Abstract: This invention relates to a tape product, and method of manufacturing the product, which incorporates a gas sensing pigment that causes the tape to change color upon exposure to gases such as hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide. The gas sensing pigment is compounded together with a silicone rubber to produce a self-fusing silicone tape which may be applied in a variety of industrial environments where hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide gas leakage is a concern. The tape may be colored to enhance visibility and/or to indicate which hazardous gas it is intended to detect. The tape may be fiber reinforced with carbon fiber to increase its longitudinal strength for industrial applications. Periodic perforations across the width of the tape may be added to facilitate the tearing or cutting of convenient lengths of the tape.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tape product including two opposing elongated strips of silicone, and interposed therein a carbon fiber thread having a transverse spatial pattern such that the thread increases the tear resistance while maintaining the elastic limit of the strips of self-fusing tape.