Abstract: A laminated body including: a substrate; a storage layer; and a buffer layer disposed in this order, in which the storage layer is formed of a cured product of a composition containing a polyfunctional monomer (a1), inorganic particles (a2), and a surfactant (a3), the buffer layer is formed of a cured product of a composition containing a polyfunctional monomer (b1) and inorganic particles (b2), a content mass of the inorganic particles (a2) is 30% by mass or more, a content mass of the inorganic particles (b2) is 30% by mass or more, and the polyfunctional monomer (a1) and the polyfunctional monomer (b1) contain a polyfunctional monomer having a molecular weight per epoxy group in one molecule of 200 g/mol or more.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a base film composed mainly of forsterite on a surface of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and an insulating film containing mainly silicate-phosphate glass which is formed on a surface of the base film, in which, by controlling concentrations of Sr, Ca, and Ba in the base film and the insulating film to have specified gradients, the adhesion property and film tension of the insulating film are improved.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an approval system includes an information processing apparatus and a biometric authentication device. The information processing apparatus includes a first interface and a first processor. The first processor is configured to: receive a sensor signal; when a state satisfying a predetermined condition related to data indicated by the sensor signal occurs, transmit an approval request signal to the biometric authentication device; and perform the countermeasure processing when an approval response signal is received from the biometric authentication device. The biometric authentication device includes a second interface, a storage unit, a biometric sensor, a second processor.

Abstract: When a steel material is processed to produce a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, conditions of a decarburization annealing process and conditions of a process before the decarburization annealing are adjusted so that a difference in concentration of O, Si, Al, Mn and P between the front and back surfaces of the steel sheet after the decarburization annealing is within a given range with respect to an average concentration between the front and back surfaces, and hence the difference in concentration of each of O, Si and Mg between the front and back surfaces of the product sheet is within ±5%, the difference in concentration of one or more of Al, Mn and P between the front and back surfaces is within ±15% and the difference in the concentration of one or more of Ca and Ti between the front and back surfaces is within ±20%.

Abstract: A cleaning blade includes an elastic member that includes a front edge surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the elastic member and the thickness direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and a bottom surface extending in the depth direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the thickness direction, the bottom surface sharing a front edge ridge part with the front edge surface and facing a cleaning target, and a coating layer coating the front edge surface, the front edge ridge part, and the bottom surface, wherein the front edge ridge part coated with the coating layer is in contact with a surface of the cleaning target, and the coating layer has an average thickness that increases with an increase in a distance from the front edge ridge part in the thickness direction on the front edge surface.

Abstract: Provided is an annealing separator with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film with excellent appearance uniformity and adhesion can be obtained. The annealing separator for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: magnesia that contains 0.05 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of B and 0.01 mass % or more and 0.10 mass % or less of P, and titanium oxide in 1.0 part by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia where the titanium oxide contains one or more types of alkali metals in a total amount of 0.0050 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less, where an amount of P adsorbed on per 1 g of the titanium oxide is 1.5×10?4 g or more and 1.0×10?3 g or less.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a film that is effective for the magnetic properties of the steel sheet and particularly effective for iron loss reduction and has favorable adhesion. In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, an insulating film partially enters into a steel substrate to form an anchor part, a depth of the anchor part from the surface of the steel substrate is 3.5 ?m or less, and a number of neck parts of 5 ?m2 or less in area is 0.06/?m2 or less and a number of neck parts of 10 ?m2 to 40 ?m2 in area is 0.005/?m2 or more and 0.011/?m2 or less, where each neck part is a remaining part of the insulating film on the surface of the steel substrate when peeling the insulating film from the steel substrate in a bend test for the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet with an insulating film, the steel sheet having an insulating film containing a crystalline fibrous material on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a ratio (LRD/LTD) of a length in a rolling direction (LRD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the rolling direction of the insulating film to a length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction (LTD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the insulating film is 1.5 or more and 50.0 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a technique in which liquid leaking in attachment and detachment of a liquid storage container to and from a printing apparatus can be retained with a simple, space-saving configuration. The liquid storage container can be attached to the printing apparatus. The liquid storage container includes a storage portion that stores the liquid, a supply port that supplies the liquid stored in the storage portion to the printing apparatus, and a liquid retaining portion that is capable of retaining the liquid leaking in the attachment and detachment of the liquid storage container to and from the printing apparatus by using capillary force. The liquid retaining portion extends along an outer peripheral surface of the supply port, in an attachment direction in which the liquid storage container is attached to the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A method for forming a film on a surface of a steel sheet includes applying a treatment solution for forming a film containing a fibrous material to the surface of the steel sheet by using a coater under a condition in which a difference between a speed of the steel sheet and a speed of an applicator of the coater is 1.0 m/min or more, inclining the surface of the steel sheet, to which the treatment solution for forming a film has been applied, at an angle of 10° or more with respect to a horizontal plane until drying is started, and thereafter drying the steel sheet.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head includes steps of providing an ejection orifice forming member on one surface of a wafer, with an energy-generating element being provided on the one surface of the wafer; forming a recess on the other surface of the wafer; and dicing the wafer along a plurality of dicing lines. The plurality of dicing lines include a dicing line extending in one direction and a dicing line extending in a direction crossing the one direction, and the recess is formed on each of positions overlapping the dicing lines except for an intersection part where the dicing line extending in the one direction intersects the dicing line extending in the direction crossing the one direction.

Abstract: An insulating coating treatment liquid for forming a chromium-free insulating coating on a surface of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the insulating coating treatment liquid including at least one phosphate salt selected from phosphate salts of any of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn and including colloidal silica and particles of a metal-element-containing compound. A content of the colloidal silica in terms of SiO2, on a solids basis, is 50 to 120 parts by mass, and a content of the particles of a metal-element-containing compound in terms of elemental metal is 5 to 60 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the at least one phosphate salt, and the insulating coating treatment liquid has a thixotropic index (TI) of 1.00 or greater and 10.00 or less.

Abstract: Provided are a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent iron loss property without using magnetic domain refining treatment and an iron core produced using the same. The steel sheet comprises: a predetermined chemical composition; and a steel microstructure in which: crystal grains are made up of coarse secondary recrystallized grains of 5.0 mm or more, fine grains of more than 2.0 mm and less than 5.0 mm contained at a frequency of 0.2 to 5 grains per cm2, and very fine grains of 2.0 mm or less; for each coarse secondary recrystallized grain extending through the sheet in a thickness direction, an area ratio of a region in which projected surfaces of exposed areas of the coarse secondary recrystallized grain on a front side and a back side of the sheet coincide with each other to each of the exposed areas is 95% or more.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet with an insulating film, the steel sheet having an insulating film containing a crystalline fibrous material on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a ratio (LRD/LTD) of a length in a rolling direction (LRD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the rolling direction of the insulating film to a length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction (LTD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the insulating film is 1.5 or more and 50.0 or less.

Abstract: In a production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprising hot rolling a raw steel material, cold rolling, decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator composed mainly of MgO, finish annealing and magnetic domain subdividing, the annealing separator including certain compounds, and the finish annealing conducted by holding the steel sheet at a temperature of 800 to 950° C. for 10 to 100 hours and passing a dry gas containing not less than 1 vol % of H2 and having a dew point of not higher than 10° C. to reach a furnace pressure of not less than 3.5 mmH2O from not lower than 1050° C. to a purification treatment temperature, so that a pickling weight loss of undercoat film by pickling with HCl is not more than 1.8 g/m2 and the total concentration of Sn, Sb, Mo, and W on a boundary face between the film and iron matrix is 0.01 to 0.15 mass %.

Abstract: A method for forming a film on a surface of a steel sheet includes applying a treatment solution for forming a film containing a fibrous material to the surface of the steel sheet by using a coater under a condition in which a difference between a speed of the steel sheet and a speed of an applicator of the coater is 1.0 m/min or more, inclining the surface of the steel sheet, to which the treatment solution for forming a film has been applied, at an angle of 10° or more with respect to a horizontal plane until drying is started, and thereafter drying the steel sheet.

Abstract: Provided is an annealing separator with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film with excellent appearance uniformity and adhesion can be obtained. The annealing separator for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: magnesia that contains 0.05 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of B, a phosphate in 0.1 parts by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less in terms of P per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia, and titanium oxide in 1.0 part by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia where the titanium oxide contains one or more types of alkali metals in a total amount of 0.050 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less, where an amount of P adsorbed on per 1 g of the titanium oxide is 1.0×10?4 g or less.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having an insulating film disposed on a surface thereon. The insulating film having a chemical composition comprising Si, P, O, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, Mn, and Co. The insulating film has a crystallinity in a range of 20% or more, and a minimum tension provided to the steel sheet by the insulating film at a temperature in a range of 100° C. to 200° C. is 10 MPa or more.

Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes an ejection-port formed member including liquid ejection ports, a substrate including liquid supply ports for supplying liquid to the ejection ports and a partition between the liquid supply ports, and a substrate supporting member. The liquid supply ports extend along the longitudinal direction of the substrate when viewed from a position facing the main surface of the substrate. The liquid supply ports are arrayed along the lateral direction of the substrate when viewed from the position facing the main surface. The partition includes a non-contact portion that is not in contact with the supporting member and a contact portion that is in contact with the supporting member. Of the liquid supply ports, adjacent liquid supply ports communicate with each other in the lateral direction through a gap between the non-contact portion and the supporting member, and liquid flows through the gap.

Abstract: A method of stabilizing perfluoro(2-methylene-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane) (hereinafter simply referred to as a “stabilization method”), including incorporating at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group-containing fluoroaromatic compound represented by General Formula (1) below and a hydroxy group-containing fluoroaromatic compound represented by General Formula (2) below into a composition containing perfluoro(2-methylene-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane): (in the formula, R1 to R6 each independently represent one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine atom, a perfluoroalkyl group and a hydroxy group, and at least one of R1 to R6 is a hydroxy group); (in the formula, R7 to R14 each independently represent one selected from the group consisting of a fluorine atom, a perfluoroalkyl group and a hydroxy group, and at least one of R7 to R14 is a hydroxy group).