Abstract: An oil-extended copolymer for sponge comprising an ethylene-&agr;-olefin nonconjugated diene copolymer satisfying the following conditions (1) to (4), and an extender oil in an amount of 10 to 90 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said copolymer. (1) a weight ratio of ethylene/&agr;-olefin of 73/27 to 40/60, (2) an iodine value of 20 to 36 which represents a non-conjugated diene content, (3) a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 (121° C.) in Mooney viscosity according to JIS-K-6300) of 100 to 180 as measured for a mixture formed by compounding 20 parts by weight of an extender oil based on 100 parts by weight of said copolymer, and (4) a Q-value (a weight average of molecular chain/number average of molecular chain) of 3 to 5 as measured by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC) of said copolymer.

Abstract: A cyanate ester-epoxy resin composition that can be cured to obtain a product which has excellent mechanical properties is provided. More particularly, a cyanate ester composition comprising (A) a cyanate ester in which the total content of impurities containing imino carbonates, alkyl cyanamides, partially substituted cyanates and phenols is 5% or less, or a prepolymer thereof and (B) an epoxy resin is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shrinkable film characterized by being a laminate film having at least one layer formed of a gas barrier resin composition satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2) and by having an average shrinking rate in its longitudinal and transverse directions after immersion in a 120° C. oil bath for ten seconds of 45% or more: ln(OTR/22.5)+0.0698(Tim−157)<−0.06  (1) T2−T1≦20  (2) (where in the expression (1), OTR and Tim are, respectively, an oxygen transmission rate (cc/m2·day·atm) of a 1-&mgr;m thick portion of a film formed of the gas barrier resin composition at 23° C. and a relative humidity of 0% and a melting point of the gas barrier resin composition, and in the expression (2), T1 is a haze (%) of a 30-&mgr;m thick film of the gas barrier resin composition left at 23° C.

Abstract: Provided are methods for conferring resistance to porphyrin-accumulating type herbicides upon plant or algal cells using DNA fragments or biologically functional equivalents thereof isolated from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and herbicide-resistant plants or algae into which these DNA fragments or biologically functional equivalents thereof have been introduced and in which they are expressed.

Abstract: It provides a production method of 4-methoxymethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzenemethanol to allow 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-benzenedimethanol to react with an inorganic base in water, and then add dimethyl sulfate and a water-immiscible organic solvent selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons and ethers to the reaction mixture, or to allow 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-1,4-benzenedimethanol to react with an inorganic base in water and said water-immiscible organic solvent, and then to add dimethyl sulfate to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A process for producing an olefin polymer using a catalyst in which (A) is a solid catalyst component which includes magnesium, titanium, halogen and an electron donative compound as essential constituents; (B) is an organoaluminum component; and (C) is at least two electron donative compounds (&agr;) and (&bgr;), wherein the pentad stereoregularity of a xylene insoluble fraction of a homopolyproylene is 0<mmrr/mmmm≦0.0068 when electron donative compound (&agr;) is used in combination with (A) and (B), and the pentad stereoregularity of a xylene insoluble fraction homoproplyene of a is 0.0068<mmrr/mmmm ≦0.0320 when electron donative compound (&bgr;) is used in combination with (A) and (B). A polypropylene produced in the process can be used to obtain a biaxially oriented film. (A) and (B). A polypropylene produced in the process can be used to obtain a biaxially oriented film.

Abstract: An olefin polymer selected from the group consisting of a 1-butene homopolymer, a copolymers of 1-butene with propylene and a copolymer of 1-butene with an alkenyl hydrocarbon having 5 or more carbon atoms, wherein said olefin polymer is an amorphous polymer having a polystyrene-reduced number average molecular weight of 200,000 and substantially not having a melting point,

Abstract: An instrument panel is provided having a skin material integrally bonded to the surface of a thermoplastic resin core material. The panel is obtained by feeding the skin material to a cavity between a pair of male and female molds having been designed so as to give a desired instrument panel shape, and press-molding a molten thermoplastic resin after or while feeding the molten thermoplastic resin to the cavity between the skin material and the male mold or the female mold. Brackets are formed integrally, by press-molding, with the core material resin on opposing end portions and at a back portion of the instrument panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyaminotriazine represented by the formula (I): which has low melting point and good bleeding resistance, and is capable of being fed in a liquid form; a method for producing the polyaminotriazine; and a stabilized organic material comprising an organic material and the polyaminotriazine.

Abstract: A method for producing phenylenedioxydiacetic acids of high purity at high yield from crude phenylenedioxydiacetic acids which mainly contains phenylenedioxydiacetic acids represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, R represents a hologen, carboxyl group or hydrocarbon group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 0 to 3, wherein an alkaline aqueous solution of the crude phenylenedioxydiacetic acids is mixed with a mineral acid to precipitate the phenylenedioxydiacetic acids, wherein at least 10% by weight of the alkaline aqueous solution is mixed with a mineral acid at 0 to 50° C.; and, after completion of the mixing, the temperature of the mixture is kept at 80 to 110° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal mold for producing a synthetic resin molded product, particularly a thermoplastic resin molded product, which is characterized by comprising: a first mold, a sliding mold that is allowed to slide over the entire outer circumferential face or on a portion of said first mold, a second mold having a parting face that is capable of contacting the face of the outer circumference of said sliding mold, and a mechanical clamping mechanism that makes the outer circumferential portion of the said sliding mold mechanically coupled to said second mold, wherein said sliding mold has a sliding direction that is the same as the opening and closing direction of the two molds, that is, the first mold and the second mold, and the sliding face between the first mold and the sliding mold is located inside the outer circumferential line, of a plane projection figure in the opening and closing direction of the metal mold, of a synthetic resin molded product which is molded by the metal mold

Abstract: There are disclosed: a hydroxyaldehyde derivative of formula (1): wherein the wavy line depicted by indicates a single bond and the compound having a double bond to which said single bond is attached represents E or Z isomer or a mixture thereof, a methoxy alcohol derivative of formula (2): wherein the wavy line depicted by indicates a single bond and the compound having a double bond to which said single bond is attached represents E or Z isomer or a mixture thereof, processes for producing the same, and a process for producing a retinal using the same.

Abstract: An olefin polymer selected from the group consisting of a 1-butene homopolymer, a copolymers of 1-butene with propylene and a copolymer of 1-butene with an alkenyl hydrocarbon having 5 or more carbon atoms, wherein said olefin polymer is an amorphous polymer having a polystyrene-reduced number average molecular weight of 200,000 and substantially not having a melting point, an olefin polymerization catalyst obtained by contacting a specific transition metal compound(A), an organoaluminumoxy compound (B) soluble in an aromatic solvent and water (C), and a process for producing said olefin polymer with said catalyst.

Abstract: A polymer having an O-substituted vinylphenol unit represented by the following formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 represent an alkyl; or R1 and R2, R1 and R3 or R2 and R3 are bound together and respectively form an alkylene; or R2 is methylidyne wherein one bond in the methylidyne is bound to R1, the other bond is bound to R3, and R1 and R3 represent alkylene, and a resist composition comprising the polymer are provided.

Abstract: A specified transition metal compound having two transition metals and two cyclopentadiene type anion skeletone in tis molecule and said metals are linked through an atom of Group XVI of the Periodic Table of the Elements, and olefin polymerization catalyst component comprising said transition metal compound, an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising said transition metal compound, a specific organoaluminum compound, and a specific boron compound, and a process for producing an olefin polymer using said olefin polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: A pentavalent phosphorous compound represented by the formula (I): wherein RA forms a cyclic group together with E, O and P, E represents a direct bond or oxygen atom, F represents a connecting group, and RB represents a phenyl group which may be optionally substituted; and the pentavalent phosphorous compound is useful as a stabilizer for an organic material.

Abstract: A specified transition metal compound having two transition metals and two cyclopentadiene type anion skeletons in its molecule and said metals are linked through an atom of Group XVI of the Periodic Table of the Elements, an olefin polymerization catalyst component comprising said transition metal compound, an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising said transition metal compound, a specific organoaluminum compound, and a specific boron compound, and a process for producing an olefin polymer using said olefin polymerization catalyst.

Abstract: There is provided a process for producing a multi-layer molded product having a plurality of thermoplastic resin layers. This process provides for (i) a step of supplying first and second molten thermoplastic resins each through first and second resin supplying gates which are temperature-controllable independently of each other, to between female and male molds kept in an open state with a time difference being provided between supply starts of the first and second resins, and (ii) a step of closing the female and male molds after completion of supply of the first and second resins. The process enables production of high-quality multi-layer molded products having a plurality of resin layers with good repeatability under relatively low resin supply pressure and by single mold closing. Further, high-quality multi-layer molded products can readily be produced without restrictions on materials used.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispersion-shifted optical fiber comprising a structure for reducing optical loss and restraining nonlinear phenomena from occurring. In order to restrain the nonlinear phenomena from occurring, this dispersion-shifted optical fiber has an effective area of 70 &mgr;m2 or more with respect to light whose center wavelength falls within the range of 1500 to 1600 nm, and the peak position where optical power of the light in a fundamental mode is maximized is radially shifted from a center of a core region by a predetermined distance. Also, in this dispersion-shifted optical fiber, optical power at a position radially separated from the peak position by a distance which is five times the center wavelength of the light becomes {fraction (1/100)} or less of the optical power at the peak position. As a consequence of this structure, bending loss can effectively be reduced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a casing for storing an airbag for an airbag restraint system, cavingg: a main body formed of a material comprising a thermoplastic elastomer composition which is prepared by: mixing 100 parts by weight of a copolymer composition with 0.05 to 0.5 parts by weight of a lubricant comprising higher fatty acid amide to obtain a mixture; and dynamically heat-treating the mixture in the presence of an organic peroxide and an auxiliary crosslinking agent. The copolymer composition contains: (A) 20 to 50 parts by weight of an olefin copolymer resin of propylene and one or two kinds of 1-olefin other than propylene; (B) 10 to 50 parts by weight of ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) ranging from 30 to 60; (C) 10 to 70 parts by weight of ethylene-propylene-nonconjugated diene copolymer rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.