A rigid polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam includes 1 to 50 weight percent of a particulate poly(phenylene ether) having a mean particle size of 1 to 40 micrometers. The particulate poly(phenylene ether) imparts reduced flammability and reduced water absorption to the foam. The foam is useful as a thermally insulating material in articles including domestic appliances, building materials, tanks, pipelines, heating pipes, cooling pipes, cold stores, and refrigerated vehicles.

Rigid foam and associated article and method

At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits are provided. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case. According to a further aspect, a solid-state imaging apparatus for photoelectrically converting, with an imaging device, an image formed by introducing imaging light into the inside of the apparatus is provided with a package having a dark space in itself and accommodating the imaging device in the dark space, and a pinhole for introducing imaging light into the dark space and forming an image of an imaging object on the imaging face of the imaging device.

Solid-state imaging apparatus and camera using the same

To provide a heat-resistant resin composition which has excellent heat resistance, does not show a reduced mechanical strength such as flexural strength even after being passed rough a reflow furnace and heat-treated under high temperature conditions, and also has an excellent flame retardancy; a production method of the heat-resistant resin composition; a heat-resistant resin-molded article; and a surface mount electronic component. The heat-resistant resin composition includes a polyarylene sulfide resin (A) and an aromatic polyamide (B) having terephthalic acid amide as an essential structural unit at a former/latter ratio of 70/30 to 95/5 by mass. In a molded article composed of the heat-resistant resin composition, the average diameter of holes formed by etching a broken-out section of the molded article with an organic solvent is 0.1 to 1.0 μm, where the broken-out section is observed on a scanning electron microscope (2,500 times).

Heat-resistant resin composition, method of producing the same, heat-resistant resin-molded article, and surface mount electronic component

A composition contains (a) 1 to 40 weight percent of poly(phenylene ether) particles having a mean particle size of 1 to 40 micrometers; and (b) 60 to 99 weight percent of a polyoxymethylene; wherein polystyrene is absent from the poly(phenylene ether) particles; wherein the composition comprises less than 0.1 volume percent, based on the total volume of the composition, of particulate metals, metalloids, oxides thereof, and combinations thereof, wherein the metals and metalloids are selected from iron, copper, aluminum, magnesium, lead, zinc, tin, chromium, nickel, tungsten, silicon, gold, silver, platinum, and alloys thereof. The poly(phenylene ether) particles reduce the density and increase the char yield of the polyoxymethylene. When the composition is prepared at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the poly(phenylene ether), increased flexural strength can also be obtained. The composition is useful as a molding composition for a variety of articles.

Blend of poly(phenylene ether) particles and polyoxymethylene, article thereof, and method of preparation

A polyurethane foam is prepared from a reaction mixture that includes specific amounts of a polyol, an aromatic isocyanate compound, a particulate poly(phenylene ether), and a blowing agent. The polyurethane foam exhibits one or more of increased compressive force deflection, increased flame retardancy, and increased rate of formation. A method of preparing the foam and articles incorporating the foam are described.

Flexible polyurethane foam and associated method and article

The present invention concerns polyphenylene sulfide resin compositions having excellent heat resistance, fire resistance, chemical resistance, impact resistance, mechanical strength, and moldability.

Akeharu Tsuruta

Papers

Polyphenylene sulfide resin compositions