Abstract: A silicone-acrylic binder is made from a combination of I) a first aqueous emulsion containing a soft acrylic polymer, II) a second aqueous emulsion containing a silicone resin. The silicone-acrylic binder can be used to prepare a thermal insulation coating composition that may be applied on a metal (e.g., steel) substrate or primed substrate. A thermal insulation coating prepared by drying the thermal insulation coating composition provides the metal or primed substrate with resistance to corrosion under insulation.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cyanoalkyl-functional silane is disclosed. The method includes removing a cyanide impurity from an olefinic nitrile before hydrosilylation of the olefinic nitrile with a hydridosilane.

Abstract: The invention comprises methods for filling holes in printed wiring boards and printed wiring boards produced by these methods. The methods involve plating metal conductors inside the holes of the printed wiring boards while protecting the conducting surfaces of the printed wiring boards from being plated using photoresist film. The side surfaces of a printed wiring board are covered with photoresist. The photoresist is exposed to developing light, except the photoresist covering the holes on one side of the board is masked to prevent exposure of the holes to the developing light. The undeveloped photoresist covering the holes is removed. The board is subjected to a plating process, which deposits conductive materials in the holes, but the photoresist on the conducting surfaces of the board prevents conductive materials to be plated on the surfaces of the board.