first reflector layer; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second reflector layer; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein at least one of the first and second selective light modulator layers comprises at least one of a curing agent, and at least one coating aid is disclosed. Methods of making the disclosed article are also disclosed.

A curable organopolysiloxane composition contains: (A) 100 mass parts of a functional organopolysiloxane component having at least one radical curable group selected from an acrylate group and a methacrylate group and optionally one or more alkoxysilyl groups; (B) 0 to 100 mass parts of a condensation curable organo polysiloxane component; (C) one to 10 mass parts of tetraalkoxysilanes or a hydrolyate of the tetraalkoxysilanes; and optionally one or more of (D) a radical initiator, (E) a condensation catalyst, (F) fillers, (G) adhesion promoters, (H) pigments, (I) a non-reactive organopolysiloxane, and (J) inhibitors.