Abstract: A method for removing radioactive cesium and/or iodine from a radioactive substance in liquid and/or a solid matter using a hydrophilic resin composition comprising a hydrophilic resin and a metal ferrocyanide compound, wherein the hydrophilic resin includes at least one hydrophilic resin selected from the group consisting of a hydrophilic polyurethane resin, a hydrophilic polyurea resin, and a hydrophilic polyurethane-polyurea resin each having at least a hydrophilic segment, and a metal ferrocyanide compound is dispersed in the hydrophilic resin composition in a ratio of at least 1 to 200 mass parts relative to 100 mass parts of the hydrophilic resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate compound and an amine-modified polysiloxane compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable composition which provides a cured product excellent in low warpage properties and long-term electrical insulation reliability and causes little bleeding during screen printing. The present invention is a curable composition comprising the following components (a) to (e): a component (a): polyurethane having a functional group capable of curing reaction and a carbonate bond, a component (b): ?-butyrolactone, a component (c): diethylene glycol diethyl ether, a component (d): inorganic fine particles and/or organic fine particles, and a component (e): a compound having two or more epoxy groups in one molecule.

Abstract: A problem is to provide polyhydroxyurethane microparticles, which have a narrow particle size distribution and are applicable to a wide range of use. Provided are polyhydroxyurethane microparticles which are spherical polymer microparticles having particle sizes of 0.1 ?m to 300 ?m. A polymer that makes up the polymer microparticles has in a structure thereof chemical structure units represented by the following formula (1) and/or chemical structure units represented by the following formula (2). In the chemical structure units (1) and (2), —O—CO— bonds have been derived from carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A problem is to provide, in the field of polyhydroxy polyurethane resins the development of applications of which has not moved ahead by conventional technologies, a self-crosslinking polyhydroxy polyurethane resin, which enables to provide products, such as imitation leathers, excellent in abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance and the like, and moreover, which is useful from the view point of a reduction in greenhouse gas, contains carbon dioxide incorporated and fixed therein, and is responsive to environmental conservation.

Abstract: An electric power tool is powered by a plurality of rechargeable battery cells and configured to removably receive respective rechargeable battery cells individually. The electric power tool may preferably include a monitor circuit that monitors states of respective battery cells, and an indicator circuit that indicates the states of the respective battery cells monitored by the monitor circuit. Especially, the monitor circuit may preferably monitor output voltages of the respective rechargeable battery cells and the indicator circuit may preferably indicate whether the detected output voltages are within a predetermined range.

Abstract: Provided are a coating composition for forming a gas barrier layer as configured such that a specific compound having two or more 5-membered cyclic carbonate groups and a compound having two or more amino groups are reactable at an equivalent ratio of functional groups of 0.8 to 1.25 to form the gas barrier layer with a polyhydroxyurethane resin as a principal component; a gas barrier film formed of a single layer or multiple layers, at least one of the layer or layers that forms or form the film is a layer that exhibits gas barrier properties, and the layer is formed of a polyhydroxyurethane resin having a specific chemical structure; and a production method of a film having gas barrier properties.

Abstract: An electric caulking gun may include a main body portion including a cartridge setting portion to which a cartridge containing a caulking material can be set, an electric motor disposed within the main body portion, and a push rod configured to be pressed against the cartridge for dispensing the caulking material from the cartridge. The push rod may be coupled to the electric motor so as to advance and retract along a moving path. The electric motor may extend in a right and left direction across a vertical plane including the moving path of the push rod.

Abstract: An electric caulking gun may include a cartridge setting portion to which a cartridge containing a caulking material can be set, an electric motor, a push rod driven by the electric motor via a power transmission path and configured to be pressed against the cartridge for dispensing the caulking material from the cartridge, and an interruption device provided in the power transmission path and operable for interrupting the power transmission path and allowing the push rod to be freely moved.

Abstract: The invention provides a heat-curable resin composition comprising (A) a polyurethane having two or more carboxyl groups in one molecule, in particular a polyurethane having one or more carboxyl groups at a molecular terminal and (B) a heat-curable component, a cured product thereof, a solder resist and a protective film consisting of the cured product and a printed wiring board coated with the cured product. The polyurethane (A), preferably has a number average molecular weight of 500 to 100,000 and an acid value of 5 to 150 mgKOH/g. The heat-curable component (B) is preferably an epoxy resin. The heat-curable resin composition of the invention is excellent in adhesion with a substrate, low-warpage property, flexibility, resistance to moisture and heat, soldering heat resistance and resistance to tin plating.

Abstract: Provided are a self-crosslinking polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin derived from a reaction of a 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound represented by the following formula (1) and an amine compound and having polysiloxane segments and masked isocyanate groups in its structure: wherein A means and its production process. The present invention can provide a polyhydroxy polyurethane resin, the development of applications of which has not moved ahead in the prior art, as a novel self-crosslinking polyhydroxy polyurethane resin that enables to provide products excellent in lubricity, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, non-tackiness, heat resistance and the like, is useful from the viewpoint of the reduction of warming gas, and is responsive to the environment.

Abstract: Provided are a self-crosslinking polyhydroxy polyurethane resin derived from a reaction of a 5-membered cyclic carbonate compound and an amine compound and having masked isocyanate groups in its structure; a process for producing the resin; an imitation leather composed of a base fabric and a resin composition composed of the resin as its principal component and impregnated in or laminated on the base fabric; as kin material made of a thermoplastic polyolefin resin, said skin material including a thermoplastic polyolefin resin sheet and a top coat layer formed directly or via a primer layer on the sheet, wherein the top coat layer has been formed with a resin composition composed of the resin as its principal component; and a weather strip material composed, as its principal components, of the resin and a specific diorganopolysiloxane and/or a silicone oil.

Abstract: An electric power tool can include a main body, which rotates a motor with a pull operation of the switch lever and actuates a head tool by a rotative force of the motor, and an auxiliary tool configured for attaching and detaching to and from the electric power tool main body. In the main body, an actuating part actuated with the pull operation of the switch lever is provided. The auxiliary tool includes a detecting part, which noncontactly detects an actuation of the actuating part, and an electric circuit section for actuating electric devices, provided in the auxiliary part, by a detecting actuation of the detecting part.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermosetting composition which is excellent in low warpage properties and long-term electrical insulation reliability and is capable of forming an insulating film that inhibits disconnection of wiring of a flexible wiring board. The thermosetting composition of the present invention is a thermosetting composition for forming an insulating film, by curing the composition, on a flexible wiring board comprising a wiring pattern formed on a flexible substrate, and is characterized in that a cured product obtained by curing the composition has a tensile elastic modulus of 0.5 to 2.0 GPa.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate compound and an amine-modified polysiloxane compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin.

Abstract: A 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound is represented by the below-described formula (1), and is produced by a process that reacts an epoxy-modified polysiloxane compound with carbon dioxide. wherein A means in which R1 means an alkylene group which has from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and may be linked via an element of O, S or N and/or —(C2H4O)b—, R2 means a direct bond or an alkylene group having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, R2 may be linked to an alicyclic group or aromatic group, b stands for a number of from 1 to 300, and a stands for a number of from 1 to 300.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin characterized by being derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound represented by the below-described formula (1) and an amine compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable composition which provides a cured product excellent in low warpage properties and long-term electrical insulation reliability and causes little bleeding during screen printing. The present invention is a curable composition comprising the following components (a) to (e): a component (a): polyurethane having a functional group capable of curing reaction and a carbonate bond, a component (b): ?-butyrolactone, a component (c): diethylene glycol diethyl ether, a component (d): inorganic fine particles and/or organic fine particles, and a component (e): a compound having two or more epoxy groups in one molecule.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting ink composition having excellent balance concerning screen printability capable of preventing oozing and bleeding at the time of screen printing, electric insulating reliability and adhesion with an objective for coating. The thermosetting ink composition of the invention comprises a thermosetting resin (A) having a value “a” of less than 0.60 in the following formula (1) showing the relationship between the intrinsic viscosity [?] and the absolute molecular weight M of the resin: [?]=K×Ma??(1) wherein K is a constant number. Since the thermosetting ink composition can prevent oozing and bleeding at the time of screen printing and an excessive amount of a filler is not used for improving the printability, it can form excellent solder resists and other protective films at low coat without decreasing the electric insulating reliability and adhesion with an objective for coating.

Abstract: An inverter assembly includes a substrate, a capacitor assembly and a coil, a varistor and a base. The base fixes and supports thereto the substrate, the capacitor assembly, the coil, and the varistor, and is detachably fixed together to a first housing with screws.