Abstract: A coated granule that is suitable for use in a bituminous roofing membrane. The coated granule comprises: i) a granule, the granule comprising cristobalite, ii) a first coating on the surface of the granule, the coating comprising TiO2 in its anatase form and a binder, and iii) an oil barrier coating on the first coating, the oil barrier coating being a compound which will form a bond with a bituminous material, the oil barrier degrading upon exposure to the ultra violet radiation in sunlight and/or the action of rainwater to thereby expose the first coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproofing membrane (1) comprising a structure incorporating a fiber layer (10) and carrying a bituminous mass (15) on one side, the other side carrying a layer (20) of a first substance comprising between 10% and 40% by dry weight of an acrylic polymer mixed with between 4% and 40%, preferably between 20% and 40%, by dry weight of titanium dioxide and at least 1% by dry weight of a transparent or translucent hydrophobic material, said layer (20) defining a surface (S) of said membrane (1).

Abstract: The invention concerns (1) thermochemically treating by pack-cementation a carbon-containing material, which may have an open porosity, to generate a refractory carbide coating on its surface and, if the material is porous, within the material; and (2) the use of specific alloys as a pack for thermochemically treating carbon-containing materials, optionally with an open porosity, in a halogenated atmosphere. Pack-cementation is carried out under reduced pressure using an element E (to be transported and to be reacted with the carbon in the material to generate the expected carbide) alloyed to an element M, and using a halide (chloride or fluoride, preferably a fluoride) of the same element M, of low volatility, present in the solid form.