Abstract: The present invention relates to a film comprising hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group at one or more members selected from anionic groups and hydroxyl groups, and an oil having an SP value of 10 or less. The film of the present invention can be utilized in the fields of materials for packaging containers for cosmetics and foods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film comprising hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group at one or more members selected from anionic groups and hydroxyl groups, and an oil having an SP value of 10 or less. The film of the present invention can be utilized in the fields of materials for packaging containers for cosmetics and foods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film comprising hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group at one or more members selected from anionic groups and hydroxyl groups, and an oil having an SP value of 10 or less. The film of the present invention can be utilized in the fields of materials for packaging containers for cosmetics and foods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the provision of an aqueous emulsion composition for producing a film showing slippery properties containing hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers and at the same time improving water resistance and durability of the film. Since the emulsion composition of the present invention is capable of forming a film having slippery properties, which can be utilized on various surfaces, for example, those in the fields of coatings for ships and bridges, cosmetics, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film comprising hydrophobically modified cellulose fibers in which cellulose fibers are bound to a modifying group at one or more members selected from anionic groups and hydroxyl groups, and an oil having an SP value of 10 or less. The film of the present invention can be utilized in the fields of materials for packaging containers for cosmetics and foods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cellulose-containing powder having a cellulose I crystallinity index of ?20% or more and less than 50%, including adding, to 100 parts by mass of cellulose-containing raw materials having a cellulose I crystallinity index of 10% or more and less than 100%, 0.1 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less of one or more additives selected from the group consisting of (A) high-molecular weight compounds having acid anhydrides, (B) low-molecular weight compounds having acid anhydrides, and (C) silane coupling agents; and subjecting a mixture to a milling treatment in a dry state. The cellulose-containing powder obtainable by the method of the present invention can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, and automobile parts.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polyuronic acid represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof which is excellent in surface activity: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or the like; X is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a —NH— group, with the proviso that a ratio value of [m/(m+n)] is from 0.3 to 1.0, and a plurality of the R1 groups being present in a molecule of the modified polyuronic acid or the salt thereof may be the same or different from each other but all of the R1 groups are not hydrogen atoms at the same time.

Abstract: Abstract Provided is an oil-based cosmetic preparation which retains a smooth feel. Provided is an oil-based cosmetic preparation containing the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) a cellulose derivative having a cellulose skeleton in a main chain, in which 67 mol % or more in total hydroxyl groups are substituted with a group —O-M-R, wherein M represents CH2 or a carbonyl group C?O, and R represents a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms; (B) an ester oil which is liquid at 25° C.; and (C) a hydrocarbon oil which is liquid at 25° C., in which a weight ratio (B)/(C) of the component (B) to the component (C) is 8/1 to 1/4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polyuronic acid represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof which is excellent in surface activity: wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms or the like; X is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a —NH— group, with the proviso that a ratio value of [m/(m+n)] is from 0.3 to 1.0, and a plurality of the R1 groups being present in a molecule of the modified polyuronic acid or the salt thereof may be the same or different from each other but all of the R1 groups are not hydrogen atoms at the same time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid softener composition having pH 2 to 5 at 20° C. and containing (a) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 90,000 and containing specific monomer units (A) and (B) in a specific molar ratio, (b) one or more compounds selected from specific quaternary ammonium salts and amine compounds, and (c) at least one compound selected from water and solvents having a C log P value of 2 or less within specified ranges.

Abstract: Abstract Provided is an oil-based cosmetic preparation which retains a smooth feel. Provided is an oil-based cosmetic preparation containing the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) a cellulose derivative having a cellulose skeleton in a main chain, in which 67 mol % or more in total hydroxyl groups are substituted with a group —O-M-R, wherein M represents CH2 or a carbonyl group C?O, and R represents a straight or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 3 to 40 carbon atoms; (B) an ester oil which is liquid at 25° C.; and (C) a hydrocarbon oil which is liquid at 25° C., in which a weight ratio (B)/(C) of the component (B) to the component (C) is 8/1 to 1/4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid softener composition having pH 2 to 5 at 20° C. and containing (a) a polymer compound having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 90,000 and containing specific monomer units (A) and (B) in a specific molar ratio, (b) one or more compounds selected from specific quaternary ammonium salts and amine compounds, and (c) at least one compound selected from water and solvents having a C log P value of 2 or less within specified ranges.