Abstract: The present invention is to provide: a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery excellent in terms of safety during overcharge and high-temperature storability; and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution which gives the battery. The present invention relates to a nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution comprises at least one of specific compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25° C. is not more than 3.7.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a biomass-resource-derived polyurethane, which comprises: reacting a dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol to produce a polyester polyol; and reacting the polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate compound, wherein the dicarboxylic acid contains at least one component derived from biomass resources, a content of an organic acid in the dicarboxylic acid is more than 0 ppm and not more than 1,000 ppm relative to the dicarboxylic acid, and a pKa value of the organic acid at 25° C. is not more than 3.7.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin capable of contributing greatly to solve environmental problems and problems related to exhaustion of fossil fuel resources and having physical properties suited for practical use. The polyester according to the present invention has a diol and a dicarboxylic acid as constituent components and has an amount of terminal acid of 50 equivalents/metric ton or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aliphatic polyester which is produced as a high-molecular-weight one without using a chain extender such as an isocyanate compound or a carbonate compound and is excellent in moldability in injection molding, blow molding, or extrusion molding, thermal stability, and mechanical properties such as tensile properties. The invention relates to an aliphatic polyester comprising an aliphatic diol unit, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, and a unit of an organic acid having a pKa value of 3.7 or below at 25° C., wherein a content of a carbonate bond contained in the polyester is less than 1 mol %, a content of a urethane bond is less than 0.06 mol %, a content of an aliphatic monooxymonocarboxylic acid unit is less than 0.

Abstract: To improve an impregnation property of an electrolyte and the cycle characteristics, which have been a problem in the case of employing a casing having a variable shape. A lithium secondary cell comprising a casing having a variable shape, and a cell element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, sealed in the casing, wherein a compound represented by following formula (1) is contained in the lithium secondary cell: A1-X-A2??(1) (wherein X is a Group VI element in the periodic table, and A1 and A2 represent an aromatic group, provided that A1 and A2 may be the same or different, and may be connected each other to constitute a ring.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aliphatic polyester which is produced as a high-molecular-weight one without using a chain extender such as an isocyanate compound or a carbonate compound and is excellent in moldability in injection molding, blow molding, or extrusion molding, thermal stability, and mechanical properties such as tensile properties. The invention relates to an aliphatic polyester comprising an aliphatic diol unit, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, and a unit of an organic acid having a pKa value of 3.7 or below at 25° C., wherein a content of a carbonate bond contained in the polyester is less than 1 mol %, a content of a urethane bond is less than 0.06 mol %, a content of an aliphatic monooxymonocarboxylic acid unit is less than 0.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester with a high polymerization degree having an excellent thermal stability is produced by reacting diol unit(s) and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit(s) in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal oxide containing at least one element from the group consisting of metal elements belonging to the Groups 3 to 6 of the Periodic Table and at least one element selected from the group consisting of a silicon element and a metal element from Groups 1, 2, 12, 13, and 14 of the Periodic Table in an industrially advantageous process.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aliphatic polyester which is produced as a high-molecular-weight one without using a chain extender such as an isocyanate compound or a carbonate compound and is excellent in moldability in injection molding, blow molding, or extrusion molding, thermal stability, and mechanical properties such as tensile properties. The invention relates to an aliphatic polyester comprising an aliphatic diol unit, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit, and a unit of an organic acid having a pKa value of 3.7 or below at 25° C., wherein a content of a carbonate bond contained in the polyester is less than 1 mol %, a content of a urethane bond is less than 0.06 mol %, a content of an aliphatic monooxymonocarboxylic acid unit is less than 0.

Abstract: To increase safety against overcharging of a lithium secondary cell which uses a lithium-nickel compound oxide as a positive electrode active material. A lithium secondary cell comprises a casing (2,3) and a lithium secondary cell element (1) using a lithium-nickel compound oxide as a positive electrode active material, accommodated in the casing. The specific surface area of the lithium-nickel compound oxide is from 0.1 to 10 m2/g, and a surface area capacity ratio S/C, i.e. a ratio of a cell surface area S (cm2) to a cell capacity (mAh), is from 0.05 to 5.

Abstract: To improve an impregnation property of an electrolyte and the cycle characteristics, which have been a problem in the case of employing a casing having a variable shape. A lithium secondary cell comprising a casing having a variable shape, and a cell element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte, sealed in the casing, wherein a compound represented by following formula (1) is contained in the lithium secondary cell: A1-X-A2??(1) (wherein X is a Group VI element in the periodic table, and A1 and A2 represent an aromatic group, provided that A1 and A2 may be the same or different, and may be connected each other to constitute a ring.