Abstract: There is provided a curable composition which can give a cured product having excellent physical properties and is particularly useful as a material for the separator of a fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrically conducting curable resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a hydrocarbon compound having a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds, (B) an elastomer excluding the component (A), and (C) a carbonaceous material.

Abstract: The production process for 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane is reacted with fluorine in the presence of a solvent containing hydrogen fluoride. The 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane may be obtained by chlorination of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1. Further, the present invention provides as well a process of refining 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane obtained in the manner described above. According to the present invention, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane which is useful, for example, as a synthetic raw material for hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene used as an etching gas for semiconductors can industrially efficiently be produced by using 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane which is a by-product of chloroprene and which has so far been disposed.

Abstract: Novel epoxy compounds represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group, each R3 may be the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl or fluoroalkyl, and n is 0 or a positive integer), and the general formula: (wherein R3 represents the same groups specified above, R4 represents hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer), and a process for their production.

Abstract: There is provided a curable composition which can give a cured product having excellent physical properties and is particularly useful as a material for the separator of a fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrically conducting curable resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a hydrocarbon compound having a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds, (B) an elastomer excluding the component (A), and (C) a carbonaceous material.

Abstract: A novel epoxy compound represented by the following general formula (I), and a production process thereof, is provided: Y—(CH2)3—Si(OR1)nR23-n??(I) (wherein, Y is represented by any of the following formulas: wherein, R1 and R2 represent alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or trialkylsilyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a trialkylsilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R6 to R12 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or trialkylsilyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R13 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a trialkylsilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group).

Abstract: Novel epoxy compounds having imide structures represented by general formula (I) or general formula (II) below, and having an allyl group in the same molecule, as well as a process for their production (wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group) (wherein R3 represents hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group).

Abstract: A novel epoxy compound represented by the following general formula (I), and a production process thereof, is provided: Y—(CH2)3—Si(OR1)nR23-n??(I) (wherein, Y is represented by any of the following formulas: wherein, R1 and R2 represent alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or trialkylsilyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R5 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a trialkylsilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R6 to R12 represent hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or trialkylsilyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R13 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a trialkylsilyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group).

Abstract: The production process for 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane of the present invention is characterized in that 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane is reacted with fluorine in the presence of a solvent containing hydrogen fluoride. The 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane may be obtained by chlorination of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1. Further, the present invention provides as well a process of refining 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane obtained in the manner described above. According to the present invention, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorohexafluorobutane which is useful, for example, as a synthetic raw material for hexafluoro-1,3-butadiene used as an etching gas for semiconductors can industrially efficiently be produced by using 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane which is a by-product of chloroprene and which has so far been disposed.

Abstract: Novel epoxy compounds having imide structures represented by general formula (I) or general formula (II) below, and having an allyl group in the same molecule, as well as a process for their production.

Abstract: Novel epoxy compounds represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 and R2 each represent hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group, each R3 may be the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkenyl or fluoroalkyl, and n is 0 or a positive integer), and the general formula: (wherein R3 represents the same groups specified above, R4 represents hydrogen, a C1-6 alkyl group or a C1-4 trialkylsilyl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer), and a process for their production.

Abstract: There is provided a curable composition which can give a cured product having excellent physical properties and is particularly useful as a material for the separator of a fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrically conducting curable resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a hydrocarbon compound having a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds, (B) an elastomer excluding the component (A), and (C) a carbonaceous material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorinated polymer of adequate molecular weight with excellent transparency in a wavelength range from visible to near infrared, and to also provide a method of producing such a polymer. The present invention provides a fluorinated polymer comprising a structure represented by a formula (1) as a structural unit, as well as a method of producing this polymer using a corresponding tetrafluoroxylylenediamine or a tetrafluoroxylylene glycol as a raw material.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorinated polymer of adequate molecular weight with excellent transparency in a wavelength range from visible to near infrared, and to also provide a method of producing such a polymer. The present invention provides a fluorinated polymer comprising a structure represented by a formula (1) as a structural unit, as well as a method of producing this polymer using a corresponding tetrafluoroxylylenediamine or a tetrafluoroxylylene glycol as a raw material.

Abstract: An ultrasonic motor includes piezoelectric resonators for generating vibration waves, an elastic vibration member along which an elastic wave propagates when driving of the piezoelectric resonators is driven, a sliding member located in contact with the elastic vibration member under pressure and adapted to slide along the elastic vibration member when the elastic wave propagates, and a friction member located on the sliding member and brought into frictional contact with the elastic vibration member, the friction member being made of a material having a hardness of less than 100 and larger than 94 measured by a spring A type hardness tester, a hardness of 40 to 120 measured by a Rockwell's R type hardness tester, hardness of 20 to 80 measured by a Rockwell's M type hardness tester, a hardness of 40 to 90 measured by a Shore A type hardness tester, or a hardness of 20 to 70 measured by a Shore D type hardness tester.