Abstract: Provided is a soft focus filler excellent in both transmittance and haze. The soft focus filler of the present invention includes a powder including plate-shaped crystal particles of titanium phosphate.

Abstract: A titanium phosphate powder containing plate-like particles with a reduced content ratio of byproducts other than the plate-like particles, and exhibiting crystallinity of titanium phosphate represented by a chemical formula Ti(HPO4)2·nH2O (0?n?1) is provided in the present disclosure. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a titanium phosphate powder exhibiting crystallinity of titanium phosphate represented by a chemical formula Ti(HPO4)2·nH2O (0?n?1), and containing plate-like particles, the method comprising putting an acidic raw material aqueous solution containing phosphorus and titanium in a sealed vessel, and storing the sealed vessel containing the raw material aqueous solution for a period of 2 hours or more, with the ambient temperature of the sealed vessel maintained under a constant temperature condition within a range of 40° C. or more and less than 100° C.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics, and the white pigment has a higher function as a base pigment than that of titanium oxide. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder having a whiteness of 92.91 or more as determined in accordance with JIS Z 8715.

Abstract: Provided is a powder having excellent hiding power, such that the powder can be used in place of titanium dioxide as a white pigment in a cosmetic. The powder of the present invention includes plate-shaped crystal particles, the volume D50% diameter thereof is 0.7 ?m or more and 8.0 ?m or less, and a coefficient of variation (CV value) of a primary particle diameter is 1.0 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics capable of giving a cosmetic having an excellent performance smoothly applicable onto the skin. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder, the titanium phosphate powder includes crystal particles of titanium phosphate, and the titanium phosphate powder has an average friction coefficient (MIU) of less than 1.45.

Abstract: Provided are a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body having a small environmental load, high dispersibility, and excellent temporal stability, and a manufacturing method thereof. The dispersion is a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body, containing: silicon carbide particles; boron nitride particles; a resin having a hydroxyl group; and water, wherein the dispersion has a pH at 25° C. of less than or equal to 7.0, and the silicon carbide particles and the boron nitride particles have charges of the same sign. The dispersion is manufactured by a manufacturing method of a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body, including a mixing step of mixing a water dispersion containing silicon carbide particles, a water dispersion containing boron nitride particles, and an aqueous solution containing a resin having a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides means capable of imparting high temporal stability to a hardening aid solution which serves as a raw material and capable of imparting high strength and high quality stability to a hardened body of the self-hardening material, in the hardened body of the self-hardening material that contains a ceramic powder containing Si element at least on the surface thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics capable of giving a cosmetic that gives a coating film having less stickiness and higher long-lasting properties. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder, the titanium phosphate powder includes crystal particles of titanium phosphate, and a ratio (oil absorption value/specific surface area) of an oil absorption value (ml/100 g) to a specific surface area (m2/g) of the crystal particles is 2.0 or more.

Abstract: A method for increasing the specific surface area of titanium phosphate plate-shaped particles of this invention includes: obtaining a liquid in a state where a powder containing titanium phosphate plate-shaped particles is dispersed in an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: Provided is a method for filtering an additive-containing liquid that can achieve a polishing composition exhibiting excellent defect reducing capability while maintaining a practical filter life. The method for filtering a polishing additive-containing liquid provided by the present invention includes the step of: filtering the polishing additive-containing liquid with a filter that satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2). (1) The average pore diameter P measured by a palm porometer is 0.15 ?m or less. (2) The pore diameter gradient (Sin/Sout), which is the ratio of the inlet-side average pore diameter (SO to the outlet-side average pore diameter (Sout), both diameters being measured through observation with an SEM, is 3 or less.

Abstract: The titanium phosphate powder of the present invention includes plate-shaped crystalline particles of titanium phosphate, an average thickness of the plate-shaped crystalline particles is 0.01 ?m or more and less than 0.10 ?m, and an aspect ratio, which is a value obtained by dividing an average primary particle diameter of the plate-shaped crystalline particles by the average thickness, is 5 or more. In the method for producing a titanium phosphate powder of the present invention, a raw material containing titanium and phosphorus is caused to react by a hydrothermal synthesis method, and when the titanium phosphate powder including plate-shaped crystalline particles of titanium phosphate is produced, a mixture of titanium sulfate and phosphoric acid is used as the raw material.

Abstract: The titanium phosphate powder of the present invention includes plate-shaped crystalline particles of titanium phosphate, an average thickness of the plate-shaped crystalline particles is 0.01 ?m or more and less than 0.10 ?m, and an aspect ratio, which is a value obtained by dividing an average primary particle diameter of the plate-shaped crystalline particles by the average thickness, is 5 or more. In the method for producing a titanium phosphate powder of the present invention, a raw material containing titanium and phosphorus is caused to react by a hydrothermal synthesis method, and when the titanium phosphate powder including plate-shaped crystalline particles of titanium phosphate is produced, a mixture of titanium sulfate and phosphoric acid is used as the raw material.

Abstract: A titanium phosphate powder suitable as a raw material for cosmetic products and a raw material for coating materials is provided. A titanium phosphate powder according to one aspect of the present invention is a titanium phosphate powder including plate-shaped crystal particles of titanium phosphate, in which a modified layer is present on a surface of the plate-shaped crystal particles.

Abstract: The present invention provides means capable of satisfactorily exhibit the properties inherent in the inorganic particle and the constituent material of the coating layer, such as obtaining high dispersibility and high mechanical properties in the coated particle that contains the inorganic particle having at least the inorganic substance capable of forming an inorganic oxide on a surface, and the coating layer with which the inorganic particle is coated. The present invention relates to a coated particle that contains an inorganic particle having at least an inorganic substance capable of forming an inorganic oxide on a surface, and a coating layer with which the inorganic particle is coated, in which the amount of the inorganic oxide per unit surface area of the inorganic particle does not exceed 0.150 mg/m2.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics capable of giving a cosmetic that gives a coating film having less stickiness and higher long-lasting properties. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder, the titanium phosphate powder includes crystal particles of titanium phosphate, and a ratio (oil absorption value/specific surface area) of an oil absorption value (ml/100 g) to a specific surface area (m2/g) of the crystal particles is 2.0 or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a means that can improve density and mechanical strength in a sintered body of a composition containing a sintering aid and a silicon carbide particle, and a molded article containing the sintered body. The present invention relates to a coated silicon carbide particle powder containing a silicon carbide particle, and a coating layer coating the silicon carbide particle, in which the coating layer contains an aluminum element, and the mass of the aluminum element per unit surface area of the silicon carbide particle is 0.5 mg/m2 or more.

Abstract: Provided is a means capable of introducing a sufficient amount of a cationic group onto the surface of silica particles even in a case where a silica raw material having a high silica concentration is used while occurrence of gelation is suppressed at the time of or after addition of a silane coupling agent in production of a cationically modified silica dispersion including modifying raw silica using a silane coupling agent. Adding a silane coupling agent having a cationic group to a silica raw material in which a zeta potential shows a negative value, and causing the silica raw material to react with the silane coupling agent to obtain a cationically modified silica.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics capable of giving a cosmetic having an excellent performance smoothly applicable onto the skin. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder, the titanium phosphate powder includes crystal particles of titanium phosphate, and the titanium phosphate powder has an average friction coefficient (MIU) of less than 1.45.

Abstract: Provided is a white pigment for cosmetics, and the white pigment has a higher function as a base pigment than that of titanium oxide. A white pigment for cosmetics of the present invention includes a titanium phosphate powder having a whiteness of 92.91 or more as determined in accordance with JIS Z 8715.

Abstract: Provided are a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body having a small environmental load, high dispersibility, and excellent temporal stability, and a manufacturing method thereof. The dispersion is a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body, containing: silicon carbide particles; boron nitride particles; a resin having a hydroxyl group; and water, wherein the dispersion has a pH at 25° C. of less than or equal to 7.0, and the silicon carbide particles and the boron nitride particles have charges of the same sign. The dispersion is manufactured by a manufacturing method of a dispersion for a silicon carbide sintered body, including a mixing step of mixing a water dispersion containing silicon carbide particles, a water dispersion containing boron nitride particles, and an aqueous solution containing a resin having a hydroxyl group.