Abstract: Provided is an implement for inspection capable of measuring the concentration of a test substance with high accuracy. The implement for inspection according to the present invention is an implement for inspection used for measuring the concentration of a test substance that includes a compound for reacting with a test substance to form a granular substance or a compound which is for being bound to the test substance and is a granular substance, and a wall portion having a periodic structure on its surface.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material having a small number of voids and excellent tenacity. The resin composite material may be one obtained by mixing a carbon material having a graphene structure and having a content of less than 1 weight % of a volatile component volatilizable at 200° C. and a thermoplastic resin. The resin composite material may be a resin composite material including a carbon material having a graphene structure and a thermoplastic resin, the resin composite material containing 5 parts by weight or more of the carbon material per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin and having a breaking strain of 50% or more as measured according to JIS K 7161.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a resin laminate in which a resin laminate having a foamed resin layer and a non-foamed resin layer can be efficiently manufactured, and a resin laminate having good surface properties can be obtained. A method for manufacturing a resin laminate 14A formed by laminating a foamed resin layer 6B and non-foamed resin layers 7A and 7A and having at least one foamed resin layer 6B, comprising steps of feeding a foamable resin composition 6 in an unfoamed state in a molten state and non-foaming resin compositions 7 and 7 for forming the non-foamed resin layers 7A and 7A into a mold 3 for sheet molding to form a resin laminate; and feeding the above resin laminate in which the foamable resin composition 6 is in an unfoamed state or a foamed state to a sizing die 4.

Abstract: There is provided a simple method for producing an exfoliated graphite derivative. A method for producing an exfoliated graphite derivative, comprising steps of providing a mixture comprising exfoliated graphite and a reactive compound to be grafted on the above exfoliated graphite by irradiation with active energy rays; and irradiating the above mixture with active energy rays to graft the above reactive compound on the above exfoliated graphite.

Abstract: A method for producing exfoliated graphite includes immersing a carbon material having a graphene-laminated structure in a liquid containing a liquid substance having a surface tension of 50 mN/m or less at 20° C.; heating the carbon material by radiating electromagnetic waves to the carbon material immersed in the liquid; and exfoliating the carbon material by gasifying the liquid in contact with the carbon material in the heating.

Abstract: There is provided a method for efficiently and inexpensively providing a resin laminate having a foamed resin layer without using a bonding agent. The method for manufacturing a resin laminate includes the steps of: supplying a molten foamable resin composition 11 in a non-foamed state to a first manifold 4 of a multi-manifold mold 1; supplying a second resin composition 12 for forming a non-foamed resin layer to a second manifold 5; in the multi-manifold mold 1, extruding the foamable resin composition 11 from the first manifold 4 to a merging and laminating part 3 and releasing pressure to thereby cause foaming to form a foamed resin layer 11A; and, before solidification of the foamed resin layer 11, extruding a non-foamed resin layer 12A extruded from the second manifold 5 and laminating the non-foamed resin layer 12A to the foamed resin layer 11A.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a resin composite material in which a synthetic resin is grafted on a carbon material and the deterioration of the resin is less likely to occur to develop high mechanical strength. A method for producing a resin composite material, comprising steps of providing a resin composition comprising a synthetic resin and a carbon material dispersed in the synthetic resin and having a graphene structure; and grafting the synthetic resin on the carbon material simultaneously with the step of providing the resin composition, or after the step of providing the resin composition, wherein the grafting step is performed by mixing an initiator in which a radical generated in thermal decomposition is a carbon radical with the synthetic resin and the carbon material and heating an obtained mixture.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is dispersed in a synthetic resin and which has high mechanical strength; and a resin composite material obtained by the method. More specifically, disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is uniformly dispersed in a synthetic resin selected from the group consisting of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the method comprising, when the synthetic resin is a crystalline resin, shear-kneading the crystalline resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature lower than a melting point of the crystalline resin and, when the synthetic resin is an amorphous resin, shear-kneading the amorphous resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature close to a Tg of the crystalline resin; and a resin composite material obtained by the production method.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material having a high modulus of elasticity. The resin composite material comprises a thermoplastic resin, exfoliated graphite, and an inorganic filler different from the exfoliated graphite.

Abstract: Provided is a process for manufacturing a resin composite material having high mechanical strength. The process comprises the steps of: preparing a resin composition comprising a carbon material having a graphene structure, a solvent, and a thermoplastic resin; applying a shearing force to a solid of the resin composition so that the total shearing strain, which is a product of shear rate (s?1) and shear time (s), is 80000 or more either at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic resin when the thermoplastic resin is crystalline or at a temperature in the vicinity of Tg of the thermoplastic resin when the thermoplastic resin is amorphous; and kneading the resin composition at a temperature equal to or higher than the boiling point of the solvent to obtain the resin composite material.

Abstract: Provided are a resin composite material containing plate-shaped exfoliated graphite or exfoliated graphite oxide with few folds and wrinkles and having effectively-enhanced mechanical strength such as tensile elastic modulus and a method for manufacturing the resin composite material. The resin composite material is a resin composite material including a synthetic resin and exfoliated graphite or exfoliated graphite oxide, wherein an average value of an average degree of flexion of the exfoliated graphite or of the exfoliated graphite oxide in one of two orthogonal cutting planes along which the resin composite material is cut and an average degree of flexion of the exfoliated graphite or of the exfoliated graphite oxide in the other cutting plane is less than 0.3.

Abstract: To provide a resin composite material in which aggregation of silane compounds in the resin is suppressed and the linear expansion coefficient is lowered, and a method for producing the resin composite material. A resin composite material containing a resin and a silane compound 12 having a structure of the formula (1), wherein a molecular chain of the resin and a molecular chain of the silane compound 12 form an IPN structure or a semi-IPN structure, and a method for producing a resin composite material including a step of mixing a resin and a silane compound 12a to obtain a resin composition and an IPN structure formation step of allowing a plurality of the silane compounds 12a contained in the resin composition to be condensed with each other. Each of Rs in the formula (1) is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen and an arbitrary organic functional group and at least one thereof is a reactive organic functional group. x represents 1 or 1.5.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is dispersed in a synthetic resin and which has high mechanical strength; and a resin composite material obtained by the method. More specifically, disclosed herein are: a method for producing a resin composite material in which a carbon material having a graphene structure is uniformly dispersed in a synthetic resin selected from the group consisting of a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin, the method comprising, when the synthetic resin is a crystalline resin, shear-kneading the crystalline resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature lower than a melting point of the crystalline resin and, when the synthetic resin is an amorphous resin, shear-kneading the amorphous resin and the carbon material with a shear-kneading device at a temperature close to a Tg of the crystalline resin; and a resin composite material obtained by the production method.

Abstract: There are provided a multilayered resin molded body having high filler orientability and high mechanical strength, and a method for manufacturing the same. A multilayered resin molded body (1) comprising a plurality of laminated resin composition layers (11) comprising a thermoplastic resin (11a) and a filler (15) comprising a carbon material having a graphene structure, the filler (15) being dispersed in the thermoplastic resin (11a), wherein an angle formed by a longitudinal direction of each filler (15) and a direction that is an average of longitudinal directions of all fillers (15) is ±6° or less, and a method for manufacturing the multilayered resin molded body (1).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a resin composite material that has excellent mechanical strength and can be easily produced and a method for producing such a resin composite material. The resin composite material is obtained by chemically bonding a reactive polyfunctional compound to both a thermoplastic resin and a carbon material having a graphene structure. The resin composite material production method includes: a first step of chemically bonding the reactive polyfunctional compound and the thermoplastic resin together; and a second step of chemically bonding the reactive polyfunctional compound and the carbon material having a graphene structure together.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composite material in which a carbon material with a graphene structure is dispersed in a synthetic resin and which has a high mechanical strength and a low linear expansion coefficient and a method for producing the resin composite material. A resin composite material contains a synthetic resin and a carbon material with a graphene structure dispersed in the synthetic resin, wherein the synthetic resin is grafted onto the carbon material and the grafting ratio thereof onto the carbon material is 5% to 3300% by weight. A method for producing a resin composite material includes the steps of: preparing a resin composite containing a synthetic resin and a carbon material with a graphene structure dispersed in the synthetic resin; and grafting the synthetic resin onto the carbon material concurrently with or after the step of preparing the resin composite.

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which can be molded easily and from which can be obtained synthetic resin molded articles superior in mechanical strength such as modulus of tensile elasticity, appearance such as surface smoothness, and dimensional stability. Since the resin composition of the present invention is characterized by containing a synthetic resin and a flaked graphite that is a laminate of graphene sheets the number of which is 150 or less and that has an aspect ratio of 20 or more, it is superior in moldability and synthetic resin molded articles with desired shapes can be produced therefrom by a widely used molding method.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a polymer alloy which can provide a polymer alloy that can be, for example, defoamed or molded while maintaining its micro phase-separated structure. The method for producing a polymer alloy of the present invention includes at least: a step 1 of mixing two or more resins with a solvent, the two or more resins being immiscible with each other at an ordinary temperature and an ordinary pressure, the solvent being liquid or gaseous at an ordinary temperature and an ordinary pressure; a step 2 of heating and pressurizing the solvent into a high-temperature, high-pressure fluid or a supercritical fluid, and mixing the solvent in this state with the resins; a step 3 of restoring the mixture obtained in the step 2 to an ordinary temperature and an ordinary pressure; and a step 4 of irradiating the mixture obtained in the step 3 with ionizing radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sound insulating material excellent in sound insulation property and moldability. The sound insulating material of the present invention contains an inorganic compound in a thermoplastic resin foam and is characterized by containing the inorganic compound in an amount of from 30 to 300 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin constituting the thermoplastic resin foam. Therefore, it has excellent sound insulation property and moldability.