Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate filler for resins that has uniform particles, high dispersibility and thermal stability, and, in particular, excellent smoothness, peelability, resistance to detachment, and the like and is useful as an antiblocking material. The calcium carbonate filler for resins includes calcium carbonate particles and satisfies formulae (a) to (e) below: (a) 1.0?Sw?12.0 (m2/g); (b) 0.1?Dx?5.0 (?m); (c) 0.1?Dy?5.0 (?m); (d) 0.8?Dy/Dx?3.5; and (e) 0.1?Tw?0.8 (% by weight), where Sw is a BET specific surface area (m2/g); Dx is a primary particle diameter (?m) expressed as a calculation formula: Dx=6/(2.7·Sw); Dy is a 50% diameter (?m); and Tw is a thermal weight loss (% by weight) between 100 and 300° C.

Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated calcium carbonate filler useful in a curable resin, for imparting performance having excellent heat resistance, color fastness, strength and elongation, and a curable resin containing the filler. A surface-treated calcium carbonate filler for a curable resin composition, in which calcium carbonate synthesized using compact limestone is treated by a surface treatment agent, the surface-treated calcium carbonate filler satisfying the following formulae (1) to (4): 0?Mg?2000,??(1) 0?Fe?200,??(2) 70?SFa?100, and??(3) 0?Ufa?30,??(4) Mg: a proportion [ppm] of magnesium contained in surface-treated calcium carbonate, Fe: a proportion [ppm] of iron contained in surface-treated calcium carbonate, SFa: a proportion [wt %] of saturated fatty acid in the surface treatment agent comprising a water-soluble monovalent salt of a fatty acid, and UFa: a proportion [wt %] of unsaturated fatty acid in the surface treatment agent comprising a water-soluble monovalent salt of a fatty acid.

Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate filler which gives films and the like excellent in moldability, dispersibility, gasmark (bubbles), hue, and further, excellent in optical properties such as reflectivity and light resistance when incorporated into a resin to prepare a resin composition.

Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated calcium carbonate filler useful in a curable resin, for imparting performance having excellent heat resistance, color fastness, strength and elongation, and a curable resin containing the filler.

Abstract: A surface-treated heavy calcium carbonate is provided which is useful for a film exactly controlled in its pore diameter and for easily hydrolyzable polyester resins. A heavy calcium carbonate is also provided which is compounded in a curable resin such as a one-component moisture-curable adhesive and a sealant either without any pre-drying treatment or by simple pre-drying treatment. A surface-treated heavy calcium carbonate satisfying 13,000?A?25,000, 0.8?B?3.0, C?0.55, and 0?D1?1000, or 8,000?A?25,000, 0.8?B?15, 0?C1?1000, and 0?C2?150 wherein: A: specific surface area (cm2/g), B: average particle diameter (?m): 50% particle diameter (d50) (?m), C: 10% particle diameter (?m), D1, C1: water content at between 25° C. and 300° C. by a Karl-Fischer method (heating vaporization method) (ppm), and C2: water content at between 200° C. and 300° C. by the same method.

Abstract: The calcium carbonate filler for a resin is provided in which a volatile component such as water present in a surface of calcium carbonate is likely to be degassed even when the filler is incorporated into and kneaded with a resin having high processing temperature at a high concentration, and foaming or the like can be suppressed. In particular, the calcium carbonate filler is useful in optical fields that require reflectivity and light resistance. The calcium carbonate filler for a resin has a content rate of particles having a particle diameter of 0.26 ?m or less is 30% or less in a number particle size distribution diameter measured from an electron micrograph, and satisfies the following expressions (a) Dms5/Dmv5?3.0, (b) 1.0?Sw?10.0 (m2/g) and (c) Dma?5.

Abstract: Provided is a calcium carbonate filler which gives films and the like excellent in moldability, dispersibility, gasmark (bubbles), hue, and further, excellent in optical properties such as reflectivity and light resistance when incorporated into a resin to prepare a resin composition. A calcium carbonate filler for a resin, satisfying the following expressions (a), (b), and (c): 1.0?Sw?10.0 (m2/g),??(a) 0.01?Tw?0.5(% by weight), and??(b) 80?Lw?90??(c) wherein Sw represents a BET specific surface area (m2/g) measured by using a BET specific surface area measuring device (Macsorb manufactured by Mountech Co., Ltd.); Tw represents a weight reduction value (% by weight) measured at 200° C. to 300° C. by using a differential thermogravimetric device (Thermo Plus EVO II manufactured by Rigaku Corporation); and Lw represents a degree of whiteness (L value) measured by using a spectroscopic color-difference meter (ZE-2000 manufactured by Nippon Denshoku Industries Co., Ltd.).

Abstract: The surface-treated calcium carbonate filler having a floc structure is provided which can provide a curable resin composition which has a high thixotropic property, exerts a high elongation degree at a low modulus, and has such a restoring rate that a load to be applied onto an adherend is reduced particularly by mixing in the curable resin composition, and the curable resin composition containing the filler.

Abstract: Provided is a surface treated calcium carbonate filler for resins, which comprises calcium carbonate particles, the surface of which has been treated with at least one surface active agent (A) selected from the group consisting of saturated fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids, alicyclic carboxylic acids, resin acids, and salts thereof and with at least one compound (B) having the ability to chelate alkaline earth metals, the compound (B) being selected from the group consisting of phosphonic acids, polycarboxylic acids, and salts thereof. The surface treated calcium carbonate filler for resins of the present invention deteriorates little with time, has satisfactory dispersibility in resins, and can give a sheet or film which has a satisfactory balance among durability, weatherability, strength, and thermal stability, and is useful as a battery separator or a light reflector.

Abstract: The surface-treated calcium carbonate filler having a floc structure is provided which can provide a curable resin composition which has a high thixotropic property, exerts a high elongation degree at a low modulus, and has such a restoring rate that a load to be applied onto an adherend is reduced particularly by mixing in the curable resin composition, and the curable resin composition containing the filler.

Abstract: A calcium carbonate filler for a resin, in which the content rate of particles having a particle diameter of 0.26 ?m or less is 30% or less in a number particle size distribution diameter measured (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) from an electron micrograph, and which satisfies the following expressions (a) to (c) is provided. Dms5/Dmv5?3??(a) 1?Sw?8 (m2/g)??(b) Mo?300 (ppm)??(c) wherein Dms5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a volume particle size distribution by a laser diffraction particle size distribution measuring device (MASTERSIZER2000 manufactured by Malvern); Dmv5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a number particle size distribution in a particle diameter (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) measured with an electron microscope; Sw: A BET specific surface area (Macsorb manufactured by Mountech) (m2/g); Mo: A water amount (ppm) by the Karl Fischer method at 200 to 300° C.

Abstract: A calcium carbonate filler for a resin, in which the content rate of particles having a particle diameter of 0.26 ?m or less is 30% or less in a number particle size distribution diameter measured (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) from an electron micrograph, and which satisfies the following expressions (a) to (c) is provided. Dms5/Dmv5?3??(a) 1?Sw?8 (m2/g)??(b) Mo?300 (ppm)??(c) wherein Dms5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a volume particle size distribution by a laser diffraction particle size distribution measuring device (MASTERSIZER2000 manufactured by Malvern); Dmv5: A 5% diameter (?m) accumulated from a small particle side in a number particle size distribution in a particle diameter (Mac-VIEW manufactured by Mountech) measured with an electron microscope; Sw: A BET specific surface area (Macsorb manufactured by Mountech) (m2/g); Mo: A water amount (ppm) by the Karl Fischer method at 200 to 300° C.

Abstract: A fine pore formation agent for a porous resin film is provided which comprises inorganic particles satisfying (a) 0.1?D50?1.5 (?m) (D50: average particle diameter of particles in 50% cumulative total by weight from the larger particle side by micro-track FRA), (b) Da?20 (?m) (Da: maximum particle diameter by micro-track FRA), (c) 3?Sw?60 (m2/g) (Sw: BET specific surface area measured by nitrogen adsorption method), (d) Ir?1.0×105 (?·cm) (Ir: volume resistivity (?·cm). The fine pore formation agent for a porous resin film is capable of providing a resin composition giving a porous resin film useful in uses for electric parts such as capacitors and battery separators.

Abstract: An apparatus for preheating a granular material having a suspension preheater including a plurality of stages of cyclones arranged above a calcination furnace such that the granular material is preheated by waste gas from the calcination furnace as the granular material passes through the suspension preheater. The apparatus has a precalciner of fluidized-bed type or spouted-bed type connected, in place of a duct used in conventional apparatus, between a collecting cyclone directly connected to be calcination furnace and a first cyclone constituting the most downstream stage.