Wacker-chemie Gmbh

Ingo Craubner

Erhard Bosch

Norman Dorsch

August Schiller

Oswin Sommer

The invention relates to organopolysiloxane compositions which are stable when stored under anhydrous conditions, but when exposed to moisture cure to an elastomer containing (a) a diorganopolysiloxane having terminal condensable groups, (b) a silicon compound having 3 amino groups bonded to silicon via nitrogen and/or oxime groups bonded to silicon via oxygen per molecule and (c) a silicon compound having at least one thiol group selected from mercapto-functional silanes or siloxanes. The presence of the mercapto-functional silanes or siloxanes substantially retards the formation of skin but does not substantially extend the cure time of the organopolysiloxanes compositions. These compositions are useful in, for example, screen printing, where a long skin-over time is desired.

Organopolysiloxanes having retarded skin formation

Thermal insulation which contains a plurality of contiguous hollow structures such as hollow spheres and an elastomer, preferably a silicone rubber, which fills the interstices between the contiguous structures. The insulation may be molded around a pipe by filling the space between the pipe and an annular jacket which is concentrically arranged around the pipe to be insulated with hollow structures, adding a thermosetting composition to fill the interstices between the structures while the structures are retained in their original position and thereafter curing the thermosetting compositions to an elastomeric solid.

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Ingo Craubner