The invention relates to a microemulsion comprising water in an amount of 1-30 w %; sodium or potassium oleate, Na/K salts of tall oil fatty acid, and/or Na/K salts of C16-C18 saturated or unsaturated fatty acids in an amount of 10-40 w %; oleic acid, tall oil fatty acid, or C16-C18 saturated or unsaturated fatty acids in an amount of 2-40 w %; ethanol in an amount of 0-40 w %; glycerol in an amount of 5-40 w %; and liquid hydrocarbon(s) in an amount of 5-40 w %, up to a maximum or total of components parts of 100 w %. Moreover, methods of manufacture and uses of the microemulsion are disclosed.

Coating compositions for coating fluid handling components, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of a fluid handling component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

Coating compositions for coating fluid handling components, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of a fluid handling component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

There is provided a corrosion-resistant member in which a corrosion-resistant coating film is less likely to peel off from a base material even when the corrosion-resistant member is subjected to a thermal history. The corrosion-resistant member includes: a base material (10) containing aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and a corrosion-resistant coating film (20) formed on the surface of the base material (10), in which the corrosion-resistant coating film (20) contains aluminum fluoride hydroxide AlF.sub.3−x(OH).sub.x in which a space group belongs to R-3c, and x in the chemical formula is 0.05 or more and 1.00 or less.

There is provided a coating for corrosion protection of metal objects, said coating comprising at least one cerium oxide and at least one polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises 29 or less amino acid residues wherein at least 15% of the number of amino acid residues are DOPA. Advantages include a fast establishment of the corrosion protective properties in an applied coating.

Disclosed is an electrical steel sheet with an insulating coating formed by applying a surface-treatment agent to at least one surface of the electrical steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent, wherein the surface-treatment agent contains: certain trialkoxysilane and/or dialkoxysilane (A); a silane coupling agent (B) that does not contain a polymerizable unsaturated group in its structure; plate-like silica (C); a polymerizable unsaturated-group-containing compound (D); and water, within a range satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) a mass ratio (A/B) of (A) to (B) is from 0.05 to 1.00; (2) a content of (C) is 2 mass % to 30 mass % with respect to a total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent; and (3) a content of (D) is 2 mass % to 18 mass % with respect to the total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent.

Functionalized textile materials are provided. At least a portion of a textile surface in includes a ceramic material, such as a binderless porous structured ceramic, and optionally, one or more functional layer is applied, resulting in a textile material with one or more desirable functional properties, such as hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, flame retardancy, photocatalysis, anti-fouling, and/or deodorant properties.

A curable composition comprising a condensate having an alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein the curable composition has at least one peak with a concentration fraction of 250000 or more in a range where the molecular weight in terms of standard polyethylene glycol is 500 or more and 2000 or less in a differential molecular weight distribution curve determined from a chromatogram obtained by GPC chromatography.

A curable composition comprising a condensate having an alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein the curable composition has at least one peak with a concentration fraction of 250000 or more in a range where the molecular weight in terms of standard polyethylene glycol is 500 or more and 2000 or less in a differential molecular weight distribution curve determined from a chromatogram obtained by GPC chromatography.

The invention relates to the use of coatings of nanoscale SiO.sub.2 particles in water-carrying cooling systems to prevent abrasive corrosion and depositions as well as to a method for the production of such a coating.