Abstract: Disclosed is a polymerizable composition containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein, in the formula, M represents P, P?O or P?S; X1 and X2 each independently represent a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; R1 represents a divalent organic group; m represents 0 or an integer of not less than 1; n represents an integer of not less than 1 but not more than 3; p and q represent (1, 0) or (0, 1); and Y represents an inorganic or organic residue.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a material which can make a skeletal component as thin as possible to be contained in an insulating layer in a manufactured copper clad laminate and can securely prevent the direct contact between the nodular treatment surface of the attached copper foil and a skeletal component. In order to attain the object, here is adopted “a method of manufacturing a copper foil with an insulating layer 1 which method is a method of manufacturing a copper foil provided with a semi-cured insulating resin layer containing a skeletal component on one side surface of the copper foil, and is characterized in that: a first thermosetting resin layer 3 in an uncured or semi-cured state.

Abstract: A device for controlling a speed of a door includes a detecting unit that detects a position of the door, and a control unit that controls the speed of the door in such a manner that an acceleration of the door becomes substantially zero at a point that is calculated based on the position. Thus, a target maximum speed of the door is adjusted depending on the remaining moving distance.

Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a novel biodegradable polymer without water solubility (hygroscopicity), but with moldability and excellent water disintegratability and biodegradability, a production method thereof, a molded product thereof and applications thereof. The biodegradable polymer of the invention is a biodegradable polymer having one or more imine bonds within a molecule, characterized in that the imine bond constitutes part of a main chain structure of the biodegradable polymer. The biodegradable polymer preferably comprises a biodegradable unit and an imine unit having one or more imine bonds and has a chemical structure, in which the biodegradable units are linked by the imine unit.

Abstract: A deoxidizer includes a porous body of fluorite-type cerium oxide represented by CeOx (where x is a positive number smaller than 2) and having a reversible oxygen deficiency. The deoxidizer has a specific surface area of 0.6 to 1.8 m2/g and a pore median diameter of 1.6 to 5.3 ?m. The cerium oxide used for the deoxidizer is produced by: firing a cerium-containing salt in the atmosphere at 500° C. to 1400° C. for 1 to 20 hours, to produce fluorite-type cerium oxide composed of a porous body; and firing the cerium oxide at 700° C. to 1100° C. for 1 to 3 hours in a reducing atmosphere having a hydrogen concentration equal to or above the lower explosive limit, to remove oxygen from the cerium oxide and produce the fluorite-type cerium oxide represented by CeOx and having a reversible oxygen deficiency.

Abstract: The invention provides an efficient process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds such as cumene in a compact reactor. The invention also provides a process for producing phenol which includes a step of producing cumene by the above process. The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds of the invention includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound and an alcohol in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a solid acid catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the raw materials are fed to the reactor in a stream of a gas, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by the equation below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a solid acid catalyst layer: ?g·ug·[?air·?water/(?g·?l)]1/2(kgm?2s?1).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for removing unburned carbon from fly ash at low cost and within a short time. The method comprises the steps of adding a collecting agent to fly ash directly, agitating/mixing the mixture in a mixer (5), adding water to the resulting mixed material in a mixing vessel (7) to yield a slurry, applying a shearing force to the slurry in a submerged stirrer (9), and performing flotation separation of unburned carbon in a flotator (15).

Abstract: This invention relates to DNA encoding an enzyme having activity of synthesizing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine, recombinant DNA constructed by integrating such DNA into a vector, a transformant transformed with the recombinant DNA, and a method for producing D-serine from formaldehyde and glycine with the use of the enzyme.

Abstract: Provided is a particulate combustion catalyst including a carrier formed of monoclinic zirconium oxide particles, and metallic Ag or Ag oxide, which serves as a catalyst component and is supported on the carrier, wherein the amount of the catalyst component is 0.5 to 10 mass %, as reduced to metallic Ag, on the basis of the mass of the carrier, and preferably, the catalyst has a BET specific surface area of 8 to 21 m2/g. Also provided are a particulate filter coated with the particulate combustion catalyst; and an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus including a particulate filter coated with the particulate combustion catalyst.

Abstract: A sealing material for a flat panel display contains 100 parts by weight of a compound (A) containing at least one epoxy group in the molecule, and 0.01 to 40 parts by weight of a compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation. The compound (B) that generates a base upon irradiation is preferably a compound that generates a tertiary amine upon irradiation. The sealing material has favorable curability at low temperature, and a long pot life at room temperature, and does not cause deterioration of display members with ionic components and acids.

Abstract: Copolymers when used as lubricating oil viscosity modifiers enable lubricating oils to show excellent low-temperature properties. Processes for producing the copolymers are disclosed. Lubricating oil viscosity modifiers and lubricating oil compositions contain the copolymers. A copolymer includes structural units derived from ethylene and structural units derived from a C3-20 ?-olefin and satisfies the following requirements (1) to (8): (1) the melting point (Tm) according to DSC is in the range of 0 to 60° C.; (2) the melting point (Tm) and the density D (g/cm3) satisfy the equation: Tm?1073×D?893; (3) Mw/Mn according to GPC is from 1.6 to 5.0; (4) the half-value width (?Thalf) of a melting peak measured by DSC is not more than 90° C.; (5) the half-value width (?Thalf) and the melting point (Tm) satisfy the equation: ?Thalf??0.71×Tm+101.4; (6) the heat of fusion (?H) as measured by DSC is not more than 60 J/g; (7) the crystallization temperature (Tc) measured by DSC is not more than 70° C.

Abstract: Provided is a polymer composition including (A) an ionomer containing an ethylene/?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and an ethylene/?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid/?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester terpolymer, and (B) a propylene-based polymer, wherein the mass of constituent units derived from the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester is from 1 to 4.5% by mass of the entire mass of the ionomer. Through this, a high seal strength may be obtained in a high-temperature range when forming a lock seal, while a high seal strength, as compared with the related art, can be stably obtained over a wide temperature range with a temperature dependence suppressed when forming a peelable seal.

Abstract: A nitrogen-oxide-removing catalyst includes ? zeolite bearing a rare earth metal oxide, and titanium dioxide bearing a rare earth metal oxide; includes ?-zeolite bearing a rare earth metal oxide and iron oxide or iron hydroxide, and titanium dioxide bearing a rare earth metal oxide and iron oxide or iron hydroxide; or includes a carrier made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the nitrogen-oxide-removing catalyst supported on the carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable ethylene copolymer composition which is superior in transparency, heat resistance, adhesive property, flexibility, moldability, durability, and the like, as well as in insulating property, and which shows less decrease in adhesive property with time and can maintain the adhesive property for a long period, and a crosslinkable sheet composed of said composition, and an encapsulating sheet for solar cell and a solar cell module. More in detail, the present invention relates to a crosslinkable ethylene copolymer composition comprising a dialkoxysilane having a double bond in a ratio of 3 parts by weight or less to 100 parts by weight of ethylene copolymer, and a crosslinked sheet of said composition, and further to an encapsulating sheet for solar cell composed of said composition and a solar cell module using the sheet.

Abstract: A process for producing pentaerythritol mercaptocarboxylic ester by reacting pentaerythritol with a mercaptocarboxylic acid having a content of thioester formed by condensation of two molecules of the acid of 5% or below (in terms of area percentage) as determined by the high-performance liquid chromatography in the case of the total area of the mercaptocarboxylic acid and thioester formed by intermolecular condensation of the acid is taken as 100%.

Abstract: By using an amine hydrochloride represented by the formula (1) as a catalyst, a polythiourethane resin which is suitably used for a transparent resin for optical use, can be obtained without using an organotin compound which has been conventionally used as a catalyst for polythiourethane resins and without being affected by the acidity of an additive: wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently represent a monovalent or higher valent linear aliphatic, branched aliphatic, cyclic aliphatic or aromatic organic residue which may have a hydroxyl group or an amino group; and R1, R2 and R3 may be arbitrarily bonded to each other to form a ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vulcanized foamed rubber molded product which has surface smoothness equal to or higher than that of a non-foamed vulcanized rubber molded product, has excellent mechanical strength properties, compression set resistance and abrasion resistance and a non-foamed vulcanized rubber molded product which is superior in surface smoothness to a conventional non-foamed vulcanized rubber molded product and has excellent compression set resistance, mechanical strength properties and abrasion resistance, as well as a method of producing the same. The molded product of the present invention is characterized in that the amount of sulfur atoms present in the surface thereof is at least 1.2 times as high as the amount of sulfur atoms present in a cut face obtained by cutting the surface to a depth of 1.0 mm in the vertical direction.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polymerizable compound which can be a raw material for a resin having high transparency, good heat resistance and mechanical strength required for optical components such as plastic lenses and the like, while attaining a high refractive index (nd) exceeding 1.7, and an optical component composed of such a resin. Disclosed is a compound represented by the general formula (3), wherein, in the formula, M represents a metal atom; X1 and X2 each independently represent a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; R1 represents a divalent organic group; m represents an integer of 0 or 1 or more; p represents an integer of from 1 to n; q represents an integer of from 1 to (n?p); n represents a valence of a metal atom M; Yq each independently represent an inorganic or organic residue; and when q is 2 or more, Yq may be bonded to one another for forming a ring structure with the intermediary of a metal atom M.

Abstract: In order to remove plating burrs generated in etching step, there is provided a manufacturing method of semiconductor devices on each of unit leadframes in a leadframe material in which a plurality of the unit leadframes are arranged in plural rows or a single row, wherein at least two types of plating burr removals are conducted after a half-etching is performed onto a front surface side of the leadframe material, using a first plating layer as resist film.

Abstract: A cyclic olefin resin composition which includes (A) 35 to 85 parts by weight of a cyclic olefin polymer having a glass transition temperature of 60 to 200° C., (B) 10 to 60 parts by weight of a flexible copolymer, prepared by polymerizing at least two monomers selected from the group consisting of an olefin compound, a diene compound and an aromatic vinyl hydrocarbon compound, and having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or below, and (C) 5 to 55 parts by weight of a modified polyolefin. The cyclic olefin resin composition further includes, based on 100 parts by weight of total amount of the components (A), (B) and (C), (D) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a radical initiator and (E) 0 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional compound having in its molecule two or more radically polymerizable functional groups. The composition can be used as a material for a substrate having low permittivity, low dielectric tangent, low water absorbability, and excellent heat resistance.