The invention relates to a one-part, foamable hot melt gasket sealant. The foamable hot melt adhesive comprises greater than about 35 wt % of a rubber block copolymer, a tackifier and less than about 5 wt % of a wax. The foamable hot melt adhesive can be applied onto a space in between two mating surfaces without expensive foam-in-place equipment. The foamable hot melt gasket sealant is particularly suitable in automotive applications, electrical component and technical lighting sectors.

A resin composition including at least (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent and (C) an inorganic filler, satisfies the following conditions: (I-I) the minimum modulus is no greater than 10.sup.4 MPa when evaluated at a set temperature of 200° C. after temperature increase from room temperature to 200° C. at 50° C./min by evaluation with a rheometer, and the final modulus is 10.sup.5 MPa or greater from 10 minutes after the initial temperature increase; (I-II) the softening point of the epoxy resin (A) is 35° C. or higher; (I-III) the residual solvent in the resin composition is no greater than 0.1%; and (I-IV) the equivalent value of the curing agent (B) is no greater than 90 g/eq and the softening point is 105° C. or higher.

A resin composition including at least (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent and (C) an inorganic filler, satisfies the following conditions: (I-I) the minimum modulus is no greater than 10.sup.4 MPa when evaluated at a set temperature of 200° C. after temperature increase from room temperature to 200° C. at 50° C./min by evaluation with a rheometer, and the final modulus is 10.sup.5 MPa or greater from 10 minutes after the initial temperature increase; (I-II) the softening point of the epoxy resin (A) is 35° C. or higher; (I-III) the residual solvent in the resin composition is no greater than 0.1%; and (I-IV) the equivalent value of the curing agent (B) is no greater than 90 g/eq and the softening point is 105° C. or higher.

The present invention provides aqueous caulk or sealant compositions that are substantially free of any plasticizer comprising an aqueous emulsion copolymer having a broad measured glass transition temperature by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), soft phases and hard phases, and two separate Tan Delta transition temperatures as measured by dimensional mechanical analysis (DMA), (ii) one or more filler in a filler to binder ratio of up to 4:1, and (iii) from 0.2 to 5 wt. % as solids, based on the total weight of the composition, of one or more thickener or rheology modifier. In addition, the invention provides methods of making the composition comprising polymerizing by gradually adding from a flask into a polymerization vessel a soft monomer composition, and, after feeding at least 20 wt. % of such composition in the vessel, gradually adding into the flask a hard comonomer composition, feeding all flask contents into the vessel and polymerizing.

The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), a component (C), and a component (D), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:20, the component (A) being a silane compound (co)polymer that is represented by a formula (a-1) or a formula (a-2),

(CHR.sup.1X.sup.0-D-SiO.sub.3/2).sub.m(R.sup.2SiO.sub.3/2).sub.n(CHR.sup.1X.sup.0-D-SiZ.sup.1O.sub.2/2).sub.o(R.sup.2SiZ.sup.2O.sub.2/2).sub.p(CHR.sup.1X.sup.0-D-SiZ.sup.3.sub.2O.sub.1/2).sub.q(R.sup.2SiZ.sup.4.sub.2O.sub.1/2).sub.r   (a-1)

(R.sup.3SiO.sub.3/2).sub.s(R.sup.3SiZ.sup.5O.sub.2/2).sub.t(R.sup.3SiZ.sup.5.sub.2O.sub.1/2).sub.u   (a-2) the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of more than 0.04 μm and 8 μm or less, the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and the component (D) being a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and an optical element-securing composition, and a cured product, and an optical element-securing material, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.

A one component spray polyurethane foam formulation containing a polymeric isocyanate with nominal functionality of 2.5 to 3.5, a polyol component that is at least 85 percent aliphatic and having a mole ratio of polyol with three or more functionality to total polyol of 0.2 to 0.75, 15-30 wt % of a plasticizer, 1.5-3.5 wt % phosphorous, 5.5 to 11.5 halogen and 1.5 to 5 millimoles of blowing agent per gram of formulation and that is free of expandable graphite achieves a B2 rating in DIN 4102 testing.

The present invention is a sealing material composition comprising a moisture absorbent, and a sealing resin having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000, the moisture absorbent comprising a compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (1), and

##STR00001## a sealing sheet, and an electronic device member, and an electronic device.

The sealing material composition according to the present invention makes it possible to easily produce a sealing sheet that exhibits excellent transparency, an excellent water vapor barrier capability, and high adhesion, and the sealing sheet according to the present invention exhibits excellent transparency, an excellent water vapor barrier capability, and high adhesion, and may suitably be used to seal an organic EL device and the like, and the electronic device member and the electronic device according to the present invention rarely deteriorate, and exhibit excellent long-term reliability.

A precipitated silica having an SiOH.sub.isolated absorbance ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5, a silanol group density of 1 to 3.0 SiOH/nm.sup.2, a modified tapped density of 1 to 50 g/l, and a pH of 3-5, when measured as a aqueous suspension of 5.00 g of the precipitated silica in 100 ml. of deionized water allows preparation of storage-stable RTV-1 silicone rubber formulations without stabilizer. A process for preparing the precipitated silica and its use in thickening sealants is provided.

An acrylic rubber that is a copolymer in which 1 to 3 wt. % of a fumaric acid monoalkyl ester monomer containing an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms is copolymerized as a crosslinkable comonomer, wherein 45 to 65 wt. % of n-butyl acrylate, 12 to 32 wt. % of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, and 11 to 30 wt. % of ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate are copolymerized in 100 wt. % of comonomers other than the crosslinkable comonomer. This acrylic rubber can suppress the reduction of oil resistance while improving cold resistance represented by a TR-10 value.

Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation.