Abstract: The present invention relates to monodisperse hydrogel particles containing a cross-linked product of a vinyl alcohol-based polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an average degree of polymerization of 450 or more, the monodisperse hydrogel particles having an average particle size of 10 to 5,000 ?m, and a coefficient of variation of a particle size distribution of 10% or less.

Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather including: a non-woven fabric containing polyester fibers having an average fineness of 0.07 to 0.9 dtex; and an elastic polymer applied in the non-woven fabric, wherein the polyester fibers contain 0.5 to 10 mass % of a dark color pigment, the napped artificial leather has a napped surface on which the polyester fibers on at least one side thereof are napped, and the napped surface has a lightness L* value based on the L*a*b* color system, of ?20, and the napped artificial leather has a peel strength of 3 kg/cm or more, and a grade of color difference, determined using a Grey scale for assessing staining in an evaluation of color migration to a multifiber adjacent fabric (co-woven fabric No. 1; the same applied to the following) during pressurization under heating in a wet state under a load of 4 kPa at 200° C. for 60 seconds, of 4 or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a starch composition comprising a starch and a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein the starch has an amylopectin ratio of 70% or more, the vinyl alcohol-based polymer has a degree of saponification of 96 mol % or less, and based on a total mass of the starch and the vinyl alcohol-based polymer, a ratio of the starch is 40 to 90% by mass and a ratio of the vinyl alcohol-based polymer is 10 to 60% by mass.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-aromatic polyamide fiber having excellent spinning stability, heat resistance and chemical resistance. The semi-aromatic polyamide fiber includes a semi-aromatic polyamide resin having a melting point of 290° C. or higher and a plasticizer having a 5% thermal weight reduction temperature of 320° C. or higher, the resin having as a dicarboxylic acid component an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit and as a diamine component 1,9-nonanediamine unit and 2-methyl-1,8-octanediamine unit in a molar ratio (the former:the latter) of 70:30 to 99:1.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with a destruction prediction program causing a computer to determine destruction prediction of a resin molding, and to function as a first calculation portion that calculates a maximum value of an equivalent strain that occurs in a cutout bottom and an inclination of an equivalent strain by applying, to a 3D test piece model of a test piece, a load at breaking the test piece, a threshold set portion that sets a threshold E of destruction progress based on the maximum value and the inclination, a second calculation portion that calculates a maximum value of an occurring equivalent strain and an inclination of an equivalent strain by applying a load to the 3D target model, and a destruction determination portion that determines whether or not destruction occurs based on the maximum value and the inclination, and the threshold.

Abstract: A sodium ion secondary battery that has high discharge capacity, excellent cycling characteristics, and excellent storage characteristics is provided. The present disclosure includes a carbonaceous material for a sodium ion secondary battery negative electrode. The carbon source of the carbonaceous material is a plant, and the carbonaceous material has a BET specific surface area of 100 m2/g or less.

Abstract: A curable composition contains 79.0 to 99.0% by mass of a polymerizable monomer (a), 0.1 to 10.0% by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (b), and 0.01 to 20.0% by mass of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) as a polyfunctional polymerizable compound (c): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R3 represents at least one kind of a polymerizable functional group selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a 4-vinylphenyl group, and an alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms; and n represents an arbitrary integer of 0 to 5.

Abstract: A hollow fiber membrane module includes: a hollow fiber membrane bundle; a housing formed with a port for allowing a cleaning gas for the hollow fiber membrane bundle to inflow therethrough for accommodating the hollow fiber membrane bundle; and a diffuser having a receiving surface for receiving the cleaning gas having entered through the port, the receiving surface being formed with diffusion hole for diffusing the cleaning gas to the hollow fiber membrane bundle in housing. The diffuser includes a partition dividing a space under the receiving surface into an inner space and an outer space surrounding the inner space and permitting the cleaning gas having entered through the port to flow thereinto. The diffusion hole is arranged to allow at least a part of the cleaning gas flowing in the outer space to diffuse from the inner space to the hollow fiber membrane bundle.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition that includes 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer (A), 185 to 1500 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer (B), 5 to 150 parts by mass of an aromatic polymer (C) (excluding the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) and the acrylic polymer (B)), and 70 to 300 parts by mass of a softening agent (D), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (A) is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer (P) having two or more polymer blocks (a1) containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and one or more polymer blocks (a2) containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene, provided that the polymer blocks (a1) have a content in a range of 3 to 45 mass %, and wherein a mass ratio [(C)/(B)] between the aromatic polymer (C) and the acrylic polymer (B) is from 0.01 to 0.19.

Abstract: A hydrogenated block copolymer having: a polymer block (A) having 90% by mass or more of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound based on the total mass of the polymer block (A); and a polymer block (B) having 90% by mass or more of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound based on the total mass of the polymer block (B), the hydrogenated block copolymer satisfying the following conditions: (1) a peak top molecular weight of the block copolymer is 50,000 to 300,000; (2) a content of the polymer block (A) in the hydrogenated block copolymer is 20.0 to 50.0% by mass; and (3) a gel composition containing a paraffin oil as a base oil and the hydrogenated block copolymer at a mass ratio of 9:1 satisfies specific conditions. A method for producing the same, a crumb of the same, and a gel composition.

Abstract: There is provided a resin composition which is excellent in rebound resilience in a wide temperature range of about ?5° C. to 55° C. and mechanical strength, and a molded body using the same. A resin composition containing a block copolymer (A) containing: a polymer block (a1) having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound; and a polymer block (a2) having a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene containing isoprene; in which the block copolymer (A) has a rebound resilience rate of 60% or more at 25° C., and in which a content of the polymer block (a1) in the block copolymer (A) is 5 to 28% by mass.

Abstract: A vinyl alcohol polymer including a structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of: a monomer having a carboxy group; and a derivative of the monomer, wherein the vinyl alcohol polymer has: a minimum degree of branching of 0.93 or less within a range of an absolute molecular weight being 200,000 or more and 800,000 or less; a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 750 or less; and a degree of saponification of 65 mol % or more.

Abstract: The invention provides a peroxide crosslinkable rubber composition including a hydrogenated nitrile rubber that is enhanced in scorch stability without deterioration in superior characteristics of crosslinked products of the composition. The invention also provides a crosslinked product of such a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated nitrile rubber (A), 5 to 100 parts by mass of a filler (B), 1 to 10 parts by mass of an organic peroxide (C), and 1 to 20 parts by mass of a liquid diene rubber (D) having a polystyrene-equivalent weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 120,000 as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC).

Abstract: A vinyl alcohol polymer including a structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of: a monomer having a carboxy group; and a derivative of the monomer, wherein the vinyl alcohol polymer has a minimum degree of branching of 0.93 or less within a range of an absolute molecular weight being 200,000 or more and 800,000 or less, and an insoluble content of a mixture prepared by adding 4 parts by mass of the vinyl alcohol polymer to 96 parts by mass of water followed by stirring at 60° C. for 1 hour is 0.1 ppm or more and less than 2,000 ppm.

Abstract: A resin composition containing: as a component (x), a hydrogenated product (X) of a block copolymer having a polymer block (A-1) derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B-1) derived from a conjugated diene compound; and as a component (y), a block copolymer (YO) having a polymer block (A-2) derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B-2) derived from a conjugated diene compound, or a hydrogenated product thereof (Y), satisfying the following requirements [1] to [4]: [1] the component (x) has a glass transition temperature of ?40° ° C. or more, [2] the component (y) has a glass transition temperature of ?50° C. or less, [3] the resin composition has a ratio Mx/My of a mass Mx of the component (x) with respect to a mass My of the component (y) of 1/99 to 99/1, and [4] the polymer block (B-2) contains a structural unit derived from ?-farnesene.

Abstract: A PVA film containing PVA that does not increase carbon dioxide existing in the global environment or has a small increase amount even when carbon dioxide is generated by a biodegradation treatment or an incineration treatment. A polyvinyl alcohol resin film having a polyvinyl alcohol resin with an abundance ratio of carbon 14 in total carbon constituting the polyvinyl alcohol resin of 1.0×10?4 or more. A method for discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film, the method including discriminating a polyvinyl alcohol resin film containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin (Ab) in which at least part of the carbon is derived from bio-derived ethylene.

Abstract: Provided are: a multilayer structure having a strong initial interlayer adhesive force, with a decrease of the interlayer adhesive force being prevented even in a case of use in a harsh environment such as exposure to hot water, an acid, or an alkali for a long period of time; a method for producing such a multilayer structure; and a sheet for preventing diffusion of hazardous substances, a landfill geomembrane, and a multilayer pipe, each including such a multilayer structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acetalization product of an ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer, comprising: 20 to 80 mol % of an ethylene unit; and 4 to 76 mol % of a vinyl alcohol unit based on a total monomer unit constituting the acetalization product, wherein a degree of acetalization is 5 to 80 mol %, and expression (1): 0.75?W0.05h/2f?1.00 (1) [wherein W0.05h/2f represents a symmetry factor determined by reversed-phase partition gradient high-performance liquid chromatography analysis with a water-ethanol eluent, according to JIS K 0124:2011], and expression (2): 1.27?Tm/Tg?1.35 (2) [wherein Tm and Tg respectively represent a melting peak temperature (kelvin) and an intermediate glass transition temperature (kelvin) measured according to JIS K7121:2012] are satisfied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are filamentary braids containing a plurality of filamentary elements braided together, where the filamentary elements include one or more main filamentary elements and one or more looped filamentary elements. The looped filamentary elements are arranged in one or more looped structures extending outward from the longitudinal axis formed by the main filamentary elements. The looped filamentary elements are made of a fiber having a tensile modulus of 2.3 GPa or more. Upon application of selective tension to the looped filamentary elements, the looped filamentary elements (i) are collapsible against the main filamentary elements in the filamentary braid and/or (ii) are removable from the filamentary braid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin material that comprises an ethylene-modified vinyl alcohol polymer as a main component, and that excels in hue, water solubility, and aqueous-solution viscosity stability. The present invention also provides an aqueous solution and an adhesive comprising such a resin material. The present invention relates to a resin material comprising an ethylene-modified vinyl alcohol polymer and sodium acetate, wherein: the ethylene-modified vinyl alcohol polymer has an ethylene unit content of 1 mol % or more and less than 15 mol %, a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 200 or more and less than 3,000, and a degree of saponification of 80 mol % or more and less than 99.9 mol %, and comprises 0.0005 mol % or more and 0.10 mol % or less of a propyl group at one end of the polymer, and the sodium acetate content is 0.05 mass % or more and less than 2 mass %.