Described herein is a building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, a coating applied to at least one of the first major surface, the second major surface, or the side surface, the coating comprising a binder, and a pigment composition comprising titanium dioxide, an alkali metal silicate, and a clay; wherein the titanium dioxide is present in an amount ranging from about 3.0 wt. % to about 15.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the pigment composition.

The present invention is directed to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a thermally conductive filler package comprising thermally conductive, electrically insulative filler particles having a thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/m.K measured according to ASTM D7984) and a volume resistivity of at least 10 Ω.Math.m (measured according to ASTM D257) and being present in an amount of at least 50% by volume based on total volume of the filler package. The present invention also is directed to coatings comprising a thermal conductivity of at least 0.5 W/m.Math.K (measured according to ASTM D7984) and to substrates, at least a portion of which is coated with such a coating.

A high temperature low outgas thermal interface material is provided. The thermal interface material includes a plurality of heat conducting particles dispersed within a fluorine containing fluid such as perfluoropolyether. The high temperature low outgas thermal interface material provides thermal conductivity between a heat source and a heat sink at temperatures greater than 200° C.

This magnesium oxide powder contains secondary particles in which a plurality of primary particles of magnesium oxide having a crystal phase and a grain boundary phase are at least partially fused together by the grain boundary phase, and a median diameter obtained by a laser diffraction scattering method is 300 .Math.m or less.

A medical rubber part in which non-elution characteristics are maintained even after sterilization with gamma ray, a packaging article for the medical rubber part, and a medical rubber composition for manufacturing the medical rubber part can be provided or implemented. The medical rubber composition can contain or comprise: a (a) base polymer containing a halogenated isobutylene-isoprene rubber; a (b) polyethylene; and a (c) triazine derivative as a crosslinking agent. A proportion of the triazine derivative contained per 100% by mole of a halogen of the halogenated isobutylene-isoprene rubber contained in the (a) base polymer can be 1% by mole to 15% by mole.

A method of preparing a thermally conductive composite including: a) mixing 15% to 60% by weight of a polymer matrix with 0% to 85% by weight of a high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5:1; and (b) mixing a polymer melt obtained from step (a) with 0% to 85% by weight of a low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 2:1 or less. By changing the weight ratio, the structure and mechanical properties of the low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler and the high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler, thermal conductivity anisotropy can be tuned. A thermally conductive composite having thermal conductivity anisotropy in the range from 1 to 4 is also disclosed.

A thermal conductive silicone composition includes (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane having a kinematic viscosity at 25° C. of 10 to 500,000 mm.sup.2/s; (B) 10 to 2,000 parts by mass of a thermal conductive filler having an average particle size of 0.01 to 100 μm; and (C) 1,000 to 10,000 parts by mass of gallium or a gallium alloy having a melting point of −20 to 100° C. The resulting thermal conductive silicone composition has excellent thermal conduction property.

A thin plate molding material includes a resin composition containing a resin component and a filling material, and a reinforced fiber with a predetermined fiber length. The content ratio of the reinforced fiber is a predetermined ratio. The mixing ratio of the resin component is a predetermined ratio.

This coating composition for an electrical steel sheet is a coating composition for an electrical steel sheet containing an epoxy resin, a high-temperature curing agent, and inorganic fine particles, wherein a content of the high-temperature curing agent with respect to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin is 5 to 30 parts by mass, wherein the inorganic fine particles are one or more selected from metal hydroxides, metal oxides that react with water at 25° C. to become metal hydroxides and silicate minerals having a hydroxyl group, wherein the volume average particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles is 0.05 to 2.0 μm, wherein a content of the epoxy resin with respect to a total mass of the coating composition for an electrical steel sheet is 45 mass % or more, and wherein a content of the inorganic fine particles with respect to 100 parts by mass of the epoxy resin is 1 to 100 parts by mass.

Provided are magnesium oxide particles which are good in dispersibility in a resin or rubber, can function sufficiently as an acid acceptor or scorch retarder, and do not lower, even after combined with a resin or rubber, material properties thereof; a resin composition; a rubber composition; and a shaped body. The magnesium oxide particles satisfying the following (A) to (C): (A) an average particle size is 5 μm or less; (B) a BET specific surface area is 20 m.sup.2/g or more and 200 m.sup.2/g or less; and (C) a screen residue by a sieve opening of 45 μm is 0.1% by weight or less.