Abstract: A base oil for a refrigerating machine oil, having cyclic saturates of 40% by mass or less and non-cyclic saturates of 60% by mass or more in saturates, a density at 15° C. of 0.805 g/cm3 or lower, and a normal paraffin content of 50% by mass or less.

Abstract: A synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, a spectrum derived from carbon appearing in an electron spin resonance method as measured using an X band is in a range of 3200 to 3410 gauss, and ?Hpp, which is a line width of the spectrum as calculated from a first derivative spectrum of the spectrum at a temperature of 4.8K, is in a range of 41 to 69 gauss.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine, having (A) a lubricating base oil, (B) magnesium salicylate, (C) calcium salicylate, and (D) a viscosity index improver, wherein the lubricating oil composition has an HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 1.7 mPa·s or more and 2.3 mPa·s or less, and an HTHS viscosity at 100° C. of 4.8 mPa·s or less, can provide a lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine provided with high fuel-saving performance.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine, having (A) a lubricating base oil including one or more mineral oil-based base oils and having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.5 mm2/s or more and 4.0 mm2/s or less, and (B) magnesium salicylate in an amount of 0.1 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less based on a total amount of the composition, wherein the composition has an HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 1.6 mPa·s or more and 2.5 mPa·s or less. The lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine has both high fuel-saving performance and LSPI-reducing effect.

Abstract: A grease composition including: a base oil; a thickener; a zinc sulfonate; a polysulfide; an overbased calcium sulfonate; and triphenyl phosphite, in which a proportion of the zinc sulfonate with respect to a total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.030 mass % to 0.045 mass % in terms of a zinc content, a proportion of the polysulfide with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.16 mass % to 0.24 mass % in terms of a sulfur content, a proportion of the overbased calcium sulfonate with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.010 mass % to 0.015 mass % in terms of a calcium content, and a proportion of the triphenyl phosphite with respect to the total mass of the base oil and the thickener is 0.24 mass % to 0.36 mass %.

Abstract: A device for supporting deterioration determination includes: a first calculating unit that: acquires a dataset including a plurality of reaction condition values and a voltage in a first period and in a second period; and uses the dataset and a calculation formula to calculate a parameter group of the calculation formula for each period; a second calculating unit that substitutes a reaction condition value in the calculation formula in which the parameter group is incorporated to calculate a comparison target value for each period; and a third calculating unit that calculates a deterioration degree of the water electrolysis module based on a difference between a first comparison target value and a second comparison target value.

Abstract: A cooling liquid composition including: a hydrocarbon fluid having a mass-based average carbon number of 13 or more and 16 or less in which a total amount of a hydrocarbon having 13 or more and 15 or less carbon atoms is 50% by mass or more relative to an entire amount of the hydrocarbon fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber composition which suppresses poor mixing or poor dispersion from occurring between an organic polymer material derived from natural rubber and an inorganic material such as silica and exhibits excellent viscoelastic properties, and a silane coupling agent composition used in the same. Also disclosed is a silane coupling agent composition comprising a protein modifying agent and a silane compound represented by Formula (1): wherein each of the variables is as defined herein.

Abstract: Provided is a synthetic graphite material, in which a size L (112) of a crystallite in a c-axis direction as calculated from a (112) diffraction line obtained by an X-ray wide angle diffraction method is in a range of 4 to 30 nm, a surface area based on a volume as calculated by a laser diffraction type particle size distribution measuring device is in a range of 0.22 to 1.70 m2/cm3, an oil absorption is in a range of 67 to 147 mL/100 g, and a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area is in a range of 3.1 to 8.2 m2/g.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a production method for ?-cryptoxanthin with improved production efficiency. The present invention provides a method for producing ?-cryptoxanthin by culturing bacteria of the genus Paracoccusat a given dissolved oxygen concentration, wherein the bacteria of the genus Paracoccusare bacteria forming yellow to orange colonies; or bacteria whose endogenous crtW gene has been partially or completely deleted or inactivated to lose the ability to produce a functional crtW enzyme.

Abstract: A gas filling device is provided with a first gas supply pipeline, a second gas supply pipeline, and an integrated control panel. The first gas supply pipeline supplies hydrogen gas from a multistage accumulator to a first filled tank mounted on a first vehicle. The second gas supply pipeline supplies hydrogen gas from the multistage accumulator to a second filled tank mounted on a second vehicle different from the first vehicle. At the time of filling the hydrogen gas into both of the first filled tank and the second filled tank from the multistage accumulator, the integrated control panel sets a pressure rise rate of the first filled tank or a pressure rise rate of the second filled tank to be lower than a reference pressure rise rate in accordance with a difference in pressure between the first filled tank and the second filled tank.

Abstract: Disclosed are liquid crystal polymer particles capable of reducing dielectric loss tangent while suppressing surface roughness of the resin film, when added to a resin film. The liquid crystal polymer particles have a melting point of 270° C. or higher, wherein cumulative distribution 50% diametre D50 in the particle size distribution is 20 ?m or less, and cumulative distribution 90% diametre D90 is 2.5 times or less of D50.

Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, containing: a refrigerant containing trifluoroiodomethane; and a refrigerating machine oil containing a complex ester synthesized from a polyhydric alcohol, a polybasic acid, and at least one selected from a monohydric alcohol and a monocarboxylic fatty acid.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine has a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 2.25 to <2.55 mPa·s and includes: (A) a lubricating base oil including (a) mineral base oil(s) and/or (a) synthetic base oil(s), and having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3.8-4.6 mm2/s; (B) 1000-2000 mass ppm, in terms of metal content, of a metallic detergent including (a) metal salicylate detergent(s), and delivering ?10 mmol/kg of total salicylate soap base per kilogram of the composition; (C) 1.0 to 4.0 mass % of a comb-shaped poly(meth)acrylate having a Mw of 350,000-1,000,000 and a PDI of ?4.0; and (D) 100-1000 mass ppm, in terms of nitrogen, of a succinimide dispersant including (i) (a) non-modified succinimide dispersant(s) and/or (ii) (a) boric acid-modified succinimide dispersant(s), wherein the (i) and the (ii), in total, deliver ?70 mass % of total nitrogen content of the component (D).

Abstract: A process for treating a petroleum fraction and for efficiently absorbing an organic halogen compound from a fluid mixture of the organic halogen compound and an inorganic halogen compound derived from crude oil. Also disclosed is an improvement in absorption performance of a halogen-compound-absorbing material, thereby reducing the frequency with which the absorbing material is exchanged. The absorbing agent includes attapulgite (palygorskite) having high absorption performance with respect to organic halogen compounds. Also disclosed is an absorption column in which the aforementioned absorbing agent and a halogen-compound-absorbing agent, that includes zinc oxide, are disposed in series, thereby making it possible to raise the treatment performance with respect to a fluid that contains, in high concentrations, the organic halogen compound in addition to the inorganic halogen compound.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a first information processing device and a second information processing device. The first information processing device is configured to receive the atomic information from the second information processing device, calculate a processing result corresponding to the atomic information by inputting the atomic information into a neural network, and transmit the processing result to the second information processing device. The second information processing device is configured to transmit atomic information to the first information processing device.

Abstract: The invention provides a curable resin composition having low weight reduction ratio during heat curing for obtaining a cured product having high heat resistance, but having reduced mold shrinkage ratio and coefficient of thermal expansion, a cured product thereof, and a method of producing the curable resin composition and the cured product. Also provided is a semiconductor device using the product as a sealant. The curable resin composition includes: (A) a benzoxazine compound; (B) an epoxy compound; and (C) a phenolic curing agent, wherein the number of epoxy groups in the (B) epoxy compound, the number of benzoxazine rings in the (A) benzoxazine compound, and the number of hydroxyl groups in the (C) phenolic curing agent satisfy the mathematical formula (1), and the content of the (B) alicyclic epoxy compound is 3 to 12 mass % with respect to the total of the (A), (B), and (C).

Abstract: A device for supporting deterioration determination includes: a first calculating unit that: acquires a dataset including a plurality of reaction condition values and a voltage in a first period and in a second period; and uses the dataset and a calculation formula to calculate a parameter group of the calculation formula for each period; a second calculating unit that substitutes a reaction condition value in the calculation formula in which the parameter group is incorporated to calculate a comparison target value for each period; and a third calculating unit that calculates a deterioration degree of the water electrolysis module based on a difference between a first comparison target value and a second comparison target value.

Abstract: An inferring device includes one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to obtain three-dimensional structures of a plurality of molecules; and input the three-dimensional structures of the plurality of molecules into a neural network model and infer one or more physical properties of the plurality of molecules.

Abstract: Examples of the ester oil include diester oils such as dibutyl sebacate, dioctyl sebacate, di-2-ethylhexyl sebacate, dioctyl adipate, diisodecyl adipate, ditridecyl adipate, ditridecyl phthalate, and methyl acetyl ricinolate; aromatic ester oils such as trioctyl trimellitate, tridecyl trimellitate, and tetraoctyl pyromellitate; polyol ester oils such as trimethylolpropane caprylate, trimethylolpropane pelargonate, pentaerythritol-2-ethylhexanoate, and pentaerythritol pelargonate; carbonate oil; complex ester oil which is an oligoester of polyhydric alcohol and mixed fatty acid including dibasic acid and monobasic acid; etc.