Abstract: A manganese oxide, a manganese oxide/carbon mixture and a manganese oxide composite electrode material, having high catalytic activity produced at low cost, to be used as an anode catalyst for oxygen evolution in water electrolysis, and their production methods, are provided. A manganese oxide for an oxygen evolution electrode catalyst in water electrolysis is provided, which is a manganese oxide having a metallic valence of higher than 3.0 and at most 4.0, having an average primary particle size of at most 80 nm and an average secondary particle size of at most 25 ?m, a manganese oxide/carbon mixture for an oxygen evolution electrode catalyst in water electrolysis, having a proportion of manganese oxide to the total of the manganese oxide and electrically conductive carbon of from 0.5 to 40 wt %, and a manganese oxide composite electrode material which includes an electrically conductive substrate constituted by fibers.

Abstract: A resin pellet of the present invention includes a resin base material and a plurality of microparticles embedded in the resin base material. The resin pellet is covered with the plurality of microparticles on the surface of the resin base material. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent detachment of the microparticles to be applied on the resin base material and to effectively suppress blocking of resin pellets.

Abstract: A resin pellet of the present invention includes a resin base material and a plurality of microparticles embedded in the resin base material. The resin pellet is covered with the plurality of microparticles on the surface of the resin base material. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent detachment of the microparticles to be applied on the resin base material and to effectively suppress blocking of resin pellets.

Abstract: A resin pellet of the present invention includes a resin base material and a plurality of microparticles embedded in the resin base material. The resin pellet is covered with the plurality of microparticles on the surface of the resin base material. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent detachment of the microparticles to be applied on the resin base material and to effectively suppress blocking of resin pellets.

Abstract: A powder of electrolytic manganese dioxide and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The powder has a maximum particle diameter of 100 &mgr;m or smaller, a content of 1 &mgr;m and smaller particles of lower than 15% by number, and a median diameter of from 20 to 60 &mgr;m, and which has a potential of 270 mV or higher in terms of the potential of a suspension of the powder in 40% aqueous KOH solution as measured using a mercury/mercury oxide reference electrode as a base.

Abstract: A powder of electrolytic manganese dioxide and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The powder has a maximum particle diameter of 100 &mgr;m or smaller, a content of 1 &mgr;m and smaller particles of lower than 15% by number, and a median diameter of from 20 to 60 &mgr;m, and which has a potential of 270 mV or higher in terms of the potential of a suspension of the powder in 40% aqueous KOH solution as measured using a mercury/mercury oxide reference electrode as a base.

Abstract: A composition useful as a liquid gasket, having high working efficiency and high initial pressure resistance, is provided. The composition, characterized by being curable by ultraviolet light and by moisture, includes (a) a polysiloxane containing, on at least one molecular end, at least one group selected from the group consisting of (meth)acryl, glycidyl, propenyloxysilyl and thiol; (b) a polyorganosiloxane having silanol groups at both molecular ends; (c) a polyorganosiloxane having, on at least one molecular end, a hydrolyzable group; (d) a photopolymerization catalyst; and (e) a condensation catalyst.

Abstract: A secondary battery which comprises a positive-electrode material, an electrolyte solution, a negative-electrode material comprising zinc, and a negative-electrode substrate made of lead or a lead alloy. In a modification, the negative-electrode substrate is made of an electro-conductive material, with the surface thereof being coated with lead or a lead alloy. The battery is free from dendrite short-circuit and has an improved cycle life.