Abstract: To provide a friction material composition which provides a friction material having high friction coefficient during high speed and high temperature braking, high coefficient of static friction and excellent abrasion resistance at high temperature and causing little sticking due to rust, even when the composition includes no antimony element or no copper element, or includes less than 0.5% by mass of copper element if any, in other words even when having a composition environmentally less harmful or less harmful to the human body. More specifically the friction material composition includes a bonding material, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and a fiber substrate, wherein the friction material composition includes no copper element, or includes less than 0.5% by mass of copper element if any, includes no antimony element, includes 5% by mass or less of iron fiber, 1 to 5% by mass of zinc powder, 2.5 to 6% by mass of calcium hydroxide, 0.7 to 1.

Abstract: A friction material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and a fibrous base material, wherein the friction material composition either contains no copper as an element or has a content of copper as an element that does not exceed 0.5% by mass, contains ?-alumina and ?-alumina in a mass ratio within a range from 1:20 to 1:5, contains a silicone-containing phenol resin, contains 20 to 35% by mass of a titanate salt, contains 3 to 7% by mass of a graphite having a median diameter of 1 to 30 ?m, and contains antimony trisulfide.

Abstract: A friction material composition containing a binder, an organic filler, an inorganic filler and a fibrous base material, wherein the friction material composition either contains no copper as an element or has a content of copper as an element that does not exceed 0.5% by mass, contains ?-alumina and ?-alumina in a mass ratio within a range from 1:20 to 1:5, contains a silicone-containing phenol resin, contains 20 to 35% by mass of a titanate salt, contains 3 to 7% by mass of a graphite having a median diameter of 1 to 30 ?m, and contains antimony trisulfide.

Abstract: There is provided a friction material. The friction material includes a fibrous material, a friction modifier, and a binder. The friction material contains potassium titanate powders, steel fibers, calcium pyrophosphate and iron oxide. An amount of the potassium titanate powders may be 10 to 30 mass %. An amount of the steel fibers may be 1 to 7 mass %. An amount of the calcium pyrophosphate may be 5 to 20 mass %. An amount of the iron oxide may be 1 to 5 mass %.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing cooked rice, comprising steaming raw rice having a water content of less than 30% by weight and then boiling the steamed rice, to cooked rice prepared according to the present method, and to cooked rice types comprising the cooked rice.

Abstract: A friction material for brake including reinforcing fibers, a friction modifier, a lubricant, and a binder, characterized by containing, as a part of the component of the friction modifier, 2 to 5 wt % zeolite, 0.8 to 2 wt % antimony oxide and 0.2 to 1 wt % fluorine based polymer.

Abstract: A friction material for brake including reinforcing fibers, a friction modifier, a lubricant, and a binder, characterized by containing, as a part of the component of the friction modifier, 2 to 5 wt % zeolite, 0.8 to 2 wt % antimony oxide and 0.2 to 1 wt % fluorine based polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing cooked rice, comprising steaming raw rice having a water content of less than 30% by weight and then boiling the steamed rice, to cooked rice prepared according to the present method, and to cooked rice types comprising the cooked rice.

Abstract: A pen-type character recognition apparatus includes an input data detecting section for detecting input character data as data representing a certain character according to a change in pressure applied to a tip element of a pen. A data processing section standardizes the output data from the input data detecting section by compressing the output data to a predetermined number of data for the character, so as to generate corresponding standardized data. A data registering section registers in advance selected standardized data as standard pattern data for corresponding to the predetermined input character data when a character is written with the pen tip element, and an input character recognizing section recognizes the character represented by the input character data by comparing the standardized data generated from the data processing section with the data registered in advance in the data registering section.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid diffusion source for the phosphorus doping of semiconductors, which comprises a substance composed of at least one kind of compound R.sub.2 O.sub.3 selected from the group consisting of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, La.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Ce.sub.2 O.sub.3 and P.sub.2 O.sub.5 and containing mainly a compound with a chemical formula R.sub.2 O.sub.3.5P.sub.2 O.sub.5.