Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

Kansai Paint Company, Ltd.

Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.

Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.

Chisso Corporation

Nichiban Company Limited

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Atomic Energy

Keizo Makuuchi

Fumio Yoshii

Tohru Takagi

Hiroyuki Nakayama

Kunio Araki

Hideo Kushida

Isao Ishigaki

Hideshi Kawachi

Mikio Nakagawa

Masanobu Ishiyama

Yasuo Futami

Tsutomu Yamamoto

Takahiro Kurihara

Sei Nakajima

Gen Miyamoto

Ryoji Sugawara

Jun Saito

Miyuki Hagiwara

Yasuaki Kitazaki

Shingo Kikukawa

Naotsugu Nagasawa

Akio Katakai

Tamikazu Kume

Kazuki Isobe

Hiroshi Mitomo

Haruo Kozu

Hiroshi Iida

Toyokazu Owada

Quoc Hien Nguyen

Yuko Nishisako

Yosuke Katsumura

Kotohiko Shinozaki

Darmawan Darwis

Varghese Siby

Shin Hasegawa

Sodium alginate which is an oceanic natural resource is exposed, either in aqueous solution or in a dry state, to a radiation so that it is decomposed to a lower-molecular weight polysaccharide, which is processed into a dilute aqueous solution that is either used as a hydroponic solution or foliar spraying so as to promote their growth.

Plant growth promoter

The tear strength of a vulcanized natural rubber latex shaped article is improved by shaping a mixture of a prevulcanized natural rubber latex and a water-soluble polymer. The prevulcanization of a natural rubber latex may be done by exposure to a radiation. The water-soluble polymer may be selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and mixtures thereof. The water-soluble polymer may be added to the vulcanized natural rubber latex in an amount of 1-10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the natural rubber.

Method of shaping from a mixture of prevulcanized natural rubber latex

Polycaprolactone (PCL) is melted at a temperature of 60.degree. C. or higher and subsequently cooled down to a non-crystallizing temperature and exposed to radiation so that it is crosslinked and a network structure is introduced to impart heat resistance to the PCL. Because of the high degrees of its crosslinking, heat resistance and transparency, the PCL product can be used as a heat-resistant tape or a heat-shrinkable film.

Process for producing crosslinked polycaprolactone

Disclosed are a PVA hydrogel which comprises being obtained by irradiating a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution containing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl pyrrolidone, a methyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymer and an isobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, with ionizing radiations, a process for preparing the PVA hydrogel, a hydrogel laminate using the PVA hydrogel, a process for preparing the hydrogel laminate, and a hydrogel wound-dressing material using the PVA hydrogel.

PVA hydrogel, hydrogel laminate using the same and hydrogel

A squeezable tubular container (a) which is formed from a composition containing a polyethylene having a density of 0.900 to 0.975 g/cm.sup.3 and an ethylene/.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density smaller than 0.900 g/cm.sup.3, (b) has a crosslinking caused under irradiation with electron beam, and (c) is sterilizable at a high temperature or is heat-sealable or ultrasonically sealable; and a process for the production thereof.

Squeezable tubular container and process for the production thereof

A process for producing a modified polypropylene having a very high melt tension and superior stiffness and moldability, and a molded product obtained by using the modified polypropylene are provided.

Process for producing a modified polypropylene and a molded product

A process for forming a container of acrylonitrile polymers by biaxial-orientation blow-molding a preform. A preform of thermoplastic resin, mainly acrylonitrile polymers, is irradiated with an electron beam or a gamma-ray. Immediately after the irradiation, the preform is heated at 40.degree. C. or higher to reduce residual acrylonitrile monomer in the preform to 0.1 ppm or less. Then, the preform is biaxial-orientation blow molded to form a container.

Process for forming container of acrylonitrile polymers by

A process for producing a slow-release powder which permit various active ingredients such as perfumes, insect control agents, rust inhibitors, mold inhibitors and antibacterial agents to be slowly released over a prolonged time, the process comprising the steps of mixing a long-chain compound with the ingredients, mixing the resulting mixture with urea, and exposing the resulting urea adduct to radiation.

Processes for producing slow-release powders

A resin composition for aqueous paint is produced by exposing to electron beams a mixture comprising 50 to 95 wt % of an epoxy resin, 1 to 23 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a carboxyl group and 4 to 44 wt % of a monomer having one ethylenically unsaturated bond in the molecule. The resin composition provides a coating having good coating surface, adhesion strength, solvent resistance, water resistance and processability.

Resin composition for aqueous paint

An emulsion composition for use in baking paint prepared by emulsion polymerization with ionizing radiation of a monomer mixture comprising (1) at least one acrylamide selected from the group consisting of N-methylolacrylamide and N-alkoxymethylacrylamide, (2) a radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a hydroxyl group, and (3) a radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated monomer other than (1) and (2) above.

Emulsion composition for use in baking paint

A process for producing a reactive aqueous emulsion comprising dispersing a monomer mixture of (a) 65.0 - 98.8% by weight of radical polymerizable hydrophobic ethylenic unsaturated monomer having one ethylenic unsaturated bond, (b) 1.0 - 30.0% by weight of radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a glycidyl group and (c) 0.2 - 5.0% by weight of a radical polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a carboxylic group in water by virtue of a restricted amount of surface active agent and irradiating with an ionizing radiation for a total dose of more than 0.01 Mrad at temperatures ranging from -5.degree. C. to 50.degree. C. This reactive aqueous emulsion does not contain low-molecular water-soluble compounds such as a radical polymerization initiator, a pH regulator, etc. and can form a film having improved properties.

Radiation process for producing a reactive aqueous emulsion

A process is, herein, disclosed for preparing a thermosetting aqueous polymer emulsion comprising;

Process for preparing a thermosetting aqueous polymer emulsion using

The properties of a thermosetting polymer emulsion can be improved by irradiation with an ionizing radiation. By adding a specific amount of lipophilic polyfunctional monomer to a thermosetting polymer emulsion and irradiating with an ionizing radiation, the properties of the thermosetting polymer emulsion can be improved regardless of the type of thermosettable polymer constituting the emulsion. The thermosetting polymer emulsion of which properties are improved by this invention can form a film having excellent water-resistance, chemical resistance and toughness.

Process for preparing a heat-curable polymer emulsion using high energy

A process for producing an aqueous emulsion type coating composition, which can form a film having excellent resistance to chemicals and water, which comprises irradiating the aqueous emulsion containing at least one radiation-crosslinkable resin and not containing substantial amounts of a stabilizer having a hydroxy group, such as cellulose and polyvinyl alcohol, by means of ionizing radiation.

Process for improving the properties of an aqueous emulsion type coating

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Keizo Makuuchi