Abstract: Provided is a method for economically and stably producing a high-quality polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer excellent in, for example, transparency and impact resistance in a continuous manner.

Abstract: A gas generator includes an injector that injects a fuel and an oxidizer, and a combustor that mixes and burns the fuel and the oxidizer injected from the injector. The injector includes a plurality of injection elements arranged on a face plate. Each of the injection elements includes unlike-impingement type injection nozzles that inject the fuel and the oxidizer toward a combustion point in front of the face plate, and injection nozzles that inject fuel for dilution to a dilution point DP forward further than the combustion point.

Abstract: Provided is a polyorganosiloxane having a platinum content of 1 ppm by mass or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polyorganosiloxane, including bringing a polyorganosiloxane produced by using a transition metal-based catalyst into contact with an adsorbent having an average pore diameter of 1,000 ? or less.

Abstract: A model includes arm parts each including a rotational shaft portion, and a body part including a shaft supporting portion and being connected to and rotatable relative to the arm part. The arm part includes a projecting portion. The body part includes a recessed portion into which the projecting portion is fitted when the rotational shaft portion is inserted into the shaft supporting portion. The rotational shaft portion and the shaft supporting portion include respective locking members that are engageable with each other and limit the movement of the rotational shaft portion in an axial direction within a range between a first position where the projecting portion is fitted in the recessed portion and a second position where the projecting portion is out of the recessed portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for economically and stably producing a high-quality polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer excellent in, for example, transparency and impact resistance in a continuous manner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer economically and stably, in particular, the present invention is concerned with a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including (A) a step of withdrawing a polymerization reaction solution obtained by polymerizing a dihydric phenol compound, a carbonate precursor, and a polyorganosiloxane in the presence of an alkaline compound aqueous solution and a water-insoluble organic solvent continuously or intermittently from a reactor; (B) a step of separating the polymerization reaction solution withdrawn in the step (A) into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase; and (C) a step of after washing the water-insoluble organic solvent phase separated in the step (B) with an acidic aqueous solution, separating the resultant into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase, wherein the content of the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolyme

Abstract: Provided is a small optical waveguide device with little reflected light, the optical waveguide device including: an optical waveguide element of which a first output waveguide is inclined with respect to an output end face and a second output waveguide is inclined with respect to both the first output waveguide and the output end face; and a lens that allows beams respectively output from the first and second output waveguides to be parallel to each other.

Abstract: An optical control element capable of efficiently removing unnecessary higher mode light without complicating a manufacturing process of the optical control element is provided. The optical control element includes a substrate having an electro-optical effect, optical waveguides that are formed on the substrate, and a control electrode that controls light waves propagating through the optical waveguides, and the optical waveguides include an output waveguide portion which derives fundamental mode light, and a subsidiary waveguide portion which is connected to the output waveguide portion and derives higher mode light, and removal means is formed in contact with the subsidiary waveguide portion, for removing the higher mode light propagating through the subsidiary waveguide portion.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer having high impact resistance and excellent transparency, in particular, a high total light transmittance and a small haze, and a method of producing thereof. Specifically, provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer, containing a main chain having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (II), in which: n in the general formula (II) is 25 to 50; and the copolymer satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b): (a) a molded article having a thickness of 2 mm made of the copolymer has a total light transmittance measured based on ISO 13468 of 88% or more and a haze measured based on ISO 14782 of 0.7% or less; and (b) a molded article having a thickness of 3 mm made of the copolymer has a total light transmittance measured based on ISO 13468 of 88% or more and a haze measured based on ISO 14782 of 1.0% or less.

Abstract: Provided are a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer having a carbon tetrachloride concentration of less than 4 ppm by mass, and the following production method for producing the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer economically and stably, in particular, the present invention is concerned with a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including (A) a step of withdrawing a polymerization reaction solution obtained by polymerizing a dihydric phenol compound, a carbonate precursor, and a polyorganosiloxane in the presence of an alkaline compound aqueous solution and a water-insoluble organic solvent continuously or intermittently from a reactor; (B) a step of separating the polymerization reaction solution withdrawn in the step (A) into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase; and (C) a step of after washing the water-insoluble organic solvent phase separated in the step (B) with an acidic aqueous solution, separating the resultant into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase, wherein the aqueous phase separated in the step (C) is extracted wit

Abstract: The present invention is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) comprising a polycarbonate block composed of a specific structural unit and a polyorganosiloxane block composed of a specific structural unit, wherein (1) the content of the polyorganosiloxane block portion is 1 to 30% by mass, (2) the average number of the repeating structural units represented by the general formula (II) is 70 to 1000, (3) the viscosity-average molecular weight of the copolymer is 13000 to 26000, and (4) the content of the phenol residue having an allyl group in the copolymer is 400 ppm by mass or less, the copolymer providing a molded article having excellent thermal stability and excellent color tone after even when the molding is carried out at high temperature; a process for production of the copolymer; and a polycarbonate resin using the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer.

Abstract: An optical waveguide device having a Mach-Zehnder type waveguide formed on a substrate is provided in which a slope of two waveguides input to an optical coupler on an output side of the Mach-Zehnder type waveguide is 0 degrees, a waveguide of the optical coupler after being coupled by the optical coupler is a multi-mode waveguide, and the waveguide which is output from the optical coupler is a three-branched waveguide including an output main waveguide and two output sub waveguides interposing the output main waveguide therebetween.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin mixture (A) consisting of 5 to 100 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) and 95 to 0 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A-2) except the component (A-1), the aromatic polycarbonate resin mixture (A) having a content of a polyorganosiloxane unit is 1 mass % or more, 0.002 to 0.200 parts by mass of a phosphorus-based antioxidant (B) and 0 to 0.200 parts by mass of an epoxidation stabilizer (C), in which a reduction ratio P between the viscosity-average molecular weights of the resin composition before and after a pressure cooker test calculated from the calculation equation (I) is 20% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a power system that can arbitrarily set output power while stabilizing output voltages. Connection terminals 13 and 23 of lower power sources 1 and 2 are connected to external connection terminals 41 in parallel. Voltage measurement section 31 measures voltage values of external connection terminals 41 as measured voltage values. Power converters 12 and 22 measure power supply capacities of lower power sources 1 and 2, respectively. Output instruction section 32 adjusts power or currents flowing through connection terminals 13 and 23 based on the measured voltage values and the power supply capacities so that the measured voltage values are included in a predetermined voltage range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer economically and stably, in particular, the present invention is concerned with a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including (A) a step of withdrawing a polymerization reaction solution obtained by polymerizing a dihydric phenol compound, a carbonate precursor, and a polyorganosiloxane in the presence of an alkaline compound aqueous solution and a water-insoluble organic solvent continuously or intermittently from a reactor; (B) a step of separating the polymerization reaction solution withdrawn in the step (A) into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase; and (C) a step of after washing the water-insoluble organic solvent phase separated in the step (B) with an acidic aqueous solution, separating the resultant into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase, wherein the content of the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolyme

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer economically and stably, in particular, the present invention is concerned with a method for continuous production of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer including (A) a step of withdrawing a polymerization reaction solution obtained by polymerizing a dihydric phenol compound, a carbonate precursor, and a polyorganosiloxane in the presence of an alkaline compound aqueous solution and a water-insoluble organic solvent continuously or intermittently from a reactor; (B) a step of separating the polymerization reaction solution withdrawn in the step (A) into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase; and (C) a step of after washing the water-insoluble organic solvent phase separated in the step (B) with an acidic aqueous solution, separating the resultant into an aqueous phase and a water-insoluble organic solvent phase, wherein the aqueous phase separated in the step (C) is extracted wit

Abstract: There is provided a multi-chamber bag that is capable of securely checking a medicinal substance accommodated therein without the necessity to perform a troublesome work, while preventing a matter deteriorating the medicinal substance from reaching the inside of a medicinal-substance accommodation chamber and hence securely preventing the deterioration of the medicinal substance. In a multi-chamber bag having a bag body that has a strong seal part that joins two sheet members together to define an interior space of the bag body, and a weak seal part that joints the two sheet members together so as to be able to rupture them apart, thereby partitioning the interior space of the bag body into a medicinal-substance accommodation chamber and a diluting-solution accommodation chamber, a pair of cover sheets are provided to respectively cover the medicinal-substance accommodation chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer having high impact resistance and excellent transparency, in particular, a high total light transmittance and a small haze, and a method of producing thereof. Specifically, provided is a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer, containing a main chain having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (II), in which: n in the general formula (II) is 25 to 50; and the copolymer satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b): (a) a molded article having a thickness of 2 mm made of the copolymer has a total light transmittance measured based on ISO 13468 of 88% or more and a haze measured based on ISO 14782 of 0.7% or less; and (b) a molded article having a thickness of 3 mm made of the copolymer has a total light transmittance measured based on ISO 13468 of 88% or more and a haze measured based on ISO 14782 of 1.0% or less.