A permeable reactive barrier having two or more layers of a geotextile fabric inoculated with a bioremediation microbe is provided. The permeable reactive barrier further includes two or more layers of coarse-grained geological material separating the two or more layers of geotextile fabric such that any pair of adjacent layers of geotextile fabric is separated by a layer of coarse-grained geological material. The permeable reactive barrier includes a perforated metal casing surrounding and containing the layers of coarse-grained geological materials and geotextile fabric.

Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.

Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.

A non-woven fiber mat for lead-acid batteries is provided. The non-woven fiber mat includes glass fibers coated with a sizing composition, a binder composition, and organic active compounds, wherein the organic active compounds are effective in reducing or preventing sulphation in lead-acid batteries.

A non-woven fiber mat for lead-acid batteries is provided. The non-woven fiber mat includes glass fibers coated with a sizing composition, a binder composition, and organic active compounds, wherein the organic active compounds are effective in reducing or preventing sulphation in lead-acid batteries.

The present invention provides a non-woven mat suitable for use as a facer, for example for insulation products. The non-woven mat comprises a non-woven veil of glass fibres impregnated with a binder/filler composition and advantageously allows walkability, reduced compressibility, and structural support of an otherwise easily compressible and deformable layer, board or material.

The present invention provides a non-woven mat suitable for use as a facer, for example for insulation products. The non-woven mat comprises a non-woven veil of glass fibres impregnated with a binder/filler composition and advantageously allows walkability, reduced compressibility, and structural support of an otherwise easily compressible and deformable layer, board or material.

Provided is a composition that imparts an excellent flexibility to post-treatment fibers and textiles, provides a water-absorptive fiber surface and provides an excellent durability, and can maintain the water absorbency of the fiber surface even after a laundry treatment. Also provided is a fiber treatment agent that contains said composition as an effective component. The composition contains the following component (A) and component (B) wherein the content ratio on a mass basis represented by component (A)/[component (A)+component (B)] is 0.01-1. Component (A) is an organopolysiloxane represented by general formula (1) or a silane represented by general formula (2), and component (B) is water.

Provided is a composition that imparts an excellent flexibility to post-treatment fibers and textiles, provides a water-absorptive fiber surface and provides an excellent durability, and can maintain the water absorbency of the fiber surface even after a laundry treatment. Also provided is a fiber treatment agent that contains said composition as an effective component. The composition contains the following component (A) and component (B) wherein the content ratio on a mass basis represented by component (A)/[component (A)+component (B)] is 0.01-1. Component (A) is an organopolysiloxane represented by general formula (1) or a silane represented by general formula (2), and component (B) is water.

An aqueous binder composition. The aqueous binder composition is obtainable by radically initiated polymerization of vinyl acetate and ethylene, in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol in an aqueous medium, wherein (a) 50 to 94 wt % of vinyl acetate, (b) 5 to 40 wt % of ethylene, (c) 0.2 to 5 wt % of acrylamide and/or methacrylamide, and (d) 0.2 to 5 wt % of maleic anhydride and/or maleic acid are copolymerized in the presence of a polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of 80 to 99 mol %. The amounts in wt % are each based on the total weight of the comonomers and add up in each case to 100 wt %.