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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellulose composite capable of efficiently removing active oxygen species such as a fluoride ion and hydrogen peroxide, a method for producing the composite and a water treatment method using the composite.SOLUTION: The present invention provides: [1] a cellulose composite comprising a cellulose fiber and a metal oxyhydroxide, in which the cellulose fiber has an average fiber diameter of 1 to 200 nm; [2] a water treatment method comprising a step of bringing the cellulose composite into contact with water to be treated containing hydrogen peroxide or a fluoride ion; and [3] a method for producing the cellulose composite in which the cellulose fiber and a metal ion-containing aqueous solution are mixed and pH of the resulting solution is adjusted to be on an alkali side with an alkali agent.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing small particle size cellulose with excellent productivity, by which small particle size cellulose can be efficiently obtained from a cellulose-containing raw material.SOLUTION: The method for producing small particle size cellulose uses a continuous vibration mill in which first and second vibration mills are connected via a connection part, and comprises the following first and second steps. The first step: a cellulose-containing raw material having a cellulose content of ≥20 mass% in residual components obtained by removing water from the cellulose-containing raw material is processed in the first vibration mill packed with rods having an outside diameter of 20-200 mm to obtain cellulose having an average particle size of 40-200 μm. The second step: the cellulose obtained in the first step is processed in the second vibration mill packed with rods having an outside diameter of 3-15 mm to obtain small particle size cellulose having an average particle size of 1-38 μm.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a mixed crushed product of a cellulose and a calcium compound excellent in solubility in water, to provide a mixed crushed product obtained by the production method, and to provide a calcium compound-containing composition containing the mixed crushed product. SOLUTION: There are provided the method for producing the mixed crushed product of cellulose and a calcium compound, including mixing the cellulose-containing material with the calcium compound-containing material and crushing them, wherein in the calcium compound-containing material the solubility in 100 g of water is ≤1 g and the content of the calcium compound in water-removed residual components is ≥50 mass%, with a medium type crusher; the mixed crushed product obtained by the production method; and the calcium-containing composition containing the mixed crushed product. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method which can efficiently produce an amorphous cellulose reduced in the crystallinity of cellulose I type, and is excellent in productivity. SOLUTION: The method for producing an amorphous cellulose comprises cutting a sheet type cellulose-containing raw material, which has a cellulose content of not less than 20 mass% in a residual component of the cellulose-containing raw material after removing water and has over 33% degree of crystallinity of cellulose I defined by the following formula, into pieces having a surface area of 0.01 to 25 cm 2 and a bulk density of 100 to 500 kg/m 3 , drying the obtained cellulose-containing raw material and pulverizing the material by a pulverizing machine to reduce the degree of crystallinity of cellulose I to 33% or lower. The crystallinity of cellulose I type is defined by the formula: the crystallinity (%)=[(I 22.6 -I 18.5 )/I 22.6 ]×100, wherein I 22.6 represents the diffraction intensity of a grating plane (002 face) by X-ray diffraction (2θ=22.6°) and I 18.5 represents the diffraction intensity of an amorphous part (2θ=18.5°). COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an aqueous fine oxidized cellulose fiber dispersion by which a highly transparent aqueous dispersion containing finely divided oxidized cellulose fibers can be obtained. SOLUTION: The method for producing an oxidized cellulose fiber dispersion includes a step of oxidizing cellulose fibers with 2.0-10 mmol of an oxidizing agent based on 1 g of the cellulose fibers (on an absolute dry weight basis) to obtain oxidized cellulose fibers in which cellulose constituting the cellulose fibers has a carboxy group content of 0.1-2.0 mmol/g, and a step of mechanically treating the oxidized cellulose fibers to obtain oxidized cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of ≤200 nm, wherein the mechanical treatment is carried out using a high-speed rotary dispersing machine with a rotatory body at a peripheral speed of ≥15 m/s at a blade end of the rotatory body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dispersion containing a large amount of UV-shielding inorganic particles in a dispersion medium containing large amount of a lower alcohol and, nevertheless, having low viscosity and excellent dispersion stability and provide a method for producing the dispersion and a UV-shielding cosmetic compounded with the dispersion. SOLUTION: The dispersion containing 30-60 wt.% UV-shielding inorganic particles is produced by dispersing UV-shielding inorganic particles having a primary particle diameter of ≤0.1μm in a solvent containing a lower alcohol and a silicone oil and having a lower alcohol content of 10-80 wt.% in the presence of (a) a modified silicone polymer derived from a monomer having a polysiloxane bond in the main chain and a hydrophilic group on the side chain and having a functional group equivalent of ≤15,000 g/mol or (b) a (meth)acrylate-base or a (meth)acrylamide-base silicone-containing copolymer having a silicone on the side chain and a weight-average molecular weight of 6,000-500,000. The invention further provides a method for producing the dispersion, and a UV-shielding cosmetic compounded with the dispersion containing the UV-shielding inorganic particles. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide functional particles which is hard to cause classification when compounded into a detergent composition, transported, and used, has a small variability of effect after compounding, and furthermore can visually impart excellent external appearance, its manufacturing method, and a detergent composition comprising the same. SOLUTION: The functional particles for a detergent meet all conditions that (A) the minor axis particle diameter is 0.3-2.5 mm; (B) the ratio of the number of particles having a ratio of the major axis particle diameter to the minor axis particle diameter of =95%; and (C) the average of the ratio of the major axis particle diameter to the minor axis particle diameter is 1.0-1.5, and are extrusion-granulated. Its manufacturing method and a detergent composition comprising at least one type of the functional particles are disclosed.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fibrous material which hardly causes dropping of a conductive polymer and is useful as a conductive material, and to provide a molding.SOLUTION: The fibrous material contains a cellulose fiber containing 0.1-3 mmol/g of a carboxyl group and the conductive polymer. The cellulose fiber may be a cellulose nanofiber. The conductive polymer may be one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polypyrrole and polyaniline. The molding is formed by containing the fibrous material.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preparation process of a chitin decomposition product having an excellent productivity with which a chitin decomposition product can effectively be obtained through an enzyme reaction using, as a base material, a low-crystallinity chitin obtained by lowering the crystallinity of chitin effectively from a chitin-containing material. SOLUTION: This process is for saccharifying a low-crystallinity chitin prepared from a chitin-containing material whose chitin-crystallinity is higher than 35%. The chitin content of the residual content obtained by dehydrating the chitin-containing material is not less than 10 mass%. The water content of the chitin-containing material is 0.01-25 mass%. After a low-crystallinity chitin whose chitin-crystallinity is decreased to not more than 30% is prepared by crushing treatment of the chitin-containing material with a vibration mill or a medium stirring mill, a chitin decomposition enzyme is let to work on the low-crystallinity chitin for saccharification. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method of, with excellent productivity, effectively obtaining a low-crystalline chitin, wherein a crystallinity of the chitin is reduced, from a chitin-containing raw material. SOLUTION: In the method for producing the low-crystalline chitin wherein the chitin crystallinity is reduced to ≤30% by treating the chitin-containing raw material, having the chitin crystallinity of more than 35%, with a grinder, a chitin content in a residual component excluding water from the chitin-containing raw material is ≥10 mass%, a water content of the chitin-containing raw material is 0.01-25 mass%, and the grinder is a vibration mill or a medium stirring type mill. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT