Abstract: Provided is a lubricant for magnetic recording medium, where the lubricant includes an ionic liquid including an anionic component and a cationic component, wherein the anionic component includes a fluorine-containing chain having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 or less, the cationic component is a cation of cyclic amidine, and the cation of the cyclic amidine includes a fluorine-containing chain that is either a perfluoroalkyl chain or a perfluoropolyether chain.

Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium including an ionic liquid including a Bronsted acid and a Bronsted base that is primary amine as constituents of the ionic liquid, wherein the Bronsted acid includes a fluorine-containing chain, the Bronsted base includes a fluorine-containing chain that is a perfluoroalkyl chain or a perfluoropolyether chain, wherein the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is a perfluoropolyether chain or the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted base is the perfluoropolyether chain, or the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is the perfluoropolyether chain and the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted base is the perfluoropolyether chain, and a number average molecular weight of the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is 1,500 or less.

Abstract: A coating composition including the following five components 1) to 5): 1) a fluorine-containing multifunctional (meth)acrylate; 2) a binder component that is free of fluorine and reacts with the 1) component; 3) metal oxide nanoparticles each including an organic group on a surface thereof; 4) a solvent having a total (?P+?H) of 8 MPa1/2 or more, the total (?P+?H) being a total of a polar term SP and a hydrogen bond term SH in Hansen solubility parameters; and 5) a reaction initiator.

Abstract: A lubricant, which includes an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid is represented by General Formula (A) below, and wherein a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less, where, in General Formula (A), R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a group including a hydrocarbon group, with the proviso that at least one of the hydrocarbon groups in R1, R2, and R3 is a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or greater carbon atoms.

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid wherein the ionic liquid includes a cation that is represented by General Formula (A) below and is free from a fluorine atom, and an anion that is represented by General Formula (X) below and is free from a fluorine atom,

Abstract: A lubricating agent including an ionic liquid formed from a Bronsted acid (HX) and a Bronsted base (B), wherein the Bronsted base has a linear hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms and the difference between the pKa value of the Bronsted acid in water and the pKa value of the Bronsted base in water is 12 or more.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, including an image processing unit, a controller, a power source, and a USB interface with a connector and a current detector, is provided. The controller starts delivering power to an external device through the USB interface by controlling the power source in a case where connection with the external device is detected, and, in a case where a job requiring the image processing unit to process an images is received, and in a case where a difference between a smallest value and a largest value among current values detected by the current detector within a predetermined length of time while the power is delivered to the external device exceeds a threshold value, the controller commands the USB interface to restrict power delivery to the external device.

Abstract: A lubricant, which includes an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid has a group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms, a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less, and solubility of the ionic liquid to CF3(CHF)2CF2CF3 is 0.1 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of CF3(CHF)2CF2CF3.

Abstract: A lubricating agent including an ionic liquid formed from a Bronsted acid (HX) and a Bronsted base (B), wherein the Bronsted base has a linear hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms and the difference between the pKa value of the Bronsted acid in water and the pKa value of the Bronsted base in water is 12 or more.

Abstract: A lubricant which includes an ionic liquid including a conjugate acid and a conjugate base having 2 or more anions in a molecule of the conjugate base, wherein the conjugate acid has a group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.

Abstract: Clupak paper is manufactured using a gap-former paper-making machine equipped with a Clupak system, in such a way that its longitudinal tensile energy absorption index and lateral tensile energy absorption index as specified in JIS P8113 become 2.5 J/g or more and 1.0 J/g or more, respectively. The paper has excellent strength characteristics in both the longitudinal and lateral directions, especially in the longitudinal direction so that when the Clupak paper can be processed into a sack, the sack rarely breaks.

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B+) and a conjugate base (X?), and is protic, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and wherein the conjugate base is represented by the following general formula (1): where n is an integer of from 0 to 6 in the general formula (1).

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid, which includes a conjugate acid (B+) and a conjugate base (X?), and is protic, wherein the ionic liquid is represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or R1 and R2 form a benzene ring together with carbon atoms to which R1 and R2 are bonded, and R3 represents a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 10 or more carbon atoms in the general formula (1).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus which utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A communication device such as a smartphone can be brought close to or into contact with the communication unit readily. Accordingly, wireless communication between the antenna portion and the communication device can be established.

Abstract: A lubricant for a magnetic recording medium including an ionic liquid including a Bronsted acid and a Bronsted base that is primary amine as constituents of the ionic liquid, wherein the Bronsted acid includes a fluorine-containing chain, the Bronsted base includes a fluorine-containing chain that is a perfluoroalkyl chain or a perfluoropolyether chain, wherein the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is a perfluoropolyether chain or the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted base is the perfluoropolyether chain, or the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is the perfluoropolyether chain and the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted base is the perfluoropolyether chain, and a number average molecular weight of the fluorine-containing chain in the Bronsted acid is 1,500 or less.

Abstract: A lubricant, which includes an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid including 2 or more cations in a molecule of the conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid includes a monovalent group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms, and an acid that is a source of the conjugate base has a pKa in acetonitrile of 10 or less.

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid includes a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or greater carbon atoms and a straight chain hydrocarbon group s having 6 or greater but 14 or less carbon atoms, and wherein a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less.

Abstract: A lubricant including an ionic liquid including a conjugate base and a conjugate acid, wherein the conjugate acid is represented by General Formula (A) below, and wherein a pKa of an acid that is a source of the conjugate base in acetonitrile is 10 or less, where, in General Formula (A), R is a group including a straight-chain hydrocarbon group having 6 or greater carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes a liquid chamber, a partitioning wall partitioning the liquid chamber into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber, a communication opening through which liquid can flow from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber, and a movable member which is movable between a block position and a communication position. When the movable member is in the block position, the movable member is configured to prevent the liquid from flowing from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber through the communication opening, and when the movable member is in the communication position, the liquid is allowed to flow from the first liquid chamber to the second liquid chamber through the communication opening.