SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0002] A receiver-tank is provided with a vertical tank main body 140. An inlet 131 and an outlet 132 are provided in an inlet-and-outlet forming member 150 as a bottom wall of the tank main body 140. A desiccant-filled-layer 135 a...

The present invention relates to (1) carbon powder having a primary particle size of 100 nm or less and an X-ray crystallite plane spacing C0 of less than 0.680 nm, preferably of 0.6730 nm or less, which shows a volume resistivity of 0.1 OMEGA cm or less i...

Fine carbon fibers having a fiber diameter of 1 mu m or less, an interlayer distance d002 between carbon layers as determined by an X-ray diffraction method of 0.335 to 0.342 nm or less and satisfying d002 < 0.3448 - 0.0028 (log phi ) where phi stands for ...

A photocatalytic titanium oxide coating composition is described, which comprises (a) finely-divided titanium oxide particles exhibiting photocatalytic activity, (b) particles of an inorganic compound other than titanium oxide, or particles of an organic c...

The present invention relates to graphite powder and to a battery using it as a negative electrode material, the powder having a specific surface area of not more than 3 m/g, an aspect ratio of not more than 6, and a tapping bulk density of not less than 0...