A curable composition and an electronic device employing the same are provided. The curable composition includes 100 parts by mole of a first siloxane compound represented by Formula (I)

##STR00001##

wherein n is 8 to 232, wherein R.sup.1 is independently C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; 1 to 15 parts by mole of a second siloxane compound represented by Formula (II)

##STR00002##

wherein x≥2, y≥2, and x/y is between 0.1 and 3, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently C.sub.1-3 alkyl group; 1 to 15 parts by mole of a third siloxane compound represented by Formula (III)

##STR00003##

and 90 to 250 parts by mole of a curing agent represented by Formula (IV)

##STR00004##

wherein m is 7 to 230, wherein R.sup.5 is independently C.sub.1-3 alkyl group.

This invention provides a flame retardant agent composition capable of imparting excellent flame retardancy to a synthetic resin, a flame-retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy as well as water resistance and impact resistance, and a molded body thereof. Provided is a flame retardant agent composition containing the following components (A) and (B): component (A): a phosphate-based flame retardant agent containing at least any one of the following components (A-1) to (A-3): component (A-1): one or more melamine salts selected from the group consisting of melamine orthophosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, and melamine polyphosphate; component (A-2): one or more piperazine salts selected from the group consisting of piperazine orthophosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, and piperazine polyphosphate; and component (A-3): one or more ammonium salts selected from the group consisting of ammonium orthophosphate, ammonium pyrophosphate, and ammonium polyphosphate; and component (B): one or more acid-modified polyolefins.

This invention provides a flame retardant agent composition capable of imparting excellent flame retardancy to a synthetic resin, a flame-retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy as well as water resistance and impact resistance, and a molded body thereof. Provided is a flame retardant agent composition containing the following components (A) and (B): component (A): a phosphate-based flame retardant agent containing at least any one of the following components (A-1) to (A-3): component (A-1): one or more melamine salts selected from the group consisting of melamine orthophosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, and melamine polyphosphate; component (A-2): one or more piperazine salts selected from the group consisting of piperazine orthophosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, and piperazine polyphosphate; and component (A-3): one or more ammonium salts selected from the group consisting of ammonium orthophosphate, ammonium pyrophosphate, and ammonium polyphosphate; and component (B): one or more acid-modified polyolefins.

Methods of producing colored and superhydrophobic surfaces, objects, and coatings using a colored paint that imparts a superhydrophobic surface on an object is a suspension of hydrophobic particles in a polymeric binder and a plasticizer in a solvent or mixed solvent, wherein at least a portion of the hydrophobic particles are colored particles. Colored particles can be ultramarine, iron oxide, chromium oxide, or any other colored metal oxide. The hydrophobic particles can be metal oxide particles that are surface functionalized with a fluorinated alkyl silane or an alkyl silane. The binder is a mixture of PDVF and PMMA in a ratio of 3:1 to 10:1. The plasticizer is a mixture of triethyl phosphate and perfluoro(butyltetrahydrofuran) or other perfluorinated hydrocarbon. Surfaces coated using this paint display contact angles in excess of 150° and resist abrasion.

Methods of producing colored and superhydrophobic surfaces, objects, and coatings using a colored paint that imparts a superhydrophobic surface on an object is a suspension of hydrophobic particles in a polymeric binder and a plasticizer in a solvent or mixed solvent, wherein at least a portion of the hydrophobic particles are colored particles. Colored particles can be ultramarine, iron oxide, chromium oxide, or any other colored metal oxide. The hydrophobic particles can be metal oxide particles that are surface functionalized with a fluorinated alkyl silane or an alkyl silane. The binder is a mixture of PDVF and PMMA in a ratio of 3:1 to 10:1. The plasticizer is a mixture of triethyl phosphate and perfluoro(butyltetrahydrofuran) or other perfluorinated hydrocarbon. Surfaces coated using this paint display contact angles in excess of 150° and resist abrasion.

An extrusion composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene random copolymers, and polypropylene impact copolymers. The extrusion composition also contains at least one benzoic acid salt-based nucleating agent provided in the composition at a use level of between about 0.01 and 0.15 parts by weight, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin and at least one co-additive selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) and copolymers containing segments of ethylene oxide, wherein the co-additive has a number average molecular weight of about 300 or more, and wherein the use level of the co-additive is about 0.005 parts by weight or more, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin.

An extrusion composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene random copolymers, and polypropylene impact copolymers. The extrusion composition also contains at least one benzoic acid salt-based nucleating agent provided in the composition at a use level of between about 0.01 and 0.15 parts by weight, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin and at least one co-additive selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) and copolymers containing segments of ethylene oxide, wherein the co-additive has a number average molecular weight of about 300 or more, and wherein the use level of the co-additive is about 0.005 parts by weight or more, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin.

A battery module comprising an electric cell and a potting compound associated with the electric cell. The potting compound is formed of a flame retardant component; a first component having an isocyanate reactive compound and water; and a second component having an isocyanate compound. The potting compound is a foam.

A battery module comprising an electric cell and a potting compound associated with the electric cell. The potting compound is formed of a flame retardant component; a first component having an isocyanate reactive compound and water; and a second component having an isocyanate compound. The potting compound is a foam.

The resin composition according to one aspect of the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin (A), a phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B), and a copolymer (C) of an α-olefin and an unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein: a ratio of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B) to the thermoplastic resin (A) is 5% by mass or more and 400% by mass or less, and a ratio of the copolymer (C) to the phosphorus-containing flame retardant (B) is 10% by mass or less.