Abstract: To provide a material for laser welding, which is excellent in laser transmittance, as well as low warpage and enables a shaped article to be obtained with high weld strength and uniform weld strength by laser welding. This material for laser welding comprises a thermoplastic resin composition containing (A) a thermoplastic resin and (B) a glass fiber having a non-circular cross-section with the ratio between the long diameter and the short diameter in the cross-section at right angles to the length direction being from 1.2 to 10.

Abstract: A laser-diode pumped solid-state laser apparatus comprises at least one laser diode producing a pumping laser light, and at least one laser light generator including a monocrystalline substance doped with a dopant element and pumped with the pumping laser light from at least one laser diode, the monocrystalline substance containing the dopant element with a concentration profile such that the dopant element increases a concentration thereof in a direction perpendicular to a laser oscillation direction gently in the form of a slope from a near zero concentration.

Abstract: An aspect in accordance with the present invention provides, a fluorescent material with garnet structure containing Gd, Al, Ga, and O at least, containing Lu and/or Y, and also containing Ce as an activator, wherein said fluorescent material is expressed as (Gd1?x?zLxCez)3+a(Al1?uGau)5?aO12, wherein L is Lu and/or Y, wherein 0<a?0.15, 0<x<1.0, 0.0003?z?0.0167 (here, x+z<1.0), and 0.2?u?0.6.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring excellent ejection stability even after aging of the ink and also exhibiting excellent weather resistance; provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring less blurring of the image drawn, in addition to excellent ejection stability and weather resistance; and provide a yellow ink and a dark yellow ink, which can contribute to realization of a pictorial quality with excellent color balance as a constituent ink of an ink set. These objects of the present invention can be achieved by an inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium containing a yellow dye, particularly, a yellow dye represented by formula (1), having spectral absorption characteristics such that the maximum absorption wavelength is in the region from 390 to 470 nm and the absorption long-wave end has a tailing of a specified value or less, and antioxidative characteristics such that the ozone enforced discoloration rate constant is 5.0 x 10?2 [hour?1] or less.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved therein a phthalocyanine dye, wherein the phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and the ink includes a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C.; and an inkjet recording method using the ink.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved or dispersed therein a magenta dye selected from azo dyes, wherein the magenta dye is a dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and at the same time, a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C. is contained; and an inkjet recording method using the ink. By virtue of such a constitution, an inkjet recording ink and an inkjet recording method are provided, which can ensure high ejection stability, good color hue of the obtained image, no drying of the ink at the ink jet head, excellent fastness to light and water, image quality free from defective such as fineline bleeding under high-humidity condition, and good preservability of the image under severe conditions, and furthermore can ensure high storability and high ejection stability even after aging for a long time or under severe conditions.

Abstract: Described are fuel parts comprising a crystalline polyamide resin having a terminal amino group concentration>a terminal carboxyl group concentration and excellent in fuel resistance at their weld portion, which fuel parts are suited for use as various parts to be attached to fuel tanks of automobiles and the like, and a process for producing the fuel parts.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink comprising an aqueous medium having dissolved and/or dispersed therein a phthalocyanine dye, wherein the phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and the ink comprises a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C.; and an inkjet recording method using the ink. By virtue of such a constitution, an inkjet recording ink and an inkjet recording method are provided, which can ensure high ejection stability, good color hue of the obtained image, no drying of the ink at the inkjet head, excellent fastness to light and water, image quality free from defective such as fineline blurring under high-humidity condition, and good preservability of the image under severe conditions, and furthermore can ensure high storability and high ejection stability even after aging for a long time or under severe conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink for ink jet recording, in which the formation of a high-quality image is possible, image keeping quality is excellent, the ink is not dried at an ink jet head, and ejection stability is high, wherein the ink for ink jet recording comprises: at least one dye having a specific structure, in which the at least one dye is dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium; and a betaine surfactant, wherein, when the ink has been shaken 30 times or more for 10 seconds and allowed to stand for 3 minutes, a bubble height in the ink is 30 mm or less.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring excellent ejection stability even after aging of the ink and also exhibiting excellent weather resistance; provide an inkjet recording ink ensuring less blurring of the image drawn, in addition to excellent ejection stability and weather resistance; and provide a yellow ink and a dark yellow ink, which can contribute to realization of a pictorial quality with excellent color balance as a constituent ink of an ink set. These objects of the present invention can be achieved by an inkjet recording ink comprising an aqueous medium containing a yellow dye, particularly, a yellow dye represented by formula (1), having spectral absorption characteristics such that the maximum absorption wavelength is in the region from 390 to 470 nm and the absorption long-wave end has a tailing of a specified value or less, and antioxidative characteristics such that the ozone enforced discoloration rate constant is 5.0×10?2 [hour?1] or less.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink comprising an aqueous medium having dissolved or dispersed therein a magenta dye selected from azo dyes, wherein the magenta dye is a dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and at the same time, a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C. is contained; and an inkjet recording method using the ink. By virtue of such a constitution, an inkjet recording ink and an inkjet recording method are provided, which can ensure high ejection stability, good color hue of the obtained image, no drying of the ink at the ink jet head, excellent fastness to light and water, image quality free from defective such as fineline bleeding under high-humidity condition, and good preservability of the image under severe conditions, and furthermore can ensure high storability and high ejection stability even after aging for a long time or under severe conditions.

Abstract: A method for producing a painted ceramic body. A transfer material containing an inorganic pigment, or hot melt ink containing an inorganic pigment is directly or indirectly disposed on the surface of a ceramic body in an imagewise manner. Subsequently, the ceramic body with the image formed thereon is heated and the inorganic pigment contained in the image is sintered on the surface of the ceramic body.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink for ink jet recording, in which the formation of a high-quality image is possible, image keeping quality is excellent, the ink is not dried at an ink jet head, and ejection stability is high, wherein the ink for ink jet recording comprises: at least one dye having a specific structure, in which the at least one dye is dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium; and a betaine surfactant, wherein, when the ink has been shaken 30 times or more for 10 seconds and allowed to stand for 3 minutes, a bubble height in the ink is 30 mm or less.

Abstract: A method for producing a painted ceramic body. A transfer material containing an inorganic pigment, or hot melt ink containing an inorganic pigment is directly or indirectly disposed on the surface of a ceramic body in an imagewise manner. Subsequently, the ceramic body with the image formed thereon is heated and the inorganic pigment contained in the image is sintered on the surface of the ceramic body.

Abstract: An image forming process containing the steps of applying imagewisely plural latent image-forming solutions having different concentrations and each containing a material capable of lowering a transfer temperature to one of an image transfer material and an image receiving sheet from plural nozzles, and contacting the transfer recording layer and the image receiving sheet, followed by heating, so as to transfer the latent image portion. Also, an image forming apparatus by such a process.

Abstract: A polyamide resin composition is provided, which has an excellent flowability upon molding and shows a high strength when subjected to various welding methods. The resin composition for use in molding comprises (A) 96 to 99.9% by weight of a crystalline polyamide resin and (B) 0.1 to 4% by weight of a non-crystalline, partially aromatic copolymerized polyamide resin containing at least two kinds of aromatic monomer components, with the total content of (A) and (B) being 100% by weight, or comprises (A), (B) and (C) 5 to 200 parts by weight of an inorganic filler per 100 parts by weight of sum of (A) and (B). The polyamide resin compositions show an excellent weld strength.

Abstract: Described are fuel parts comprising a crystalline polyamide resin having a terminal amino group concentration>a terminal carboxyl group concentration and excellent in fuel resistance at their weld portion, which fuel parts are suited for use as various parts to be attached to fuel tanks of automobiles and the like, and a process for producing the fuel parts.

Abstract: In order to transfer a transfer recording layer 7 in a transfer medium 9 onto the surface of a receptor 15, a solution that lowers the transfer temperature or a sticky solution is applied image-wise to the surface of either the transfer recording layer 7 or the receptor 15 so as to form a latent image; then, whichever of the transfer medium 9 or the receptor 15 that have the latent image formed thereon or both are heated by a thermal drying means 11 to evaporate at least a portion of the solvent contained in the formed latent image; subsequently, the transfer medium 9 and the receptor 15 are heated, with the surface of the transfer recording layer 7 in intimate contact with that of the receptor 15, so that the transfer recording layer 7 in areas corresponding to the ones where the latent image has been formed is transferred onto the receptor 15.

Abstract: An image forming process containing the steps of applying imagewisely plural latent image-forming solutions having different concentrations and each containing a material capable of lowering a transfer temperature to one of an image transfer material and an image receiving sheet from plural nozzles, and contacting the transfer recording layer and the image receiving sheet, followed by heating, so as to transfer the latent image portion. Also, an image forming apparatus by such a process.

Abstract: An image forming method which widens the range of materials usable for an image forming method that employs an ink-jet technique and yields an image with high image quality and high homogeneity. An image pattern forming material containing an adhesive material is discharged onto a transfer layer surface of an image transfer material or onto an image receiving layer surface of an image receiving material, and the image pattern forming material is formed in an image pattern. The transfer layer surface of the image transfer material is closely contacted with the image receiving layer surface of the image receiving material. The image transfer material is peeled off from the image receiving material and portions of the transfer layer are stripped off in an image pattern from the image transfer material by the image pattern forming material. Thus, the image is formed on the image receiving material.