Abstract: The present invention improves the performance of each lead battery, and simultaneously to establish overall balance, by inspecting the degradation state of each lead battery and performing the most suitable treatment while maintaining a state in which lead batteries are energized. This performance improvement method is for stationary lead batteries configuring a battery assembly which connects the terminals of the multiple lead batteries by means of a conducting plate, and involves a step for performing checks for inspection operations of the lead batteries, a step for measuring the internal electrical conductivity of each lead battery with the lead batteries still being in a normal use state, and a step for adding an electrolyte and purified water according to the state of each of the lead battery.

Abstract: The pressurized water reactor according an embodiment comprises: a cylindrical reactor pressure vessel (1) to which inlet nozzles are connected; fuel assemblies which are contained within the reactor pressure vessel (1); a cylindrical reactor core barrel (3) which surrounds the fuel assemblies and forms an annular downcomer (6) between the reactor core barrel (3) and the inner surface of the reactor pressure vessel (1); and radial supports. The radial supports are supports which are arranged below the downcomer (6) at intervals in the circumferential direction, each has vertical flow path formed therein, and position the reactor core barrel (3) and the reactor pressure vessel (1). The radial supports each has, for example, a flow path-equipped radial keys (21) and a key groove member (40).

Abstract: The present invention improves the performance of each lead battery, and simultaneously to establish overall balance, by inspecting the degradation state of each lead battery and performing the most suitable treatment while maintaining a state in which lead batteries are energized. This performance improvement method is for stationary lead batteries configuring a battery assembly which connects the terminals of the multiple lead batteries by means of a conducting plate, and involves a step for performing checks for inspection operations of the lead batteries, a step for measuring the internal electrical conductivity of each lead battery with the lead batteries still being in a normal use state, and a step for adding an electrolyte and purified water according to the state of each of the lead battery.

Abstract: The pressurized water reactor according an embodiment comprises: a cylindrical reactor pressure vessel (1) to which inlet nozzles are connected; fuel assemblies which are contained within the reactor pressure vessel (1); a cylindrical reactor core barrel (3) which surrounds the fuel assemblies and forms an annular downcomer (6) between the reactor core barrel (3) and the inner surface of the reactor pressure vessel (1); and radial supports. The radial supports are supports which are arranged below the downcomer (6) at intervals in the circumferential direction, each has vertical flow path formed therein, and position the reactor core barrel (3) and the reactor pressure vessel (1). The radial supports each has, for example, a flow path-equipped radial keys (21) and a key groove member (40).

Abstract: A process for producing a highly water-absorptive polymer, which comprises suspending an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble polymerizable monomer and an optional crosslinking agent into droplets in a hydrophobic organic solvent in the presence of a dispersant and a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, and allowing the water-soluble polymerizable monomer to polymerize in the droplets, wherein the dispersant is a phosphoric ester surface active agent represented by the following general formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl or alkylaryl group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents OH group or a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m --OR.sup.1, and m and n are an integer of 1 to 30, andthe aqueous solution is successively fed to the hydrophobic organic solvent so that the droplets of different polymerization degrees can be present in the solvent.

Abstract: There is provided a highly water-absorptive polymer composition comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of a highly water-absorptive polymer having a crosslinked structure, comprising as its constituent a carboxyl group and/or a carboxylate group; and(B) 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of an additive selected from the group consisting of an oxalic acid (salt) compound, a sulfate of a metal selected from titanium, zirconium and vanadium, and a crystalline or noncrystalline, high-purity particulate titania having a mean particle diameter of 1 .mu.m or less, a specific surface area of 10 m.sup.2 /g or more as determined by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method, and, when crystalline, a crystal structure of a mixed type of rutile and anatase.

Abstract: A process for producing a highly water absorptive polymer comprising the steps of subjecting a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising as the main component acrylic acid and/or an alkali metal or ammonium salt thereof, and optionally containing a crosslinking agent to a water-in-oil type of reverse-phase polymerization in the presence of water, a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, a dispersant and a hydrophobic hydrocarbon solvent to form a slurry of water-containing particles of a highly water absorptive polymer in the solvent, adding a polymerizable monomer to the slurry, and polymerizing the polymerizable monomer to obtain agglomerates of the particles of the highly water absorptive polymer.

Abstract: A process for producing a highly water absorptive polymer, including the step of polymerizing an acrylic monomer including as the main component acrylic acid and/or an alkali metal salt thereof in the presence of a salt of a metal selected from the,group consisting of Fe(II), Fe(III), Cu(II), Mn(II), VO(II), Co(II) and Ni(II).

Abstract: Disclosed is a felt-tipped pen type adhesive applier comprising: a container for adhesive; valve mechanism provided on the container for controllably supplying the adhesive from the container; and a server for receiving the adhesive supplied through the valve mechanism in order to serve the adhesive. The server comprises: a holder covering the outside of the valve mechanism; a member permeable to the adhesive and extending from the inside of the holder to the outside thereof and being axially slidably and fittingly supported by the holder, the permeable member cooperating with the valve mechanism to operate the valve mechanism in response to axial movement of the permeable member; a support for slidably and fittingly supporting the permeable member inside of the holder to facilitate transportation of the adhesive from the valve mechanism to the permeable member; and mechanism for preventing the adhesive from leaking out of the server due to pressure change inside the server.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising: a sheet backing composed of polybutadiene foam having a substantially closed cell foam structure; and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive composition provided on a surface of the sheet backing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition in the present invention comprises: (A) an acrylic copolymer prepared from a mixuture composing: (i) at least one acrylic ester monomer having an alkyl radical containing, on average, 4 to 12 carbon atoms as an alcohol residue; and (ii) polymerizable unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; (B) a polymer having a hydrolyzable silicon-containing radical; and (C) a polyfunctional isocyanate compound. The adhesive composition of the present invention needs no silanol condensation catalyst.

Abstract: A process for producing a highly water-absorbing polymer, which comprises treating a water-absorbing polymer containing a carboxyl group and/or a carboxylate group with a silane coupling agent in the presence of water.

Abstract: A 1,2-unsaturated carboxylic acid or its ester such as acrylic or methacrylic acid or its alkyl ester is purified to remove aldehyde impurities contained therein by treating the acid or its ester with a mercapto containing compound in the presence of an acid catalyst.