Abstract:
The present invention relates to coloured fiber cement products as well as to methods for manufacturing such products. In particular, the present invention provides coloured fiber cement products, which fiber cement products are coloured in the mass, and at least comprise on at least part of their outer surface one or more cured layers of a coating composition, which composition at least comprises a binder and a pigment and/or a filler and is characterized by a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of between about 1% and about 20%. The present invention further provides processes for producing these coloured fiber cement products. Finally, the present invention provides uses of the coloured fiber cement products as building materials. In particular embodiments, the fiber cement products produced by the processes of the present invention can be used to provide an outer surface to walls, both internal as well as external, a building or construction, e.g. as fagade plate, siding, etc.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to processes for producing fiber cement products as well as to the fiber cement products obtainable therewith. More specifically, the present invention relates to fiber cement products that are suitable for being subjected to ink-jet printing, which fiber cement products at least comprise on their outer surface one or more cured layers of a first coating composition, which at least comprises a binder and a pigment and which is characterized by a pigment volume concentration of higher than about 40%. The invention further provides processes for producing such fiber cement products. Moreover, the present invention provides processes for producing ink-jet printed fiber cement products and ink-jet printed fiber cement products obtainable therewith. The present invention further relates to various uses of these fiber cement products, in particular as building materials.
Abstract:
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed. The method comprises providing a two-dimensional object comprising a lll-V group material, e.g. Boron nitride (BN), Boron carbon nitride (BCN), Aluminium nitride (AIN), Gallium nitride (GaN), Indium Nitride (InN), Indium phosphide (InP), Indium arsenide (InAs), Boron phosphide (BP), Boron arsenide (BAs), and Gallium phosphide (GaP) and/or a Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMD) group material, e.g Molybdenum sulfide (MoS2), Molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2), Tungsten sulfide (WS2), Tungsten diselenide (WSe2), Niobium sulfide (NbS2), Vanadium sulfide (VS2,), and Tantalum sulfide(TaS2) into an environment comprising oxygen; and exposing at least one part of the two-dimensional object to photonic irradiation in said environment, thereby oxidizing at least part of the material of the exposed part of the two-dimensional object.
Abstract:
Radiation-curable coating compositions for a surface such as a concrete floor, which include at least one multifunctional monomer or oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, at least one glossy band matting agent, and at least one matte band matting agent are described and claimed. These low gloss coating compositions allow for application of the coating composition over an area larger than a UV radiation source, while minimizing the formation of gloss bands or gloss lines that exhibit a different level of gloss in the areas where light leakage from a side light shielding of the UV radiation source results in a very weak radiation intensity, as compared to the areas subjected to high radiation intensity. These low gloss coating compositions are optionally clear topcoat compositions. In addition, a method for coating a surface with a radiation- curable coating composition that results in a cured surface with minimal differences in gloss exhibited following curing by a UV radiation source, and a surface coated with the radiation curable coating compositions of the instant claimed invention are described and claimed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a concrete element comprising a superhydrophobic wall having a roughness Ra of between 1 µm and 10 µm and protuberances spaced out two by two at an average interval of between 1 µm and 150 µm. Said concrete element has a surface critical pore diameter of less than 100 nm and has parts flush with the wall, that are more hydrophobic than the concrete.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for applying a liquid UV-curable primer sealant to natural stone tiles and related articles followed immediately by the exposure to a requisite amount of low intensity UVA-type UV radiation to partially cure the primer sealant. The partial curing, or pre-setting, of the primer sealant enables control of the ultimate depth of penetration of the primer sealer into the natural stone tiles and natural stone articles of which many examples are quite porous. Because the low level UV irradiation is instantaneous after the primer sealant application the level of primer sealant penetration into the natural stone surface is regulated. The pre-curing of the primer sealant is conducted to intentionally solidify or immobilize the sealant that has actually penetrated into the natural stone surface. The uppermost layers of the primer sealant are left in a semi-liquid or uncured state to allow for wetting and intermingling by the top sealant once it is applied. Thus, the prior art problem of uncontrolled wicking is solved by the present invention.
Abstract:
A coated article which includes a cement fiberboard substrate and a radiation-curable coating system applied to the substrate. The coating system includes one or more olefinic compounds and one or more PVC dispersion resins, and may be provided in the form of one or more coating compositions that may be applied in one or more layers.
Abstract:
The bottom of a cement fiberboard article is coated by conveying the article across a gap between a first conveyor and second conveyer and applying a liquid radiation-curable coating system to at least the bottom surface of the article while the article passes over the gap. The coating system is radiation-cured to at least a reduced tack state before the coated surface contacts the second conveyor.