Abstract: A technique capable of certainly suppressing adhesion of waste ink to hands, clothes, and the like during replacement of a waste ink tank is provided. There are included a container portion provided with an insertion port which a discharge member discharging waste ink can be inserted into and pulled out from and a shielding portion movable between a shielding position where the insertion port is shielded and an open position where the insertion port is opened.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body having a high light output. The problem is resolved by a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the light transmittance T410 of 410 nm to the light transmittance T512 of 512 nm (T410/T512) is from 0.31 to 0.61, or a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the diffraction peak intensity Iy of a phase different from gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=from 20 to 29° to the diffraction peak intensity (Ix) of (102) or (011) of gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=30°±1° (Iy/Ix) is 0.1 or less in an XRD diffraction pattern and which contains one or more activators selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, terbium, and cerium.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body having a high light output. The problem is resolved by a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the light transmittance T410 of 410 nm to the light transmittance T512 of 512 nm (T410/T512) is from 0.31 to 0.61, or a gadolinium oxysulfide sintered body in which the ratio of the diffraction peak intensity Iy of a phase different from gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=from 20 to 29° to the diffraction peak intensity (Ix) of (102) or (011) of gadolinium oxysulfide appearing at 2?=30°±1° (Iy/Ix) is 0.1 or less in an XRD diffraction pattern and which contains one or more activators selected from the group consisting of praseodymium, terbium, and cerium.

Abstract: A method for recovering or producing silicon, that can recover or produce silicon using cutting scraps containing silicon carbide abrasive grains and silicon as raw materials without separating those is provided. The present invention is a method for recovering or producing silicon from cutting scraps containing silicon carbide, which are produced during a cutting or grinding of silicon ingots or silicon wafers, wherein the method comprises producing silicon by heating the cutting scraps containing silicon carbide, and a silica raw material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing silicon by at least heating any one of raw materials for silicon production selected from a silica raw material and a carbon material; a silica raw material and silicon carbide; and silicon raw material, in a heating furnace, wherein the method comprises operating at least one of the raw materials for silicon production and a heated product in the heating furnace using a jig, and the jig comprises a non-metallic material portion having a bending strength of 100 MPa or more and a melting point higher than a melting point of silicon, and at least a portion thereof coming into contact with the raw materials for silicon production or the heated product, having a temperature of 1,000° C. or higher, is constituted of the non-metallic material portion.

Abstract: Processes or apparatuses for producing silicon by a carbon reduction in an arc furnace using a raw silica material having an iron content, an aluminum content, a calcium content, and a titanium content of 0.1% by mass or less, respectively and using a carbon material, wherein during the carbon reduction, an overcurrent which flows through an electrode of the arc furnace is mitigated using a power regulation unit or that the arc furnace is operated at a hearth power density PD (W/cm2) of 90 (W/cm2) or higher.

Abstract: Novel compounds, called chloropolysporins B and C, and salts thereof have antibiotic properties and would appear to be members of the class of glycopeptide antibiotics containing chlorine. They may be produced by cultivating a suitable strain of miroorganism of the genus Micropolyspora, especially Micropolyspora sp. SANK 60983 (FERM BP-538). They may be combined with conventional pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents for therapeutic use or incorporated into edible excipients, such as feed or water, for use as a growth-promoting agent, especially for farm animals.

Abstract: A method for production of fiber-reinforced metal composite material having high fiber content, wherein a bundle of fiber material is impregnated with water, then this water-impregnated fiber bundle is subjected to compression and freezing to form a high density fiber shaped body, subsequently, the high density fiber shaped body is subjected to thawing and drying, while maintaining its shape as compressed, and finally molten metal is infiltrated into the fiber shaped body.

Abstract: A novel compound, called chloropolysporin, has antibiotic properties and would appear to be a member of the class of glycopeptide antibiotics containing chlorine. It may be produced by cultivating a suitable strain of microorganism of the genus Micropolyspora, especially Micropolyspora sp. SANK 60983 (FERM BP-538). It may be combined with conventional pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or diluents for therapeutic use or incorporated into edible excipients, such as feed or water, for use as a growth-promoting agent, especially for farm animals.

Abstract: Engine cylinder block made of an aluminum alloy containing in weight 4 to 14% of Si, 1 to 5% of Cu and 0.2 to 0.8% of Mg. Method for manufacturing the cylinder block includes a heat treatment step after moulding of such aluminum alloy.