Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous process for preparing a benzaldehyde compound from a benzyl alcohol compound with high yield. The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic aldehyde compound represented by the formula (2); which comprises reacting an aromatic methyl alcohol compound represented by the formula (1); and a peroxide under a pH value of a reaction solution being pH 0.01 or higher and less than 10 in the presence of at least one metallic compound selected from a molybdenum compound and a tungsten compound, a quaternary ammonium salt and an organic phosphonium salt.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electric current sensor, including a conducting wire, a core having a hole portion mating with the conducting wire and a gap communicating with the hole portion, and a magnetic sensor having a magnetic flux detection part arranged in the gap.

Abstract: In a piezoelectric oscillation device in which a support substrate is oscillated using a bimorph-type piezoelectric oscillation element, the click sensation when the support substrate is operated is improved, and shock resistance of a control panel is improved. Provided is a piezoelectric oscillation device in which wiring is not easily broken. On the rear side of a touch panel (16), one main surface of a bimorph-type piezoelectric oscillation element (20) is entirely bonded via an elastic body (18) having a tensile elasticity of 20-100 MPa as measured according to JIS K7161. The piezoelectric oscillation element (20) has surface electrode layers (30A, 30B) connected to terminal electrodes (36A, 36B) via wiring lines (38A, 38B). The wiring lines (38A, 38B) are formed on top of a wiring protection layer (32) made of an elastic body provided on the rear side of the touch panel (16), and because the wiring lines can move following the displacement and are therefore resistant to breakage.

Abstract: With a TFT using an oxide semiconductor film, there is such an issue that oxygen deficit is generated in a surface region of the oxide semiconductor film after performing plasma etching of a source/drain electrode, thereby increasing the off-current. Provided is a TFT which includes: a gate electrode on an insulating substrate; a gate insulating film on the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor film containing indium on the gate insulating film; and a source/drain electrode on the oxide semiconductor film. Further, the peak position derived from an indium 3d orbital in the XPS spectrum of a surface layer in a part of the oxide semiconductor film where the source/drain electrode is not superimposed is shifted towards a high energy side than the peak position derived from the indium 3d orbital in the XPS spectrum of an oxide semiconductor region existing in a lower part of the surface layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high strength steel having unprecedentedly superior CTOD (fracture toughness) properties satisfying not only the CTOD properties of the FL zone at ?60° C., but also the CTOD properties of the ICHAZ zone in small and medium heat input multilayer welding, etc.; and a method of production of the same. The steel of the present invention is steel superior in CTOD properties of the heat-affected zone containing, by mass %, C: 0.015 to 0.045%, Si: 0.05 to 0.2%, Mn: 1.5 to 2.0%, Cu: 0.25 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.7 to 1.5%, P: 0.008% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.004% or less, Ti: 0.005 to 0.015%, Nb: 0.005% or less, O: 0.0015 to 0.0035%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006%, PCTOD: 0.065 or less, CeqH: 0.235 or less and the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fire-resistant steel material superior in HAZ toughness of a welded joint which is high in high temperature yield strength at an envisioned fire temperature of 700 to 800° C. and is free of embrittlement of the welded joint even if exposed at this envisioned fire temperature and a method of production of the same, that is, a fire-resistant steel material of a composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% to less than 0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, Mn: 0.05 to 0.40%, Cr: 1.50 to 5.00%, V: 0.05 to 0.50%, and N: 0.001 to 0.005% and restricted in contents of Ni, Cu, Mo, B, P, S, and O obtained by heating a steel slab to 1150 to 1300° C., then hot working or hot rolling the slab to an end temperature of 880 degrees or more, acceleratedly cooling the worked or rolled steel material under conditions of a cooling rate at a position of the slowest cooling rate of at least 2° C.

Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbon, having high thermal shock resistance, and a process for producing a synthesis gas using the catalyst are provided. A catalyst for catalytic partial oxidation of hydrocarbon is used in producing a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen by adding oxygen and steam to a raw material hydrocarbon, thereby subjecting the raw material hydrocarbon to catalytic partial oxidation, and comprises a carrier comprising an inorganic oxide and an active metal supported thereon. In the catalyst, the total of volume of pores having a pore diameter in a first range of from 0.1 ?m to less than 1.0 ?m is 32% or more of the whole pore volume, and the total of volume of pores having a pore diameter in a second range of from 1.0 ?m to 10 ?m or less is 14% or more of the whole pore volume.

Abstract: A touch panel device, includes a transparent protective substrate disposed on a front side of the touch panel, the protective substrate being configured by joining a first glass substrate residing on a front side and a second glass substrate residing on a touch panel side, wherein either one of the first and second glass substrates is configured to have one or more stepped portions formed either on a rear surface of the first glass substrate or a front surface of the second glass substrate, the rear surface of the first glass substrate and the front surface of the second glass substrate facing one another; and one or more piezo vibration elements each disposed within one of the stepped portions so as to be acoustically coupled with the first glass substrate, wherein each of said one or more stepped portions is configured thicker than the corresponding piezo vibration element.

Abstract: A third insulating layer is formed in a periphery region of a substrate over a first surface (main surface) of the substrate so as to straddle a second semiconductor layer closest to a guard ring layer and a second semiconductor layer closest to the second semiconductor layer. In other words, the third insulating layer is formed to cover a portion of the first semiconductor layer, which is exposed to the first surface (main surface) of the substrate and which is between the second semiconductor layers. Thereby, the third insulating layer electrically insulates the metal layer from the portion of the first semiconductor layer, which is exposed to the first surface (main surface) of the substrate and which is between the second semiconductor layers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially advantageous process for preparing a benzaldehyde compound from a benzyl alcohol compound with high yield. The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic aldehyde compound represented by the formula (2); which comprises reacting an aromatic methyl alcohol compound represented by the formula (1); and a peroxide under a pH value of a reaction solution being pH 0.01 or higher and less than 10 in the presence of at least one metallic compound selected from a molybdenum compound and a tungsten compound, a quaternary ammonium salt and an organic phosphonium salt.

Abstract: The present invention provides steel plate for line pipe excellent in strength and ductility and a method of production of the same. The steel plate has a steel composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04 to 0.15%, Si: 0.05 to 0.60%, Mn: 0.80 to 1.80%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Nb: 0.01 to 0.08%, and Al: 0.003 to 0.08%, having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a value of Ceq shown by the following formula <1> of 0.48 or less, comprised of a mixed structure of ferrite and pearlite or ferrite and pearlite partially containing bainite in which a ferrite percentage is 60 to 95%, having a yield strength of 450 MPa or more, and having an amount of hydrogen contained in the steel of 0.

Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.010 to 0.065%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.52 to 2.70%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10% to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; 0 at an O content [O] of 0.0010 to 0.0045%; N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%; Mg at a Mg content [Mg] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; Ca at a Ca content [Ca] of 0.0003 to 0.003%; and the balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A steel component parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel component hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fire resistant steel material excellent in high temperature strength, toughness, and reheating embrittlement resistance containing, by mass %, C: 0.001% to 0.030%, Si: 0.05% to 0.50%, Mn: 0.4% to 2.0%, Nb: 0.03% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.005% to less than 0.040%, N: 0.0001% to less than 0.0050%, and Al: 0.005% to 0.030%, limiting P: 0.03% or, less and S: 0.02% or less, satisfying C—Nb/7.74?0.005 and 2?Ti/N?12, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and, further, a process for production of a fire resistant material comprising heating a steel slab comprised of this chemical composition to 1100 to 1350° C. and hot rolling it by a cumulative reduction rate at 1000° C. or less of 30% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric sound generating device capable of obtaining a stable connection state of lead-out conductors constituted of a conductive resin layer. A piezoelectric sound generating device 10, wherein lead-out conductors 18a, 18b are so flatly formed as to extend from surface electrodes 11a, 11b1 of a piezoelectric element 11 exposed to first openings 13a1, 13b1 to terminal electrodes 15a, 15b of a terminal portion 15 exposed to second openings 13a2, 13b2 on one main surface side of a diaphragm 12, respectively. As a result, the surface electrode 11a1 of the piezoelectric element 11 and the terminal electrode 15a of the terminal portion 15, and also the surface electrode 11b1 and a surface electrode 11c of the piezoelectric element 11, and the terminal electrode 15b of the terminal portion 15 are conductively connected. Hence, poor connection caused by cracks or the like is not likely to occur in the lead-out conductors.

Abstract: A use-side unit and an air conditioner that can feed out air at a target temperature into a target space are provided. A use-side evaporator that recovers moisture obtained by cooling and condensing the air to be fed out into the space to be air-conditioned or the like and dehumidifies it so as to obtain target relative humidity, a use-side condenser that heats the air having passed through the use-side evaporator by heat exchange, adjusts it to a target dry-bulb temperature and feeds it out into the space to be air-conditioned or the like, and a use-side controller that calculates a correction value if a difference between a dry-bulb temperature according to the detection of a temperature detector that detects a dry-bulb temperature of the air to be fed out into the target space and the target dry-bulb temperature is larger than a predetermined value and performs processing to correct a target intermediate dry-bulb temperature.

Abstract: A steel for a welded structure includes the following composition: by mass %, C at a C content [C] of 0.015 to 0.045%; Si at a Si content [Si] of 0.05 to 0.20%; Mn at a Mn content [Mn] of 1.5 to 2.0%; Ni at a Ni content [Ni] of 0.10 to 1.50%; Ti at a Ti content [Ti] of 0.005 to 0.015%; O at an O content [O] of 0.0015 to 0.0035%; and N at a N content [N] of 0.002 to 0.006%, and a balance composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In the steel for a welded structure, the P content [P] is limited to 0.008% or less, the S content [S] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Al content [Al] is limited to 0.004% or less, the Nb content [Nb] is limited to 0.005% or less, the Cu content [Cu] is limited to 0.24% or less, the V content [V] is limited to 0.020% or less, and a steel composition parameter PCTOD is 0.065% or less, and a steel composition hardness parameter CeqH is 0.235% or less.

Abstract: The present invention is a spray mold remover, prepared by filling a bleaching composition in a container having a spraying means, the bleaching composition containing (a) an alkali metal hypochlorite, (b) a cationic surfactant and (c) a compound represented by the formula (1): X1—O(AO)n—X2??(1) wherein, AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number of the alkyleneoxy group ranging from 5 to 150; X1 and X2 each represent a hydrogen atom, —SO3M, —CH2COOM (M represents an alkali metal atom), or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with the proviso that X1 and X2 do not represent hydrogen atoms or alkyl groups at the same time.

Abstract: By heating a steel material comprising C: 0.003 to 0.05%, Si: 0.60% or less, Mn: 0.6 to 2.0%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 0.20 to 1.5%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.05%, Al: 0.060% or less, and N: 0.001 to 0.006%, further limiting, as an impurity, Mo to 0.03% or less, having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities, and having a weld cracking parameter PCM value defined by PCM=C+Si/30+Mn/20+Cu/20+Ni/60+Cr/20+Mo/15+V/10+5B of 0.22% or less, to 1000 to 1300° C. in temperature, finishing the hot rolling at 800° C. or more in temperature, then cooling, steel for welded structures excellent in high temperature strength and low temperature toughness can be inexpensively provided.

Abstract: A method of production of 780 MPa class high strength steel plate excellent low temperature toughness comprising heating a steel slab of containing, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.15%, Si: 0.05 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.60 to 2.00%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.015% or less, Cu: 0.1 to 0.5%, Ni: 0.1 to 1.5%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.6%, Nb: less than 0.005%, V: 0.005 to 0.060%, Ti: less than 0.003%, Al: 0.02 to 0.10%, B: 0.0005 to 0.003%, and N: 0.002 to 0.006% to 1050° C. to 1200° C. in temperature, hot rolling ending at 870° C. or more, waiting for 10 seconds to 90 seconds, then cooling from 840° C. or more in temperature by a 5° C./s or more cooling rate to 200° C., then tempering at 450° C. to 650° C. in temperature for 20 minutes to 60 minutes.

Abstract: A method for producing a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen from a source gas containing light hydrocarbons, includes the steps of: performing low temperature steam reforming by adding steam to the source gas and converting hydrocarbons of carbon numbers of 2 or higher in the source gas to methane; and performing a catalytic partial oxidation by adding oxygen after the low temperature steam reforming.