Abstract: The present invention provides a nickel nanowire, which is resistant to break by stress. The present invention relates to a nickel nanowire having a face-centered cubic lattice structure and a crystallite size in a direction of a (111) lattice plane of 10 nm or less.

Abstract: To provide a biaxially stretched polyester resin film that has excellent properties equal to or better than those of biaxially stretched polyester film that does not use recycled raw material, and in particular that has an excellent flexural resistance in low-temperature environments. A biaxially stretched polyester resin film that characteristically satisfies both of the following properties (1) and (2): (1) in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), after heating from 25° C. to 300° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./minute and holding for 10 minutes at 300° C., the temperature of crystallization during cooling at a cooling rate of 40° C./minute is 160° C. to 180° C.; and (2) the number of pinholes after the execution of 200 repetitive cycles of a flexural fatigue test in a ?10° C. atmosphere using a Gelbo Flex Tester is not more than 10/500 cm2.

Abstract: A polyester film includes a polyester (A) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate and a polyester (B) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the polyesters (A) and (B) is 70/30 to 55/45, a dry heat shrinkage rate (B) through heat treatment at 200° C. for 15 minutes is 35% or less in any of four directions (0°, 45° 90° and 135°) on the film surface, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, a thickness variation in the four directions is 10% or less, and a crystallization index shown in DSC measurement is 25 to 55 J/g.

Abstract: A gas barrier laminate with a total thickness of 100 ?m or less, including a plastic base material (I) and a gas barrier layer (II) laminated on said plastic base material, wherein (1) plastic base material (I) includes a metal-containing layer including at least one metal and a metal compound and a resin component, (2) the total content of metal and metal compound in said metal-containing layer is 0.1 to 70% by mass, (3) gas barrier layer (II) contains polycarboxylic acid, (4) metal-containing layer and gas barrier layer are laminated so that they are in direct contact with each other, and (5) gas barrier laminate is treated at a temperature of 95° C. for 30 minutes. (5) the gas barrier laminate has an oxygen transmission rate of 300 ml/(m2·day·MPa) or less under a temperature of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% RH after hot water treatment for 30 minutes at 95° C.

Abstract: A two-component mixed polyurea resin composition production raw material containing a component (A) that contains a polyisocyanate compound (a) and a component (B) that contains an aromatic polyamine compound (b), wherein the two-component mixed polyurea resin composition production raw material is characterized in that the usable time from immediately after component (A) and component (B) are mixed until the viscosity value measured in an organic-solvent-free state doubles is 10 minutes or longer.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a method for producing a polyamide resin film by using a polyamide resin obtained through polymerization of a regenerated monomer used as a recycled material. [Solution] Provided is a method for producing a polyamide resin film, including: (1) a step of producing a monomer from a raw material (A) for depolymerization, (2) a step of producing a polyamide resin (B) through polymerization using a raw material containing the monomer, (3) a step of refining the polyamide resin (B), and (4) a step of producing an unstretched film using a starting material containing the refined polyamide resin (B), and stretching the unstretched film.

Abstract: A polyester film comprises a polyester (A) composed mainly of polybutylene terephthalate and a polyester (B) composed mainly of polyethylene terephthalate, wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the polyesters (A) and (B) is 70/30 to 55/45, a dry heat shrinkage rate (A) through heat treatment at 160° C. for 30 minutes is 20% or less in any of four directions on a film surface (0°, 45°, 90° and 135°), a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, a dry heat shrinkage rate (B) through heat treatment at 200° C. for 15 minutes is 35% or less in any of the four directions, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of these dry heat shrinkage rates is 5% or less, and a thickness variation in the four directions is 10% or less.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water purification filter comprising activated carbon as a filtration material and a biodegradable polymer as a binder component, which water purification filter has a filtration flow rate sufficient for practical use as a pot-type water purifier while maintaining a certain free residual chlorine filtration capacity, and has a certain degree of hardness and excellent handleability. Provided is a water purification filter obtained by winding a nonwoven sheet containing fibrous activated carbon and a heat fusible core-sheath composite fiber and then heat fusing the sheet, wherein the heat fusible core-sheath composite fiber includes a sheath portion containing a biodegradable polyester resin having a melting point of 80 to 140° C. and a core portion containing a synthetic resin having a melting point at least 20° C. higher than the melting point of the biodegradable polyester resin, and wherein the water purification filter has a density of 0.12 to 0.

Abstract: A gas barrier laminate with a total thickness of 100 ?m or less, including a plastic base material (I) and a gas barrier layer (II) laminated on said plastic base material, wherein (1) plastic base material (I) includes a metal-containing layer including at least one metal and a metal compound and a resin component, (2) the total content of metal and metal compound in said metal-containing layer is 0.1 to 70% by mass, (3) gas barrier layer (II) contains polycarboxylic acid, (4) metal-containing layer and gas barrier layer are laminated so that they are in direct contact with each other, and (5) gas barrier laminate is treated at a temperature of 95° C. for 30 minutes. (5) the gas barrier laminate has an oxygen transmission rate of 300 ml/(m2·day·MPa) or less under a temperature of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% RH after hot water treatment for 30 minutes at 95° C.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal molding method for producing a thermally molded article having excellent abrasion resistance at its melt-fused part. Polyamide 6 and a copolyester are prepared separately. The copolyester contains terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, and 1,4-butanediol as copolymerization units. The copolyester may further contain ?-caprolactone and/or diethylene glycol as a copolymerization unit. A multifilament yarn in which core-sheath type composite filaments each containing a core component and a sheath component at a ratio of 1 to 4:1 by mass are bundled is produced by a composite melt-spinning method using the polyamide 6 as the core component and the copolyester as the sheath component. Using the multifilament yarn, a product of filaments is produced by weaving, knitting, knitting and braiding, or braiding.

Abstract: There is provided an activated carbon having a high total trihalomethane filtration capacity, even in water treatment by passing water at a high superficial velocity (SV). In the activated carbon of the present invention, a pore volume A (cc/g) of pores with a size of 1.0 nm or less, of pore volumes calculated by the QSDFT method, is 0.300 cc/g or more, and elemental vanadium and/or a vanadium compound is contained.

Abstract: A water purification cartridge includes a casing with a tubular shape that has an inflow portion for raw water to flow in and an outflow portion for purified water to flow out, and a filter member for filtering the raw water, the filter member being accommodating within the casing. The filter member is formed to have a cylindrical shape having a hollow portion, and has a first face and a second face at respective ends in an axial direction. The casing has a first cover portion, a second cover portion, and a side wall portion. The first cover portion covers the first face. The second cover covers the second face. The side wall portion covers an outer circumferential face of the filter member. In the first cover portion, a first contact portion is formed that annularly comes into contact with the first face and that press the filter member in the axial direction to elastically deform the filter member.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film having a haze of 13% or less, wherein a loop stiffness value in at least one direction on a film plane as measured by a loop stiffness tester is 140 mN/cm or more.

Abstract: A laminated film having a resin layer laminated on at least one surface of a base film. The laminated film is characterized by: the base film being a semi-aromatic polyamide film that has been at least uniaxially stretched; the resin layer containing fine particles; the thermal shrinkage factor in the longitudinal direction SMD and the thermal shrinkage factor in the width direction STD of the film measured under conditions of 250° C.×5 minutes each being ?1.0 to 1.5%; the tensile elongations at break in the longitudinal direction and in the width direction each being 70% or more; and the haze being 3% or less.

Abstract: A flexible polyamide including a unit formed from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid (A1) having 18 or more carbon atoms and/or a unit formed from an aliphatic diamine (B1) having 18 or more carbon atoms, wherein the polyamide has a total content of 10 to 90% by mass of the unit formed from (A1) and the unit formed from (B1) and has a melting point of 240° C. or higher.

Abstract: The present invention provides a soft magnetic nanowire having a sufficiently high saturation magnetization, a sufficiently high relative magnetic permeability and a sufficiently low coercivity force. The present invention relates to a soft magnetic nanowire, comprising an iron and a boron and having an average length of 5 ?m or more and an iron/boron molar ratio in the nanowire of less than 5, wherein the iron/boron molar ratio is measured by a SEM-EDS method.

Abstract: There is provided a deodorizing material having particularly high deodorization capabilities for ammonia, acetaldehyde, and toluene. The deodorizing material of the present invention comprises fibrous activated carbon; and (A) an aromatic amine and a sulfate of the aromatic amine or (B) an aromatic amine, a sulfate of the aromatic amine, and sulfuric acid, supported on the fibrous activated carbon, wherein a total substance amount of the aromatic amine and the sulfate of the aromatic amine supported per gram of the fibrous activated carbon is 0.85 to 1.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a polyamide resin film by using a polyamide resin obtained through polymerization of a regenerated monomer used as a recycled material. Provided is a method for producing a polyamide resin film, including: (1) a step of producing a monomer from a raw material (A) for depolymerization, (2) a step of producing a polyamide resin (B) through polymerization using a raw material containing the monomer. (3) a step of refining the polyamide resin (B), and (4) a step of producing an unstretched film using a starting material containing the refined polyamide resin (B), and stretching the unstretched film.

Abstract: Provided is a semiaromatic polyamide fil having an average linear expansion coefficient in the width direction, measured under conditions of 20 to 125° C., of ?90 to 0 ppm/° C.

Abstract: An object is to provide a method for easily producing maleimide (MI) in which trace amounts of residual acid components as impurities in a crude MI are efficiently reduced, that is, the acid value is sufficiently reduced. <1> A method for producing purified MI, comprising reducing an acid value of crude MI by 50% or more, by adding carbodiimide (CDI) to a solution comprising the crude MI to react an acid component in the crude MI with the CDI. <2> The method for producing purified MI, comprising adding 0.5% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less of the CDI with respect to a mass of the crude MI for reaction. <3> The method for producing purified MI, wherein the CDI is N,N?-diisopropyl carbodiimide (DIC). <4> The method for producing purified MI, comprising removing a urea derivative of the CDI (CDI-U) by-produced when reacting the acid component in the crude MI with the CDI.