Nissan Chemical Industries Limited

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Osamu Tanegashima

Yoshitane Watanabe

Yoshinari Koyama

Keitaro Suzuki

Kiyomi Ema

Osamu Fujimoto

Takeshi Takahashi

Teruo Sakagami

Hideaki Watanabe

Yutaka Kimura

Isao Ota

Tadayuki Isaji

Masayuki Fukuda

Hiroki Katono

Takeo Ogihara

Masuhiro Shouji

Shoichi Kaneko

Hideo Sakata

Osamu Minesita

Yukihiko Haneishi

There is provided a conductive tin oxide sol having a high transparency, and a process for producing the sol, a coating composition by use of the sol and a material coated with the coating composition. The conductive tin oxide sol containing phosphorus-doped conductive tin oxide colloidal particles (A), wherein a sol prepared so as to have the colloidal particles (A) in a concentration of 10 mass % in the sol has a transmittance of 30% or more at a wavelength of 600 nm in an optical path length of 10 mm. The particle diameter of the conductive tin oxide sol by observation with transmission electron microscope is 2 to 25 nm. The molar ratio of the doped phosphorus (P) to the tin oxide (SnO) in the colloidal particles (A) is 0.005 to 0.2. The conductive tin oxide sol is produced by mixing a phosphorus compound in a tin oxide sol, and then subjecting to a hydrothermal treatment. The coating composition contains the conductive tin oxide sol and a binder. The material having a coating film formed from the coating composition is also provided.

Conductive tin oxide sol and process for producing same

There is provided a sol in which surface-modified colloidal particles are dispersed in a liquid, wherein the surface-modified colloidal particles are obtained by using anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles, metal oxides comprising tin atom, zinc atom, antimony atom and oxygen atom, or tin oxide-doped anhydrous zinc antimonate colloidal particles as nuclei, and by coating the surface of the nuclei with an aluminum-containing substance (e.g., an aluminum chelating agent), a polymer type surfactant (e.g., a polycarboxylic acid ester or polyethylene glycol monoaliphatic acid ester surfactant) or both of them. The anhydrous zinc antimonate sol is used for several purposes such as transparent antistatic materials in the form of resin, plastic, glass, paper, magnetic tape or the like, transparent UV absorbers, transparent heat radiation absorbers, high refractive index hard coating agent, anti-reflective agent and the like.

Anhydrous zinc antimonate sol and process for producing same

Hard coating material and film comprising the same

A sol comprising silica-magnesium fluoride hydrate composite colloidal particles used in an anti-reflection coating material for forming an anti-reflection coating and a process for its preparation are provided. A sol comprising silica-magnesium fluoride hydrate composite colloidal particles having a ratio of silica to magnesium fluoride hydrate MgF,.nH,O, n being in the range between 0.25 and 0.5, in terms of a SiO,/MgF,weight ratio of from 0.01 to 5 and a primary particle size of 5 to 50 nm. A process for the preparation of an aqueous sol comprising silica-magnesium fluoride hydrate composite colloidal particles which comprises the steps of adding an aqueous fluoride solution to a mixture liquid of a silica sol and an aqueous magnesium salt solution to produce a slurry of an agglomerate comprising silica-magnesium fluoride hydrate composite colloidal particles and removing the salts formed as by-products. A process for the preparation of an organosol further comprising the step of replacing water in the aqueous sol with an organic solvent.

Silica-magnesium fluoride hydrate composite sols and process for their preparation

An antistatic polyester film having the excellent antistatic property and improved appearance of a coating layer, and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The antistatic polyester film comprises a polyester film having formed on at least one surface thereof an antistatic coating layer obtained by coating a coating liquid containing an organic-inorganic composite conductive sol (A) comprising colloidal particles of conductive oxide, having a primary particle size of 5 to 50 nm, and colloidal particles of a conductive polymer. This antistatic polyester film has excellent antistatic property, particularly excellent antistatic property under the low humidity environment, and therefore is useful in magnetic cards, magnetic disks, printing materials, graphic materials, photosensitive materials and the like.

Antistatic polyester film and process for producing the same

An organic-inorganic composite conductive sol, and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The organic-inorganic composite conductive sol comprises colloidal particles having a primary partical size of 5 to 50 nm of conductive oxide such as colloidal particles of conductive zinc antimonate, colloidal particles of conductive indium antimonate or a mixture thereof, and colloidal particles having a primary particle size of 2 to 10 nm of conductive polymer such as polythiophene or polythiophene derivative. The composite conductive sol is suitable for use in various fields such as transparent antistatic materials, transparent ultraviolet absorbing materials, transparent heat absorbing materials, transparent resistant materials, high refractive index hard coat agents and anti-reflecting agents of resins, plastics, glasses, papers, magnetic tapes, and the like.

Organic-inorganic composite conductive SOL and process for producing the same

An absorber of rays outside the visible region. The absorber includes a base made of a transparent synthetic resin with electroconductive anhydrous zinc antimonate incorporated therein; or a base made of a transparent synthetic resin with a layer formed of a synthetic resin and electroconductive anhydrous zinc antimonate incorporated therein, for absorbing rays outside the visible region, being disposed on a surface of the base; or wherein the layer is formed by depositing electron conductive anhydrous zinc antimonate powder on a surface of the base made of a transparent synthetic resin. The electroconductive anhydrous zinc antimonate can be a powder having a molar ratio of ZnO to Sb,O,of 0.8 to 1.2 and a primary particle size of 5 to 200 nm. The light transmittances of the absorber are high in the visible region and low in both the ultraviolet and infrared wavelength regions.

Method of absorbing rays outside a visible region

A method of producing electroconductive anhydrous zinc antimonate, comprising the steps of mixing a zinc compound and a colloidal antimony oxide in a ZnO/Sb.sub.2 O.sub.5 molar ratio of 0.8 to 1.2; and calcining the mixture of 300 to 680.degree. C. in a gas containing steam to produce an electroconductive anhydrous zinc antimonate having a ZnO/Sb.sub.2 O.sub.5 molar ratio of 0.8 to 1.2 and a primary particle diameter of 5 to 100 nm. The substance is useful as an antistatic agent, an ultraviolet absorbent, a heat ray absorbent, and a sensor, for example.

Method of producing anhydrous zinc antimonate

An anhydrous zinc antimonate sol comprising a surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloid particles dispersed in a liquid, the surface-modified anhydrous zinc antimonate colloid particles comprising anhydrous zinc antimonate colloid particles as nuclei and a silicon-containing substance coating surfaces of the colloid particles, the sol containing an amine and/or an hydroxycarboxylic acid and a method for producing the same. The anhydrous zinc antimonate sol of the present invention is useful as transparent antistatic materials for resins, plastics, glasses, paper, and magnetic tapes, etc., transparent ultraviolet absorbents, transparent heat wave absorbents, high refractive index hard coating agents, antireflective agents, and the like.

Anhydrous zinc antimonate sol and method for producing the same

A zirconia compound comprised of zirconia powder and an organic binder which flows smoothly in a molten state is injection molded in a sprue-runnerless fashion, removed of the binder, and fired, obtaining a high density zirconia sintered body.

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Osamu Tanegashima