Abstract: A novel method is proposed for the synthesis of an organopolysiloxane having two hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the same silicon atom at the molecular chain end. The method comprises mixing a dihydro isopropenyloxy silane with an organosilicon compound having at least one silanolic hydroxy group so that a condensation reaction takes place between the isopropenyloxy group of the former reactant and the silanol group of the latter reactant forming acetone as a by-product. The method is advantageous in respect of the absence of any acidic or basic by-product contained in the product as an impurity in the conventional methods.

Abstract: Novel anti-rheumatic agent containing 3-isobutyryl-2-isopropylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A duplex pipette comprises a housing, a pair of cylinders separately formed in the housing to extend substantially in parallel to each other, first and second piston members each having a lower end portion slidably received in one of the cylinders and a handle portion projecting outside the cylinder, and a pair of pipette tips mounted on the lower end of the housing by way of a connecting member, each of the pipette tips having a passage which communicates one of the cylinders with the outside of the housing. The connecting member is arranged so that the distance between the distal ends of the pipette tips can be changed. One of the piston members is arranged to be movable separately from the other piston member and the other piston member is arranged to be movable only together with said one piston member.

Abstract: The efficiency of the pervaporation method for the separation or enrichment of liquids in mixture, e.g. water and ethyl alcohol, can be greatly improved when the partitioning membrane is made of a polymeric composition comprising a specific organosilyl-substituted polyenic polymer composed of the monomeric moieties represented by the general formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and the groups denoted by R are each independently a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or a silicon-containing organic group such as those represented by the general formula --CH.sub.2 --SiMe.sub.2 R.sup.2, Me being a methyl group and R.sup.2 being a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The performance and durability of the membrane can be further improved when the polymeric composition is a polymer blend of the above described polyenic polymer and a poly(trimethyl vinyl silane).

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient method for improving the adhesive bonding strength of various types of rubbery sealant compositions, e.g. room temperature curable silicone rubber composition, to the substrate surface on which it has been cured. The method comprises coating the substrate surface with or admixing the sealant composition before application to the substrate surface with an adhesion promotor which is a reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising:(a) 1 mole of an organic amine compound having at least one active hydrogen atom in a molecule or an aminoalkyl alkoxysilane compound;(b) from 0.5 to 4 moles of an organic compound having at least one epoxy group in a molecule or an epoxyalkyl alkoxysilane; and(c) from 0.5 to 12 moles of an alkoxysilane represented by the general formula R.sup.1.sub.a Si(OR.sup.2).sub.4-a, in which R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.

Abstract: An efficient method is proposed for the preparation of an organosiloxane oligomer represented by the general formula YSi(R.sup.1).sub.n (--O--SiR.sub.3).sub.3-n, in which each of the groups denoted by R and R.sup.1 is a halogen-substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, Y is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group selected from methyl, phenyl, vinyl, chloromethyl and 3-(meth)acryloxypropyl groups and n is zero, 1 or 2, by the reaction of an organosilicon halomagnesium salt of the formula R.sub.3 Si--O--MgX, in which X is a halogen atom, and an organosilane compound of the general formula YSi(R.sup.1).sub.n (Z).sub.3-n, in which Z is a halogen atom or a lower alkoxy group. In particular, tetrasiloxane compounds represented by the general formula Y.sup.1 Si[--O--Si(CH.sub.3).sub.2 (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CF.sub.3)].sub.3, in which Y.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, chloromethyl group or 3-methacryloxypropyl group, are each a novel compound not known in the prior art.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for imparting releasability to the surface of a plastic film or paper by coating the surface with an organopolysiloxane composition followed by curing, in which the curing is complete by heating at a relatively low temperature and the cured surface film of the composition is very stable and free from the problem of transfer to another body in contact therewith. The composition comprises a vinyl-containing organopolysiloxane, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane and a platinum compound to catalyze the addition reaction between the silicon-bonded vinyl groups and silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms. Different from conventional organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a linear molecular structure, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane used in the invention is represented by the general unit formula (RSiO.sub.1.5).sub.m (RHSiO.sub.0.5).sub.n, in which R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group free form unsaturation and m and n are each a positive integer with the proviso that the ratio of n/m is from 0.1 to 3.

Abstract: In the inventive touch-operated see-through coordinate input unit, the contacting wires embedded in the upper and lower substrate sheets in a relative perpendicular disposition are divided into groups each of at least two of the adjacent wires and the wires belonging to the same group are bonded to the same electrode. When the upper sheet is depressed with a finger tip or stylus point at a crossing point of the wires on the upper and lower sheets, electrical contact can be obtained at two points or more between wires so that, different from conventional coordinate input units in which electrical contact is obtained at only a single point by a pushing stroke, the reliability of the input operation can be greatly improved also with decreased fatigue of the operator in continuous working of long time.

Abstract: An element for electrophoresis suitably employable for analysis of biopolymers such as proteins, as well as for determination of base sequence of DNA, RNA, their fragments, and their derivatives, which comprises a plastic material support, an adhesive layer containing an inorganic oxide and a binder, a medium layer for electrophoresis comprising an aqueous polyacrylamide gel formed by crosslinking polymerization of an acrylamide compound and a crosslinking agent in the presence of water, and a plastic material covering film. The electrophoresis medium layer may contain a water-soluble polymer and agarose. The medium layer may contain a modifier such as an anionic surfactant, formamide or urea.

Abstract: The coating composition, e.g. paints and lacquers, prepared according to the invention is imparted with greatly improved surface properties of the coating film formed therefrom in respect of the resistance against peeling of the coating film and decreased blocking by virtue of the unique additive which is an organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least one organosiloxane unit having a 2,3-dihydroxypropylamino-substituted group such as --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --NH--CH.sub.2 --CHOH--CH.sub.2 OH and --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 --NH--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --NH--CH.sub.2 --CHOH--CH.sub.2 OH bonded to the silicon atom.

Abstract: A novel imidazole derivative type reagent for analysis of hydrogen peroxide, a method of analysis of hydrogen peroxide using the same, a method of analysis of peroxidase using the same, and a multilayer chemicalanalytical element containing the same are disclosed.The imidazole derivative has the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical with or different from each other, and R.sup.3 represents 2- or 3-pyrrolyl group, a substituted 2- or 3-pyrrolyl group, 2- or 3-indolyl group, or a substituted 2- or 3-indolyl group.

Abstract: An element for electrophoresis suitably employable for analysis of biopolymers such as proteins, as well as for determination of base sequence of DNA, RNA, their fragments, and their derivatives, which comprises a plastic film, a layer for electrophoresis comprising an aqueous polyacrylamide gel, an adhesive layer containing gelatin and optionally a film-forming polymer and/or fine particles, and a plastic film.

Abstract: A paper for electrostatography using an encapsulated toner which comprises a core and a shell enclosing the core, characterized in that the optically measured surface roughness value (Rp value) is not more than 3.2 .mu.m.

Abstract: An integral ion selective electrode for the analysis of a potassium ion comprising:(I) a support;(II) an electroconductive metal layer such as a silver metal layer;(III) a layer of a water-insoluble salt of said metal such as a silver chloride layer;(IV) an electrolyte layer which comprises crystalline electrolyte salts of cations including a potassium ion and a sodium ion with the same anions as the anion of the water-insoluble salt, said electrolyte layer being substantially free from a binder; and(V) a potassium ion selective layer.

Abstract: The radiation-curable organopolysiloxane composition of the invention is quite free from the problem of the migration of silicone toward the surface of a body in contact with the surface of the cured film of the composition even by curing with an extremely small dose of radiation, e.g. ultraviolet light and electron beams, for curing. The mechanism for curing is in principle the radiation-induced addition reaction between the aliphatically unsaturated bonds in a first organopolysiloxane and the mercapto groups in a second organopolysiloxane but the aliphatically unsaturated bond in the first organopolysiloxane is bonded preferably remotely from the silicon atom with an electron-attractive atom or group intervening therebetween such as the divalent groups of the formula --O--CH.sub.2).sub.2 S-- and --CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2 --S--.

Abstract: A photographic paper comprising a paper sheet coated on each side with a polyolefin resin layer and a photographic emulsion layer provided on the polyolefin resin layer on the front side, which is characterized in that the polyolefin resin layer on the back side is provided with a antistatic coating layer comprising (a) a latex which contains an alkyldiphenylether sulfonate or a formalin condensate of naphthalenesulfonate, (b) colloidal silica, and (c) an alkaline salt aluminate.

Abstract: The silicone grease composition is highly light-transmitting and very stable with little oil separation. The grease composition is compounded with (a) a methyl phenyl polysiloxane having a specific phenyl content, (b) a fumed silica filler having a specific surface area of at least 130 m.sup.2 /g and (c) an alkoxy-containing organosilane compound such as vinyl trimethoxy silane, 3-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy silane, dimethyl dimethoxy silane and the like in a specified proportion.

Abstract: An anisotropically electroconductive adhesive which is solid at room temperature, preferably, in the form of a film is prepared by dispersing conductive particles such as metal particles and the like in a thermoplastic insulating adhesive composition comprising an unvulcanized thermoplastic elastomer such as a styrene-based elastomer and a crosslinked synthetic rubber and/or thermoplastic elastomer as a vulcanizate derived from an unvulcanized synthetic rubber or thermoplastic elastomer using a vulcanizing agent such as organic peroxides. The conductive adhesive is useful in adhesively bonding, for example, two electronic circuit boards without disadvantages of instability of the electric resistance, inconvenience in the application and so on.

Abstract: A process of manufacturing an element for electrophotresis which comprises steps of: sticking a spacer continuously to both side portions of a support web which is rolled back continuously from the rolled condition; casting on said support a solution for forming a medium membrane for electrophoresis; subjecting the support to hardening treatment to form a medium membrane; cutting off a portion of the medium membrane and support web; and sticking a cover sheet onto the medium membrane. An apparatus advantageously employable for performing the above process is disclosed.

Abstract: A photographic support comprising a paper sheet coated with a polyolefin resin on both surfaces thereof, in which at least one of the polyolefin resin layer comprises:40-75 parts by weight of a high density polyethylene having a melt index of 15-40 g./10 min. and a density of not less than 0.945 g./cm.sup.3, and60-25 parts by weight of a low density polyethylene having a melt index of 1-40 g./10 min. and a density of not higher than 0.930 g./cm.sup.3.