Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition is prepared by blending 50-95 wt. % of a copolymer (A) of 10-75 wt. % of .alpha.-methyl styrene, 10-60 wt. % of methyl methacrylate, 5-35 wt. % of acrylonitrile and 0-20 wt. % of a monomer copolymerizable therewith; and 5-50 wt. % of a graft copolymer (B) comprising 50-85 wt. parts of a butadiene-based rubber polymer and 15-50 wt. parts of a vinyl monomer graft-polymerized onto the rubber polymer. The butadiene-based rubber polymer includes 50-98 wt. % of butadiene, 2-50 wt. % of an aromatic polycyclic vinyl monomer represented by a formula (I) below and 0-20 wt. % of a monomer copolymerizable therewith: ##STR1## wherein R denotes an optionally substituted biphenylyl or naphthyl group, and R.sub.1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a resin composition containing 26.about.70 weight % of thermoplastic polyester resin, 10.about.30 weight % of polyester elastomer, and 20.about.44 weight % of vinylidene chloride resin and a biaxially stretched heat shrinkable film having cold resistance and oxygen gas barrier property comprising said resin composition, and further a biaxially stretched heat shrinkable laminated film having not only oxygen gas barrier property and cold resistance, but also melt hole resistance, heat resistance sealing property, and transparency after the shrinkage and comprising barrier layer of said resin composition, outer layer (polyamide or crosslinkable polyolefin), inner layer (crosslinkable polyolefin), and heat sealable layer (low crosslinkable polyolefin), at least the outer layer, the inner layer and the heat sealing layer being crosslinked by electron beam irradiation.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for producing a granular polyarylene sulfide which has a high melt viscosity and a high degree of cross-linkage, becomes gel under melting and is easy to handle in the production and the fabrication thereof.The process disclosed herein comprises (1) a step (A) an initial-stage polymerization step for obtaining a polyarylene sulfide by reacting an alkali metal sulfide, a dihaloaromatic compound and a polyhaloaromatic compound, having three or more halogen substituents in a molecule, in the presence of water in an amount of 0.5 to 2.9 moles per mol of said alkali metal sulfide at a temperature in the range of 180.degree. to 235.degree. C. until the total conversion ratio of said dihalo- and polyhaloaromatic compounds reaches 50 to 98% and the melt viscosity of a polyarylene sulfide obtained at the end of the step becomes 5 to 5,000 poise, measured at 310.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an azole-substituted cycloalkanol derivative represented by the formula (I) available for agricultural and horticultural fungicide and a process for preparing the same: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, n is an integer of 1 or 2 and A represents a nitrogen atom or a CH group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are azole derivatives or the salts thereof which are represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group, a phenyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group, Xs being either the same or different from each other; n represents an integer of 1 to 5; A represents a nitrogen atom or CH; and one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an azole derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 respectively represent a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; X represents a halogen atom, a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group or a phenyl group; n represents an integer of from 0 to 2 and A represents a nitrogen atom or a CH, provided that R.sup.1 is not a hydrogen atom when R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a process for producing the azole derivative represented by the formula(I),and an agricultural and horticultural composition containing the azole derivative represented by the formula(I).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for batchwisely calcining and activating infusibilized spherical pitch beads in an upper stage and a lower stage fluidized beds formed on respective perforated plates, by calcining the pitch beads in the upper stage at 600-800.degree. C. with a heated exhaust gas from a space for the lower stage, discharging activated carbon beads of the previous batch from the space for the lower stage, stopping the fluidization of the upper stage by guiding the exhaust gas from the space for the lower stage to the space for the upper stage through a bypass line so that the calcined beads can fall down to the space for the lower stage through the holes of the perforated plate of the upper stage, and activating the falling calcined beads at 800-1200.degree. C. while forming the lower stage fluidized bed with a heated calcining and activating gas, and a furnace used for the above method.

Abstract: A ribbed porous carbon material (1) is a one piece molded product containing carbon fibers (5) and having a rib portion (2) and a web portion (3), in which the carbon fibers (5) are oriented in the rib portion (2) along the direction of the thickness of the web portion (3), while the carbon fibers (5) are oriented in the web portion (3) along the direction of the plane of the web portion (3) and along the direction perpendicular to the rib portion (2).

Abstract: A biaxially stretched heat-shrinkable laminated film is disclosed which possesses good heat-shrinkability, excellent melt hole resistance and heat-resistant sealing property (the heat resistance of a seal portion), and highly satisfactory cold resistance, retains transparency even after shrinkage, and serves advantageously as a wrap for packaging foodstuffs. The laminated film is provided as an oxygen barrier layer with a layer of a mixture of vinylidene chloride resin and a low melting point polyamide resin having a crystalline melting point of not higher than 210.degree. C. This mixed resin has been cross-linked by applying the electron beam to the laminate in a dosage in the range of 1 to 12 megarads. The laminated film exhibits a heat shrinkage percentage of not less than 15% at 90.degree. C. and excels in gas barrier property.

Abstract: An electronic circuit element comprising a substrate having a predetermined electric characteristic and a pair of opposing surfaces. At least one first electrode is provided on one of the surfaces of the substrate while a second electrode is provided on the other of the surfaces of the substrate so as to oppose the at least one first electrode. A lead electrode is provided on the other surface of the substrate so as to extend from an edge of the second electrode. A compensating electrode is provided to at least one of the first and second electrodes on the substrate for compensating for a difference in the overlapping area between the first electrode and the second electrode inclusive of the lead electrode, due to a deviation in a disposition of the second electrode on the basis of the first electrode.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a process for producing a granular polyarylene sulfide which has a high melt viscosity and a high degree of cross-linkage, becomes gel under melting and is easy to handle in the production and the fabrication thereof.The process disclosed herein comprises (1) a step (A) an initial-stage polymerization step for obtaining a polyarylene sulfide by reacting an alkali metal sulfide, a dihaloaromatic compound and a polyhaloaromatic compound, having three or more halogen substituents in a molecule, in the presence of water in an amount of 0.5 to 2.9 moles per mol of said alkali metal sulfide at a temperature in the range of 180.degree. to 235.degree. C. until the total conversion ratio of said dihalo- and polyhaloaromatic compounds reaches 50 to 98% and the melt viscosity of a polyarylene sulfide obtained at the end of the step becomes 5 to 5,000 poise, measured at 310.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an easily-slidable polyarylene thioether film comprising a film containing, as the basic resin, a polyarylene thioether mainly composed of repeating unit of ##STR1## and not containing substantial amount of powder lubricant, having at least one side surface of the arithmetic average surface roughness within the range of 2 to 200 nm and a high strength, and a process to produce the same.

Abstract: A graft copolymer is formed by graft-polymerizing 10-95 wt. parts of a vinyl monomer onto 5-90 wt. parts of the rubber polymer which comprises 40-99 wt. % of butadiene and 1-60 wt. % of an aromatic polycyclic vinyl monomer represented by the following formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. The graft copolymer is characterized by the rubber polymer having a high refractive index as well as a low glass transition temperature due to the use of the aromatic polycyclic vinyl monomer. Accordingly, the graft copolymer per se may be used as a thermoplastic resin having good transparency and impact resistance at a low rubber polymer content and may also be added to a transparent thermoplastic resin inclusive of a vinyl chloride resin and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer resin to provide the thermoplastic resin with an improved impact resistance while retaining a good transparency.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a crystallized, thin-wall container which is excellent in heat-resistance, oil-resistance, chemical stability under high temperature and high humidity and gas impermeability, is particularly suitable for heating foodstuffs packaged in it in electronic range, electric oven, etc. and is obtained by thermoforming a substantially amorphous sheet which has a crystallinity index of below 15% and an elongation of not less than 100% at room temperature and is obtained from a poly(arylene sulfide) which has a substantially linear structure, has not less thant 70 wt % of a repeating unit of ##STR1## and a logarithmic viscosity number of 0.2 to 1.0 in a solution of 1-chloronaphthalene (concentration of 0.4 g/dl at a temperature of 208.degree. C.) and a process for producing the container.

Abstract: Compositions comprising peptide analogues of a CD4 epitope capable of interacting with a monoclonal antibody designated Leu3a or with the envelope glycoprotein (gp120) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are provided. In a preferred embodiment, the peptide will consist of the amino acid sequence: ser-lys-leu-asn-asp-arg-ala-asp-ser-arg-arg-ser-leu-trp-asp. The invention also includes a series of peptides having one or more D-amino acid substitution that confer enhanced resistance to degradation in serum. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the peptides in therapeutic applications are also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are azole derivatives or the salts thereof which are represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a haloalkyl group, a phenyl group, a cyano group, or a nitro group, Xs being either the same or different from each other; n represents an integer of 1 to 5; A represents a nitrogen atom or CH; and one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are the derivative of benzyl ether represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## which is useful as an intermediate compound of the derivatives of 1,5-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4- triazole-3-carboxamide represented by the formula (II), ##STR2## wherein R is a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which is non-substituted or substituted with 1 to 19 fluorine atoms, a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms which is non-substituted or substituted with 1 to 19 fluorine atoms, a cyclic alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms which is substituted with an alicyclic structure having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or an aralkyl group having 7 to 9 carbon atoms; X.sup.1 is a halogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; X.sup.2 is a hydrogen, a halogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; Y.sup.1 is a hydrogen or a fluorine; Y.sup.2 is a hydrogen or a fluorine; and Z is a nitro group or an amino group.

Abstract: A process for producing an easily-slidable polyarylene thioether film having an arithmetic average surface roughness, Ra, in a range of 2-200 nm and a dynamic friction coefficient, .mu.k, within a range of 0.1-0.6 at least on one surface of the film, which comprises:a) contacting at least one surface of an amorphous film, containing the polyarylene thioether, consisting essentially of repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## with at least one organic solvent having a solubility parameter within a range of 8.5-11.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polymer alloy prepared by polymerizing 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of at least one radically polymerizable monomer to 100 parts by weight of polyarylene thioether having a repeating unit of ##STR1## as a main constituent and at least a part of said radically polymerizable monomers is polymerized within inner pores of the polyarylene thioether particles and a process for producing the polymer alloy.The polymer alloy of polyarylene thioether according to the present invention has the fine particles of the radically polymerized monomer uniformly dispersed in the said polymer alloy, and accordingly, the polymer alloy of polyarylene thioether according to the present invention is excellent in various physical properties, such as, good impact strength and improved anti-flash property.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a derivative of 1,5-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, which is substituted by fluorine atom(s), and X represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, a process for producing the derivative and a herbicidal compositions containing the derivative of 1,5-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide as an active ingredient.