Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting material comprises a water soluble glass of the calcium oxide/phosphorus pentoxide type which, when in contact with water, releases phosphate ions which inhibit corrosion of adjacent metal surfaces. The glass solubility may be controlled by the incorporation of one or more glass modifying oxides. Advantageously the glass is finely ground and then dispersed in a resin carrier to form a primer paint formulation.The preferred glass forming region of a typical calcium oxide/phosphorus pentoxide system is illustrated in the ternary phase/composition diagram of FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting paint comprises a resin vehicle containing a water soluble glass which, on dissolution in water, releases corrosion inhibiting materials. The glass itself, or the combination of the glass and the paint, are so constituted that conditions of low acidity, i.e. above pH 4.0, are presented to a metal surface to which the print is applied. The glass may contain phosphorus pentoxide as the glass forming oxide together with one or more Group IIA or IIB metal oxides as the glass modifying oxide or oxides.

Abstract: A glass composition for effecting crosslinking of a polycarboxylic acid cement and cement compositions formed therefrom. The glass is of the aluminoborate type and comprises 40 to 75 mole % boric oxide, not more than 60 mole % zinc oxide, not more than 50 mole % calcium oxide and not more than 20 mole % alumina. Cements formed from the glasses have a wide range of applications including structural cements, dental filler and orthopaedic cements.

Abstract: A glass composition for effecting crosslinking of a polycarboxylic acid cement and cement compositions formed therefrom. The glass is of the aluminoborate type and comprises 40 to 75 mole % boric oxide, not more than 60 mole % zinc oxide, not more than 50 mole % calcium oxide and not more than 20 mole % alumina. Cements formed from the glasses have a wide range of applications including structural cements, dental filler and orthopaedic cements.

Abstract: The invention relates to siliceous materials in the form of elements of aligned elongated individual crystals and more particularly to methods of forming such elements, said methods comprising providing a siliceous melt which will yield at the temperature of crystallization a primary crystalline phase which has a silicate chain structure, and drawing said melt, crystal nucleation having been induced, the rate of drawing being such as to cause continuous propagation of crystals of the said primary phase generally in the direction of drawing. The melt is drawn after crystal nucleation from an orifice, which can be directly or indirectly heated, of any desirable shape, such as circular, elongated or annular so as to result in the element being of cylindrical, sheet or tubular form or even of more complicated shape such as in cross-section to approximate to a turbine or compressor blade shape.