Abstract: An organic expander for lead storage batteries and a method for producing the same wherein: an organic expander for lead storage batteries containing lignosulfonate, in which a content of reducing sugars per solid content is 5% by mass or less of the total, and a content of a substance with a molecular weight of 5,000 or less per solid content is 30% by mass or less of the total; and a method for producing the organic expander for lead storage batteries, the method including a step of subjecting a sulfite cooking black liquor to ultrafiltration treatment using an ultrafiltration membrane to recover a concentrated liquor of the sulfite cooking black liquor obtained.

Abstract: From the viewpoint of a decrease in environmental impact in recent years, an object of the present invention is to effectively utilize lignin as a circulative biomass resource having high effect of reducing environmental impact. Specifically, the object is to provide a lignin derivative that can improve the dispersibility of various substances to be dispersed regardless of uses of cements, dyes, oil field drilling mud, and the like. The present invention provides a lignin derivative compound that is a reaction product of a lignin sulfonic acid-based compound with an aromatic water-soluble compound, and a dispersant containing the same. The lignin derivative compound preferably has an anionic functional group and/or a polyalkylene oxide chain.