Abstract: A reaction column comprising a reactor, at least one catalyst bed comprising a solid catalyst with which a mixture of a gas with a liquid is brought into contact; and a cooling bed provided below the catalyst bed. The cooling bed includes a cooling fluid feed section and a mixing mechanism for mixing a cooling fluid with the mixture of a gas with a liquid falling down through the reactor. The mixing mechanism is provided below the cooling fluid feed section of the cooling bed, and includes a collector tray provided along a horizontal cross-sectional region of the reactor, a swirl baffle vertically provided substantially at the center portion of the upper surface of the collector tray, and a weir extending upward from the collector tray. The swirl baffle is formed with a cylindrical member having a central axis substantially coincident with the central axis of the collector tray.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising an addition-polymerizable compound having at least one ethylenic unsaturated double bond, at least one specific sensitizing dye such as the following formula (I), and a titanocene compound: ##STR1## The substituents in formula (I) are defined in the specification.

Abstract: A photosensitive lithographic printing plate is described, which comprises a photopolymerizable composition containing at least the following components (i) to (iii): (i) a polymerizable compound having an addition-polymerizable unsaturated bond, (ii) a photopolymerization initiator, and (iii) a pigment dispersion, wherein the pigment dispersion is dispersed in the presence of a polymer having an aliphatic double bond in a main chain or a side chain thereof.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition is disclosed, comprising (i) a compound having at least one addition-polymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated bond; (ii) a compound represented by formula (IA) or (IB): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.9, R.sup.10, R.sup.11 and R.sup.12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, a hydroxyl group, a substituted oxy group, a mercapto group, a substituted thio group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, a substituted carbonyl group, a sulfo group, a sulfonato group, a substituted sulfinyl group, a substituted sulfonyl group, a phosphono group, a substituted phosphono group, a phosphonato group, a substituted phosphonato group, a cyano group or a nitro group or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 or R.sup.11 and R.sup.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprises: (i) a polymerizable compound carrying an addition-polymerizable unsaturated bond; (ii) a methine compound; (iii) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) compounds having carbon-halogen bonds, (b) aromatic onium salts, (c) organic peroxides, (d) thio compounds, (e) hexaaryl-biimidazoles, (f) ketooxime esters, and (g) compounds represented by the following general formula (III): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 may be the same or different and each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl or heterocyclic group, provided that at least two of R.sup.6, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 may be bonded together to form a ring structure and that at least one of them represents an alkyl group; and Z.sup.+ represents an alkali metal cation or a quaternary ammonium cation. The composition has a high sensitivity to a wide range of actinic light rays extending from ultraviolet to visible light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a photopolymerizable composition having a high sensitivity to visible light of 400 nm or longer and comprising a photopolymerization initiator consisting of:(a) a salt of an organic boron anionic compound with an organic and cationic dye or a combination of an organic and cationic dye with a salt of an organic boron anionic compound, and(b) a compound having the general formulae (I) to (VI) as defined in the present application.

Abstract: A photopolymerizable composition comprising (i) a polymerizable compound having an addition polymerizable unsaturated bond, (ii) a compound represented by formula (Ia): ##STR1## a compound represented by formula (Ib): ##STR2## or a compound represented by formula (Ic): ##STR3## wherein A represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, a tellurium atom, an alkyl- or aryl-substituted nitrogen atom, or a dialkyl-substituted carbon atom; Y.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, an aralkyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a substituted alkoxycarbonyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms which is substituted with R.sup.3 O--, ##STR4## or a halogen atom (i.e., F, Cl, Br, and I), wherein R.sup.

Abstract: A blade of a gas turbine includes a main body having a dovetail portion and a blade portion extending from the dovetail portion. A cooling air passage for flowing a cooling air is formed in the main body to cool the blade portion. The passage includes a cooling air inlet port open to the dovetail portion and an outlet port open to an extended tip of the blade portion. A first passage portion extends from the inlet port to the portion close to the extended tip along a leading edge of the blade portion. A final passage portion extends from the dovetail portion to the outlet port. The flow sectional area of the final passage portion is gradually decreased from the dovetail portion toward the outlet port. The final passage portion communicates with a number of film cooling holes which are open to the suction side surface of the blade portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a photopolymerizable composition comprising (i) a monomer having at least one ethylenic unsaturated group which is polymerizable by means of active light, (ii) an organoboron compound, and (iii) a pyrylium or thiopyrylium dye. The composition is useful, for example, as photosensitive layers for photosensitive printing plates which are sensitive and respond to an argon laser light source.

Abstract: A light-sensitive composition comprises at least one water-insoluble and aqueous alkaline-soluble polyurethane resin having N-sulfonylamido, N-sulfonylureido or N-aminosulfonylamido groups. The light-sensitive composition is excellent in developing properties in an aqueous alkaline developer and coating properties. In addition, the images obtained from the composition are good in wear resistance and exhibit high adhesion to the substrate. Thus, the composition is very suitable for use in making IC circuits, photomasks and PS plates which provide lithographic printing plates exhibiting high printing durability.

Abstract: A glycidyl compound having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen atom or methyl group, p is an integer of 1 to 4 and Ar is aromatic hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of groups having the formula (II), (III) and (IV): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 R.sup.2 are the same or different and each is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.The glycidyl compound can be cured by either heat, radical initiators or irradiation of ultraviolet rays and curing compounds prepared by using the glycidyl compound have high heat resistance and high surface hardness.

Abstract: A valve apparatus which comprises a main valve body and a main valve seat detachably abutting against each other to open and close a main fluid pass defined therebetween, and wherein, as measured from the longitudinal section of the valve apparatus, the detachably abutting plane of the main valve seat has a larger curvature radius than that of the main valve body in order to let a fluid stream conducted through the main fluid pass flow along the surface of the main valve seat; and that part of the surface of the main valve body defining one side of the main fluid pass with the main valve seat which faces the throat section of said main fluid pass is provided with a sharp edge at its end portion to allow for the easy removal of a main fluid stream from the main valve body.

Abstract: A carbon block for a cathode of an aluminum electrolytic cell comprising a carbon block having a stability constant of 0.7-1.0, said block composed of a baked raw material mainly comprising petroleum coke. The block is prepared by baking a carbon block mainly comprising petroleum coke at high temperatures.