Abstract: Provided is a air purge device that can effectively discharge air.

Abstract: Provided is a processing additive which can bring about improvements in moldability at Mooney viscosity levels at which the dispersibility in a melt-processable resin is high and which further can work at reduced addition levels. The processing additive contains a fluoropolymer having an acid value of not lower than 0.5 KOH mg/g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing additive which can bring about improvements in moldability at Mooney viscosity levels at which the dispersibility in a melt-processable resin is high and which further can work at reduced addition levels. The present invention is a processing additive comprising a fluoropolymer having an acid value of not lower than 0.5 KOH mg/g.

Abstract: A focus ring to be detachably attached to a top surface of an outer peripheral portion of a mounting table in a processing chamber, includes: an annular main body having a back surface to be attached to the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting table. And a thermally conductive sheet fixed to the annular main body, the thermally conductive sheet being interposed between the annular main body and the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting. The thermally conductive sheet is fixed as one unit to the annular main body by coating an unvulcanized rubber on one surface of the thermally conductive sheet, bringing said one surface into contact with the annular main body, and heating the thermally conductive sheet and the annular main body to vulcanize and to adhere the thermally conductive sheet to the annular main body.

Abstract: A focus ring to be detachably attached to a top surface of an outer peripheral portion of a mounting table in a processing chamber, includes: an annular main body having a back surface to be attached to the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting table. And a thermally conductive sheet fixed to the annular main body, the thermally conductive sheet being interposed between the annular main body and the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting. The thermally conductive sheet is fixed as one unit to the annular main body by coating an unvulcanized rubber on one surface of the thermally conductive sheet, bringing said one surface into contact with the annular main body, and heating the thermally conductive sheet and the annular main body to vulcanize and to adhere the thermally conductive sheet to the annular main body.

Abstract: A focus ring to be detachably attached to a top surface of an outer peripheral portion of a mounting table in a processing chamber, includes: an annular main body having a back surface to be attached to the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting table. And a thermally conductive sheet fixed to the annular main body, the thermally conductive sheet being interposed between the annular main body and the top surface of the outer peripheral portion of the mounting. The thermally conductive sheet is fixed as one unit to the annular main body by coating an unvulcanized rubber on one surface of the thermally conductive sheet, bringing said one surface into contact with the annular main body, and heating the thermally conductive sheet and the annular main body to vulcanize and to adhere the thermally conductive sheet to the annular main body.

Abstract: A process for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer which includes a first step for preparing a dispersion of fluorine-containing emulsified particles (A) having ionic functional groups where a fluorine-containing monomer mixture (i) is polymerized by using a water soluble radical polymerization initiator (a) without addition of an emulsifying agent, and a second step for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer (b) having a small amount of ionic functional groups where fluorine-containing monomers (ii) are emulsion-polymerized by using a radical polymerization initiator (b) in the presence of the fluorine-containing emulsified particles (A) having ionic functional groups without addition of an emulsifying agent.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing elastomer composition assuring easy kneading and providing a crosslinked article having improved strength. The fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprises (A) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a branching coefficient of 30 to 300 ppm, a Mooney viscosity (ML1+10: 121° C.) of 7 to 80 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 4, and (B) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a storage modulus G? at 180° C. at 500 cpm of 500 to 900, and a mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 70/30 to 90/10.

Abstract: The present invention provides a processing additive which can bring about improvements in moldability at Mooney viscosity levels at which the dispersibility in a melt-processable resin is high and which further can work at reduced addition levels. The present invention is a processing additive comprising a fluoropolymer having an acid value of not lower than 0.5 KOH mg/g.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing elastomer composition assuring easy kneading and providing a crosslinked article having improved strength. The fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprises (A) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a branching coefficient of 30 to 300 ppm, a Mooney viscosity (ML1+10: 121° C.) of 7 to 80 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 4, and (B) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a storage modulus G? at 180° C. at 500 cpm of 500 to 900, and a mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 70/30 to 90/10.

Abstract: The fluorine-containing polymer having a small number of ionic functional groups is prepared by a process, in which emulsion polymerization proceeds stably and produced polymer does not adhere to side walls of a polymerization reactor even without using an emulsifying agent, and the process comprises a first step for preparing a dispersion comprising fluorine-containing emulsified particles having ionic functional groups by polymerizing a fluorine-containing monomer mixture comprising a perhalo ethylenic monomer and a nonperhalo ethylenic monomer by using a water soluble radical polymerization initiator without adding an emulsifying agent, and a second step for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer having ionic functional groups in a small amount by emulsion polymerization of fluorine-containing monomers using a radical polymerization initiator in the presence of the fluorine-containing emulsified particles having ionic functional groups without adding an emulsifying agent, wherein the fluorine-containing e

Abstract: Telechelic polymers having two reactive functional groups at the same polymer chain end are disclosed. These polymers can be prepared by combining a cycloborane initiator, at least one free radical polymerizable monomer and oxygen to form a polymer segment having a borane residue at one end of the polymer segment resulting from the cycloborane initiator; and converting the borane residue to at least two functional groups to form the telechelic polymer.

Abstract: Functional fluoro-monomers are polymerized with an organoborane functional initiator in the presence of oxygen to yield functional fluoropolymers and copolymers to produce functional polymers having functional groups at the beginning of the polymer chain.

Abstract: Functional fluoro-monomers are polymerized with an organoborane functional initiator in the presence of oxygen to yield functional fluoropolymers and copolymers to produce functional polymers having functional groups at the beginning of the polymer chain.

Abstract: A polymer composition of matter is disclosed which includes a thermoplastic polymer and a fluorine-containing polymer. The thermoplastic polymer is an amorphous non-fluorinated thermoplastic polymer or a crystalline non-fluorinated thermoplastic polymer with a melting point of 180° C. or higher. The fluorine-containing polymer has a zero shear viscosity at 340° C. of 0.2 Pa.s or greater and less than 5000 Pa.s, and is present to the extent of 0.005-2 mass % of the total of the thermoplastic polymer and the fluorine-containing polymer.

Abstract: Telechelic polymers having two reactive functional groups at the same polymer chain end are disclosed. These polymers can be prepared by combining a cycloborane initiator, at least one free radical polymerizable monomer and oxygen to form a polymer segment having a borane residue at one end of the polymer segment resulting from the cycloborane initiator; and converting the borane residue to at least two functional groups to form the telechelic polymer.

Abstract: Functional fluoro-monomers are polymerized with an organoborane initiator to yield functional fluoro-polymers and copolymers including functional polymers prepared from monomers having allylic protons, Si—H groups, and olefinic groups.

Abstract: The present invention is a low-temperature-decomposable engineering plastic resin composition prepared by formulating a low-temperature-decomposable engineering plastic with a fluorine-containing resin, wherein said low-temperature-decomposable engineering plastic has a melting point of not higher than 200° C. and a decomposition temperature of not higher than 300° C., and wherein said fluorine-containing resin is a resin comprising a fluorine-containing polymer, said fluorine-containing polymer having a fluorine atom and at least one atom species selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom, said fluorine atom and said at least one atom species being bound to a non-terminal carbon atom constituting a main chain, and said fluorine-containing polymer having substantially no polar functional groups reactive to the low-temperature-decomposable engineering plastic.

Abstract: The present invention is a resin composition prepared by formulating an engineering plastic with a fluorine-containing polymer wherein said fluorine-containing polymer accounts for 0.005 to 1 mass % of the total of a mass of said engineering plastic and a mass of said fluorine-containing polymer, wherein said fluorine-containing polymer is a perfluoropolymer, and wherein said resin composition is used for extrusion molding or injection molding.

Abstract: A resin composition prepared by formulating an engineering plastic with a fluorine-containing polymer in a mass ratio of the engineering plastic to the fluorine-containing polymer of from 99:1 to 99.995:0.005. Also disclosed is a method for producing a shaped article by melting and molding the resin composition.