Abstract: Provided is a silane coupling agent composition with which it is possible to obtain a rubber composition having excellent scorch resistance and a crosslinked product of a rubber composition having excellent viscoelastic properties.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including: a lubricant base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 6.0 to 12.0 mm2/s; (A) a succinimide dispersant having a polyisobutenyl group having a number average molecular weight of no less than 800, in an amount of no less than 80 mass ppm in terms of nitrogen and no more than 2.7 mass % as the entire compound; (B) a condensation reaction product of an alkyl- or alkenyl-succinic acid having a C8-30 alkyl or alkenyl group or anhydride thereof and a polyamine, or a modified product thereof, or any combination thereof, in an amount of 50 to 1300 mass ppm in terms of nitrogen, wherein the product of the weight average molecular weight of the component (A) and the amount of the component (A) as the entire compound (mass %) is no more than 16,000.

Abstract: A grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a zinc sulfonate; a polysulfide; an overbased calcium sulfonate; and triphenyl phosphite, in which a proportion of the zinc sulfonate with respect to a total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.030 mass% to 0.045 mass% in terms of a zinc content, a proportion of the polysulfide with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.16 mass% to 0.24 mass% in terms of a sulfur content, a proportion of the overbased calcium sulfonate with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.010 mass% to 0.015 mass% in terms of a calcium content, and a proportion of the triphenyl phosphite with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.24 mass% to 0.36 mass%.

Abstract: The invention provides a resin composition that is capable of relaxing anisotropy while keeping the crystalline structure derived from liquid crystallinity and that has isotropic structure and physicality from a macroscopic view, even after the melt-processed molded article obtained by applying shear has been molded, cooled and fused without applying shear stress and subsequently re-cooled. The resin composition comprises a liquid crystal polyester resin (A) comprising structural unit (I) derived from a hydroxycarboxylic acid, structural unit (II) derived from a diol compound, and structural unit (III) derived from a dicarboxylic acid, and a resin (B) other than the liquid crystal polyester resin (A), and has an X-ray diffraction measured after fusing the resin composition that satisfies a specific condition.

Abstract: Provided is a silane coupling agent composition with which it is possible to obtain a crosslinked product of a rubber composition having excellent scorch resistance and a rubber composition crosslinked product having excellent hardness and viscoelastic properties.

Abstract: A hydrogen station includes a water electrolysis device that produces hydrogen gas by an electrolytic reaction consuming power supplied from a commercial power network, a compressor that compresses the hydrogen gas produced by the water electrolysis device, an accumulator that accumulates the hydrogen gas compressed by the compressor, a dispenser that fills a fuel cell vehicle with the hydrogen gas accumulated in the accumulator, and a control device that controls a power consumption amount of the water electrolysis device on the basis of a command for adjusting supply and demand of power of the commercial power network.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently producing ethanol from a lignocellulosic raw material. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing ethanol from a lignocellulosic raw material, which comprises a step of performing multiple parallel fermentation while continuously or intermittently adding an additional saccharification enzyme to a fermentation liquid comprising a lignocellulosic raw material, a saccharification enzyme and a yeast so that the physical property value of the fermentation liquid itself is maintained within a preset range.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an ionomer composed of a reaction product of an acid-modified polymer component with a fatty acid metal salt, wherein the acid-modified polymer component is an acid-modified product of a non-crystalline polymer containing ethylene units, or a mixture of an acid-modified product of a non-crystalline polymer containing ethylene units and an acid-modified product of a crystalline polymer, and the fatty acid metal salt is at least one selected from the group consisting of divalent and trivalent fatty acid metal salts.

Abstract: A creasing method includes: a gripping and rotating step of bunching and gripping a continuously drawn long fiber non-woven fabric and rotating the gripped part so that the long fiber non-woven fabric is twisted and a first folding line is formed; a heating step of heating the twisted long fiber non-woven fabric to fix the first folding line; and a widening step of releasing the long fiber non-woven fabric having the first folding line formed thereon.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal polyester resin which not only has a low-dielectric tangent, but also is excellent in balance between heat resistance and processing stability. The liquid crystal polyester resin comprises: a structural unit (I) derived from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; a structural unit (II) derived from an aromatic diol compound; and a structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the structural unit (I) is a structural unit (IA) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, the structural unit (III) contains a structural unit (IIIA) derived from terephthalic acid, a structural unit (IIIB) derived from isophthalic acid, and a structural unit (IIIC) derived from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the dielectric tangent at a measurement frequency of 10 GHz is 1.50×10?3 or less, the melting point is 290° C. or more, and the difference in temperature between the melting point and the crystallization point is 30° C. or more.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen fuel filling system includes a first flow passage through which hydrogen fuel supplied from a pressure accumulator that accumulates hydrogen fuel under pressure passes; a second flow passage through which hydrogen fuel supplied from the pressure accumulator passes, and which is arranged in parallel with the first flow passage; a switching valve that switches flow passages selectively from one of the first and second flow passages to another, or that switches flow passages between one and both of the first and second flow passages; and a control circuit that controls opening/closing of the switching valve, wherein a fuel cell vehicle using hydrogen fuel as a power source is filled with hydrogen fuel while switching the flow passages by the switching valve during supply from the pressure accumulator.

Abstract: A control device of a gas charging device controls opening/closing of a control valve so that pressure increase rate of gas pressure in a tank when gas charging to the tank increases at a reference increase rate determined in advance. The control device, when gas charge to the tank begins, controls pressure increase rate at a high increase rate higher than the reference increase rate. After the difference between gas pressure in the tank when gas charging is performed at the high increase rate and gas pressure in the tank when the charging is performed at the reference increase rate has reached a predetermined pressure difference, the control device controls the opening/closing of the control valve so that gas charge to the tank is performed at the reference increase rate.

Abstract: The grease composition including: a base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 5 to 30 mm2/s at 100° C., a thickener, a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, and an aliphatic amide compound. The grease composition is used for sliding between a metal member and a resin member, and capable of reducing friction between them.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal polyester resin which not only has a low-dielectric tangent, but also is excellent in balance between heat resistance and processing stability. The liquid crystal polyester resin comprises: a structural unit (I) derived from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; a structural unit (II) derived from an aromatic diol compound; and a structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the structural unit (I) contains a structural unit (IA) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, the structural unit (III) contains a structural unit (IIIA) derived from terephthalic acid, and a structural unit (IIIB) derived from isophthalic acid, the dielectric tangent at a measurement frequency of 10 GHz is 1.50×10?3 or less, the melting point is 295° C. or more, and the difference between the melting point and the crystallization point is 35° C. or more.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine has a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 2.55-2.84 mPa·s and includes: (A) a lubricating base oil including (a) mineral base oil(s) and/or (a) synthetic base oil(s), and having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3.8-4.6 mm2/s; (B) 1000-2000 mass ppm, in terms of metal content, of a metallic detergent including (a) metal salicylate detergent(s), and delivering ?10 mmol/kg of total salicylate soap base per kilogram of the composition; (C) 1.0 to 4.0 mass % of a comb-shaped poly(meth)acrylate having a Mw of 350,000-1,000,000 and a PDI of ?4.0; and (D) 100-1000 mass ppm, in terms of nitrogen, of a succinimide dispersant including (i) (a) non-modified succinimide dispersant(s) and/or (ii) (a) boric acid-modified succinimide dispersant(s), wherein the (i) and the (ii), in total, deliver ?70 mass % of total nitrogen content of the component (D).

Abstract: The resin composition includes a liquid crystal polyester resin (A) and a filler (B), in which (1) liquid crystal polyester resin (A) contains a structural unit (I) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, a structural unit (II) derived from an aromatic diol compound, and a structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid compound, wherein structural unit (III) contains a structural unit (IIIA) derived from terephthalic acid and/or a structural unit (IIIB) derived from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, (2) 40% by mol?structural unit (I)?75% by mol, 12% by mol?structural unit (II)?30% by mol, and 12% by mol?structural unit (III)?30% by mol, (3) filler (B) is at least one of silica, mica, and talc, and (4) the resin composition has a dielectric tangent of 1.0×10?3 or less as measured by a cavity resonator perturbation method at 10 GHz.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal polyester resin which not only has a low-dielectric tangent, but also is excellent in balance between heat resistance and processing stability. The liquid crystal polyester resin comprises: a structural unit (I) derived from an aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; a structural unit (II) derived from an aromatic diol compound; and a structural unit (III) derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the structural unit (I) contains a structural unit (IA) derived from 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, the structural unit (III) contains a structural unit (IIIA) derived from isophthalic acid and a structural unit (IIIB) derived from 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the dielectric tangent at a measurement frequency of 10 GHz is 1.50×10?3 or less, the melting point is 290° C. or more, and the difference in temperature between the melting point and the crystallization point is 30° C. or more.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a refrigerating machine oil containing: a base oil; and a partial ester of a carboxylic acid and a polyhydric alcohol, wherein the carboxylic acid contains an unsaturated carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including: a lubricating base oil; (A) a first defoaming agent, the first defoaming agent being (A1) a first polymer, or (A2) a second polymer, or any combination thereof; and (B) a second defoaming agent, the second defoaming agent being a silicone defoaming agent, the (A1) first polymer including: a first polymer chain including a polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure having a polymerization degree of 5 to 2000 and being represented by the following general formula (1); and a second polymer chain bonded with the first polymer chain, the second polymer chain including a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (2), the (A2) second polymer being a copolymer of a first monomer component and a second monomer component, the first monomer component represented by the general formula (7) or (8), the second monomer component represented by the general formula (9).

Abstract: A conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising: at least one elastomer component selected from the group consisting of elastomeric polymers (A) each of which has a side chain (a) containing a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety having a carbonyl-containing group and/or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below, and elastomeric polymers (B) each of which contains a hydrogen-bond cross-linkable moiety and a covalent-bond cross-linking moiety in a side chain and has a glass-transition point of 25° C. or below; a paraffin oil; and a branched multi-layered carbon nanotube, wherein a content ratio of the paraffin oil is 1 to 65% by mass relative to a total amount of the composition.