The present disclosure provides an outer packing material for vacuum insulation material comprising a thermally weldable film; a resin layer including at least one of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and polyvinyl alcohol; and a gas barrier film including a resin base material, and an inorganic film placed on at least one main surface of the resin base material, wherein the resin layer is placed between the thermally weldable film and the gas barrier film, a water vapor permeability of the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material is 0.03 g/(m.sup.2.Math.day) or less, and a metal layer is not placed in the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material.

The present disclosure provides an outer packing material for vacuum insulation material comprising a thermally weldable film; a resin layer including at least one of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and polyvinyl alcohol; and a gas barrier film including a resin base material, and an inorganic film placed on at least one main surface of the resin base material, wherein the resin layer is placed between the thermally weldable film and the gas barrier film, a water vapor permeability of the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material is 0.03 g/(m.sup.2.Math.day) or less, and a metal layer is not placed in the outer packing material for vacuum insulation material.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing the change in sound insulating property of laminated glass in a relatively high temperature region. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and when the interlayer film is sandwiched between two sheets of green glass having a thickness of 2 mm to obtain a laminated glass X with a size of 25 mm long x 300 mm wide, an absolute value of difference between a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X before irradiation with xenon light and a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X after irradiation with xenon light determined by a specific xenon light irradiation test is 70 Hz or less, a loss factor at 20° C. of the laminated glass X is 0.24 or more, and a solar transmittance of the laminated glass X is 50 or less.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of suppressing the change in sound insulating property of laminated glass in a relatively high temperature region. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a one-layer structure or a two or more-layer structure, and when the interlayer film is sandwiched between two sheets of green glass having a thickness of 2 mm to obtain a laminated glass X with a size of 25 mm long x 300 mm wide, an absolute value of difference between a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X before irradiation with xenon light and a secondary resonance frequency of the laminated glass X after irradiation with xenon light determined by a specific xenon light irradiation test is 70 Hz or less, a loss factor at 20° C. of the laminated glass X is 0.24 or more, and a solar transmittance of the laminated glass X is 50 or less.

A heat-conducting sheet comprising a first heat-conducting layer, a second heat-conducting layer, an interface, a polymer matrix, an anisotropic filler and a non-anisotropic filler, wherein: the first and second heat-conducting layers each comprise the polymer matrix, the anisotropic filler and the non-anisotropic filler, the anisotropic filler oriented in a thickness direction, the first and second heat-conducting layers are laminated via the interface, the interface comprises the polymer matrix and the non-anisotropic filler, a filling ratio of the anisotropic filler in the interface is lower than that in the first and second heat-conducting layers, and a filling ratio of the non-anisotropic filler in the interface is higher than that in the first and second heat-conducting layers; and a method of producing the heat-conducting sheet.

A heat-conducting sheet comprising a first heat-conducting layer, a second heat-conducting layer, an interface, a polymer matrix, an anisotropic filler and a non-anisotropic filler, wherein: the first and second heat-conducting layers each comprise the polymer matrix, the anisotropic filler and the non-anisotropic filler, the anisotropic filler oriented in a thickness direction, the first and second heat-conducting layers are laminated via the interface, the interface comprises the polymer matrix and the non-anisotropic filler, a filling ratio of the anisotropic filler in the interface is lower than that in the first and second heat-conducting layers, and a filling ratio of the non-anisotropic filler in the interface is higher than that in the first and second heat-conducting layers; and a method of producing the heat-conducting sheet.

A process for producing an electrical conductor structure that involves embedding at least one metallic conductor track and at least one heating conductor in an electrically insulating substrate, and producing an electric current in the heating conductor so that a first layer of the substrate and a second layer of the substrate fuse in an area surrounding the heating conductor, to seal an interface between the two layers. A conductor structure is also disclosed, in particular in the form of an implantable electrode lead.

A structure capable of leaving a repetition of heating and cooling as a dynamic deformation amount. The structure retains joining performance of a laminated body made of two types of materials having different thermal properties.

A structure capable of leaving a repetition of heating and cooling as a dynamic deformation amount. The structure retains joining performance of a laminated body made of two types of materials having different thermal properties.

Disclosed herein are methods for making asymmetric laminate structures and methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising subjecting the laminate structures to at least one thermal cycle comprising cooling the laminate structures to a first temperature near or below room temperature and heating the laminate structures to a second temperature near or below the lamination temperature. Also disclosed herein are laminate structures made according to such methods.