Abstract: A translucent hair care composition comprising a substituted 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material, a cationic surfactant, a fatty alcohol, a water-soluble polymer, water, and a monocarboxylic acid.

Abstract: A method of producing an aliphatic polyester resin by continuously esterifying and melt polycondensing an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol; and at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; and at least one of an aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids, wherein the total amount of the at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and the at least one of aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids is from 0.0010 to 0.50 mol % of the total amount of the aliphatic polyester resin; and the total amount of the at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid is from 1.0 to 7.0 in terms of a molar ratio to the total amount of the at least one of aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficient continuous production of aliphatic polyester having good quality. The invention relates to a continuous production method of aliphatic polyester, wherein the polyester is obtained through a preparation step of slurry containing aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diol, an esterification reaction step and a polycondensation reaction step, wherein temperature range of the slurry during the preparation step thereof is from the coagulation point of the aliphatic diol to 80° C., and moisture content in the slurry is from 0.01 to 10% by weight.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus of a polycarbonate resin having polymerization tanks is provided. In supplying a molten reactant to a liquid phase in a polymerization tank, or supplying the molten reactant to a gas phase in the polymerization tank by an insertion pipe, in at least one polymerization tank, and/or producing a polycarbonate resin by an ester exchange reaction between an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a carbonic diester by using three vertical polymerization tanks and one horizontal polymerization tank, a wall surface temperature T of a distillation pipe is set higher than a boiling point t1 of by-produced phenol such that the relationship of the boiling point t1 of the by-produced phenol under a pressure in at least a third vertical polymerization tank, the wall surface temperature T of the distillation pipe and an inner temperature t2 of the third vertical polymerization tank satisfies t1<T?t2.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing plural kinds of aromatic polycarbonates by a melt process without changeover loss and quality deterioration. The present invention relates to a production method of an aromatic polycarbonate, comprising supplying a molten mixture of raw materials of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and/or a carbonic diester prepared in the absence of an ester exchange catalyst to polycondensation steps of two lines each equipped with three vertical reactors connected in series and one horizontal reactor, and at the same time, continuously conducting polycondensation reaction in the presence of an ester exchange catalyst.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficient continuous production of aliphatic polyester having good quality. The invention relates to a continuous production method of aliphatic polyester, wherein the polyester is obtained through a preparation step of slurry containing aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diol, an esterification reaction step and a polycondensation reaction step, wherein temperature range of the slurry during the preparation step thereof is from the coagulation point of the aliphatic diol to 80° C., and moisture content in the slurry is from 0.01 to 10% by weight.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing plural kinds of aromatic polycarbonates by a melt process without changeover loss and quality deterioration. The present invention relates to a production method of an aromatic polycarbonate, comprising supplying a molten mixture of raw materials of an aromatic dihydroxy compound and/or a carbonic diester prepared in the absence of an ester exchange catalyst to polycondensation steps of two lines each equipped with three vertical reactors connected in series and one horizontal reactor, and at the same time, continuously conducting polycondensation reaction in the presence of an ester exchange catalyst.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a production method of a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate containing a reduced amount of a high melting point product, and having less thermal history received and excellent hue by a melt process. The present invention relates to a production method of an aromatic polycarbonate, characterized in that in producing an aromatic polycarbonate using an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a carbonic diester as raw materials and using plural reactors, a molten reactant temperature T1 (° C.) in at least one reactor A and a molten reactant temperature T2 (° C.) in a reactor B subsequent to the reactor A are satisfied with the relationship of T2<T1, and an evaporation surface area per unit treatment amount of a molten reactant in the reactor to which a molten reactant having a limiting viscosity of 0.1 dl/g or more is supplied is 1.0 m2·hr/m3 or more.

Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a process of producing polyesters having a stable quality and a process of producing polyesters with a greatly reduced load against the environment. The invention relates to a process of producing polyesters by using a polycondensation reaction apparatus provided with one or more sets of an ejector, a condenser placed in the downstream portion of the ejector and a hot well tank connected to the condenser via a barometric leg and including a step of driving the ejector by a vapor composed mainly of 1,4-butanediol, condensing the vapor composed mainly of 1,4-butanediol as discharged from the ejector in the condenser placed in the downstream portion of the ejector, and making the reactor in a reduced pressure state to undergo polycondensation reaction, characterized in that the concentration of tetrahydrofuran contained in a sealing liquid in at least one hot well tank is not more than 4% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a production apparatus of a polycarbonate resin in which generation of adherents or foreign matters in a polymerization tank is reduced, and a production method of a polycarbonate resin in which crystallized foreign matters or burned foreign matters are reduced, by melt method.

Abstract: Polybutylene terephthalate has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.7 to 1.0 dL/g and an end carboxyl group concentration of 0.1 to 18 ?eq/g, which is produced in a presence of a catalyst comprising a titanium compound and a metal compound containing a metal of Group 2A of the Periodic Table. In the preferable embodiment of the present invention, the polybutylene terephthalate has a crystallization temperature of 170 to 195° C. as measured at a temperature drop rate of 20° C./min using a differential scanning calorimeter, an end vinyl group concentration of not more than 10 ?eq/g, and not more than 10% of a solution haze of a solution prepared by dissolving 2.7 g of said polybutylene terephthalate in 20 mL of a mixed solvent containing phenol and tetrachloroethane at a weight ratio of 3:2.

Abstract: Polybutylene terephthalate is produced by continuously subjecting terephthalic acid and 1,4-butanediol to an esterification reaction in the presence of a titanium compound catalyst using one-stage or plural-stage esterification reaction vessel(s) and then subjecting the resultant reaction product to a polycondensation reaction, wherein the esterification reaction between terephthalic acid and 1,4-butanediol is conducted in the presence of a titanium compound having a specific concentration under a specific pressure at a specific molar ratio between the raw materials. The process avoids undesirable side reactions by continuously conducting esterification reaction using terephthalic acid as a raw material, and can minimize loss of raw materials.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide polybutylene terephthalate which has excellent color tone, hydrolysis resistance, heat stability, transparency and moldability as well as a less content of impurities, can be produced with maintaining its productivity while preventing from generation of tetrahydrofuran as a by-product, and can be suitably applied to films, monofilaments, fibers, electric and electronic parts, automobile parts, etc.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a production method of a high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonate containing a reduced amount of a high melting point product, and having less thermal history received and excellent hue by a melt process. The present invention relates to a production method of an aromatic polycarbonate, characterized in that in producing an aromatic polycarbonate using an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a carbonic diester as raw materials and using plural reactors, a molten reactant temperature T1 (° C.) in at least one reactor A and a molten reactant temperature T2 (° C.) in a reactor B subsequent to the reactor A are satisfied with the relationship of T2<T1, and an evaporation surface area per unit treatment amount of a molten reactant in the reactor to which a molten reactant having a limiting viscosity of 0.1 dl/g or more is supplied is 1.0 m2·hr/m3 or more.

Abstract: A process for producing polybutylene terephthalate comprising the steps of continuously subjecting terephthalic acid and 1,4-butanediol to esterification reaction in the presence of a titanium compound catalyst using one-stage or plural-stage esterification reaction vessel(s) and then subjecting the resultant reaction product to polycondensation reaction, wherein the esterification reaction between terephthalic acid and 1,4-butanediol is conducted in the presence of a titanium compound having a specific concentration under a specific pressure at a specific molar ratio between the raw materials. The process of the present invention can be prevented from undergoing undesirable side reactions upon continuously conducting esterification reaction using terephthalic acid as a raw material, and can minimize loss of raw materials.

Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a process of producing polyesters having a stable quality and a process of producing polyesters with a greatly reduced load against the environment. The invention relates to a process of producing polyesters by using a polycondensation reaction apparatus provided with one or more sets of an ejector, a condenser placed in the downstream portion of the ejector and a hot well tank connected to the condenser via a barometric leg and including a step of driving the ejector by a vapor composed mainly of 1,4-butanediol, condensing the vapor composed mainly of 1,4-butanediol as discharged from the ejector in the condenser placed in the downstream portion of the ejector, and making the reactor in a reduced pressure state to undergo polycondensation reaction, characterized in that the concentration of tetrahydrofuran contained in a sealing liquid in at least one hot well tank is not more than 4% by weight.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyester mainly composed of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid as an acid component and an aliphatic diol as a diol component, wherein the content of an antimony element in the polyester is from 50 to 350 ppm, the number of metallic antimony particles having a diameter of 0.5 &mgr;m or more is 30,000 or more per 100 mg of polyester, the ratio of the number of fine particles having a diameter of 0.5 &mgr;m to less than 0.6 &mgr;m is 70% or more, and the L value in hue is 80 or more; a stretch blow molded product formed of the polyester; and a method for producing a polyester mainly composed of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid as an acid component and ethylene glycol as a diol component which comprises adding a preliminary mixed catalyst solution of an antimony compound and a trivalent phosphorus compound as a catalyst, the catalyst solution having a haze of 10% or less, at a stage showing an acid value of 1,000 eq/ton or less before initiation of melt polymerization.