The present invention refers to a Vacuum Insulating Glazing (VIG) able to provide excellent thermal insulation to the transparent components of curtain walling systems in buildings and to cabinets for domestic or commercial refrigerators, and to a process for its manufacture.

A ceramic or composite coating is prepared from a mixture of a fire-resistant binder and an inorganic filler such that the mixture is suitable to be applied as a coating to a substrate, can be cured in situ, and protects the underlying substrate to which it is applied. In one example, the inorganic filler includes fly ash, where a mix ratio of the inorganic filler to the fire-resistant binder is from 1:1 to 9:1 by weight. The mixture can be cured in air at room temperature to form a composite coating on wood, metal, composites, and other substrates. High temperature processing can convert the composite to a ceramic.

[Problem to be solved] To provide a water-soluble film having good transparency and good releasability from a support with less surfactant content.

[Solution] A water-soluble film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin and surfactant, wherein a content of the surfactant is 0.005 to 1 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol resin, and a ratio S(0)/S(32) of an abundance amount S(0) of the surfactant on at least one surface of the water-soluble film to an abundance amount S(32) of the surfactant on a cross-section surface at a depth of 32 nm from the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, measured by a count number of fragment ions derived from the surfactant detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry on the at least one surface of the water-soluble film, is in the range of 100 to 500.

Flame retardant mixtures, flame-retardant polymer compositions, cables endowed therewith and use thereof What are described are flame retardant mixtures comprising a) salt of a phosphinic acid of the formula (I) in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl that are optionally substituted, M is an m-valent cation, and m is 1 to 4, b) salt of a phosphinic acid of the formula (II) that differs from component a) in which R.sub.3 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, preferably with alkyl radicals as substituents, R.sub.4 is alkyl with an even number of carbon atoms, with the proviso that, if R.sub.1 and/or R.sub.2 are alkyl, R.sub.4 has twice, three times or four times the number of carbon atoms of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2, M is an n-valent cation, and n is 1 to 4, c) organylphosphonate, d) phosphite, e) silicate, alumosilicate and/or silicon dioxide which is solid at 25° C., f) a representative selected from the group of triazine complex, polyphosphate, hypophosphite, nitrogen-containing diphosphate, organophosphate, phosphazene and/or polyphosphonate, g) optionally a representative selected from the group of metal hydroxide, metal carbonate, metal borate, zinc stannate and/or intumescent additive, and h) optionally pigment. The mixtures can be used for production of flame-retardant polymer compositions comprising thermoplastic and elastomeric polymers that are of excellent suitability for production of cable sheaths or cable insulations.

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A flame-retardant polyimide molding material and a molded article including the flame-retardant polyimide molding material, where the flame-retardant polyimide molding material includes a semi-aromatic polyimide resin (A) and carbon fiber (B), and the flame-retardant polyimide molding material includes 15 to 80 mass % of the carbon fiber (B).

A prepreg including an epoxide resin matrix system and fibrous reinforcement, at least partially impregnated by the epoxide resin matrix system, the epoxide resin matrix system having the components: a. a mixture of (i) at least one epoxide-containing resin and (ii) at least one catalyst for curing the at least one epoxide-containing resin; and b. a plurality of solid fillers for providing fire retardant properties to the fibre-reinforced composite material formed after catalytic curing of the at least one epoxide-containing resin, and wherein the fibrous reinforcement is a woven fabric ply of an interwoven mixture of glass fibres and carbon fibres, the woven fabric ply has a weight of from 350 to 550 g/m.sup.2 and is from 40 to 95 wt % glass fibres and from 5 to 60 wt % carbon fibres, each based on the weight of the woven fabric ply, and the proportion by weight of carbon fibres, expressed as C in wt %, in the woven fabric ply is defined by the formula:

[00001]$C\ge \left(-0.0048W+2.0858\right)\times 100\%,$ where W is the weight of the woven fabric ply in g/m.sup.2,
and the proportion by weight of glass fibres, expressed as G wt %, in the woven fabric ply is defined by the formula: G=(100−C) %.

The invention relates to a curable silicone composition comprising (A) a polyorganosiloxane polymer, (B) a cross-linking organosilicon compound having at least 2 silicon-bonded reactive groups, (C) a catalyst capable of promoting the reaction between component (A) and component (B); and (D) from 0.001 to 20%, preferably from 0.01 to 16%, more preferably from 0.05 to 12% of a bentonite, based on the total weight of the other components in the composition; wherein the bentonite is treated with a treatment agent containing at least a quaternary ammonium salt. Furthermore, it is also related to a method of improving the flame resistance of a curable silicone composition as well as a product obtained therefrom.

The present invention relates to an article, especially a cooktop or a furniture element, comprising at least one substrate, such as a plate, made of glass-ceramic, said substrate being coated in at least one zone with a paint comprising at least: 1) a silicone resin comprising methyl and phenyl groups, 2) one or more lamellar inorganic fillers with a thickness of less than 2 μm and with lateral dimensions, for at least 80% by weight of said fillers, of between 10 μm and 65 μm, including at least: 2a) mica(s), and 2b) talc and/or one or more carbonates, 3) one or more black pigments.

The present invention also relates to a process for obtaining said article.

A condensation-curable resin composition which contains: (A) an organosilicon compound containing a structural unit (i) represented by the following formula (i) and a structural unit (ii) represented by the following formula (ii), having a SiOH group at both ends of the molecular chain, and having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 10,000,000 or less; and (B) an organometallic compound having three or more condensation-reactive groups. In formula (i), each R.sup.1 is independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. In formula (ii), each R.sup.2 is independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

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A battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a positive electrode lead which is connected to the positive electrode, and a protective tape which covers the positive electrode lead. The protective tape includes a base material layer and an adhesive layer that is arranged on the base material layer; and the adhesive layer contains an adhesive material and a filler which contains at least one compound that is selected from among phosphoric acid group-containing compounds, boric acid group-containing compounds and silicic acid group-containing compounds.