Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.

Nippon Industries, Inc.

Naofumi Horie

Yasuo Imashiro

Ikuo Takahashi

Takeshi Yamane

Shigekazu Suzuki

Kazuo Saito

Atsushi Hagiwara

Eiji Sasaki

Fumio Tanno

Tsutomu Uehara

Hiroyuki Kayaki

Disclosed herein are an electrically conductive resinous composition composed mainly of an electrically conductive carbon powder and a binding agent, wherein said binding agent is a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and a carbodiimide compound, a fuel cell separator and a process for production thereof, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The present invention permits efficient mass production of fuel cell separators having high elasticity, good releasability, good dimensional accuracy, and good gas impermeability. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell, in which all or part of separators are those pertaining to the present invention, is immune to the cracking of separators at the time of assembling, decreases only a little in output after continuous operation, and exhibits good gas sealing performance and high impact resistance.

Electrically conductive resinous composition, fuel cell separator and production thereof, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell

ELECTROCONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, FUEL CELL SEPARATOR MADE OF SAID ELECTROCONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAID FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, AND SOLID POLYMER TYPE FUEL CELL USING SAID FUEL CELL SEPARATOR

There are provided a polyamide resin composition which alleviates the drawbacks of the prior art and which is improved in resistance to hydrolysis particularly in an acidic medium of high temperatures, oil resistance and metal halide resistance; and a member made from the above polyamide resin composition, which can be applied even to sites where the use of a metallic member has been necessary. The polyamide resin composition of the present invention comprises a polyamide resin and a carbodiimide compound and, owing to the use of the carbodiimide compound, is improved in hydrolysis resistance, oil resistance and metal halide resistance; and the member of the present invention is made from the above polyamide resin composition.

Polyamide resin composition

A method for obtaining polyester resin products having a desired strength and a mixture used in a method for obtaining polyester resin products having a desired strength. In the method and mixture a carbodiimide compound is added to a polyester resin. According to the method and mixture, polyester resin pellets having a desired strength can be obtained by adding a carbodiimide compound to a recovered polyester resin such as a recovered PET resin. Strength of the polyester resin during processing of the polyester resin is maintained.

Method for obtaining polyester resin products having desired strength, and mixture used in said method

A polyacetal resin composition comprising a polyacetal resin and a polycarbodiimide compound. The polyacetal resin composition is free from the problems of conventional polyacetal resins and has good water resistance at high temperatures.

Polyacetal resin composition

A printing and recording sheet comprises a substrate and an ink receiving layer of a crosslinked product of a composition which comprises a polymer resin and a crosslinking agent comprising a water-soluble or dispersible carbodiimide compound which is a condensation reaction product obtained by decarbonation condensation of at least one diisocyanate or a mixture of at least one diisocyanate and at least one triisocyanate. The reaction product is blocked at terminal isocyanate groups with a hydrophilic group.

Printing and recording sheet

A polyurethane resin obtained from a diol component and a diisocyanate component by an ordinary process, wherein the diisocyanate component comprises:

Polyurethane resins

A hydrolysis stabilizer for an ester group-containing resin, which comprises as a main component a carbodiimide having at least two carbodiimide groups in the molecule and resulting from 4,4'-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate or a mixture of 4,4'-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate, or from a mixture of tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate with 4,4'-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate or a mixture of 4,4'-dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate; and a process for the hydrolysis stabilization of an ester group-containing resin, which comprises mixing a polyester type resin with the above hydrolysis stabilizer.

Hydrolysis stabilizer for ester group-containing resin

The present invention provides an aqueous surface-treating agent and method for surface treatment of reinforcing material, which includes a carbodiimide compound as a main component; a reinforcing material surface-treated with the above aqueous surface-treating agent; and a composite material comprising a matrix and the above reinforcing material. The aqueous surface-treating agent has good storage stability, gives no bad effect on human health owing to no use of organic solvent and, when used for the surface treatment of a reinforcing material, can produce a surface-treated reinforcing material which can produce a composite material comprising a matrix and the surface-treated reinforcing material and having high adhesivity between the two components.

Method for surface treating reinforcing material with an aqueous

Reinforcing material surface-treated with aqueous surface-treating

A carbodiimide crosslinking agent comprises, as its main component, a decarbonated condensate of (A) one or more isocyanates selected from isocyanates having at least two isocyanate groups bonded to the carbon of the methylene group in the molecule, and (B) one or more isocyanates selected from alicyclic or aliphatic diisocyanates other than those defined in (A). The condensate is blocked at terminal isocyanates thereof with a hydrophilic group. A process for preparing the crosslinking agent, and a coating material comprising the agent are also described, along with a specific type of crosslinking agent for polyvinyl alcohols.

Carbodiimide crosslinking agent, process for preparing the same, and

Curing agent for powder coatings, powder coating composition comprising

The present invention provides a biodegradable plastic composition obtained by adding a carbodiimide compound to a biodegradable plastic, and a method for control of biodegradation rate of biodegradable plastic, which comprises adding a carbodiimide compound to a biodegradable plastic. According to the present invention, the biodegradation rate of biodegradable plastic can be controlled stably.

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