Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited

Osaka Gas Company Limited

Shigehiro Maeda

Takashi Katayama

Toshihiro Shigematsu

Masaaki Yoshikawa

Mamoru Ishiguro

Takatoshi Nakahira

Akio Chikazawa

Yasunori Nakanishi

Yukihiko Akamatsu

Akira Kishimoto

Tetsuo Setoguchi

The present invention provides a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator comprising semi-aromatic polyamide fibers comprising a dicarboxylic acid component, in which 60 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid component is an aromatic carboxylic acid component, and a diamine component, in which 60 mol % or more of the diamine component is an aliphatic alkylene diamine having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer fibers; wherein, the separator non-woven fabric has superior alkaline resistance in which the weight loss rate after 20 days is 5% or less in an alkaline resistance test at 90&#xb0; C. in aqueous KOH solution having a specific gravity of 1.30. Consequently, since the present invention enables rapid charging and large-current discharging while also allowing thickness to be reduced for higher capacity, it can be preferably used as a non-woven fabric for an alkaline battery separator.

Non-woven fabric for separator of alkali cell and method for production thereof

Heat-accumulating microcapsule dispersion includes a microcapsule provided as a small-diameter heat-accumulating material including organic compound functioning as heat accumulating material in association with a phase change thereof accommodated within a microcapsule, heat transfer fluid medium including a number of the microcapsules dispersed stably therein, and a number of thermal boundary layer stirring particles dispersed in the heat transfer fluid medium. The stirring particles has a volume average particle diameter between 0.1.times.D and 1.9.times.D relative to a layer thickness D of a thermal boundary layer formed inside a heat exchanging passage through which the dispersion is caused to flow. The particles stir the thermal boundary layer in association with movement thereof inside the heat exchanging passage.

Heat-accumulating microcapsule dispersion

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Shigehiro Maeda