Abstract: A new Petunia-Calibrachoa hybrid plant particularly distinguished by having light yellow flowers with darker veins and a compact plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: The ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.6% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.015% or more and 0.20% or less, Cr: 17.0% or more and 24.0% or less, Ni: less than 0.6%, N: 0.020% or less, Ca: 0.0002% or more and 0.0020% or less, and O: 0.0050% or less and further contains one or two selected from Ti: 0.01% or more and 0.45% or less and Nb: 0.01% or more and 0.55% or less, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The ferritic stainless steel sheet satisfies (Ti+Nb×48/93)/(C+N)?8.0 (where Ti, Nb, C, and N represent the contents (% by mass) of these elements, respectively).

Abstract: A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKPXC017 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKPXC017, the plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKPXC017, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKPXC017, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKPXC017 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea impatiens SAKPXC017, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKPXC017, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel that has excellent corrosion resistance and displays good brazing properties when brazing is carried out at high temperature using a Ni-containing brazing metal. These effects are obtained as a result of the steel having a chemical composition containing, in mass %: 0.003%-0.020% of C; 0.05%-1.00% of Si; 0.10%-0.50% of Mn, 0.04% or less of P; 0.01% or less of S; 16.0%-25.0% of Cr; 0.05%-0.60% of Ni; 0.25%-0.45% of Nb; 0.005%-0.15% of Al; 0.005%-0.030% of N; and at least one selected from 0.50%-2.50% of Mo and 0.05%-0.80% of Cu, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and as a result of a nitrogen-enriched layer being created that has a nitrogen concentration peak value of 0.03 to 0.30 mass % at a depth of within 0.05 ?m of a surface of the steel.

Abstract: A stainless steel for use in a fuel cell separator is produced by subjecting stainless steel containing 16 mass % or more of Cr to electrolytic treatment and thereafter to immersion treatment in a solution containing fluorine. The electrolytic treatment is carried out by anodic electrolyzation or by a combination of anodic electrolyzation and cathodic electrolyzation, and an anodic electrolytic quantity Qa and a cathodic electrolytic quantity Qc preferably satisfy Qa?Qc. The solution containing fluorine preferably has a temperature of 40° C. or higher, and hydrofluoric acid concentration [HF] (mass %) and nitric acid concentration [HNO3] (mass %) satisfying [HF]?0.8×[HNO3].

Abstract: A solar reflector plate maintains an excellent reflectance of a reflective layer and has excellent sand resistance and weather resistance. The solar reflector plate includes a substrate; a reflective layer provided onto the substrate; and a protective layer provided onto the reflective layer, wherein the protective layer contains silicon in an amount of 10% by mass to 60% by mass in terms of SiO2 and an organic substance, and has 1.5 to 3.2 oxygen atoms on average that form a chemical bond with silicon.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel excellent in corrosion resistance and conductivity and a method for manufacturing the same, the stainless steel having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Si: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.001% or more and 1.0% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.001% or more and 0.05% or less, Cr; 17% or more and 23% or less, Mo: 0.1% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a passivation film on the surface of the stainless steel which is obtained by immersing the stainless steel in a solution for an immersion treatment, said solution mainly contains hydrofluoric acid or a liquid mixture of hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid.

Abstract: A stainless steel having a low surface contact resistance for fuel cell separators is provided. The stainless steel has a Cr content of 16 to 40 mass % or more. The stainless steel includes a region having a fine textured structure on its surface, and the area percentage of the region is 50% or more, preferably 80% or more. The region having a fine textured structure is a region which has a structure having depressed portions and raised portions at an average interval between depressed portions or raised portions of 20 nm or more and 150 nm or less when observed with a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: The surface of a substrate made of stainless-steel foil is coated with a Sn alloy layer, with a strike layer in between. The coating ratio of the strike layer on the substrate is 2% to 70%.

Abstract: A beam exposure device includes a light-emitting unit for emitting light beams from a plurality of light-emitting positions, a scan unit, an optical condensing system for condensing a spot of the light beams onto a surface to be exposed, and a micro-deflection unit for micro-deflecting the plurality of light beams to expose the space between the beams in the plurality of light beams. The optical condensing system includes a first microlens array arranged between the light-emitting unit and the micro-deflection unit and provided with a plurality of microlenses corresponding to the light-emitting positions; and a second microlens array arranged between the micro-deflection unit and the surface to be exposed and provided with a plurality of microlenses each microlens corresponding to the light-emitting unit.

Abstract: A stainless steel having a low surface contact resistance for fuel cell separators is provided. The stainless steel has a Cr content of 16 to 40 mass % or more. The stainless steel includes a region having a fine textured structure on its surface, and the area percentage of the region is 50% or more, preferably 80% or more. The region having a fine textured structure is a region which has a structure having depressed portions and raised portions at an average interval between depressed portions or raised portions of 20 nm or more and 150 nm or less when observed with a scanning electron microscope.

Abstract: The invention provides ferritic stainless steels exhibiting good weldability and excellent corrosion resistance even under such welding conditions that sensitization is induced. The ferritic stainless steel includes, by mass %, C: 0.001 to 0.030%, Si: more than 0.3 to 0.55%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.50%, P: not more than 0.05%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: 19.0 to 28.0%, Ni: 0.01 to less than 0.30%, Mo: 0.2 to 3.0%, Al: more than 0.08 to 1.2%, V: 0.02 to 0.50%, Cu: less than 0.1%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.50%, Ti: 0.05 to 0.50%, and N: 0.001 to 0.030%, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, the ferritic stainless steel satisfying Equations (1) and (2).

Abstract: A new Petunia-Calibrachoa hybrid plant particularly distinguished by having purple flower color and a spreading plant habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: The surface of a substrate made of stainless steel foil is coated with a Sn alloy layer, with a strike layer in between. The coating weight of the strike layer is 0.001 g/m2 to 1 g/m2.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus in an image forming apparatus development support system includes an apparatus control section and an output section. Upon receiving virtual apparatus information from a development computer, the apparatus control section perceives the image forming apparatus as if an unattached optional device were attached to the image forming apparatus despite the fact that the unattached optional device is not attached. The apparatus control section then controls an apparatus storage section to store the virtual apparatus information as apparatus information indicating the current apparatus state. Upon receiving an instruction for outputting a report indicating the state of the image forming apparatus while the virtual apparatus information is stored in the apparatus storage section, the output section outputs the report based on the virtual apparatus information in accordance with a report outputting program.

Abstract: A device includes a data storing cell array including a plurality of groups of data storing cells each configured to be accessed responsive to the input of the corresponding one of the row addresses and a count value control circuit coupled to each of the groups of the data storing cells. The count value control circuit is configured to update a count value stored in each of the groups of data storing cells by a first value responsive to the input of the corresponding one of the row addresses in a first operation mode and to set the count value stored in each of the groups of the data storing cells to a second value responsive to the input of the corresponding one of the row addresses in a second operation mode.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel foil for a solar cell substrate excellent in terms of threading performance. The ferritic stainless steel foil for a solar cell substrate may have a chemical composition containing, by mass %, Cr: 14% or more and 24% or less and Nb: 0.1% or more and 0.6% or less, and optionally further containing Mo: 2.0% or less, a Vickers hardness of Hv250 or more and Hv450 or less, and a Vickers hardness of Hv250 or more and Hv450 or less after the substrate has undergone an optical absorber layer growth process in which the substrate is held in a temperature range of 450° C. or higher and 650° C. or lower for a duration of 1 minute or more.

Abstract: A stainless steel foil contains, in percent by mass, 0.05% or less of C, 2.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 0.003% or less of S, 0.05% or less of P, 25.0% to 35.0% of Cr, 0.05% to 0.30% of Ni, 3.0% to 10.0% of Al, 0.10% or less of N, 0.02% or less of Ti, 0.02% or less of Nb, 0.02% or less of Ta, 0.005% to 0.20% of Zr, 0.02% or less of Ce, 0.03% to 0.20% of REM excluding Ce, 0.5% to 6.0% in total of at least one of Mo and W, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel foil for a solar cell substrate excellent in terms of threading performance with which it is possible to maintain sufficient hardness to suppress, for example, buckling during threading when a solar cell is manufactured using a roll-to-roll method. The ferritic stainless steel foil for a solar cell substrate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, Cr: 14% or more and 18% or less, a Vickers hardness of Hv250 or more, and a Vickers hardness of Hv250 or more after the substrate has undergone an optical absorber layer growth process in which the substrate is held in a temperature range of 450° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower for a duration of 1 minute or more.

Abstract: A new Petunia-Calibrachoa hybrid plant particularly distinguished by having purple flower color and a spreading plant habit, is disclosed.