Abstract: Provided is a PAS production method and a PAS production apparatus wherein, in a gas-liquid system including a gas phase containing water, a dihalo aromatic compound, and hydrogen sulfide and a liquid phase containing a polar organic solvent and PAS, the dihalo aromatic compound and the hydrogen sulfide that can be volatilized at the time of dehydration from the gas phase can be recovered.

Abstract: A chassis for an electronic device includes a first member made of a first material and including a first part and a second part; a second member made of a second material different from the first material and including a first part and a second part; a projection disposed on one of the second part of the first member and the second part of the second member; and a receiver disposed in the other of the second part of the first member and the second part of the second member. The receiver defines an opening to contact with one end of the projection fitted in the opening in a second direction.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first n-type buffer layer, a second n-type buffer layer, and a first p-type semiconductor region. A first maximum peak concentration of first n-type carriers contained in the first n-type buffer layer is smaller than a second maximum peak concentration of second n-type carriers contained in the second n-type buffer layer. The first p-type semiconductor region is formed in the first n-type buffer layer. The first p-type semiconductor region has a narrower width than the first n-type buffer layer.

Abstract: The masking jig includes a contact member and a support unit. The contact member includes a through-hole allowing for insertion of a rod-like piston rod, and a deformation part around the through-hole configured to get elastically deformed by insertion of a male thread of the piston rod into the through-hole and contact the outer peripheral end face of the piston rod. The support unit supports the contact member such that the contact member moves in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the piston rod.

Abstract: A method for producing polyarylene sulfide of the present invention includes the steps of: supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated through a gas phase; carrying out a polymerization reaction; and removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. At that time, the amount of heat that is removed in the polymerization reaction is less than the amount of reaction heat of the polymerization reaction.

Abstract: An MR apparatus creating a timeline suitable for data acquisition in several temporal phases. The MR apparatus including a method for creating a timeline TL2 having a scan time of TS1 based on a reference timeline TL0 having a scan time of TS. The method setting start points in time of scans SC1, SC3 and SC4 in the timeline TL2 to the same points in time as those in the reference timeline TL0, respectively. The method also setting the start point in time of the scan SC2 in the timeline TL2 to a sum of the scan time TS1 and a delay time TD1 with respect to the scan SC1 in the timeline TL2.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing polyarylene sulfide (PAS) while efficiently recovering an organic amide solvent at a low energy cost, without using an organic solvent, from washing wastewater produced by washing a raw material mixture containing PAS and an organic amide solvent using a solvent containing water; a method of manufacturing PAS by reducing the amount of water supplied when washing the raw material mixture using a solvent containing water; and PAS manufactured by these methods.

Abstract: A metal member related to the present invention is provided with crystal grains of a metal and a granular reinforcing substance formed at boundaries of the crystal grains. The reinforcing substance includes grains of a shape with a grain area equivalent grain size larger than 1/100 of a grain area equivalent grain size of the crystal grains. The granular reinforcing substance preferably includes grains with a grain area equivalent grain size smaller than ? of the grain area equivalent grain size of the crystal grains. Additionally, the granular reinforcing substance preferably includes grains of a shape wherein a value of a length, in a first direction in which a length thereof is longest, divided by a length of a longest part in a direction orthogonal to the first direction is smaller than 5. A metal member with a high strength at high temperatures is manufactured by metal powder injection molding.

Abstract: Provided are a device for continuously producing poly(arylene sulfide) (hereinafter, referred to as PAS) and a method for continuous PAS production with which resource savings, energy savings, and a reduction in equipment cost are rendered possible. The device for continuous PAS production according to the present invention includes a housing chamber for housing a plurality of reaction cells; wherein the housing chamber is supplied with at least an organic amide solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound. In the reaction cells, the sulfur source is polymerized with the dihalo aromatic compound in the organic amide solvent to form a reaction mixture. The reaction cells communicate with each other through a gas phase within the housing chamber. The reaction cells are sequentially connected, and the reaction mixture sequentially moves to each reaction cell.

Abstract: The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels that mutually communicate through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The amount of water contained in the reaction mixture in at least one of the reaction vessels is from 0.1 moles to less than 3 moles per mole of a sulfur source, and the total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials that are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source.

Abstract: An energy device electrode contains a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material, an electroconductive agent, and a binder resin, in which: a content ratio of the binder resin relative to a total mass of the positive electrode mixture layer is from 0.5% by mass to 5.5% by mass, and the binder resin comprises a resin including a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer.

Abstract: A securing member includes a fixing portion that is fixed to a framework; a supporting portion that projects from the fixing portion and supports an exterior material; a first engagement portion that is disposed on the supporting portion so as to extend in a first direction and engages with the exterior material; a second engagement portion that is disposed on the supporting portion so as to extend in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, and engages with the exterior material; a first contact portion that is disposed in the first direction from the supporting portion and contacts a back surface of the exterior material; and a second contact portion that is disposed in the second direction from the supporting portion and contacts the back surface of the exterior material. The second contact portion is formed in a folded portion that is folded toward the supporting portion.

Abstract: A resin for an energy device electrode contains a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the resin does not contain a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group, or the resin has a ratio of a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group of 0.01 moles or less with respect to 1 mole of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer, and a ratio of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer to a total of structural units derived from each monomer is from 90% by mole to less than 100%.

Abstract: A resin for an energy device electrode contains a structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer; and a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by the following Formula (I), wherein the resin does not contain a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group, or the resin has a ratio of a structural unit that is derived from a carboxy group-containing monomer and that contains a carboxy group of 0.01 moles or less with respect to 1 mole of the structural unit derived from a nitrile group-containing monomer. In Formula (I), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer from 1 to 50.

Abstract: There are provided a liquid jet head and a liquid jet device capable of achieving reduction in size. There are included a first head chip and a second head chip stacked on one another in the Y direction, a first flow channel member disposed on the ?Y direction side of the first head chip, and having an inflow port communicated with an ink tank, and a first ink flow channel adapted to communicate the inflow port and the first head chip with each other, a second flow channel member disposed on the +Y direction of the second head chip, and having a second ink flow channel communicated with the second head chip, and a communication flow channel located between the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member, and adapted to communicate the first ink flow channel and the second ink flow channel with each other.

Abstract: The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials in at least one of the reaction vessels to which the reaction raw materials are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source, and the internal temperature of at least one of the reaction vessels to which the reaction raw materials are supplied is from 180° C. to 300° C.

Abstract: The production method of the present invention includes a step of supplying an organic polar solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound as reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated via a gas phase; a step of removing at least a portion of the water present in the reaction vessels; and a step of performing a polymerization reaction. These steps are carried out in parallel, and the reaction mixture is sequentially moved between reaction vessels. At that time, the internal temperatures of the reaction vessels are all not less than 150° C.

Abstract: The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels that mutually communicate through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The amount of water contained in the reaction mixture in at least one of the reaction vessels is from 0.1 moles to less than 3 moles per mole of a sulfur source, and the total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials that are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dental adhesive material kit excellent in storage stability of the materials and exhibiting excellent bond durability to dentin by photopolymerization. The present invention is a dental adhesive material kit comprising a dental aqueous adhesive composition (A) and a dental curable composition (B), wherein: the dental aqueous adhesive composition (A) comprises a (meth)acrylic polymerizable monomer (a) containing an acid group, a vanadium compound (b), water (c), a (meth)acrylic polymerizable monomer (d) containing an amino group, and a polymerization inhibitor (i); the content of the polymerization inhibitor (i) is 25 to 1000 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the vanadium compound (b); and the dental curable composition (B) comprises a (meth)acrylic polymerizable monomer (e) containing no acid group, a hydroperoxide (f), a photopolymerization initiator (g), and a filler (h) and does not comprise a thiourea compound.

Abstract: Provided is a PAS production method and a PAS production apparatus wherein, in a gas-liquid system including a gas phase containing water, a dihalo aromatic compound, and hydrogen sulfide and a liquid phase containing a polar organic solvent and PAS, the dihalo aromatic compound and the hydrogen sulfide that can be volatilized at the time of dehydration from the gas phase can be recovered.