Material with adjustable buoyancy used in remotely operated vehicles for operation under water at sea, comprises a low density solid in a binder

摘要

Material with adjustable buoyancy, which comprises solid particles dispersed in a binder, which binder is quasi incompressible and has a density less than water and preferably less than 0.95 and has liquid/solid phase change temperature (T0) greater than that of the surrounding aqueous medium and the solid particles have a density less than that of the binder. INDEPENDENT claims are also included for: (i) a float with adjustable buoyancy, especially for major applications, which comprises material (M); (ii) a process for producing material (M) in a liquid form where the solid particles are mixed with the binder.