Shikoku Chemicals Corporation

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Kabushiki Kaisha Sankyo Seiki Seisakusho

Hajime Hata

Seiji Sogabe

Kohji Sakane

Keizo Oka

Takao Kitamura

Hajime Kanbara

Hideo Wada

Ikuo Kasuga

Masamichi Hayakawa

Hiromasa Marumo

Hajime Kambara

Shogo Ogawa

A polyarylene sulfide resin composition having an excellent fluidability and a good moldability is disclosed. The resin composition is useful as a material for an optical pick-up part which has a high reliability and a high tenacity and does not generate deviation of an optical axis with changes in environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity. The polyarylene sulfide resin composition comprises, as main components, a polyarylene sulfide resin, a fibrous filler and a particulate filler, and, optionally, a silane coupling agent and an alicyclic hydrocarbon.

Polyarylene sulfide resin composition and optical pick-up parts formed

A mixture comprising (i) an oxide, hydroxide or oxyhydroxide of aluminum, (ii) an aluminum-containing sulfate, (iii) an oxide or oxyacid of boron or an alkali metal salt thereof and (iv) an alkali metal sulfate is heated at a temperature of 900 to 1200.degree. C. to grow an aluminum borate whisker. In this process, the reaction is advanced apparently in the solid phase, and this process is advantageous over the conventional processes in that the yield is high and the isolation and purification of the reaction product is facilitated.

Process for preparation of aluminum borate whisker

An aluminum borate whisker is prepared by heating and reacting aluminum sulfate and an oxide of boron, an oxyacid of boron or an alkali metal salt thereof in the presence of an alkali metal sulfate and an alkali metal carbonate. In this process, the reaction is advanced apparently in the solid phase, and this process is advantageous over the conventional processes in that the yield is high and the withdrawal of the reaction product is facilitated.

Disclosed is a metal-based composite material comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy combined with a whisker of aluminum borate represented by the chemical formula of 9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.2B.sub.2 O.sub.3 or 2Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.B.sub.2 O.sub.3. This composite material has excellent mechanical properties such as high tensile strength and high hardness.

Metal-based composite material and process for preparation thereof

Disclosed is a process for the preparation of an aluminum borate whisker, which comprises mixing a trialkali aluminum trisulfate represented by the following general formula:

An aluminum borate whisker having a composition of 9Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 .multidot.2B.sub.2 O.sub.3 or 2Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 .multidot.B.sub.2 O.sub.3 is formed by reacting under heating at least one aluminum-supplying component selected from the group consisting of hydroxides and inorganic salts of aluminum and at least one boric acid-supplying component selected from the group consisting of oxides, oxyacids and their alkali metal salts of boron in the presence of at least one flux selected from the group consisting of alkali metal chlorides, alkali metal sulfates and alkali carbonates.

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Hajime Hata