Abstract: [Object] To provide a thermosetting resin used for the manufacture of layered products for fibrous use, electrical products and automobile parts or, particularly, used for multilayered circuit board and flat cables, being suitable for a latent thermosetting adhesive which shows, upon adhesion, the fluidity necessary for the adhesion but quickly hardens by heat or light and also being excellent in resistance to heat upon soldering; to provide a resin expressing an excellent flame-retarding property in spite of non-use of halogen, and expressing latent hardening properties to quickly harden by heat and light; and to provide an adhesive and a resist agent comprising the same.

Abstract: [Problems] To produce a hyper-branched polymer having excellent resin strength, a good anti-blocking property and less environmental dependence. [Means for Solving Problems] Disclosed is a hyper-branched ester polymer which is modified with a rosin. Preferably, the polymer has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 60,000, a hydroxyl value of 2 to 450 mg KOH/g, an acid value of 1 to 70 mg KOH/g, a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or higher.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To produce a hyper-branched polymer having excellent resin strength, a good anti-blocking property and less environmental dependence. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Disclosed are: a hyper-branched polymer of an ester type, wherein number-average molecular weight is 1,000 to 60,000, weight-average molecular weight/number-average molecular weight is within a range of from 2 to 15, glass transition temperature is not lower than 30° C. and hydroxyl value is 2 to 450 mg KOH/g; and a toner for electrophotography using the polymer. Preferably, disclosed are: the hyper-branched polymer of an ester type, wherein alicyclic or aromatic carboxylic acid where a molecular weight is not less than 100 has been made to react with a functional group of the core part of the hyper-branched structure of an ester type; and a toner for electrophotography using the polymer.

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous resin composition excellent in settability, flexibility, retort resistance, hygienicity, sprayability and dispersibility in water, and used to coat an internal surface of a can.

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous resin composition excellent in settability, flexibility, retort resistance, hygienicity, sprayability and dispersibility in water, and used to coat an internal surface of a can.

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous resin composition excellent in settability, flexibility, retort resistance, hygienicity, sprayability and dispersibility in water, and used to coat an internal surface of a can.

Abstract: A chromium-free agent for treating metallic surface comprising the following (i)-(iv): (i) at least one of (A) a mixture of an aluminum salt and an inorganic oxide particle and (B) an aluminum-containing inorganic oxide particle comprising aluminum, oxygen and at least one element other than these two (ii) a salt of a metal other than aluminum (iii) a phosphorus compound (iv) a resin and/or a precursor thereof provided that when (i) is a mixture of an aluminum salt and an inorganic oxide particle, the equivalent ratio of phosphorus/aluminum is not less than 0.1. The agent for treating metallic surface is applied to the surface of a metal material such as steel plate, plated steel plate, alloy-plated steel plate, alloy plate, silicon steel plate, stainless steel plate, shape steel, pipe, wire material and the like, and dried to form a film superior in corrosion resistance, adhesion to a metal material and adhesion to a paint.

Abstract: There is provided an aqueous resin composition excellent in settability, flexibility, retort resistance, hygienicity, sprayability and dispersibility in water, and used to coat an internal surface of a can.

Abstract: A chromium-free agent for treating metallic surface comprising the following (i)-(iv):

Abstract: Spherical resin particles having a sharp particle size distribution and a method for producing such particles are disclosed. Resin particles according to this invention contain at least a polyester polymer and a polymer formed from a polymerizable monomer, and have an average diameter (D) of 1 to 500 .mu.m. At least 70% by weight of the particles have a diameter in the range of 0.5 D to 2.0 D. Such resin particles can be produced by swelling polyester-containing seed particles with a polymerizable monomer and then polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in swelled seed particles.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles in micron order with a narrow particle diameter distribution, methods for the production thereof and uses thereof are disclosed. Overcoming various problems comprised in the hitherto-known polymerization granulation methods, resin particles using a condensation polymer in micron order of the present invention having spherical form and narrow particle diameter distribution serve well for various applications.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles having a sharp particle size distribution and a method for producing such particles are disclosed. Resin particles according to this invention contain at least a polyester polymer and a polymer formed from a polymerizable monomer, and have an average diameter (D) of 1 to 500 .mu.m. At least 70% by weight of the particles have a diameter in the range of 0.5 D to 2.0 D. Such resin particles can be produced by swelling polyester-containing seed particles with a polymerizable monomer and then polymerizing the polymerizable monomer in swelled seed particles.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles in micron order with a narrow particle diameter distribution, methods for the production thereof and uses thereof are disclosed. Overcoming various problems comprised in the hitherto-known polymerization granulation methods, resin particles using a condensation polymer in micron order of the present invention having spherical form and narrow particle diameter distribution serve well for various applications.

Abstract: Spherical resin particles in micron order with a narrow particle diameter distribution, methods for the production thereof and uses thereof are disclosed. Overcoming various problems comprised in the hitherto-known polymerization granulation methods, resin particles using a condensation polymer in micron order of the present invention having spherical form and narrow particle diameter distribution serve well for various applications.

Abstract: A toner for electrophotography which comprises, as a binder resin, a polyester resin obtained from carboxylic acids containing aromatic monomer in a proportion of 80 mol % or more relative to the entire carboxylic acid component, and alcohols containing aliphatic diols having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in a proportion of 70-100 mol % relative to the entire alcohol component and alicyclic alcohols in a proportion of 0-30 mol % relative to the entire alcohol component, and having a specific gravity of 1.3 or more, a glass transition temperature of 58.degree. C. or more, and a number average molecular weight of 1,000-6,000. The toner of the present invention is superior in image characteristics, fixability, storage stability (resistance to blocking), resistance to plasticizer and charge stability.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium characterized by a magnetic layer comprising (A) magnetic fine particles of plate-like hexagonal ferrite having a particle size of 0.3 microns or less and an easily magnetizable axis in the direction vertical to the flat plate surface (B) a polyurethane resin having a metal sulfonate group and (C) one or more esters of C.sub.10 -C.sub.18 fatty acids with alcohols having not more than 15 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A process for producing a powder material of perovskite or its solid solution represented by the formula:ABO.sub.3wherein A is one or more metal elements coordinated with 12 oxygen atoms, and B is one or more metal elements coordinated with 6 oxygen atoms, which comprises contacting an aqueous or alcohol solution of either component A or component B with a precipitating solution to form precipitates, then adding an aqueous or alcohol solution of the other component to form precipitates, and drying the precipitates, followed by calcining at a temperature of from 400.degree. to 1200.degree. C.