Abstract: The coating agent composition comprises an emulsion containing (A) polydiorganosiloxane having a viscosity of 50 to 10,000,000 mPa·s at 25° C. and having both terminal ends blocked by hydroxyl groups, (B) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, (C) a curing catalyst, and (D) chlorinated polyolefine and/or acryl-modified polyolefine, with which (E) fine spherical particles comprised of a rubber-like elastomer having hardness of less than 90 are mixed to disperse into it. The coating agent composition having good uniform applying property, non tackness, water repellency and lubricating properties and outstanding adhesiveness to a rubber or plastic substrate can be obtained.

Abstract: The coating agent composition comprises an emulsion containing (A) polydiorganosiloxane having a viscosity of 50 to 10,000,000 mPa·s at 25° C. and having both terminal ends blocked by hydroxyl groups, (B) polyorganohydrogensiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in one molecule, (C) a curing catalyst, and (D) chlorinated polyolefine and/or acryl-modified polyolefine, with which (E) fine spherical particles comprised of a rubber-like elastomer having hardness of less than 90 are mixed to disperse into it. The coating agent composition having good uniform applying property, non tackness, water repellency and lubricating properties and outstanding adhesiveness to a rubber or plastic substrate can be obtained.

Abstract: A wiper blade rubber is provided, which has low sliding resistance against a glass surface, hardly generates creak and chatter, has good flexibility and bending property at low temperatures, has excellent durability, and has good design property. The wiper blade rubber has a main body, at least an outer surface of which is coated with a silicone rubber, and a wiping layer comprising a high-hardness organic rubber provided by on a tip portion of the main body at a contact side to a glass surface.

Abstract: Spherical silicone fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 5 &mgr;m, which can be produced without decreasing a yield and also without conducting a dilution step, and a process for effectively producing the same. Spherical silicone particles are obtained by reacting an organotrialkoxysilane with a tetraalkoxysilane. Water in an amount of 20 to 150 moles is added to 1 mole of the silane mixture, which is subjected to hydrolysis under an acidic condition to obtain an aqueous or alcohol solution of an organosilanol and/or the partial hydrolyzed product thereof, and an aqueous alkaline solution is added thereto, mixed and allowed to stand to conduct polycondensation.

Abstract: A coating resin composition is able to form a coating film having not only high hardness and weatherability but also high toughness, and can be cured both at room temperature and by heating curing, and further which is good at storage stability. The coating resin composition consists essentially of a silica-dispersed oligomer solution of organosilane prepared by partially hydrolyzing a hydrolyzable organosilane represented by a formula R1nSiX4−n, in colloidal silica dispersed in an organic solvent, water or a mixture thereof, and an acrylic resin which is a copolymer of acrylate or methacrylate represented by a formula, CH2═CR2(COOR3), and a curing catalyst. This composition is used by separating the components into two solutions and then mixing thereof as required. A resin-coated article comprises a cured resin layer of the coating resin composition on the surface of a substrate.

Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising at least one low molecular weight polyorganosiloxane selected from the group consisting of straight chain polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and l is an integer from 0 to 5), and cyclic polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and m is an integer from 3 to 7). To use it as a water system cleaning agent, polyoxyalkylene group containing polyorganosiloxane, a surfactant, and water are additionally mixed. Accordingly, a cleaning effect free from environmental destruction and contamination, equivalent to flon containing cleaning agents, and satisfactorily stable in terms of dispersion as a water system cleaning agent can be obtained.

Abstract: A silicone rubber sponge composition obtained by compounding a polyorganosiloxane having an average degree of polymerization of 3,000 to 300,000, a reinforcing silica filler, 1,1'-azo-bis(1-acetoxy-1-phenylethane) as a foaming agent, and organic peroxides and/or addition reaction curing agents. The silicone rubber sponge composition can provide a silicone rubber sponge which has a high foaming ratio, has a fine and uniform cell structure, has excellent surface smoothness of the skin layer, does not show a surface tackiness, has a good compression set, and does not require a post cure of a long time.

Abstract: A coating resin composition is able to form a coating film having not only high hardness and weatherability but also high toughness, and can be cured both at room temperature and by heating curing, and further which is good at storage stability.The coating resin composition consists essentially of a silica-dispersed oligomer solution of organosilane prepared by partially hydrolyzing a hydrolyzable organosilane represented by a formula R.sup.1.sub.n SiX.sub.4-n, in colloidal silica dispersed in an organic solvent, water or a mixture thereof, and an acrylic resin which is a copolymer of acrylate or methacrylate represented by a formula, CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.2 (COOR.sup.3), and a curing catalyst. This composition is used by separating the components into two solutions and then mixing thereof as required. A resin-coated article comprises a cured resin layer of the coating resin composition on the surface of a substrate.

Abstract: A silicone emulsion composition is disclosed which comprises specific amounts of (A) a colloidal silica-silicone core/shell material comprising (a) from 80 to 5 wt % colloidal-silica cores and (b) from 20 to 95 wt % shells comprising a specific polyorganosiloxane containing ethylenically unsaturated groups, (B) a specific polyorganohydrogensiloxane, (C) a curing catalyst, (D) an emulsifying agent, and (E) water. Also disclosed is a process for producing a silicone powder which comprises bringing the silicone emulsion composition into contact with a liquid or a gas while heating the composition at a temperature of 25.degree. C. or a higher and keeping the same in a dispersed state to thereby cure the silicone in the form of a powder. The silicone emulsion composition can give an elastomer having excellent mechanical properties upon the removal of the volatile components by heating.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane composition for surface treatment comprising (A) a reaction product of (1) a silane and/or a siloxane each having a substituted or unsubstituted amino group bonded to the silicon atom via at least one carbon atom and also having an alkoxy group bonded to the silicon atom and (2) a silane and/or a siloxane each having a monovalent hydrocarbon group bonded to the silicon atom, the hydrocarbon group being substituted with an epoxy-containing group, and an alkoxy group bonded to the silicon atom and (B) a specific organopolysiloxane containing an amino group. The composition provides a non-sticky, water-repellent and slippery film on a substrate, especially an EPDM rubber sheet and EPDM molded sponge, with markedly improved adhesion.

Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising at least one low molecular weight polyorganosiloxane selected from the group consisting of straight chain polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and l is an integer from 0 to 5), and cyclic polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and m is an integer from 3 to 7). To use it as a water system cleaning agent, polyoxyalkylene group containing polyorganosiloxane, a surfactant, and water are additionally mixed. Accordingly, a cleaning effect free from environmental destruction and contamination, equivalent to flon containing cleaning agents, and satisfactorily stable in terms of dispersion as a water system cleaning agent can be obtained.

Abstract: A cleaning composition comprising at least one low molecular weight polyorganosiloxane selected from the group consisting of straight chain polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and 1 is an integer from 0 to 5), and cyclic polydiorganosiloxane represented by a general formula: ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group of single valence substituted by the same or different group or unsubstituted, and m is an integer from 3 to 7). To use it as a water system cleaning agent, polyoxyalkylene group containing polyorganosiloxane, a surfactant, and water are additionally mixed. Accordingly, a cleaning effect free from environmental destruction and contamination, equivalent to flon containing cleaning agents, and satisfactorily stable in terms of dispersion as a water system cleaning agent can be obtained.

Abstract: A film-formable emulsion type silicone composition for an air bag, which comprises the respective amounts of colloidal silica-silicone core shell material comprising 80% to 5% by weight of a core comprising colloidal silica (A)(a) and 20% to 95% by weight of a shell comprising a particular polyorganosiloxane containing an ethylenically unsaturated group (b), a particular polyorganohydrogensiloxane (B), a curing catalyst (C), an emulsifying agent (D), and water (E), is disclosed. The composition can form an elastomeric substance having excellent adhesive properties to air bag base cloth, gas tightness, and mechanical strength on an air bag base cloth by removing water therefrom.

Abstract: Compositions of a mold release agent for casting are disclosed which are excellent in heat resistance and releasing effect, and contain an organopolysiloxane expressed by the following general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R represents methyl group or phenyl group, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group, aralkyl group, or aryl group, R.sup.2 represents R or R.sup.1, x is an integer of from 0 to 1000, y is an integer of from 10 to 1000, and x+y is an integer of from 10 to 2000.

Abstract: An object to be cleaned is cleaned with an cleaning agent which mixes a base cleaning agent such as silicon-containing cleaning agent or an isoparaffin containing cleaning agent with a surfactant or a hydrophilic solvent to promote the cleaning power. The object is rinsed with the base cleaning agent alone after it goes through the first cleaning step as described above. Then, this is followed by the finishing treatment by the use of hot air or steam drying. The base cleaning agents can be recovered and recycled, improving economy in the case with the use of two or more cleaning agents in combination. The excellent properties of degreasing and dewatering, comparable to those of flon system, can be obtained using a mixture of silicon-containing or isoparaffin-containing cleaning agents with surfactants and hydrophilic solvents and maintaining safety in environment.

Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition is disclosed, comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two monovalent aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups bonded to the silicon atoms per molecule, (B) an organopolyhydrogensiloxane having at least three hydrogen atoms bonded to the silicon atoms per molecule in such an amount that the number of the hydrogen atoms bonded to the silicon atoms falls within a range of from 0.25 to 8 per monovalent aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon group in component (A), (C) a catalyst selected from the group consisting of platinum and platinum compounds in an amount of from 0.

Abstract: Disclosed are a cooling and heating medium for an ice-storage system, which comprises a mixture of a water-insoluble antifreezing solution and water, and an ice-storage system which comprises using a mixture of a water-insoluble antifreezing solution and water as a cooling and heating medium, cooling the cooling and heating medium to obtain a mixture of the water-insoluble antifreezing solution and ice particles and circulating the mixture to convey latent heat.

Abstract: An object to be cleaned is cleaned with an cleaning agent which mixes a base cleaning agent such as silicon-containing cleaning agent or an isoparaffin containing cleaning agent with a surfactant or a hydrophilic solvent to promote the cleaning power. The object is rinsed with the base cleaning agent alone after it goes through the first cleaning step as described above. Then, this is followed by the finishing treatment by the use of hot air or steam drying. The base cleaning agents can be recovered and recycled, improving economy in the case with the use of two or more cleaning agents in combination. The excellent properties of degreasing and dewatering, comparable to those of flon system, can be obtained using a mixture of silicon-containing or isoparaffin-containing cleaning agents with surfactants and hydrophilic solvents and maintaining safety in environment.

Abstract: A part subjected to cleaning is cleaned or rinsed with a cleaning agent or rinsing agent having a nonaqueous type solvent or a hydrophilic solvent as a main component thereof. Then the cleaning agent or rinsing agent adhering to the cleaned or rinsed part subjected to cleaning is removed with a cleaning agent having perfluorocarbon as a main component thereof or the vapor of the cleaning agent. The part is subsequently dried. Otherwise, after the part subjected to cleaning has been cleaned with an aqueous type solvent or wash with water, the part is cleaned and dried with a cleaning agent having perfluorocarbon as a main component thereof or the vapor of the cleaning agent. The cleaning agent having perfluorocarbon as a main component thereof or the vapor of the cleaning agent can be used for cleaning or rinsing the part subjected to cleaning.

Abstract: A polysilane optical device comprising a hydrocarbyloxy group-containing polysilane encapsulated with a material having a light transmitting property and air impermeability, such as a glass, a polystyrene, an acryl resin, or a polycarbonate. The optical device has a high durability, and optical characteristics and functions thereof do not greatly change.