The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide resin composition having good processability and showing excellent properties due to its more improved miscibility with other polymer materials or fillers, and a formed article. Such polyarylene sulfide resin composition includes a polyarylene sulfide including a disulfide repeating unit in the repeating units of the main chain; and at least one component selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler.

The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide resin composition having good processability and showing excellent properties due to its more improved miscibility with other polymer materials or fillers, and a formed article. Such polyarylene sulfide resin composition includes a polyarylene sulfide including a disulfide repeating unit in the repeating units of the main chain; and at least one component selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a filler.

Provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including subjecting a dihaloaromatic compound and a sulfidizing agent to a polymerization reaction in the presence of an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis, in which corrosion of a production apparatus is suppressed. More particularly, provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including a dehydration step (1) in which a water-containing sulfidizing agent and an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis are heated in the presence of a dihaloaromatic compound to a liquid temperature in the range of 90° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower under the atmospheric pressure, and then dehydration is performed while maintaining the liquid temperature and reducing the pressure to a pressure in the range of 30 [kPa abs] or higher and 80 [kPa abs] or lower to thus obtain a mixture.

Provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including subjecting a dihaloaromatic compound and a sulfidizing agent to a polymerization reaction in the presence of an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis, in which corrosion of a production apparatus is suppressed. More particularly, provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including a dehydration step (1) in which a water-containing sulfidizing agent and an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis are heated in the presence of a dihaloaromatic compound to a liquid temperature in the range of 90° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower under the atmospheric pressure, and then dehydration is performed while maintaining the liquid temperature and reducing the pressure to a pressure in the range of 30 [kPa abs] or higher and 80 [kPa abs] or lower to thus obtain a mixture.

In production of a polyarylene sulfide (PAS), combination/coalescence and enlargement of the PAS are prevented. A method for producing a PAS according to the present invention includes: first polymerization in which a mixture containing a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent is heated to initiate a polymerization reaction; second polymerization in which a first temperature (T.sub.1) is maintained after adding a phase separation agent to continue the reaction; third polymerization in which a second temperature (T.sub.2) is maintained to continue the reaction; and fourth polymerization in which the reaction is continued at a third temperature (T.sub.3), wherein a relationship among the temperatures is T.sub.1>T.sub.3>T.sub.2.

In production of a polyarylene sulfide (PAS), combination/coalescence and enlargement of the PAS are prevented. A method for producing a PAS according to the present invention includes: first polymerization in which a mixture containing a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent is heated to initiate a polymerization reaction; second polymerization in which a first temperature (T.sub.1) is maintained after adding a phase separation agent to continue the reaction; third polymerization in which a second temperature (T.sub.2) is maintained to continue the reaction; and fourth polymerization in which the reaction is continued at a third temperature (T.sub.3), wherein a relationship among the temperatures is T.sub.1>T.sub.3>T.sub.2.

Provided are: a halogenated polyphenylene sulfide resin that can make a resin vibration-damping without use of a filler when added to the resin; a resin composition containing the halogenated polyphenylene sulfide resin and another resin; a molded article formed of the resin composition; and a vibration-damping agent for a resin, the vibration-damping agent containing the halogenated polyphenylene sulfide resin. A halogenated polyphenylene sulfide resin is used as a component to make a resin vibration-damping in a resin composition. The halogenated polyphenylene sulfide resin is produced by polycondensation reaction of a halogenated benzene and an alkali metal sulfide. The halogenated benzene is a dihalobenzene and/or a trihalobenzene. A ratio of a mass of the trihalobenzene to a mass of the halogenated benzene being 50 mass % or greater.

A method for producing PAS having an average particle size of 50 μm or greater and 550 μm or less is provided. The method can include: (1) a preparation step of preparing a prepared mixture containing an organic polar solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound; (2) a pre-stage polymerization step of initiating a polymerization reaction by heating the prepared mixture to produce a prepolymer; (3) a phase separation step of adding water as a phase separation agent to a reaction mixture in a reaction system to form a phase separation state; and (4) a post-stage polymerization step of continuing the polymerization reaction after the phase separation step, in which an organic sulfonic acid metal salt having a specific solubility in water is contained in the prepared mixture or the reaction mixture.

A method for producing PAS having an average particle size of 50 μm or greater and 550 μm or less is provided. The method can include: (1) a preparation step of preparing a prepared mixture containing an organic polar solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound; (2) a pre-stage polymerization step of initiating a polymerization reaction by heating the prepared mixture to produce a prepolymer; (3) a phase separation step of adding water as a phase separation agent to a reaction mixture in a reaction system to form a phase separation state; and (4) a post-stage polymerization step of continuing the polymerization reaction after the phase separation step, in which an organic sulfonic acid metal salt having a specific solubility in water is contained in the prepared mixture or the reaction mixture.

The present invention aims to provide a polymer material that has a high refractive index and can be suitably used for applications such as optical applications. The present invention relates to the sulfur-containing polymer containing at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of a structural unit (A) represented by the following formula (1), a structural unit (B) represented by the following formula (2), and a structural unit (C) represented by the following formula (3); and a reactive functional group,

##STR00001## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, and X.sup.3 are the same as or different from each other and are each an optionally substituted divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group.