Abstract: An imide resin composition including a terminal-modified imide oligomer of General Formula (1) and a thermoplastic aromatic polyimide of General Formula (2). (In Formula (1), either R1 or R2 shows a phenyl group and the other shows a hydrogen atom; R3 and R4 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R5 and R6 show a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20, and 0.05?m/(m+n)?1; and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.) (In Formula (2), R1 and R2 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R3 shows a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1 and n?0, and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, which suppresses the deterioration of an interface layer, improves mechanistic properties and has excellent durability even under a high temperature, even ceramic fibers formed of silicon carbide fibers are used, without complicating the production steps. To obtain a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, by melt-infiltrating a composite material substrate obtained by forming ceramic fibers, formed of silicon carbide fibers and having an amorphous structure, into a composite with a matrix formed of an inorganic substance, with an alloy having a composition that is constituted by a disilicide of at least one or more transition metal among transition metals selected from scandium, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, and tantalum, and silicon as the remainder, and having the silicon content ratio of 66.7 at % or more and less than 90.0 at %.

Abstract: An imide resin composition including a terminal-modified imide oligomer of General Formula (1) and a thermoplastic aromatic polyimide of General Formula (2). (In Formula (1), either R1 or R2 shows a phenyl group and the other shows a hydrogen atom; R3 and R4 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R5 and R6 show a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20, and 0.05?m/(m+n)?1; and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.) (In Formula (2), R1 and R2 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R3 shows a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1 and n?0, and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.

Abstract: Provided is a varnish including 1 to 500 parts by weight of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid diester (A) represented by General Formula (1), 1 to 450 parts by weight of 2-phenyl-4,4?-diaminodiphenyl ether (B), 1 to 100 parts by weight of a 4-(2-phenylethynyl)phthalic acid monoester (C) represented by General Formula (2), and 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or less at 1 atmosphere or a mixture of two or more of the organic solvents (D). The components (A), (B), and (C) are dissolved in the varnish. (In the formula, R1 is an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid diester residue; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are an aliphatic organic group or an aromatic organic group.) (In the formula, R4 and R5 are a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic organic group, or an aromatic organic group).

Abstract: An imide resin composition including a terminal-modified imide oligomer of General Formula (1) and a thermoplastic aromatic polyimide of General Formula (2). (In Formula (1), either R1 or R2 shows a phenyl group and the other shows a hydrogen atom; R3 and R4 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R5 and R6 show a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20, and 0.05?m/(m+n)?1; and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.) (In Formula (2), R1 and R2 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R3 shows a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1 and n?0, and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random).

Abstract: Provided is a varnish including 1 to 500 parts by weight of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid diester (A) represented by General Formula (1), 1 to 450 parts by weight of 2-phenyl-4,4?-diaminodiphenyl ether (B), 1 to 100 parts by weight of a 4-(2-phenylethynyl)phthalic acid monoester (C) represented by General Formula (2), and 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or less at 1 atmosphere or a mixture of two or more of the organic solvents (D). The components (A), (B), and (C) are dissolved in the varnish. (In the formula, R1 is an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid diester residue; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are an aliphatic organic group or an aromatic organic group.) (In the formula, R4 and R5 are a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic organic group, or an aromatic organic group.

Abstract: To obtain a ceramic fiber-reinforced composite material, by melt-infiltrating a composite material substrate obtained by forming ceramic fibers into a composite with a matrix formed of an inorganic substance, with an alloy having a composition that is constituted by a disilicate of at least one or more transition metal among transition metals that belong to Group 3A, Group 4A or Group 5A of the Periodic Table and silicon as the remainder, and having the silicon content ratio of 66.7 at % or more.

Abstract: An imide resin composition including a terminal-modified imide oligomer of General Formula (1) and a thermoplastic aromatic polyimide of General Formula (2). (In Formula (1), either R1 or R2 shows a phenyl group and the other shows a hydrogen atom; R3 and R4 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R5 and R6 show a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20, and 0.05?m/(m+n)?1; and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.) (In Formula (2), R1 and R2 show a divalent residue of aromatic diamine; R3 shows a tetravalent residue of aromatic tetracarboxylic acid; m and n satisfy relationships of m?1 and n?0, and an arrangement of repeating units may be either a block or random.

Abstract: A novel resin-transfer-moldable terminal-modified imide oligomer having a residue of a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and represented by general formula (1), and the imide oligomer contains an oligomer where n is 0 in an amount of 10% by mole or more. In the formula, R1 and R2 are a hydrogen atom or an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and one of R1 and R2 is the aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R3 is an aromatic organic group surrounded by four carbonyl groups in the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, and for a formula where n is 2 or more, Ras are optionally the same as or different from each other; and n is an integer of 0 or more and 6 or less.

Abstract: A novel terminally modified imide oligomer having excellent solubility in organic solvents, excellent solution storage stability, and excellent molding properties such as low melt viscosity. Also, a varnish obtained by dissolving the terminally modified imide oligomer in an organic solvent; a cure product obtained by using the terminally modified imide oligomer and having excellent thermal and mechanical characteristics such as heat resistance, elastic modulus, tensile strength at break and tensile elongation at break; a prepreg; and a fiber-reinforced laminate. The soluble terminally modified imide oligomer is represented by general formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R2 each represents a divalent aromatic diamine residue; R3 and R4 each represents a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid residue; R5 and R6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group, with R5 or R6 being a phenyl group; m and n satisfy the following relations: m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20 and 0.

Abstract: A novel resin-transfer-moldable terminal-modified imide oligomer having a residue of a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid and represented by general formula (1), and the imide oligomer contains an oligomer where n is 0 in an amount of 10% by mole or more. In the formula, R1 and R2 are a hydrogen atom or an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and one of R1 and R2 is the aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R3 is an aromatic organic group surrounded by four carbonyl groups in the aromatic tetracarboxylic acid, and for a formula where n is 2 or more, R3s are optionally the same as or different from each other; and n is an integer of 0 or more and 6 or less.

Abstract: A novel terminally modified imide oligomer having excellent solubility in organic solvents, excellent solution storage stability, and excellent molding properties such as low melt viscosity. Also, a varnish obtained by dissolving the terminally modified imide oligomer in an organic solvent; a cure product obtained by using the terminally modified imide oligomer and having excellent thermal and mechanical characteristics such as heat resistance, elastic modulus, tensile strength at break and tensile elongation at break; a prepreg; and a fiber-reinforced laminate. The soluble terminally modified imide oligomer is represented by general formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R2 each represents a divalent aromatic diamine residue; R3 and R4 each represents a tetravalent aromatic tetracarboxylic acid residue; R5 and R6 each represents a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group, with R5 or R6 being a phenyl group; m and n satisfy the following relations: m?1, n?0, 1?m+n?20 and 0.

Abstract: The invention provides a thermosetting powder coating composition comprising (A) a vinyl copolymer having a number average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000, a molecular weight distribution of 1.0 to 1.5 as represented by a weight average molecular weight/a number average molecular weight and a glass transition temperature of 40 to 100.degree. C., the copolymer containing at least one species of functional group selected from the class consisting of epoxy group, carboxyl group and hydroxyl group, and (B) a curing agent. The thermosetting powder coating composition of the invention is superior in any of the finished appearance of coating film and the blocking resistance.

Abstract: A cooking heater comprises a housing provided thereon with an operation control panel including a plurality of function keys, a cooking room disposed in the housing, the cooking room having a bottom formed by a non-magnetic metal mesh having a size in a range from 10 mesh to 25 mesh, a turntable disposed within the heating room for containing food to be cooked, magnetron for generating microwaves, a wave guide for guiding said microwaves into the cooking room, an electromagnetic induction coil disposed below the non-magnetic metal mesh, and means for selectively coupling electric power to the magnetron or the induction coil. The non-magnetic metal mesh may be sandwiched between two layers of dielectric material to form a laminated structure to thereby absorb any thermal deformation of the mesh. The turntable is preferbly formed of dielectric material.

Abstract: A method of electrodeposition coating, which comprises performing a first electrodeposition coating on an article as a cathode using (I) a cationic electrodeposition paint comprising (A) a resin and (B) at least one pigment, said pigment (B) containing at least 5% by weight of a pigment having an oil absorption of at least 100 and being incorporated so that the total oil absorption of the pigment (B) is in the range of 1,000 to 10,000 per 100 g of the resin (A), then while the resulting coated film is in the uncured state, performing a second electrodeposition coating on it using (II) an emulsion-type cationic electrodeposition coating paint comprising a resin (C) and a pigment (D) and having a minimum electrodeposition current density of not more than 0.7 mA/cm.sup.