Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a soundproofing material that is lightweight and has sufficient soundproofing performance. The present soundproofing material includes a frame body including a planar portion and a wall body installed upright on the planar portion and a soundproofing laminate accommodated in a laminate accommodating portion surrounded by the wall body, and the soundproofing laminate has a hard layer consisting of a rubber sheet or the like and a soft layer whose one side of the soft layer is laminated on the hard layer and consists of a felt, a resin foam or the like, and another side of the soft layer is joined to at least one of the planar portion and/or the wall body of the frame body, and a side surface of the soundproofing laminate and a side surface of the wall body are distant from each other. The distance thereof is preferably in the range from 0.3 to 1 mm.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a soundproofing material that is lightweight and has sufficient soundproofing performance. The present soundproofing material includes a frame body 4 including a planar portion and a wall body installed upright on the planar portion and a soundproofing laminate accommodated in a laminate accommodating portion surrounded by the wall body, and the soundproofing laminate has a hard layer consisting of a rubber sheet or the like and a soft layer whose one side of the soft layer is laminated on the hard layer and consists of a felt, a resin foam or the like, and another side of the soft layer is joined to at least one of the planar portion and/or the wall body of the frame body, and a side surface of the soundproofing laminate and a side surface of the wall body are distant from each other. The distance thereof is preferably in the range from 0.3 to 1 mm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing silicon carbide fibers having a C/Si molar ratio of from 0.85 to 1.39 and excellent in heat resistance and strength at high temperatures, while conventional processes have not been able to produce the fibers having the ratio of less than 1.56.The process of the present invention comprises the steps of rendering infusible precursory fibers made from an organosilicon polymer compound to obtain infusible fibers, then primarily baking the infusible fibers in a hydrogen gas-containing atmosphere while raising the temperature thereof to obtain primarily baked fibers, and further secondarily baking the primarily baked fibers to obtain final fibers. The secondary baking is performed in the atmosphere of a mixed gas of an inert gas with hydrogen chloride gas at 1,500.degree. to 2,200.degree. C.

Abstract: A super heat-resistant silicon carbide fiber has an oxygen content of less than 0.1% by weight. In a process for producing the super heat-resistant silicon carbide fiber, a precursor fiber prepared by spinning a polycarbosilane having an oxygen content of less than 0.8% by weight is irradiated with a radiation in an oxygen-free atmosphere or in vacuo to make the precursor fiber infusible. The infusibilized fiber is fired in an oxygen-free atmosphere or in vacuo at a temperature of from 1000.degree. to 2200.degree. C. without exposure to an oxidizing atmosphere; or stabilized in the same atmosphere at a temperature of from 300.degree. to 600.degree. C. without exposure to an oxidizing atmosphere and fired in an oxygen-free atmosphere or in vacuo at a temperature of from 1000.degree. to 2200.degree. C.