Abstract: The invention relates to a reflective composite material (V) having a carrier (1) consisting of aluminum, having an interlayer (2) which is present on a side (A) on the carrier (1) and is composed of a varnish, and having an optically active multilayer system (3) which has been applied atop the interlayer (2) and consists of at least three layers, wherein the upper layers (4, 5) are dielectric and/or oxidic layers, and the lowermost layer (6) is a metallic layer which consists of silver and forms a reflection layer (6). To increase the aging resistance, it is proposed that the interlayer (2) comprise an organic layer-forming varnish or be formed entirely from such a varnish that has been cured in an ionic photopolymerization and crosslinking or that has been cured after UV irradiation by free-radical photopolymerization and crosslinking.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflective composite material (V) having a carrier (1) consisting of aluminum, having an interlayer (2) which is present on a side (A) on the carrier (1) and is composed of a varnish, and having an optically active multilayer system (3) which has been applied atop the interlayer (2) and consists of at least three layers, wherein the upper layers (4, 5) are dielectric and/or oxidic layers, and the lowermost layer (6) is a metallic layer which consists of silver and forms a reflection layer (6). To increase the aging resistance, it is proposed that the interlayer (2) comprise an organic layer-forming varnish or be formed entirely from such a varnish that has been cured in an ionic photopolymerization and crosslinking or that has been cured after UV irradiation by free-radical photopolymerization and crosslinking.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflector (1) for electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range of 100 nm to 1 mm, having high resistance against weather and corrosion effects, comprising a metal reflector body (2) having a reflecting surface (3), or a reflector body (2) on which a reflective layer (9) is deposited, and a transparent cover layer (4) made of polysiloxane formed in a sol-gel process. In order to maintain the known advantages of sol-gel protective coatings and achieve a technologically more advantageous production method, according to the invention, the cover layer (4) is made of a cross-linked polycondensate product of at least one silicic acid ester and at least one cyclic siloxane oligomer comprising, alkyl, vinyl, and/or aryl groups.