A method of manufacturing a mineral fibre thermal insulation product comprises the sequential steps of: Forming mineral fibres from a molten mineral mixture; Spraying a substantially formaldehyde free binder solution on to the mineral fibres, the binder solution comprising: a reducing sugar, an acid precursor derivable from an inorganic salt and a source of nitrogen; Collecting the mineral fibres to which the binder solution has been applied to form a batt of mineral fibres; and Curing the batt comprising the mineral fibres and the binder which is in contact with the mineral fibres by passing the batt through a curing oven so as to provide a batt of mineral fibres held together by a substantially water insoluble cured binder.

The present invention relates to an asphalt composition which is excellent in storage stability at a high temperature, an asphalt mixture, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. Provided are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a polyester resin, and a dispersant; [2] an asphalt mixture containing the asphalt composition as set forth above in [1] and an aggregate; [3] a road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt mixture as set forth above in [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer; and [4] a method for producing an asphalt mixture including mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, a dispersant, and an aggregate at 130° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower.

The present invention relates to an asphalt composition which is excellent in storage stability at a high temperature, an asphalt mixture, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. Provided are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a polyester resin, and a dispersant; [2] an asphalt mixture containing the asphalt composition as set forth above in [1] and an aggregate; [3] a road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt mixture as set forth above in [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer; and [4] a method for producing an asphalt mixture including mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, a dispersant, and an aggregate at 130° C. or higher and 200° C. or lower.

The present invention discloses novel calibrants containing between 1 and 5 iodine atoms and methods of making them using linear polymers, hyperbranched polymers, and biological polymers (including but not limited to proteins and peptides.) Methods of using the calibrants are also disclosed, such as mass spectrometry. The novel calibrants disclosed herein have a more cost- and time-efficient synthesis than other calibrants.

A method of manufacturing a mineral fibre thermal insulation product comprises the sequential steps of: Forming mineral fibres from a molten mineral mixture; Spraying a substantially formaldehyde free binder solution on to the mineral fibres, the binder solution comprising: a reducing sugar, an acid precursor derivable from an inorganic salt and a source of nitrogen; Collecting the mineral fibres to which the binder solution has been applied to form a batt of mineral fibres; and Curing the batt comprising the mineral fibres and the binder which is in contact with the mineral fibres by passing the batt through a curing oven so as to provide a batt of mineral fibres held together by a substantially water insoluble cured binder.

The present invention relates to an aqueous emulsion including an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit-containing polymer as a dispersoid and a polyvinyl alcohol as a dispersant. The content of a free polyvinyl alcohol in the aqueous emulsion is 0.2 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit-containing polymer. The free polyvinyl alcohol has a degree of saponification of 80.0 to 99.5 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 200 to 5000, and the free polyvinyl alcohol has a symmetry factor (W.sub.0.05h/2f) that satisfies the following expression (1) as determined by gradient high-performance liquid chromatography for reversed-phase separation using a water-acetone eluent according to JIS K 0124 (2011).

0.85≦W.sub.0.05h/2f≦1.30  (1)

(The definitions of the symbols are omitted.)

The present invention relates to an aqueous emulsion including an ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit-containing polymer as a dispersoid and a polyvinyl alcohol as a dispersant. The content of a free polyvinyl alcohol in the aqueous emulsion is 0.2 to 20 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit-containing polymer. The free polyvinyl alcohol has a degree of saponification of 80.0 to 99.5 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 200 to 5000, and the free polyvinyl alcohol has a symmetry factor (W.sub.0.05h/2f) that satisfies the following expression (1) as determined by gradient high-performance liquid chromatography for reversed-phase separation using a water-acetone eluent according to JIS K 0124 (2011).

0.85≦W.sub.0.05h/2f≦1.30  (1)

(The definitions of the symbols are omitted.)

An object is to provide a crosslinkable resin composition which does not easily cause an increase in the pressure and a discharge variation in an extruder charged with the crosslinkable resin composition, with which an insulating coating layer can be continuously and stably formed by extrusion molding for a long time, thereby realizing an increase in the production unit of an electric wire/cable.

A crosslinkable resin composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by mass of an ethylene-based resin (A), a stabilizer (B) containing 0.001 to 0.5 parts by mass of a hindered amine light stabilizer (B3), and 0.5 to 3.0 parts by mass of an organic peroxide (C). The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) is a mixture of a low-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,000 and a high-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 1,500 to 5,000. The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) has a reduced viscosity of 3.5 to 5.5 cm.sup.3/g (40° C.) and a reduced viscosity of 2.0 to 3.5 cm.sup.3/g (110° C.).

An object is to provide a crosslinkable resin composition which does not easily cause an increase in the pressure and a discharge variation in an extruder charged with the crosslinkable resin composition, with which an insulating coating layer can be continuously and stably formed by extrusion molding for a long time, thereby realizing an increase in the production unit of an electric wire/cable.

A crosslinkable resin composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by mass of an ethylene-based resin (A), a stabilizer (B) containing 0.001 to 0.5 parts by mass of a hindered amine light stabilizer (B3), and 0.5 to 3.0 parts by mass of an organic peroxide (C). The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) is a mixture of a low-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,000 and a high-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 1,500 to 5,000. The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) has a reduced viscosity of 3.5 to 5.5 cm.sup.3/g (40° C.) and a reduced viscosity of 2.0 to 3.5 cm.sup.3/g (110° C.).

An object is to provide a crosslinkable resin composition which does not easily cause an increase in the pressure and a discharge variation in an extruder charged with the crosslinkable resin composition, with which an insulating coating layer can be continuously and stably formed by extrusion molding for a long time, thereby realizing an increase in the production unit of an electric wire/cable.

A crosslinkable resin composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by mass of an ethylene-based resin (A), a stabilizer (B) containing 0.001 to 0.5 parts by mass of a hindered amine light stabilizer (B3), and 0.5 to 3.0 parts by mass of an organic peroxide (C). The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) is a mixture of a low-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,000 and a high-molecular-weight hindered amine compound having a molecular weight of 1,500 to 5,000. The hindered amine light stabilizer (B3) has a reduced viscosity of 3.5 to 5.5 cm.sup.3/g (40° C.) and a reduced viscosity of 2.0 to 3.5 cm.sup.3/g (110° C.).