Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Naoto Narumoto

Kimio Nakayama

Takanori Kitamura

Hisamichi Yanai

Akihisa Iwamoto

Yuji Takenouchi

Hayaki Sato

Takanori Tsugiya

Disclosed is a grain-finished artificial leather including an artificial leather base material, and a grain layer stacked on the artificial leather base material. The artificial leather base material includes a fiber-entangled body including ultrafine fibers having an average fineness of 0.4 dtex or less, an elastic polymer, and fine particles having an average particle size of 10 &#x3bc;m or less. The content ratio of the fine particles is 10 to 40 mass %, and the ratio of the elastic polymer to the total amount of the elastic polymer and the fine particles is 20 to 80 mass %. Also, a total of an apparent density of the elastic polymer and an apparent density of the fine particles is 0.23 to 0.55 g/cm.

Grained artificial leather and method for manufacturing grained artificial leather

Disclosed is a grain-finished artificial leather including: an artificial leather base material; and a resin layer stacked on at least one surface of the artificial leather base material, wherein the artificial leather base material contains: a fiber-entangled body of ultrafine fibers; 3 to 50 mass % of a first elastic polymer; 2.5 to 6 mass %, in terms of phosphorus atoms, of first phosphorous-based flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 &#x3bc;m; and 1 to 6 mass % of a plasticizer, and the resin layer contains: a second elastic polymer; and a total content, in terms of phosphorus atoms or in terms of hydroxyl groups, of 0 to 8 mass % of flame retardant particles having an average particle size of 1 to 10 &#x3bc;m and being at least one selected from the group consisting of second phosphorous-based flame retardant particles and first metal hydroxide particles.

Grained artificial leather

The present invention provides a polyvinyl alcohol powder which comprises a pore having an average diameter of 0.1 to 10 .mu.m in the range of 0.05 to 0.4 cc/g. Since the PVA powder of the present invention has an excellent solubility in water, an aqueous solution thereof can easily be prepared industrially. Since the PVA powder of the present invention has a low content of an organic volatile component and a low content of a nonvolatile component such as a carboxylic acid salt or the like which is derived from a basic catalyst, it has an excellent industrial handleability.

Polyvinyl alcohol powder

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Okayama, Japan

Naoto Narumoto