Abstract: Provided is an epoxy resin composition and a fiber-reinforced composite material using the epoxy resin composition, where the epoxy resin composition is capable of maintaining a low viscosity while being injected into a reinforcing fiber substrate and is also capable of imparting to a fiber-reinforced composite material high-level physical properties required for use as a structural material even in cases where the temperature increase rate during thermal curing is low, where the epoxy resin composition contains [A] tetraglycidyl diaminodiphenylmethanein an amount of not less than 70% by mass and not more than 90% by mass of total epoxy resin components taken as 100% by mass, [B] a bisphenol F-type epoxy resin in an amount of not less than 10% by mass and not more than 30% by mass by mass of total epoxy resin components taken as 100% by mass, [C] 4,4?-methylenebis(3-chloro-2,6-diethylaniline), and [D] 4,4?-methylenebis(3,3?,5,5?-tetraisopropylaniline).

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition for fiber reinforced composite materials comprising components (A) to (E): component (A), an epoxy resin; component (B), a dicyandiamide or a derivative thereof; component (C), a polyisocyanate compound; component (D), a urea compound as represented by formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently H, CH3, OCH3, OC2H5, NO2, halogen, or NH—CO NR3R4; and R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrocarbon group, allyl group, alkoxy group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group, or an alicyclic compound containing both R3 and R4, all containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms); and component (E), at least one compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts, phosphonium salts, imidazole compounds, and phosphine compounds.

Abstract: A sheet molding compound includes an epoxy resin composition meeting (I) and/or (II): (I) a component has a hydroxy group equivalent weight of 20 to 120, and (II) carbon fibers are bundle-shaped aggregates of discontinuous carbon fibers such that in a plane that has a largest width perpendicular to an alignment direction of the carbon fibers, two acute angles, referred to as angle a and angle b, formed between the alignment direction of the carbon fibers and sides formed by arrays of both ends of the carbon fibers in the bundle-shaped aggregates are 2° or more and 30° or less, the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 30° C. of 3.0×104 Pa·s or more and 1.0×106 Pa·s or less, and the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 120° C. of 1.0×102 Pa·s or more and 5.0×103 Pa·s or less.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition contains components (A)-(C), and satisfies the expressions below: Component (A): an aliphatic epoxy resin having one hydroxyl group and two to three epoxy groups in one molecule; Component (B): an aliphatic epoxy resin having no hydroxyl group and three epoxy groups in one molecule; Component (C): a polyisocyanate compound; 0.125?A/B?3; and 0.2<(A+B)/T?0.8 (A: parts by mass of component (A), B: parts by mass of component (B), and T: total parts by mass of the epoxy resins in the epoxy resin composition).

Abstract: The present invention enables the achievement of: an SMC which has excellent flexibility, while being suppressed in tackiness; and a fiber-reinforced composite material which uses this SMC, thereby being reduced in voids after molding. In order to achieve the above, a sheet molding compound according to the present invention has the configuration described below. Specifically, a sheet molding compound according to the present invention is formed from reinforcing fibers and a resin composition, and has a weight content of the fibers of from 40% to 60% (inclusive) and an air bubble content of from 5% by volume to 30% by volume (inclusive), while satisfying the formulae below in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at 25° C. 105 Pa G? (s)?109 Pa 1?G?(s)/G? (s)?5 G?(s): storage elastic modulus (Pa) of sheet molding compound at 25° C. G?(s): loss elastic modulus (Pa) of sheet molding compound at 25° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides: an epoxy resin composition which has satisfactory handleability during refrigerated transport, is stable and inhibited from increasing in viscosity for a long period even when held at ordinary temperature, well infiltrates into reinforcing fibers, can be sufficiently rapidly cured at a temperature as high as 180° C., and gives molded objects that can be smoothly demolded in a demolding step after the molding since the resin has sufficiently cured and has high heat resistance imparted thereto; and a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using the epoxy resin composition.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition contains components (A)-(C), and satisfies the expressions below: Component (A): an aliphatic epoxy resin having one hydroxyl group and two to three epoxy groups in one molecule; Component (B): an aliphatic epoxy resin having no hydroxyl group and three epoxy groups in one molecule; Component (C): a polyisocyanate compound; 0.125?A/B?3; and 0.2<(A+B)/T?0.8 (A: parts by mass of component (A), B: parts by mass of component (B), and T: total parts by mass of the epoxy resins in the epoxy resin composition).

Abstract: A preform includes a plurality of reinforcement fiber layers connected to each other by binder resin, the binder resin containing spacer particles insoluble in the binder resin, the spacer particles accounting for a volume proportion of 10% to 80% in the binder resin present in interlaminar gaps between the reinforcement fiber layers.

Abstract: A sheet molding compound includes an epoxy resin composition meeting (I) and/or (II): (I) a component has a hydroxy group equivalent weight of 20 to 120, and (II) carbon fibers are bundle-shaped aggregates of discontinuous carbon fibers such that in a plane that has a largest width perpendicular to an alignment direction of the carbon fibers, two acute angles, referred to as angle a and angle b, formed between the alignment direction of the carbon fibers and sides formed by arrays of both ends of the carbon fibers in the bundle-shaped aggregates are 2° or more and 30° or less, the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 30° C. of 3.0×104 Pa·s or more and 1.0×106 Pa·s or less, and the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 120° C. of 1.0×102 Pa·s or more and 5.0×103 Pa·s or less.

Abstract: An epoxy resin composition for fiber reinforced composite materials comprising components (A) to (E): component (A), an epoxy resin; component (B), a dicyandiamide or a derivative thereof; component (C), a polyisocyanate compound; component (D), a urea compound as represented by formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently H, CH3, OCH3, 0C2H5, NO2, halogen, or NH—CO NR3R4; and R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrocarbon group, allyl group, alkoxy group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group, or an alicyclic compound containing both R3 and R4, all containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms); and component (E), at least one compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium salts, phosphonium salts, imidazole compounds, and phosphine compounds.

Abstract: A preform includes a plurality of reinforcement fiber layers connected to each other by binder resin, the binder resin containing spacer particles insoluble in the binder resin, the spacer particles accounting for a volume proportion of 10% to 80% in the binder resin present in interlaminar gaps between the reinforcement fiber layers.

Abstract: An aggregate of carbon nanotubes has an acid adsorption amount equal to or greater than 0.6 mass % and equal to or less than 12 mass %, which is obtained by subjecting a starting material composition containing carbon nanotubes to a two-stage wet oxidation treatment. A method of producing an aggregate of carbon nanotubes includes a primary oxidation treatment step, wherein a starting material composition containing carbon nanotubes is subjected to a wet oxidation treatment to give a primary treated aggregate of carbon nanotubes having a ratio (G/D ratio) of the height of G band to that of D band in Raman spectroscopic analysis at 532 nm wavelength equal to or greater than 30; and a secondary oxidation treatment step of performing a wet oxidation treatment under an oxidizing condition stronger than that of the primary oxidation treatment step.

Abstract: A two-pack type epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, includes the following components (A) to (C), the epoxy resin composition having: an epoxy base resin liquid containing 30 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less of a component (A) and a curing agent liquid containing a component (B). The component (A) is a glycidylamine type epoxy resin; the component (B) is an aromatic amine; and the component (C) is a compound having at least two aromatic rings each of which has a phenolic hydroxy group.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a dispersion liquid of carbon nanotube aggregates in which the carbon nanotube aggregates are dispersed in a dispersion medium, comprising the two steps: (A) a step of adsorbing a dispersant to carbon nanotube aggregates by physical dispersion treatment in a dispersion medium to prepare a carbon nanotube paste with a particle size of 100 nm to 20 ?m resulting from partial dissociation of a mass of the carbon nanotube aggregates; and (B) a step of dispersing the carbon nanotube paste by ultrasonic dispersion treatment. A process for producing a dispersion liquid of carbon nanotube aggregates with reduced destruction and breakage of graphite structure of a carbon nanotube aggregate can be provided.

Abstract: An aggregate of carbon nanotubes has an acid adsorption amount equal to or greater than 0.6 mass % and equal to or less than 12 mass %, which is obtained by subjecting a starting material composition containing carbon nanotubes to a two-stage wet oxidation treatment. A method of producing an aggregate of carbon nanotubes includes a primary oxidation treatment step, wherein a starting material composition containing carbon nanotubes is subjected to a wet oxidation treatment to give a primary treated aggregate of carbon nanotubes having a ratio (G/D ratio) of the height of G band to that of D band in Raman spectroscopic analysis at 532 nm wavelength equal to or greater than 30; and a secondary oxidation treatment step of performing a wet oxidation treatment under an oxidizing condition stronger than that of the primary oxidation treatment step.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispersion liquid of a carbon nanotube-containing composition which contains a carbon nanotube-containing composition, a dispersant with a weight-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 60,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography, and an aqueous solvent. The present invention provides a dispersion liquid of a carbon nanotube-containing composition which shows high dispersibility on a base while maintaining high dispersibility for the carbon nanotube-containing composition.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a dispersion liquid of carbon nanotube aggregates in which the carbon nanotube aggregates are dispersed in a dispersion medium, comprising the two steps: (A) a step of adsorbing a dispersant to carbon nanotube aggregates by physical dispersion treatment in a dispersion medium to prepare a carbon nanotube paste with a particle size of 100 nm to 20 ?m resulting from partial dissociation of a mass of the carbon nanotube aggregates; and (B) a step of dispersing the carbon nanotube paste by ultrasonic dispersion treatment. A process for producing a dispersion liquid of carbon nanotube aggregates with reduced destruction and breakage of graphite structure of a carbon nanotube aggregate can be provided.

Abstract: A transparent conductive laminate comprises a conductive layer. At least one of the following conditions [A] to [C] is satisfied and the ratio of the surface resistance after subjecting the transparent conductive laminate to a 1-hour moist-heat treatment at a temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 90% and then leaving the resultant to stand for 3 minutes at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 50% is 0.7 to 1.3 with respect to the surface resistance prior to the treatment: [A] the surface resistance at a white reflectance of 75% is not higher than 1.1×103 ?/?; [B] the surface resistance at a light absorptivity of a carbon nanotube layer of 5% is not higher than 1.1×103 ?/?; and [C] the surface resistance at a total light transmittance of 90% is not higher than 1.1×103 ?/?.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purifier for removing unburned solid particles, sparks, and flames contained in exhaust gas discharged from internal and external combustion engines includes a closed cylindrical member connected to the exhaust port of an internal or external combustion engine and a swirl-generating member disposed in the cylindrical member and provided with a plurality of swirl vanes for swirling the exhaust gas, whereby the length of time that the exhaust gas is disposed in the cylinder is extended and unburned solid particles, sparks, and flames contained in the exhaust gas are centrifugally separated and extinguished thereby discharging relatively clean gas.