Abstract: A film-shaped firing material 1 is provided, including sinterable metal particles 10 and a binder component 20, in which a content of the sinterable metal particles 10 is in a range of 15% to 98% by mass, a content of the binder component 20 is in a range of 2% to 50% by mass, a shrinkage factor in a planar direction of the film-shaped firing material after being pressurized and fired under conditions of a temperature of 350° C. and a pressure of 10 MPa for 3 minutes is 10% or less with respect to the shrinkage factor before the firing, and a volume shrinkage factor thereof is in a range of 15% to 90% with respect to the volume shrinkage factor before the firing, and a contact ratio of the film-shaped firing material with an adherend after being pressurized and fired under conditions of a temperature of 350° C. and a pressure of 10 MPa for 3 minutes in a state in which the film-shaped firing material is in contact with the adherend is 90% or greater with respect to a contact area of the adherend.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film-shaped firing composition with excellent printability, a method of producing a film-shaped firing material obtained by using the firing material composition, and a method of producing a film-shaped firing material with a support sheet. A paste-like firing material composition is provided, including sinterable metal particles (10), a binder component (20), and a solvent having a relative evaporation rate of 4.0 or less with respect to butyl acetate, in which a content of the solvent is in a range of 12% to 50% by mass with respect to a total mass of the firing material composition.

Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes a loading unit for loading a wafer to a chuck table having a holding surface for holding the wafer, an unloading unit for unloading the wafer from the chuck table, and a cleaning unit for cleaning the holding surface of the chuck table or the upper surface of the wafer held on the holding surface of the chuck table. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning portion and a horizontal moving portion for horizontally moving the cleaning portion in a lateral direction of the grinding apparatus. The loading unit has a first holding portion for holding the wafer, and the unloading unit has a second holding portion for holding the wafer.

Abstract: The invention is a curable composition comprising the following component (A), component (B) and component (C), Component (A): a curable polysilsesquioxane compound having a repeating unit represented by the following specific formula (a-1) R1SiO3/2??(a-1) Component (B): a particulate having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 40 nm Component (C): a particulate having an average primary particle diameter of larger than 0.04 ?m to 8 ?m, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, and a method for using the curable composition as an adhesive for an optical element-fixing material, and a method for using the curable composition as a sealant for an optical element-fixing material. One aspect of the curable composition according to the invention can provide a cured product excellent in adhesiveness, peeling resistance and heat resistance, and a curable composition excellent in workability in coating process.

Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a first distinguishing display unit which, when a mechanism making a holding force or a processing force act on a workpiece causes an error, displays a workpiece illustration representing the workpiece to which the error is caused and on which the holding force or the processing force acts distinguishably from another workpiece illustration. The workpiece on which the holding force or the processing force of the mechanism causing the error acts can be thereby identified easily.

Abstract: The invention is a curable composition comprising the following component (A), component (B) and component (C), Component (A): a curable polysilsesquioxane compound having a repeating unit represented by the following specific formula (a-1) R1SiO3/2??(a-1) Component (B): a particulate having an average primary particle diameter of 5 to 40 nm Component (C): a particulate having an average primary particle diameter of larger than 0.04 ?m to 8 ?m, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, and a method for using the curable composition as an adhesive for an optical element-fixing material, and a method for using the curable composition as a sealant for an optical element-fixing material. One aspect of the curable composition according to the invention can provide a cured product excellent in adhesiveness, peeling resistance and heat resistance, and a curable composition excellent in workability in coating process.

Abstract: The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B), the curable composition producing a cured product that has a solid-state Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum in which a peak is observed within a range from ?80 ppm or more to less than ?40 ppm, and a half-width of the peak is 500 to 900 Hz, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) the component (B) being at least one silane coupling agent selected from a group consisting of a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.

Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), a component (C), and a component (D), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:20, the component (A) being a silane compound (co)polymer that is represented by a formula (a-1) or a formula (a-2), (CHR1X0-D-SiO3/2)m(R2SiO3/2)n(CHR1X0-D-SiZ1O2/2)o(R2SiZ2O2/2)p(CHR1X0-D-SiZ32O1/2)q(R2SiZ42O1/2)r?? (a-1) (R3SiO3/2)s(R3SiZ5O2/2)t(R3SiZ52O1/2)u?? (a-2) the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of more than 0.

Abstract: The invention is a curable composition comprising the following component (A) and component (B): Component (A): a curable polysilsesquioxane compound having a repeating unit represented by the following specific formula (a-1): R1—D—SiO3/2??(a-1) Component (B): a silane coupling agent having a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, and a method for using the curable composition as an adhesive for an optical element-fixing material, and a method for using the curable composition as a sealant for an optical element-fixing material, and an optical device obtained by using the curable composition as an adhesive or a sealant for an optical element-fixing material. One aspect of the curable composition according to one embodiment of the invention can provide a cured product excellent in adhesiveness and heat resistance and having a low refractive index.

Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a sulfur atom in its molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), a component (C), and a component (D), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:20, the component (A) being a silane compound (co)polymer that is represented by a formula (a-1) or a formula (a-2), (CHR1X0-D-SiO3/2)m(R2SiO3/2)n(CHR1X0-D-SiZ1O2/2)o(R2SiZ2O2/2)p(CHR1X0-D-SiZ32O1/2)q(R2SiZ42O1/2)r?? (a-1) (R3SiO3/2)s(R3SiZ5O2/2)t(R3SiZ52O1/2)u?? (a-2) the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of more than 0.

Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a sulfur atom in its molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B), the curable composition producing a cured product that has a solid-state Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum in which a peak is observed within a range from ?80 ppm or more to less than ?40 ppm, and a half-width of the peak is 500 to 900 Hz, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2??(a-1) the component (B) being at least one silane coupling agent selected from a group consisting of a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a polyisobutylene-based resin (A) having a mass-average molecular weight of 20000 or more, a styrene-based copolymer (B), and a tackifier (C) having a softening point of 135° C. or less, wherein the component (B) is one or more selected from the group consisting of a styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer (SBS), a styrene-block-(ethylene-co-butylene)-block-styrene triblock copolymer (SEBS), a styrene-isobutylene diblock copolymer (SIB), and a styrene-isobutylene-styrene triblock copolymer (SIBS), has excellent adhesive force, excels in a suppressing effect on moisture intrusion, and has good transparency.