Abstract: A nitrogen-containing perfluoroalkanoyl peroxide is provided which is represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Rf.sub.1 and Rf.sub.2 independently stand for an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, provided that Rf.sub.1 and Rf.sub.2 are joined to each other in one of the three patterns of union, 1) direct union, 2) union through the medium of an oxygen atom or 3) union through the medium of a nitrogen atom to form one of the three rings, i.e. five-membered ring, six-membered ring or seven-membered ring.

Abstract: A method for producing an object includes the steps of directing a laser beam to pass near a multiaxis table, supplying material from a material supply device to pass through and be melted by the laser beam, conveying the molten material to a prescribed location on the multiaxis table by allowing it to fall under its own weight or conveying it with a carrier gas, three-dimensionally controlling the position and attitude of the multiaxis table by means of a controller, and progressively depositing the molten material at prescribed locations on the multiaxis table for producing an object of a prescribed shape.

Abstract: A human IgG.sub.1 type monoclonal antibody which possesses a molecular weight in the range of 180,000.+-.20,000 as measured by the method of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis performed in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and is specific to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The human IgG.sub.1 type monoclonal antibody mentioned above is produced by a method which comprises fusing human cells capable of producing an antibody against nicotinic acetylcholine receptor with propagable human cells thereby giving rise to a hybridoma capable of producing the aforementioned human IgG.sub.1 type monoclonal antibody, selecting the hybridoma from the production of the fusion, culturing the hybridoma thereby giving rise to the aforementioned human IgG.sub.1 type monoclonal antibody, and selecting the antibody from the cultured medium. The hybridoma mentioned above is also identified.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for the separation of impurities from a crude ethanol aqueous solution, comprising of; (i) extracting lipophilic impurities within the crude ethanol aqueous solution into an extracting solvent phase by treating the crude ethanol aqueous solution with an extracting solvent comprising carbon dioxide in a liquid state or carbon dioxide in a super-critical state under conditions wherein a ratio of the weight of the extracting solvent to the weight of the crude ethanol aqueous solution is 2 or higher; and (ii) recovering ethanol entrained with the extracting solvent or ethanol and methanol entrained with the extracting solvent into an aqueous phase by contacting the extracting solvent phase resulting after extracting the impurities to with water in a countercurrent manner under pressures in a ratio of the weight of water to the weight of the extracting solvent of 0.3 or lower.

Abstract: A sintered article having a matrix of titanium diboride and a dispersed reinforcing phase of silicon carbide is produced by mixing titanium diboride powder and silicon carbide powder or whiskers, combining the resultant mixture with silicon boride, and sintering the produced mixture in a non-oxidative atmosphere under a pressure of at least 300 kg/cm.sub.2 at a temperature of at least 1,300.degree.C.

Abstract: A powder for coating the surface of a titanium metal is obtained by mixing compounds as raw materials for CaO, TiO.sub.2, and P.sub.2 O.sub.5 with a small amount of a Na.sub.2 O-containing compound, fusing the resultant mixture, and solidifying and pulverizing the fused mixture. A coating of a calcium phosphate compound adhering with great fastness to the surface of the titanium metal is formed by preparing an aqueous slurry containing the powder mentioned above, applying the aqueous slurry to the surface of the titanium metal, and heat-treating the coated titanium metal.

Abstract: A method of driving a fluid by transmitting ultrasonic waves in the fluid, in which electrical signals applied to a transducer in the fluid are controlled to change the amplitude and duty ratio of tone burst waves so as to control the distribution of the ultrasonic driving force in the fluid, and the driving force itself.

Abstract: Minute particles having the surface thereof coated with a dense layer of extremely fine particles of a metal oxide are produced by dispersing the fine particles having water adsorbed in advance on the surface thereof in a hydrophobic organic solvent having an alcohol and optionally an amine dissolved therein and adding to the resultant dispersion a hydrophobic organic solvent having a metal alkoxide dissolved therein, thereby inducing hydrolysis of the metal alkoxide on the surface of the fine particles and consequent deposition of a metal oxide on the surface of the fine particles.

Abstract: A gold alloy for black coloring comprising gold and at least one coloring metallic element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Fe, Co, and Ti, a gold alloy for black coloring having the composition described above and further comprising at least one alloying element selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, Os, Ag, and Ni; a method for the production of a processed article of gold alloy possessing a black surface layer by the steps of shaping the gold alloy mentioned above, heat-treating the shaped gold alloy, and cooling; and processed article of gold alloy obtained by the method.

Abstract: From an ore containing gold and silver, the gold and silver are extracted by a method which comprises pulverizing the ore and bringing the pulverized ore into contact with an elemental halogen, a halogenated salt, and an organic solvent thereby converting the gold and silver into polyhalogeno anionic complexes and consequently dissolving them in the organic solvent.

Abstract: An active gravitation compensation device, in which the weight of a driven member is supported substantially in a gravitation-free state by the output of a servo-actuator, and a small-sized torque motor is directly coupled to the driven member to control the operation of the driven member with the output of the torque motor.

Abstract: There is disclosed an adsorbent, comprising a carrier on which is immobilized a peptide possessing an ability to bind to the human antibody to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and represented by the formula:H--X--A--Y--Zwherein A stands for a peptide residue, one of X and Y stands for a single bond, an amino acid residue selected from the class consisting of Asp, Glu, Lys and a divalent group represented by the formula, ##STR1## (wherein n stands for an integer in the range of 1 to 17), or a peptide residue formed by peptide linkage of two to ten amino acid residues of at least one species selected from the class mentioned above and the other of X and Y stands for an amino acid residue selected from the class consisting of Asp, Glu, Lys and a divalent group represented by the formula, ##STR2## (wherein n stands for an integer in the range of 1 to 17), or a peptide residue formed by peptide linkage of two to ten amino acid residues of at least one species selected from the class mentioned above and Z stand

Abstract: A cubic boron nitride-containing high-density inorganic composite is prepared by mixing cubic boron nitride with a powdered inorganic compound capable of forming a rigid sintered article having a density of at least 85% and a Vickers hardness of at least 800, which does not promote the conversion of cubic boron nitride into graphite-type phase boron nitride (hBN). The powder mixture is compressed into a mold, and fired at low pressure of between 1,000-2,000 MPa, at a temperature of not more than 1,500.degree. C., under which conditions the cubic boron nitride does not convert to hBN, but is sufficiently metastable to permit the formation of the high-density inorganic composite.

Abstract: A polycrystal piezoelectric device consists of a plurality of crystals formed by growth of spherulites including a piezoelectric phase consisting of Li.sub.2 B.sub.4 O.sub.7. The orientation of the crystals shifts progressively over about 90 degrees between opposite sides of the device.

Abstract: A living hard tissue replacement is prepared by subjecting a calcium phosphate base ceramic material to superplastic forming. Also provided is a method for preparing a composite body comprising the step of joining a cover of a calcium phosphate base ceramic material to a substrate of a heterogeneous material by superplastic forming. Superplastic forming is often performed by hot isostatic pressing. The living hard tissue replacement and composite body are useful as artificial dental roots, dental crowns, and bones.

Abstract: In a method for treating the surface of either crystalline or amorphous silicon a silicon material is maintained in a non-oxidizing atmosphere with a reduced pressure, a gas selected from among hydrides of phosphorus, fluorides of phosphorus, hydrides of arsenic, fluorides of arsenic, hydrides of boron, fluorides of boron and fluorides of silicon is excited and the excited gas is supplied onto the surface of the silicon material for a prescribed period of time. During this period the temperature of the silicon material is maintained within a range higher than the temperature at which the molecules of the selected gas would, were the gas not excited, liquefy at the reduced pressure and deposit on the material and lower than the temperature at which the gas decomposes. The method enables the silicon material surface to be cleaned and/or protected by treatment at a relatively low temperature.

Abstract: A metal is dissolved by a method which comprises establishing contact of the metal with a quaternary ammonium compound and a halogenated hydrocarbon or with a quaternary ammonium compound, a halogenated hydrocarbon, and a polar solvent.

Abstract: A DNA segment, specifically a thermostable tryptophan synthetase gene originating in the strain of extremely thermophilic Thermus aquaticus T2, characterized by the restriction enzyme map of FIG. 1, and not cleaved by specific restriction enzymes.An extremely thermophilic plasmid vector pYK 105, having the DNA segment and an Escherichia coli plasmid vector pUC 13 incorporated in a cryptic plasmid pTT8.

Abstract: A perfluoroalkyl halogenide represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X stands for one element selected from the group consisting of iodine and bromine, R.sub.f for a perfluorohydrocarbon group, n for an integer in the range of 1 to 3, and m for an integer in the range of 1 to 3, provided that n and m satisfy the relationship, n.gtoreq.m, is produced by a method which consists essentially in subjecting a perfluorocarboxylic acid fluoride represented by the formula, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.f and n have the same meanings as defined above, to a thermal reaction with a lithium halogenide represented by XI, wherein X has the same meaning as defined above.

Abstract: A polymer produced by removing an electrolytic ion from a polymer doped with the electrolytic ion possesses a nonlinear conductivity. An element made of this polymer, on exposure to a sine wave electric field, generates a higher harmonic wave.