Abstract: A synthetic resin shaped article having good antistatic properties, composed of a substrate, at least part of which is covered with a synthetic resin surface layer integrated with the substrate. This shaped article is prepared by polymerizing 100 wt. parts of a mixture comprising (A) more than 20 wt. % of a monomer of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are H or C.sub.1-9 alkyl, m is from 1 to 10, and X.sup.- is an anion, (B) less than 79.99 wt. % of a monomer having one unsaturated double bond and (C) 0.01-10 wt. % of a monomer having at least two unsaturated double bonds; subsequently adding (D) up to 190 wt. parts of a monomer having one unsaturated double bond and (E) up to 10 wt.

Abstract: A methacrylic resin cast plate having an excellent antistatic property comprises (A) 100 weight parts of a polymer comprising 50 to 100 weight % of methyl methacrylate units and 0 to 50 weight % of copolymerizable monomer units and (B) 0.1 to 20 weight parts of a polymer comprising 20 to 100 weight % of units derived from a monomer having a quaternary ammonium base, which is represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is H or CH.sub.3, R.sub.2 through R.sub.4 are H or (Cl-9)alkyl which may have a substituent, m is from 1 to 10 and X.sup.- is an anion of a quaternizing agent,and 0 to 80 weight % of copolymerizable monomer units. The cast plate is obtained by polymerizing methyl methacrylate, a monomer mixture comprising at least 50 weight % of methyl methacrylate and up to 50 weight % of a copolymerizable monomer or a partial polymerization product thereof in the presence of the polymer (B).

Abstract: An optical fiber photoconductor, comprising at least two multi-filament plastic optical fiber units arranged in parallel and having a substantially rectangular peripheral shape and at least one end fixed in a cap, each optical fiber unit having 50 to 10000 core-sheath light-transmitting islands having a diameter of 5 to 200.mu., which are densely arranged in a sea portion, wherein in each of the multi-filament plastic optical fiber units having a rectangular sectional shape, the end face fixed in the cap is expanded so that the length of one side of the end face is at least 1.01 times the original length of one side of the rectangular peripheral shape of the multi-filament plastic optical fiber unit, whereby a bonding interface between the multi-filament plastic optical fiber units substantially disappears.

Abstract: A methacrylimide containing polymer which is a thermoplastic polymer comprising from 2% to 100% by weight of a structural unit represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where R represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, aromatic group or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 0 to 98% by weight of a structural unit derived from as ethylenic monomer, the polymer having(a) a molecular weight (Mw) of greater than 50,000 and less than 200,000 as measured by GPC, and(b) an amount of amide segments in the polymer of less than 5% by weight. The methacrylimide containing polymer has excellent transparency and heat resistance, as well as a low yellowness and aging coloration under heating.

Abstract: A process for producing a toner resin by a two-step suspension polymerization process, which entails preparing a polymer of high molecular weight having a weight average molecular weight of greater than about 350,000 from at least one monomer having a polymerizable vinyl group using a compound having at least three t-butyl peroxide groups in one molecule, as a polymerization initiator, and then preparing a low molecular weight polymer in the presence of the high molecular weight polymer. A toner having an excellent fixing property and offset resistance can be obtained from the above resin.

Abstract: A methacrylimide containing polymer which is a thermoplastic polymer comprising from 2 to 100% by weight of a structural unit represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where R represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, aromatic group or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 0 to 98% by weight of a structural unit derived from as ethylenic monomer, the polymer having(a) a molecular weight (Mw) of greater than 50,000 and less than 200,000 as measured by GPC, and(b) an amount of amide segments in the polymer of less than 5% by weight. The methacrylimide containing polymer has excellent transparency and heat resistance, as well as a low yellowness and aging coloration under heating.

Abstract: A roll formed of a carbon fiber composite material having at least two different carbon fiber-winding angles, wherein the winding angle in the innermost layer is "75.degree. to 90.degree. to the axial direction and the winding angle in the outermost layer is 0.degree. to .+-.35.degree. to the axial direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is a crosslinked polyester resin comprised of, based on the total acid units, (a) 1 to 30 mole % of units of a trihydric or higher alcohol or units of a trivalent or higher carboxylic acid, (b) 1 to 60 mole % of units of an alicyclic diol in which at least one alcohol component is a secondary alcohol, (c) 40 to 100 mole % of units of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and (d) 40 to 99 mole % of units of a non-alicyclic diol, wherein the acid value is 0.5 to 25 mg-KOH/g, the glass transition temperature is 50.degree. to 80.degree. C., the softening temperature is not higher than 145.degree. C., the fixing-possible temperature covers a range of at least 30.degree. C., and the difference between the softening temperature and the glass transition temperature is not larger than 75.degree. C. The crosslinked polyester is used for toner for electrostatic recording.

Abstract: A process for producing an .alpha.-alkyl-substituted aromatic vinyl copolymer constituted of 60 to 85 parts by weight of the .alpha.

Abstract: A processing aid for a thermoplastic resin is disclosed, which is a two-stage polymer obtained by polymerizing (B) 5 to 50 parts by weight of a monomer or monomer mixture composed mainly of methyl methacrylate in the presence of (A) 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polymer comprising 100 to 50% by weight of units of a methacrylic acid ester other than methyl methacrylate and 0 to 50% by weight of units of other monomer copolymerizable with the methacrylic acid ester and having a reduced viscosity .eta.sp/C not larger than 2.0 dl/g, so that the total amount of the components (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight and the reduced viscosity .eta.sp of the final polymer is not larger than 2.0 dl/g. A thermoplastic resin having the processing aid incorporated therein has an improved shaping processability, and a shaped article mode therefrom has good surface characteristics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition comprising a copolymer [I] having a number average molecular weight of at least 15,000, which comprises at least 30 mole % of the following recurring units [A]: ##STR1## and a compound [II] having a number average molecular weight of at least 1,000, which is comprised of perfluoroalkylether recurring units [D]. This resin composition is used as a cladding of a core-clad optical fiber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a modified methacrylic resin molding material, wherein a volatile component is removed from a methacrylic polymer composition containing a volatile component including an unreacted monomer, a solvent or a by-product, and a modifying polymer is added to the methacrylic polymer composition to prepare a modified molding material.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising a vinylic compound, a sulfur-containing compound and an .alpha.-diketone is disclosed. The sulfur-containing compound may be a mercaptobenzoic acid or a polysulfide.

Abstract: In a defect counting method and apparatus, a projection or a corner of a defect area is successively identified from a pixel and pixels close to the pixel, especially, from four pixel groups. The number of the defect areas is incremented when the projection is identified and decremented when the corner is identified.

Abstract: An optically active compound having a .delta.-valerolactone ring which is a ferroelectric liquid crystal and is represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein m is an integer of from 1 to 8, Z is a group represented by the following formula: ##STR2## in which each of l and k is a number of 1 or 2 and l and k satisfy the requirement of 2.ltoreq.(l+k).ltoreq.3,X stands for a direct bond, ##STR3## Y stands for ##STR4## and A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 independently stand for --H, --F or --Cl, ##STR5## R stands for ##STR6## in which n is an integer of from 1 to 18, and * indicates the asymmetric carbon atom.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a membranous gas separator comprising (a) a porous substrate having an average pore diameter of not greater than 100 .ANG. and (b) a .pi.-electron conjugated conducting polymer retained within at least a part of the pores of the porous substrate in such a way that the pores are not blocked, characterized in that retaining the .pi.-electron conjugated conducting polymer within the pore is carried out by a chemical oxidative polymerization.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modifier to be incorporated in a polyvinyl chloride resin, which is a graft copolymer obtained by carrying out, in the presence of 100 parts by weight of a butadiene rubber having a swelling degree of 10 to 50 and an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.4 .mu.m, first-stage graft polymerization of 1 of 42 parts by weight of methyl methacrylate and 0 to 5 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate, second-stage graft polymerziation of 10 to 120 parts by weight of styrene and third-stage graft polymerization of 7 to 75 parts by weight to methyl methacrylate and 0 to 20 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate, the content of the butadiene rubber in the graft copolymer being 35 to 75% by weight. The polyvinyl chloride resin composition having this modifier incorporated therein provides a molded article having excellent impact resistance, solvent resistance, and transparency.

Abstract: A multifilament type plastic optical fiber having a substantially rectangular cross-section and an islands-in-the-sea structure in which 100 to 10,000 islands are arranged in the sea, wherein the respective islands have a substantially circular cross-section and a core-sheath structure, the islands are arranged in a zigzag-stacked structure, the core occupaney ratio in the multifilament type optical fiber cores section is at least 50% and the brightness index value I which is defined by the following (1), is at least 4.5.times.10.sup.-2 : ##EQU1## wherein S stands for the core occupancy ratio in the multifilament type optical fiber, .alpha. stands for the transmission loss (dB/m) per meter of the multifilament type optical fiber, NA stands for the numeral apertures, and L stands for the length (m) of the used optical fiber.

Abstract: An illumination panel, which comprises an optical fiber sheet formed by arranging a plurality of optical fibers having a core-sheath structure, which has one end optically connected to a light source and a light-leaking portion on at least one surface thereof, a surface panel arranged on the front surface side of the optical fiber sheet, and a reflecting layer arranged on the back surface side of the optical fiber sheet, wherein the light-leaking portion is formed of a plurality of flaws extending to the core of the optical fiber from the sheath thereof, the light-leaking width of the light-leaking portion increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, the presence density of the flaws increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, and the depth of the flaws increases toward the side far from the light source from the side near to the light source, whereby the entire illumination surface is uniformly illuminated.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:(A) 1-99 parts by weight of polymethacrylimide and(B) 99-1 parts by weight of ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer, polyamide-imide, polyether-ether ketone, or polyether sulfone. The thermoplastic resin composition has a high impact strength as well as good processability.