Load-bearing apparatus/systems for location in the vicinity of energized power lines are provided. The apparatus includes a base member. The base member has an upper layer and a backing surface layer. An uppermost surface of the upper layer is adapted to support on it at least power line workers and/or related stringing equipment. At least the uppermost surface of the upper layer is adapted to be electrically conductive. Methods for forming the apparatus are also provided.

A magnesium alloy/resin composite structure (106) including a magnesium alloy member (103) and a resin member (105) integrated to the magnesium alloy member (103) and made of a thermoplastic resin composition, in which the magnesium alloy member (103) surface to which the resin member (105) is not integrated is coated with a layer including a manganese atom, an oxygen atom, and a sulfur atom.

A radiative cooling device that is in a state in which a radiative surface is colored is provided. A radiative cooling device CP includes an infrared radiative layer A that radiates infrared light IR from a radiative surface H, a light reflective layer B that is disposed on the side opposite to the radiative surface H with respect to the infrared radiative layer A, and a color portion X. The infrared radiative layer A is a resin material layer J that has a thickness adjusted so as to emit a heat radiation energy greater than an absorbed solar energy in a wavelength range from 8 μm to 14 μm, and the color portion X contains a colorant that absorbs light in the visible range

A concrete construction (100) made by 3D concrete printing that contains: two or more layers (102, 106) of cementitious material extruded one above the other, and at least one elongated steel element (104, 108) reinforcing at least one of the two or more layers. The elongated steel element (104, 108) is provided with a first crimp. Due to the crimp, a good anchorage in concrete is obtained and the anchorage force is predictable, since the standard deviation of the anchorage force is very small. The elongated steel element can be a single steel wire with a diameter D, the amplitude of the crimp ranges from 1.05×D to 5.0×D. The elongated steel element can also be a steel with steel filaments having a maximum diameter d. The amplitude of the crimp ranges from 1.05×d to 5.0×d.

Curable compositions comprising a urethane multifunctional (meth)acrylate, a photo initiator system, a moisture-cure initiator, and an oligomer, where the oligomer is represented by the formula (I) where each X.sup.1 is independently alkylene; each X.sup.2 is independently alkylene, polyether, polyester, or polyurethane; R.sup.1 is a (meth)acrylate; R.sup.2 is urethane or isocyanate; and R.sup.3 alkylene (meth)acrylate, polyester (meth)acrylate, polyether, polyester, polyurethane, or nothing, and where the ratio of (meth)acrylate to isocyanate in the oligomer is 1:1 to 1:2. Methods of making curable compositions, methods of sealing a substrate, and methods of adhering two substrates are provided.

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The present invention relates to a water-soluble co-polyester polymer. The polymer of the present invention is used for inline coating of BOPET film manufacturing, coating of BOPET film used as primer for vacuum metallization and surface coating of Aluminum sheets. The polymer of the present invention provides wide range of printability performances and high metal to film bond strength with minimum gain in weight. The disclosed polymer also provides Tape Test resistant printing and retort resistant layered/composite film.

The present invention relates to a water-soluble co-polyester polymer. The polymer of the present invention is used for inline coating of BOPET film manufacturing, coating of BOPET film used as primer for vacuum metallization and surface coating of Aluminum sheets. The polymer of the present invention provides wide range of printability performances and high metal to film bond strength with minimum gain in weight. The disclosed polymer also provides Tape Test resistant printing and retort resistant layered/composite film.

A thermal insulation system for an aerospace duct through which high temperature fluid, greater than 500 F, passes. The thermal insulation system can experience pressures less than 80 kilopascals and can be included in a turbine engine. The thermal insulation system includes at least a first foil layer confronting the duct, an insulation layer confronting the first foil layer, a second foil layer confronting the insulation layer, and at least one coating applied to any one of the layers.

A terminal-coating resin film according to one aspect of the present disclosure is so disposed in a power storage device including a power storage device body and a terminal electrically connected to the power storage device body as to cover an outer peripheral surface of part of the terminal. The terminal-coating resin film has a single-layer structure or a multilayer structure and includes a resin layer having at least one secondary dispersion peak γ within a range of −130° C. to −50° C. in a profile of a loss tangent tan δ obtained by dynamic viscoelastic measurement under a condition of 1.0 Hz. The terminal-coating film is comprised of a resin composition including a first resin including polyolefin and a second resin including at least one resin selected from polyester, polyamide, polycarbonate, and polyphenylene ether.

A power storage device packaging material of the present disclosure includes: a laminate at least including a substrate layer, a barrier layer, and a sealant layer, which are disposed in this order; and an adhesive layer interposed between the substrate layer and the barrier layer, the adhesive layer containing a polyurethane-based compound made of a reaction product of at least one polyester polyol resin and at least one polyfunctional isocyanate compound, wherein the polyfunctional isocyanate compound contains an isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate, and a content of isocyanate groups derived from the isocyanurate of isophorone diisocyanate in the polyfunctional isocyanate compound is 5 mol % to 100 mol % relative to a total amount of isocyanate groups contained in the polyfunctional isocyanate compound of 100 mol %.