Abstract: This surface-treated silica particle dispersion sol is formed by dispersing a group of colloidal silica particles in a hydrophobic solvent, the colloidal silica particles being composed of an average number of 4 to 300 spherical primary particles, chainly connected to have an average length of 35 nm to 1,800 nm, and the particle surfaces being coated with a silane coupling agent or the like having a functional group such as a vinyl group. The average particle diameter of the spherical primary particles is 6 nm to 20 nm and the average aspect ratio of the spherical primary particles is in the range of 1.0 to 1.3. The content ratio of impurities of K, Na, or NH3 per colloidal silica particle is 3,500 ppm by mass or less and the content ratio of impurities of alkaline earth metals or aluminum is less than 1 ppm by mass.

Abstract: This black dispersion includes a solvent, a black pigment, and a polymer dispersant, in which the solvent contains either one or both of a monofunctional monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a difunctional monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, the black pigment contains zirconium nitride, and the polymer dispersant contains a comb polymer, the comb polymer has a main chain and a plurality of side chains bonded to the main chain, the main chain is a polyalkyleneimine, and each of the plurality of side chains is a group containing an oxyethylene group and an oxypropylene group.

Abstract: Provided is a chainlike colloidal silica dispersion sol (16) formed by dispersing a group of colloidal silica particles having an average length of 35 nm to 1800 nm and an average of 4 to 300 spherical primary particles chainly connected that are grasped by field emission scanning electron microscopic observation. The average particle diameter of the spherical primary particles is 6 nm to 20 nm, the average aspect ratio of the spherical primary particles is within a range of 1.0 to 1.3, and the organic solvent is an alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a water-soluble glycol compound having 2 to 4 carbon atoms. The content proportion of each impurity of K, Na or NH3 per colloidal silica particle is 3500 ppm by mass or less, and the content proportion of each impurity of an alkali earth metal or aluminum is less than 1 ppm by mass.

Abstract: This aluminum-oxide-based-composition-containing zirconium nitride powder contains particles each of which is mainly composed of zirconium nitride and has a surface to which an aluminum oxide-based composition partially adheres, in which the aluminum-oxide-based-composition-containing zirconium nitride powder contains aluminum in a proportion of greater than 1% by mass and 15% by mass or less in terms of a total content of 100% by mass, and has a specific surface area of 30 m2/g to 90 m2/g measured by a BET method. This powder has relatively high light shielding properties in a near infrared region with a wavelength of 1,000 nm, has excellent patterning and visible light shielding properties, and has favorable moisture resistance, when the powder is used to form a black patterned film as a black pigment.

Abstract: Provided is a dispersion capable of enhancing the transparency and the heat shielding property of an obtained interlayer film for laminated glass when a material containing the dispersion is used as a material for the interlayer film for laminated glass. The dispersion according to the present invention includes tin-doped indium oxide particles having at least one configuration selected from the group consisting of a first configuration (when a sum total of integrated intensities of peaks in wide-angle X-ray scattering is represented by It, and integrated intensity of a peak of (222) plane is represented by I0, I0/It is less than 0.380), a second configuration (when integrated intensity of a peak of (222) plane in wide-angle X-ray scattering is represented by I0, and integrated intensity of a peak of (622) plane is represented by Ia, Ia/I0 is 0.

Abstract: A zirconium nitride powder coated with alumina has a volume resistivity is 1×106 ?·cm or higher. Also, an coating amount with alumina is 1.5% by mass to 9% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the zirconium nitride. Furthermore, an isoelectric point of the zirconium nitride powder coated with alumina is 5.7 or higher.

Abstract: Provided are a radical polymerization method in which, using a radical polymerization initiator with a low concentration of 1 mmol/L or less, a radical-polymerizable fluorine-based monomer can be radical-polymerized under a low temperature environment of a room temperature range without the need for an emulsifier such as PFOA; and a method for producing a radical-polymerized fluorine-based polymer using the radical polymerization method. The radical polymerization method is a radical polymerization method of radical-polymerizing a radical-polymerizable fluorine-based monomer using a polymerization initiator which generates perfluoroalkyl radicals by thermal decomposition, in which the polymerization initiator includes at least one of perfluoro-3-ethyl-2,2,4-trimethyl-3-pentyl or perfluoro-2,2,4-trimethyl-3-isopropyl-3-pentyl.

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder for forming a black light-shielding film having a specific surface area of 20 to 90 m2/g, which is measured by the BET method, comprising zirconium nitride as a main component, and containing magnesium and/or aluminum. If containing the magnesium, the content of the magnesium is 0.01 to 1.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the powder for forming a black light-shielding film, and if containing the aluminum, the content of the aluminum is 0.01 to 1.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the powder for forming the black light-shielding film.

Abstract: A zirconium nitride powder having a volume resistivity of 107 ?·cm or more in the state of the pressurized powder body hardened at a pressure of 5 MPa, and a particle size distribution D90 of 10 ?m or less when ultrasonically dispersed for 5 minutes in a state of being diluted with water or an alcohol having a carbon number of which is in a range of 2 to 5. Also, the zirconium nitride powder is dispersed in an acrylic monomer or an epoxy monomer to prepare a monomer dispersion. Further, the zirconium nitride powder is dispersed in a dispersing medium as a black pigment and further a resin is mixed to prepare a black composition.

Abstract: Metal coated resin particles include: spherical core resin particles; and a metal coated layer provided on a surface of each of the core resin particles, in which the metal coated layer consists of: a first silver layer formed on the surface of each of the core resin particles; a tin intermediate layer consisting of one or more of metallic tin and/or tin compounds selected from the group consisting of tin (Sn), tin oxide (SnxOy), and tin hydroxide (Snx(OH)y) formed on a surface of the first silver layer (where, 0.1<x<4, 0.1<y<5); and a second silver layer formed on a surface of the tin intermediate layer.

Abstract: A black material of the present invention consists of a zirconium nitride powder containing yttrium. The amount of the yttrium is 1.0% by mass to 12.0% by mass with respect to a total 100% by mass of the zirconium nitride powder and the yttrium. In a transmission spectrum obtained from a dispersion in which the concentration of the zirconium nitride powder containing yttrium is 50 ppm, assuming that the light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm is denoted by X1, and the light transmittance at a wavelength of 365 nm is denoted by X2, X1 is 7.5% or less, X2 is 25% or more, and X2/X1 is 3.5 or more.

Abstract: A zirconium nitride powder which has a specific surface area of 20 to 90 m2/g as measured by a BET method, has a peak corresponding to zirconium nitride but does not have a peak corresponding to zirconium dioxide, a peak for lower zirconium oxide or a peak corresponding to lower zirconium oxynitride in an X-ray diffraction profile, and the light transmittance X at 370 nm is at least 18%, the light transmittance Y at 550 nm is 12% or less and the ratio (X/Y) of the light transmittance X at 370 nm to the light transmittance Y at 550 nm is 2.5 or more in the transmission spectra of a dispersion that contains the powder at a concentration of 50 ppm.

Abstract: A silver-coated resin particle having a resin particle and a silver coating layer provided on a surface of the resin particle, in which an average value of a 10% compressive elastic modulus is in a range of 500 MPa or more and 15,000 MPa or less and a variation coefficient of the 10% compressive elastic modulus is 30% or less.

Abstract: A fluorinated imide salt compound of the present invention is a compound represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), m represents 1 or 2, n represents an integer from 1 to 4, ? represents 1 or 2, and X?+ represents an ?-valent metal ion, a primary ammonium ion, a secondary ammonium ion, a tertiary ammonium ion, a quaternary ammonium ion, or NH4+.

Abstract: High ultraviolet transmittance and high blackness can be obtained, and also has high insulating property. A zirconium nitride powder of the present invention has a volume resistivity of 107 ?·cm or more in the state of the pressurized powder body hardened at a pressure of 5 MPa, and a particle size distribution D90 of 10 ?m or less when ultrasonically dispersed for 5 minutes in a state of being diluted with water or an alcohol having a carbon number of which is in a range of 2 to 5. Also, the zirconium nitride powder is dispersed in an acrylic monomer or an epoxy monomer to prepare a monomer dispersion. Further, the zirconium nitride powder is dispersed in a dispersing medium as a black pigment and further a resin is mixed to prepare a black composition.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an electrolyte is composed of one or more lithium salts of asymmetric imides each having a perfluoroalkyl group, or a mixed salt of a lithium salt of an asymmetric imide having a perfluoroalkyl group and a lithium salt of a symmetric imide having a perfluoroalkyl group. The composition ratio of the one or more lithium salts and the mixed salt is expressed by (lithium salt of asymmetric imide)x(lithium salt of symmetric imide)1-x (wherein x is from 0.1 to 1.0) in terms of the molar ratio; the asymmetric imide lithium salt is (C2F5SO2) (CF3SO2)NLi or (C3F7SO2) (CF3SO2)NLi; the symmetric imide lithium salt is (CF3SO2)2NLi; and the composition of an electrolyte solution according to the present invention contains 1.0 mole or more but less than 2 moles of a solvent per 1 mole of the one or more lithium salts or the lithium salts of the mixed salt.

Abstract: A zirconium nitride powder coated with alumina has a volume resistivity is 1×106 ?·cm or higher. Also, an coating amount with alumina is 1.5% by mass to 9% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of the zirconium nitride. Furthermore, an isoelectric point of the zirconium nitride powder coated with alumina is 5.7 or higher.

Abstract: A fluorinated imide salt compound of the present invention is a compound represented by General Formula (1). In General Formula (1), m represents 1 or 2, n represents an integer from 1 to 4, ? represents 1 or 2, and X?+ represents an ?-valent metal ion, a primary ammonium ion, a secondary ammonium ion, a tertiary ammonium ion, a quaternary ammonium ion, or NH4+.

Abstract: The present invention provides a zirconium nitride powder comprising zirconium, nitrogen, and oxygen as main components, wherein the zirconium concentration is 73 to 82% by mass, the nitrogen concentration is 7 to 12% by mass, and the oxygen concentration is 15% by mass or less; in the transmission spectra of a dispersion having a powder concentration of 50 ppm, a light transmittance X at 370 nm is at least 12% and a light transmittance Y at 550 nm is 12% or less; and the ratio (X/Y) of the light transmittance X at 370 nm to the light transmittance Y at 550 nm is at least 1.4.

Abstract: Provided is a black-film-forming mixed powder containing: (A) a zirconium nitride powder that does not contain zirconium dioxide, a low-order oxide of zirconium, or a low-order oxynitride of zirconium; and (B) a titanium nitride powder or a titanium oxynitride powder, wherein the content ratio of (A) the zirconium nitride powder and (B) the titanium nitride powder or the titanium oxynitride powder is within the range of 90:10 to 25:75 in terms of mass ratio (A:B). When the light transmittance at a wavelength of 400 nm is X, the light transmittance at a wavelength of 550 nm is Y, and the light transmittance at a wavelength of 1,000 nm is Z in a spectrum of a dispersion in which the mixed powder is dispersed in a concentration of 50 ppm, X>10%, Y<10%, Z<16%, X/Y is 1.25 or more, and Z/Y is 2.0 or less.