Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for an alkali ion secondary battery, the positive electrode active material containing a large amount of a transition metal and enabling operation of the battery. In the method for producing a positive electrode active material for an alkali ion secondary battery, in which the positive electrode active material contains 34 mol % or more of CrO+FeO+MnO+CoO+NiO, the method includes: a step of preparing a positive electrode active material precursor containing crystals; and a step of irradiating the positive electrode active material precursor with light to melt the crystals and amorphize at least a portion of the positive electrode active material precursor.

Abstract: Provided is a member for an electricity storage device and an electricity storage device in each of which alkali metal ions are used as carrier ions and which can improve charge/discharge characteristics. A member for an electricity storage device includes: a solid electrolyte layer 2 containing an alkali metal ion-conducting solid electrolyte; an alkali metal layer 3 laid on the solid electrolyte layer 2 and containing an alkali metal; and an electrode layer laid on the alkali metal layer 3 and containing a material capable of absorbing and releasing alkali metal ions.

Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte sheet capable of increasing the adhesiveness to the electrode layer and thus achieving an excellent discharge capacity. A solid electrolyte sheet 10 in which a second solid electrolyte layer 2 is formed on at least one of both surfaces of a first solid electrolyte layer 1, the second solid electrolyte layer 2 being a porous solid electrolyte layer.

Abstract: Provided is a glass for radiation detection having high fluorescence detection sensitivity and high weather resistance. A glass for radiation detection, comprising, in mol %, 0.1 to 30% of SiO2+B2O3, 0 to 20% of SiO2, 0 to 10% of B2O3, 40 to 70% of P2O5, 10 to 30% of Al2O3, 10 to 30% of Na2O, and 0.01 to 2% of Ag2O.

Abstract: Provided is a glass for radiation detection having high fluorescence detection sensitivity and high weather resistance. A glass for radiation detection, comprising, in mol %, 0.1 to 30% of SiO2+B2O3, 0 to 20% of SiO2, 0 to 10% of B2O3, 40 to 70% of P2O5, 10 to 30% of Al2O3, 10 to 30% of Na2O, and 0.01 to 2% of Ag2O.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for three-dimensional modeling to which inorganic filler particles of a sufficient amount can be added, without damaging transparency. The resin composition for three-dimensional modeling includes a curable resin and inorganic filler particles, in which the inorganic filler particles are light-transmitting particles of which a difference in refractive index nd to the curable resin after curing is ±0.02 or less, and a difference in Abbe number vd to the curable resin after curing is ±10 or less.

Abstract: The present embodiment provides a wound-core production method for winding and laminating a plurality of pieces of core material which has at least one cut in each winding and thereby producing a wound core having a rectangular aperture in a central part, the wound-core production method comprising laminating the plurality of pieces of the cut core material while winding the core material into a shape of a rectangular frame using a winding device.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for three-dimensional modeling to which inorganic filler particles of a sufficient amount can be added, without damaging transparency. The resin composition for three-dimensional modeling includes a curable resin and inorganic filler particles, in which the inorganic filler particles are light-transmitting particles of which a difference in refractive index nd to the curable resin after curing is ±0.02 or less, and a difference in Abbe number vd to the curable resin after curing is ±10 or less.

Abstract: A wound iron core according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with an iron core main body part around which a plurality of iron core materials are wound, and a window part formed at the center of the iron core main body part. The iron core materials each have a cut part at least at one location per winding. The cut parts are disposed so as to be dispersed in the periphery of the window part.

Abstract: A wound core is provided with plural wound core materials each having at least one cut portion for every one winding thereof. The wound core is provided with a rectangular window portion at the center thereof. A space factor of the core materials at each of corner portions is less than a space factor of the core materials at each of side portions.

Abstract: An oxidative autothermal reformer including a reforming layer at least partially filled with a reforming catalyst for producing a reformed gas composed mainly of hydrogen through a reforming reaction by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol and steam with the reforming catalyst; and an oxidative exothermic layer at least partially filled with an oxidation catalyst for generating heat by oxidizing a part of the reformed gas, in which the reforming layer is disposed at an upstream side of the oxidative exothermic layer; the reforming layer and the oxidative exothermic layer are in the form of a cylinder and have a triple circular tube structure formed by disposing an inner reforming layer, an oxidative exothermic layer and an outer reforming layer from the inside in a radial direction in this order; and at least a part of the reforming catalyst filled in the inner reforming layer and the outer reforming layer contains Ru metal.

Abstract: A light guide is disclosed. The light guide includes an incident surface, an exit surface, and a light guide section. Light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in line enters from the incident surface. The exit surface is formed in a shape causing light to be concentrated. The light which has entered from the incident surface exits from the exit surface. The light guide section is bent. The volume of the light guide gradually increases in a direction from the incident surface to the exit surface.

Abstract: A combustor is proposed which is compact and eliminates generation of NOx and unburned combustible and is capable of stable combustion.

Abstract: This invention relates to an oxidative autothermal reformer (1) comprising a reforming layer (2) at least partially filled with a reforming catalyst for producing a reformed gas composed mainly of hydrogen through a reforming reaction by contacting a mixture of a hydrocarbon or an aliphatic alcohol and steam with the reforming catalyst; and an oxidative exothermic layer (3) at least partially filled with an oxidation catalyst for generating heat by oxidizing a part of the reformed gas, in which the reforming layer (2) is disposed at an upstream side of the oxidative exothermic layer (3); the reforming layer (2) and the oxidative exothermic layer (3) are in the form of a cylinder and have a triple circular tube structure formed by disposing an inner reforming layer (2A), an oxidative exothermic layer (3) and an outer reforming layer (2B) from the inside in a radical direction in this order; and at least a part of the reforming catalyst filled in the inner reforming layer (2A) and the outer reforming layer (2B)

Abstract: A light guide is disclosed. The light guide includes an incident surface, an exit surface, and a light guide section. Light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in line enters from the incident surface. The exit surface is formed in a shape causing light to be concentrated. The light which has entered from the incident surface exits from the exit surface. The light guide section is bent. The volume of the light guide gradually increases in a direction from the incident surface to the exit surface.

Abstract: A backlight device is provided that realizes high luminance while widening the color range. The backlight device illuminates a transmissive color liquid crystal display panel with white light from a back side of the transmissive color liquid crystal display panel having a color filter made of a three-primary-color filter which selectively transmits light having wavelengths of red light, green light, and blue light. The backlight device includes a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamp tubes having tube walls coated with a wide-color-range fluorescent material. The backlight device also includes a diffusion plate which diffuses white light emitted from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp tubes, illuminates the color liquid crystal display panel with the diffused white light, and is positioned at a predetermined distance from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp tubes.

Abstract: A data medium handling apparatus and a data medium handling method suitable for use for handling of documents, for example, in a financial organ. The data medium handling apparatus (30) for recognizing, based on an image (19) read from a data medium on which information is described in an arbitrary format, the information, is constructed such that it comprises means (2) for extracting characteristics unique to the data medium including the format from the read image data (19) and specifying, from the characteristics, a position at which information to be recognized is present, and image recognition means (3) for recognizing the image (19) at the position specified by the is preceding means (2) to discriminate the information, so that the data medium handling apparatus (30) can handle documents having various formats such as private slips.

Abstract: According to the present invention, milled carbon fiber is mixed with a boron compound and graphitized in the presence of nitrogen, and thereafter subjected to modifying treatment by applying impact selectively to fiber edge parts of the carbon fiber.

Abstract: A surface graphitized carbon material comprising a graphitic surface and a carbonaceous internal part. This surface graphitized carbon material can be produced by contacting a carbon material with a metal having catalytically graphitizing activity or a compound thereof to thereby cause the metal or compound thereof to be present in a surface of the carbon material and heating the carbon material at 300 to 1500.degree. C. in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: A negative electrode material for use in lithium-ion secondary batteries, comprising milled pitch-based graphite fibers (A) obtained by graphitization at 2400.degree. C. or higher and milled pitch-based carbon fibers (B) obtained by carbonization at 550.degree. to 1300.degree. C. In this negative electrode material, it is preferred that both the milled pitch-based graphite fibers (A) and the milled pitch-based carbon fibers (B) have an average particle size of 10 to 30 .mu.m, that the ratio of milled pitch-based carbon and graphite fibers having a particle size of 5 .mu.m or less to all the milled pitch-based carbon and graphite fibers is not greater than 10% by weight and that the milled pitch-based graphite fibers (A) and the milled pitch-based carbon fibers (B) are blended at a weight ratio (A/B) of 95/5 to 40/60.