Abstract: To provide a production method for an aqueous emulsion of modified polytetrafluoroethylene which is environmentally friendly and which is suitable for producing a stretched porous body having excellent breaking strength. A production method for an aqueous emulsion of modified polytetrafluoroethylene, which is a method to obtain an aqueous emulsion of modified polytetrafluoroethylene particles having an average primary particle diameter of from 0.10 to 0.30 ?m, by subjecting tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoroalkyl ethylene to emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium, using a polymerization initiator, in the presence of a fluorinated anionic surfactant having a LogPOW of from 2.4 to 3.

Abstract: Provided is an optical glass having a high refractive index, a low density, and good manufacturing properties. An optical glass having: a refractive index (nd) of 1.68 to 1.85; a density (d) of 4.0 g/cm3 or less; and a temperature where a viscosity of glass becomes log ?=2 of 950 to 1200° C., and an optical component using the optical glass are provided. This optical glass has the high refractive index, the low density, and the good manufacturing properties, and is suitable as the optical glass of wearable equipment, for a vehicle mounting, for a robot mounting, and so on.

Abstract: To provide a polymerization initiator composition for a fluorinated polymer which will not destroy ozone layer and which has less influence over polymerization of a monomer for a fluorinated polymer, and a method for producing a fluorinated polymer by which a fluorinated polymer having a sufficient molecular weight can be obtained. An initiator composition for a fluorinated polymer, which comprises an organic peroxide, and a saturated hydrocarbon compound having at least one tertiary or quaternary carbon atom, and a method for producing a fluorinated polymer using the polymerization initiator composition, and a polymerization method comprising a step of recovering a polymerization solvent and a step of separating the saturated hydrocarbon compound from the recovered polymerization solvent.

Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid, capable of forming a surface layer excellent in water/oil repellency, abrasion resistance, fingerprint stain removability, lubricity, chemical resistance and light resistance, as well as an article having such a surface layer. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A1-O-Q1-(Rf11O)m1—Rf12—R11—N[—R12—SiR13n1X13-n1]2, wherein A1: C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Q1: single bond, fluoroalkylene group containing at least one hydrogen atom, etc., Rf11, Rf12: perfluoroalkylene group, m1: integer of from 2 to 200, R11: single bond, alkylene group, etc., R12: alkylene group, etc., R13: monovalent hydrocarbon group, etc., X1: hydrolyzable group, n1: integer of from 0 to 2.

Abstract: To provide a film or sheet and a screen excellent in visibility of a projected image, in see-through properties when an image is not projected and in bending resistance. A single-layer film or sheet comprising a fluororesin, a light-scattering agent and a light absorbing agent, characterized in that the light-scattering agent is at least one light-scattering agent selected from the group consisting of a titanium oxide-containing pigment, a zinc oxide-containing pigment and a cerium oxide-containing pigment, and the content thereof is from 0.01 to 0.175 g/m2, and the light absorbing agent is at least one light absorbing agent selected from the group consisting of carbon black, a black interference aluminum pigment, black iron oxide and titanium black, and the content thereof is from 0.0005 to 0.035 g/m2.

Abstract: A plastic optical fiber ribbon excellent in efficiency for positioning to V grooves is provided. The ribbon contains plural plastic optical fibers integrated by a collective coating and arranged so that their center axes are parallel to one another in the same plane. At least one outer surface in the thickness direction of the ribbon has a mountain-valley shape following the outer surfaces of the plastic optical fibers, in which an inclined portion is present where the thickness of the collective coating gradually increases in a direction from the peak toward the valley of the mountain, and in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the ribbon, a central angle of the sector formed by connecting an arc from the apex of the mountain to the starting point of the inclined portion and a center of the plastic optical fiber is from 30 to 80°.

Abstract: A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.

Abstract: To provide a high quality liquid crystal optical device irrespective of the size of the liquid crystal optical device, while simplifying the production process, and a liquid crystal composition suitable for such a liquid crystal optical device. The liquid crystal composition of the present invention is a liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal compound which shows liquid crystallinity and which is a non-curable compound, a liquid crystalline curable compound having a polymerizable functional group, and a non-liquid crystalline curable compound having a polymerizable functional group, wherein the content of the non-liquid crystalline curable compound is larger than the content of the liquid crystalline curable compound, and the total amount of the liquid crystalline curable compound and the non-liquid crystalline curable compound is at least 8 mass % and less than 20 mass % of the entirety.

Abstract: A glass for chemical strengthening contains, in terms of mol percentage based on oxides, SiO2: 60 to 67%, Al2O3: 9 to 13.5%, Na2O: 13.5 to 18.5%, K2O: 0.1 to 3%, MgO: 6 to 10.5%, and TiO2: more than 0% and 5% or less. The glass has a main surface and a back surface opposing the main surface. A tin content in the back surface is larger than a tin content in the main surface. A hydrogen concentration in a depth of 1 to 2 ?m in a sheet thickness direction from a surface of the main surface is gradually decreased in a depth direction.

Abstract: There is provided an industrially advantageous and efficient method of producing a Z-isomer of HCFO-1224yd or HCFO-1223xd by isomerizing an E-isomer thereof. The method produces HCFO (Z-isomer) by causing specific HCFO (E-isomer) contained in a raw material composition to undergo an isomerization reaction under a condition where the HCFO (E-isomer) is isomerized.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate with low-reflection property having small changes in reflected light and color between a principal surface and a side surface when it is visually recognized, and including high displayability in a front substrate or the like which is disposed while exposing the side surface. A substrate 10 with low-reflection property includes: a transparent substrate 11; a first low-reflection film 12 provided on one principal surface of the transparent substrate 11; and a second low-reflection film 13 provided on a side surface of the transparent substrate 11, wherein luminous reflectance Rtot of the first low-reflection film 12 provided on one principal surface is 1.5% or less, luminous reflectance Rs of the second low-reflection film 13 provided on the side surface is 2.5% or less, chromaticity a* is 0 to 4, and chromaticity b* is 3 to 9.

Abstract: A plate-like body with a resin frame attached thereto for a vehicle includes two main surfaces and an end part connecting the two main surfaces, and a resin frame integrally molded to a peripheral edge area of the plate-like body; the resin frame including a main part having a plurality of inner surfaces facing the two main surfaces and the end part, and a plurality of projections obliquely projecting from the main part in a direction opposite to the plate-like body; and the resin frame having no adhesive between the peripheral edge area and an inner surface close to the projections.

Abstract: A glass antenna arranged on a vehicle window glass includes a slot antenna formed by cutting out a conductive film; and a pair of power supply units for supplying power to the slot antenna. The slot antenna includes a power supply slot extended in a first direction and arranged so that the pair of power supply units straddle the power supply slot, a plurality of comb-tooth slots extended in a second direction, and a root slot extended in a third direction, the root slot being connected directly to the power supply slot or being connected to the power supply slot via a connection slot, and end portions of the plurality of comb-tooth slots being connected to the root slot.

Abstract: There are provided a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and excellent in detergency and a drying property, and has no adverse effect on a global environment and is excellent in stability; a cleaning method using the solvent composition; a method of forming a coating film; a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition; and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid. A solvent composition including 1-chloro-2,3,3-trifluoro-1-propene and 1-chloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propyne, a cleaning method of bringing the solvent composition and an article into contact with each other, a method of dissolving a nonvolatile organic compound in the solvent composition to produce a coating film-forming composition and evaporating the solvent composition after applying the coating film-forming composition on an article to be coated, to form a coating film, a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition, and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid.

Abstract: An optical filter has a substrate, a refractive index adjusting layer on the substrate, a characteristic improving layer having a stress adjustment function on the refractive index adjusting layer, and an optical multilayer film on the characteristic improving layer, wherein the refractive index adjusting layer is constituted by one to three layers, and the characteristic improving layer is a single-layer film whose physical film thickness is 600 nm or more. The optical filter whose substrate has small warpage and which has a good spectral characteristic is provided.

Abstract: To provide a method for stably and efficiently producing a working fluid which has less influence over global warming and which can be stably used by a usual operation even though it contains trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123) excellent in the cycle performance. A method for producing a working fluid containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of at most 70 mol %, which comprises mixing a first component containing HFO-1123 in a proportion of higher than 70 mol % stored in a first container, and a second component having no self-decomposition property stored in a second container, by supplying the first component to the second container, by supplying the second component to the first container, or by supplying both the first component and the second component to a separate third container, respectively under the predetermined conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a fluorinated ether compound capable of imparting excellent antifouling properties such as oil-based ink repellency, fingerprint stain removability, to a hard coating layer; a composition for forming a hard coating layer, and an article having an antifouling hard coating layer formed from the composition. The fluorinated ether compound has either a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a repeated unit that includes a C1-2 oxyperfluoroalkylene group and a C3-6 oxyperfluoroalkylene group, bonded to each other, or a poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain having a repeated unit that contains a C4 oxyperfluoroalkylene group and a different oxyperfluoroalkylene group, bonded to each other, a linking group bonded to a first terminal of the poly(oxyperfluoroalkylene) chain, and at least one (meth)acryloyl group bonded to the linking group.

Abstract: A double glazing unit is constituted by exterior-side laminated glass interior-side laminated glass. The exterior-side laminated glass is configured as laminated glass including a first chemically tempered glass plate, a first interlayer and a second chemically tempered glass plate. The interior-side laminated glass is configured as laminated glass including a glass plate, a second interlayer, a light-modulating sheet, a third interlayer, and a fourth interlayer and a tempered glass.

Abstract: To provide a liquid composition with which a catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane will hardly be broken at the time of their formation and a method for producing the liquid composition; and a method for producing a membrane/electrode assembly by which a catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane will hardly be broken at the time of their formation. A liquid composition comprising a polymer having ion exchange groups, water and an organic solvent, wherein the average secondary particle size of the polymer having ion exchange groups is from 100 to 3,000 nm, and the primary particle size parameter represented by the product of the average primary particle size (nm) and the ion exchange capacity (meq/g dry resin) of the polymer having ion exchange groups, is from 12 to 20.

Abstract: There are provided: a solvent composition which is excellent in solubility of various organic substances and excellent in detergency, and has no adverse effect on a global environment, is excellent in stability, and is capable of suppressing corrosion of metal; a cleaning method using the solvent composition; a method of forming a coating film; a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition; and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid. A solvent composition including HCFO-1233yd and HCFC-244ca, in which a content of HCFC-244ca to a total of HCFO-1233yd and HCFC-244ca is 0.0001 to 1 mass %, a cleaning method of contacting the solvent composition with an article, a method of forming a coating film consisting of the nonvolatile organic compound using the solvent composition and a nonvolatile organic compound, a heat transfer fluid including the solvent composition, and a heat cycle system using the heat transfer fluid.