Abstract: A patient isolation unit (PIU) for use in marine rescues. The PIU of this invention is useful to safely transport personnel exposed to, or potentially exposed to, an identified and/or known infectious agent or chemical warfare agent (CWA) on marine vessels and/or aircraft such as Coast Guard boasts, cutters and aircraft. The PIU has a generally tapered tubular shape compatible with wire rescue baskets conforming in shape to the human body and into which an injured, sick, or disabled person can be safely strapped, such as the Stokes litter rescue basket for hoisting and fit in rotary wing aircraft.

Abstract: A method of coating a paper surface proceeds by applying a composition which is low in volatile organic compounds (VOC) or essentially free of VOC, wherein the composition is art least partially based on one or more partially or fully hydrolyzed and optionally condensed or co-condensed aminoalkyl- and oligosilyated-aminoalkyl-, alkoxy- or hydroxy-functional silicon compounds and the alcohol is at least partially removed from the composition

Abstract: A patient isolation unit (PIU) for use in marine rescues. The PIU of this invention is useful to safely transport personnel exposed to, or potentially exposed to, an identified and/or known infectious agent or chemical warfare agent (CWA) on marine vessels and/or aircraft such as Coast Guard boasts, cutters and aircraft. The PIU has a generally tapered tubular shape compatible with wire rescue baskets conforming in shape to the human body and into which an injured, sick, or disabled person can be safely strapped, such as the Stokes litter rescue basket for hoisting and fit in rotary wing aircraft.

Abstract: A composition has particularly good solubility in water. The composition includes an aminoalkyl-functional and/or oligo-silylated-aminoalkyl-, hydroxy-, and optionally alkoxy-functional silicon compound having reacted units of (A) an aminoalkylalkoxysilane; (B) a bis-silylated alkylamine; (C) a tri-silylated alkylamine; and (D) at least two of the alkylamines (A), (B), and (C), where the free alcohol content of the composition is less than or equal to 1% by weight, based on the composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder for composite materials comprising cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing materials, which is based on the components (i) at least one binder from the series consisting of organic resins, isocyanates, natural or near-natural binders and (ii) at least one composition based on an aminoalkylsilane. The invention furthermore relates to a composite material which is at least based on a cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing material and the abovementioned binder, a process for the production of such a composite material and the use of the binder system according to the invention for the production of wood-based materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agent for providing substrates based on cellulose and/or starch with water-repellent and simultaneously antifungal, antibacterial, insect-repellent and antialgal properties, which contains water and, as active substance, at least one linear, cyclic, branched or crosslinked co-oligomer or mixtures of co-oligomers from the series consisting of the alkyl-/aminoalkyl-/alkoxy- or hydroxy-siloxanes, the use of such agents and a special treatment process using such agents.

Abstract: A process for preparing an alkylamino-alkylalkoxysilane of formula (I) R—(NR?)—Y—Si(R1)n(OR2)3-n (I) in which R is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R? is a hydrogen (H) or is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y is a bivalent alkyl group from the group of —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)3—, —(CH2)(CH(CH3))(CH2)— and —(CH2)4—, R1 and R2 groups are the same or different and are each a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is 0 or 1 or 2, by reacting an alkylamine, used in excess, distilling off excess free alkylamine, treating the remaining product mixture with the alkylaminoalkylalkoxysilane and working up.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for performing a controlled hydrolysis and condensation of an epoxy-functional silane of the general formula I R1-SiR?m(OR)3-m (I) in which R1 is a (III) or (IV) group and R, R? and R? groups are the same or different and are each hydrogen (H) or a linear, branched or cyclic, optionally substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A and A? groups are the same or different and are each a bivalent alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 groups are the same or different and R2 is a linear, branched or cyclic, optionally substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and m is 0 or 1, and optionally of at least one further organofunctional silane of the general formula II R2-SiR?n(OR)3-n (II) in which R2 is an organofunctional group as already defined above, R? is methyl, R groups are each independently hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is 0 or 1, where from 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linear, cyclic or branched polyether-functional siloxane or a mixture of polyether-functional siloxanes of the general formula (I) R[—O(3-h)/2Si(R1)(OR)h]x[—O(3-i-j)/2Si(R2)(R3)i(OR)j]y, (II) in which groups R are identical or different and R is essentially H, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, 2-methoxyethyl or 2-hydroxyethyl or, in the case of cyclic siloxanes, may be a silyl radical of the silyl units of the formula (I), groups R1 are identical or different and R1 is a terminally blocked polyether group of the formula (II), R4—O[—R5—O]n[(—R6)m]— (II) and groups R2 are identical or different and R2 is a linear, branched or cyclic, optionally substituted alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a mercaptoalkyl group or an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or an aminoalkyl group or the general formula (III) H2N(CH2)d[(NH)e(CH2)f]g—(CH2)3— (III) The

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material based on (a) a cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing material and (b) a composite as a binder, the composite resulting from the reaction of at least the components (i) a glycidyloxypropylalkoxysilane, (ii) an aqueous silica sol having a solids content of >20% by weight, (iii) an organic acid as a hydrolysis catalyst and (iv) n-propyl zirconate, butyl titanate or titanium acetylacetonate as a crosslinking agent. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the production of said composite materials and the use of a composite (b) as a binder for the production of wood-based materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sol-gel composition which is dilutable with water in any proportion and is based on the reaction of at least the following components: (i) a glycidyloxypropylalkoxysilane, (ii) an aqueous silica sol having a solids content of >1% by weight, (iii) an organic acid as hydrolysis catalyst, and (iv) n-propyl zirconate, butyl titanate or titanium acetylacetonate as crosslinker, starting from a mass ratio of the solids mass of component (ii) to component (i) 0.75, a process for preparing it and its use, in particular as a sol-gel composition for corrosion control coatings, a corresponding corrosion control coat or primer coat, and articles equipped with such a coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition in coating agents, which is poor in volatile organic compounds (VOC) or essentially free of VOC, wherein the composition is at least partially based on one or more partially or fully hydrolyzed and optionally condensed or co-condensed aminoalkyl- and oligosilylated-aminoalkyl-, alkoxy- or hydroxy-functional silicon compounds and the alcohol is at least partially removed from the composition. The invention also relates to a composition containing aminoalkyl- or oligosilylated-aminoalkyl-, hydroxy- and optionally alkoxy-functional silicon compounds and to a method for producing such a composition.

Abstract: A composite material, useful in producing wood-based materials, comprises (a) at least one cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing material and (b) at least one aminoalkylsilane, or at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and at least one further functional silane, or an aqueous solution which contains the at least one aminoalkylsilane or the at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and the at least one further functional silane.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agent for providing substrates based on cellulose and/or starch with water-repellent and simultaneously antifungal, antibacterial, insect-repellent and antialgal properties, which contains water and, as active substance, at least one linear, cyclic, branched or crosslinked co-oligomer or mixtures of co-oligomers from the series consisting of the alkyl-/aminoalkyl-/alkoxy- or hydroxy-siloxanes, the use of such agents and a special treatment process using such agents.

Abstract: A process for preparing an alkylaminoalkylalkoxysilane of formula (I) R—(NR?)—Y—Si(R1)n(OR2)3-n (I) in which R is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R? is a hydrogen (H) or is a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y is a bivalent alkyl group from the group of —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)3—, —(CH2)(CH(CH3))(CH2)— and —(CH2)4—, R1 and R2 groups are the same or different and are each a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is 0 or 1 or 2, by reacting an alkylamine, used in excess, with a haloalkylalkoxysilane, distilling off excess free alkylamine, treating the remaining product mixture with the alkylaminoalkylalkoxysilane and working up.

Abstract: Stable low chloride solutions of hydrosalts of an organic acid with a N-substituted aminopolysiloxane in the form of a T structural unit contain at least one lower alcohol, and at least one stabilizer. Methods to prepare the stable low-chloride solutions are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for performing a controlled hydrolysis and condensation of an epoxy-functional silane of the general formula I R1-SiR?m(OR)3-m (I) in which R1 is a (III) or (IV) group and R, R? and R? groups are the same or different and are each hydrogen (H) or a linear, branched or cyclic, optionally substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, A and A? groups are the same or different and are each a bivalent alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, R2 groups are the same or different and R2 is a linear, branched or cyclic, optionally substituted alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and m is 0 or 1, and optionally of at least one further organofunctional silane of the general formula II R2-SiR?n(OR)3-n (II) in which R2 is an organofunctional group as already defined above, R? is methyl, R groups are each independently hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n is 0 or 1, where from 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, to a reactor and to a process for continuous industrial performance of a reaction wherein allyl glycidyl ether A is reacted with an HSi compound B in the presence of a catalyst C and optionally of further assistants, and the system is based at least on the combination of reactants (3) for components A (1) and B (2), at least one multielement reactor (5) which in turn comprises at least two reactor units in the form of exchangeable pre-reactors (5.1) and at least one further reactor unit (5.3) connected downstream of the prereactors, and on a product workup (8).

Abstract: The present invention provides a new corrosion control coating for metals, a process for preparing it, and its use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing silicon compounds bearing fluoroalkyl groups by hydrosilylation of a fluoroolefin in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst, which comprises initially charging and heating a hydrogenchlorosilane, then metering in the fluoroolefin and reacting the reaction mixture and subsequently isolating the hydrosilylation product.