A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) providing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer having a concentration of 0.005 to 3.0% by mass; (2) impregnating carbon nanotubes with the aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymer in a proportion of 400 to 1,000 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes to prepare a wet aggregate; (3) shear-crushing the wet aggregate to obtain an aggregate of crushed products and (4) drying the aggregate of the crushed products to obtain a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate containing the water-soluble polymer.

A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate of the present invention includes the steps of: (1) providing an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer having a concentration of 0.005 to 3.0% by mass; (2) impregnating carbon nanotubes with the aqueous solution of the water-soluble polymer in a proportion of 400 to 1,000 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes to prepare a wet aggregate; (3) shear-crushing the wet aggregate to obtain an aggregate of crushed products and (4) drying the aggregate of the crushed products to obtain a carbon nanotube-blended aggregate containing the water-soluble polymer.

A method for producing a fluoropolymer powder including (A1) adding, to a fluoropolymer aqueous dispersion obtained by polymerization using a carboxylic acid type hydrocarbon surfactant, and an acid to adjust a pH to 4.0 or less and cause coagulation to thereby obtain a wet fluoropolymer powder containing a fluorine-containing compound represented by the following general formula (1A), and (B1) heat-treating the wet fluoropolymer powder at a temperature higher than 150° C. and lower than 240° C.: General Formula (1A): H—(CF.sub.2).sub.m—COOH wherein m is 3 to 19.

The present invention relates to an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin composition, an EVOH film formed therefrom, and a multilayer structure containing the same. The surface roughness of the EVOH resin composition is a kurtosis (Sku) ranging from 0.05 to 100. The EVOH of the invention can reduce the torque output during processing, and can obtain the EVOH film with excellent appearance.

The invention aims to provide a rubber composition for outer layers of tires capable of reducing the generation of odors while maintaining or improving good elongation at break and processability, and a pneumatic tire using the same. Included is a rubber composition for outer layers of tires, including: a rubber component; a nonionic surfactant or polyethylene glycol; and a vulcanization accelerator represented by formula (1) below, the rubber component including a diene rubber in an amount of 70-100% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition including, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 0.2-6.0 parts by mass of the nonionic surfactant or polyethylene glycol, 0.2-10 parts by mass of the vulcanization accelerator, and not more than 0.5 parts by mass of N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazolylsulfenamide,

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wherein R.sup.11 represents a C2-C16 alkyl group, and R.sup.12 represents a C3-C16 branched alkyl group or a benzothiazolylsulfide group.

Methods to make a silica and carbon black elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion that includes silica are described, along with particle reinforced elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.

A composite powder includes a core particle comprising a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix, and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle, and methods of making thereof. Various articles can be manufactured from such composite powders.

To provide a method capable of producing fluorinated polymer particles in which formation of fine particles or formation of large aggregates is sufficiently suppressed even in the case of a fluorinated polymer having high solubility in a solvent.

The method comprises the following steps (i) and (ii), being a method for producing particles of a fluorinated polymer (A) which has either one or both of structural units (u1) derived from tetrafluoroethylene and structural units (u2) having no sulfonic acid type functional group and having a cyclic structure and fluorine atoms, and which has structural units (u3) having a sulfonic acid type functional group, wherein the proportion of the structural units (u1) is from 0 to 82 mol % in all structural units (100 mol %) in the fluorinated polymer (A): (i) a step of preparing solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) having the above fluorinated polymer (A) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent (B), wherein the following conditions (i-1) and (i-2) are satisfied: (i-1) the solvent (B) contains a good solvent (B2) wherein the solubility of the fluorinated polymer (A) is at least 30%, (i-2) even when the above solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) is passed through a filter of 200 mesh made of stainless steel, no residue remains on the filter, (ii) a step of mixing the above solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) and a solvent (C) to aggregate the fluorinated polymer (A) to form particles of the fluorinated polymer (A), wherein the following conditions (ii-1) to (ii-3) are satisfied: (ii-1) the solvent (C) contains a poor solvent (C1) whereby the degree of swelling of the fluorinated polymer (A) is at most 100%, (ii-2) the degree of swelling of the fluorinated polymer (A) by a mixed solvent (BC) of the solvent (B) and the solvent (C) is from 70 to 250%, (ii-3) the ratio of the mass (W.sub.C) of the solvent (C) to the mass (W.sub.B) of the solvent (B) is from 1 to 5.

To provide a method capable of producing fluorinated polymer particles in which formation of fine particles or formation of large aggregates is sufficiently suppressed even in the case of a fluorinated polymer having high solubility in a solvent.

The method comprises the following steps (i) and (ii), being a method for producing particles of a fluorinated polymer (A) which has either one or both of structural units (u1) derived from tetrafluoroethylene and structural units (u2) having no sulfonic acid type functional group and having a cyclic structure and fluorine atoms, and which has structural units (u3) having a sulfonic acid type functional group, wherein the proportion of the structural units (u1) is from 0 to 82 mol % in all structural units (100 mol %) in the fluorinated polymer (A): (i) a step of preparing solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) having the above fluorinated polymer (A) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent (B), wherein the following conditions (i-1) and (i-2) are satisfied: (i-1) the solvent (B) contains a good solvent (B2) wherein the solubility of the fluorinated polymer (A) is at least 30%, (i-2) even when the above solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) is passed through a filter of 200 mesh made of stainless steel, no residue remains on the filter, (ii) a step of mixing the above solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) and a solvent (C) to aggregate the fluorinated polymer (A) to form particles of the fluorinated polymer (A), wherein the following conditions (ii-1) to (ii-3) are satisfied: (ii-1) the solvent (C) contains a poor solvent (C1) whereby the degree of swelling of the fluorinated polymer (A) is at most 100%, (ii-2) the degree of swelling of the fluorinated polymer (A) by a mixed solvent (BC) of the solvent (B) and the solvent (C) is from 70 to 250%, (ii-3) the ratio of the mass (W.sub.C) of the solvent (C) to the mass (W.sub.B) of the solvent (B) is from 1 to 5.

A karst channel type water inrush efficient-blocking ultra-high expansion grouting material, preparation, methods and application thereof, the grouting material includes macromolecule polymer particles A and a cross-linking solidifying fluid B, wherein the macromolecule polymer particles A are an inlaid type core-shell structure, primary macromolecule water-absorbent resin serves as an inner core, part of a gelling catalyzer is attached to an the inner core surface forming a shell, and the gelling catalyzer permeates the inner core forming an inlaid structure; before use, the macromolecule polymer particle A and the cross-linking solidifying fluid B are stirred; and then obtained mixed liquid is used as the grouting material to be injected into a fracture of a rock mass fracture zone. By means of the grouting material, high-pressure large-flow karst water inrush can be efficiently treated, the blocking efficiency of water inrush is improved, and major underground engineering construction of China is further facilitated.