Abstract:
A disclosed multimode optical fiber (100) comprises a core (10) and a cladding (50) surrounding the core (10). The core (10) has an outer radius r1l in between 20pm and 30pm. The cladding (50) includes a first outer cladding region (56) having an outer radius r4a and a second outer cladding region (58) having an outer radius r4b less than or equal to 45μm. The second outer cladding region (58) comprises silica-based glass doped with titania. The optical fiber (100) further includes a primary coating (72) with an outer radius r5 less than or equal to 80μιτι, and a thickness (r5 - r4) less than or equal to 30μm. The optical fiber (100) further includes a secondary coating (74) with an outer radius r6 less than or equal to 100μm. The secondary coating (76) has a thickness (r6 - r5) less than or equal to 30μm, and a normalized puncture load greater than 3.6 x 10-3 g/micron2.
Abstract:
A fiber-reinforced fabric, composite materials formed from such fabrics, and methods of making the fiber-reinforced fabric or composite materials, are provided. The fabrics and composite materials demonstrate improved fatigue performance relative to conventional fiber-reinforced fabrics.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process of applying polymethylsilsesquioxane (PMS) aerogel coating onto a porous substrate by: • providing a liquid reaction mixture comprising: o water; o trialkoxysilane selected from alkyltrialkoxysilane, alkenyltrialkoxysilane and combinations thereof; o dialkoxysilane selected from dialkyldialkoxysilane, dialkenyldialkoxysilane, alkylalkenyldialkoxysilane and combinations thereof; o surfactant; o acid catalyst; • soaking a porous substrate with the liquid reaction mixture to produce a porous substrate that is covered with liquid reaction mixture coating; • gelling and aging the liquid reaction mixture coating to transform it into an aqueous PMS gel coating, thereby producing an aqueous PMS gel-coated porous substrate; • replacing the water in the aqueous PMS gel coating with organic solvent, thereby producing a water-free PMS gel-coated porous substrate; • drying the water-free PMS gel-coated porous substrate to produce a porous substrate coated with a PMS aerogel. This coating process enables production of reinforced pliable silica aerogels with improved robustness. Furthermore, the process makes it possible to apply a resilient pliable silica aerogel onto e.g. fabrics, thereby imparting special properties to these fabrics, such as excellent thermal insulation. The invention also relates to a coated porous substrate that can be obtained by the aforementioned process and to the use of such a coated product in clothing, insulation materials, filters, adsorbents, absorbents or catalyst supports.
Abstract:
A fiber is provided, including a cladding material that is disposed along a longitudinal-axis fiber length. A plurality of spherical particles are disposed as a sequence along a longitudinal line parallel to the longitudinal fiber axis in at least a portion of the fiber length. Each spherical particle is of a spherical particle material that is interior to and different than the fiber cladding material. The spacing between adjacent spherical particles in the sequence of particles is greater than the spherical particle diameter. Each spherical particle can be provided as a core- shell particle that includes a spherical core that is surrounded by at least one spherical shell. Each spherical particle can be provided with a plurality of azimuthal sections of at least two distinct materials.
Abstract:
The invention relates to radiation curable compositions comprising a liquid 0/s(acyl)phosphine photo initiators of formula (Ϊ): wherein each of Ar 1 , Ar 2 and Ar 3 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The invention also relates to stabilized forms of liquid bis(acyl)phosphines of formula (I) and radiation curable composition comprising said stabilized photoinitiators. The radiation curable compositions are selected from the group consisting of an optical fiber coating composition and a coating composition capable of radiation cure on concrete and a coating composition capable of radiation cure on metal.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Glasfaser durch ein an einer Preform ausgeführtes Langziehen in einem Ziehofen, wobei eine Abkühlung der Glasfaser in mindestens drei zeitlichen Phasen erfolgt. Bei diesen ist die Glasfaser oberhalb eines Kristallisationstemperatur-Bereiches einer ersten zeitlichen Abkühlrate, innerhalb des Kristallisationstemperatur-Bereiches einer im Vergleich zur ersten Abkühlrate größeren zweiten zeitlichen Abkühlrate und unterhalb des Kristallisationstemperatur-Bereiches einer im Vergleich zur zweiten Abkühlrate geringeren dritten Abkühlrate ausgesetzt.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a glass fiber product having particles adhered to at least one fiber of the product, where the size and amount of particles is effective to reduce the tackiness of the glass fiber product and optionally effective to reduce interfilament bonding, and composition, and method for forming the same.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for recycling glass fibre material are disclosed, as well as products fabricated by the disclosed method. The invention deals with mechanically transforming glass fibre material extracted from a composite material in a first form to glass fibre material in a second form. The glass fibre material is further treated into a third form, the glass fibre material is further treated into a third form, the glass fibre material in the third form being suitable for insulation material. The glass fibre in the third form may be such insulation material as wool or cotton-like insulation material, insulation bats, insulation rolls, insulation pellets, insulation panels, such as curved panels and self-sustaining panels.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a radiation -curable liquid resin composition comprising: (A) 20-90 wt% of a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, and (B) 1-35 wt% of - a monomer shown by the following formula (1), wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 and R 3 individually represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, R 4 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer of 1-6, or - a monomer including a hydroxyl group.