Abstract: An antiredeposition agent includes a polyaspartic acid alkali metal having a polydispersity, represented by the ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight-average molecular weight (Mw) to the number-average molecular weight (Mn), of 1.4 or more and being selected from the group consisting of lithium polyaspartate, potassium polyaspartate, and sodium polyaspartate.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an internal donor component capable of producing, with high productivity, a propylene polymer having extremely high stereoregularity when used mainly as a solid titanium catalyst component. [Solution] A polyol ester compound having a specific polycyclic structure represented by formula (1). This ester compound is characterized in that sites including a C-R3 structure and a C-R4 structure satisfy a specific relationship.

Abstract: A battery pack case which is used for forming a battery pack that is mounted at an electric vehicle, the battery pack case comprising: a tray that is attached to a body of an electric vehicle; a battery-holding member for holding a battery, the battery-holding member being attached onto at least a part of the tray; and a cover that covers the tray and the battery-holding member from above, wherein at least two of the tray, the battery-holding member, or the cover contain a fiber-reinforced plastic.

Abstract: The solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the following formula (1).

Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) for olefin polymer production contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the formula (1). Preferably, a propylene polymer that is obtained by the olefin polymerization method and has specific thermal properties as determined primarily by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Abstract: This lens is provided with: a transparent first substrate; a transparent second substrate provided facing the first substrate in the thickness direction of the first substrate; a first optical characteristic varying portion which is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and which has an optical characteristic which is varied by means of electric control; and a second optical characteristic varying portion which is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, is provided displaced with respect to the first optical characteristic varying portion in the thickness direction, and which has a optical characteristic which is varied by means of electric control.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer containing a certain non-conjugated polyene such as VNB as a copolymerization component, having a low long-chain branching content, excellent in cure characteristics in the case of crosslinking by using peroxide, and having good processability. The ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer according to the present invention has constitutional units derived from ethylene (A), an ?-olefin (B) having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene (C) having a total of two or more partial structures selected from the group consisting of the following general formulas (I) and (II) in a molecule, and satisfies certain requirements.

Abstract: A method of producing an optical material, which comprises a step of preparing a polymerizable composition containing a polythiol composition and a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound; a determination step which comprises measuring a content of a solvent A which is at least one selected from the group consisting of toluene, acetone, and N,N-dimethylformamide, in the polymerizable composition to check whether the content of the solvent A is within a range of from 0.10% by mass to 1.70% by mass, and, in a case in which the content of the solvent A is within a range of from 0.10% by mass to 1.70% by mass, determining the polymerizable composition as a polymerizable composition for an optical material; and a step of injecting the polymerizable composition for an optical material into a mold for resin molding and curing the same, thereby obtaining an optical material as a resin-molded product.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic mercapto compound or an intermediate thereof according to the present invention has a reaction step of reacting an alcohol compound including a sulfur atom with a thioamide compound having a structure in which an organic group is bonded to at least one bonding hand of a thioamide group, under acidic conditions.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition containing a polyamide resin (A), a compatibilizer (B) and a polyolefin resin (C), wherein the compatibilizer (B) is a modified ethylene-based elastomer that is modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and that has a density of 850 to 870 kg/m3, and a content proportion of the polyamide resin (A) is 15 to 30% by mass, a content proportion of the compatibilizer (B) is 15 to 30% by mass, and a compounding proportion of the polyolefin resin (C) is 45 to 65% by mass, based on 100% by mass of a total content of the polyamide resin (A), the compatibilizer (B) and the polyolefin resin (C).

Abstract: A foam body constituted of a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer, in which one or more temperatures showing a maximum value of loss tangent (tan ?) of dynamic viscoelasticity, which is obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement conducted under the conditions of a temperature increase rate of 4° C./min, a frequency of 1.59 Hz, and a distortion of 0.1%, exist in at least a range of 10° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower, and the maximum value of the loss tangent is 0.5 or more and 3.5 or less. Another aspect relates to a polyolefin-based foam sheet constituted of a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer, in which the difference in Shore A hardness of at least one surface at different times is defined. A further aspect relates to a complex including a foam body constituted of a 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer and a member which is bonded to the foam body and is different from the foam body.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a composition for hard tissue repair with excellent penetrability to an adherend such as a cancellous bone and excellent adhesion to an adherend, which comprises a monomer (A), a polymer (B), a polymerization initiator (C) and a contrast medium (X) having a volume mean particle diameter of 3 ?m or more; and a kit for hard tissue repair having members in which the components of the monomer (A), the polymer (B), the polymerization initiator (C) and the contrast medium (X) contained in this composition for hard tissue repair are encased in three or more divided groups in an optional combination.

Abstract: A lens that includes an electroactive region where an optical characteristic changes by electric control comprises: a transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate disposed facing the first transparent substrate; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate; and including a mark including information.

Abstract: A material for forming an underlayer film according to the present invention is a material for forming an underlayer film which is used to form a resist underlayer film used in a multi-layer resist process, the material including a cyclic olefin polymer which has a repeating structural unit [A] represented by Formula (1) and a repeating structural unit [B] represented by Formula (2), in which a molar ratio [A]/[B] of the structural unit [A] to the structural unit [B] in the cyclic olefin polymer is greater than or equal to 5/95 and less than or equal to 95/5.

Abstract: The ester compound of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1), wherein R1 to R24 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, or a hetero atom-containing hydrocarbon group; R1 to R10, R23, and R24 may be bonded to one another to form a ring or may form a multiple bond at which adjacent substituents are directly bonded; R11 to R24 may be bonded to one another to form a ring, or adjacent substituents may be bonded to one another to form a multiple bond; at least one set in R1 to R24 is bonded to one another to form a ring structure; n2 to n5 each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2; n1 and n6 each independently represent an integer of 0 or 1; and L1 and L2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group or a hetero atom-containing hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a modeled object by material extrusion using a 3D printer, the 3D printer including a modeling stage having a placement surface for placing the modeled object thereon, the method including: forming at least one first modeling layer on a surface of a modeling sheet disposed on the placement surface, using a molten product of a first modeling layer material; and forming at least one second modeling layer on the at least one first modeling layer, using a molten product of a second modeling layer material, wherein the first modeling layer material is different from the second modeling layer material.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a graft-modified product, an adhesive, an olefin resin composition, or a laminate, and the graft-modified product is a graft-modified product of at least one base polymer selected from polyolefins by a carbodiimide monomer having a carbodiimide group and a polymerizable double bond.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition with a resin (A) and a base oil (B), the resin (A) is in a range of 0.01 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts of (A) and (B), the resin (A) satisfies the following requirements: (A-1) the resin (A) is a polymer including a constituent unit from 4-methyl-1-pentene in a range of 60 to 99 mol % and a constituent unit from an ?-olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms (excluding 4-methyl-1-pentene) in a range of 1 to 40 mol % (provided that 4-methyl-1-pentene and the ?-olefin is 100 mol %); (A-2) intrinsic viscosity [?] measured in decalin at 135° C. is in a range of 0.01 to 5.0 dl/g; (A-3) a melting point (Tm) is in a range of 110 to 150° C. as determined by DSC; and the base oil (B) has (B-1) kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is in a range of 1 to 50 mm2/s.

Abstract: A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator, in which a diluted solution (D1) obtained by diluting the photocurable composition with ethanol such that the content of ethanol is 99% by mass would satisfy the following Condition (X): the transmittance at at least one wavelength within the wavelength range of from 365 nm to 405 nm, measured at an optical path length of 1 cm, is from 1.0% to 70.0%.

Abstract: A deodorizing catalyst containing a composite oxide and a metal component containing Pt supported on the composite oxide, and having a degree of reduction represented by the following formula (1) in a range of 60% to 86%: degree of reduction (%)=100?[X/Y]×100 (1), in which X represents a peak area obtained from a thermal conductivity detector (TCD) when the catalyst is dried and reduced by heating from 40° C. to 400° C., and Y represents a peak area obtained from the TCD when an oxidation catalyst obtained by heat-treating the catalyst in an air or under oxygen atmosphere at 150° C. for 2 hours and then cooling the catalyst to 40° C. or lower is reduced by heating from 40° C. to 400° C.