Abstract: A paving tile is made of a first rubber material and a second rubber material that is dissimilar from the first rubber material. The first rubber material may be a recycled rubber material, such as crumb rubber granules from scrap vehicle tires. The second rubber material may be a nitrile rubber material, such as nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). The crumb rubber material is disposed within a mold and leveled. A relatively thin layer of the NBR material is positioned onto the crumb rubber material and the crumb rubber material and the NBR material are chemically bonded without an adhesive using a compression molding process including at least one of a preselected pressure, a preselected temperature and a preselected period of time. The recycled rubber material may have a first color and the nitrile rubber material may have a second color that is different than the first color.

Abstract: Fiber optic cable containing optical fibers and a silicone waterblocking gel for low temperature applications. The silicone waterblocking gel has an extremely low crystalline melting point and may be used in low temperature environments since it does not experience low temperature attenuation caused by crystallization of the base oil at temperatures below about −45° C. Examples of the waterblocking silicone gel are poly(alkyl)(aryl)siloxane and mono or polyhalogenatedsiloxane.

Abstract: Fiber optic cable containing optical fibers and a silicone waterblocking gel for low temperature applications. The silicone waterblocking gel has an extremely low crystalline melting point and may be used in low temperature environments since it does not experiencing low temperature attenuation caused by crystallization of the base oil at temperatures below about −45° C. Examples of the waterblocking silicone gel are poly(alkyl)(aryl)siloxane and mono or polyhalogenatedsiloxane.