The present invention provides a lamp cover comprising (1) a thermoplastic resin having a visible light transmissivity of 50% or higher measured in a form of a plate-like molded body having a thickness of 2 mm according to JIS R 3106, (2) a composite tungsten oxide, (3) at least one material selected from the group consisting of a metal soap, an antioxidant, and a first selective wavelength absorbing material having a maximum absorption wavelength within a range of 200 to 350 nm, whose content is 0.03% by mass or more based on a total content (100% by mass) of the components (1) to (4), and (4) a second selective wavelength absorbing material having a maximum absorption wavelength within a range of 450 to 550 nm.

The present invention relates to an antimicrobial coating of a substrate, the coating being obtained by applying the coating on a surface of the substrate by means of an electrostatic spraying method, and the coating comprising at least one metal oxide and/or at least one metal salt.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrostatic spraying method for coating at least one substrate with an antimicrobial coating.

In addition, the present invention relates to a use of a coating material for producing an antimicrobial coating on a surface of a substrate, with the coating comprising at least one metal oxide and/or at least one metal salt.

A near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body, and others, having excellent near-infrared shielding function, low haze value and excellent design, with suppressed change in color tone during outdoor use and blue haze phenomenon, using near-infrared shielding ultrafine particles transparent in visible light range, having excellent near-infrared shielding properties, and produced with high productivity, and a near-infrared shielding ultrafine particle dispersion body in which ultra-fine particles having near-infrared shielding properties are dispersed in solid medium, wherein the ultrafine particles are composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles represented by general formula MxWyOz, and have XRD peak top intensity ratio value of 0.13 or more based on XRD peak intensity ratio value of 1 on plane of silicon powder standard sample, and solid medium contains resin binder and weather resistance improver, and weather resistance improver includes at least one selected from benzotriazole-based UV absorber, triazine-based UV absorber, and benzophenone-based UV absorber.

A general-purpose composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles capable of producing a dispersion liquid with high productivity while having properties such as good visible light transmittance and shielding light in a near-infrared region, and a composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particle dispersion liquid using the same, wherein a value of an XRD peak top intensity ratio of the composite tungsten oxide ultrafine particles is 0.13 or more when the XRD peak intensity is set to 1, with plane of a silicon powder standard sample (640 c produced by NIST) as a reference.

The disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a heat insulated PVB film, in which insulated nanoparticles with a particle diameter of 1-800 nm are added in the manufacturing process of PVB film to allow production of a PVB film with high insulation and transmittance. The disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing heat insulated blast-resistant glass, in which two panes of glass are laminated and bound by the PVB film to obtain blast-resistant glass with high insulation and high transmittance. The method for manufacturing heat insulated blast-resistant glass needs not applying an additional insulation coating or insulation film on conventional glass products and therefore allows manufacturing process to be simplified and manufacturing costs to be reduced.

There is provided a heat-ray shielding film including composite tungsten oxide particles; a thermoplastic resin; and a metal coupling agent, wherein the composite tungsten oxide particles are represented by a general formula M.sub.xWO.sub.y, where M is one or more elements selected from Cs, Rb, K, Tl, In, Ba, Li, Ca, Sr, Fe, Sn, Al, Cu, and Na, 0.1x0.5, and 2.2y3.0.

A slurry for making a food packaging substance includes ethylene glycol, DI water, and W.sub.18O.sub.49-based tungsten oxide particles having an average particle size of less than 100 nm. Based on 100 wt. % of the slurry, the W.sub.18O.sub.49-based tungsten oxide particles contain an amount of 18 wt. % to 28 wt. %. A method of preparing a slurry for making a food packaging substance is disclosed. This method includes a food packaging substance that includes the slurry. A food packaging substance is disclosed. A method for making the food packaging substance and a food packaging structure that includes the food packaging substance are also disclosed. A nano-size particle optical effect endothermic-technical usage performed in the W.sub.18O.sub.49-based tungsten oxide particles and the new application in the optical technical field thereof are further disclosed.

There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which a low yellow index value, low excitation purity and high heat shielding properties can be achieved in spite of the thickness varying with places. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a thickness of one end thinner than a thickness of the other end at the opposite side of the one end and includes a thermoplastic resin, an ultraviolet ray screening agent and tungsten oxide particles, and the ultraviolet ray screening agent is a benzotriazole-based ultraviolet ray screening agent.

Electromagnetic wave absorbing particles are provided that include hexagonal tungsten bronze having oxygen deficiency, wherein the tungsten bronze is expressed by a general formula: M.sub.xWO.sub.3-y (where one or more elements M include at least one or more species selected from among K, Rb, and Cs, 0.15x0.33, and 0<y0.46), and wherein oxygen vacancy concentration N.sub.V in the electromagnetic wave absorbing particles is greater than or equal to 4.310.sup.14 cm.sup.3 and less than or equal to 8.010.sup.21 cm.sup.3.

This application relates to elastomeric articles such as gloves, compositions for producing the articles and methods for their manufacture. The elastomeric articles contain particles for detectability of the articles (or portions thereof) by metal detectors and/or x-ray detectors. The articles may contain two different types of particlesone particle type is selected from magnetic particles, highly conductive particles or a combination, and the second particle type is particles containing one or more high atomic mass elements (with an atomic mass of at least 132). The particles may be coated by a corrosion inhibitor coating, or they may be uncoated. The compositions for producing the articles may contain a viscosity modifier.