A method for preparing an anti-bacterial and anti-ultraviolet multifunctional chemical fiber includes: dissolving several soluble metal salts and a polymer complexing dispersant into water to prepare an aqueous solution; adding into a polymer monomer; reacting under microwave or hydrothermal action to obtain a polymer monomer containing multifunctional nano oxides; adding the polymer monomer with other monomer, catalyst, initiator, stabilizer, and the like into a polymerization reactor; and carrying out esterification, polycondensation or copolymerization to obtain a polymer melt, and carrying out spinning or ribbon casting and granule cutting to obtain an anti-bacterial and anti-ultraviolet multifunctional chemical fiber or masterbatch chips. By generating nano metal oxides in the monomer in situ before the polymerization reaction, small particle sizes and dispersibility of the nano metal oxide are ensured; the chemical fiber has efficient, durable antibacterial and anti-ultraviolet functions and is free of metal ion precipitation.

Provided are a resin composition and masterbatch pellets, which enable a molded resin composition product to improve both flexural modulus and Izod impact strength, and a molded resin composition product having both improved flexural modulus and improved Izod impact strength, and a method for producing the same. The resin composition includes 45 to 95 mass % of an olefin polymer, 1 to 50 mass % of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate, 0.00001 to 0.8 mass % of spherical silica particles, and 0.1 to 10 mass % of a lubricant. Also, the masterbatch pellets are for production of the resin composition by kneading the masterbatch pellets with a diluent containing olefin polymer, and the masterbatch pellets contain 10 to 50 mass % of an olefin polymer, 35 to 80 mass % of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate, 0.00005 to 5.0 mass % of spherical silica particles, and 0.5 to 10 mass % of a lubricant.

A filler composition comprising fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles and non-fibrous inorganic micro-particles having an average particle diameter in the range of 0.001 to 0.5 m in a ratio by weight in the range of 100:0.001 to 100:50, is used for providing a molded resin product which shows impact resistance and rigidity balanced at a high level.

A method of making a gypsum board including: preparing an aqueous slurry including a mixture of: calcium sulfate hemihydrate, water at a weight ratio of water to calcium sulfate hemihydrate of 0.2:1 to 1.2:1, and on a dry basis per 100 parts by weight (pbw) calcium sulfate hemihydrate: 0.2 to 2 pbw siloxane, 0.01 to 2 pbw siloxane polymerization catalyst including magnesium oxide and optionally fly ash, and 0.01 to 0.2 pbw triethanolamine (TEOA); allowing the siloxane to polymerize to polysiloxane; and depositing the slurry on a first cover sheet and covering the slurry with a second cover sheet to shape the slurry, and allowing the shaped slurry to set to form the gypsum board. Also, disclosed is the gypsum board resulting from the method.

A golf ball includes a core and a cover. The core is formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition. The rubber composition includes components (A) through (C). The components (A) through (C) are (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) a water providing agent. The water providing agent releases water at a vulcanization temperature at which the rubber composition is vulcanized. The dissociation rate of water of the water providing agent in the case of heating the water providing agent up to the vulcanization temperature of the rubber composition is 60% by mass or more.

The present invention relates to a method of pulping cotton-based raw material for producing dissolving pulp. More specifically, the invention relates to a process for producing dissolving pulp under alkaline conditions in combination with a gaseous oxidizing agent. The present invention further relates to dissolving pulp obtainable by pulping cotton-based raw material, in particular dissolving pulp obtainable by the method of the present invention, the use of such dissolving pulp for producing regenerated cellulose molded bodies, and methods of producing lyocell or viscose including such dissolving pulp.

An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition including a thermoplastic resin and an inorganic filler, which can easily undergo molding processing and has flexibility and a sense of massiveness, and a molded article thereof. A resin composition, including 15 to 50 parts by mass of a specific 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), 10 to 50 parts by mass of an inorganic filler (B), and 5 to 49 parts by mass of a thermoplastic elastomer (C) (a total amount of 4-methyl-1-pentene/?-olefin copolymer (A), inorganic filler (B), and thermoplastic elastomer (C) is 100 parts by mass), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (C) is at least one selected from the group consisting of an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer (C1) and a styrenic thermoplastic elastomer (C2); and a molded article including the resin composition.

A coating material is allowed to contain a sulfate having a higher degree of solubility in water than that of calcium sulfate. The sulfate is an additive for coating materials which is used for reducing the consumption of zinc (including zinc oxide) in a coating film formed from the coating material and the corrosion of a base material when the coating film is scratched. The content of the sulfate can be 0.004 to 0.65 mol per 100 g of the content of zinc. Alternatively, the content of the sulfate may be 0.006 to 0.186 mol per 100 g of a heating residue (except for the sulfate added) of a coating film.

Provided is a propylene-based resin composition that can be molded into molded bodies that have high thermal stability and emit less odor. The propylene-based resin composition contains (A) a propylene-based polymer, (B) an inorganic filler; and (C) a hindered amine light stabilizer. The amine compound concentration in a volatile gas generated when a molded body formed by molding the propylene-based resin composition is heated at 100 C. for 15 minutes is 3 to 40 mass ppm.

The polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention includes: 50 to 90% by mass of polycarbonate resin (A); 2.0 to 20% by mass of olefin polymer (B); 5 to 40% by mass of 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).