The present invention relates to a resin composition containing: 100 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin; 0.2 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight of an olefinic elastomer; 2 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight of a talc having an aspect ratio in a range of 35 to 60; 2 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight of a fibrous magnesium sulfate having an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm to 2 μm and an average fiber length of 8 μm to 30 μm; and 0.01 parts by weight to 1 part by weight of a metallic soap that is at least one selected from the group consisting of a magnesium salt of a fatty acid and an aluminum salt of a fatty acid.

A polypropylene resin composition according to the present invention contains 1 to 41 parts by mass of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate, 50 to 98 parts by mass of a propylene polymer, 0.02 to 1.6 parts by mass of a lubricant, and less than 0.5 times the amount of the basic magnesium sulfate and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of an acid-modified elastomer.

A conductive paste for an electrolytic capacitor used for connecting a cathode part and a cathode lead terminal of the electrolytic capacitor. The conductive paste includes a thermosetting resin, and conductive particles, and the conductive particles include flaky metal particles and acicular conductive particles. The content of the conductive particles in the conductive paste is, for example, 50 mass % or more and 70 mass % or less, and the mass ratio of the flaky metal particles to the total of the flaky metal particles and the acicular conductive particles is, for example, 60% or more and 80% or less.

The degradation promoter for an aliphatic polyester biodegradable resin according to the present invention contains basic magnesium sulfate.

The aim is to provide an adhesive tape that effectively protects an electronic construction from permeants, especially water, and that at the same time has good gap-filling qualities. To solve this problem an adhesive tape is proposed that has in the following order:—a carrier layer without barrier effect at least towards water and with a WVTR of at least 1 g/(m.sup.2*d) (38° C., 90% relative humidity, 50 μm layer thickness); —a layer comprising at least one getter material capable of sorbing at least water; —a water barrier ply; and—a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive, where the carrier layer bears an outward-facing release layer and/or the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive is lined with a release liner which has a release layer lying on the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive.

To provide a surface treatment method for hydrophilizing a surface of a treatment target and preventing charging by a simple and easy method and an anti-static agent. The present invention provides a surface treatment method. The method comprises an anti-static treatment step of coating a treatment target with an anti-static agent comprising an electrolyte (e1), a hydrophilic polymer (a) and water, and having electrical conductivity of 15 mS/m or more to obtain a coated film (A), drying the coated film (A) to obtain an anti-static layer, and a hydrophilizing treatment step of coating the anti-static layer with a hydrophilizing treatment agent comprising a hydrophilic polymer (b) and an alcohol to obtain a coated film (B), and drying the coated film (B), followed by rinsing thereof.

Provided are: a rubber composition for treads which contains a diene rubber in the rubber component and can simultaneously achieve blowing resistance during dry running, wet grip performance and abrasion resistance; and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition for treads. The rubber composition contains: a diene rubber including styrene-butadiene rubber; zinc dithiophosphate; an inorganic filler including at least one selected from the group consisting of: a compound of the formula: mM.xSiO.sub.y.zH.sub.2O wherein M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Ca, and Zr, or an oxide or hydroxide of the metal, m represents an integer of 1-5, x represents an integer of 0-10, y represents an integer of 2-5, and z represents an integer of 0-10; magnesium sulfate; and silicon carbide, and having a BET value of 5-120 m.sup.2/g and a linseed oil absorption of 30-80 mL/100 g; and sulfur, wherein, per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, there are 0.2-15 parts by mass of the zinc dithiophosphate, 1-70 parts by mass of the inorganic filler, and less than 2.5 parts by mass of zinc oxide.

A propylene-based resin composition containing components (A), (B), and (C) is provided. The content of (A) is 50 to 89 parts by weight, the content of (B) is 11 to 50 parts by weight, and the content of (C) is 0.05 to 1 part by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total of (A) and (B). Component (A) is a propylene-based polymer, component (B) is a filler, and component (C) is a bis(3,4-dialkylbenzylidene)sorbitol represented by the formula (1) ##STR00001## In formula (1), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. It is possible to produce a molded article which has high rigidity and in which the linear expansion coefficients in the MD and the TD are small from the composition.

The resin composition of the present invention includes a water-soluble resin (component A); and at least one selected from the group consisting of an inorganic salt and a polycyclic aromatic sulfonate (component B), the component A has a polycyclic aromatic monomer unit, the component B has a solubility in water at 25° C. of 1 g/100 g or more, and a content of the component B relative to 100 parts by mass of the component A is 1 part by mass or more and 40 parts by mass or less. According to the resin composition of the present invention, a resin composition that can be obtained by recycling and has improved heat resistance can be provided.

A polycarbonate resin composition includes: 50 to 90% by mass of polycarbonate resin (A); 2 to 30% by mass of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin (B); 5 to 40% by mass of at least one basic magnesium sulfate (C) selected from fibrous basic magnesium sulfate (C-1) and fan-shaped basic magnesium sulfate (C-2); 0.1 to 8% by mass of at least one (D) selected from a fatty acid metal salt and a fatty acid; and 1 to 20% by mass of elastomer (E).