Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.

Tatsuya Imura

Hidemasa Hidaka

Masao Hirayama

Hayami Itoh

Takahisa Tokunaga

Yoshihiro Kajibata

Seiji Terada

Masao Hayashitani

Junko Kajihara

A method for producing an anatase type titanium dioxide powder which comprises subjecting a titania sol, a titania gel or a titania sol-gel mixture to a heat treatment and simultaneously to a pressure treatment in a closed vessel, and subsequently drying the resulting product; and a method for producing an anatase type titanium dioxide slurry which comprises subjecting a titania sol, a titania gel or a titania sol-gel mixture to a heat treatment and simultaneously to a pressure treatment in a closed vessel, and subsequently agitating the resulting product to provide a dispersion. This method can be used for producing an anatase type titanium dioxide powder which exhibits high photocatalytic activity and has a large specific surface area, and an anatase type titanium dioxide slurry which has high storage stability and high dispersibility in a process operated at a relatively low temperature and having a small number of steps. A slurry thus obtained can be used as a coating material having photocatalytic activity which can be coated on a material having poor heat resistance.

Processes for producing anatase titanium oxide and titanium oxide coating material

A desiccant comprising crystalline, anhydrated nystose, which contains 70% or more of nystose and 2% or less of moisture and is in the form of a crystalline powder, is capable of maintaining water activity of a food at an extremely low level without heat drying the food or drying the food with silica gel or the like and can safely prevent deteriorations of foods and maintain the qualities at a low cost. The desiccant can be produced by anhydrating crystalline nystose hydrate under reduced pressure or in the presence of a dehydrating agent. The desiccant is used for lowering water activity of a food and maintaining the same, by directly contacting the desiccant with the food or mixing the same with the food.

Desiccant, method for producing the same and method for using the same

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