Abstract: An indicator is useful for detecting pressure points on a denture. The indicator is made of a composition that easily adheres to oral mucosa, has a proper viscosity in an oral cavity environment, can be properly spread between an oral mucosa surface and a denture base, and easily specifies an affected part. The composition includes a fatty acid ester having a melting point of 30 to 50° C., a water-soluble high polymer, and a metal oxide. Preferably, the fatty acid is 40 to 95% by weight of the composition, the water-soluble high polymer is 1 to 59% by weight of the composition, and the metal oxide is 0.1 to 50% by weight of the composition.

Abstract: In a stretched cellulose ester film containing a plasticizer, the plasticizer includes at least an aromatic terminal ester type plasticizer expressed by the following general formula (1): and stretched cellulose ester film includes a cellulose ester having a total acyl substitution degree of 2.4 to 2.9, a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 30000 to 200000, and a value of a weight-average molecular weight (Mw)/a number average molecular weight (Mn) being 1.4 to 3.0, B—(G—A)n—G—B??General formula (1) where B represents a benzenemonocarboxylic acid residue, G represents an alkylene glycol residue having a carbon number of 2 through 12 or an oxyalkylene glycol residue having a carbon number of 4 through 12, A represents an alkylene dicarboxylic acid residue having a carbon number of 4 to 12, and n indicates an integer of 0 or more.

Abstract: To provide hard coat films having high hardness, and uniform durability against scratching and high flatness even with a small thickness and a large width, and to provide a method producing the same. The hard coat films are provided with an actinic ray curable resin on a cellulose ester film thereof, the cellulose ester film containing a UV absorber and 2 or more plasticizers. One of the plasticizers is a polyalcohol ester type and the other one is a non-phosphate ester type. The cellulose ester film is produced by biaxially stretching of a cellulose ester film with a total acyl substitution degree ranging from 2.6 to 2.9, a number average molecular weight ranging from 80,000 to 200,000, and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number average molecular weight ranging from 1.4 to 3.0.

Abstract: A pre-blend composition for preparation of joint compound including water, a cellulose ether thickener, and about 19% or less by weight of a salt selected from the group consisting of potassium carbonate, potassium sulfate, sodium acetate, and mixtures thereof, wherein the composition is essentially free of alumina, is disclosed.

Abstract: Composition comprising water soluble polymer, such as cellulose ethers, guar, or derivatives thereof and surfactant, such as sorbitan esters, improves dispersibility of polymer in aqueous media.