Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a dispersant and a dispersion composition that exhibit high dispersing ability for nano-carbons such as, in particular, CNTs. The dispersant according to the present invention includes a polyalkylene oxide having a structural unit of the following chemical formula (1). In the chemical formula (1), L1 and L2 are each a straight-chain alkylene group that may have a substituent, Z is a linking group that links L1 and Ar, or alternatively, Z may not be present and L1 and Ar may be linked directly to each other, and Ar is represented by the following chemical formula (1a), (1b), or (1c).

Abstract: Provided are a polymerization catalyst composition for ethylene oxide which can give polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight lower than that of the prior art and a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution, and a process for the production of polyethylene oxide by the use of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition makes it possible to produce polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight ranging from about 20,000 to 200,000 through direct polymerization in a high yield with economic advantage, and is characterized by comprising an organoaluminum compound and at least one member selected from among alkali metal alkoxides and alkali metal hydroxides. According to the process, polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight failing within the above range can be produced by the use of the catalyst composition under the same polymerication conditions as those of the prior art.

Abstract: A nonflammable paper having a sufficient yield at the time of paper-making and a sufficient non-combustibility and strength even in a basis weight as low as 100 g/m.sup.2 or less is provided, which paper is obtained by dispersing in water a composition comprising 40 to 95% by weight of calcium silicate in the form of needle, plate, thin film or a secondary aggregate thereof, and aluminum hydroxide powder, in a specified ratio by weight, 5 to 30% by weight of cellulose fibers and 0 to 30% by weight of other additives, the total weight of these components being 100% by weight, followed by subjecting the dispersion to paper-making.

Abstract: According to the process of the invention, scouring and dyeing synthetic fibers can be carried out in one-bath. The process comprises the steps of preparing a dyeing solution comprising an alkalizing agent and a pH adjusting agent being able to generate acids by heating, putting unscoured synthetic fibers in said dyeing solution and then heating to dye said fibers at high temperature. The dyeing solution may comprise a surface active agent.

Abstract: A polyester product is treated with a treatment liquid containing at least one of dibromophenyl derivatives represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is --SO.sub.2 -- or --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is --H, --CH.sub.3, --C.sub.2 H.sub.5, --C.sub.3 H.sub.7 OH, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Br or --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H and n is a positive integer of from 1 to 9 to obtain a flame retardant polyester fiber product. The polyester product may be further treated with an oligomer of vinyl phosphonate which is present either in the above treatment liquid with the dibromophenyl derivative or in a separate treatment bath from the above treatment liquid.

Abstract: This invention relates to a resist printing method utilizing of different reactivities of reactive dyestuffs. The development or fixation of a vinyl sulfone type reactive dyestuff in a fibrous material is prevented with the use of a resist printing paste comprising at least one compound which have the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, ##STR2## and X is an alkali metal or an amine.

Abstract: A polyester article is treated with an aqueous emulsion of a halogenated phosphoric ester to retard its flammability. The aqueous emulsion is prepared by emulsifying a halogenated phosphoric ester with a nonionic surfactant derived from a phosphoric ester.