Abstract:
A sol comprising a precipitated component in an amount of less than 10 mass% based on the total solid content of the sol and comprising titanium oxide comprising a transition metal compound. When the sol is mixed with a binder which can be hardened at ambient temperature, the mixture readily forms a thin film having high photocatalytic performance on a substrate of poor heat resistance such as plastics or paper. The titanium oxide sol can readily forms titanium oxide thin film on surfaces of a variety of substrate materials such as ceramics, glass, metal, plastics, wood, or paper. Articles to which photocatalytic performance or hydrophilicity is imparted include building materials, fluorescent lamps, glass panes, machinery, vehicles, glass products, household electrical appliances, water purifying apparatuses, agricultural materials, electronic apparatus, tools, tableware, bath products, toiletry products, furniture, clothing, cloth products, fibers, leather products, paper products, sporting goods, beauty-related instruments, health improvement instruments, medical goods, futon, containers, eyeglasses, signboards, piping, wiring, brackets, sanitary materials, and automobile parts as well as environmental purification apparatuses/units.
Abstract:
An ammoxidation catalyst is provided, characterized in that a crystalline composite oxide containing vanadium and chromium and having a specific powder X-ray diffraction peak pattern is used as the catalyst component in practicing gas phase ammoxidation of an organic compound having an alkyl group. Also provided are a method for producing a nitrile compound using the catalyst and a method for evaluating the performance of a gas phase ammoxidation catalyst using powder X-ray diffraction.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a copper ion-modified titanium oxide including titanium oxide whose surface is modified with a copper ion, and containing a brookite-type crystal; a process for producing a copper ion-modified titanium oxide, including a hydrolysis step of subjecting a titanium compound capable of producing titanium oxide to hydrolysis in a reaction solution, and a surface modification step of mixing a solution obtained after the hydrolysis with an aqueous solution containing a copper ion to modify a surface of the titanium oxide therewith; and a photocatalyst containing the copper ion-modified titanium oxide in an amount of 70% by mass or more.
Abstract:
There is provided a method and an apparatus for producing metal oxide particles, which produce metal oxide particles having a high photocatalytic activity with high yield. The method for producing metal oxide particles of the invention is characterized by including combining, in a reaction tube, a preheated metal chloride-containing gas with a preheated first gas which does not contain the metal chloride at a first junction to obtain a first combined gas, and combining the first combined gas with a preheated second gas which does not contain the metal chloride, at a second junction which is further downstream of the first junction, to obtain a second combined gas, wherein at least one of the metal chloride-containing gas and the first gas contains oxygen, and wherein the preheated metal chloride-containing gas is further heated in a region between the first junction and the second junction (referred to as first reaction zone), by combining the first gas with the metal chloride-containing gas at the first junction while setting the preheat temperature of the first gas at a temperature equal to or higher than the preheat temperature of the metal chloride-containing gas, and the first combined gas is further heated in a region downstream of the second junction by combining the second gas with the first combined gas at the second junction while setting the preheat temperature of the second gas at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature of the first combined gas.
Abstract:
A transport mechanism for an optical disc cartridge capable of discharging an optical disc cartridge to a predetermined position by making a transport roller in pressure contact with the optical disc cartridge even if the cartridge is erroneously inserted. A transport roller (5) is supported by an arm (4). When the transport roller (5) is made in pressure contact with the side wall of an optical disc cartridge, the cartridge is transported. A guide arm (12) is rotatively mounted which projects into an optical disc cartridge transport path between the transport roller (5) and a disc insertion port. If the optical disc cartridge is inserted in a normal orientation, the guide arm (12) is rotated by the optical disc cartridge to rotate the arm (4) in the clockwise direction to allow the optical disc cartridge to be inserted, whereas if the optical disc cartridge is inserted in an orientation rotated by 90 DEG from the normal orientation, the transport roller is made in pressure contact with the side wall of the optical disc cartridge.