Abstract: A chemical bond evaluation method capable of directly evaluating the presence or absence of a chemical bond between silica and a silane coupling agent includes performing multidimensional solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis on a rubber composition comprising a rubber component, a silica, and a silane coupling agent; and evaluating the presence or absence of a chemical bond between silica and the silane coupling agent in the rubber composition containing a rubber component, the silica, and the silane coupling agent.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device includes an emitting region between a cathode and an anode, a first anode side organic layer, and a second anode side organic layer. The emitting region includes at least a first emitting layer, the first anode side organic layer is in direct contact with the second anode side organic layer, the first anode side organic layer contains first and second organic materials, a content of the first organic material in the first anode side organic layer is less than 50 mass %, the second anode side organic layer contains a second hole transporting zone material, the first emitting layer is an emitting layer that emits fluorescence, and a refractive index NM1 of the constituent materials contained in the first anode side organic layer and a refractive index NM2 of the constituent material contained in the second anode side organic layer satisfy a relationship of NM1>NM2.

Abstract: An analyzer for a rubber composition includes an acquisition unit, a peak identification unit, and an estimation unit. The acquisition unit acquires data acquired by allowing a rubber composition to undergo component separation and mass separation, the data being plotted in a space defined by a time axis, a signal intensity axis, and a mass component axis. The peak identification unit identities peaks in signal intensity for mass chromatograms corresponding to positions on the mass component axis. The estimation unit estimates at least either of a physical property and an odor degree of the rubber composition based on the peaks identified for the mass chromatograms.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are activated carbons having a high decolorization performance in a liquid phase, and methods for producing the activated carbons. Disclosed herein are also activated carbons having a high decolorization performance in liquid phases having relatively high viscosities, such as sugar liquids, and methods for producing the activated carbons. Activated carbons disclosed herein include activated carbons having a pore volume, which is calculated by measuring a nitrogen adsorption isotherm at 77 K and performing the MP method analysis, of 0.58 mL/g or less, and having a pore volume at a pore diameter of 10 to 10000 nm measured by the mercury intrusion method of 0.35 mL/g or more.

Abstract: The present disclosure intends to facilitate tearing a metal sheath even in a case where the metal sheath is incorporated in an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable of the present disclosure includes a cable core arranged at a central portion and accommodating a plurality of optical fibers gathered together, an inner layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the cable core and sheathing the cable core, a metal sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the inner layer sheath and wound around the inner layer sheath, an outer layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the metal sheath and sheathing the metal sheath, and at least one outer sheath tearing string arranged in a longitudinal direction inside the metal sheath.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a modified sulfide solid electrolyte in which ionic conductivity reduction is suppressed, and a generation amount of a hydrogen sulfide gas is reduced even if a sulfide solid electrolyte comes in contact with moisture and hydrogen sulfide is generated, and the modified sulfide solid electrolyte, and an electrode combined material and a lithium ion battery using the same. The modified sulfide solid electrolyte producing method according to the present invention includes mixing the sulfide solid electrolyte with Li2S, in which (100-?) parts by mass of the sulfide solid electrolyte is used per a parts by mass of Li2S (a represents a number of 0.3 to 15.0).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a lithium halide compound, including performing a mixing heat treatment step of mixing lithium sulfide and an ammonium halide under a heating condition of 90 to 250° C., and which does not involve a step of directly removing water, does not use a simple substance halogen which is complicated to handle, can easily remove by-products, and does not require excessive energy for production.

Abstract: An eddy current sensor assembly includes an eddy current sensor and an output signal processing circuit that processes an output signal from the eddy current sensor. The output signal processing circuit includes a mixer circuit that accepts the output signal and a signal of the predetermined frequency as input, multiplies the two signals received as input, and outputs an output signal obtained by the multiplication, and a low-pass filter that accepts the output signal output by the mixer circuit as input, cuts a high-frequency signal included in the output signal received as input, and outputs at least a direct-current (DC) signal.

Abstract: An optical cable includes: twisted optical fiber units each including a fiber group formed by optical fibers. At least one of the optical fiber units includes a filling that wraps an outer circumference of the fiber group.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming device and a visualizing device. The latent image forming device forms a latent image with an adhesive on a base material. The visualizing device causes particles to adhere to the latent image to visualize the latent image as an uneven image. The particles each contains an insoluble substance.

Abstract: The present invention addresses a problem of providing a production method for a sulfide solid electrolyte having a high ionic conductivity by pulverizing a sulfide solid electrolyte without complicating the production process. Provided is a production method for a crystalline sulfide solid electrolyte including mixing a raw material inclusion containing at least one selected from a lithium atom, a sulfur atom and a phosphorus atom, and a complexing agent without using a mechanical treating machine to obtain an electrolyte precursor, heating the electrolyte precursor to obtain a complex degradate, performing smoothing treatment on the complex degradate to obtain a smoothed complex degradate, and heating the smoothed complex degradate.

Abstract: A cage is asymmetrical to a radially extending straight line extending. Supposing that ? is the angle of contact of the rolling element, ? is defined as 30°???45°. The relationship defined in the numerical expression is satisfied, where D is the outer diameter of the outer ring, d is the inner diameter of the inner ring, and Da is the diameter of the rolling element. With center axes of the whole bearing in an axial direction and of the cage in the axial direction overlapping each other, at least one of the following relationships is satisfied; A/Da?0.020 ??(2), and 2A/PCD?0.010 ??(3), where A is the smallest dimension value of a clearance in a radial direction between surfaces of a pocket of the cage facing the rolling element and of this rolling element, and PCD is the pitch diameter of each rolling element.

Abstract: An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells that includes a ceramic plate body including ceramic grains containing sintered zirconia, wherein the ceramic grains have a number-based cumulative particle size distribution with a difference of 2.5 ?m or more between a particle size D90 at a 90% cumulative probability and a particle size D10 at a 10% cumulative probability.

Abstract: Provided is a method of quantification of free sulfur that can accurately measure the free sulfur content of a rubber composition. The present disclosure relates to a method of quantification of free sulfur in a rubber composition, the method including extracting the free sulfur in the rubber composition with toluene.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing device includes a chemical solution preparation tank configured to prepare a solution; a chamber configured to discharge the chemical solution prepared at the chemical solution preparation tank to a substrate; a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure inside the chemical solution preparation tank; and a variable opening valve arranged between the chemical solution preparation tank and an exhaust pipe.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a training data generation program for causing a computer to perform processing including: obtaining circuit information; determining whether or not a relationship between a distance between two lines included in the circuit information and a distance between the two lines and a GND layer satisfies a condition; when the relationship satisfies the condition, generating first current distribution information associated with the two lines by simulation and generating training data for machine learning based on the first current distribution information; and when the relationship does not satisfy the condition, generating second current distribution information associated with the two lines by synthesizing pieces of current distribution information associated with the respective two lines and generating the training data for machine learning based on the second current distribution information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a n EMI calculation program that causes at least one computer to execute a process, the process includes inputting circuit information of a first circuit to a machine learning model; acquiring an EMI value at a certain frequency of the first circuit; selecting, based on an impedance characteristic of the first circuit and the EMI value at the certain frequency, first EMI information from a plurality of pieces of EMI information in each of which an impedance characteristic of each of a plurality of circuits is associated with EMI values at a plurality of frequencies of each of the plurality of circuits; and acquiring an EMI value at another frequency different from the certain frequency of the first circuit based on the EMI value at the certain frequency and the first EMI information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a training data generation program for causing a computer to execute processing including: calculating, for each of a first plurality of pieces of circuit information, a characteristic impedance of a circuit included in the each of the first plurality of pieces of circuit information; classifying the first plurality of pieces of circuit information based on the calculated characteristic impedance; selecting one or more of pieces of circuit information from a second plurality of pieces of circuit information, each of the second plurality of pieces of circuit information being, among the first plurality of pieces of circuit information, a piece of circuit information classified into a first group by the classifying; and generating training data for machine learning based on the selected one or more of pieces of circuit information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte containing an alkali metal, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element and a halogen element, including performing a reaction of an alkali metal sulfide and a substance containing at least one element of a sulfur element, a phosphorus element and a halogen element in an organic solvent having an electron-withdrawing group. The method provides a sulfide-based solid electrolyte having a high ion conductivity.

Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte, which is able to adjust the morphology unavailable traditionally, or is readily adjusted so as to have a desired morphology, the sulfide solid electrolyte having a volume-based average particle diameter measured by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement of 3 ?m or more and a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 20 m2/g or more; and a method of treating a sulfide solid electrolyte including the sulfide solid electrolyte being subjected to at least one mechanical treatment selected from disintegration and granulation.