Abstract: A reinforcing member for civil and architectural structures is made up of a mixture of reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic fibers which become thermoplastic at a temperature which is lower than a temperature at which the reinforcing fibers become thermoplastic. The thermoplastic fibers may be mixed into each bundle of the reinforcing fibers. The mixture may be formed by arranging respective fiber bundles of the reinforcing fibers and fiber bundles of the thermoplastic fibers. It may also be made by mixing the thermoplastic fibers and an electrically conductive heat-generating wiring material into the reinforcing fibers.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolytic solutions which has self-distinguishing property, low reactivity to metal lithium and high withstand voltage is provided. The non-aqueous electrolytic solutions of the first invention comprise, as electrolyte, lithium salt preferably LiPF.sub.6 and, as solvent, phosphoric acid esters of the following general formula [1]; ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, represent an alkyl group or an alkyl group substituted by one or more halogen atoms and at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 represents an alkyl group substituted by one or more halogen atoms. The non-aqueous electrolytic solutions of the second invention comprise, as solvents for electrolyte, trimethyl phosphate, one or more linear carbonates represented by the following general formula [3]; ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.6 represents methyl or ethyl group and R.sup.

Abstract: In a process for thermally cracking a low-quality feed stock containing a considerable proportion of heavy fractions such as high-boiling fractions, and evaporation residual oil, and a system used therefor, in which the low-quality feed stock is withdrawn from the preheater of the thermal cracking furnace to separate and remove a required proportion of said heavy fractions and thereafter returned to subject the feed stock to further preheating and thermal cracking. The low-quality feed stock thermally cracked has a predetermined proportion of the heavy fractions removed, and coking in the thermal cracking system at various lines is avoided from occurring.

Abstract: Dyes suitable for use in the fabrication of color filters are described which contain one or more photopolymerizable substituents preferably represented by the following formula:D-(A-Yn.sup.1)n.sup.2 (1)where D represents a chromphoric nucleus, A denotes a connecting group, Y means the photopolymerizable group, n.sup.1 is 1-10,000, and n.sup.2 stands for an integer of 1-10. Also described are photosensitive resist resin compositions containing the dyes as well as color filters fabricated by curing the photosensitive resist resin compositions.

Abstract: An agitating pulverizer which agitates an object and a binder charged into a tank and repeatedly granulates and pulverizes the object, thereby forming particulate matter with a desired particle size. The agitating pulverizer comprises a tank for allowing the object and the binder to be charged thereinto. A low-speed rotating member and a high-speed rotating member are provided at the central bottom portion of the tank and arranged to be rotatable in the directions opposite to each other. A lower agitating member is placed adjacent to the bottom of the tank and interconnected to the low-speed rotating member so as to push the object and the binder upward and also to draw them toward the center of the tank. An upper agitating member is interconnected to the high-speed rotating member and placed farther upward of the lower agitating member so as to push the object and the binder downward and upward, thereby applying shearing force and centrifugal force to the object.

Abstract: Described are a high-speed polymerizable resin composition and a lens obtained from it. The composition comprises:a) at least 70 but smaller than 90 parts by weight of a mixture composed of:i) an aromatic polyisocyanate compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and ii) a polythiol having at least 3 mercapto groups per molecule and a sulfur content of at least 40 wt. %; andb) at least 10 but smaller than 30 parts by weight of a compound which has, in a molecule, at least one functional group selected from a hydroxyl group or a mercapto group and also at least one functional group selected from an acrylic group, methacrylic group or styrylic group, said composition containing isocyanato groups.

Abstract: The resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a cycloolefin resin selected from the group consisting of a random copolymer of a cycloolefin prepared from a specified cycloolefin such as norbornene or tetracyclododecene, a (co)polymer obtained by a ring-opening polymerization of such a cycloolefin and a product of hydrogenation of the above ring-opening (co)polymer; and(B) an oligomer having an allcyclic structure and/or an aromatic ring structure, e.g., a terpene resin oligomer. Therefore, the resin composition of the present invention is especially excellent in coating and bonding suitabilities.

Abstract: A polymer composition comprising [A] a polymer selected from a copolymer of .alpha.-olefin having at least 2 carbon atoms and a specific cyclic olefin, a ring-opening polymer of said specific cyclic olefin and a hydroganted, ring-opening polymer thereof and [B] a core-shell elastomer containing 40 to 85 parts of weight of a core component which comprises a styrene-butadiene copolymer and 15 to 60 parts by weight of a shell component which comprises a copolymer of an acrylate or methacrylate having a specific cyclic structure, a monovinyl aromatic monomer, other monovinyl monomer and a plyfunctional monomer. This polymer composition is excellent in transparency and impact resistance.

Abstract: An optical recording medium comprising a transparent substrate; a recording layer on the transparent substrate; a metal reflective layer; and one or more protective layers. These layers are laminated successively on the transparent substrate. The outermost protective layer is formed of an ultraviolet curable resin containing an organic filler and/or an inorganic filler having water absorbency and/or oil absorbency. The protective layer has a printable surface permitting writing characters with writing instruments or ink jet printers.

Abstract: The invention provides a polymeric insulating material having a high dielectric breakdown voltage. The material comprises polypropylene which has been obtained in a yield of at least 300,000 g/g-Ti based on titanium in a catalyst upon polymerization, contains ash in an amount not greater than 40 ppm by weight when analyzed by completely burning the polypropylene in air, said ash containing titanium in an amount not greater than 1 ppm by weight based on the weight of the polypropylene, and also contains chlorine in an amount not greater than 2 ppm by weight and boiling n-heptane soluble matter in an amount not smaller than 1 wt. % but not greater than 10 wt. %. To further improve the dielectric breakdown voltage an inorganic oxide or hydroxide free of particles of 10 .mu.m and greater in diameter and having an average particle size not greater than 1 .mu.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing a polyester comprising a liquid phase polycondensation step in which a dicarboxylic acid including terephthalic acid or its ester derivative and a diol including ethylene glycol or its ester derivative are subjected to polycondensation reaction in liquid phase and molten state under heating in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst to produce a polyester (a) having an intrinsic viscosity, as measured in o-chlorophenol, of 0.7 to 1.5 dl/g; a hot water treatment step in which the polyester (a) is contacted with hot water of 60.degree. to 130.degree. C. for 30 minutes to 10 hours; a drying step in which the polyester after the hot water treatment step is dried at a temperature of 110.degree. to 150.degree. C. for 30 minutes to 6 hours; and a heat treatment step in which the polyester after the drying treatment step is heated at a temperature of 160.degree. to 200.degree. C.

Abstract: A toner composition for electrophotography comprises at least a binder, a coloring agent and optionally a low molecular weight wax in an amount ranging from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the binder as essential components wherein the binder comprises, as a principal component, a resin mixture prepared by heating a resin solution comprising a styrene resin and a block copolymer which comprises blocks derived from at least one member selected from ethylenic hydrocarbons and conjugated diene hydrocarbons and blocks derived from styrene and/or a hydrogenated product thereof in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene resin to remove the solvent. The low molecular weight wax may be included in the binder.

Abstract: A molding resin composition comprising 99.9 to 50% by weight of polyimide represented by the formula: ##STR1## and 0.1 to 50% by weight of polyether ketone resin and/or polyester resin, and more particularly comprising the polyester resin capable of forming an anisotropical molten phase at a temperature of 420.degree. C. or less, and a polyimide-based molding resin composition which comprises the said resins and other additives such as phenolic resin, fluororesin, graphite, carbon fibers, aromatic polyamide fibers, potassium titanate fibers and a crystallization accelerator, and is excellent in thermal resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength and processability.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided blow molded articles which are composed of specific copolyesters or specific polyester resin compositions and which are highly oriented so that the stretch index as defined by the following equations becomes not less than 130 cm. ##EQU1## The blow molded articles thus provided are excellent in transparency and also excellent in moldability and gas barrier properties and, moreover, excellent also in economical efficiency.

Abstract: A polymer containing the following monomer unit (I) and/or (II): ##STR1## and a process for preparing the polymer which comprises, in ring opening reaction of the polysuccinimide, opening the ring of polysuccinimide by using an amino acid ester having an extremely high reactivity in place of an .alpha.-amino acid having an extremely low reactivity. The polymer is characterized by having no irritation to organisms (e.g., eyes and skin), and for example, the polymer is useful in the industrial fields of fields of medical supplies, health, beauty and sanitary aids, quasi-pharmaceuticals, and the like.

Abstract: Provided by the present invention are novel diguanamine derivatives, led by 2,5/2,6-bis(4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes and 1,3/1,4-bis(4,6-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-cyclohexanes, and derivatives thereof, applications of these compounds in fields such as adhesives and paints, utilization of these compounds in flame-retarding, thermal stabilization and compatibilization methods of resins, thermosetting molding compositions and thermosetting expansion-molding compositions making use of these compounds, as well as polymeric microspheres also using these compounds. These compounds are expected to find wide spread industrial utility as various excellent properties can be obtained by using them.

Abstract: The cycloolefin resin compositions of the present invention comprise:[A] cycloolefin resin selected from (a-1) a cycloolefin random copolymer having recurring units derived from a cycloolefin of a specific structure, (a-2) a ring opening (co)polymer of the cycloolefin, (a-3) a hydrogenation product of the ring opening (co)polymer and (a-4) a graft-modified product of the random copolymer (a-1), the ring opening (co)polymer (a-2) and the hydrogenation product thereof (a-3);[B] at least one of (b-1) an unmodified elastomer, (b-2) a modified elastomer, (b-3) an unmodified crystalline polyolefin and (b-4) a modified crystalline polyolefin; and[C] a polyamide resin. Molded products formed from these cycloolefin resin compositions are excellent particularly in resistance to greases.

Abstract: A blue dyestuff represented by the formula (2) ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is independently a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, nitro group, hydroxy group, alkyl group which may have a substituent, alkoxy group, alkylsulfonylamino group or alkylcarbonylamino group, and each of R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is independently an alkyl group which may have a substituent, and a heat-sensitive transfer sheet containing the above-mentioned dyestuff.

Abstract: Provided are cycloolefin copolymer compositions comprising a hydrocarbon elastomer component substantially free from a polymerizable double bond and a cycloolefin random copolymer component obtained by copolymerization of an .alpha.-olefin of at least 2 carbon atoms and a cycloolefin in the presence of said hydrocarbon elastomer component, said composition containing said hydrocarbon elastomer component in an amount of 1-50% by weight, and a method for preparing said cycloolefin copolymer compositions.Also provided are cycloolefin copolymer compositions comprising a hydrocarbon elastomer component having a polymerizable double bond and a cycloolefin copolymer component obtained by copolymerization of an .alpha.-olefin of at least 2 carbon atoms and a cycloolefin in the presence of said hydrocarbon elastomer component, said composition containing said hydrocarbon elastomer component in an amount of 1-50% by weight.

Abstract: Propylene polymer compositions of the present invention comprising a specific propylene block copolymer, specific ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, specific ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer rubber, specific ethylene-butene-1 copolymer rubber, and talc in specific proportions are provided. The propylene polymer compositions of the invention are capable of providing therefrom molded products excellent in balance between stiffness and impact resistance, and having high surface hardness with excellent scratch resistance.