Abstract: A rubber foam composition containing a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber and a chemical foaming agent, in which the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber has a functional group A represented by specific General Formula (A) and positioned at a molecular terminal, in the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, a mass ratio B/A of a content of a functional group B represented by specific General Formula (B) and positioned at a molecular terminal with respect to a content of the functional group A is 12.00 or less, a total amount of the functional group A and the functional group B is 0.10 to 1.00% by mass, and a content of the chemical foaming agent is 3 to 16 parts by mass with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, a thiazole compound, and a dithiocarbamic acid-based compound.

Abstract: A rubber composition from which a vulcanized rubber simultaneously improved in three characteristics of oil resistance, cold resistance and ozone resistance can be obtained, and a molded article using the vulcanized rubber are provided. The rubber composition contains 50 to 99 parts by mass of a chloroprene rubber containing 0.01 to 20% by mass of an unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a non-conjugated diene rubber.

Abstract: A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber having a functional group A represented by specific General Formula (A) and positioned at a molecular terminal and a functional group B represented by specific General Formula (B) and positioned at a molecular terminal, in which a mass ratio B/A of a content of the functional group B with respect to a content of the functional group A is more than 0 and 6.00 or less, and a total amount of the functional group A and the functional group B is 0.10 to 0.60% by mass.

Abstract: A chloroprene rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of a chloroprene-based rubber, 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass of a sulfur-based compound represented by General Formula (1) below, and more than 0 parts by mass and 2.0 parts by mass or less of a xanthogen disulfide compound represented by General Formula (2) below. [In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.] [In the formula, R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A rubber composition from which a vulcanized rubber simultaneously improved in three characteristics of oil resistance, cold resistance and ozone resistance can be obtained, and a molded article using the vulcanized rubber are provided. The rubber composition contains 50 to 99 parts by mass of a chloroprene rubber containing 0.01 to 20% by mass of an unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and 1 to 50 parts by mass of a non-conjugated diene rubber.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber bearing formed from a polychloroprene composition and having higher ozone resistance. The rubber bearing comprises a laminate prepared by alternately laminating a plurality of soft layers having rubber elasticity and a plurality of hard layers having rigidity, and a covering layer covering an outer peripheral part of the laminate. The soft layer comprises a rubber composition containing a polychloroprene, and the covering layer comprises a blend rubber composition containing 30 to 95 parts by mass of a polychloroprene and 70 to 5 parts by mass of an elastomer other than the polychloroprene.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition improved in heat resistance. A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition, comprising a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber containing sulfur chemically bound thereto and sulfur not chemically bound to the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, wherein: the ratio of the amount of sulfur chemically bound to the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber to the total amount of sulfur in the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition (amount of chemically bound sulfur [mass %]/total amount of sulfur [mass %]) is 0.1 to 0.45; and the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber has, at the molecular terminal, at least one structure represented by the following General Formula (1) or (2): —S—C(?S)—O—R1 . . . (1) (in General Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) or —S—R2 . . . (2) (in General Formula (2), R2 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms).

Abstract: Provided is a laminate having elastomer layers tightly bonded to each other. The laminate according to the present invention 1 has an acrylic elastomer layer 11 and a fluorine elastomer layer 12 that are bonded to each other. The acrylic elastomer layer 11 is made of an acrylic elastomer composition having an epoxy group-containing acrylic elastomer and an onium salt added and the fluorine elastomer layer 12 is made of a fluorine elastomer composition having a fluorine elastomer and a polyol crosslinking agent added. In the laminate 1, the elastomer layers are bonded tightly to each other even without any surface treatment.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition improved in heat resistance. A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition, comprising a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber containing sulfur chemically bound thereto and sulfur not chemically bound to the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, wherein: the ratio of the amount of sulfur chemically bound to the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber to the total amount of sulfur in the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber composition (amount of chemically bound sulfur [mass %]/total amount of sulfur [mass %]) is 0.1 to 0.45; and the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber has, at the molecular terminal, at least one structure represented by the following General Formula (1) or (2): —S—C(?S)—O—R1 . . . (1) (in General Formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) or —S—R2 . . . (2) (in General Formula (2), R2 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms).

Abstract: This invention provides a means to produce improved sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber for use in making products with improved heat resistance. The products of the invention require sulfurization of the chloroprene followed by plasticization. A preferred plasticizer is tetraethylthiuram.

Abstract: Provided are a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber superior in adhesiveness to cable core and fibrous reinforcement material, a method for producing the same, and a molded body prepared from the same. A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber is prepared in a polymerization step of mixing 100 parts by mass of 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene and 0.1 to 2.0 parts by mass of sulfur and emulsion-polymerizing the mixture to a monomer conversion rate in the range of 60 to 90% and in a plasticizing step of modifying the terminal of the polymer by adding an aqueous medium dispersion containing tetramethylthiuram disulfide in an amount of 10 to 70 mass % to the reaction solution after polymerization. The 1H-NMR spectrum of the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber, as determined in deuterochloroform solvent, has two peak tops at 3.55 to 3.61 ppm and at 3.41 to 3.47 ppm, and the ratio (A/B) of peak area (A) at 3.55 to 3.61 ppm to peak area (B) at 4.2 to 6.5 ppm is 0.05/100 to 0.70/100.

Abstract: Provided are a sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber improved in heat resistance, a molded article prepared by using the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber and a method for producing the sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber. A sulfur-modified chloroprene rubber comprising, as the principal component, a sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer having sulfur atoms in the molecule which is obtained by emulsion polymerization of chloroprene alone or a mixture of chloroprene and one or more other monomers in the presence of sulfur, wherein the content of the sulfur that is bound to the sulfur-modified chloroprene polymer is 0.2 to 0.6 mass % with respect to the total amount of the rubber and the ratio of the amount of the bound sulfur (mass %) to the total amount of the sulfur contained in the entire rubber (mass %) (bound sulfur content/total sulfur content) is 0.28 to 0.5.

Abstract: The laminate according to the present invention 1 has an acrylic elastomer layer 11 and a fluorine elastomer layer 12 that are bonded to each other. The acrylic elastomer layer 11 is made of an acrylic elastomer composition having an epoxy group-containing acrylic elastomer and an onium salt added and the fluorine elastomer layer 12 is made of a fluorine elastomer composition having a fluorine elastomer and a polyol crosslinking agent added. In the laminate 1, the elastomer layers are bonded tightly to each other even without any surface treatment.

Abstract: For obtaining a substrate on the surface of which a water repellent film is firmly bonded through an undercoating film, and which shows a low critical inclination angle, superior durability, and high density, a water repellent and/or oil repellent film layer is formed by using a liquid for undercoating treatment. The liquid for undercoating treatment is obtained by dissolving and reacting a materiel having chlorosilil radical in molecular form therein and is dissolved into an alcohol group solvent, so that a surface roughness (Ra) of less than 0.5 nm is obtained, thereby achieving high durability and a low critical inclination angle.

Abstract: In a process for producing a product coated with a water repellent film which comprises applying on a base substrate a coating liquid containing a silicon alkoxide, a fluoroalkyl group-containing silane compound and an acid dissolved in a solvent and drying; the process for producing a product coated with a water repellent film being characterized in that said coating liquid contains: said silicon alkoxide or a hydrolysate thereof is present at a concentration equivalent to 0.01 to 2% by weight of silica formed by hydrolysis of the silicon alkoxide, said fluoroalkyl group-containing silane compound is present at a concentration equivalent to 0.00001 to 0.15% by weight of silica formed by hydrolysis of the fluoroalkyl group-containing silane compound, 0.003-3 normality of said acid, and 0-20% by weight of water. The invention further provides water repellent products having a good rolling properly of water drops, a high scratching resistance and a high weatherability prepared by the process of the invention.

Abstract: For obtaining a substrate on the surface of which a water repellent film is firmly bonded through an undercoating film, and which shows a low critical inclination angle, superior durability, and high density, a water repellent and/or oil repellent film layer is formed by using a liquid for undercoating treatment. The liquid for undercoating treatment is obtained by dissolving and reacting a material having chlorosilyl radicle radicle in molecular form therein and is dissolved into an alcohol group solvent, so that a surface roughness (Ra) of less than 0.5 nm is obtained, thereby achieving high durability and a low critical inclination angle.

Abstract: Coating liquid prepared by dissolving an acid and a silicon alkoxide into alcohol, containing at least one of either a silicon alkoxide or a hydrolyzate thereof (including a partial hydrolyzate) in an amount of 0.010 to 3% by weight (in terms of silica), an acid in terms of 0.0010 to 1.0 normality, and water in terms of 0 to 10% by weight is coated on a substrate to produce an article coated with a silica-based film. By this method for producing a silica-based film coated article, an excellent silica-based film coated article can be obtained without requiring baking and pretreatment. Furthermore, a functional film coated article excellent in durability can be produced in a short period of time and safely by using the abovementioned silica-based film as a primer film and applying thereon an organosilane having a hydrolyzable group and a functional group having a specific function or a hydrolyzate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film and a photocatalytic film in the order laminated on the surface of glass substrate, in which dents and projections having an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) from 1.5 to 80 nm and mean interval (Sm) of dents and projections from 4 to 300 nm are formed thereon, and to An anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article having an alkali shut-off film, a photocatalytic film, and a silicon oxide monocomponent equivalent layer or a layer of organosilane including at least one kind of functional group selected from polyalkyleneoxide group, alkyl group, alkenyl group and aryl group in its molecules or its hydrolyzed substance, laminated in the order on the surface of a glass article. The abovementioned anti-fogging and stain-prevented glass article can be used for window glasses of automobiles and buildings, and glasses, etc.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an anti-fogging article which is excellent in durability, wear resistance, anti-fogging property and anti-fogging substainability property, wherein the same is an anti-fogging article in which a film having a metal oxide fine particles having a grain size from 4 through 300 nm and having metal oxides used as its matrix is coated on a substrate and dents and projections having an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) from 1.

Abstract: Water-repellent articles having an excellent water repellency, particularly water-repellent articles having a great contact angle with respect to waterdrop, an excellent waterdrop rollability, a high scuff resistance and a high weathering resistance, a method for producing the water-repellent articles, and a solution for forming a water-repellent film are dsiclosed. A novel method for producing water-repellent articles is provided, which comprises dissolving a chlorosilyl group-containing compound and a fluoroalkyl group-containing silane compound in a solvent containing an alcohol and/or water content to obtain a solution having the chloro group in said chlorosilyl group-containing compound substituted by an alkoxyl group or hydroxyl group, applying said solution to the surface of a substrate, and then drying the coated material to form a water-repellent film.