Abstract: To provide an active energy ray-curable ink composition that contains high rates of raw materials derived from biomass and can maintain basic characteristics, such as compatibility. Provided is an active energy ray-curable ink composition containing a pigment, a compound having ethylenically unsaturated bonds, and a rosin-modified alkyd resin, wherein the rosin-modified alkyd resin is a condensed polymer of an acid ingredient containing a resin acid, a fatty acid, and a polybasic acid with a polyhydric alcohol, and has a solubility parameter (sp) value of 9.0 to 11.0 (cal/cm3)1/2 as measured by turbidimetric titration and an acid value of 1 to 50 mg KOH/g.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a copper tube with a tinned inner surface by circulating a substitution-type electroless tin plating solution inside the copper tube. The process is characterized by comprising a first plating step wherein the rate of deposition of a tin film is adjusted so that the total copper ion concentration in the plating solution, immediately after flowing from the copper tube, after having been circulated inside the tube divided by the tin (II) ion concentration in this plating solution is 0.8 or less, and a second plating step wherein plating is carried out at a plating solution temperature higher than the plating solution temperature in the first plating step. A plating solution comprising 0.05-0.3 mol/l of Sn.sup.2 ion, 0.5-2.0 mol/l of thiourea, 0.5-2.0 mol/l of sulfuric acid, 0.05-2.0 mol/l of alkyl benzene sulfonic acid, and 0.5-5.0 g/l of a nonionic surface active agent is preferably used.

Abstract: A thin film transistor which includes a first insulating layer, a silicon channel layer formed on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the silicon channel layer, and a passivation layer formed on the first insulating layer and formed successive to and covering the side face of the channel layer between the first and second insulating layers.