Abstract: An iodine-containing conductive resin composition, said composition obtained by dispersing a carbon in a complex adduct of iodine and a polymer capable of forming a complex adduct with iodine and/or a mixture obtained by dispersing iodine in said polymer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a molding reinforced polyamide composition comprising [A] a polyamide selected from a polyamide composed of (a) aromatic dicarboxylic acid component units comprising 60 to 77 mole % of terephthalic acid component units and 23 to 40 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component units other than terephthalic acid component units and (b) 1,6-diaminohexane units and a polyamide composed of (a) aromatic dicarboxylic acid component units comprising 60 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid component units and 0 to 40 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid component units other than terephthalic acid component units and (b) units of a linear aliphatic alkylene-diamine component having 7 to 18 carbon atoms, and [B] a filler in an amount of 0.5 to 200 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of said polyamide.This composition has excellent heat resistance characteristics, mechanical properties, chemical and physical properties and molding characteristics in combination.

Abstract: In the production of a .beta.-phenylserine by reacting glycine with a benzaldehyde in the presence of an alkali and treating the product with an acid, a novel process which comprises carrying out the reaction in a mixed solvent composed of water and a hydrophobic organic solvent. The presence of a phase transfer catalyst or a surface-active agent in this reaction system promotes the reaction and the .beta.-phenylserine can be obtained in a high yield.

Abstract: A water-absorbing laminate comprising a water-absorbing film and a non-woven fabric, in which the water-absorbing film is formed by film-forming a mixture of (A) a water-soluble polymer containing, as the monomer component, at least 40 mole % of an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated compound containing one or two carboxyl groups or groups from which a carboxyl group can be easily derived and in which 5% to 50% of the carboxyl groups and/or groups from which a carboxyl group can be easily derived are in the form of a salt, and (B) polyvinyl alcohol in a weight ratio of (A)/(B) of not less than 1/99 to less than 1/9. This water-absorbing can be produced by laminating the water-absorbing film on the non-woven fabric under pressure either in a hydrous and heat-softened state of the film or through an adhesive and, optionally, heat-treating the resultant laminate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for annealing a core blank of a transformer or the like so as to relieve the stress generated in the electrical steel sheet sections due to blanking.The present invention is an improvement over the conventional resistance or gas-heating method in the light of heating efficiency and time and is characterized by induction-heating a core blank at a power input range of from 0.5 to 3 kW/kg of the core blank. This range attains a small variation in the shape of a core blank due to induction-heating.

Abstract: A random copolymer consisting essentially of more than 60 to 99 mole % of 1-butene and less than 40 to 1 mole % of propylene, and having(A) a boiling methyl acetate-soluble content of not more than 2% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer,(B) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], determined in decalin at 135.degree. C., of 0.5 to 6 dl/g,(C) a n-decane/acetone (1:1 by volume) mixture-soluble content in % by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of less than the value calculated by 4.times.[.eta.].sup.-1.2,(D) a DSC melting point, determined by a differential scanning calorimeter, of 50.degree. to 130.degree. C.,(E) a yield strength, measured by JIS K-7113, of 50 to 300 kg/cm.sup.2,(F) an elongation at break, measured by JIS K-7113, of 200 to 1000%, and(G) a tensile strength at break, measured by JIS K-7113, of 150 to 800 kg/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: A polyolefin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of polyolefin, not less than 0.5 part by weight of a polyamide selected from the group consisting of nylon 6 and nylon 66, and from 3 to 30 percent by weight of novolak based on the weight of the polyamide; and a method of making polyolefin molded articles having surface improved in secondary processable property, which is characterized by treating the surface of molded articles of the polyolefin composition with a solution comprising: (a) not less than 2 percent by weight of a monomer having at least one carbon-carbon double bond and a glycidyl group, (b) 1 to 5 percent by weight of chlorinated polyolefin, and (c) not more than 97 percent by weight of a mixed solvent of 30 to 70 percent by weight of terpenic solvent and 70 to 30 percent by weight of aromatic or chlorinated hydrocarbon solvent.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid by the oxidation of L-sorbose with an oxygen-containing gas in water used as the solvent, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a specific catalyst, preferably with the pH of the reaction fluid kept within the range of 6 to 10. The catalyst contains platinum and/or palladium, as well as lead or bismuth. 2-Keto-L-gulonic acid is a compound which is useful as a precursor of vitamin C.

Abstract: A metal-deposited paper comprising a paper substrate, a thin continuous coating of a film-forming resin having good adhesion to metals on at least one surface thereof, and a metal film deposited on the resin coating. The aforesaid paper can be produced by applying a thin continuous coating of a film-forming resin having good adhesion to metals on at least one surface of a paper substrate, and then vacuum-depositing a metal on the surface of the resin coating.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing laminated iron cores wherein a new skew angle .DELTA..theta. is calculated when the total thickness of core sheets in a laminated iron core currently being produced reaches a predetermined value L.sub.o, or during a time period after the number of such laminated core sheets reaches a predetermined value n.sub.A before the total thickness reaches the predetermined value L.sub.o, so that a skewing operation for laminated iron core to be next made is carried out on the basis of the new skew angle .DELTA..theta..

Abstract: In a method of producing a hydrated iron oxide as a starting material for a magnetic powder by aging a suspension of a ferric hydroxide prepared by reacting a ferric salt with an aqueous solution of alkali, the aging temperature is controlled between 20.degree. and 100.degree. C. and pH is controlled between 1 and 6 for the first 5 to 240 minutes while nuclei of hydrated iron oxide crystals generate, and then the aqueous solution of alkali is added again to adjust the pH value to 10 to 13.5 to make the crystals grow. This production method is capable of producing an acicular hydrated iron oxide having a reduced particle-size distribution range and also capable of controlling the length of the crystals as desired.

Abstract: An active material for the positive electrode of a lead-accumulator and a lead-accumulator utilizing the active material are provided, the active material consisting of lead oxide as the principal component and at least one component selected from the group consisting of bismuth, bismuth compounds, thallium and thallium compounds as an additive which is effective to improve the energy utilization and the lifetime of the accumulator.

Abstract: Substituted propargyloxyacetonitrile derivative represented by the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a methylenedioxy group, a nitro group or a cyano group, n represents an integer of 1 to 5 and when n is an integer of 2 or more, R's may be identical or different, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower haloalkyl group or a halogen atom, provided that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms.The compounds have herbicidal and fungicidal activities.

Abstract: Process for the production of acrylamide or methacrylamide wherein acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile is reacted with water and/or a water donor in the presence of Raney copper catalyst, which is protected from contact with oxygen.

Abstract: A cutting device comprises an endless band cutter extending between two pulleys, a sliding piece slidingly contacting with the rear face of the endless band cutter to remove adherent from the endless band cutter, and a side plate so arranged as to separate interlayer extra fringe which has been cut off by the endless band cutter from the circumference defining face of the sheets of plate glass. This arrangement prevents the interlayer extra fringe which has been cut off from being taken up by the pulleys and from getting on the plate glass.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adhesive composition which contains specific amounts of (A) an aqueous emulsion, (B) a filler and (C) a resin solution of a resinous tackifier dissolved in a solvent and/or plasticizer. The adhesive composition has a fast setting time in adhesion strength and excellent water-proofness and hence produces superb adhesion force even when applied to a fresh mortar base which has been aged insufficiently.

Abstract: A rubbery copolymer of ethylene, 1-butene and a polyene, characterized by having (A) an ethylene/1-butene mole ratio of from 86/14 to 95/5, (B) an iodine value of from 2 to 40, (C) an intrinsic viscosity [.eta.], measured in decalin at 135.degree. C., of from 0.8 to 4 dl/g, and (D) a weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight ratio (Mw/Mn) of less than 3; and a process for the production thereof.

Abstract: A semiconducting composition comprising(A) a random copolymer of propylene and an alpha-olefin having at least 4 carbon atoms as main constituents, which contains 50 to 87 mole % of the propylene units,(B) fine particles of carbon black, and as an optional component,(C) at least one random copolymer selected from the group consisting of a random copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl ester having 4 or 5 carbon atoms as main constituents, which contains at least about 5.4 mole % of the vinyl ester units, and a random copolymer of ethylene and an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having 4 to 8 carbon atoms as main constituents, which contains at least 3 mole % of the unsaturated carboxylic acid ester units.The semiconducting composition or its crosslinked product is useful as an outside semiconducting layer in a power cable composed at least of a central conductor, a crosslinked polyethylene insulating layer surrounding the conductor and an outside semiconducting layer surrounding the insulating layer.

Abstract: In a continuous bulk or solution polymerization process for producing rubber modified high-impact resins which comprises continuously feeding a raw material solution comprising a mixture of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a vinyl cyanide monomer and a rubber component dissolved in the mixture, together with a radical polymerization initiator, to a first reactor, polymerizing the raw material solution under high-shear agitation to a conversion required to transform the rubber component phase into dispersed particles, withdrawing the reaction mixture continuously from the first reactor at a rate corresponding to the feed rate of the raw material solution, and feeding the reaction mixture to a second or more reactors for further polymerization, rubber modified high-impact resins exhibiting excellent chemical resistance, thermal resistance and rigidity and having a good surface gloss can be produced by properly determining the weight ratio of the aromatic vinyl monomer to the vinyl cyanide monomer present in the ra

Abstract: A formation process of an amorphous silicon film, which process comprises subjecting a higher silane containing at least two silicon atoms to photochemical decomposition under radiation of a light having a wavelength of 300 nm or shorter so as to cause amorphous silicon to deposit on a substrate.