Abstract: Provided is a separation and recovery apparatus for continuously separating and recovering, from a resin mixture containing a resin containing a hydrolyzable polymer and a resin containing a nonhydrolyzable polymer, a hydrolytic component a of the hydrolyzable polymer A and the nonhydrolyzable polymer B, the apparatus including: a crushing unit that crushes the resin mixture a melting/discharging unit that melts a crushed product obtained by the crushing unit to form a fluid and discharges the fluid at a high pressure; and a hydrothermal reaction treatment unit that continuously subjects the fluid discharged from the melting/discharging unit to a hydrothermal reaction treatment, wherein, in the melting/discharging unit, the hydrolyzable polymer A is hydrolyzed, and the hydrolytic component a thereof is dissolved and transferred into water permeating a sintered alloy diaphragm, thereby separating the nonhydrolyzable polymer B.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. The phosphor powder has an ammonium ion concentration CA of the phosphor powder of equal to or more than 15 ppm and equal to or less than 100 ppm, which is determined from the following extracted ion analysis. (Extracted Ion Analysis A) 0.5 g of a phosphor powder is added to 25 ml of distilled water in a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-made container with a lid and held at 60° C. for 24 hours, and then a total mass MA of ammonium ions included in an aqueous solution obtained by removing a solid content from the solution by filtration is determined using ion chromatography. Then, CA is determined by dividing MA by the mass of the phosphor powder.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a semiconductor unit, a terminal unit, a capacitor unit, a control board, and a case. The semiconductor unit is arranged at a position facing a plate surface of the control board. The terminal unit and the capacitor unit are arranged side by side in a x direction along the plate surface of the control board on the opposite side of the control board with respect to the semiconductor unit. At least a part of the capacitor unit or the terminal unit is located outside a first end of the semiconductor unit in the x direction. A first recess in which a first electrical wiring is arranged is formed in a portion of the case facing the first end so as to be recessed inside the case.

Abstract: An automatic analyzer is provided wherein degree of freedom in arrangement of a dispensing mechanism and of a unit provided below the dispensing mechanism is improved. The automatic analyzer comprising a dispensing mechanism driving a probe for a specimen or a reagent, wherein the automatic analyzer comprises an arm of two degrees of freedom supporting the probe, a first shaft and a second shaft that support the arm and transmit power to the arm, and a motor that gives power allowing the first and second shafts to be rotated and vertically moved, the second shaft being divided in an axial direction and having different diameters and, at the time of lowering the arm by the power of the motor, divided one of the second shaft being housed inside the other, whereby the second shaft is shortened.

Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a base body containing magnetic metal particles, and a coil embedded in the base body. The coil includes a plurality of inner electrode layers containing silver, and the inner electrode layers include a first inner electrode layer having a high pore area ratio and a second inner electrode layer having a low pore area ratio.

Abstract: A europium-doped ?-sialon phosphor particle. When the element concentration of a Si atom on the surface portion of the particle that is obtained by analyzing a cross section of the phosphor particle by the energy dispersive X-ray analysis method is indicated by Ps [at %], and the element concentration of a Si atom near the center of the particle that is obtained by an analysis by the same method is indicated by Pc [at %], the Pc-Ps value is 3 at % or more.

Abstract: An ?-sialon phosphor particle containing Eu. At least one minute recess is formed on a surface of the ?-sialon phosphor particle. The ?-sialon phosphor particle is preferably produced by undergoing a raw material mixing step, a heating step, a pulverizing step, and an acid treatment step.

Abstract: A europium-doped ?-sialon phosphor, in which, when the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 8 nm from the surface of the phosphor, which is obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is indicated by P8 [at %], and the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 80 nm from the surface of the phosphor is indicated by P80 [at %], P8/P80?0.9 is satisfied. A light emitting device containing this ?-sialon phosphor.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. In a case where an internal quantum efficiency after the phosphor powder is held at 600° C. for 1 hour in an air atmosphere is defined as P1 and an internal quantum efficiency after the phosphor powder is held at 700° C. for 1 hour in an air atmosphere is defined as P2, P1 is equal to or more than 70% and (P1?P2)/P1×100 is equal to or less than 2.8%.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. With regard to the phosphor powder, a volume-based median diameter (D50) determined by a laser diffraction scattering method is equal to or more than 10 ?m and equal to or less than 20 ?m, and a diffuse reflectance with respect to light at a wavelength of 600 nm is equal to or more than 93% and equal to or less than 99%.

Abstract: An ?-sialon phosphor particle containing Eu. At least one slit is formed on a surface of the ?-sialon phosphor particle. The ?-sialon phosphor particle is preferably produced by undergoing a raw material mixing step, a heating step, a pulverizing step, and an acid treatment step.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. In a case where an internal quantum efficiency after the phosphor powder is held at 600° C. for 1 hour in an air atmosphere is defined as P1 and an internal quantum efficiency after the phosphor powder is held at 700° C. for 1 hour in an air atmosphere is defined as P2, P1 is equal to or more than 70% and (P1?P2)/P1×100 is equal to or less than 2.8%.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. The phosphor powder has an ammonium ion concentration CA of the phosphor powder of equal to or more than 15 ppm and equal to or less than 100 ppm, which is determined from the following extracted ion analysis. (Extracted Ion Analysis A) 0.5 g of a phosphor powder is added to 25 ml of distilled water in a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-made container with a lid and held at 60° C. for 24 hours, and then a total mass MA of ammonium ions included in an aqueous solution obtained by removing a solid content from the solution by filtration is determined using ion chromatography. Then, CA is determined by dividing MA by the mass of the phosphor powder.

Abstract: A phosphor powder composed of ?-sialon phosphor particles containing Eu. With regard to the phosphor powder, a volume-based median diameter (D50) determined by a laser diffraction scattering method is equal to or more than 10 ?m and equal to or less than 20 ?m, and a diffuse reflectance with respect to light at a wavelength of 600 nm is equal to or more than 93% and equal to or less than 99%.

Abstract: An ?-sialon phosphor particle containing Eu. At least one minute recess is formed on a surface of the ?-sialon phosphor particle. The ?-sialon phosphor particle is preferably produced by undergoing a raw material mixing step, a heating step, a pulverizing step, and an acid treatment step.

Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a sample rack body in which test tubes are inserted from insertion openings; a plurality of leaf springs that are provided to the sample rack body and press and hold the test tubes; and adaptors inserted from the insertion openings. The adaptors respectively have cylindrical bodies inserted from the insertion openings. The cylindrical bodies each have formed therein notch sections which cause the corresponding leaf spring to pass through a portion at which the leaf spring is in contact with the test tube and cause the test tube having a small outer diameter than the insertion opening to be held by the leaf spring.

Abstract: An ?-sialon phosphor particle containing Eu. At least one slit is formed on a surface of the ?-sialon phosphor particle. The ?-sialon phosphor particle is preferably produced by undergoing a raw material mixing step, a heating step, a pulverizing step, and an acid treatment step.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a semiconductor unit, a terminal unit, a capacitor unit, a control board, and a case. The semiconductor unit is arranged at a position facing a plate surface of the control board. The terminal unit and the capacitor unit are arranged side by side in a x direction along the plate surface of the control board on the opposite side of the control board with respect to the semiconductor unit. At least a part of the capacitor unit or the terminal unit is located outside a first end of the semiconductor unit in the x direction. A first recess in which a first electrical wiring is arranged is formed in a portion of the case facing the first end so as to be recessed inside the case.

Abstract: A needle for forming a cut in a reagent bottle lid is shaped such that an expansion portion which pushes and opens a cut and a piercing portion which forms the cut are integrated with each other. Consequently, only a single operation for moving the needle downwardly will form a cut using the needle and expand the cut using the expansion portion. Further, the smaller diameter of the expansion portion than the diameter of a circumscribed circle of a cross section of the piercing portion but equal to or greater than the diameter of the reagent probe can form cuts uniformly.