Abstract: A defoaming agent obtainable by a process, the process including the step of: (i) polymerizing (B) at least one defoaming agent monomer in (A) a polymerization solvent under coexistence of (C) a polymer soluble in the polymerization solvent.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition including: a lubricant base oil; (A) a first defoaming agent obtainable by a process, the process including the step of: polymerizing (b) at least one defoaming agent monomer in (a) a polymerization solvent under coexistence of (c) a polymer soluble in the polymerization solvent; and (B) a second defoaming agent being a silicone defoaming agent.

Abstract: A tetracarboxylic dianhydride represented by the following general formula (1): [in the formula (1), R1, R2, and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom and the like, and n represents an integer of 0 to 12], wherein a ratio of a summed amount of a specific stereoisomer (A) and a specific stereoisomer (B) is 50% by mole or more relative to a total amount of stereoisomers based on three-dimensional configurations of two norbornane rings in the general formula (1), and a content ratio of the stereoisomer (A) is 30% by mole or more relative to the total amount of the stereoisomers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine containing: a refrigerating machine oil containing: a first ester that is a polyol ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, and has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 7.0 mm2/s or more; and a second ester that is a complex ester of a polyhydric alcohol containing at least one selected from neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol, a polybasic acid having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and a monohydric alcohol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms or a fatty acid having 4 to 18 carbon atoms; and a refrigerant containing difluoromethane.

Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a step of contacting a raw material gas containing an alkane with a dehydrogenation catalyst to obtain a product gas containing at least one unsaturated hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of an olefin and a conjugated diene. In the production method, the dehydrogenation catalyst is a catalyst having a supported metal containing a Group 14 metal element and Pt supported on a support containing Al and a Group 2 metal element; the dehydrogenation catalyst has pores (a) having a pore diameter of 7 nm or more and 32 nm or less; and a proportion of a pore volume of the pores (a) is 65% or more of the total pore volume of the dehydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: The apparatus for producing ultrafine fibers includes a nozzle portion, a laser irradiation unit, and a drawing chamber. The nozzle portion has an inlet for feeding a raw fiber, a first jet outlet which communicates with the inlet and jets a first drawing gas stream for delivering and drawing the raw fiber, and a second jet outlet which is arranged in the periphery of the first jet outlet and jets a second drawing gas stream. The laser irradiation unit on which the nozzle portion is installed irradiates a laser light to the raw fiber delivered from first jet outlet to melt the raw fiber. The drawing chamber draws the melted raw fiber by using the first drawing gas stream and the second drawing gas stream which are jetted from the nozzle portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a high content of highly pure, low-cost, and safe carotenoid and a method for industrially producing the same. The present invention also provides functional food, a pharmaceutical composition and a cosmetic product comprising such a composition. The present invention further provides a method for producing a composition containing at least 80% of carotenoid, which is characterized in treating a microorganism culture with extraction using a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest or a combination of water and a lower alcohol at 80° C. at the lowest, and then washing and filtrating the precipitate obtained from the extract solution with a combination of a lower alcohol and water.

Abstract: In an aspect, the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a poly(meth)acrylate as a base oil, wherein the poly(meth)acrylate comprises a hydrogenated poly(meth)acrylate, a content of a unit having a carbon-carbon double bond present at a terminal in the poly(meth)acrylate is 6% by mole or less relative to total units constituting the poly(meth)acrylate, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of the hydrogenated poly(meth)acrylate is 1 to 1000 mm2/s, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant comprising a refrigerant selected from difluoromethane, a mixture of difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane, a mixture of difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, a mixture of pentafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon, a hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a see-through layered body which allows obtaining a projection type image display transparent screen with a wide viewing angle, and excellent image clarity and transparency. [Solving means] A see-through layered body according to the present invention comprises an intermediate resin film, two transparent substrates holding the intermediate resin film, wherein the intermediate resin film comprises a resin and from 0.0001 to 15% by mass of microparticles, having an average diameter of from 1 nm to 100 ?m, and the center plane average roughness SRa of outermost surfaces on both sides of the layered body is from 0.05 to 5.5 nm.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for an internal combustion engine, the composition including: a lubricating base oil comprising at least one mineral base oil or at least one synthetic base oil or any combination thereof, the lubricating base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4.0 to 4.5 mm2/s and a NOACK evaporation loss at 250° C. of no more than 15 mass %; (A) a calcium-containing metallic detergent in an amount of no less than 1000 mass ppm and less than 2000 mass ppm in terms of calcium on the basis of the total mass of the composition; and optionally (C) a viscosity index improver in an amount of less than 1 mass % on the basis of the total mass of the composition.

Abstract: A defoaming agent including a polymer, the polymer including a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1); and a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (3): wherein in the general formula (1), X1 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of a first ethylenic unsaturated group; Y1 is a side chain including a linear or branched polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure having a polymerization degree of 5 to 300; and Z1 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X1 and the side chain Y1; wherein in the general formula (3), X2 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of a second ethylenic unsaturated group, Y2 is a C1-30 hydrocarbyl side chain; and Z2 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X2 and the side chain Y2.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a high fucoxanthin-containing alga, the method including culturing an alga containing fucoxanthin by irradiating the alga with light from a light source capable of emitting at least light corresponding to green. This method is capable of increasing fucoxanthin production.

Abstract: A method for producing butadiene comprises a step of obtaining a product gas containing butadiene, by feeding a raw-material gas containing straight-chain butene and an oxygen-containing gas containing molecular oxygen to a reactor and performing oxidative dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a composite oxide containing molybdenum and bismuth, and the concentration of hydrocarbons having 5 or more carbon atoms in the raw-material gas is 0.05 mol % to 7.0 mol %.

Abstract: A defoaming agent comprising: a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): where in the general formula (1), X1 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of an ethylenic unsaturated group; Y1 is a side chain comprising a linear or branched polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (2) and having a polymerization degree of 5 to 300; and Z1 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X1 and the side chain Y1; wherein in the general formula (2), R1 and R2 are each independently an organic group having a carbon number of 1 to 18.

Abstract: A transparent light scattering body according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a transparent binder and metallic microparticles, wherein the regular reflectance R of the metallic material of the metallic microparticles is 50% or more in the measured wave length of 550 nm, and the absolute value of the difference between the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 450 nm and the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 650 nm is within 25% of the regular reflectance R in the measured wave length of 550 nm, and the average particle size of the secondary particles of the metallic microparticles in the transparent light scattering body is from 100 nm to 2000 nm.

Abstract: The sound absorbing material according to the present invention is formed by laminating a porous sound absorber and two or more sheets of a nonwoven fabric one on another. The nonwoven fabric has a plurality of drawn filaments arranged and oriented in one direction. The mode value of the diameter distribution of the plurality of filaments is in the range of 1 to 4 ?m. The grammage of the nonwoven fabric is in the range of 5 to 40 g/m2. The sound absorbing material according to the present invention provides high sound absorption performance in a predetermined low frequency band of 6000 Hz or less, and still remains light in weight and flexible enough and easy enough to handle to be substantially comparable to the porous sound absorber.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a base oil; a sulfide compound; and an orthophosphoric acid ester, wherein a content of the sulfide compound is 0.01 to 2.0% by mass and a content of the orthophosphoric acid ester is 0.1 to 5.0% by mass, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and the refrigerating machine oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 3 to 500 mm2/s.

Abstract: A defoaming agent comprising: a polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): where in the general formula (1), X1 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of an ethylenic unsaturated group; Y1 is a side chain comprising a linear or branched polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure comprising a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (2) and having a polymerization degree of 5 to 300; and Z1 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X1 and the side chain Y1; wherein in the general formula (2), R1 and R2 are each independently an organic group having a carbon number of 1 to 18.

Abstract: The refrigerating machine oil according to the present invention comprises a polyalkylene glycol represented by the following formula (1): R1—(OR3)n—OR2??(1) [R1 and R2 may be the same or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or an acyl group having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkylene group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, n represents an integer such that a number average molecular weight of the polyalkylene glycol represented by the formula (1) is from 1000 to 2500] the polyalkylene glycol having a ratio of the weight average molecular weight Mw to the number average molecular weight Mn, Mw/Mn, of from 1.00 to 1.15, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a mildly flammable hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant.

Abstract: There are provided a curable resin composition capable of having a rapid curing property and forming a cured product with an excellent property such as a high heat resistance, a cured product obtained from the curable resin composition, and a method for hardening the curable resin composition. There is further provided a semiconductor device using the curable resin composition as a sealant. The curable resin composition contains (A) a polyfunctional benzoxazine compound having at least two benzoxazine rings, (B) a polyfunctional epoxy compound having at least one norbornane structure and at least two epoxy groups, (C) a curing agent, and (D) a phosphorus-containing curing accelerator, and optionally further contains (E) an inorganic filler. The semiconductor device contains a cured product obtained by hardening the curable resin composition containing the components (A) to (E), and further contains a semiconductor element placed in the cured product.