This invention relates to a formulation with the addition of low density additives of volcanic ash, hollow ceramic microspheres or a combination of microspheres and volcanic ash or other low density additives into cementitious cellulose fiber reinforced building materials. This formulation is advantageously lightweight or low density compared as compared to current fiber cement products without the increased moisture expansion and freeze-thaw degradation usually associated with the addition of lightweight inorganic materials to fiber cement mixes. The low density additives also give the material improved thermal dimensional stability.

Fiber cement building materials with low density additives

A synthetic microsphere having a low alkali metal oxide content and methods of forming the microsphere and its components are provided. The synthetic microsphere is substantially chemically inert and thus a suitable replacement for natural cenospheres, particularly in caustic environments such as cementitious mixtures. The synthetic microsphere can be made from an agglomerate precursor that includes an aluminosilicate material, such as fly ash, a blowing agent such as sugar, carbon black, and silicon carbide, and a binding agent. The synthetic microsphere is produced when the precursor is fired at a pre-determined temperature profile so as to form either solid or hollow synthetic microspheres depending on the processing conditions and/or components used.

Synthetic microspheres and methods of making same

A method for drilling, running casing in, and/or cementing a borehole in a subterranean formation without significant loss of drilling fluid is disclosed, as well as compositions for use in such method. The method employs a drilling fluid comprising a fragile gel or having fragile gel behavior and providing superior oil mud rheology and overall performance. The fluid is especially advantageous for use in deep water wells because the fluid exhibits minimal difference between downhole equivalent circulating density and surface density notwithstanding differences in drilling or penetration rates. When an ester and isomerized olefin blend is used for the base of the fluid, the fluid makes an environmentally acceptable and regulatory compliant invert emulsion drilling fluid. The fluid preferably contains no organophilic clays.

Method of formulating and using a drilling mud with fragile gels

Methods for drilling, running casing in, and/or cementing a borehole in a subterranean formation without significant loss of drilling fluid are disclosed, as well as compositions for use in such methods. The methods employ drilling fluids comprising fragile gels or having fragile gel behavior and providing superior oil mud rheology and overall performance. The fluids are especially advantageous for use in offshore wells because the fluids exhibit minimal differences between downhole equivalent circulating densities and surface densities notwithstanding differences in drilling or penetration rates. When an ester and isomerized olefin blend is used for the base of the fluids, the fluids make environmentally acceptable and regulatory compliant invert emulsion drilling fluids.

Invert drilling fluids and methods of drilling boreholes

A laminate comprises an adherent in-mold thermoset coating composition on a thermoset polyester glass fiber substrate, the coating composition comprising essentially the reaction product of an unsaturated aliphatic fumarate polyester diol, a saturated polyester diol flexibilizer, a cross-linking aliphatic polyol having from 3 to 6 OH groups, a diisocyanate in an amount by weight sufficient to provide from about 50 to 120%, preferably from about 80 to 99%, of the stoichiometric amount of --NCO groups required to react with all of the active hydrogen atoms in the coating composition and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer sufficient to polymerize with and crosslink the unsaturated polyester in admixture with a minor amount by weight of polyvinyl acetate which serves to reduce or eliminate shrinkage of the coating composition.

Low-shrink in-mold coating

New, highly branched polyphosphonates which have a greatly improved flame retardant action compared with known polyphosphonates which are suitable as additives for plastics. In addition the new polyphosphonates may be incorporated in plastics as stabilizers with excellent migration properties.

Highly branched polyphosphonates based on melamine

The use of molding compositions based on unsaturated polyester resins containing specific reactive groups and of sheet metals with a specially selected coating results in sheet metal/duroplast composite elements having excellent adhesion.

Process for the production of sheet metal/duroplast composite elements

Unsaturated polyester resins containing--as additive--polyesterurethanes having free carboxyl groups and/or terminal radically polymerizable double bonds are good starting materials for manufacturing moulded articles with outstanding properties, particularly with an excellent impact strength.

Mixtures of polyurethanes and unsaturated polyester resins

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von oligomeren, Oxazolidongruppen enthaltenden Polyepoxiden aus Bisepoxiden und Diisocyanaten.

Oxazolidone group-containing epoxy resins

of the Disclosure Organic dispersions which can be cured with little shrinkage and are based on unsaturated polyester, copolymerisable vinyl or vinilydene compounds, thermoplastic polymers which are colloidally soluble and are incompatible with the polyester resin and an ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer with high vinyl acetate contents show a good stability and thus are useful for providing cured mouldings of constant quality.

Bernhard Dr. Hess

Papers

Highly branched polyphosphonates based on melamine

Process for the production of sheet metal/duroplast composite elements

Mixtures of polyurethanes and unsaturated polyester resins

Oxazolidone group-containing epoxy resins

Stable organic dispersions which can be cured with little shrinkage, based on unsaturated polyester resins and thermoplastic polymers