Abstract: The heat shrinkable tube according to the present disclosure contains an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer as a main component. The heat shrinkable tube has a melting point of 210° C. to 250° C. and a storage elastic modulus of 0.8 MPa to 2.8 MPa at 250° C. to 280° C.

Abstract: A hollow-fiber membrane according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains a polytetrafluoroethylene or a modified polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component and has an average outer diameter of 1 mm or less and an average inner diameter of 0.5 mm or less. In a measurement of a heat of fusion of the polytetrafluoroethylene or the modified polytetrafluoroethylene with a differential scanning calorimeter, when the polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene is subjected to a first step of heating from room temperature to 365° C., a second step of cooling from 365° C. to 350° C., maintaining the temperature, subsequently cooling from 350° C. to 330° C., and further cooling from 330° C. to 305° C., and a third step of cooling from 305° C. to 245° C. at a rate of ?50° C./min and subsequently heating from 245° C. to 365° C. at a rate of 10° C./min, a heat of fusion from 296° C. to 343° C. in the third step is 30.0 J/g or more and 45.0 J/g or less.

Abstract: A formed article according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cylindrical base layer containing a polyimide as a main component, a sliding layer disposed on an inner circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a polyether ether ketone as a main component, and an outermost layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface side of the base layer and containing a fluororesin as a main component.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sliding member according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a method for manufacturing a sliding member containing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer as a main component, and comprises processing a material containing an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer as a main component, and irradiating a processed body obtained in the processing step with an electron beam.

Abstract: An electricity storage device member is provided. The electricity storage device member includes a base material mainly composed of a metal and a resin layer stacked on the base material, in which the resin layer contains a crosslinked fluororesin.

Abstract: The optical element holder according to the present disclosure is an optical element holder for holding an optical element, wherein the optical element holder is formed from an optical element holder resin compound, the optical element holder resin compound contains a thermoplastic resin as a main component, a melting curve obtained by differential scanning calorimetry analysis of the optical element holder resin compound at a temperature increase rate of 10° C./min has two peaks in a range of not lower than 160° C. and not higher than 230° C. and a range of not lower than 260° C. and not higher than 320° C., and a ratio of a melting heat quantity in the range of not lower than 160° C. and not higher than 230° C. to a total melting heat quantity is not less than 20% and not greater than 80%.

Abstract: A substrate for a printed circuit board according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base film and a metal layer disposed on at least one of surfaces of the base film. In the substrate for a printed circuit board, an amount of nitrogen present per unit area, the amount being determined on the basis of a peak area of a N1s spectrum in XPS analysis of a surface of the base film exposed after removal of the metal layer by etching with an acidic solution, is 1 atomic % or more and 10 atomic % or less.

Abstract: A method of making an oil repellent sheet material according to an embodiment of the present disclosures includes a step of applying to a porous sheet a composition for forming an oil repellent layer, the composition containing a solvent and an amorphous fluorine resin dispersed therein, and a step of swaging the porous sheet after the step of applying, wherein the porous sheet has a fibrous skeleton composed mainly of polytetrafluoroethylene, the method of making an oil repellent sheet material further comprising a heat treatment step of heating the porous sheet to which the composition for forming an oil repellent layer is applied, before or after the step of swaging.

Abstract: A hollow-fiber membrane module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rectangular tubular outer casing with at least one sidewall being open, the outer casing having a plurality of open ports, and an inner casing configured such that a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes aligned in a longitudinal direction of the outer casing are placeable in the inner casing and configured to be insertable into the one sidewall.

Abstract: A hollow-fiber membrane according to an aspect of the present disclosure contains a polytetrafluoroethylene or a modified polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component and has an average outer diameter of 1 mm or less and an average inner diameter of 0.5 mm or less. In a measurement of a heat of fusion of the polytetrafluoroethylene or the modified polytetrafluoroethylene with a differential scanning calorimeter, when the polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene is subjected to a first step of heating from room temperature to 365° C., a second step of cooling from 365° C. to 350° C., maintaining the temperature, subsequently cooling from 350° C. to 330° C., and further cooling from 330° C. to 305° C., and a third step of cooling from 305° C. to 245° C. at a rate of ?50° C./min and subsequently heating from 245° C. to 365° C. at a rate of 10° C./min, a heat of fusion from 296° C. to 343° C. in the third step is 30.0 J/g or more and 45.0 J/g or less.

Abstract: There is provided a hollow extrusion-molded material formed by drawdown molding of a resin composition, the resin composition including, as a base resin, an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer, or an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer and linear low-density polyethylene, the resin composition including a bromine-based flame retardant, antimony trioxide and magnesium hydroxide, wherein a composition ratio between the ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer and the linear low-density polyethylene, a content of the bromine-based flame retardant, a content of the antimony trioxide, and a content of the magnesium hydroxide are within specified ranges. There are also provided a crosslinked polymer of the hollow extrusion-molded material, and a heat-shrinkable tube and a multilayer heat-shrinkable tube obtained from the crosslinked polymer.

Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene formed product according to an aspect of the invention contains, as a principal component, a polytetrafluoroethylene having a crosslinked structure and has a PV limit of not less than 1600 MPa·m/min.

Abstract: A semipermeable membrane according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a semipermeable membrane layer containing an amorphous resin as a main component, and a sheet-like supporting body that supports the semipermeable membrane layer. The supporting body has a porous first supporting layer and a porous second supporting layer laminated on one of surfaces of the first supporting layer. The second supporting layer has a smaller mean flow pore diameter than the first supporting layer. The second supporting layer is impregnated with the semipermeable membrane layer. A ratio of the mean flow pore diameter of the second supporting layer to the mean flow pore diameter of the first supporting layer is preferably 1/1,000 or more and ? or less. The mean flow pore diameter of the first supporting layer is preferably 0.05 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, and the mean flow pore diameter of the second supporting layer is preferably 0.01 ?m or more and 1 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a laminated complex according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a laminated complex that includes a sheet-shaped or tube-shaped porous support and a semipermeable membrane layer stacked on an outer surface of the support, the method including a coating step of coating an outer surface of the support with a semipermeable membrane layer-forming composition in which a fluororesin is dispersed in a solvent; an immersing step of immersing the coated surface of the support in water after the coating step; and a heating step of heating water in which the support is immersed.

Abstract: An electricity storage device member is provided. The electricity storage device member includes a base material mainly composed of a metal and a resin layer stacked on the base material, in which the resin layer contains a crosslinked fluororesin.

Abstract: A hollow extrusion-molded body includes a resin composition that contains a base resin composed of an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer or an ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer and a linear low-density polyethylene, a brominated flame retardant, antimony trioxide, and magnesium hydroxide having an average particle size of 0.5 ?m to 3.0 ?m. In the hollow extrusion-molded body, a composition ratio of the ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymer to the linear low-density polyethylene, a content of the brominated flame retardant, a content of the antimony trioxide, and a content of the magnesium hydroxide are within specific ranges.

Abstract: A heat-resistant two-layer heat-shrinkable tube including an outer layer and an inner layer, and a method for covering an object to be covered with the heat-resistant two-layer heat-shrinkable tube. The outer layer consists of a cross-linked product of a resin composition containing a resin, such as a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer with a melting point of 210° C. or more and 260° C. or less, and a cross-linking aid. The outer layer thermally shrinks at 250° C. or more and 280° C. or less. The inner layer consists of a hot-melt adhesive composed mainly of an acid-modified tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer or the like and having a shear viscosity of less than 10000 Pa·s at 250° C. and at a shear rate of 10 s?1.

Abstract: A porous material according to an embodiment of the present invention is a porous material having a large number of fibrous skeletons containing polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component, in which another fluororesin is evenly present on outer peripheral surfaces of fibers of the large number of fibrous skeletons, and the other fluororesin is a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluorodioxole copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethyl vinyl ether copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoroethyl vinyl ether copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoropropyl vinyl ether copolymer, or a combination of these.

Abstract: The heat-recoverable article according to the present invention has a cylindrical shape and includes a base material layer. The base material layer contains a polyolefin-based resin. In the base material layer after being heated at 180° C. for 2 minutes, a melting-point peak temperature is 115° C. or higher and 128° C. or lower, a heat of fusion of a total resin component is 80 J/g or more and 150 J/g or less, a storage modulus at 120° C. is 4 MPa or more, a gel fraction is 40% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less, and a storage modulus at 180° C. is 0.5 MPa or more and less than 3.0 MPa. The polyolefin-based resin is preferably a mixture of a first polyolefin-based resin having a melting point of 125° C. or higher and 135° C. or lower and a second polyolefin-based resin having a melting point of lower than 125° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyimide tube for a fixing belt, the polyimide tube having good toner fixability. A polyimide tube for a fixing belt of an image-forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a polyimide layer that contains a polyimide as a main component and a needle-like filler, the needle-like filler containing a carbon nanotube and needle-like titanium oxide. A product of a thermal diffusivity (m2/s) of the polyimide layer and a breaking elongation (%) of the polyimide layer in an axial direction is 35×10?7 or more. An orientation direction of the needle-like filler is preferably an axial direction or a circumferential direction.