Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-piece food can having improved corrosion resistance is provided, wherein the two-piece food can using a metal sheet coated with a thermoplastic resin and having annular uneven beads and/or a bottom rim. After forming a bottomed cylindrical can body by drawing and ironing, by heating at a temperature higher than the melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin for a predetermined time before forming uneven beads and/or a bottom rim to the can body and quenching within a predetermined time after heating, the inner resin coating hardly peel off during the following formation of uneven beads and/or the bottom rim. As a result, a two-piece food can having excellent corrosion resistance may be obtained.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-piece food can having improved corrosion resistance is provided, wherein the two-piece food can using a metal sheet coated with a thermoplastic resin and having annular uneven beads and/or a bottom rim. After forming a bottomed cylindrical can body by drawing and ironing, by heating at a temperature higher than the melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin for a predetermined time before forming uneven beads and/or a bottom rim to the can body and quenching within a predetermined time after heating, the inner resin coating hardly peel off during the following formation of uneven beads and/or the bottom rim. As a result, a two-piece food can having excellent corrosion resistance may be obtained.

Abstract: To provide a hydrophilic coating composition excellent in hydrophilicity, wear resistance, transparency, storage stability, antifogging properties, antifouling properties, visible light transmittivity, adhesion properties, chemical resistance, weather resistance, and water resistance and a hydrophilic member using the composition. The hydrophilic coating composition has (A) a ternary copolymer having a1) a repeating unit having a hydrophilic group, a2) a repeating unit having a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an isocyanato group, a blocked isocyanato group, a carboxylic acid anhydride group, or an amino group, and a3) a repeating unit having a hydrolyzable silyl group; and (B) a metal complex catalyst, wherein a content of the repeating unit a1) having a hydrophilic group is 50 mol % or greater.

Abstract: A hydrophilic film comprising a hydrophilic layer formed with a hydrophilic composition on a polyester film, wherein the hydrophilic composition contains 80% by weight or more of a hydrophilic polymer based on a total solid content of the hydrophilic composition.

Abstract: The invention can provide a hydrophilic composition and a hydrophilic member having high hydrophilic property and excellent durability and high antifungal effect. The hydrophilic composition includes a hydrophilic polymer (I) that includes a specific structure and an additive having antibacterial or antifungal property in an amount exceeding 10 mass % with respect to the total solids content of the hydrophilic composition.

Abstract: A process for producing a hydrophilic member, includes: coating a surface of a base material with a hydrophilic composition containing at least (a) a catalyst, (b) a hydrophilic polymer and (c) a metal alkoxide; and drying the composition, wherein a temperature for the drying is from 10° C. to 60° C.

Abstract: A hydrophilic member endowed with sufficient hydrophilicity and excellent in the water resistance, antifouling property and scratch resistance can be provided, which is a hydrophilic member comprising a base material having provided thereon a hydrophilic film formed from a hydrophilic composition containing (A-1) a hydrophilic polymer having at least one hydrolyzable alkoxysilyl group on the polymer side chain and (B) a metal complex catalyst, wherein the water swelling degree of the hydrophilic film is 1.5 times or less.

Abstract: A hydrophilic composition and a hydrophilic member obtained by using the composition are provided, which composition contains a hydrophilic polymer having a specific structure of having a hydrolysable group in the side chain thereof in a content of 50% by weight or more based on the weight of the solid components and further contains an additive having an antifungal property, and which composition shows excellent water resistance and maintains the high hydrophilicity even after being stored for a long period under an environment of high temperature and high humidity.

Abstract: To provide a hydrophilic coating composition excellent in hydrophilicity, wear resistance, transparency, storage stability, antifogging properties, antifouling properties, visible light transmittivity, adhesion properties, chemical resistance, weather resistance, and water resistance and a hydrophilic member using the composition. The hydrophilic coating composition has (A) a ternary copolymer having a1) a repeating unit having a hydrophilic group, a2) a repeating unit having a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an isocyanato group, a blocked isocyanato group, a carboxylic acid anhydride group, or an amino group, and a3) a repeating unit having a hydrolyzable silyl group; and (B) a metal complex catalyst, wherein a content of the repeating unit a1) having a hydrophilic group is 50 mol % or greater.

Abstract: An antifogging cover having high hydrophilicity and excellent durability in hot and humid surroundings, especially for meter use, is provided. The antifogging cover is an antifogging cover having a coating layer of hydrophilic composition on at least one side of a substrate, characterized in that the coating layer surface has a water contact angle of 15° or below not only before but also after it is subjected to 500-hour immersion in 30° C. water, and moreover its center-line average roughness Ra is from 1.0 nm to 5.0 nm.

Abstract: A hydrophilic film forming composition which is used for forming on the surface of a support of every sort a hydrophilic film provided with anti-fogging properties, abrasion resistance and antibacterial properties and having more favorable antifouling properties is provided. A hydrophilic member having an excellent anti-fogging, abrasion-resistant, antibacterial and antifouling surface provided with a hydrophilic film formed of the instant hydrophilic film forming composition on the surface of an appropriate support is provided. A hydrophilic film forming composition including (A) a positively charged nitrogen atom-containing compound having a Log P of not more than 2; (B) a hydrolyzable silyl group-containing hydrophilic polymer; and (C) a metal complex catalyst. A hydrophilic member including a support having the instant hydrophilic film forming composition coated thereon.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer containing a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The radiation-cured layer and the magnetic layer are provided in that order above the non-magnetic support. The radiation curing compound has a C2 to C18 alkyl group, a C6 to C10 cyclic structure, and two or more radiation curing functional groups per molecule.

Abstract: A composition for forming a hydrophilic film, comprising (A) a hydrophilic polymer having a silane coupling group at the terminal or on the side chain of the polymer, the polymer having a specific structure, and (B) a metal complex catalyst; a spray composition; and a hydrophilic member provided with the composition by spray coating. A composition for the formation of a hydrophilic film, ensuring that a hydrophilic coating excellent in durability, antifouling property, water resistance and the like can be easily formed while keeping hydrophilicity and the coating workability is excellent, and a hydrophilic member using the composition are provided.

Abstract: Provided is an inkjet-recording ink composition comprising one or more white pigment(s), one or more polymer dispersant(s), one or more photocurable compound(s), and one or more photoinitiator(s) as its principal components, wherein the polymer dispersant(s) has a sulfonic acid group.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support and at least one magnetic layer above the support, the magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and the binder comprising a polyurethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 to 400,000. There is also provided a magnetic recording medium that comprises a non-magnetic support, a non-magnetic layer above the support, the non-magnetic layer comprising a non-magnetic powder dispersed in a binder, and at least one magnetic layer above the non-magnetic layer, the magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder and the binder of the magnetic layer and/or the non-magnetic layer comprising a polyurethane resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 to 400,000.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that comprises a non-magnetic support and, in order thereabove, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer comprising a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, the radiation curing compound having a radiation curing functional group in the molecule and being derived from a diisocyanate that has a branched structure but does not have a cyclic structure.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a support and at least one magnetic layer provided on or above the support, the magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder and at least one type of compound selected from Formulae (I) to (III) below; (in Formulae (I) to (III), each R independently denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons).

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer containing a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The radiation-cured layer and the magnetic layer are provided in that order above the non-magnetic support. The radiation curing compound includes a radiation curing polyester compound having four or more radiation curing functional groups per molecule.

Abstract: A process for producing a hydrophilic member, includes: coating a surface of a base material with a hydrophilic composition containing at least (a) a catalyst, (b) a hydrophilic polymer and (c) a metal alkoxide; and drying the composition, wherein a temperature for the drying is from 10° C. to 60° C.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, and at least one magnetic layer provided above the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder, all or part of the binder being a polyurethane resin obtained by a reaction of a polyol and a polyisocyanate, the polyurethane resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 70° C. to 200° C., and part of the polyol being a diol having at least one epoxy group and two hydroxyl groups per molecule. There is also provided a process for producing the magnetic recording medium, the process including a step of kneading the ferromagnetic powder and the polyurethane resin.