Patent References 2294826 3502610 3698935 3725123 3783092 3790606 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/646785 filed on 01/06/1976US Classes:428/375, Coated or with bond, impregnation or core106/664, Portland type cement containing106/711, Mineral fibers or glass fibers containing (e.g., slag wool, cotton wool, mineral wool, rock wool, etc.)106/724, Organic material containing106/802, Organic material containing106/808, Organic nitrogen428/378, Coating on discrete and individual rods, strands or filaments428/391, Silane, silicone or siloxane in coating428/392Artificial fiber or filamentExaminersPrimary: Kendell, Lorraine T.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesC03C 13/00 (20060101)C03C 25/10 (20060101) C04B 20/10 (20060101) C04B 20/12 (20060101) C04B 20/00 (20060101) C04B 24/38 (20060101) C04B 28/00 (20060101) C04B 24/02 (20060101) C04B 24/00 (20060101) C04B 24/12 (20060101) C04B 24/06 (20060101) C04B 28/02 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1973-07-03 GBAbstractA composition for coating glass fibers intended for use as reinforcement in cementitious products, containing, as a protective material, at least one monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic compound which has at least three hydroxyl groups on the aromatic ring or (in a polycyclic compound) on at least one of the aromatic rings, said composition, when applied to a strand of glass fibres which is subsequently encased in a block of ordinary Portland cement paste which is allowed to cure and kept for 28 days at 50° C, producing an improvement of at least 10% in the tensile strength of the strand as compared with that of a strand similarly treated and tested but without application of said composition. Preferably, the aromatic compound is soluble in a calcium hydroxide solution. A preferred compound is pyrogallol. | |