Abstract: A resin composition that enables formation of a film superior in cold water solubility, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance is provided. The resin composition comprises a modified PVA comprising a monomer unit represented by formula (I), and an amine compound represented by formula (II): a content of the amine compound with respect to 100 parts by mass of the modified PVA being from 0.01 parts by mass to 1 part by mass. In the formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and R2 represents —R3—SO3?X+, —R3—N+(R4)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom, R3 representing an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, X+ representing a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, or an ammonium group, and R4 representing a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. In the formula (II), R5 represents —R3?—SO3?X+?, —R3?—N+(R4?)3Cl?, or a hydrogen atom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material that is suitable for the negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a negative pole for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the carbonaceous material, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having the negative pole, and a method for producing the carbonaceous material. This carbonaceous material is for a negative pole active substance of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The carbonaceous material is derived from plants, the half-width of the peak at approximately 1360 cm-1 of the Raman spectrum observed by laser Raman spectroscopy is 190 to 240 cm-1, and the specific surface area as found by multipoint BET analysis of nitrogen adsorption is 10 to 100 m2/g.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) having a functional group derived from a silane compound represented by the formula (1), and 20 to 200 parts by mass of a filler (C), the modified liquid diene rubber (B) satisfying (i) to (iii): (i) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) is not less than 1,000 and less than 15,000; (ii) a vinyl content is not more than 70 mol %; and (iii) an average number of functional groups per molecule of the modified liquid diene rubber (B) is 1 to 20.

Abstract: A resin composition, containing: (A) polyolefin; (B) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of from 20 to 65 mol % and a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 96% or more; (C) a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ethylene content of from 68 to 98 mol % and a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 20% or more; (D) a random copolymer consisting of ethylene and vinyl acetate; (E) a pigment comprising titanium oxide particles comprising a surface coated with a compound of a metal other than titanium or a silicon compound; and (I) a lubricant; wherein a mass ratio (AB) is from 3 to 99.5, a mass ratio (B/C) is from 1 to 100, a mass ratio of (D/C) is from 0.1 to 15, a mass ratio (E/C) is from 0.04 to 50, and a content of (C) is from 0.01 to 2.4 parts, particularly 0.33 to 1.5 parts, by mass based on 100 parts by mass of (A) and (B).

Abstract: A resin composite, a method of producing the resin composite, a molded product, a film, and an article excellent in impact resistance are provided. The resin composite contains a methacrylic resin (A), which contains no less than 80% by mass of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate and has a melt viscosity ?(A) of 1500 to 3500 Pa·s at 220° C. and a shear rate of 122/sec, and a triblock copolymer (B), which has a methacrylic acid ester polymer block (b2) coupled to each of two ends of an acrylic acid ester polymer block (b1), at a specific ratio. The triblock copolymer (B) includes the block (b1) and the block (b2) at a specific ratio and has a melt viscosity ?(B) of 75 to 1500 Pa·s at 220° C. and a shear rate of 122/sec. The ratio of ?(A)/?(B) is from 1 to 20.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polishing-layer molded body including: a thermoplastic polyurethane that is a polymer of a monomer including: a polymer diol; an organic diisocyanate; a first chain extender including a diol having 4 or less carbon atoms; a second chain extender including a diol having 5 or more carbon atoms, a content ratio of nitrogen derived from an isocyanate group of the organic diisocyanate being 6.3 to 7.4 mass %, and the polishing-layer molded body being non-porous.

Abstract: An object is to provide a polyvinyl acetal composition which includes polyvinyl acetals having different average amounts of remaining hydroxyl groups and from which a sheet having excellent transparency can be molded. A polyvinyl acetal composition comprising 3 to 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl acetal (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of polyvinyl acetal (A), and 0.05 to 0.75 times by mass of compound (C) with respect to the total mass of polyvinyl acetal (A) and polyvinyl acetal (B). The polyvinyl acetal (A) has an average amount of remaining hydroxyl groups of X mol % (X is a positive number), the polyvinyl acetal (B) has an average amount of remaining hydroxyl groups of Y mol % (Y is a positive number), and |X?Y|?3 is satisfied.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a circuit board including preparing a board structural body (11) and covering a conductor circuit element (13) on an outermost layer of the board structural body (11) with a cover film (14), wherein a heat treatment is performed while having a release material (15) interposed between the cover film (14) and a heat-processing device. The release material (15) is a laminate at least including, sequentially from the cover film toward the heat-processing device, a low friction film (16) selected from an ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene film and a polytetrafluoroethylene film, a first aluminum foil (17), a first high-density polyethylene film (18a), a second high-density polyethylene film (18b), and a second aluminum foil (19). The first high-density polyethylene film (18a) and the second high-density polyethylene film (18b) are positioned such that respective MD directions are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: A multi-layer shaped product, comprising a layer composed of an acrylic resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylic resin (A) and an acrylic block copolymer (B) comprising an acrylic acid ester polymer block (a) and a methacrylic acid ester polymer block (b), and if necessary, particles of an acrylic elastomeric polymer (C), and a layer composed of an active energy ray cured resin that is in contact with the layer composed of the acrylic resin composition, wherein an amount of the acrylic block copolymer (B) comprised in the acrylic resin composition is not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 60 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the acrylic resin composition.

Abstract: Provided are a film which can be decorated even against a three-dimensional shape, is excellent in moldability during decoration (adhesion) on an adherend, is able to reduce concaves and convexes with a variety of sizes which the adherend surface has, and makes an appearance quality favorable; and a decorative molded product having the film. The film is a film including a layer containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein when a highest temperature of glass transition temperatures of the film is designated as Tg [+ C], a temperature T [° C.] at which an elongation at break is 50% or more exists in a range of Tg to (Tg+50 [° C.

Abstract: Provided is a flame-retardant fabric having a color that satisfies the criteria required by the international standard for high visibility ISO20471. The fabric includes polyetherimide-based fibers that contain a white pigment.

Abstract: Provided is greaseproof paper that, when folded, shows little reduction in grease resistance at the folded portion. The greaseproof paper includes a paper base and a greaseproof layer provided on at least one surface of the paper base, wherein the greaseproof layer includes an ethylene-vinyl alcohol-vinyl ester copolymer (A) and a fatty acid derivative (B), contains 1 to 100 parts by mass of the component (B) per 100 parts by mass of the component (A), and is in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0 g/m2 in terms of dry mass. In the greaseproof paper, the ethylene-vinyl alcohol-vinyl ester copolymer (A) has a content of ethylene units of 1 to 15 mol %, has a total content of vinyl alcohol units and vinyl ester units of 85 to 99 mol %, and has a degree of polymerization of 300 to 2000. In the greaseproof paper, the fatty acid derivative (B) is a fatty acid amide compound.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that can be firmly bonded to an adherend with an active energy ray-curable adhesive provided therebetween, and provided are a molded product and a film each including such a thermoplastic resin composition. Also provided are a thermoplastic resin composition that is less likely to be whitened even when the adhesive permeates thereinto and a molded product and a film each including such a thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition according to the present disclosure contains 70 to 95 mass % of a thermoplastic resin and 5 to 30 mass % of a multilayer structure polymer (C) having a multilayer particle structure, and the multilayer structure polymer (C) has a median diameter Da of no less than 200 nm and less than 500 nm when the median diameter Da is measured through a laser diffraction/scattering technique with the thermoplastic resin composition dissolved in acetone.

Abstract: Disclosed is a grain-finished artificial leather including: an artificial leather base material; and a resin layer stacked on at least one surface of the artificial leather base material, wherein the artificial leather base material contains: a fiber-entangled body of ultrafine fibers; 3 to 50 mass % of a first elastic polymer; 2.5 to 6 mass %, in terms of phosphorus atoms, of first phosphorous-based flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 ?m; and 1 to 6 mass % of a plasticizer, and the resin layer contains: a second elastic polymer; and a total content, in terms of phosphorus atoms or in terms of hydroxyl groups, of 0 to 8 mass % of flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 ?m and being at least one selected from the group consisting of second phosphorous-based flame retardant particles and first metal hydroxide particles.

Abstract: Provided is a composition capable of safely and efficiently removing a sulfur-containing compound, especially hydrogen sulfide, an —SH group-containing compound or a mixture thereof contained in a hydrocarbon, and not causing metal corrosion in devices. The composition is for removing a sulfur-containing compound in a hydrocarbon, wherein the sulfur-containing compound is hydrogen sulfide, an —SH group-containing compound or a mixture thereof, and the composition contains a dialdehyde having 6 to 16 carbon atoms and a polyalkylene glycol.

Abstract: There is provided a blow-molded container having a pinch-off part and having, as an innermost layer, a layer of resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a soft resin (B), characterized in that the soft resin (B) is a thermoplastic styrenic elastomer or ?-olefinic polymer; a mass ratio of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) to the soft resin (B) [(A)/(B)] is within the range of 75/25 to 90/10; the resin composition has a matrix and domain structure in which the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) is a matrix phase and the soft resin (B) is a domain phase; and a surface-to-surface interparticle distance in the domain phase is 0.3 ?m or less.

Abstract: A porous carbon material for electrodes of energy storage devices comprising: a porous carbon material; 0.5 to 5 parts by mass of an insulating material having a boiling point of 150° C. or more based on 100 parts by mass of the porous carbon material; and 0.25 to 15 parts by mass of a conductive additive based on 100 parts by mass of the insulating material, wherein the insulating material and the conductive additive are carried on the porous carbon material in combination, and the porous carbon material has a BET specific surface area of 1300 to 2050 m2/g.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a diffuser plate capable of achieving excellent appearance quality when an image is projected. A transmissive diffuser plate including a microlens angle modulation distribution group provided on at least one of a light incident surface and a light emitting surface is provided. A microlens angle modulation distribution group includes a plurality of microlenses and an angle modulation part having an angle modulation distribution for angle-modulating a direction of main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses. When a ratio ?/P of a wavelength ? [?m] of the main light to an average arrangement period P [?m] of the microlens is denoted by ? [rad], and when the direction of the main light emitted from each of the plurality of microlenses is modulated by a modulation angle ? [rad], a ratio ?/? of the modulation angle ? to ? satisfies 0.1<?/?<10.0.

Abstract: A resin composition superior in stability and external appearance characteristics during/following melt molding; and an extrusion-molded article, an injection-molded article and a blow-molded article that are formed from the resin composition are provided. The resin composition contains an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as a principle component, and has a heterogeneous nucleation index (f) of less than 0.6 as determined by formula (1) based on a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve obtained by DSC in which the resin composition is cooled at a rate of 150° C./sec from a molten state at 210° C. In the formula (1), Qtotal represents an area of a total region surrounded by the DSC curve and a base line, and Qhetero represents an area of a heterogeneous region that is a part of the total region, falling within a range from the temperature lower than the melting point by 38° C. to a temperature lower than the melting point by 75° C.

Abstract: Provided are a break-resistant copolymer having high transparency and heat resistance and also having a high tensile strain at break, and a molded article. A copolymer contains 80% by mass to 98% by mass of structural units derived from a methacrylic ester monomer and 2% to 10% by mass of ester structural units derived from a cyclic ketene acetal monomer. The copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 or more and a molecular weight distribution of 1.75 to 3.80.