Monsanto Company

Nkk Corporation

Kao Corporation

Nikon Corporation

Jfe Steel Corporation

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Monsanto Europe S.a.

Taisei Kensetsu Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyusyu Mitsui, Aluminum Co., Ltd.

Tatsuo Sato

Masuo Kuchikata

Daniel R Wright

Ronald O Richardson

Akihiro Kawashima

John M Surgant

Erhard J Prill

Toshio Okawa

Yuichi Hioki

Tadayuki Suzuki

Keiko Hasebe

Tetsuya Okano

Masahiro Yoshida

Hiroki Nakamaru

Satoru Ando

Keiichiro Tomioka

Masao Takeyama

Sachiko Suzuki

Robert William Mitchell

Shuaib A Khan

Sakae Fujita

Toshio Maruyama

Masayasu Fujiyama

Marc Emile Toussaint

Yuji Naka

Tooru Tsuru

Tsunaki Iwashita

Masus Kuchikata

Akihiko Kamio

Yoichiro Murakami

Masafumi Mizouti

Yasuyuki Murayama

Shigeru Mikubo

Akio Amano

Kathleen S Cearnal

John L Killmer

Yoo Yong-Man

Akira Kajikawa

An aluminum or aluminum alloy-coated steel material includes base steel; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base steel and containing by mass % Mg: 6% to 10%, Si: 3% to 7%, Fe: 0.2% to 2%, Mn: 0.02% to 2%, and the balance as Al and incidental impurities, wherein the coating layer has pseudoternary eutectic microstructures of &#x3b1;Al&#x2014;MgSi&#x2014;(Al&#x2014;Fe&#x2014;Si&#x2014;Mn) and an area ratio of the pseudoternary eutectic microstructures in the coating layer is at least 30%.

Aluminum or aluminum alloy-coated steel material and method of manufacturing the same

An exposure apparatus includes a preliminary chamber which accommodates a mask on which a pellicle is attached, an exhaust device which exhausts a gas from the preliminary chamber, a deformation measuring device which measures the deformation of the pellicle, and a control section which regulates the amount of a gas to be exhausted from the preliminary chamber. At the time of replacing a gas in a space by exhausting the gas from the preliminary chamber, the control section adjusts the exhaust amount of the gas from the preliminary chamber based on the result of the measurement made by the deformation measurement device so that the deformation of the pellicle is within a predetermined range. This can ensure stable gas replacement while preventing the pellicle from being damaged.

Gas replacement method and apparatus, and exposure method and apparatus

A concentrate package-mix composition comprising a water-soluble pesticide or plant growth regulator, for example a salt of the herbicide glyphosate, and a solid water-insoluble pesticide or plant growth regulator, for example the herbicide flumioxazin, is provided. The water-soluble pesticide or plant growth regulator is dissolved in a continuous aqueous phase of the composition and solid particles of the water-insoluble pesticide or plant growth regulator are suspended in the aqueous phase. These solid particles, individually or plurally, are intimately surrounded by a barrier layer, which comprises either one or both of a water-immiscible organic solvent or an emulsifying agent that has a hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) not greater than about 15. Optionally the composition further comprises a viscosity modifying agent, such as colloidal hydrophilic silica, dispersed in the aqueous phase. Compositions of the invention exhibit enhanced resistance to settling of the solid particles and/or enhanced resistance to chemical degradation of the water-insoluble pesticide or plant growth regulator by comparison with otherwise similar compositions lacking the barrier layer or the organic solvent.

Package-mix agricultural chemical compositions having improved stability

A process for producing an aluminum alloy semi-molten billet for use as a transporation unit, including the steps of: producing an aluminum alloy having a composition consisting essentially of, in weight %, 0.5 or less Cu, 5.0 to 10.0 Si, 0.2 to 0.7 Mg, 0.35 or less Zn, 0.55 or less Fe, 0.5 or less Mn, 0.005 to 0.5 Ti, and the balance aluminum; introducing working strain into a melt of the aluminum alloy by means of molding flask-assisted cold forging at a distortion rate of 10 to 40%, at a working introduction velocity of 10 mm or less per second, and at a temperature of 200&deg; C. or lower; and, thereafter heat-treating such a strain introduced melt at temperatures in a range of 576 to 585&deg; C.

Process for producing aluminum alloy semi-molten billet for use as transportation unit

This invention relates to dry, water soluble, agriculturally acceptable herbicidal compositions, to a herbicidal method of use thereof and and to a process for preparing such compositions. This invention also relates to dry, water soluble and/or water dispersible, agriculturally acceptable herbicidal compositions containing two or more herbicides, a herbicidal method of use thereof and to a process for preparing such compositions.

Glyphosate formulations

A composition comprising N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine or a salt thereof and a triazolinone herbicide is described. The composition can optionally comprise inert ingredients such as a surfactant, an emulsifier, a solvent, or a carrier. Triazolinone herbicides of particular interest in this composition include carfentrazone-ethyl and sulfentrazone.

Combination of glyphosate and a triazolinone herbicide

The present invention relates to a solid herbicidal composition comprising:

Solid glyphosate formulations

This invention relates to dry, water soluble, pesticidally acceptable particulate compositions, to a method of use thereof for killing or controlling pests including weeds and to a process for preparing such compositions. This invention also relates to dry, water soluble and/or water dispersible, pesticidally acceptable particulate herbicidal compositions containing one or more herbicides, a herbicidal method of use thereof and to a process for preparing such compositions. The dissolution or dispersible rates of particulate pesticidal compositions in water are enhanced by the presence of a small but effective amount of an organosilicone block copolymer wetting agent or a fluorocarbon wetting agent.

Formulations having enhanced water dissolution

Liquid agricultural chemical composition

Aqueous concentrate herbicidal compositions are provided comprising a herbicidally effective amount of ammonium salt of N-phosphonomethylglycine wherein the molar ratio of ammonia to N-phosphonomethylglycine provides a pH of about 6 to about 7, and a herbicidal efficacy enhancing amount of one or more surfactants. Compositions of the invention are storage-stable over a wide range of temperatures. Also provided is a method of killing or controlling vegetation comprising diluting a composition of the invention in water and applying the diluted composition to foliage of the vegetation.

High-loaded ammonium glyphosate formulations

Aqueous liquid agricultural composition

Method of controlling weeds

There is disclosed a liquid concentrate herbicidal composition comprising:

Liquid concentrated herbicidal microemulsion compositions comprising

A method of controlling the diameter of a silicon single crystal. In the course of manufacturing a silicon single crystal by pulling the silicon single crystal while rotating it relative to a crucible, a comparison between a measured diameter value of the pulled single crystal measured by optical means and a desired diameter value is made to determine a deviation so that the resulting deviation is subjected to an incomplete differential PID processing or the Smith method processing to calculate a pull rate and the pull rate is applied to a motor controller of a crystal pulling apparatus thereby performing the diameter control of the pulled single crystal through the manipulation of the pull rate. An apparatus for controlling the diameter of a silicon single crystal includes input means for receiving a measured diameter value of a pulled single crystal measured by optical means, incomplete differential PID computing means for making a comparison between a measured diameter value of the pulled single crystal and a desired diameter value a plurality of times at intervals of a unit rotational period to calculate a pull rate, and output means for applying the pull rate to a motor controller of a crystal pulling apparatus.

Method and apparatus for controlling the diameter of a silicon single

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Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Sato