Abstract: A monolithic separation membrane structure (100) comprises a base material layer (211) and a first filtration layer (212). The first filtration layer (212) contains an aggregate material having a principal component of alumina and an inorganic binder having a principal component of titania. The thickness of the first filtration layer (212) is less than 150 micrometers.

Abstract: A monolithic separation membrane structure comprises a support body and a separation membrane. The support body is composed of a porous material and includes a plurality of through holes. The separation membrane is formed in a tubular shape on an inner side of the plurality of through holes, and is used in a penetrative vaporization method or a vapor infiltration method. The helium gas permeation resistance in the support body is less than 8.3×107 Pa·sec/m2.

Abstract: A monolithic substrate comprises a porous base material body, a first support portion, a first cell seal portion, a second support portion, and a second cell seal portion. The base material body includes a plurality of cells respectively passing from a first end surface to a second end surface. The first support portion contains ceramics as an aggregate material, and is packed into the first end portion of a seal target cell. The first cell seal portion contains glass, and is disposed on an outer surface of the first support portion. The second support portion contains ceramics as an aggregate material, and is packed into the second end surface of the seal target cell. The second cell seal portion contains glass, and is disposed on an outer surface of the second support portion.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic filter that can be used for a long time at a high temperature, including a porous substrate having a partition wall that defines and forms a cell extending from one end face to the other end face, the porous substrate being made of ceramic a separation membrane disposed on a wall face in the cell; and glass seal disposed at the one end face and the other end face so as not to block open frontal areas of the cell. The glass seal includes glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the glass, the inorganic particles being made of clay, and a ratio of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass seal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the porous substrate is 90% or less.

Abstract: [Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a powder of a resin composition comprising at least a resin and two types of dyes each having a sublimation property; a method for preventing the bleeding of the dyes from the aforementioned powder in the powder; and a method for improving dyeing properties in a dyeing method using the powder as a coloring agent. [Solution] A powder of a resin composition comprising at least a resin and at least two types of dyes each having a sublimation property, wherein the solubility of at least one of the above-mentioned at least two types of dyes in propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is 0.2 to 3 g/100 ml and the solubility of at least one other dye among the above-mentioned at least two types of dyes in propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate is less than 0.2 g/100 ml.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure having higher pressure resistance than conventional ones and being capable of reducing production costs. The honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure is provided with a honeycomb-shaped base material, an intermediate layer, and a separation layer. At least part of a ceramic porous body has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component. In the ceramic separation-membrane structure, an internal pressure fracture strength capable of fracturing the structure by application of water pressure inside the cells is 7 MPa or more.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a honeycomb-shaped ceramic porous body where the strength reduction upon forming a separation layer is less than conventional porous bodies. The ceramic porous body is provided with a honeycomb-shaped base material and an intermediate layer. At least a part of the ceramic porous body has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component. In the ceramic porous body, the intermediate layer thickness, which is the thickness of the intermediate layer, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the base material thickness at the shortest portion between the cells, but excluding the intermediate layer and the separation layer is 0.51 mm or more and 1.55 mm or less, and the ratio of the base material thickness to the intermediate layer thickness is 2.5 or more.

Abstract: A monolithic separation membrane structure comprises a substrate, a first support layer and a separation membrane. The substrate is composed of a porous material and including a plurality of through holes. The first support layer is formed on an inner surface of the plurality of through holes. The separation membrane arranged in the first support layer. The first support layer includes an aggregate material having alumina as a main component, an inorganic binder have titania as a main component, and a sintering additive having at least one of silica and magnesia as a main component.

Abstract: [Object] To provide: a sublimation transfer printing method of a dry developing system, particularly a dry nonmagnetic developing system, still particularly a dry nonmagnetic one -component developing system, said sublimation transfer printing method being capable of achieving a high color depth and inhibiting the staining of non-image areas of a printed product; a printed product obtained by the printing method; an intermediate recording medium which is to be used in the printing method; and a toner.

Abstract: [Object] To provide: a sublimation transfer printing method of a dry developing system, particularly a dry nonmagnetic developing system, still particularly a dry nonmagnetic one-component developing system, said sublimation transfer printing method being capable of achieving a high color depth and suppressing the staining of non-image areas of a printed product and the unevenness of printing thereof; a printed product obtained by the printing method; an intermediate recording medium which is to be used in the printing method; and a toner.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a sublimation transfer dyeing method capable of highly efficient dyeing of a product to be dyed by an electrophotographic process using a toner, and a dyed product dyed highly efficiently by the dyeing method. [Solution] A sublimation transfer dyeing method attaches a toner to an intermediate recording medium using an electrophotographic process and sublimation-transfers to a dyed product a dye contained in the toner attached to the intermediate recording medium. A dyed product dyed with high efficiency could be provided by a sublimation transfer dyeing method in which the intermediate recording medium has a density of greater than 1.00 g/cm3.

Abstract: A separation membrane structure 1 has partition walls 3 including a honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body 9 provided with a large number of pores, and cells 4 to become through channels of a fluid are formed by the partition walls 3. The cells 4 include separation cells 4a and slit cells 4b. In the separation cells 4a, the intermediate layer is disposed on the surface of a substrate 30, and a separation layer is further formed. The intermediate layer has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material having a thermal expansion coefficient equal to or higher than that of the aggregate particles.

Abstract: There are disclosed a honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body to manufacture a honeycomb shaped ceramic separation membrane structure in which a separation performance does not deteriorate under a higher operation pressure than before, a manufacturing method for the porous body, and a honeycomb shaped ceramic separation membrane structure. The honeycomb shaped ceramic separation membrane structure 1 includes a honeycomb shaped substrate 30, an intermediate layer 31, an alumina surface layer 32, and a separation layer 33. The structure has the alumina surface layer 32 on the intermediate layer 31, whereby even when the insides of the cells 4 are pressurized, cracks are not easily generated in a porous body 9 or the separation layer 33 and the deterioration of the separation performance does not easily occur.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body in which a strength deteriorates less than before after a separation layer is formed, a manufacturing method for the porous ceramic body, and a honeycomb shaped ceramic separation membrane structure. A honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body 9 includes a honeycomb shaped substrate 30 and an intermediate layer. At least a part of the intermediate layer of the honeycomb shaped porous ceramic body 9 has a structure in which aggregate particles are bonded to one another by a component of an inorganic bonding material. The inorganic bonding material is titania.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic filter that can be used for a long time at a high temperature, including a porous substrate having a partition wall that defines and forms a cell extending from one end face to the other end face, the porous substrate being made of ceramic a separation membrane disposed on a wall face in the cell; and glass seal disposed at the one end face and the other end face so as not to block open frontal areas of the cell. The glass seal includes glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the glass, the inorganic particles being made of clay, and a ratio of a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass seal to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the porous substrate is 90% or less.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure having higher pressure resistance than conventional ones and being capable of reducing production costs. The honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure (1) is provided with a honeycomb-shaped base material (30), an intermediate layer, and a separation layer. At least part of a ceramic porous body (9) has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component. In the ceramic separation-membrane structure (1), an internal pressure fracture strength capable of fracturing the structure by application of water pressure inside the cells (4) is 7 MPa or more.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a honeycomb-shaped ceramic porous body where the strength reduction upon forming a separation layer is less than conventional porous bodies. The ceramic porous body (9) is provided with a honeycomb-shaped base material (30) and an intermediate layer. At least a part of the ceramic porous body (9) has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component. In the ceramic porous body (9), the intermediate layer thickness, which is the thickness of the intermediate layer, is 100 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the base material thickness at the shortest portion between the cells, but excluding the intermediate layer and the separation layer is 0.51 mm or more and 1.55 mm or less, and the ratio of the base material thickness to the intermediate layer thickness is 2.5 or more.

Abstract: A ceramic pervaporation membrane and a ceramic vapor-permeable membrane where the total aperture length of discharge channels parallel to the channel direction of water collection cells is at least 10% of the length of filtration cells and where the ratio m/n of the number m of rows of filtration cells to the number n of rows of water collection cells is between 1 and 4 have a high water permeation rate and a high separation coefficient.

Abstract: A ceramic pervaporation membrane and a ceramic vapor-permeable membrane where the total aperture length of discharge channels parallel to the channel direction of water collection cells is at least 10% of the length of filtration cells and where the ratio m/n of the number m of rows of filtration cells to the number n of rows of water collection cells is between 1 and 4 have a high water permeation rate and a high separation coefficient.

Abstract: A ceramic filter is provided, including a base body having partition walls made of a ceramic porous body and defining cells, filter membranes provided on the partition walls which are made of a ceramic porous body having an average pore diameter smaller than that of the surface of each partition wall, and a glass seal provided to cover at least the end face of the base body. The glass seal includes an alkali-free glass containing silica (SiO2) in an amount of 55 to 65 mol %, zirconia (ZrO2) in an amount of 1 to 10 mol % and at least one kind of alkaline earth metal oxide selected from calcia, baria and strontia, but which does not substantially contain zinc oxide.