Abstract: A retroreflective article comprising a substrate and a cured ceramer coating provided on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate. The coated portion of the surface is retroreflective. The coating comprises a cured ceramer composite derived from ingredients comprising a free radically curable binder precursor and a plurality of surface treated, colloidal inorganic oxide components. The colloidal inorganic oxide components are surface treated with a surface treatment agent comprising a fluoro/silane component comprising a hydrolyzable silane moiety and a fluorinated moiety, and a crosslinkable silane component comprising a hydrolyzable silane moiety and a free radically crosslinkable moiety. The weight ratio of the crosslinkable silane component to the fluoro/silane component is from about 4:1 to 20:1, and the weight ratio of the free radically curable binder precursor to the colloidal inorganic oxide components is from about 1:10 to 8:10.

Abstract: An expandable resin composition comprising(A) HDPE (high density polyethylene);(B) a high pressure, low density homopolymer of ethylene (HP-LDPE);(C) polypropylene;(D) a polysiloxane-polyether block copolymer; and(E) a nucleating agent of azodicarbonamide and/or talc.

Abstract: An article of manufacture comprising (i) a plurality of electrical conductors, each surrounded by one or more layers of a composition comprising (a) one or more polyolefins and, bonded thereto or blended therewith, (b) a linear or cyclic organopolysiloxane containing one or more functionalized hindered amine moieties; and (ii) hydrocarbon cable filler grease within the interstices between said surrounded conductors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-containing solutions of acrylic-functionalized organosilanes of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R is a methyl or ethyl group, having a starting-material concentration of organosilane of between 10 and 80% by weight. The present invention additionally relates to a process for the preparation of such water-containing solutions of acrylic-functionalized organosilanes and to their use, inter alia for coatings, surfaces or intermediate layers, which are obtainable by applying organosilane-containing compounds from a solution to a surface and by crosslinking by means of UV light.

Abstract: Optical fiber primary coating systems are disclosed having excellent ribbon stripping and adhesion behavior. The coatings are radiation-curable. The excellent stripping and adhesion behavior can be inner piramry coating composition having a slip enhancing component and a high modulus outer primary coating composition. Combination of means can be employed. Stripping behavior can be measured by crack propagation and fiber friction measurements.

Abstract: Method for the preparation of a polymeric mixture for cable insulators and coatings and sheaths for optic fiber cables; polymeric mixture thus produced and the cables containing it.The method is characterized in that one completely mixes, up to the obtainment of a homogeneous composition, (i) from 50 to 80 parts (w/w) of a first thermoplastic polymer which is amorphous, highly resistant to flames and combustion, and consists of an aromatic polyester of isophthalic and terephthalic acid with bisphenol A, and (ii) from 20 to 50 parts (w/w) of at least a second thermoplastic polymer consisting of an elastomeric polyether-ester block copolymer, having a Shore D hardness greater than 50 and a Vicat softening point greater than 170.degree. C., for a mixing time less than 10 minutes.

Abstract: A reinforcing cord which strongly adheres to a mixed rubber comprising a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber having excellent flex resistance and heat resistance and a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber having dispersed therein zinc methacrylate, and a treating material for forming a coating layer on the cord. The reinforcing cord comprises a fiber for reinforcing a rubber, a first coating layer formed on the surface of the fiber, obtained by coating a treating material comprising a resorcin/formalin condensate and a rubber latex on the surface thereof, and a second coating layer formed on the first coating layer, obtained by coating another treating material comprising a rubber compound, a vulcanizing agent and one member selected from the group consisting of a silane coupling agent, a maleimide type vulcanization assistant and a dimethacrylate type vulcanization assistant.

Abstract: An adhesive binder for optical fiber packages is described which comprises a silicone-epoxy IPN (Interpenetrating Polymer Network), with the epoxy cured to give reinforcing domains within the cured silicone. The adhesive binder is prepared by cross-linking and polymerizing a silicone polymer and an epoxy resin, with a cross-linking agent and a catalyst for curing the epoxy and silicone, optionally with the addition of a silane wetting agent, such as methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane. In preparing a wound optical fiber package, the adhesive binder is applied in solution to the fiber, during its winding, by passing the fiber through the solution or by brushing the solution on each layer when its winding is completed.

Abstract: Thermal transfer ribbons derived from aqueous-based coating formulations which do not require the application of a separate backcoat to the substrate. Backcoatings are self-generated on the untreated side of the substrate when the untreated side of the substrate contacts a remote portion of the top surface of the thermal transfer layer. The thermal transfer ribbons which self-generate backcoats comprise a flexible substrate and a thermal transfer layer which contains a water-soluble silicone block copolymer with blocks of silicone resin and water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble silicone block copolymer migrates to the top surface of the thermal transfer layer and generates a backcoat on the opposite surface of the substrate when the ribbon is wound such that the untreated surface of the substrate contacts a remote portion of the top surface of the thermal transfer layer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to silica and/or silicate containing coatings upon particles, fibers, powders, among other substrates. The solubility of the coating can be modified by being treated with a metal chloride.

Abstract: A bundle of short chopped carbon fibers impregnated with a sizing agent, the short fiber bundle having an average weight per unit length of 1.7 to 4 mg/mm in the fiber length direction and a coefficient of variation of 30 to 60% in the distribution of weight per unit length in the fiber length direction.

Abstract: A liquid radiation curable resin composition comprising a polydimethylsiloxane compound which has (i) at least two urethane bonds in one molecule, (ii) an unreactive organic group at at least one of the ends of the molecule, and (iii) a radical curable ethylenically unsaturated group at the other end of the molecule. The resin composition exhibits superior shelf life in a liquid state and produces cured products having slippery surface. It is suitable as a coating material for optical fibers.

Abstract: Composite yarn comprising an intimate mixture of glass filaments and thermoplastic filaments, wherein said composite yarn is coated with an aqueous sizing composition containing at least one additive in the form of a fatty acid ester; and the aqueous sizing composition per se.

Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous secondary coating compositions adapted to coat a sized fiber strand, the compositions including a urethane-containing polymer and a blend of a halogenated vinyl polymer and an elastomeric polymer. Another aspect of the present invention is a generally tubular assembly having a reinforcement coated with a primary layer of a sizing composition including a fiber lubricant which provides the assembly with an electrical resistance of greater than about 750 megaohms per 152.+-.13 millimeters of length of the assembly and a secondary layer including a halogenated vinyl homopolymer and a urethane-containing polymer. Another aspect of the present invention is a fiber strand formed from a thermoplastic or thermosetting material having a primary layer including a halogenated vinyl homopolymer and a urethane-containing polymer. The present invention also includes strands coated with the above-discussed coatings and polymeric composites and assemblies reinforced with the same.

Abstract: Coated optical fibers comprise a glass optical fiber and a radiation-cured coating formed from a radiation-curable liquid coating composition. The liquid coating composition comprises at least one aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer, at least one acrylated or methacrylated compound selected from the group consisting of isobornyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, alkanediol diacrylate, alkanediol dimethacrylates, alkoxylated derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof, and a photoinitiator. In one embodiment, the compositions further include a silicone compatibility agent which reduces the coefficient of friction of the radiation-cured coating without disadvantageously effecting other physical properties of the liquid coating compositions or the cured coating, and particularly without disadvantageously effecting the optical clarity of the liquid coating compositions.

Abstract: A pre-preg substrate, having a low dielectric constant and containing a substantially uniformly distributed hollow-glass-microsphere filler, and method for making the same. The pre-preg substrate is treated with impregnation and lamination techniques to form a laminate with a low dielectric constant, and good mechanical and electrical properties, suitable as a base material for surface mounted devices in high performance circuits. Improved pre-pregs for making high performance circuit boards and for making surface mounted integrated circuits. Improved high performance circuit boards for making surface mounted integrated circuits.

Abstract: A nonaqueous sizing composition useful for coating glass or carbon fibers. The composition comprises one or more epoxy resins, one or more polymers, a lubricant and one or more silane coupling agents. The sizing composition reduces the volatile organic components associated with chemical treatment of glass and carbon fibers while also eliminating the need to disperse or emulsify the ingredients of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides multifilament reinforcing articles which include fibers coated and impregnated with at least a partially cured, moisture reduced residue derived from an aqueous coating composition in which the major polymeric component is an elastomeric polymer. The coated and impregnated fibers are bound with a polymeric film-forming binder in the form of a tape, wire or other shape-retaining arrangement in which the fibers are substantially parallel. In an alternative embodiment, bundles of sized fibers are bound together in a shape-retaining arrangement by an aqueous coating composition including an aqueous emulsion of a thermoplastic polymer and water in an effective amount to bind the plurality of fiber bundles together, the aqueous coating composition being free of a crosslinking material.

Abstract: Provided is an aromatic polysulfone resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polysulfone resin compounded with 5 to 240 parts by weight of glass fiber whose surface is treated with an urethane resin. The aromatic polysulfone resin composition is extremely useful as a material for heat-resistant usage including electronic and electric parts because of excellent heat resistance, excellent mechanical properties, high heat stability during mold-procession and low level of gas occluded in the resulting molded article.

Abstract: The present invention provides fibers and products produced therefrom, including nonwoven webs and adhesive articles. The fibers, which can be multilayer fibers, include a polydiorganosiloxane polyurea copolymer.

Abstract: An epoxy and polyurethane-based sizing composition for fibers used in the reinforcement of engineered thermoplastic molded composites, which exhibits improved hydrolytic stability and reduced discoloration.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fiber cable assembly including an optical fiber and a reinforcement strand including a plurality of sized glass fibers positioned about the optical fiber, the strand having thereon a dried residue of a secondary aqueous coating composition which is essentially free of a urethane-containing material and includes a first polymer prepared by vinyl addition polymerization of a first monomer component including a first vinyl aromatic monomer and an acrylic monomer and a second polymer different from the first polymer, the second polymer being prepared by vinyl addition polymerization of a second monomer component including a curable polymer of a second vinyl aromatic monomer, wherein the surface of the strand wicks water at a rate of less than about 25.4 millimeters (one inch) in about six hours at a temperature of about 25.degree. C. A method of reducing the wicking of water along the surface of a glass fiber strand is also provided.

Abstract: Dehydroxylated, silica-containing, glass surfaces are known to be at least partially terminated by strained siloxane rings. According to the invention, a surface of this kind is exposed to a selected silane compound or mixture of silane compounds under reaction-promoting conditons. The ensuing reaction results in opening of the strained siloxane rings, and termination of surface atoms by chemical species, such as organic or organosilicon species, having desirable properties. These species can be chosen to provide qualities such as hydrophobicity, or improved coupling to a polymeric coating.

Abstract: Hollow polyester fibers having a thickness of 0.11 to 8.89 d tex (0.1 to 8.0 denier), a hollow volume (a cross-sectional area ratio of hollow to fiber) of 40 to 85%, and a crystallization degree of 20% or more and crystal size in (0 1 0) plane of 4 nm or more of polyester, has a high resistance to compression and a high recovery from compression and are useful for producing woven and knitted fabric having a high durability, pile sheet materials having high resistance to and recovery from pile prostration, and nonwoven fabrics and artificial leather materials having a high resistance and recovery from compression.

Abstract: A nonaqueous sizing for glass fibers useful for reinforcement of polymers. The sizing composition comprises one or more film formers miscible with the polymer to be reinforced and one or more coupling agents. The sizing composition of the invention provides a glass fiber which may be wirecoated with the polymer to be reinforced, eliminating the need for extrusion or pultrusion processing to make glass/polymer composite fibers, compound or pellets.

Abstract: A composite material formed by an organic substrate reinforced by glass strands. It consists of the combination of an organic substrate and glass strands coated with a sizing composition constituted by a solution with a solvent content of less than 5% by weight, the said solution comprising a mixture of components which can be polymerized and/or cross-linked by heat treatment, amongst the said components, at least 60% being components with molecular weights (Mw) of less than 750, and from 0 to 25% by weight being coupling agents, lubricating agents, stabilizing agents, polymerization initiators and/or catalysts, the said agents and initiators optionally being capable of being polymerized and/or cross-linked, the said sizing composition being non-polymerized, and the assembly subsequently being subjected to heat treatment and/or to the action of actinic radiation.

Abstract: Process for treating a body of steel to promote its adherence to a composition which includes at least a rubber, containing the following points:a body at least the surface of which is of stainless steel is used, this steel containing at least 0.02% and at most 0.2% carbon, at least 3% and at most 20% nickel, at least 12% and at most 28% chromium, the sum of the nickel and the chromium being at least equal to 20% and at most equal to 35%, all of these percentage values being by weight; the structure of the steel includes at least 20% by volume of martensite and is without austenite or it comprises less than 80% thereof by volume;the surface of the body is activated and then treated with at least one starting silane so that it is covered with a film constituted only, or substantially only, of one or more silanes, in such a manner that this surface treated in this way can be placed directly in contact with the composition.

Abstract: A method of producing glass strands, the method comprising coating glass strands with a heat-polymerizable composition constituted by a solution with a solvent content of less than 5% by weight and a viscosity of less than 400 cP, the solution comprising a basic structure which can be polymerized or cross-linked thermally, the structure comprising at least 60% by weight of one or more components with molecular weights of less than 750, having at least one acrylic and/or methacrylic and/or vinyl ether and/or N-vinylamide and/or N-vinyllactam function, the proportion of polyfunctional components within these components being at least 45% by weight of these components, so as to produce glass strands coated with a non-polymerized, heat-polymerizable composition; the glass strands produced, as well as to composites produced from the strands.

Abstract: In one general aspect, the invention involves applying a chemical treatment to fibers, such as reinforcing fibers suitable for making a composite article, so as to size and/or preimpregnate the fibers. The chemical treatment has a relatively low viscosity and is substantially solvent-free and non-radiation curable. Heat energy may be employed to lower the viscosity and improve the wetting ability of the applied treatment and/or to increase the molecular weight of, or otherwise cure, the treatment with essentially no generation of solvent vapor. The treated fibers are used to form a composite strand, which may be subsequently processed in-line or off-line into a composite article having fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. Another general aspect relates to encased composite strands, in thread or pellet form, and to wire-coating methods and apparatus for making them. The strands are moldable into fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite articles.

Abstract: Finish compositions and methods for the manufacture of synthetic fibers and/or fabrics comprise hydrophobic esters of pentaerythritol homologs, such as hydrophobic pentaerythritol ester, as lubricants. These esters may be used by themselves or in conjunction with antistatic agents and/or other lubricants and permit the obtaining of high-strength nonwoven materials with increased production plant line speed and productivity. The finish may be used with a variety of fibers and fabrics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a composite material formed by an organic substrate reinforced by glass strands. The invention consists of the combination of an organic substrate and glass strands coated with a sizing composition constituted by a solution with a solvent content of less than 5% by weight, the said solution comprising a mixture of components which can be polymerized and/or cross-linked by heat treatment, amongst the said components, at least 60% being components with molecular weights (Mw) of less than 750, and from 0 to 25% by weight being coupling agents, lubricating agents, stabilizing agents, polymerization initiators and/or catalysts, the said agents and initiators optionally being capable of being polymerized and/or cross-linked, the said sizing composition being non-polymerized, and of the subsequent subjection of the assembly to heat treatment and/or to the action of actinic radiation.

Abstract: Dehydroxylated, silica-containing, glass surfaces are known to be at least partially terminated by strained siloxane rings. According to the invention, a surface of this kind is exposed to a selected silane compound or mixture of silane compounds under reaction-promoting conditions. The ensuing reaction results in opening of the strained siloxane rings, and termination of surface atoms by chemical species, such as organic or organosilicon species, having desirable properties. These species can be chosen to provide qualities such as hydrophobicity, or improved coupling to a polymeric coating.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for coating an article with a siloxane-based coating composition that results in a coating with high thermal mechanical stability, the method also allowing commercially acceptable speeds to be employed while inhibiting beading of the coating prior to cure. In one embodiment, an article is coated with a composition containing a first methylsilsequioxane oligomer having an initial viscosity of about 2000 cp or less, a second methylsilsequioxane oligomer having an initial viscosity of about 40,000 to about 90,000 cp, a viscosity-lowering additive of a lower aliphatic ketone, and a catalyst. In another embodiment, the invention provides a method for coating an article with a modified methylsilsequioxane coating suitable for higher temperature applications than an all-methyl coating.

Abstract: A glass yarn sizing composition consisting of a solution having a viscosity of at most 400 cP and including less than 5 wt. % of solvent and at least one basic heat-polymerisable system which includes at least 60 wt. % of components having a molecular weight of less than 750, and at least 60 wt. % of a mixture of one or more components having at least one epoxy reactive function, and one or more components having at least one (preferably primary or secondary) amine reactive function, wherein the amount of components having at least one amine reactive function represents at least 6 wt. % of the composition. A method using said composition, and the resulting yarns coated with said composition, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Process for treating a body of steel to promote its adherence to a composition which includes at least a rubber, containing the following points:a body at least the surface of which is of stainless steel is used, this steel containing at least 0.02% and at most 0.2% carbon, at least 3% and at most 20% nickel, at least 12% and at most 28% chromium, the sum of the nickel and the chromium being at least equal to 20% and at most equal to 35%, all of these percentage values being by weight; the structure of the steel includes at least 20% by volume of martensite and is without austenite or it comprises less than 80% thereof by volume;the surface of the body is activated and then treated with at least one starting silane so that it is covered with a film constituted only, or substantially only, of one or more silanes, in such a manner that this surface treated in this way can be placed directly in contact with the composition.

Abstract: Mineral fiber compositions are disclosed which, in a first embodiment, include the following components, indicated in weight percents: about 54 to about 70 percent SiO.sub.2, about 0 to about 4 percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 0 to about 6 percent Na.sub.2 O, about 0 to about 6 percent K.sub.2 O, about 0 to about 6 percent MgO, about 10 to about 28 percent CaO, about 6 to about 17 percent total iron as FeO, and about 0 to about 5 percent TiO.sub.2, wherein the total weight percent of SiO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 ranges from about 56 percent to about 72 percent, the total weight percent of MgO and CaO ranges from about 12 percent to about 28 percent, the total weight percent of Na.sub.2 O and K.sub.2 O does not exceed 6 percent, and the total weight percent of all components, including trace elements, if any, is 100 percent. In a second embodiment, the compositions include the following components, indicated in weight percents: about 50 to about 68 percent SiO.sub.2, about 0 to about 4 percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.

Abstract: The monofilament for precision woven fabrics is made of a polyethylene terephthalate/polydialkyl siloxane copolymer having a silicon content from 0.05 to 2.0 percent by weight, a polyethylene terephthalate proportion of at least 85% by weight, a diameter from 0.01 to 0.1 mm, an elongation at break of less than 30%, a strength of at least 45 cN/tex, a modulus of elasticity at 5% extension greater than 500 cN/tex and a fibrillation characterizing parameter from 0.0 to 0.5.

Abstract: A self-extinguishing cable releasing low quantities of toxic and corrosive smokes and gases for optical or electrical applications, comprises a self-extinguishing coating (3), releasing low quantities of toxic and corrosive fumes and gases, comprising:a) a polymer base including from 30 to 60 parts of a thermoplastic polyester and from 40 to 70 parts of a silicone-polyimide polymer;b) at least 0.5 parts of an anti-hydrolysis agent of the thermoplastic polyester and at least 0.25 parts of a selected antioxidant agent per each 100 parts by weight of the polymer base.Advantageously, the antioxidant agent is so selected that the coating (3) has a value of percent elongation at break not lower than 80% of the starting value and in any case not lower than 250%, after a 10-day aging at 175.degree. C. in a hot air oven.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing composition for glass threads which comprises a solution of a viscosity of less than or equal to 400 cP containing less than 5% by weight of solvent and containing at least one base system which can be polymerized under the action of ultraviolet radiation or an electron beam, the said base system comprising at least one component that has a molecular mass of less than 750 and that has at least one reactive epoxy group and comprising at least 60% by weight of one or more components that have a molecular mass of less than 750 and that have at least one reactive group selected from the following groups: epoxy, hydroxy, vinyl ether, acrylic and methacrylic. The invention relates also to a process using this composition and to the threads coated with the said composition.

Abstract: There is disclosed a water-reducible, chromium-free coating composition for providing corrosion protection to a substrate, such as a metal substrate. The deposited coating film is corrosion-resistant and for coated articles which are threaded, e.g., steel fasteners, the coating provides a non-thread-filling coating. The coating composition contains particulate metal, such as particulate zinc or aluminum. Although substituents can be separately packaged, the composition is virtually always a one-package coating composition. The composition contains water-reducible organofunctional silane, particularly an epoxy functional silane, as a binding agent. The composition has highly desirable, extended shelf life. The composition can be easily applied in the usual manner, such as dip-drain or dip-spin technique, and readily cures at elevated temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel vinyl containing organopolysiloxane elastomers which possess excellent low compression set and heat aging characteristics and which can advantageously be formulated into liquid silicone elastomer moldable compositions.

Abstract: Aminopolysiloxanes of the following structure Q.sub.2 RSiO-- (SiR.sub.2 O).sub.x -(SiRR.sup.1 O).sub.y -SiRQ.sub.2 wherein R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms including alkyl, aryl and aralkyl groups; R.sup.1 is CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --C--(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --NHR.sup.2, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, an alkyl of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, an alkyl amine of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6, or an alkanolamine of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 ; Q is R, R.sup.1, hydroxyl, or an alkoxy of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4. x can be zero or integer; y is an integer, with x+y being less than 1,100, for use in various applications, including softening textiles.

Abstract: Fibers having antimicrobial properties made from a melt-extrudable thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition includes a thermoplastic polyolefin and an additive. The additive is an antimicrobial siloxane quaternary ammonium salt which can be either of two general classes: (1) a trisiloxane having a pendent quaternary ammonium group and a molecular weight of from about 600 to about 1,700; and (2) an ABA-type siloxane having a polydispersity of up to about 3.0 and a weight-average molecular weight of from about 800 to about 2,000, in which a central siloxane moiety is terminated at each end by a quaternary ammonium salt group. The anion in general can be any anion which does not adversely affect the thermal stability of the salt.

Abstract: An abrasive article comprising(a) a plurality of abrasive particles and(b) a bond system which adheres the plurality of abrasive particles, the bond system comprising a binder and a polysiloxane of formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R, R', R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 may be the same or different and can be an alkyl, vinyl, chloroalkyl, aminoalkyl, epoxy, fluororalkyl, chloro, fluoro, or hydroxy, and n is 500 or greater.

Abstract: Size compositions for glass fibers which contain, in addition to polyepoxide, polyester or polyurethane film formers; amino - or epoxysilanes, or both; monomeric, aromatic di- or polycarboxylic acids and conventional size components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sized glass fiber strand adapted to reinforce a polymeric matrix material. The sizing composition includes a polyamide which is the reaction product of a polycarboxylic acid and a polyoxyalkylene amine; an acrylic polymer which is essentially free of epoxy functionality; a coupling agent and a fiber lubricant which is different from the polyamide, the sizing composition being essentially free of a urethane-containing polymer. Composites reinforced with the sized glass fiber strand and a method of reinforcing a composite are also provided.

Abstract: A method of producing a recyclable image recording support material including a paper layer capable of copying or recording images thereon is conducted by the steps of applying to an image-bearable side of an image recording support material including a paper layer an aqueous coating liquid selected from the group consisting of an aqueous surfactant solution, an aqueous water-soluble polymer solution, and a mixture of the aqueous surfactant solution and the aqueous water-soluble polymer solution, in an extremely small amount; removing images, if any, from the image-bearable side of the image recording support material by bringing an image releasing member into contact with the image-bearable side of the image recording support material under application of heat and pressure thereto; and drying the image recording support material. An image recording support material is produced by the above method. A method of recyling an image recording support material, based on the above method, is also conducted.

Abstract: A power cable is disclosed, which comprises a conductor having thereon an insulating layer which comprises a composition comprising from 25 to 35% by weight based on the total amount of the composition of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin having a vinyl acetate content of from 25 to 33% by weight, and from 65 to 75% by weight based on the total amount of the composition of polyethylene, the polyethylene containing in the molecule thereof vinyltrimethoxysilane by copolymerization or graft polymerization, the composition containing an organo heavy metal compound as a cross-linking catalyst, the insulating layer is cross-linked by the cross-linking reaction of trimethoxysilane groups in the polyethylene in the presence of water.

Abstract: Aqueous forming size compositions for treating a plurality of glass fibers include an oleophobic starch; a N-vinyl amide polymer; a wax component containing an ester formed from reacting (a) a monocarboxylic acid and (b) a monohydric alcohol; an emulsifying agent for the wax component; and a cationic lubricant different from the wax component. The forming size composition is essentially free of: (1) oleophilic starches; (2) polyolefin emulsions; and (3) preservatives selected from organometallic compounds, formaldehydes, derivatives and mixtures thereof. Glass fibers sized and coated with such compositions can be woven into fabrics.

Abstract: A low durometer fixing roll comprising a roller shaft, a peelable organic resin layer established on the external circumferential surface of the roller shaft, and a silicone gel layer interposed between them. A silicone gel composition for use in a fixing roll, said gel composition comprising (A) an alkenyl-substituted organopolysiloxane, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, in a quantity sufficient to provide 0.1 to 5 moles of silicon-bonded hydrogen in component (B) per mole of alkenyl groups in component (A) and (C) a sufficient quantity of platinum catalyst for curing the silicone gel composition.