Abstract: A bellows pump device includes a control unit which, before operation of the bellows pump device is started, performs initial control in which solenoid valves are switched and pressurized air is supplied to suction-side air chambers in advance, thereby determining operation air pressures which are air pressures of the pressurized air to be supplied to the suction-side air chambers during the operation. As the initial control, the control unit outputs control commands to electropneumatic regulators so as to gradually increase the air pressures of the pressurized air to be supplied to the suction-side air chambers in advance, and when detection signals resulting from detection of expansion positions of the bellows are inputted from the proximity sensors to the control unit, the control unit determines the air pressures of the pressurized air supplied to the suction-side air chambers at that time as the operation air pressures.

Abstract: A high-purity 1,3-butylene glycol product is provided, which is colorless and odorless (or almost colorless and odorless), unlikely to cause coloration and odor over time, and, besides, unlikely to cause an acid concentration increase over time also in a state containing water. A 1,3-butylene glycol product in which at least one of a content of methyl vinyl ketone, a content of acetone, a content of butylaldehyde, a content of acetaldol, a content of a compound represented by Formula (1) below, a content of a compound represented by Formula (2) below, a content of a compound represented by Formula (3) below, and a total content of a compound represented by Formula (4) below and a compound represented by Formula (5) below, is less than 8 ppm.

Abstract: Provided is a high-purity 1,3-butylene glycol product that is odorless and is unlikely to cause acid concentration increase over time in a state containing water. A 1,3-butylene glycol product, having, according to a gas chromatographic analysis performed under predetermined conditions, a peak area ratio of 100 ppm or lower appearing in a relative retention time ranging from 1.35 to 1.45, provided that the relative retention time for a peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is 1.0.

Abstract: Provided is a high-purity 1,3-butylene glycol product that is colorless and odorless, and furthermore, unlikely to be colored over time. A 1,3-butylene glycol product, having, according to a gas chromatographic analysis performed under predetermined conditions, a peak area ratio of 1000 ppm or lower appearing in a relative retention time ranging from 2.3 to 2.4, provided that the relative retention time for a peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is 1.0.

Abstract: Provided is a high-purity 1,3-butylene glycol product that is colorless and odorless, unlikely to be colored over time, and furthermore, unlikely to cause acid concentration increase over time in a state containing water. A 1,3-butylene glycol product, having, according to a gas chromatographic analysis performed under predetermined conditions, a peak ratio of 2000 ppm or lower appearing in a relative retention time ranging from 1.6 to 1.8, provided that the relative retention time for a peak of 1,3-butylene glycol is 1.0.

Abstract: Provided are a polyester film and a method of manufacturing the polyester film. A polyester film has a base film and at least one image receiving layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the base film, the base film contains a polyester and titanium oxide particles, the mass-based content of the titanium oxide particles in the base film satisfies Formula 1 on the assumption that the thickness of the base film is T ?m, a surface roughness standard deviation Rq is 0.01 ?m to 0.12 ?m, a cross section in a thickness direction orthogonal to a plane direction of the base film has voids whose average area per void is 0.01 ?m2/void to 0.10 ?m2/void, and a surface roughness standard deviation Rq of an outermost surface of the image receiving layer is 0.01 ?m to 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a polyester film and a method of manufacturing the polyester film. A polyester film has a base film and at least one image receiving layer which is disposed on at least one surface of the base film, the base film contains a polyester and titanium oxide particles, the mass-based content of the titanium oxide particles in the base film satisfies Formula 1 on the assumption that the thickness of the base film is T ?m, a surface roughness standard deviation Rq is 0.01 ?m to 0.12 ?m, a cross section in a thickness direction orthogonal to a plane direction of the base film has voids whose average area per void is 0.01 ?m2/void to 0.10 ?m2/void, and a surface roughness standard deviation Rq of an outermost surface of the image receiving layer is 0.01 ?m to 0.1 ?m.

Abstract: An image receiving sheet includes an image receiving layer including a resin and having a thickness of 1 ?m or greater; and an antistatic layer being the outermost layer, including a resin and at least one conductive material selected from conductive particles and a conductive polymer and having a thickness smaller than that of the image receiving layer, on at least one surface of a support, in an order from the support side.

Abstract: A black and white silver halide photosensitive material, having: a support; at least one silver halide emulsion layer; and at least one non-photosensitive layer, wherein both of the silver halide emulsion layer and the non-photosensitive layer are positioned at one side of the support, the non-photosensitive layer includes carbon particles of 35 mg/m2 or more, and the non-photosensitive layer is positioned closer to the support than all of the silver halide emulsion layers.