The disclosure provides recording materials including halogenated derivatized monomers and polymers for use in volume Bragg gratings, including, but not limited to, volume Bragg gratings for holography applications. Several structures are disclosed for halogenated derivatized monomers and polymers for use in Bragg gratings applications, leading to materials with higher refractive index, low birefringence, and high transparency. The disclosed halogenated derivatized monomers and polymers thereof can be used in any volume Bragg gratings materials, including two-stage polymer materials where a matrix is cured in a first step, and then the volume Bragg grating is written by way of a second curing step of a monomer.

A polyarylene sulfide in which when the cumulative integral value from the molecular weight of 100 to the molecular weight of 10,000 in a molecular weight distribution curve is 100, the cumulative integrated value at the molecular weight of 4000 is 48 to 53, and when the melt flow rate of the polyarylene sulfide is defined as MFR1, and when the melt flow rate obtained after mixing the polyarylene sulfide with an epoxy silane coupling agent at a weight ratio of 100:1 and heating the resulting mixture at 315.5° C. for 5 minutes is defined as MFR2, the rate of change represented by MFR2/MFR1 is not more than 0.085.

A polyphenylene sulfide monofilament is characterized by having a continuous heat-shrinking stress variation of at most 5% and a size uniformity (U %, Normal value) of at most 1.2%; and a drum-shaped fiber package includes the wound polyphenylene sulfide monofilament described. The polyphenylene sulfide monofilament has a very small aperture variation rate and is optimal for high-precision filters.

A polyphenylene sulfide monofilament is characterized by having a continuous heat-shrinking stress variation of at most 5% and a size uniformity (U %, Normal value) of at most 1.2%; and a drum-shaped fiber package includes the wound polyphenylene sulfide monofilament described. The polyphenylene sulfide monofilament has a very small aperture variation rate and is optimal for high-precision filters.

Methods of vulcanization using a high content sulfur polymer, instead of elemental sulfur, have been developed. These high sulfur content polymers are referred to as Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIP) materials and have good polymer compatibility in that they are soluble in a number of polymers. Furthermore, CHIP materials may have weaker bonds than the S—S bonds of elemental sulfur and thus provide for a higher crosslinking efficiency vulcanization.

Methods of vulcanization using a high content sulfur polymer, instead of elemental sulfur, have been developed. These high sulfur content polymers are referred to as Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIP) materials and have good polymer compatibility in that they are soluble in a number of polymers. Furthermore, CHIP materials may have weaker bonds than the S—S bonds of elemental sulfur and thus provide for a higher crosslinking efficiency vulcanization.

Provided are an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity, a method for efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using the adsorbent, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced. More specifically, provided are a method for separating a separation object substance and a liquid using polyarylene sulfide resin particles as an adsorbent from the liquid containing the separation object substance, wherein the liquid contains water, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced, comprising efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity.

Provided are an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity, a method for efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using the adsorbent, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced. More specifically, provided are a method for separating a separation object substance and a liquid using polyarylene sulfide resin particles as an adsorbent from the liquid containing the separation object substance, wherein the liquid contains water, and further a method for producing a liquid having a separation object substance reduced, comprising efficiently separating a separation object substance from a liquid containing the separation object substance using an adsorbent which can be used in water, particularly even under strong acid conditions, and which has excellent adsorptivity.

The present invention provides an a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) production device provided with a supply tube for loading corrosive materials such as a strong alkali into a reaction vessel, wherein prescribed amounts of various raw materials or the like can be accurately loaded into the reaction vessel without causing decreases in production efficiency due to the replacement of the supply tube or the repair of the reaction vessel in response to the corrosion of the supply tube or the like.

The present invention is a production device, and a PAS production device, in particular, provided with a reaction vessel equipped with one or a plurality of supply tubes, at least one of the supply tubes having an insert pipe, which is preferably detachable, to be inserted into an outer supply tube; and a tip opening of the insert pipe being positioned further inward than an inside wall of the reaction vessel.

The present invention provides an a polyarylene sulfide (PAS) production device provided with a supply tube for loading corrosive materials such as a strong alkali into a reaction vessel, wherein prescribed amounts of various raw materials or the like can be accurately loaded into the reaction vessel without causing decreases in production efficiency due to the replacement of the supply tube or the repair of the reaction vessel in response to the corrosion of the supply tube or the like.

The present invention is a production device, and a PAS production device, in particular, provided with a reaction vessel equipped with one or a plurality of supply tubes, at least one of the supply tubes having an insert pipe, which is preferably detachable, to be inserted into an outer supply tube; and a tip opening of the insert pipe being positioned further inward than an inside wall of the reaction vessel.