Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.

Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha

Asahi Kasei E-Materials Corporation

Hitachi, Ltd.

Jfe Steel Corporation

Unisia Jecs Corporation

Takashi Yoshimura

Masahiro Kondo

Tadashi Ino

Noriyuki Shinoki

Naoto Miyake

Masaharu Nakazawa

Norio Iwakiri

Naoki Sakamoto

Hideyuki Bingo

Shinichi Hashizume

Takahiko Murai

Masatsugu Yamashita

Kazuhiro Ohtsuka

Mitsushi Itano

Mitsuru Kishine

Shigeru Morita

Shun Ohkubo

Satoshi Uenosono

Shigeru Unami

Naomichi Nakamura

Yuichi Inoue

Takashi Usui

Satoshi Tokuno

Tomoyuki Gotou

Masashi Fujinaga

Mitsumasa Iijima

Takahiro Sakakino

Keiko Washino

Takahiro Tago

Kuon Miyazaki

Shin Koizumi

Yasuo Hatai

Toshiya Mantani

Shoji Kazusaka

Kohei Kita

Hiroyuki Anma

Yuki Yotsumoto

Koji Ohmori

Yoshitaka Sunagawa

Shinsuke Ohshita

Tomoyuki Goto

Yuichi Hashikawa

Masatsuga Yamashita

An object is to suppress disproportionation in a refrigerant comprising HFO-1132(E). Provided as a means for a solution is a method for suppressing a disproportionation reaction of HFO-1132(E), the method comprising operating a refrigeration cycle using a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and difluoromethane (R32).

Refrigerant-containing composition, use thereof, refrigerator having said composition, and method for operating said refrigerator

The invention provides a powder that is easily redispersible in a liquid medium such as water. The powder contains a fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer contains at least one group A selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;SOY, &#x2014;COOR, &#x2014;SOX, &#x2014;SONR, and &#x2014;COOX, wherein Y is a halogen atom; R is a C1-C4 alkyl group; X is Mor NR, where M is a hydrogen atom or an L-valent metal, the L-valent metal being a metal in group 1, group 2, group 4, group 8, group 11, group 12, or group 13 of the periodic table; and Rs are each individually a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group. The powder exhibits a dispersion of 50% or higher. The dispersion is calculated by filtering a composition obtainable by mixing the powder with water through a mesh having an opening of 20 &#x3bc;m.

Fluoropolymer powder and method for producing same

The present invention aims to provide an ionomer that can exhibit high oxygen permeability, especially under both low- and high-humidified conditions, and high power generation durability. The high oxygen permeable ionomer includes a specific repeating unit A and repeating unit B and has an equivalent weight of 250 to 930 and a glass transition temperature of 100&#xb0; C. to 130&#xb0; C.

Ionomer having high oxygen permeability

A method for preparing a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion, including: step (A) of preparing a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion comprising a fluoropolymer having at least one selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;SOY and &#x2014;COOR (wherein Y is a halogen, and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl) by emulsion polymerization; step (B) of heating the fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion to 50&#xb0; C. or higher; and step (C) of contacting the fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion with an ion exchange resin for cation exchange after step (B), thereby providing a purified fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion, the fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion being adjusted to pH 7 or lower from the end of the polymerization in step (A) to the end of step (C).

Method for producing aqueous fluorine-containing polymer dispersing element, and purified aqueous fluorine-containing polymer dispersing element

A method for producing an electrolyte emulsion, the method including: Step (1) in which an ethylenic fluoromonomer and a fluorovinyl compound having an SOZgroup, wherein Zis a halogen element, are copolymerized at a polymerization temperature of 0&#xb0; C. or higher and 40&#xb0; C. or lower to provide a precursor emulsion containing a fluoropolymer electrolyte precursor; and Step (2) in which a basic reactive liquid is added to the precursor emulsion and the fluoropolymer electrolyte precursor is chemically treated, whereby an electrolyte emulsion with a fluoropolymer electrolyte dispersed therein is provided, wherein the electrolyte emulsion has an equivalent weight (EW) of 250 or more and 700 or less.

Electrolyte emulsion and process for producing same

The present invention provides a fluoropolymer electrolyte material which has improved processability and which is easily produced. The electrolyte emulsion of the present invention comprises an aqueous medium and a fluoropolymer electrolyte dispersed in the aqueous medium. The fluoropolymer electrolyte has a monomer unit having an SOZ group (Z is an alkali metal, an alkaline-earth metal, hydrogen, or NRRRR, and R, R, R, and Reach are individually a C1-C3 alkyl group or hydrogen). The fluoropolymer electrolyte has an equivalent weight (EW) of 250 or more and 700 or less and a proton conductivity at 110&#xb0; C. and relative humidity 50% RH of 0.10 S/cm or higher. The fluoropolymer electrolyte is a spherical particulate substance having an average particle size of 10 to 500 nm. The fluoropolymer electrolyte has a ratio (the number of SOF groups)/(the number of SOZ groups) of 0 to 0.01.

The present invention provides an electrolyte having high conductivity even under high-temperature low-humidification conditions (e.g. at a temperature of 100 to 120&#xb0; C. and a humidity of 20 to 50% RH) and thereby makes it possible to realize a higher performance fuel cell. The present invention is a fluoropolymer electrolyte having an equivalent weight (EW) of not less than 250 but not more than 700 and a proton conductivity of not lower than 0.10 S/cm as measured at a temperature of 110&#xb0; C. and a relative humidity of 50% RH and comprising a COOZ group- or SOZ group-containing monomer unit, wherein Z represents an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, hydrogen atom or NRRRRin which R, R, Rand Reach independently represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms or hydrogen atom.

Polyelectrolyte and process for producing the polyelectrolyte

The present invention provides a TFE/Pr type elastomer being excellent in not only amine resistance but also heat resistance and chemical resistance and having a small gel content, and a crosslinkable composition comprising the elastomer. The above-mentioned fluorine-containing elastomer is a fluorine-containing elastomer being crosslinkable with the compound (A), comprising 40 to 70% by mole of tetrafluoroethylene unit, 30 to 60% by mole of propylene unit and 0.1 to 2.5% by mole of a carboxyl group-containing vinyl monomer unit and having a Mooney viscosity at 121&#xb0; C. of 5 to 100.

Fluorine-containing elastomer and crosslinkable composition comprising same

The present invention provides a method for producing 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene at a high yield through one reaction step of chlorinating perfluoroallyl fluorosulfate. The present invention directs to a method for producing 3 -chloro-pentafluoropropene, including the step of bringing perfluoroallyl fluorosulfate and an onium chloride compound into contact with each other to produce the 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene.

Method for producing 3-chloro-pentafluoropropene

A slide switch comprising a box-shaped housing base member, a switching contact mechanism housed within the base member, an electrically insulating flexible film member having an external configuration permitting it to be housed within the base member, a striker mounted on the film member, and a cover member mounted on the base member.

Slide switch

This slide switch includes: a casing formed in a hollow box shape with an open top; several fixed contacts on the bottom surface of the casing and several terminals connected to them extending to the outside of the casing; a cover mounted to close the open top of the casing, formed with a hole opposed to the fixed contacts; and a slide member disposed inside the casing, which has a control portion protruding out through the hole in the cover and a movable contact portion made of a resilient electrically conducting material which bears against the internal bottom surface of the casing and thereby produces a biasing force on the slide member to impel it in the direction towards the cover. The movable contact portion of the slide member, according as the control portion of the slide member is moved from outside the casing, selectively connects together a combination of the fixed contacts. The movable contact is mounted to the slider so that movement of the contact within a plane parallel to the bottom surface of the casing is solely restricted to the sliding direction of the slider.

Slide switch having improved holding structure for the movable contact

A slide switch has a switch operating member at its upper surface which is slid back and forth for operating the slide switch. An adapter is provided for operating this slide switch from the side, and has a main body which has a base and clamp members extending from opposite sides of the base to define a space between them, the clamp members being adapted to grip the slide switch between them so as to secure the adapter on the top of the slide switch with the slide switch being held at least partly in the space between the clamp members. The adapter has an actuator pivotally fixed to the main body, and this actuator has a lever portion which protrudes out from the main body to the side and an actuation portion which, with the slide switch held between the clamp members, engages with the switch operating member of the slide switch, so as to slide it as the actuator is pivoted with respect to the main body. As a result, the slide switch, which ordinarily is for operation from its top, can be converted to be operated from its side.

Slide switch sideways operation adapter

This slide switch includes: a casing formed in a hollow box shape with an open top; several fixed contacts on the bottom surface of the casing and several terminals connected to them extending to the outside of the casing; a cover mounted to close the open top of the casing, formed with a hole opposed to the fixed contacts; a slide member disposed inside the casing, which has a control portion protruding out through the hole in the cover and a movable contact portion made of a resilient electrically conducting material which bears against the internal bottom surface of the casing and thereby produces a biasing force on the slide member to impel it in the direction towards the cover; and a seal member interposed between the inside of the cover and the side of the slide member facing it, the seal member being squeezed between the slide member and the cover, a seal between the inside of the casing and the outside thereby being produced. The movable contact portion of the slide member, according as the control portion of the slide member is moved from outside the casing, selectively connects together a combination of the fixed contacts. By this seal member being provided, a good sealing performance for the switch is available, and therefore, when the switch is soldered to a printed circuit board and a cleansing fluid is thereafter used for cleansing off solder residue, no contamination is introduced into the slide switch.

Sealed slide switch

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