Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Sony Corporation

Denso Corporation

Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.

Hiromu Watanabe

Takeshi Nakamura

Naoto Kijima

Masanori Yamazaki

Takahiko Takewaki

Hiroyuki Kakiuchi

Keiichi Seki

Kouji Inagaki

Atsushi Kosaka

Takashi Fujii

Ryo Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Wada

Shuhei Sawa

Satoshi Inoue

Kaoru Terada

Motoyuki Shigeiwa

Masumi Itou

Kanako Ito

Yasuo Osada

Masaru Fujii

Seiji Inoue

Koji Fukamizu

Hideaki Takumi

Miki Iwade

Hideaki Takahashi

Akihisa Inatani

Yasukazu Aikawa

Hideaki Kaneda

Yutaka Shimada

Norikazu Hosokawa

Yasuhiro Suda

Shuji Koseki

Toshimasa Takahashi

Naoyuki Komuro

Masaya Sugiyama

Eri Kanamori

Shigeru Terada

Yuji Sudo

An agglomerated boron nitride powder, including a tap density of 0.6 g/ml or more and less than 0.8 g/ml and an interparticle void volume of 0.5 ml/g or more. A heat dissipation sheet, including the agglomerated boron nitride powder. An agglomerated boron nitride powder that enables a heat dissipation sheet to have improved thermal conductivity and good withstand voltage characteristics, a heat dissipation sheet containing the agglomerated boron nitride powder, and a semiconductor device including the heat dissipation sheet are provided.

Agglomerated boron nitride powder, heat dissipation sheet, and semiconductor device

A nonaqueous electrolytic solution, containing an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent and an aromatic carboxylate ester of formula (): 

Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same

A nonaqueous electrolytic solution, containing an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent, an aromatic carboxylate ester and a compound is provided. The compound is fluorine-containing cyclic carbonates, sulfur-containing organic compounds, phosphonate esters, cyano group-containing organic compounds, isocyanate group-containing organic compounds, silicon-containing compounds, aromatic compounds, cyclic compounds having a plurality of ether bonds, monofluorophosphate salts, difluorophosphate salts, borate salts, oxalate salts or fluorosulfonate salts.

An object of the invention is to provide nonaqueous electrolyte batteries having high initial efficiency, excellent initial capacity and excellent overcharge safety, and nonaqueous electrolytic solutions realizing such batteries. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes an electrolyte and a nonaqueous solvent, and further includes an aromatic compound represented by Formula (I) (in which Rto Rare independently hydrogen, a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Rand Rare independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, at least two of Rto Rmay be bonded together to form a ring, and Formula (I) satisfies at least one of the requirements (A) and (B): (A) at least one of Rto Ris a halogen, or an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, (B) the total number of carbon atoms in Rto Ris 3 to 20). A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes the nonaqueous electrolytic solution.

Nonaqueous electrolytic solution and nonaqueous electrolyte battery using the same

A nitride phosphor contains europium as an activating element and strontium, or strontium and calcium, as divalent metal elements. The phosphor further includes aluminum and silicon. Of the europium in the phosphor, at least 85% is in the form of Eu. The phosphor has a peak emission wavelength of from 590 nm to 650 nm. A phosphorescent body that includes the phosphor can be suitable for converting a wavelength of at least a portion of light emitted from an excitation light source in a light-emitting device.

Europium- and strontium-based phosphor

A method for industrially producing a phosphor with high performance, in particular, high brightness. Also disclosed is a nitrogen-containing alloy and an alloy powder useful for producing the high performance phosphor. The method for producing the phosphor includes heating a raw material for a phosphor in whole or in part comprising an alloy containing two or more different metal elements under a nitrogen-containing atmosphere and heating the raw material for a phosphor under conditions such that the temperature change per minute is 50&#xb0; C. or lower. Using an alloy as all or part of the raw material constituting the phosphor precursor, it is possible to suppress the rapid progression of nitridation during heat treatment and industrially produce a phosphor with high performance, in particular, high brightness.

Nitrogen-containing alloy and method for producing phosphor using same

The present invention relates to a phosphor comprising a nitride or an oxynitride, comprising an X-ray powder diffraction pattern comprising at least one Region having at least one peak with an intensity ratio I of 8% or less, the X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured in the 2&#x3b8; range from 10&#xb0; to 60&#xb0; using a CuK&#x3b1; line (1.54184 {acute over (&#x212b;)}), wherein the Region is the 2&#x3b8; range from 41.5&#xb0; to 47&#xb0;, the intensity of each peak is a value obtained after background correction, and the intensity ratio I is defined by the formula (I&#xd7;100)/I(%), where Irepresents the height of the most intense peak present in the 2&#x3b8; range from 34&#xb0; to 37&#xb0; and Irepresents the height of each peak.

Alloy powder for raw material of inorganic functional material and phosphor

An adsorption heat pump is provided in which water vapor can be efficiently adsorbed and desorbed using a heat source having a lower temperature than ones heretofore in use because the pump employs an adsorbent which has a large difference in water adsorption amount in adsorption/desorption and can be regenerated (release the adsorbate) at a low temperature. The invention provides an adsorption heat pump which comprises an adsorbate, an adsorption/desorption part having an adsorbent for adsorbate adsorption/desorption, a vaporization part for adsorbate vaporization which has been connected to the adsorption/desorption part, and a condensation part for adsorbate condensation which has been connected to the adsorption/desorption part, wherein the adsorbent, when examined at 25&#xb0; C., gives a water vapor adsorption isotherm which, in the relative vapor pressure range of from 0.05 to 0.30, has a relative vapor pressure region in which a change in relative vapor pressure of 0.15 results in a change in water adsorption amount of 0.18 g/g or larger.

Adsorption heat pump and use of adsorbent as adsorbent for adsorption heat pump

A method for producing a CASN phosphor which has an emission peak wavelength in a long wavelength range and which is prevented from being reduced in emission peak intensity, a phosphor suitable for use in displays having a NTSC ratio higher than that of conventional one, a composition containing the phosphor, a light-emitting device containing the phosphor, a display, and a lighting system. A method for producing an inorganic compound represented by the following formula from a feedstock in which the amount of Si is greater than one mole and less than 1.14 moles per mole of Al:M1M2AlSiX&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)where M1 represents an activation element containing at least Eu, M2 represents one or more selected from alkaline-earth metal elements, X represents one or more selected from the group consisting of O and N, and a and b each represent a positive number satisfying the inequalities 0&#x3c;a&#x2266;0.1 and 0.8&#x2266;a+b&#x2266;1.

Method for producing inorganic compound, phosphor, phosphor-containing composition, light-emitting device, lighting system, and display device

There is provided a method for industrially producing a phosphor with high performance, in particular, high brightness. There is also provided a nitrogen-containing alloy and an alloy powder that can be used for the production method. A method for producing a phosphor includes a step of heating a raw material for the phosphor under a nitrogen-containing atmosphere, in which an alloy containing two or more different metal elements constituting the phosphor is used as the whole or part of the raw material for the phosphor, and in the heating step, the heating is performed under conditions such that the temperature change per minute is 50&#xb0; C. or lower. It is possible to suppress the rapid progress of a nitridation reaction in heat treatment in producing the phosphor using an alloy for a phosphor precursor as the whole or part of the raw material, thereby industrially producing the phosphor with high performance, in particular, high brightness.

The present invention provides an alloy powder that is a material for producing inorganic functional materials such as phosphors, a phosphor with high brightness, and a method for producing the phosphor. An alloy powder for an inorganic functional material precursor contains at least one metal element and at least one activating element Mand has a weight-average median diameter Dof 5 &#x3bc;m to 40 &#x3bc;m. A method for producing a phosphor includes a step of heating an alloy, containing two or more metal elements for forming the phosphor, in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere.

Alloy powder for material of inorganic functional material precursor and phosphor

Subjects for the invention are to provide a zeolite reduced in performance deterioration in repetitions of use or during long-term use and a process for producing the same and to provide an adsorbent comprising the zeolite and a heat utilization system or the like employing the adsorbent. The invention relates to a zeolite which has a framework density of from 10 T/nmto 16 T/nmand a carbon content of from 1% by weight to 6% by weight and satisfies the following (1) or (2):

Zeolite, process for producing the same, adsorbent comprising the zeolite, heat utilization system, adsorption heat pump, cold/heat storage system, and air-conditioning apparatus for humidity regulation

The present invention provides an adsorbent for adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner, which is capable of adsorbing an adsorbate therein and desorbing the adsorbate therefrom in a narrow relative vapor pressure range, and can be regenerated (desorption) at a low temperature. Also, the present invention provides an adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner using the adsorbent which can be effectively operated even by a low-temperature heat source, as well as methods of operating the adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner by effectively utilizing low-temperature exhaust heat. The absorbent of the present invention comprises zeolite containing (i) aluminum, (ii) phosphorus and (iii) iron and/or gallium in a skeletal structure thereof, which is substantially free from change in structure upon subjecting the adsorbent to adsorption and desorption of water vapor.

Adsorbent for adsorption heat pump, adsorbent for humidity-control air conditioner, adsorption heat pump and humidity-control air conditioner

A disk centering system includes: a disk mount portion having a disk mount surface on which a disk form recording medium is to be mounted, the disk mount portion being provided with a predetermined reference point; and at least three disk centering portions for pressing the outer circumferential edge of the disk form recording medium, the disk centering portions being located in radial directions with the reference point as a center, wherein each of the disk centering portions can be moved between a centering position at which the disk centering portion makes contact with the outer circumferential edge of the disk form recording medium mounted on the disk mount surface to thereby center the disk form recording medium and a stand-by position located on the outer side relative to the centering position, and the centering positions are located at an equal distance from the reference point in the radial directions with the reference point as a center.

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiromu Watanabe