Abstract: A polymer having a structural unit represented by the following general formula (I), a flame-retardant composition comprising the polymer, and a method for producing the polymer. In the general formula (I), R1 represents any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having 7 to 18 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 and R4 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyloxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aralkyl group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aralkyloxy group having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aryloxy group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and R3 and R4 may be bonded to each other; and n is an integer of 0 to 5.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer structure including: a laminate including a base (X) and at least two layers (Y), the layers (Y) being provided on both faces of the base (X); and layers (Z) containing a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: A dispersant for suspension polymerization may, even when a usage amount thereof is low, enable obtaining polymer particles having a small average particle diameter with few coarse particles, and having favorable plasticizer absorptivity. Such a dispersant may include a vinyl alcohol polymer having a structure of following formula (1) and satisfy inequality (2) 0.4?[X]×102/[Ra,1]2?3.0??(2). In formula (1), R is a hydrocarbon group having 4 or more carbon atoms. In inequality (2), [X] is a mole percentage content of the structure of formula (1) with respect to total structural units of the vinyl alcohol polymer; and [Ra,1] is an HSP distance ((J/cm3)1/2) between the structure of formula (1) and vinyl chloride.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer which has a polymerizable functional group but still can be thermoformed without being crosslinked and which undergoes crosslinking upon irradiation with an active energy ray after being formed, and a composition including the polymer. An active energy ray crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer includes specific monomer units (1). The ratio of the number of moles of the monomer units represented by the general formula (1) to the number of moles of all monomer units constituting the polymer is not less than 1 mol %. The number average molecular weight (Mn) of the active energy ray crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer is 20,000 to 500,000.

Abstract: Lenses are arrayed in a lattice on an array surface of a microlens array. A lens has a convex surface that is cylindrical throughout sections that are parallel to a lattice direction of the lens and are orthogonal to the array surface. In each of meridians of the sections parallel to the lattice direction of the lens, a sag amount is corrected so as to increase an inclination of a skirt. In another aspect, a lens has a concave surface that is cylindrical throughout sections that are parallel to a lattice direction of the lens and are orthogonal to an array surface. In each of meridians of the sections parallel to the lattice direction of the lens, a sag amount is corrected so as to increase an inclination of a rim.

Abstract: Provided is a polyamide comprising a diamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit, wherein the diamine unit comprises 0.1 mol % or more and less than 36 mol % of a diamine unit (X), and the diamine unit (X) is a diamine unit derived from an aliphatic diamine having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, the aliphatic diamine having an alkyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms bonded to a carbon atom at the 2-position when a carbon atom to which any one of amino groups is bonded is defined as the 1-position.

Abstract: Provided are a core-sheath composite fiber, a production method therefor, and a fiber structure. The core-sheath composite fiber includes: a core component (12) including a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester (a polymer A); and a sheath component having an islands-in-the-sea structure and including a flexible thermoplastic polymer (a polymer B) and a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester (a polymer C). The polymer B and the polymer C constitute a sea component and an island component of the islands-in-the-sea structure, respectively. The island component includes a plurality of islands (18) dispersed in a sea (14) that is formed of the sea component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a hydrocarbon, including a step (Y) of converting a reaction product of at least one sulfur compound selected from the group consisting of hydrogen sulfide and a compound containing a —SH group which are contained in a hydrocarbon with an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde compound into a water-soluble compound in the presence of water, and a step (Z) of separating oil and water.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a carbonaceous material that has a benzene adsorption amount of 30 to 60%, a vitamin B12 adsorption amount of more than 50.0 mg/g, and a micropore volume of mesopores of 0.13 to 0.30 cm3/g as calculated from a nitrogen adsorption isotherm by a BJH method.

Abstract: A water treatment device includes: a measure that repeats measurement of pressures on a primary side and a secondary side of a hollow fiber membrane module every minute time of three seconds or less in one or more steps of water filling, backwashing, pressure relieving, bubbling, and draining; and an estimater that estimates: abnormality of an internal state of the hollow fiber membrane module or of a peripheral device; a time required from a start to an end of the one or more steps; an effect of physical washing or chemical washing; or a future increase in an membrane differential pressure, based on a temporal transition of a measurement result of at least one of the pressures, or based on a difference in the temporal transition between a plurality of times of the step.

Abstract: Provided are a curable composition comparable to a curing rate by conventional sulfur while maintaining performance required as a cured product even when a crosslinking agent is replaced with a peroxide, and a sealant containing a cured product of the curable composition. A curable composition containing a conjugated diene-based polymer (A) and a crosslinking agent (B), in which the conjugated diene-based polymer (A) has 100 moles or more of double bonds in a side chain per mole of the polymer.

Abstract: A plastic scintillating fiber includes: an outermost peripheral layer containing a compound of a heavy metal element and containing a resin having scintillating properties; a core disposed inside the outermost peripheral layer and containing at least one type of fluorescent substance that absorbs the scintillation light generated from the outermost peripheral layer and wavelength-converts the absorbed light into light having a wavelength longer than that of the absorbed light; and a cladding layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the core and having a refractive index lower than that of the core. A wavelength shifting fiber including the core and the cladding layer, and the outermost peripheral layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the wavelength shifting fiber are integrally formed.

Abstract: A plastic scintillating fiber includes: a core containing a transparent resin having scintillating properties and at least one type of fluorescent substance that absorbs the scintillation light and converts the absorbed light into light having a wavelength longer than that of the absorbed light; a cladding layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the core and having a refractive index lower than that of the core; and an outermost peripheral layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the cladding layer and containing a compound of a heavy metal element. The core, the cladding layer, and the outermost peripheral layer are integrally formed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer film having a polyolefin layer (A), an adhesive resin layer (B), and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition layer (C).

Abstract: Provided are a fibrous sheet having a stress relaxation rate defined by the following formula of less than or equal to 85%: stress relaxation rate [%]=(stress S5 at extension after five minutes/stress S0 at initial extension)×100 when a stress at extension immediately after extension in an in-plane first direction at 50% elongation is defined as a stress S0 (N/50 mm) at initial extension, and a stress at extension at a time of extending in the first direction at 50% elongation for five minutes is defined as a stress S5 (N/50 mm) at extension after five minutes, and a bandage including the fibrous sheet.

Abstract: A carbonaceous material for electric double-layer capacitors that is based on a plant-derived carbon precursor, in which carbonaceous material: a BET specific surface area is 1,900 to 2,500 m2/g; an average pore size is 2.2 to 2.6 nm as determined by a nitrogen adsorption method; a volume of micropores having a pore size of 2 nm or smaller is 0.84 to 1.30 cm3/g as determined by the MP method; a ratio of a volume of micropores having a pore size of 1 to 2 nm with respect to the volume of the micropores having a pore size of 2 nm or smaller is 25 to 50% as determined by the MP method; and a volume of mesopores having a pore size of 2 to 50 nm is 0.16 to 0.4 cm3/g as determined by the BJH method; and a method of producing same.

Abstract: Provided is an acoustic diaphragm with required properties for a vibrating part and an edge part thereof. The acoustic diaphragm comprises a vibrating part 11 and an edge part 12 located at an outer periphery of the vibrating part, wherein the vibrating part comprises a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer (TLCP) having a certain composition; the edge part comprises a TLCP having a same composition as the TLCP of the vibrating part; and the vibrating part 11 and the edge part 12 have elastic moduli Ed and Ee measured by nanoindentation technique, respectively, which satisfy the following formula: Ed>Ee. For example, a ratio Ed/Ee of the elastic modulus Ed of the vibrating part 11 to the elastic modulus Ee of the edge part 12 may fall within a range of from 1.05 to 5.0.

Abstract: A fiber including olefin-based resin, wherein temperatures of the olefin-based resin losing five percent by weight and the fiber losing five percent by weight have a difference of 20 degrees Celsius or below according to thermogravimetric measurements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a laminate having a gas barrier layer and a polyurethane layer.

Abstract: To provide a curable composition that is readily modeled with low viscosity and excellent curing capability in modeling by stereolithography, and provides a cured article excellent in toughness and water resistance, and a resin composition for stereolithography prepared therefrom. To provide a resin composition for stereolithography that is favorable particularly for a dental mouthpiece and a denture base material. A curable composition containing 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.