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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Frederick Campeol, Leval Trahegnies, BE;
Fabrizio Galeone, Ressaix, BE;
Jean-Paul Lecomte, Brussels, BE;
Leon Marteaux, Brussels, BE;
Marie-Jose Sarrazin, Brussels, BE;
Brett Zimmerman, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
A process for increasing the hydrophobicity of a porous product by treating the product, or a composition providing for the product, with a water repellent material, characterized in that the porous product or a composition providing the product, is treated with an aqueous suspension of microcapsules where the microcapsules comprise a water repellent organosilicon core material selected from an organosilane, a partially condensed organosilane and a branched siloxane resin, and a shell of a silicon-based network polymer comprising silica units.