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20100140233 | Laser processing apparatus,laser processing temperature measuring apparatus,laser processing method,and laser processing temperature measuring method - The object is to provide a laser processing apparatus, a laser processing temperature measuring apparatus, a laser processing method, and a laser processing temperature measuring method which can highly accurately detect the processing temperature when carrying out processing such as welding with laser light. A laser processing apparatus | 06-10-2010 |
20110088431 | FUSION-BONDING PROCESS FOR GLASS - When fixing a glass layer | 04-21-2011 |
20120151965 | GLASS FUSION METHOD - A glass layer fixing method for manufacturing a glass layer fixing member by fixing a glass layer to a first glass member, includes the steps of disposing the glass layer on the first glass member along a region to be fused, the glass layer containing a glass powder and a laser-absorbing material and irradiating the region to be fused therealong with a first laser beam, so as to melt the glass layer, fix the glass layer to the first glass member, and increase a laser absorptance of the glass layer. | 06-21-2012 |
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20120240630 | GLASS WELDING METHOD AND GLASS LAYER FIXING METHOD - A glass layer | 09-27-2012 |
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20090004042 | Titanium Alloy for Corrosion-Resistant Materials - An object is to provide a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials that is capable of being produced at low cost while maintaining the capability to suppress the deterioration of corrosion resistance. According to the present invention, there is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements, at least one of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, and the residue comprising Ti and impurities, in which the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less. | 01-01-2009 |
20090064749 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL PIPE - A process for stainless-steel pipe production which comprises piercing rolling a raw material stainless steel containing, by mass, Cr: 10-30%, to give a hollow shell, elongating rolling the hollow shell using a mandrel bar, together with a graphite-free lubricant, to give a finishing rolling blank pipe and heating the blank pipe in a reheating furnace and subjecting the same to finishing rolling by sizing rolling to produce a hot-finished pipe, and then subjecting this pipe as a mother pipe to cold working to produce a stainless-steel pipe. In the reheating furnace, the finishing rolling blank pipe is heated to 1000° C. or more and subjected to heating in which an oxidizing gas is blown into the pipe inside, whereby a stainless-steel pipe which is inhibited from forming a carburized layer in the pipe inner surface can be produced. When the finishing rolling by sizing rolling to give a cold working mother pipe is carried out by stretch reducer rolling at 860-1050° C., an annealing heat treatment of the mother pipe for cold working can be omitted. Thus, a stainless-steel pipe having excellent surface quality can be efficiently produced. | 03-12-2009 |
20100207285 | UNDERWATER AERATION DEVICE - A submersible aerator has an impeller which includes blades having partition walls which separate liquid passages and air passages and which is accommodated within a guide casing for rotation between a lower surface of an intermediate plate having an air suction opening and an upper surface of a suction cover having a liquid suction opening. The liquid passages and the air passages meet through communication portions at radially outer ends of rear-side blade partition walls. Intermediate blades are provided at radially outer ends of the liquid passages. A conical space is defined between the blade lower end surfaces and the suction cover upper surface such that the space, which is wide at a portion adjacent to the liquid suction opening, becomes narrower toward a radially outward region including guide vane tongues. A plurality of support legs and a plurality of straining projections are integrally formed on the lower surface of a peripheral portion of a bottom wall of the guide casing. Sloping surfaces are provided on the top wall upper surface between air-liquid discharge passages such that the sloping surfaces are inclined downward and increase in width in the radially outward direction. | 08-19-2010 |
20100310410 | TITANIUM ALLOY FOR CORROSION-RESISTANT MATERIALS - There is provided a titanium alloy for corrosion-resistant materials, which contains 0.01-0.12% by mass in total of at least one of platinum group elements; at least Si and one of, or both of, Sn and Mn, selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn, wherein the total content of Al, Cr, Zr, Nb, Si, Sn and Mn is 5% by mass or less; and the residue comprising Ti and impurities. | 12-09-2010 |
20110017369 | TITANIUM PLATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There is provided a titanium plate having both high strength and good workability. The titanium plate is made of a titanium material in a plate shape, the titanium material consisting of by mass: more than 0.10% and less than 0.60% iron; more than 0.005% and less than 0.20% oxygen; less than 0.015% carbon; less than 0.015% nitrogen; less than 0.015% hydrogen; and balance titanium and unavoidable impurities, provided that the iron content is greater than the oxygen content, wherein the titanium plate has a two-phase structure of an α phase and a β phase and the circle-equivalent mean diameter of α phase grains is 10 μm or less. | 01-27-2011 |
20110159394 | FUEL CELL COGENERATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell cogeneration system includes: a heat recovery channel in which a first shutoff valve, a heat-recovery heat exchanger configured to recover exhaust heat of a fuel cell, a second shutoff valve and a hot water storage tank are sequentially and circularly connected by a heat recovery pipe. A heat recovery channel pressure release valve is provided in the heat recovery pipe connecting the first shutoff valve, the second shutoff valve and the heat-recovery heat exchanger. The heat recovery channel pressure release valve is configured to open when internal pressure of the heat recovery pipe closer to the heat-recovery heat exchanger than the first shutoff valve and the second shutoff valve exceeds predetermined pressure. | 06-30-2011 |
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20090297087 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - Herein disclosed is an optical modulator, having: a substrate ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100034716 | Separation method for zinc sulfide - The separation method for zinc sulfide, in the hydrometallurgical process by a High Pressure Acid Leach for nickel oxide ore comprising leaching and solid/liquid separation step, neutralization step, zinc removal step, and nickel recovery step, which can inhibit clogging of a filter cloth and reduce a frequency of washing operation and replacement operation of a filter cloth by improving filtration performance of zinc sulfide, and inhibit decrease of nickel recovery ratio, in the zinc removal step in which zinc sulfide is formed by adding a sulfurizing agent to the neutralization final liquid containing zinc as well as nickel and cobalt and zinc sulfide is separated to obtain a mother liquid for nickel recovery containing nickel and cobalt. | 02-11-2010 |
20100144551 | CYTOKINE PRODUCTION REGULATOR GENE AND USE THEREOF - The invention provides a gene encoding a protein selected from among the following proteins (a) to (c): (a) a protein having any of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, and 108; (b) a protein which has an amino acid sequence equivalent to any of the amino acid sequences of (a), except that one to several amino acid residues are deleted, substituted, or added, and which exhibits cytokine production regulatory activity; and (c) a protein which has an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to any of the amino acid sequences of (a), and which exhibits cytokine production regulatory activity, as well as a gene useful for regulating cytokine production and use of the gene. | 06-10-2010 |
20100209040 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - In an optical modulator comprising substrate | 08-19-2010 |
20100286474 | INTER-ORGAN SPACER FOR USE IN ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY - The invention provides a surgical device for endoscopic surgery having the function of temporarily storing liquid (a first function), the function of keeping a physical space for surgery and a sufficient endoscopic field (a second function), and the function of protecting organs (a third function), and an insertion device for inserting the surgical device into a body. | 11-11-2010 |
20100310206 | OPTICAL MODULATOR - A technical problem related to a traveling wave electrode type of optical modulator comprising a substrate having the electro-optical effect, optical waveguides formed in the substrate, and a traveling wave electrode formed above the substrate includes improvement of the characteristics such as optical modulation bandwidth, driving voltage, and characteristic impedance of the traveling wave electrode type of optical modulator. To solve the problem, the structure of ridge portions is optimized which is formed in such a manner that a part of the substrate at regions where electric field generated by a high frequency electric signal traveling through the traveling wave electrode is strong is reduced in thickness by digging. Further, a buffer layer is formed over the substrate where the ridge portions are formed and a conducting layer is formed over the buffer layer. The thickness of at least one part of the buffer layer along the normal line of a side surface of the ridge portions is less than the thickness of the buffer layer on a bottom surface between the ridge portions formed by digging and/or the thickness of the buffer layer on a top part of the ridge portions. | 12-09-2010 |
20140161660 | TITANIUM ALLOY - A titanium alloy including by mass %, a platinum group metal: 0.01 to 0.15% and a rare earth metal: 0.001 to 0.10%, with the balance being Ti and impurities. The titanium alloy preferably includes as a partial replacement for Ti, Co: 0.05 to 1.00% by mass, and the content of the platinum group metal is preferably in the range of 0.01 to 0.05% by mass. Furthermore, it is preferred that the platinum group metal be Pd and the rare earth metal be Y. Consequently, it is possible to provide a titanium alloy having corrosion resistance comparable to or better than that of the conventional art as well as good workability while offering an economic advantage with a lower content of platinum group metal or an advantage of less likelihood of corrosion growth originating at defects such as flaws that occurred in the surface. | 06-12-2014 |
20140255816 | TITANIUM MATERIAL FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A titanium material for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell separator consists of, by mass %, a platinum group metal: 0.005% to 0.15% and a rare earth metal: 0.002% to 0.10%, with the balance being Ti and impurities. The titanium material of the present invention is provided with a film formed of a titanium oxide and a platinum group metal on the surface thereof. It is preferred that the film has a thickness of 50 nm or less, and that the concentration of the platinum group metal on the surface of the film is 1.5% by mass or more. With the thus formed film, the titanium material of the present invention is capable of achieving a reduction in initial contact resistance and ensuring good corrosion resistance. In the titanium material of the present invention, the rare earth metal is preferably Y, and the platinum group metal is preferably Pd. | 09-11-2014 |
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20100249320 | Process for producing water-absorbing resin - Drying is performed in a continuous fluidized bed having at least two drying rooms. Drying is performed after pulverization is performed between drying in a first drying room and drying in a second or subsequent room. Drying is performed in a continuous fluidized bed whose fluidized bed contains a heat transfer tube. The second or subsequent drying room has a higher drying temperature than the first drying room. Drying is performed with the drying temperature of the first drying room falling within a range of not less than 80° C. to not more than 200° C. and with the drying temperature of the second or subsequent drying room falling within a range of not less than 100° C. to not more than 220° C. Further, a method for producing a water absorbent resin includes: a sequence of the steps of: (1) polymerizing a monomer aqueous solution; (2) drying a hydrogel polymer obtained in the step (1); (3) performing particle size control by either pulverizing or pulverizing and classifying a dry polymer obtained in the step (2); and (5) performing surface crosslinking on water absorbent resin powder whose particle size has been controlled in the step (3), the method further including the step (4) of performing second heat drying on the water absorbent resin powder whose particle size has been controlled in the step (3), the step (4) preceding the step (5). Further, the water absorbent resin has a moisture content (defined by a loss on drying performed for three hours at 180° C.) of 0 wt % to 3 wt % before it is supplied to the step (5). (This makes it possible to provide a method for producing a water absorbent resin which method makes it possible to obtain a particulate water absorbent resin of excellent properties at low cost with high productivity. | 09-30-2010 |
20110269041 | FUEL CELL COGENERATION SYSTEM - A fuel cell cogeneration system according to the invention is disclosed, the system comprising: a fuel cell ( | 11-03-2011 |
20120189861 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, sequentially including the steps of: storing or producing acrylic acid; mixing acrylic acid containing a polymerization inhibitor with water, a crosslinking agent, and optionally, a basic composition, and/or neutralizing them, to prepare an aqueous monomer solution; polymerizing the aqueous monomer solution; drying an obtained water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer; and optionally carrying out surface crosslinking, wherein the acrylic acid containing the polymerization inhibitor has a water content of not higher than 1,000 ppm (by mass; the same applies hereinafter), and/or the aqueous monomer solution has a formic acid content of 1 to 700 ppm, relative to the monomer. | 07-26-2012 |
20130005904 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN - The disclosed process for producing a water-absorbing resin comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous unsaturated monomer; a drying step of drying a particulated water-containing gel-liked crosslinked polymer, obtained in a finely crushing step during the polymerization or after the polymerization; a pulverizing step after the drying, a classification step after the drying, and a surface treatment step after the classification. In the process is, the surface-treatment step is interrupted with a heating treatment apparatus kept in a heated state and thereafter the surface treatment step is restarted. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005919 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN - The disclosed process for continuously producing a water-absorbing resin comprising a plurality of joined continuous steps; a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous unsaturated monomer solution, a drying step of drying a particulated water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer obtained in a finely crushing step during the polymerization or after the polymerization, a pulverizing step after the drying, a classification step after the drying, and a surface treatment step for the water-absorbing resin powder after the classification step. In the process, with some of the above steps kept running, the other steps are interrupted, and subsequently all the steps are restarted. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005926 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WATER-ABSORBING RESIN - The disclosed process for producing a water-absorbing resin comprising: a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous unsaturated monomer; and a drying step of drying a particulated water-containing gel-liked crosslinked polymer, obtained in a finely crushing step during the polymerization or after the polymerization. In the process, the drying step is interrupted with a dryer kept in a heated state and thereafter the drying step is restarted. | 01-03-2013 |
20130037708 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT), POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed are a polyacrylate (salt) and a polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin containing a tracer which can be verified back to the manufacturing process of the water-absorbent resin when dealing with various problems with the water-absorbent resin which can occur from the manufacturing process of the water-resistant resin, during the use thereof by a consumer, up until the disposal thereof. The disclosed polyacrylate (salt) and the polyacrylate (salt) water-absorbent resin have a carbon stable isotope ratio (δ | 02-14-2013 |
20130043384 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT), POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER-ABSORBING RESIN, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A polyacrylic acid (salt), or a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin, contains a tracer for detecting various troubles in the water-absorbing resin during the period from the production of the water-absorbing resin to the use and discard thereof by a consumer. The polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin has a stable carbon isotope ratio, as determined by accelerator mass spectrometry, of less than −20% and a radioactive carbon content of 1.0×10 | 02-21-2013 |
20140031473 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN POWDER - From a viewpoint of reduction in an out of spec product after surface crosslinking, particularly, when an alkylene carbonate compound is used as a surface crosslinking agent, influence by an air temperature is great, and it is necessary to reduce ethylene glycol which is produced as a byproduct, and there is provided a process for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin powder, comprising
| 01-30-2014 |
20140042364 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN POWDER - From a view pint of decreasing an out of spec product after surface crosslinking, particularly, when an alkylene carbonate compound is used as a surface crosslinking agent, influence due to an air temperature is great, and it is necessary to reduce ethylene glycol which is produced as a byproduct. | 02-13-2014 |
20140114035 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a water absorbent resin in which a water absorbent resin having excellent properties can be obtained effectively. The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, which includes a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous monomer solution containing a polymerization inhibitor, acrylic acid (salt) and an internal cross-linking agent to produce a water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer, a gel-crushing step of performing the gel-crushing of the water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer simultaneously with or subsequent to the polymerization to produce a particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer, and a drying step of supplying the particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer to a continuous through-flow belt-type dryer by a traverse conveyor to dry the particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer, in which the belt temperature of the traverse conveyor is 40 to 120° C. and/or the water soluble component in the particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer on the traverse conveyor is 10% by weight or less and the water soluble component is increased after the drying step. | 04-24-2014 |
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20100034690 | CARBURIZATION RESISTANT METAL MATERIAL - There is provided a metal material having excellent workability and metal dusting resistance, which is suitable as a raw material for cracking furnaces, reforming furnaces, heating furnaces, heat exchangers, etc. in petroleum refining, petrochemical plants, and the like. | 02-11-2010 |
20110236252 | NICKEL BASED ALLOY - A Ni based alloy, which consists of by mass percent, C≦0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.0%, P≦0.03%, S≦0.01%, Cr: not less than 20% to less than 30%, Ni: more than 40% to not more than 60%, Cu: more than 2% to not more than 5.0%, Mo: 4.0 to 10%, Al: 0.005 to 0.5% and N: more than 0.02% to not more than 0.3%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and the expression of “0.5 Cu+Mo≧6.5” is satisfied, has excellent corrosion resistance equivalent to that of Ni based alloys having high Mo contents, such as Hastelloy C22 and Hastelloy C276, in severe corrosive environments containing reducing acids, such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid, together with excellent workability. Therefore, it can be suitably used as a low-cost material for various kinds of structural members. | 09-29-2011 |
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20110274857 | Continuous Fastener Element, Fastener Stringer, and Method of Manufacturing Continuous Fastener Element - A continuous fastener element including: a coupling head; upper and lower leg portions; and a connecting portion wherein surfaces of the coupling head, the leg portions, and the connecting portion are each formed as a rough surface with a plurality of recesses. Furthermore, a head surface of the coupling head of the continuous fastener element is formed to have an average roughness Ra smaller than that of outer peripheral surfaces of the leg portions. Accordingly, gloss and luster of the continuous fastener element may be easily reduced or removed. Furthermore, when the slide fastener is formed, the resistance between the coupling heads of the left and right continuous fastener elements may be made small and the left and right element rows may smoothly engage with each other or disengage from each other. | 11-10-2011 |
20140103569 | Method of Manufacturing Continuous Fastener Element - A continuous fastener element including: a coupling head; upper and lower leg portions; and a connecting portion wherein surfaces of the coupling head, the leg portions, and the connecting portion are each formed as a rough surface with a plurality of recesses. Furthermore, a head surface of the coupling head of the continuous fastener element is formed to have an average roughness Ra smaller than that of outer peripheral surfaces of the leg portions. Accordingly, gloss and luster of the continuous fastener element may be easily reduced or removed. Furthermore, when the slide fastener is formed, the resistance between the coupling heads of the left and right continuous fastener elements may be made small and the left and right element rows may smoothly engage with each other or disengage from each other. | 04-17-2014 |
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20110306732 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT) -BASED WATER-ABSORBENT RESIN AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - The purpose of the present invention is to improve the water absorption of a water-absorbent resin without sacrificing the productivity, production cost, safety, and so on. Provided is a sustainable and renewable water-absorbent resin with excellent whiteness, which is suitable for mass consumption as disposal diapers or the like, and which can dispense with excessive purification of raw material acrylic acid. Also provided is a process for the production of a water-absorbent resin, which comprises: a step of preparing acrylic monomers; a step of polymerizing the monomers; and a step of drying the obtained aqueous gel, wherein the monomers at the time of polymerization contain at least 400 ppm of propionic acid. | 12-15-2011 |
20120010372 | HYDROPHILIC POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT) RESIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The physical properties of a water-absorbing resin with low residual monomer content are improved or stabilized, without sacrifices in productivity, production cost, stability, etc. Provided is a water-absorbing resin with low residual monomer content and excellent whiteness, wherein a water-absorbing resin consumed in large quantities in disposable diapers, etc., is preferably a sustainable and renewable water-absorbing resin that does not require excessive purification of the acrylic acid, particularly acrylic acids derived from non-fossil sources, that is the starting material of the water-absorbing resin. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hydrophilic polyacrylic acid (salt) resin, which is a method of manufacturing a water-absorbing polyacrylic acid resin that comprises a step in which a monomer is prepared from acrylic acid, a step in which said monomer is polymerized, and a step in which the resulting hydrous gel is dried. The polymerization is performed such that the content of hydroxypropionic acid (salt) in the monomer is 2000 ppm or less and/or the content of saturated organic carboxylic acid in the monomer is 2% by mass or less, and at least a portion of the saturated organic carboxylic acid is volatilized during and after the drying step. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016084 | Method for Producing Particulate Water-Absorbent Resin - A production of a water-absorbent resin by which a particle diameter of the water-absorbent resin can be controlled simply and conveniently, and a content of fine powder can be decreased, without necessity of change of raw materials or expensive facility investment is to be provided. The method is a continuous production method of a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbent resin, comprising a polymerization step of an aqueous solution containing acrylic acid (salt), a drying step of the resultant hydrogel-like polymer, a pulverization step of the dried substance, a classification step of the pulverized substance, and optionally a surface cross-linking step of the classified substance, wherein (a) the drying step and the pulverization step are connected via a storage step and a transportation step; and (b) a time of holding the dried substance from a time of completing the drying step to a time of starting the pulverization step is set at 3 minutes or longer. | 01-19-2012 |
20130261276 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICULATE WATER ABSORBENT RESIN - A method for reducing colored foreign substances in a water absorbent resin by a convenient and simple technique in the production of a water absorbent resin, without requiring any modification of raw materials or high capital investment, is provided. The method for producing a particulate water absorbent resin includes a step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of an unsaturated monomer; and a step of drying a particulate water-containing gel-like cross-linked polymer having a solids concentration of 30% by weight or greater that is obtainable in a gel grain refining step during polymerization or after polymerization, with one or more apparatuses for aerating a water absorbent resin with a high temperature gas stream being installed in the drying step and/or in at least one of the subsequent steps, while in the aerating apparatus, the high temperature gas stream is passed through a filter and then is reused in the same step as the step where the aerating apparatus is installed, or in a different step. | 10-03-2013 |
20130264517 | POLYACRYLIC ACID (SALT)-BASED WATER ABSORBENT RESIN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Provided is a method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, which is a convenient production method for a water absorbent resin for an absorbent suitable for practical use, the water absorbent resin having a reduced amount of residual monomers. Disclosed is a method for producing a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water absorbent resin, the method comprising a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous monomer solution containing acrylic acid (salt) as a main component; a drying step of drying a water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer obtained in the polymerization step; a surface crosslinking step of surface crosslinking the water absorbent resin under drying or the water absorbent resin which has been dried; and a packaging step of packaging the surface crosslinked water absorbent resin, wherein an iron content in the aqueous monomer solution in the polymerization step is 2 ppm (relative to the monomer(s)) or less, a moisture content of the water absorbent resin in the packaging step is 1% by weight or more, and the method further comprises, after the packaging step, a storage step of storing the packaged water absorbent resin for 3 days or longer. | 10-10-2013 |
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20140087300 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Toner particles contained in a liquid developer have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2) below, x represents a number average molecular weight of the second resin and y represents a urethane group concentration (mass %) in the second resin. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087302 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a liquid developer in which toner particles are dispersed in an insulating liquid, the toner particles have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The second resin particles further contain a pigment and a dispersant for pigment, and solubility of the dispersant for pigment in the insulating liquid is not higher than 10 mass % at 25° C. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087303 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer is obtained by dispersing toner particles containing at least a resin and a coloring agent in an insulating liquid. The toner particles have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. The coloring agent contains nigrosine. A content of nigrosine in the toner particles is not lower than 1 mass % and not higher than 20 mass %. The second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2), x represents a number average molecular weight of the second resin and y represents a urethane group concentration (mass %) in the second resin. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087304 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Toner particles have a core-shell structure that first resin particles containing a first resin are attached to or cover surfaces of second resin particles containing a second resin. Heat of fusion with differential scanning calorimetry of the second resin satisfies Equations (1) to (2) below. In Equations (1) to (2) below, H1 and H2 represent heats of fusion (J/g) at initial temperature increase and second temperature increase with differential scanning calorimetry of the second resin, respectively. | 03-27-2014 |
20140087305 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer of the present invention includes a toner particle and an insulating liquid, the toner particle including a resin and a pigment, the resin including a polyester resin, the pigment including a first pigment, a second pigment, and a third pigment, the first pigment being a carbon black, 10 to 25 mass % of the first pigment being included in the toner particle, the second pigment being nigrosine, 3 to 15 mass % of the second pigment being included in the toner particle, the third pigment being at least one organic pigment selected from a group consisting of a phthalocyanine blue pigment, a phthalocyanine green pigment, a carmine-based pigment, a naphthol-based pigment, a quinacridon-based pigment, an azo-based pigment, a benzimidazolone-based pigment, and an isoindoline-based pigment, 5 to 20 mass % of the third pigment being included in the toner particle. | 03-27-2014 |
20140234769 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles has a median size not smaller than 1 μm and not greater than 3 μm as a whole. In the plurality of toner particles, average circularity is not smaller than 0.90 and not greater than 0.96, and a standard deviation of circularity is not smaller than 0.02 and not greater than 0.10. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234770 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles has a volume-based median size not smaller than 0.5 μm and not greater than 3 μm as a whole, and a volume-based coefficient of variation not lower than 40% and not higher than 130%. The plurality of toner particles includes a first toner particle group of the toner particles having a particle size not greater than 1 μm. The number of toner particles constituting the first toner particle group occupies not lower than 20% of the total number of toner particles. The toner particles in the first toner particle group have an average circularity not smaller than 0.945. | 08-21-2014 |
20150072288 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer is obtained by dispersing toner particles containing a core resin, a shell resin different from the core resin, and a coloring agent in an insulating liquid. The core resin contains a crystalline urethane-modified polyester resin. A solid content of the liquid developer corresponding to a portion of the liquid developer excluding the insulating liquid has a storage elastic modulus at 80° C., not lower than 1×10 | 03-12-2015 |
20150086920 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A resin in a liquid developer contains a first resin which is a urethane-modified polyester resin resulting from increase in chain length of a component derived from a polyester resin by a compound containing an isocyanate group and a second resin. The first resin is contained by not lower than 70 mass % with respect to a total of the first resin and the second resin. The component derived from the polyester resin includes a constitutional unit derived from an acid component and a constitutional unit derived from an alcohol component. A ratio of a constitutional unit derived from an aliphatic monomer occupied in the constitutional unit derived from the acid component and the constitutional unit derived from the alcohol component is not lower than 80 mass %. Relation of 2.3≦Mw/Mn≦4(10000≦Mn≦50000) is satisfied. | 03-26-2015 |
20150277257 | LIQUID DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid developer in which toner particles are dispersed in an insulating liquid, the toner particles having such a core-shell structure that shell particles containing a shell resin are attached to or cover surfaces of core particles containing a core resin, the core resin having an acid group and an acid dissociation constant not smaller than 2.90 and not greater than 8.00, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The toner particles can have a volume average particle size not smaller than 0.01 μm and not greater than 100 μm and a coefficient of variation of volume distribution not lower than 1% and not higher than 100%. This liquid developer has excellent fixability which allows adaptation to various recording materials, can be fixed in a wide temperature range, and is extremely low in deterioration in fixability during storage. | 10-01-2015 |