Abstract: To obtain injection molded objects having biodegradability and excellent flame retardance and mechanical strength, the injection molded object includes a lactic acid based resin; and a metal hydroxide in a ratio of 5 to 40 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the lactic acid based resin. The metal hydroxide is surface-treated, and Na2O (w-Na2O) present on a surface of grains of the metal hydroxide is 0.1 mass % or less based on the total mass of the metal hydroxide. Preferably, the injection molded object contains an aliphatic polyester other than the lactic acid based resin or an aromatic-aliphatic polyester in a ratio of 20 to 80 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the lactic acid based resin.

Abstract: To provide an exhaust device capable of suppressing exhaust interference generated between a front cylinder exhaust pipe and a rear cylinder exhaust pipe, and further substantially equalizing an exhaust performance of front and rear cylinders. An exhaust device of a vehicle provided with a V-engine 5 having a front cylinder 52 and a rear cylinder 53 has a muffler 93 arranged in a rear part of the vehicle, a front cylinder exhaust pipe 91 connected to a front surface of the front cylinder 52, a rear cylinder exhaust pipe 92 connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder 53, a collecting pipe 94 collecting the front cylinder exhaust pipe 91 and the rear cylinder exhaust pipe 92, and a downstream exhaust pipe 95 reaching from the collecting pipe 94 to the muffler 93. Total length of the front cylinder exhaust pipe 91 and total length of the rear cylinder exhaust pipe 92 are substantially the same.

Abstract: To obtain a reflection film that does not undergo yellowing or a reduction in reflectance with a lapse of time by using, has excellent deadfold properties, generates less calorific when incinerated, and is degradable by microorganisms when subjected to earth filling, and causes no problem of waste disposal, the reflection film includes an aliphatic polyester based resin as a base resin and fine powder filler. The reflection film has pores inside thereof at a porosity of 50% or less. Preferably, the fine powder filler includes titanium oxide.

Abstract: A process for producing a porous laminate having many micropores interconnected in the thickness direction, which comprises: a step in which a laminate is produced which comprises at least three layers comprising an interlayer made of a thermoplastic resin having a hard segment and a soft segment and two nonporous outer layers made of a filler-containing resin and located as outer layers respectively on both sides of the interlayer; a step in which the laminate obtained is impregnated with a supercritical or subcritical fluid and this state is relieved to vaporize the fluid and thereby make the interlayer porous; and a step in which the two nonporous outer layers located respectively on both sides are made porous by stretching.

Abstract: A laminated porous film having at least two porous layers layered one upon another. One porous layer consists of a resin layer containing a polypropylene resin. The other layer is a heat-resistant layer consisting of a resin composition whose crystal fusion peak temperature is higher than that of the resin composition of the layer containing the polypropylene resin. The laminated porous film has a ? activity and/or a ? crystal generation power.

Abstract: A reflective film is provided, having excellent reflection capability and at the same time exhibiting excellent brightness, without yellowing and decreasing the light reflectivity over time. A reflective film is proposed, which is a reflective film provided with an A layer containing a resin composition A comprising an aliphatic polyester series resin or a polyolefin series resin, and a microparticulate filler, the content ratio of said microparticulate filler in said resin composition A being 10 to 80 percent in mass, and provided with a B layer as the outermost layer of the side of the face used for reflection, containing a resin composition B comprising an aliphatic polyester series resin and a microparticulate filler, the content ratio of said microparticulate filler in the resin composition B being greater than 0.1 percent in mass but less than 5 percent in mass, the gloss at 60° of the side of the face used for reflection being 50 to 90.

Abstract: To obtain a reflection film that does not undergo yellowing or a reduction in reflectance with a lapse of time by using, has excellent deadfold properties, generates less calorific when incinerated, and is degradable by microorganisms when subjected to earth filling, and causes no problem of waste disposal, the reflection film includes an aliphatic polyester based resin as a base resin and fine powder filler. The reflection film has pores inside thereof at a porosity of 50% or less. Preferably, the fine powder filler includes titanium oxide.

Abstract: A laminated porous film having a shutdown (SD) property and a high breakdown (BD) property combined includes at least two layers, which are a porous membrane layer (A layer) having a thickness of 10 ?m or greater other than non-woven fabric and a non-woven fabric layer (B layer) having a fiber diameter of 1 ?m or less. A value of the ratio (AP1/AP2) between air permeability when heating at a heating temperature of 150° C. to 200° C. for three minutes (AP1) and air permeability prior to heating (AP2) is 10 or greater at any heating temperature between 150° C. and 200° C.

Abstract: A polyester series film and a reflective film are provided, which realize excellent reflectivity, and moreover, also excel in formability. An aliphatic polyester series resin composition, which is an aliphatic polyester series resin composition containing an aliphatic polyester series resin, a thermoplastic resin incompatible with said aliphatic polyester series resin (“incompatible resin”), a compatibilizing agent and a fine powder filler, said compatibilizing agent being a SEBS series compound or a glycidyl metacrylate-ethylene series copolymer, or a mixture thereof, is proposed, along with an aliphatic polyester series film comprising a resin layer A formed from said aliphatic polyester series resin composition.

Abstract: A resin composition used for a heat-shrinkable member: at least one plasticizer; and a polyphenylene sulfide resin (a), at least one tan ? peak existing within the temperature range between 65 and 95° C. as measured by dynamic viscoelasticity at an oscillation frequency of 10 Hz, a strain of 0.1%, and a temperature increase rate of 3° C./min.

Abstract: To provide injection molded articles that are formed from plant-derived materials as main components and have heat resistance and high crystallization rates. The injection molded article of the present invention includes a resin composition containing: (A) a lactic acid based resin; and (B) a natural fiber that contains 40 mass % to 60 mass % of cellulose, 10 mass % to 30 mass % of lignin, wherein the resin composition contains the lactic acid based resin (A) and the natural fiber (B) in a mass ratio of 99:1 to 70:30, and the lactic acid based resin (A) has a resin composition ratio of L-lactic acid:D-lactic acid=100:0 to 97:3, or L-lactic acid:D-lactic acid=0:100 to 3:97.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high quality laminated sheet material prepared using as much materials of biological origin as possible in order to contribute to the prevention of deterioration of the environment and provide a reduction in the amount of exhaustible resources being consumed. The laminated sheet material of the present invention is characterized by having at least one first layer and at least two different kinds of layers selected from the group consisting of a second layer, a third layer and a fourth layer, wherein the first layer has a resin composition A which includes a polyester resin (a) containing 25% or more of a component of biological origin and a polyolefin resin (b); the second layer has as the main component the polyester resin (a) containing 25% or more of a component of biological origin; the third layer has as the main component the polyolefin resin (b); and the fourth layer has as the main component an adhesive resin (c).

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable laminated film having at least three layers including: a (I) layer; and two (II) layers respectively disposed on each surface of the (I) layer, the (I) layer being composed by a layer containing at least one polyolefin series resin as a main component and the (II) layer being composed by a layer containing at least one polylactic acid series resin as a main component, and the storage elastic modulus (E?) of the laminated film at 80° C. being 10 MPa or more and 1,000 MPa or less when dynamic viscoelasticity about a direction orthogonal to the film's main shrinking direction is measured under a condition of vibrational frequency at 10 Hz, strain at 0.1%. The film of the invention exhibits excellent shrink finishing quality, heat-shrinkage property at low temperature, and small natural shrinkage; thereby suitably used for shrinkable packing, shrinkable banding packing, shrinkable label and the like.

Abstract: A process for producing a porous laminate having many micropores interconnected in the thickness direction, which comprises: a step in which a laminate is produced which comprises at least three layers comprising an interlayer made of a thermoplastic resin having a hard segment and a soft segment and two nonporous outer layers made of a filler-containing resin and located as outer layers respectively on both sides of the interlayer; a step in which the laminate obtained is impregnated with a supercritical or subcritical fluid and this state is relieved to vaporize the fluid and thereby make the interlayer porous; and a step in which the two nonporous outer layers located respectively on both sides are made porous by stretching.

Abstract: [Summary] [Problem] To provide a reflective film that has an excellent light reflectance, that hardly undergoes a decrease in light reflectance with time when in use. [Means for Solving] An aliphatic polyester-based resin reflective film formed by a resin composition containing an aliphatic polyester-based resin and a fine powder filler, wherein a yellowness index (YI-value) is less than 3.6. The fine powder filler is preferably at least one fine powder filler selected from the group of calcium carbonate, barium sulfate, titanium oxide and zinc oxide.

Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film which is excellent in mechanical characteristics such as heat shrinkage characteristics, impact resistance, and transparency and in the finish of shrinkage and which is suitable for shrink packaging, shrink bundling, shrinkable labels, and so on. A film which is made from a mixed resin comprising as the main components either a polylactic acid resin (A) and a (meth)acrylic resin (B) or a polylactic acid resin (A) and a silicone/acrylic composite rubber (D) or has at least one layer made from the mixed resin and which exhibits a heat shrinkage percentage of 20% or above in the main shrinkage direction when dipped in water at 80° C. for 10 seconds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable laminated film which exhibits excellent breakage resistance, stiffness and shrink finishing quality, and provides a molded product and heat-shrinkable label using the films, and a container. The heat-shrinkable laminated film is made of an A layer mainly constituted of a polyester series resin and a B layer mainly constituted of a polystyrene series resin, respectively used as front and back layers and an intermediate layer, in which a peak temperature of the loss elastic modulus (EA?) of a resin that constitutes the A layer exists at least one in the range of 50° C. or more and 90° C. or less; the storage elastic moduli (EA?) at 0° C. and 40° C. satisfy EA?(0)/EA?(40)?1.2, and the storage elastic moduli (EB?) at 50° C. and 90° C. of the resin that constitutes the B layer satisfy EB?(50)?1.5×108 Pa and EB?(90)?5.

Abstract: In order to provide a novel heat shield sheet allowing a high reflectance with respect to light beam in the near-infrared region and a high heat-shield effect to be obtained, a heat shield sheet is proposed, comprising a resin composition containing a resin having a refractive index of less than 1.52 and a fine powdery filler having a refractive index of 1.60 or greater, and having an average reflectance of 80% or greater at wavelengths from 810 nm to 2,100 nm.

Abstract: A metal-supported porous carbon film wherein metal fine particles with a mean particle diameter of 0.7-20 nm are dispersed and supported on pore surface walls, fuel cell electrodes employing the metal-supported porous carbon film, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the fuel cell electrodes bonded on both sides of a polymer electrolyte film, and a fuel cell comprising the fuel cell electrode as a constituent element. The support structure is such that metal fine particles having a controlled particle size are uniformly supported to allow effective utilization of the metal-based catalyst, and the fabrication steps are simple.

Abstract: In order to provide a resin composition containing a lactic acid resin, and a molded article obtained from this resin composition which impart flame retardance to the resin composition and suppress a reduction in the molecular weight, use is made of a flame-retardant resin composition which contains a resin composition of which the major component is a lactic acid resin, and a surface-treated metallic hydroxide, wherein the surface-treated metallic hydroxide is added by 50-150 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the lactic acid resin.