Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Mitsui Co., Ltd.

Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc.

Research Institute for Production Developement

Mitsi Toatsu Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.

Shuji Kitamura

Kiyohiko Nakae

Kozo Kotani

Tadatoshi Ogawa

Nobuo Fukushima

Hajime Sadatoshi

Takanori Kume

Teruaki Yoshida

Atsuo Mori

Yoshiaki Togawa

Yoshiharu Tatsukami

Fumio Fujita

Toshifumi Tamura

Hideo Negawa

Toshitsugu Kikuchi

Takayuki Terazawa

Toyoaki Nakarai

Seiichi Shibata

Tadayuki Ohmae

Takashi Kato

Kozo Tsuji

Tsuneyuki Nagase

Yoshihiro Nakatsuji

Koji Higashi

Masahiro Niwano

Kohji Yamatsuta

Haruo Hayashida

Mitsuyuki Okada

Toyokazu Okada

Yoshio Tadokoro

Takuzo Okumura

Masaaki Hirooka

Kazuaki Sakakura

Minoru Nishihara

Hitoshi Kikui

Taisuke Okita

Masashi Watanabe

Toshiaki Shiota

Hiroyuki Nagai

Kimishige Nakamura

Masaaki Hama

Fujio Mashio

Tsuneo Yano

Kanji Yoshikawa

Junji Ono

Masato Ogura

Michihiro Nakayama

Tsuneta Ikeda

Haruo Tateiwa

Masaru Oota

Keizo Ichinose

Toshihiro Oonishi

Hidekazu Hosono

Hiroo Toya

Humio Tanimoto

Method of removing halogenated aromatic compound from hydrocarbon oil

A phase retarder obtained by uniaxially stretching a thermoplastic resin film, whose retardation value ranges from 30 to 1200 nm and whose color difference .DELTA.E* is not more than 30 as defined with the phase retarder being set between crossed polarizers in such a manner that the optical axis thereof makes an angle of 45.degree. with respect to the planes of polarization of the polarizers, and a liquid crystal display using the phase retarder are disclosed. The phase retarder has a fixed optical axis, a retardation value suited for new optical uses including liquid crystal displays, and freedom from optical color unevenness. The liquid crystal display using the phase retarder exhibits markedly improved image quality.

Phase retarder and liquid crystal display using the same

A mulching film which comprises a reflective film layer having a reflective peak at a wavelength of less than 0.4 .mu.m and a reflective spectrum having not less than 1.4 of a ratio (R.sub.A /R.sub.B) of the ultraviolet peak reflectance (R.sub.A) and the visible light reflectance at a wavelength of 0.5 .mu.m (R.sub.B) and a black film layer, which is effective for repelling insect pests harmful for various crops and other plants by covering ground for plantation and for lowering of the underground temperature and also for the prevention of the propagation of weeds.

Mulching film for repelling insect pests

A vibration-damping material consisting of two metal plates and a vibration-damping layer of thermoplastic resin interposed between the two metal plates, in which said thermoplastic resin has a percentage of wlongation at 20.degree. C. of 30% or more, preferably 50% or more, a peak temperature of dissipation factor (tan .delta.) in the range of -50.degree. C. to 130.degree. C., and a bonding strength toward the metal plates of 3 kg/cm or more as determined by 180.degree.-peeling test at 20.degree. C.

Vibration-damping material

A breathable film and a process for producing the same are disclosed, the breathable film comprising a resin composition comprising (1) 100 parts by weight of a linear low-density polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.870 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and containing from 15 to 50% by weight of a component which is extractable with xylene at room temperature and which has a weight average molecular chain length of from 1,000 to 9,000 .ANG.; (2) from 50 to 400 parts by weight of a filler; and optionally, (3) from 0.5 to 8 parts by weight of a nonionic surface active agent. The breathable film of the invention not only has excellent film moldability and film stretchability but also shows high breathability, good touch and appearance, and high strength.

Breathable film and process for production of the same

A selective light transmissible film or sheet having excellent anti-fogging properties, produced by forming a thin film of a metal and/or a metal compound having transparency and infrared ray reflective characteristics, on the surface of one side of a cellulose derivative film or sheet of which the surface of the other side is saponified with an alkaline aqueous solution, or on the surface of one side of a cellulose derivative film or sheet of which both surfaces are saponified with an alkaline aqueous solution.

Selective light transmittable film having excellent anti-fogging and

An insect pest-repelling film or sheet is disclosed, having a reflective spectrum in a ultraviolet region of a wavelength of less than 0.4 .mu.m, particularly a reflective spectrum peak at a wavelength of less than 0.4 .mu.m, a reflective spectrum having not less than 1.4 of a ratio (R.sub.A /R.sub.B) of the ultraviolet reflectance (R.sub.A) and a visible light reflectance of a wavelength of 0.5 .mu.m (R.sub.B) and a visible light transmission of not less than 40%. The film is useful as a cover of houses and tunnels or mulching of ground for crop culture or as a repellent for various insect pests in agriculture, forestry, and gardening.

Insect pest-repelling film or sheet

A vibration-damping material with excellent workability consisting of two metal plates and a vibration-damping layer of a thermoplastic resin interposed between the two metal plates, in which the vibration-damping layer of a thermoplastic resin consists of a film as a middle layer and a polyolefin type resin (B) provided on both sides of the film as an upper and lower layer, the film as the middle layer being composed of (1) at least one resin (A) selected from the group consisting of polyolefin type resins and ionomer resins each having a modulus of elasticity in shear at 20.degree. C. of 3.times.10.sup.9 to 1.times.10.sup.7 dyne/cm.sup.2, a percentage of elongation at 20.degree. C. of 50% or above and a peak temperature of dissipation factor (tan .delta.) of -120.degree. C. to 80.degree. C. or (2) a resin mixture of the resin (A) and a synthetic rubber having a percentage of elongation at 20.degree. C. of 100% or above and a peak temperature of dissipation factor (tan .delta.) of -120.degree. to 50.degree. C., and the polyolefin type resin (B) having a modulus of elasticity in shear at 20.degree. C. larger than that of the resin (A), a percentage of elongation at 20.degree. C. of 10% or above, a peak temperature of dissipation factor (tan .delta.) of -40.degree. to 180.degree. C. and a bonding strength toward the metal plates at 20.degree. C. and 180.degree. -peeling of 3 kg/cm or above.

Vibration-damping material with excellent workability

The present invention provides an oxide sol hardened by the irradiation of actinic rays such as UV ray, electron ray, .gamma. ray, X ray etc., by heating or by using a catalyst. Said oxide sol comprises not less than 20% by weight of an oxide such as SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 or the like in a dispersion medium containing at least 80% by mole of a reactive monomer such as acrylic acid, its esters, .alpha.-substituted acrylic acid esters, etc. These oxide sols have a good coating property and stable compatibility with organic solvents and are useful as modifiers for resins, binders for ceramics, thickening agents for cosmetics, coating agents for paper, antistatic agents for fabrics.

Oxide sol using reactive monomer as dispersion medium

A packaging transparent propylene copolymer film stretched in at least one direction, which consists of a copolymer of propylene and an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms or a copolymer of propylene, an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms and ethylene. The copolymer satisfies the following conditions;

Packaging propylene copolymer film

A laminated polypropylene film consisting of a crystalline polypropylene layer having laminated to at least one side thereof a copolymer layer, said copolymer being a random copolymer of propylene and an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms or a random copolymer of propylene, an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms and ethylene obtained by vapor phase polymerization in the substantial absence of a liquid medium and satisfying the following conditions (1) to (4):

Laminated polypropylene film

A packaging shrink film consisting essentially of a random copolymer of propylene and an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms or a random copolymer of propylene, an .alpha.-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms and ethylene, said random copolymer satisfying the following conditions:

Packaging shrink film

An infrared radiation absorbing film suitable for agricultural purposes comprising a first layer of olefin resin containing an amorphous hydrated aluminosilicate gel and optionally, additional layers of an olefin resin encompassing said first layer.

Plastic film

An ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer composition comprising two ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymers which are different in density, intrinsic viscosity and the number of short chain branching per 1000 carbon atoms. Extrusion processed materials, injection molded materials and films obtained from said composition are excellent in strength.

Low density copolymer composition of two ethylene-.alpha.-olefin

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Shuji Kitamura