Abstract: An adhesive tape including: i) a metal film having a thickness of not more than 100 ?m, ii) a polymeric support layer having first and second major surfaces, iii) a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and iv) optionally a release liner covering an outer major surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer facing away from the polymeric support layer, wherein the polymeric support layer is arranged between the metal film and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method for producing a waterbar, the method including steps of providing first and second sealing elements each including a carrier layer having upper and lower major surfaces and a filled polymeric layer covering at least a portion of the upper major surface of the carrier layer and bonding the lower major surface of the carrier layer of the first sealing element to at least a portion of the lower major surface of the carrier layer of the second sealing element.

Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions including an epoxy resin, a dihydrazide curing agent and a specific terminally blocked polyurethane prepolymer as a toughening agent. The compositions feature good mechanical properties and storage stability and a low curing temperature. The epoxy resin compositions are especially suitable for use as bodywork adhesive.

Abstract: A hydraulic composition useful as ultra-high performance concrete and ultra-high performance grouts and including: a) 100 mass parts of Portland Cement, b) 20-60, mass parts of at least one pozzolane, c) 30-120 mass parts, of at least one aggregate, having an average particle size D50 of between 63 ?m and 8 mm, d) 0.01-10 mass parts of a cement dispersant, and e) not more than 30 mass parts, of water.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminate, wherein a wooden element is provided, the wooden element is coated on the top side with a an adhesive that is applied in liquid form and includes at least one polymer that is liquid at room temperature and contains silane groups, at least one liquid epoxy resin and at least one amine hardener, the applied adhesive is covered with a layer of a liquid cementitious composition while still wet, and the liquid cementitious composition and the adhesive each cure. The method enables the durable joining of wooden elements and cementitious elements in an easy-to-implement, wet-on-wet method. The laminates obtained from the method are comparatively light, stable and robust and are especially suitable as sustainable components in above-ground construction.

Abstract: A composition includes a first component containing at least one polyaspartic acid ester (P1-1) and optionally a polyaspartic acid ester (P1-2) and a mixture of various polyetheraspartic acid esters (P2), and of a second component containing at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate (B1) and at least one isocyanate prepolymer (B2). The composition is particularly suitable as a cover coating composition. Said composition has a good adhesion on polyurea and polyurethane membranes, in particular roof membranes, and has drying times of less than 120 min, an elongation at break of 80-200% and a tensile strength of more than 6 N/mm2.

Abstract: A process for the reduction of the content of a compound I of general formula (II) where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, each R2, independently from each other, is hydrogen or methyl, R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon with 1-8 carbon atoms, AO is a C2-C12 oxyalkylene group, x=0 or 1, and n=2-350, from a mixture including or consisting of a compound I of general formula (II) and an alkoxylated alcohol A of general formula (I) where R1, R2, R3, AO, x, and n are as described in general formula (II) above, characterized in that the process includes a treatment of the mixture including or consisting of a compound I and an alkoxylated alcohol A with an acid. Also, the use of the alkoxylated alcohols A for the production of polycarboxylate ethers.

Abstract: A method for connecting an edge metal flashing to a roofing membrane, the method including the steps of: providing a roof assembly including a roof substrate, an edge metal flashing, and a roofing membrane, wherein a portion of the roofing membrane is trapped between the flashing and substrate and wherein the membrane is a water impermeable liquid applied membrane; applying a reactive adhesive layer to a portion of an upper major surface of the flashing; applying an epoxy resin layer on top of the reactive adhesive layer; and applying a water impermeable liquid applied membrane on top of the epoxy resin layer so that the applied water impermeable liquid applied membrane also covers a part of the water impermeable liquid applied membrane. The method provides an edge metal flashing connection system which is easy to apply and provides the required long-term watertightness.

Abstract: Use of a comb polymer as an inerting agent for non-swelling layer-silicates, the comb polymer including: a) at least one poly(alkylene oxide) side chain-bearing monomer unit M1 without ionic groups, b) optionally at least one cationic monomer unit MC, wherein the molar ratio of the cationic monomer units MC to the side chain-bearing monomer units M1 is equal to or less than 0.1, preferably less than 0.05, c) optionally at least one anionic monomer unit MA, wherein the molar ratio of the anionic monomer units MA to the side chain-bearing monomer units M1 is less than 1, preferably equal to or less than 0.5, and c) optionally at least one non-ionic monomer unit M3, wherein the molar ratio of the non-ionic monomer units M3 to the side chain-bearing monomer units M1 is less than 7, preferably equal to or less than 3.

Abstract: A method for the activation by an activator including ultrafine calcium carbonate and at least one alkanolamine of mineral binders including steelmaking slag. The invention also relates to building materials comprising an activated mineral binder obtained by such methods and uses thereof.

Abstract: A membrane used in waterproofing, roofing and tunneling applications, the membrane includes a barrier layer including thermoplastic polymer component and a contact layer bonded directly to at least portion of the barrier layer, the contact layer includes a mixture of mineral binder component, thermoplastic polymer component, and surfactant component. Also includes a method for producing the membrane, a method for waterproofing a substrate, to a waterproofed construction, to a method for sealing a substrate against water penetration and to a sealed construction for sealing a substrate against water penetration.

Abstract: A modular expansion joint system includes transverse vehicle load bearing members which are positioned in a gap defined between adjacent spaced-apart structural members, support members positioned below the transverse vehicle load bearing members and extending across the expansion joint gap between the adjacent structural members. Elastomeric seals that extend between adjacent transversely extending, spaced-apart, load bearing members, and between transversely extending, spaced-apart, load bearing members and edge beams or sections that are at least partially embedded within the structural members for controlling movement of the support members, and one or more non-elastomeric compressive members for controlling the spacing between the transverse vehicle load bearing members.

Abstract: An admixture for mineral binder compositions, including, with respect to the overall weight of the admixture: a) 0.1-30 wt. % of an alkali swellable polymer; b) 0-45 wt. % of a defoamer; c) 0-25 wt. % of a surfactant, especially an anionic surfactant and/or a non-ionic surfactant; d) 0-10 wt. % of one or more processing additives; e) 0-75 wt. % of water; whereby at least one of the defoamer and the surfactant is present with a proportion>0 wt. %.

Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions include, as curing agent, a dihydrazide, in combination with an imidazolium salt as an accelerator for the curing agent wherein the molar ratio of the curing agent to the accelerator is from 6-120. The compositions feature good storage stability and a low curing temperature. The epoxy resin compositions are especially suitable for use as bodywork adhesive.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating element for insulating a structural element in a motor vehicle, comprising a carrier and an expandable material arranged on the carrier. The carrier has at least one dome and is designed in such a manner that, when stacking a plurality of identical insulating elements, respective domes of adjacent insulating elements engage in one another.

Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions which on the one hand have high storage stability and nevertheless also have satisfactory mechanical properties. The one-component thermosetting epoxy resin composition includes a) at least one epoxy resin A having an average of more than one epoxy group per molecule; b) porous particles PP, preferably silica particles PS, which have incorporated in the pores at least one component ComP which is: i) a curing agent for epoxy resins B, or ii) an accelerator C for curing agents for epoxy resins.

Abstract: A chemically curable composition, including: at least one chemically curable matrix; more than 70 wt.-%, based on the total composition, of at least one thermally conductive filler; optionally additives, in particular selected from curing catalysts, accelerators, plasticizers, organosilanes, stabilizers, and colorants; wherein the thermally conductive filler is surface-coated by silanzation using a mixture of at least one organosilane OS1 according to R1—Si(OR3)3 and at least one organosilane OS2 according to R2—Si(OR3)3, wherein R1 is a linear or branched C2 to C20 alkyl or alkenyl group optionally having cyclic and/or aromatic moieties, and wherein R2 is a polyether group, and wherein R3 is a methyl or ethyl group.

Abstract: A method for improving the workability of an inorganic binder composition, and an inorganic binder composition. The method for improving the workability of an inorganic binder composition comprises: (a) providing a dispersant; (b) providing an inorganic binder composition; and (c) intermilling and/or intermixing the dispersant provided in step (a) and the inorganic binder composition provided in step (b), wherein the dispersant is a phenolic resin-based dispersant that is obtained via polycondensation of specific monomers.

Abstract: A method for waterproofing a substrate including steps of: I) heating a hot melt bitumen membrane composition to provide a molten bitumen composition, II) applying a layer of the molten bitumen composition to a surface of the substrate to form a first bitumen layer, III) covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the first bitumen layer with a prefabricated reinforcement membrane, and IV) applying a layer of the molten bitumen composition to an upper surface of the prefabricated reinforcement membrane to form a second bitumen layer, wherein the prefabricated reinforcement membrane includes a polymer-modified bitumen layer including: a) bitumen B1 and b) at least one first modifying polymer MP1.

Abstract: A mineral binder composition, especially an electrically conductive mineral binder composition, includes at least one mineral binder, carbon nanotubes and carbonaceous particles, the carbonaceous particles being chemically and/or physically different from the carbon nanotubes.