Use of porous metal oxide microspheres as light stabilizers for shaped artificial polymer articles, wherein the porous metal oxide microspheres are prepared via a process comprising forming a liquid dispersion of polymer nanoparticles and a metal oxide; forming liquid droplets of the dispersion; drying the droplets to provide polymer template microspheres comprising polymer nanospheres; and removing the polymer nanospheres from the template microspheres to provide the porous metal oxide microspheres.

The present invention provides an artificial marble composition and an artificial marble using the same, the composition including (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic resin syrup, (B) 150 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of an aluminum-based inorganic filler, (C) 8 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of a phosphorus-based flame retardant, and (D) 35 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of a magnesium-based flame retardant.

The present invention provides an artificial marble composition and an artificial marble using the same, the composition including (A) 100 parts by weight of an acrylic resin syrup, (B) 150 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of an aluminum-based inorganic filler, (C) 8 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of a phosphorus-based flame retardant, and (D) 35 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of a magnesium-based flame retardant.

A method for sealing of surfaces comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a first grouting composition; (b) introducing a second component to said first grouting composition to form a third grouting composition; and (c) forming a sealing barrier on a surface from said third grouting composition.

Multifunctional composite building materials, which are obtained by mixing nano silicon dioxide, nano titanium dioxide, nano aluminum oxide and nano zinc oxide with nano nickel-cobalt ferrite or nano nickel-zinc ferrite; surface active agent; air entrained agent such as diethanolamine lauryl sulphonate, protein extracts, pulp waste liquid, diatomite; kumgang medical stone; viscosifier such as hydroxyl ethyl cellulose and foam elimination agent such as tributylphosphoric acid ester or butanol in a certain ratio.

The present invention relates to a solid thermally insulating material, essentially free of phyllosilicates, comprising (a) from 70 to 98% by volume of hydrophobic silica aerogel particles having an intrinsic density between 110 and 210 kg/m, (b) from 0.3 to 12% by volume of an organic binder formed by at least one organic polymer (b1) and at least one surfactant (b2), or by an amphiphilic organic polymer (b3), these volume fractions being determined by image analysis on thin sections of the solid material and being given relative to the total volume of the material, the aerogel particles having a particle size distribution that has at least two maxima, with a first maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (d) of less than 200 m, preferably between 25 m and 150 m, and a second maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (D) between 400 m and 10 mm, preferably between 500 m and 5 mm. It also relates to a thermally insulating product containing at least one layer of this material.

The present invention relates to a solid thermally insulating material, essentially free of phyllosilicates, comprising (a) from 70 to 98% by volume of hydrophobic silica aerogel particles having an intrinsic density between 110 and 210 kg/m, (b) from 0.3 to 12% by volume of an organic binder formed by at least one organic polymer (b1) and at least one surfactant (b2), or by an amphiphilic organic polymer (b3), these volume fractions being determined by image analysis on thin sections of the solid material and being given relative to the total volume of the material, the aerogel particles having a particle size distribution that has at least two maxima, with a first maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (d) of less than 200 m, preferably between 25 m and 150 m, and a second maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (D) between 400 m and 10 mm, preferably between 500 m and 5 mm. It also relates to a thermally insulating product containing at least one layer of this material.

A curing agent comprising methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide and at least one peroxide.

A curing agent comprising methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide and at least one peroxide.

The present invention relates to modified binders comprising nanocomposite based on clay and fumed silica, wherein said modified binder is in particular one which is suitable as an admixture for asphalt binders, in particular bitumen. In a further aspect, a method for producing said modified binder is provided, wherein the nanocomposite based on clay and fumed silica is produced by hydrothermal synthesis. In addition, compositions comprising the modified binders according to the invention, such as asphalt, are provided accordingly, as well as the use of these modified binders to improve the UV resistance, to increase the strength and/or to improve the crack resistance of asphalt.