Abstract: The present invention relate to a binderless molecular sieve catalyst and a process for preparing the same, which are mainly useful for solving the problems of the current catalysts, such as lower activity, less pore volume and worse diffusivity. The present invention relates to a novel binderless molecular sieve catalyst, comprising, based on the weight of the catalyst, 90-100 wt. % of a molecular sieve, 0-10 wt. % of a binder, and 0-10 wt. % of an anti-wear agent, wherein said catalyst has a pore volume of 0.1-0.5 ml/g, an average pore diameter of 50-100 nm, and a porosity of 20-40%; the anti-wear agent is selected from the rod or needle-like inorganic materials having a length/diameter ratio of 2-20. Said catalyst has the advantages of higher activity, greater pore volume, larger average pore diameter and porosity, and better diffusivity, and well solves said problems and can be used for the industrial preparation of binderless molecular sieve catalysts.

Abstract: A fuel composition for a fuel injected internal combustion engine, a method for improving performance of fuel injectors and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for a fuel-injected internal combustion engine. The fuel composition includes a major amount of fuel and a minor, effective amount of a quaternary ammonium salt of a hydrocarbyl amine and a hydrocarbyl-substituted alkyl-hydroxybenzoate. The amount of quaternary ammonium salt present in the fuel is sufficient to improve performance of the fuel injected internal combustion engine having combusted the composition compared to the performance of such engine having combusted a fuel composition that does not contain the quaternary ammonium salt. The hydrocarbyl-substituted alkyl-hydroxybenzoate contains one or more hydrocarbyl substituents providing a total of at least 8 up to about 200 carbon atoms, provided the one or more hydrocarbyl substituents do not contain sulfur, oxygen, or nitrogen atoms.

Abstract: A catalyst component for olefin polymerization which contains magnesium, titanium, halogen and electron donors is provided in the present invention. The electron donors are selected from at least one succinate compounds of following general formula (I), and the content of said succinate compounds with the structure as shown in Formula (II) in said succinate compounds (I) is less than 100%, but not less than 51.0 wt %. Compared with the mesomer whose content with the structure as shown in Formula (II) is 100%, the catalyst component provided by the present invention not only greatly decreases the manufacturing cost, but also improves certain properties of the catalyst, for example the molecular weight distribution of polymer obtained by catalytic reaction using said catalyst is wider, which is beneficial for improving processing properties of polymers. The corresponding catalyst is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning liquid for semiconductor device substrates, which is for use in a step of cleaning a semiconductor device substrate to be conducted after a chemical mechanical polishing step in semiconductor device production, the cleaning liquid including the following components (A) to (D): (A) an organic acid; (B) a sulfonic acid type anionic surfactant; (C) at least one polymeric coagulant selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide block copolymers; and (D) water.

Abstract: A carbon material for nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary-battery negative electrode is provided, which satisfies the followings (1) and (2): (1) the carbon material has an aspect ratio of 10 or less; (2) the amount of CO eliminated from the carbon material during heating to 1,000° C., as determined with a temperature programmed decomposition mass spectrometer (TPD-MS), is 2-15 ?mmol/g.

Abstract: Colored fluids for electrowetting, electrofluidic, and electrophoretic chromatophore devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the colored fluid includes at least one solvent and at least one oligomeric and/or polymeric dye in the solvent. The oligomeric dye has at least one chromophore attached to one or more oligomeric chains, and the polymeric dye has at least one chromophore attached to one or more oligomeric and/or polymeric chains. The dye also has a molecular weight from 400 to 100,000, solubility in the solvent of at least 5% wt at 25° C., and a dynamic viscosity from 0.5 cPs to 2,000 cPs at 25° C. The solvent may be polar or non-polar each having specific properties defined.

Abstract: A Mn—Zn—Co ferrite core includes a basic component, sub-components, and unavoidable impurities. As the sub-components, silicon oxide (in terms of SiO2): 50-400 mass ppm and calcium oxide (in terms of CaO): 1000-4000 mass ppm are added to the basic component consisting of iron oxide (in terms of Fe2O3): 51.0-53.0 mol %, zinc oxide (in terms of ZnO): more than 12.0 mol % and 18.0 mol % or less, cobalt oxide (in terms of CoO): 0.04-0.60 mol %, and manganese oxide (in terms of MnO): balance; Phosphorus, boron, sulfur, and chlorine in the unavoidable impurities are reduced as follows, phosphorus: less than 3 mass ppm, boron: less than 3 mass ppm, sulfur: less than 5 mass ppm, and chlorine: less than 10 mass ppm; and a ratio of a measured specific surface of the Mn—Zn—Co ferrite core to an ideal specific surface of the Mn—Zn—Co ferrite core satisfies: Measured specific surface/ideal specific surface <1500.

Abstract: Processes for catalytically synthesizing ethylbenzene from ethanol and benzene comprising: 1) reacting a first mixture comprising ethanol and benzene with at least one catalyst chosen from binder-containing alkylation catalysts and binder-free alkylation catalysts in an alkylation reactor to obtain a second mixture comprising residual benzene, ethylbenzene, diethylbenzene, and water; 2) passing the second mixture successively through a benzene recovery tower, an ethylbenzene recovery tower, and a polyethylbenzene recovery tower to obtain separated water, separated benzene, separated ethylbenzene, and separated diethylbenzene; and 3) reacting a third mixture with at least one transalkylation catalyst in a transalkylation reactor, wherein the third mixture comprises at least some of the separated benzene and at least some of the separated diethylbenzene at a weight ratio ranging from about 2:1 to about 10:1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a woody resin molded body which comprises a step of passing a woody resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, a cellulose powder and a blowing agent, a weight ratio of the thermoplastic resin to the cellulose powder being from 20/80 to 80/20, through a shaping die that has no core body and extruding the woody resin composition into a cooling die. A barrel temperature of an extrusion molding machine is set lower than a foaming temperature of the blowing agent, and a temperature of the shaping die is set within a foaming temperature range of the blowing agent, to thereby obtain a woody resin molded body which has a high-expanded foam layer and a low-expanded foam layer formed on the outside of the high-expanded foam layer and in which the cellulose powder is not exposed on a surface of the low-expanded foam layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing a sulfur-containing gas and a hydrogenation catalyst used therefor. Said method comprises introducing the sulfur-containing gas into the tail gas hydrogenation unit of a sulfur recovery device, processing it with the hydrogenation catalyst of the present invention, absorbing the hydrogenated tail gas with a solvent and then regenerating, the regenerated hydrogen sulfide being recycled to the Claus unit to recover sulfur, the clean tail gas being incinerated in an incinerator to be discharged after reaching the standards. Said sulfur-containing gas comprises from 0 to 6 vol. % of sulfur dioxide and from 0 to 3 vol. % of oxygen, and has a temperature of from 100 to 200° C. The hydrogenation catalyst of the present invention comprises from 0.5 to 3 wt. % of an active component nickel oxide, from 1 to 4 wt. % of an active component cobalt oxide, from 8 to 20 wt. % of an active component molybdenum oxide or tungsten oxide, from 1 to 5 wt.

Abstract: Provided are a nonaqueous electrolyte solution having improved durability properties in terms of cycling, storage and the like and improved discharge characteristic at a high current density, and a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that uses that nonaqueous electrolyte solution. The nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt and a nonaqueous solvent that dissolves the lithium salt, wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains a compound represented by formula (1) and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound having a cyano group, a cyclic ester compound having a sulfur atom and a compound having an isocyanate group.

Abstract: The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device exhibiting a long life, a high luminance, and a high efficiency. An organic electroluminescent device comprising on a substrate an anode, a hole transport layer, an organic light-emitting layer, and a cathode, wherein the organic light-emitting layer contains an organic compound having a pyridine ring, a pyrazine ring, or a triazine ring as a partial structure and the hole transport layer contains a monoamine compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 to R9 represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group; R1 to R9 may be the same or different from each other; and R1 to R9 may further have an aryl group or an alkyl group as a substituent in the case where R1 to R9 are an aryl group or an alkyl group.

Abstract: A thermosetting composition includes 30 to 70% by mass of a compound represented by Formula (1) below and 70 to 30% by mass of a compound represented by Formula (2) below: In Formulae (1) and (2), R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be the same or different from one another and are each selected independently with respect to each molecule of the compounds from the group consisting of —H, —CH3, —C(CH3)3 and a group represented by Formula (i) below: In Formula (i), Y is selected from the group consisting of —O—, —CH2— and —C(CH3)2—. This thermosetting composition including such benzoxazine compounds exhibits excellent solvent solubility, heat resistance and flame retardance. Thus, the composition may be provided as a thermosetting material and a varnish thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphor comprising a nitride or an oxynitride, comprising an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one Region having at least one peak with an intensity ratio I of 8% or less, the X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured in the 2? range from 10° to 60° using a CuK? line (1.54184 {acute over (?)}), wherein the Region is the 2? range from 41.5° to 47°, the intensity of each peak is a value obtained after background correction, and the intensity ratio I is defined by the formula (Ip×100)/Imax(%), where Imax represents the height of the most intense peak present in the 2? range from 34° to 37° and Ip represents the height of each peak.

Abstract: Disclosed is a MnZn ferrite core comprising basic components, subcomponents and unavoidable impurities. To the basic components comprising: iron oxide (as Fe2O3): 51.0-54.5 mol %, zinc oxide (as ZnO): 8.0-12.0 mol % and manganese oxide (as MnO): remainder, are added silicon oxide (as SiO2): 50-400 mass ppm and calcium oxide (as CaO): 50-4000 ppm as subcomponents and in the unavoidable impurities, phosphorous, boron, sulfur and chlorine are respectively kept to: less than 3 mass ppm, less than 3 mass ppm, less than 5 mass ppm, and less than 10 mass ppm. The ratio of the measure specific surface area to the ideal specific surface area of the MnZn ferrite core satisfies the formula: Measured specific surface area/ideal specific surface area<1500.

Abstract: An electrophotographic photoreceptor, an electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge, and an image forming apparatus, which are excellent in electrical characteristics such as a responsivity and at the same time, excellent in the crack resistance, are provided. Two kinds of charge transport substances each having a specific structure and a polycarbonate resin having a specific structure are combined, whereby the electrical characteristics such as responsivity and the crack resistance can be improved at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a novel transition metal compound and a preparation method for polyolefin using the same. The catalyst composition of the present invention has high catalytic activity for polymerization of olefin-based monomers and enables it to control the fine-structure characteristics of the polyolefin, such as molecular weight distribution, in a wide range, thereby easily providing a polyolefin with desired properties.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed to provide a method for producing a polyester with reduced CD content and elution amount, in which even after the production method, a reduction in physical properties of the polyester is small, and furthermore, a polyester having good moldability can be produced, and the present invention is concerned with a method for producing a polyester including an esterification reaction step of allowing an aliphatic diol and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid to react with each other; a step of pelletizing a polyester obtained through the esterification reaction step; and a contact treatment step of bringing the obtained polyester pellets into contact with a mixed solution containing ethanol and water, wherein the mixed solution contains water in an amount of 10% by mass or more and not more than 99% by mass relative to the whole of the mixed solution.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermoplastic elastomer composition having high molding fluidity, mechanical physical properties, and resistance to wear and providing a good appearance and feeling, and molded products using the same.

Abstract: A process for producing an alkylene oxide by olefin epoxidation, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (1) in a first olefin epoxidation condition, in the presence of a first solid catalyst, a first mixed stream containing a solvent, an olefin and H2O2 is subjected to an epoxidation in one or more fixed bed reactors and/or one or more moving bed reactors until the conversion of H2O2 reaches 50%-95%, then, optionally, the resulting reaction mixture obtained in the step (1) is subjected to a separation to obtain a first stream free of H2O2 and a second stream containing the unreacted H2O2, and the olefin is introduced to the second stream to produce a second mixed stream, or optionally, the olefin is introduced to the reaction mixture obtained in the step (1) to produce a second mixed stream; (2) in a second olefin epoxidation condition, the reaction mixture obtained in the step (1) or the second mixed stream obtained in the step (1) and a second solid catalyst are introduced to one or more slurry bed re