Described herein are cementitious articles having an integrally formed exterior surface with ultra-smooth finish and reduced porosity and/or thickness relative to the core of the cementitious article. Described herein are also techniques and methods for producing fiber cement articles having a thin exterior shell characterized by improved smoothness and reduced porosity.

Coextruded, unstructured, transparent and thermoformable polyester films are provided including at least one base layer (B) made of a-PET and one heat-sealable outer layer (A). The heat-sealable outer layer (A) includes at least 80% by weight of polyester with from 25 to 95 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 5 to 75 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, along with aliphatic diols. The outer layer (A) also includes up to 0.4% by weight of inorganic or organic particles with median diameter d.sub.50 2.0 to 8.0 m. The thickness of the outer layer (A) is 10 to 100 m, and the thickness of the film is in the range 100 to 1500 m. The invention further relates to processes for producing the inventive film, and also to packaging for foods or other consumable products, such as trays.

Sound absorbing or attenuating laminate flooring materials are provided, which are directed to be used in the production of floor covering, floor panels, furniture panels, cabinets, counter-tops and wall panels. As well, the methods for producing such products are provided. In particular, abrasion resistant panels, with a laminated structure, created by forming an assembly which consists of laminating a heat-activated resin impregnated paper wear layer, a decorative layer with printed graphics or a wood veneer decorative layer, a medium density (MDF) or high-density (HDF) natural fiber-based core and a resin impregnated paper balancing layer. To achieve sound absorbing and/or attenuating properties, any or all paper layers may be pre coated with an additional flexible elastomeric coating, film or material prior to assembly of the panel, or the natural fiber core panel may be coated with a flexible elastomeric coating, film or material prior to assembly with the papers. The flexible elastomeric coating, film or material acts to absorb, reduce, and/or ameliorate the sound transmissions inherent in laminated panels.

Super absorbent material used for drying that integrates super absorbent non-woven fibrous mats with other material, as for example wicking material, are described. The fibrous mats consist of polymeric material embedded with particles of super absorbent polymer. The wicking material may be lightweight knitted fabric that actively absorbs and wicks liquid across the fabric surface. The materials are fabricated as single layer or multiple layers and demonstrate a variety of form factors suitable to the intended use. The super absorbent materials may incorporate additional functionalities, such as antifungal or antibacterial, for biomedical uses.

The present invention aims to provide an adhesive composition having excellent adhesive property and excellent anti-fogging property by way of simple and easy means such as co-extrusion with a substrate film, extrusion coating, solvent coating, etc. According to the present invention, there is provided an adhesive composition, characterized in that it contains a polyester resin (A) and an anti-fogging agent (C), and satisfies the following requirement (1):

(1) Glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (A) is from 30 to 30 C.

The present disclosure provides a curable void filler composition comprising: (a) at least one epoxy resin; (b) at least one epoxy curing agent comprising a carboxylic acid anhydride compound; (c) at least one alkaline oxide and/or at least one alkaline earth oxide.

A layered scrub having an aspect ratio of between 0.75 and 1.25 is presented, comprising: a) a scrubber layer; b) a sponge layer; optionally c) a rigid boundary layer, which optionally is directly bound to layer c) and/or layer b); and optionally d) a dense sponge layer. In some such embodiments, layers d) and b) are unitary. In some embodiments, the layered scrub has a height of between 5.0 centimeters and 11.0 centimeters and may be generally cubic. In some embodiments, the scrubber layer comprises a non-reticulated hydrophobic polyurethane foam, the sponge layer and/or the dense sponge layer comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane foam, and the rigid boundary layer comprises polyurethane. In some embodiments, dense sponge layer d) bears printed designs or information.

Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include application of TGIC-reactive carboxyl-functional polyester resins with high acid number formulated to cure at low temperatures of 120 C. to 135 C.

Resin sheets which includes a support and a resin composition layer in contact on the support, and which are characterized in that an extracted water conductivity A of a cured product of the resin composition layer when extracted at 120 C. for 20 hours is 50 S/cm or less and an extracted water conductivity B of the cured product of the resin composition layer when extracted at 160 C. for 20 hours is 200 S/cm or less, can provide a thin insulating layer having excellent insulating properties.

A display device includes: a display panel; a first member disposed on the display panel; a second member disposed on the display panel; a first adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the first member; and a second adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the second member. The spacers are disposed in the second adhesive layer.