Patent ID: 8163677
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: C08G,C09D,C09K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A consolidated material, wherein before consolidation the material is at least one of porous and particulate and wherein the material is consolidated with a consolidating agent which is particle-free and comprises at least one of a hydrolysate and a precondensate of (a) one or more organosilanes of formula (I) wherein the radicals R independently represent non-hydrolysable groups, the radicals X independently represent hydrolysable groups or hydroxyl groups, and n is 1, 2 or 3, and (b) one or more hydrolysable silanes of formula (II) wherein the radicals X are as defined for formula (I), provided that the agent comprises at least one of a hydrolysate and a precondensate of compounds which comprise methyltriethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, and tetraethoxysilane.