Abstract: Provided are a pressure vessel with excellent gas barrier properties, less likely to cause cracks, and excellent internal pressure fatigue properties, and a production method thereof. The pressure vessel includes a layer at least in the body part, and the layer includes a fiber-reinforced resin material that contains a resin component and a continuous reinforcing fiber. A ratio (inner region/outer region) of the continuous reinforcing fiber content (vol. %) in the inner region to a continuous reinforcing fiver content (vol. %) in the outer region is from 0.80 to 0.99, where the inner region is up to 0.1% from the inner side of the layer in the thickness direction, and the outer region is up to 0.1% from the outer side of the layer in the thickness direction, and the continuous reinforcing fiber content (vol. %) in the central region of the layer, which is between up to more than 0.1% from the inner side in the thickness direction and up to more than 0.

Abstract: Provided is a commingled yarn having a dispersing property and having a smaller amount of voids, a method for manufacturing the commingled yarn, and a weave fabric using the commingled yarn. The commingled yarn comprises a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber, a continuous reinforcing fiber, and a surface treatment agent and/or sizing agent, comprises the surface treatment agent and/or sizing agent in a content of 2.0% by weight or more, relative to a total amount of the continuous thermoplastic resin fiber and the continuous reinforcing fiber, and has a dispersibility of the continuous thermoplastic resin fiber and the continuous reinforcing fiber of 70% or larger.

Abstract: The polyamide pellet of the present invention includes a polyamide including diamine units and dicarboxylic acid units, 50% by mole or more of the diamine units being derived from m-xylylenediamine, wherein a spherulite density of a skin portion of the pellet is 40,000 to 250,000/mm2.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyamide resin including reacting a dicarboxylic acid component containing sebacic acid in an amount of 50 mol % or more and a diamine component containing xylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more, wherein the total content of the specific compounds in the sebacic acid is 100 ppm by mass or less.

Abstract: The production method for a polyolefin-based structure of the present invention produces a polyolefin-based structure from a mixed source material containing a polyolefin (A), an acid-modified polyolefin (B) and a gas barrier resin (C) using a molding machine 10, under the condition mentioned below. The molding machine 10 is equipped with a single-screw extruder 11, a die head 12, and an adaptor 13 for feeding the mixed source material from the single-screw extruder 11 to the die head 12. Am+10° C.?T1?Cm?10° C. (1), Cm?30° C.?T2?Cm+30° C. (2), Cm?10° C.?T3?Cm+50° C. (3), Cm?30° C.?T4?Cm+30° C. (4). T1 is a cylinder temperature in a section corresponding to a supply zone 21A and a compression zone 21B, T2 is a cylinder temperature in a section corresponding to a metering zone 21C, T3 is a temperature of an adaptor 13, T4 is a temperature of a die head, Am is the melting point of the component (A), and Cm is the melting point of the component (C).

Abstract: A polyimide resin containing a repeating structural unit of the following formula (1), a repeating structural unit of the following formula (2), and a repeating structural unit of the following formula (A) or a repeating structural unit of the following formula (B), a content ratio of formula (1) with respect to the total of formula (1) and formula (2) being from 40 to 70 mol %, and a content ratio of formula (A) or formula (B) with respect to the total of formula (1) and formula (2) being more than 0 mol % and 25 mol % or less: wherein R1 represents a divalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms containing at least one alicyclic hydrocarbon structure; R2 represents a divalent chain aliphatic group having from 5 to 20 carbon atoms; Ra represents a divalent group containing at least one aromatic ring which is bonded to a monovalent or divalent electron-attracting group; Rb represents a divalent group containing —SO2— or —Si(Rx)(Ry)O— wherein Rx and Ry each independently represent a chain aliphatic group

Abstract: Provided is a windable thin single layer film comprising a xylylenediamine-based polyamide resin. A polyamide resin film comprising a polyamide resin (C) obtained by polycondensing a diamine structural unit of which 70 mol % or more is derived from xylylenediamine (A) with a dicarboxylic acid (B), wherein the film has a thickness of 10 to 50 ?m and is textured on the surface.

Abstract: [1] A polyimide resin composition containing a polyimide resin (A) and an additive (B), the polyimide resin (A) containing a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (2), a content ratio of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) with respect to the total of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) and the repeating structural unit of formula (2) being from 40 to 70 mol %; and [2] a composite material containing a fiber material (C) impregnated with a polyimide resin (A) containing a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) and a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (2), a content ratio of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) with respect to the total of the repeating structural unit of formula (1) and the repeating structural unit of formula (2) being from 40 to 70 mol %: wherein R1 represents a divalent group having from 6 to 22 carbon atoms

Abstract: Provided is a fiber reinforced polyamide resin material which has high rigidity and low water absorbency, and is excellent in moldability and mechanical properties of the molded article. A fiber reinforced polyamide resin material, comprises 100 parts by mass of polyamide resin (A) which is a polycondensate of diamine and dicarboxylic acid and 5 to 300 parts by mass of a carbon fiber (B); wherein 70 mol % or more of the diamine is a xylylenediamine; 50 mol % or more the dicarboxylic acid is a Straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid containing 4 to 20 carbon atoms; the polyamide resin (A) has a terminal amino group concentration ([NH2]) (in ?eq/g) of 5<[NH2]<150; and the carbon fiber (B) has on a surface thereof a compound (C) which is reactive with amino group.

Abstract: A polyamide resin is produced through polycondensation by melt-kneading a polyamide oligomer having a relative viscosity of from 1.1 to 1.3 and a water content of 3% by mass or less in a cylinder (S) of an extruder. The extruder includes open vents (OV1) and (OV2) and vacuum vents (V1) and (V2). The open vent (OV1) is arranged near a supply port (A3), e.g., above the supply port (A3), and a pressure-decreasing element (Y) is arranged on an upstream side with respect to positions of the vacuum vents (V1) and (V2). In addition, the open vent (OV2) is arranged in a preceding area (OA) and is brought into a pressurized state.

Abstract: Provided are [1] a xylylenediamine composition containing xylylenediamine and a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic compound (A) having at least one nitrogen-containing substituent and having two nitrogen atoms as atoms constituting a ring, wherein the content of the heterocyclic compound (A) is 0.001 to 0.02 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the xylylenediamine; and [2] a method for producing a polyamide resin including the steps of introducing a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic compound (A) having at least one nitrogen-containing substituent and having two nitrogen atoms as atoms constituting a ring, a diamine including xylylenediamine (but excluding a diamine corresponding to the above-mentioned heterocyclic compound (A)), and a dicarboxylic acid into a reaction system and performing a polycondensation reaction, wherein the amount of the heterocyclic compound (A) to be introduced is 0.001 to 0.02 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of xylylenediamine.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyamide resin including reacting a dicarboxylic acid component containing sebacic acid in an amount of 50 mol % or more and a diamine component containing xylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol % or more, wherein the total content of the specific compounds in the sebacic acid is 100 ppm by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided are [1] a xylylenediamine composition containing xylylenediamine and 1,2-ditolylethane wherein the content of 1,2-ditolylethane is 0.001 to 0.02 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the xylylenediamine; and [2] a method for producing a polyamide resin including the steps of introducing a diamine containing xylylenediamine, a dicarboxylic acid, and 1,2-ditolylethane into a reaction system and performing polycondensation reaction, wherein the amount of the 1,2-ditolylethane to be introduced is 0.001 to 0.02 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the xylylenediamine.

Abstract: Provided are [1] a xylylenediamine composition containing xylylenediamine and a pyridine compound (A) having at least one substituent including an amino group, wherein the content of the pyridine compound (A) is 0.001 to 0.1 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the xylylenediamine; and [2] a method for producing a polyamide resin including the steps of introducing a pyridine compound (A) having at least one substituent including an amino group, a diamine including xylylenediamine (but excluding a diamine corresponding to the above-mentioned pyridine compound (A)), and a dicarboxylic acid into a reaction system and performing a polycondensation reaction, wherein the amount of the pyridine compound (A) to be introduced is 0.001 to 0.1 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of xylylenediamine.

Abstract: The polyamide pellet of the present invention includes a polyamide including diamine units and dicarboxylic acid units, 50% by mole or more of the diamine units being derived from m-xylylenediamine, wherein a spherulite density of a skin portion of the pellet is 40,000 to 250,000/mm2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mold for a multi-layer container. The mold includes a cold-half portion containing a cavity, and a hot-half portion containing a first resin flow path for connecting an interior of a first injection cylinder to the cavity, a second resin flow path for connecting an interior of a second injection cylinder to the cavity, and a junction portion of the first resin flow path and the second resin flow path. The junction portion in the hot-half portion is positioned upstream of a gate portion opened to the cavity included in the cold-half portion, the second resin flow path contains an inhibitor for partially inhibiting a resin flow.

Abstract: A xylylenediamine-based polyamide resin/fiber composite material and molding are provided that do not exhibit a decline in properties under high temperatures and high humidities, and that exhibit a high elastic modulus and present little warping, and exhibit better recycle characteristics, a better moldability, and a better productivity than for thermosetting resins. The polyamide resin-type composite material comprises a fibrous material (B) impregnated with a polyamide resin (A) wherein at least 50 mole % of diamine structural units derived from xylylenediamine, and having a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 6,000 to 30,000, and containing a component of a molecular weight of not more than 1,000 at 0.5 to 5 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polyimide resin powder, including the step of reacting (A) a tetracarboxylic acid component containing a tetracarboxylic dianhydride with (B) a diamine component containing an aliphatic diamine in the presence of (C) a solvent containing an alkylene glycol-based solvent represented by the formula (1): wherein Ra1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Ra2 represents a linear alkylene group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1-3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (4) are satisfied: 10?([COOH]—[NH2])?80??(1) 0.32?P<6.46??(2) 0.50?M<17.00??(3) 2?M/P?3??(4) wherein [COOH] represents a concentration (?eq/g) of a terminal carboxyl group in the polyamide (X); [NH2] represents a concentration (?eq/g) of a terminal amino group in the polyamide (X); P represents a mole concentration (?mol/g) of a phosphorus atom contained per g of the polyamide resin composition; and M represents a sum (?mol/g) of values obtained by multiplying a mole concentration of an alkali metal atom and a mole concentration of an alkaline earth metal atom each contained per g of the polyamide resin composition by valencies thereof respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (3) are satisfied: 0.03?P<0.32??(1) 2.2?M?26.1??(2) 5<M/P?200??(3) wherein P represents a mole concentration (?mol/g) of a phosphorus atom contained per g of the polyamide resin composition; and M represents a sum (?mol/g) of values obtained by multiplying a mole concentration of an alkali metal atom and a mole concentration of an alkaline earth metal atom each contained per g of the polyamide resin composition by valencies thereof respectively.