A reinforced composite is provided that includes at least one planar fiber reinforcement or fabric formed from a plurality of fibers. The fiber reinforcement or fabric has a first side and a second side. The reinforced composite further includes a chemical treatment coated on at least one of said first side and second side and a matrix material.

A reinforced composite is provided that includes at least one planar fiber reinforcement or fabric formed from a plurality of fibers. The fiber reinforcement or fabric has a first side and a second side. The reinforced composite further includes a chemical treatment coated on at least one of said first side and second side and a matrix material.

A resin composition comprises a base resin containing an urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer having a phenoxy group, and a photopolymerization initiator, and hydrophobic inorganic oxide particles, wherein the viscosity is 300 mPa.Math.s or more and 4200 mPa.Math.s or less at 45° C. and the content of the monomer having a phenoxy group is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less based on the total amount of the base resin.

A resin composition comprises a base resin containing an urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer having a phenoxy group, and a photopolymerization initiator, and hydrophobic inorganic oxide particles, wherein the viscosity is 300 mPa.Math.s or more and 4200 mPa.Math.s or less at 45° C. and the content of the monomer having a phenoxy group is 1% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less based on the total amount of the base resin.

Provided are a surface-treated glass cloth capable of enhancing insulation reliability when used to prepare a prepreg, a prepreg and a printed wiring board using the surface-treated glass cloth. The surface-treated glass cloth includes a surface treatment layer on a surface, a glass constituting the glass cloth has a composition containing 52.0 to 60.0 mass % of SiO.sub.2, 15.0 to 26.0 mass % of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 9.0 to 18.0 mass % of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 1.0 to 8.0 mass % of MgO, 1.0 to 10.0 mass % of CaO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of SrO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of TiO.sub.2, and 0.1 to 3.0 mass % in total of F.sub.2 and Cl.sub.2, based on the total amount of the glass, the glass cloth has a surface coverage of 75.0 to 100.0% and a thickness of 8 to 95 μm, and the surface treatment layer contains a silane coupling agent having a methacrylic group and contains no surfactant.

Gypsum panels and methods of making the same are provided herein. The gypsum panels include a barrier coating on a second surface of a coated fiberglass mat, the second surface comprising a coated surface, with the barrier coating comprising an acrylic binder and a filler in an amount of from about 50 to about 75 percent solids by volume of the barrier coating, the barrier coating being deposited in an amount of from about 46 lb/msf to about 60 lb/msf, dry weight. Sheathing systems of at least two such gypsum panels are also provided.

The optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber and covering the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer covering the primary resin layer, wherein the primary resin layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aromatic acid compound, a content of the aromatic acid compound is 20 ppm or more and 12000 ppm or less based on a total amount of the resin composition, and Young's modulus of the primary resin layer is 0.6 MPa or less at 23° C.±2° C.

The optical fiber comprises a glass fiber comprising a core and a cladding, a primary resin layer in contact with the glass fiber and covering the glass fiber, and a secondary resin layer covering the primary resin layer, wherein the primary resin layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and an aromatic acid compound, a content of the aromatic acid compound is 20 ppm or more and 12000 ppm or less based on a total amount of the resin composition, and Young's modulus of the primary resin layer is 0.6 MPa or less at 23° C.±2° C.

A method for manufacturing an optical fiber, the method including: a stripping step of partially stripping a coating layer 12, 13 of the optical fiber 10; a splicing step of fusion-splicing an exposed end surface of a glass fiber 11; and a recoating step of recoating a protective resin 15 covering a stripped portion of the coating layer 12, 13 and an exposed portion of the glass fiber 11, in which the stripping step irradiates the coating layer 12, 13 with a laser light to strip the coating layer 12, 13. A pulse width of the laser light is 50 fs or more and 500 ps or less.

A method for manufacturing an optical fiber, the method including: a stripping step of partially stripping a coating layer 12, 13 of the optical fiber 10; a splicing step of fusion-splicing an exposed end surface of a glass fiber 11; and a recoating step of recoating a protective resin 15 covering a stripped portion of the coating layer 12, 13 and an exposed portion of the glass fiber 11, in which the stripping step irradiates the coating layer 12, 13 with a laser light to strip the coating layer 12, 13. A pulse width of the laser light is 50 fs or more and 500 ps or less.