Abstract: A battery with a laminate film outer package, configured by bonding film materials; and a flat electrode body contained in the laminate film outer package having a positive electrode with a positive electrode non-coated part, without a positive electrode mixture layer and an exposed positive electrode core body midway in the longitudinal direction; and a negative electrode has a negative electrode non-coated part without a negative electrode mixture layer and an exposed negative electrode core body midway in the longitudinal direction; and a positive electrode tab is bonded and electrically connected to the positive electrode non-coated part; and a negative electrode tab is bonded and electrically connected to the negative electrode non-coated part, both tabs generally pass through the center of the flat electrode body in the thickness direction, while being positioned on the same side of a virtual plane perpendicular to the thickness direction of the flat electrode body.

Abstract: A carbon material for a catalyst carrier of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, in which a nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm exhibits two hysteresis loops having a first hysteresis loop and a second hysteresis loop in a range where a relative pressure P/P0 is 0.4 or more.

Abstract: A dehydrogenation catalyst for producing propylene by a dehydrogenation reaction of propane, the dehydrogenation catalyst including a platinum element and an element M1 and may contain an element M2 as active components, wherein the element M1 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of a gallium element, a cobalt element, a copper element, a germanium element, a tin element and an iron element, the element M2 is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of a lead element and a calcium element, and the platinum element and the element M1 form an alloy.

Abstract: A support for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst satisfying the following requirements (A), (B), (C), and (D), and a producing method thereof, as well as a catalyst layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and a fuel cell: (A) a specific surface area according to a BET analysis of a nitrogen adsorption isotherm is from 450 to 1500 m2/g. (B) a nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherm forms a hysteresis loop in a range of relative pressure P/P0 of more than 0.47 but not more than 0.90, and a hysteresis loop area ?S0.47-0.9 is from 1 to 35 mL/g; (C) a relative pressure Pclose/P0 at which the hysteresis loop closes is more than 0.47 but not more than 0.70; and (D) a half-width of a G band detected by Raman spectrometry in a range of from 1500 to 1700 cm?1 is from 45 to 75 cm?1.

Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip aluminized steel sheet with fine-sized spangles produced in a different way from conventional methods, and a method of producing a hot-dip aluminized steel sheet with fine-sized spangles in a different way from conventional methods. The hot-dip aluminized steel sheet includes: a substrate steel sheet; and an aluminum-based coating which is formed by a hot-dip method on the surface of the substrate steel sheet and in which the average B concentration is not less than 0.005 mass % and the sum of the average Ti concentration and the average V concentration is not more than 0.03 mass %.

Abstract: A sensor head is provided and achieves improved measurement accuracy while reducing measurement time. The sensor head includes: a case including a first case section having a lens therein, a second case section having an objective lens therein, and a third case section providing connection between the first case section and the second case section. Inside the third case section, a mirror member for folding light incident thereon from the lens toward the objective lens is disposed, and a hollow tube providing communication between through holes respectively formed in the mirror member and the objective lens is provided.

Abstract: A sensor head is provided and achieves improved measurement accuracy while reducing measurement time. The sensor head includes: a case including a first case section having a lens therein, a second case section having an objective lens therein, and a third case section providing connection between the first case section and the second case section. Inside the third case section, a mirror member for folding light incident thereon from the lens toward the objective lens is disposed, and a hollow tube providing communication between through holes respectively formed in the mirror member and the objective lens is provided.

Abstract: The present invention is a carbon material for a catalyst carrier of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has a three-dimensional dendritic structure, and simultaneously satisfies the following (A), (B), and (C). (A) By a laser Raman spectroscopic analysis with a wavelength of 532 nm, a standard deviation ?(R) of an intensity ratio (R value) of an intensity of a D-band (near 1360 cm?1) to an intensity of a G-band (near 1580 cm?1) measured with a beam diameter of 1 ?m at 50 measurement points is from 0.01 to 0.07. (B) A BET specific surface area SBET is from 400 to 1520 m2/g. (C) A nitrogen gas adsorption amount VN:0.4-0.8 during a relative pressure (p/p0) from 0.4 to 0.8 is from 100 to 300 cc(STP)/g. A method of producing such a carbon material for a catalyst carrier is also included.

Abstract: A confocal measuring apparatus (1) includes a light source (10), an optical system (30) configured to receive reflected light from a measurement surface, a light guide part (20) into which a plurality of cores including a first core (26) and a second core (28) is built and configured to propagate the reflected light by the plurality of cores, a displacement amount measurement part (40) including a spectroscope (42) configured to separate the reflected light propagated by the first core into each wavelength components and a detector (44) having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged to correspond to a spectral direction by the spectroscope, and a peripheral image measurement part (60) configured to form an image of the reflected light propagated by the second core on the plurality of image pickup elements and to generate a peripheral image with respect to a measurement position of the measurement surface.

Abstract: Provided are a carbon material for a catalyst carrier of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, the carbon material being a porous carbon material and simultaneously satisfying (1) an intensity ratio (I750/Ipeak) of an intensity at 750° C. (I750) and a peak intensity in a vicinity of 690° C. (Ipeak), in a derivative thermogravimetric curve (DTG) obtained by a thermogravimetric analysis when a temperature is raised at a rate of 10° C./min under an air atmosphere, is 0.10 or less; (2) a BET specific surface area, determined by BET analysis of a nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm, is from 400 to 1,500 m2/g; (3) an integrated pore volume V2-10 of a pore diameter of from 2 to 10 nm, determined by analysis of the nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm using Dollimore-Heal method, is from 0.4 to 1.5 mL/g; and (4) a nitrogen gas adsorption amount Vmacro at a relative pressure of from 0.95 to 0.99 in the nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm is from 300 to 1,200 cc(STP)/g, as well as a method of producing the same.

Abstract: A hot-dip coating equipment includes a cooling rate determining device that includes: a coefficient obtaining section configured to obtain coefficients ?, ?, ?, and ? associated with the hot-dip coating bath, in the following equation that expresses a degree of discoloration YI of the surface of a hot-dip coated steel sheet; and a rate determining section configured to determine an average cooling rate A so as to allow the YI of the following Expression (1) to be not more than a predetermined reference value, YI =(?×[SE]+?)×{(T?ST)/A}1/2+?×[SE]+? . . . (1), where: [SE] is a concentration (mass %) of a specific element contained in the hot-dip coating bath; T is a temperature (° C.) of the hot-dip coating bath; and ST is a solidification temperature (° C.) at which the hot-dip coating bath is solidified.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a hot-dip Al-based metal-plated steel sheet including a plated layer having a surface on which fine spangle are stably formed. A method for producing a hot-dip Al-based metal-plated steel sheet, includes a composition adjusting step of adding a B-containing master alloy so as to adjust a composition of an Al-based hot-dip plating bath (3) containing aluminum as a main component, the composition being adjusted so that the Al-based hot-dip plating bath has a B concentration of not less than 0.005 mass % and a K concentration of more than 0 mass % and less than 0.0005 mass %, the K concentration being reduced in the Al-based hot-dip plating bath by supplying gas into the Al-based hot-dip plating bath so as to remove a suspended matter on a surface of the Al-based hot-dip plating bath.

Abstract: A carbon material for catalyst carrier use excellent in both durability and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, in particular both durability of a carbon material for catalyst carrier use with respect to repeated load fluctuations due to startup and shutdown and power generation performance under operating conditions at the time of low humidity, and a catalyst for solid-polymer fuel cell use prepared using the same etc. are provided. To solve this technical problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a carbon material for catalyst carrier use satisfying the following (A) to (D): (A) an oxygen content OICP of 0.1 to 3.0 mass % contained in the carbon material for catalyst carrier use; (B) a residual amount of oxygen O1200° C. of 0.1 to 1.5 mass % remaining after heat treatment in an inert gas (or vacuum) atmosphere at 1200° C.

Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip aluminized steel sheet with fine-sized spangles produced in a different way from conventional methods, and a method of producing a hot-dip aluminized steel sheet with fine-sized spangles in a different way from conventional methods. The hot-dip aluminized steel sheet includes: a substrate steel sheet; and an aluminum-based coating which is formed by a hot-dip method on the surface of the substrate steel sheet and in which the average B concentration is not less than 0.005 mass % and the sum of the average Ti concentration and the average V concentration is not more than 0.03 mass %.

Abstract: A support for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst satisfying the following requirements (A), (B), (C), and (D), and a producing method thereof, as well as a catalyst layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and a fuel cell: (A) a specific surface area according to a BET analysis of a nitrogen adsorption isotherm is from 450 to 1500 m2/g. (B) a nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherm forms a hysteresis loop in a range of relative pressure P/P0 of more than 0.47 but not more than 0.90, and a hysteresis loop area ?S0.47-0.9 is from 1 to 35 mL/g; (C) a relative pressure Pclose/P0 at which the hysteresis loop closes is more than 0.47 but not more than 0.70; and (D) a half-width of a G band detected by Raman spectrometry in a range of from 1500 to 1700 cm?1 is from 45 to 75 cm?1.

Abstract: Provided is (i) a hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet which includes a coated layer having a surface on which fine spangles are stably and sufficiently formed and which has a beautiful surface appearance due to the fine spangles thus formed on the surface of the coated layer, and (ii) a method of producing such a hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet. The hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet includes: a substrate steel sheet; and a hot-dip aluminum-based alloy coated layer which is formed on a surface of the substrate steel sheet and which contains boron at an average concentration of not less than 0.005 mass % and contains potassium at an average concentration of not less than 0.0004 mass %.

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to prevent discoloration of a surface of a hot-dip coated steel sheet after hot-dip coating. A cooling rate determining device includes: a coefficient obtaining section configured to obtain coefficients ?, ?, ?, and ? associated with the hot-dip coating bath, in the following Expression (1) which expresses a degree of discoloration YI of the surface of a hot-dip coated steel sheet; and a rate determining section configured to determine an average cooling rate A so as to allow the YI of the following Expression (1) to be not more than a predetermined reference value, YI=(?×[SE]+?)×{(T?ST)/A}1/2+?×[SE]+???(1), where: [SE] is a concentration (mass %) of a specific element contained in the hot-dip coating bath; T is a temperature (° C.) of the hot-dip coating bath; and ST is a solidification temperature (° C.) at which the hot-dip coating bath is solidified.

Abstract: A carbon material for use as a catalyst carrier for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which is a porous carbon material and satisfies at the same time (1) the content of a crystallized material is 1.6 or less, (2) the BET specific surface area obtained by a BET analysis of a nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm is from 400 to 1500 m2/g, (3) the cumulative pore volume V2-10 with respect to a pore diameter of from 2 to 10 nm obtained by an analysis of a nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm using the Dollimore-Heal method is from 0.4 to 1.5 mL/g, and (4) the nitrogen gas adsorption amount Vmacro between a relative pressure of 0.95 and 0.99 in a nitrogen gas adsorption isotherm is from 300 to 1200 cc(STP)/g, and the method of producing the same.

Abstract: Provided is (i) a hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet which includes a coated layer having a surface on which fine spangles are stably and sufficiently formed and which has a beautiful surface appearance due to the fine spangles thus formed on the surface of the coated layer, and (ii) a method of producing such a hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet. The hot-dip Al-based alloy-coated steel sheet includes: a substrate steel sheet; and a hot-dip aluminum-based alloy coated layer which is formed on a surface of the substrate steel sheet and which contains boron at an average concentration of not less than 0.005 mass % and contains potassium at an average concentration of not less than 0.0004 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention is a carbon material for a catalyst carrier of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has a three-dimensional dendritic structure, and simultaneously satisfies the following (A), (B), and (C). (A) By a laser Raman spectroscopic analysis with a wavelength of 532 nm, a standard deviation ?(R) of an intensity ratio (R value) of an intensity of a D-band (near 1360 cm?1) to an intensity of a G-band (near 1580 cm?1) measured with a beam diameter of 1 ?m at 50 measurement points is from 0.01 to 0.07. (B) A BET specific surface area SBET is from 400 to 1520 m2/g. (C) A nitrogen gas adsorption amount VN:0.4-0.8 during a relative pressure (p/p0) from 0.4 to 0.8 is from 100 to 300 cc(STP)/g. A method of producing such a carbon material for a catalyst carrier is also included.