Toray Industries, Inc.

Kenko Yamada

Satoshi Naruko

Motoki Nagase

A nonwoven fabric suitable for electrical insulation or as a battery separator is provided. The nonwoven fabric includes a PPS fiber, the nonwoven fabric being obtainable by a process for papermaking and having a front surface with a water contact angle greater than that of a back surface of the nonwoven fabric by 5&#xb0; or more. A suitable method for producing the nonwoven fabric includes dispersing an undrawn polyphenylene sulfide fiber in water, depositing the fiber to form paper, and performing heat and pressure treatment with a calender having two rolls with surface temperatures different by 10&#xb0; C. or more.

Nonwoven fabric comprising polyphenylene sulfide fiber

The filter fabric containing polyphenylene sulfide fibers, characterized in that the following (1) and/or (2) is satisfied is used to provide a filter fabric and a bag filter composed of the filter fabric excellent in dust-collecting efficiency and high in mechanical strength:

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Kenko Yamada