Abstract: Disclosed are a thermally conductive composition that contains 10 to 50 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A) and 50 to 90 parts by mass of a metal oxide (B) such as magnesium oxide (a total of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the metal oxide (B) being 100 parts by mass), and a thermally conductive composition that contains a thermoplastic resin (A) and a metal oxide (B) such as magnesium oxide, in which a modified polyolefin-based wax (C) is further contained in an amount of 0.1 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic resin (A), such thermally conductive compositions being useful for applications such as a container, a piece of tableware, a heat dissipating member, a water-circulating structure material, an electronic device casing, a timepiece exterior material, a tumbler, and a commodity for daily use.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition for an optical material including: a polyisocyanate component which includes 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane; a polyol component which includes a diol compound having a molecular weight of 400 or more and having two or more hydroxyl groups; and a polythiol component which includes a polythiol compound having two or more mercapto groups.

Abstract: Provided is a compound represented by General Formula (1) in General Formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 independently represent a group selected from the following Formulae,

Abstract: Disclosed is a pellicle including a pellicle membrane including a carbon-based membrane having a carbon content of 40% by mass or more and a support frame that supports the pellicle membrane, in which the pellicle membrane and the support frame are in contact with each other, and at least one of the following conditions 1 and 2 is satisfied. [Condition 1] In the support frame, a surface in contact with the pellicle membrane has a roughness Ra of 1.0 ?m or less. [Condition 2] The support frame has a width of unevenness of 10 ?m or less at an edge portion on a surface side in contact with the pellicle membrane and on an inner side of the pellicle.

Abstract: [Solving Means] A xylylene diisocyanate composition contains a xylylene diisocyanate and a compound having retention time of 14.0 minutes to 14.6 minutes when the xylylene diisocyanate composition is measured by gas chromatography mass spectrometry under the specific measurement conditions, and a content ratio of the compound is adjusted to be 2000 ppm or less.

Abstract: A heat exchange device includes a heat exchange main body portion, a joint member, and a resin sealing portion. The heat exchange main body portion has an internal flow path through which a heat exchange medium flows, and a metal wall portion including a through-hole communicating with the internal flow path. The joint member has a protruding portion and a hollow portion. The protruding portion includes an opening through which the heat exchange medium is supplied or discharged. The protruding portion protrudes toward an outside of the heat exchange main body portion through the through-hole. The hollow portion is formed for causing the opening and the internal flow path to communicate with each other. The resin sealing portion seals a gap between an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole and an outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion.

Abstract: A polymerizable composition for an optical material containing two or more different monomers for an optical material, and a polymerization catalyst, in which at least one of the two or more different monomers for an optical material is an isocyanate compound containing an aromatic ring, a content of the polymerization catalyst with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the two or more different monomers for an optical material is from 0.010 parts by mass to 0.50 parts by mass, and the viscosity measured by a B-type viscometer at 25° C. and 60 rpm is from 10 mPa·s to 1,000 mPa·s.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (A) that satisfies particular requirements and a 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymer (B) that satisfies particular requirements. The resin composition of the present invention can provide a smooth film with a small surface roughness and can be suitably used for molded articles such as films for capacitors, while containing the 4-methyl-1-pentene copolymers and having properties such as heat resistance. A film for capacitors of the present invention has a small surface roughness and is smooth, which eliminates problems such as worsening of dielectric properties and shortening of service life.

Abstract: Provided are monomers useful for dental materials that include a compound in which a core and a specific terminal group are bonded to each other directly or via a linking group, wherein the core is a C1-200 polyvalent organic group having a valence of not less than 3 containing an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom in which an atom bonded to the terminal group or the linking group is the oxygen atom or the nitrogen atom; the terminal group is a specific (meth)acryloyl group-containing group, a (meth)acryloyl group, a C1-20 hydrocarbon group or a hydrogen atom, and the terminal group needs to meet specific requirements; and the linking group is a specific divalent group, and when the compound contains a plurality of linking groups, the linking groups may be the same as or different from each other. Compositions, dental materials and kits are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is a polymerization initiator, which has an excellent curing rate and is an alternative to a polymerization initiator system using a benzoyl peroxide-aromatic amine compound, a curable composition containing the polymerization initiator, a dental material and dental filler material containing the composition, and a kit for preparing the curable composition. The polymerization initiator contains one or more compounds (A) selected from the group consisting of a pyrazolidinedione compound and/or pyrazolidine(di)thione compound (A1), a salt (A2) of the compound (A1), and a malonate compound (A3).

Abstract: A powder cosmetic containing: an inorganic powder; and a polyaspartic acid alkali metal salt that coats a part or all of a surface of the inorganic powder, in which a weight average molecular weight x of the polyaspartic acid alkali metal salt is from 1,000 to 150,000, and the weight average molecular weight x of the polyaspartic acid alkali metal salt and a mass ratio y of the polyaspartic acid alkali metal salt to a total amount of the inorganic powder and the polyaspartic acid alkali metal salt satisfy the following relationships: y?1.6×107x?2.275 and y?1.3×105x?2.232.

Abstract: A negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer that is applied to at least one side of the negative electrode current collector, the negative electrode mixture layer containing a negative electrode active material, a conductive auxiliary, a binder, a polymer particle having a softening point of from 70° C. to 150° C., and a thermally expandable microcapsule having a maximum volume expansion temperature that is higher than the softening point of the polymer particle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable composition for use in stereolithography, the photocurable composition including: a (meth)acrylic monomer (X) that is at least one selected from the group consisting of di(meth)acrylic monomers containing, within one molecule, two aromatic rings and two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and that has a weight average molecular weight of from 400 to 580; a (meth)acrylic monomer (D) that is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic monomers containing, within one molecule, at least one aromatic ring and one (meth)acryloyloxy group, and that has a weight average molecular weight of from 140 to 350; and a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a porous molded body, the method including: the step of obtaining a molded body by molding a raw material that contains from 1 part by mass to 100 parts by mass of a bicarbonate compound (A) represented by AHCO3 (wherein, A represents Na or K) and from 0 parts by mass to 99 parts by mass of a compound (B) represented by BnX (wherein, B represents Na or K; X represents CO3, SO4, SiO3, F, Cl, or Br; and n represents an integer of 1 or 2 as determined by the valence of X) (provided that a total amount of (A) and (B) is 100 parts by mass); and the step of obtaining a porous molded body by performing a heat treatment of the molded body in a temperature range of from 100° C. to 500° C. and an atmosphere that contains water vapor in an amount of from 1.0 g/m3 to 750,000 g/m3 and thereby thermally decomposing not less than 90% by mass of the bicarbonate compound (A).

Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable composition for use in stereolithography, the photocurable composition including: a (meth)acrylic monomer (X) that is at least one selected from the group consisting of di(meth)acrylic monomers containing, within one molecule, two aromatic rings and two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and that has a weight average molecular weight of from 400 to 580; a (meth)acrylic monomer (D) that is at least one selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic monomers containing, within one molecule, at least one aromatic ring and one (meth)acryloyloxy group, and that has a weight average molecular weight of from 140 to 350; and a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A method for creating image data of a dental shaped object has steps of: acquiring image data of a dental shaped object having a side-wall portion forming a horseshoe-shaped concave portion; creating image data of a reinforcing member that reinforces the side-wall portion in CAD; and connecting the image data of the dental shaped object and the image data of the reinforcing member.

Abstract: A masterbatch of a liquid additive is provided, the resin composition for the masterbatch comprising (a) a block copolymer or a hydrogenated product thereof, the block copolymer containing a polymer block having a vinyl aromatic compound as a main component and a polymer block having a conjugated diene compound as a main component, and 40 to 100 parts by mass of a polyolefinic resin and 100 to 150 parts by mass of an ethylene·?-olefin copolymer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (a) component, wherein the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 10 to 5,000 mm2/s; the ethylene molar content is in the range of 30 to 85 mol %; and the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) for the molecular weight measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) with reference to polystyrene is not more than 2.5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene-based polymer composition useful as a material for shaped articles having a low surface resistivity and a low volume resistivity and exhibiting excellent slidability. The present invention pertains to an ethylene-based polymer composition containing an ethylene-based polymer (A) and a carbon-based filler (C), the ethylene-based polymer composition having a melt flow rate (MFR) in the range of 0.1 to 20 g/10 min as measured in accordance with JIS K7210-1: 2014 at a measurement temperature of 230° C. under a load of 10 kgf.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to obtain an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that has a low permanent compression set at low temperatures, is flexible, and has an excellent balance of rubber elasticity at low temperatures and tensile strength at normal temperatures. This ethylene-based polymer is an ethylene??-olefin?non-conjugated polyene copolymer that includes units derived from ethylene (A), units derived from an ?-olefin (B) containing 4-20 carbon atoms, and units derived from a non-conjugated polyene (C) and satisfies (1)-(4). (1) The molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 40/60-90/10, (2) the contained amount of the units derived from (C) is 0.1-6.0 mol %, (3) ML(1+4) 125° C. is 5-100, and (4) the B value is 1.20 or more.

Abstract: A porous formed body (Y) including a porous formed body (X) that satisfies the following (x-1) to (x-3), and an alkali metal carbonate or an alkali metal bicarbonate, in which a content of the alkali metal carbonate or the alkali metal bicarbonate is in a range of from 1 part by mass to 230 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the porous formed body (X), and a production method thereof, an ?-olefin dimerization catalyst and a production method thereof, and a method of producing an ?-olefin dimer: requirement (x-1): a volume of pores with a pore diameter in a range of from 0.01 ?m to 100 ?m is from 0.10 mL/g to 1.00 mL/g; requirement (x-2): a median pore diameter of pores with a pore diameter in a range of from 0.01 ?m to 100 ?m is from more than 0.01 ?m to 10.0 ?m; and requirement (x-3): a crushing strength is from 0.7 kgf to 15.0 kgf.