Abstract:
Provided is a molded article comprising an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyglycolic acid and a copolymer of a glycolic acid monomer and a monomer other than the glycolic acid monomer. The molded article has a uniaxial compressive strength at a temperature of 23° C. of greater than 250 MPa and not greater than 350 MPa.
Abstract:
Provided is a molded article comprising an aliphatic polyester. The aliphatic polyester is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyglycolic acid and a copolymer of a glycolic acid monomer and a monomer other than the glycolic acid monomer. The molded article has a uniaxial compressive strength at a temperature of 23° C. of greater than 250 MPa and not greater than 350 MPa.
Abstract:
A method of producing polyarylene sulfide (PAS) by subjecting a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound (DHA) to polymerization reaction in an organic amide solvent under alkaline conditions, the method suppressing side reactions or the like and yielding PAS having a high degree of polymerization at a high yield is provided; and PAS having a high degree of polymerization are provided.A method of producing PAS, including: a preparation step of preparing a preparation mixture containing an organic amide solvent, a sulfur source, an alkali metal hydroxide, water, and DHA, and having a pH of 12.5 or higher; a first-stage polymerization step of heating the preparation mixture to 170° C. or higher to initiate a polymerization reaction and continuing the polymerization reaction at 240 to 280° C., thereby forming a prepolymer having a DHA conversion rate of 50% or greater (at this time, a temperature increasing rate from 220° C. to 240° C. is lower than a temperature increasing rate for 240° C. or higher); and a second-stage polymerization step of adding, in the reaction system, an alkali metal hydroxide in an amount of 1 to 20 mol % per 1 mol of the sulfur source in the presence of a phase separation agent to continue the polymerization reaction at 245 to 290° C. PAS having a melt viscosity (310° C.; shear rate: 1216 sec−1) of 0.1 to 8000 Pa·s produced by the method.
Abstract:
Polyglycolic acid resin short fibers for a well treatment fluid, the fibers having the following characteristics of (a) to (e): (a) an outside diameter of 5 to 300 μm; (b) a fiber length of 1 to 30 mm; (c) fineness of 0.1 to 25 D; (d) strength of 1 to 20 gf/D; and (e) a ratio of an area of the polyglycolic acid resin with respect to an area of a circle circumscribing a cross section of the fibers being from 10 to 95%; and a well treatment fluid containing the polyglycolic acid resin short fibers for a well treatment fluid.
Abstract:
A downhole tool member for hydrocarbon resource recovery, comprising a shaped body of a polyglycolic acid resin blended with an inorganic or organic short fiber reinforcement material, and having thickness reduction rate characteristics when held in water at 120° C., inclusive of: an initial thickness reduction rate (as an average for a holding period for 4 hours) which is at most 0.8 times that of a shaped body of the polyglycolic acid resin alone, and has a terminal thickness reduction rate (after the thickness decreases to 50% or less of an initial thickness) which is larger than 1.5 times the initial thickness reduction rate. As a result, it is possible to provide a downhole tool member, that is a temporary tool for formation or repair of downholes for recovery of hydrocarbon resources including oil and gas, or a part of the tool, which allows more accurate designing of collapse characteristics thereof.
Abstract:
A water-disintegrable composite fiber comprising a phase containing a polyglycolic acid resin and a phase containing a polylactic acid resin with a D-lactic acid unit ratio of at least 1.0%; the two phases extending continuously in a lengthwise direction; and the composite fiber having a cross sectional area formed by the phase containing the polyglycolic acid resin having an area ration of at most 50%; and the content of the polyglycolic acid resin being from 2 to 100 parts by mass per 1 part by mass of the D-lactic acid units in the polylactic acid resin.
Abstract:
A solidification- and extrusion-molded article of polyglycolic acid that is formed of a resin material containing polyglycolic acid, the polyglycolic acid having a melt viscosity of 200 to 2,000 Pa·s when measured at a temperature of 270° C. under a shearing speed of 120 sec−1, and has a thickness or diameter of greater than 100 mm but not greater than 500 mm; a downhole tool or a component thereof and a ball sealer for petroleum excavation that are formed by cutting the solidification- and extrusion-molded article; a method for manufacturing the solidification- and extrusion-molded article of polyglycolic acid, the method comprising a step of, after solidification- and extrusion-molding the resin material containing polyglycolic acid, pressurizing the solidified and extruded matter, and drawing the same while applying back pressure thereto in a direction of a forming die to thereby suppress the expansion of the solidified and extruded matter in a thickness direction or radial direction; and a method for manufacturing a ball sealer for petroleum excavation and the like.
Abstract:
A method to efficiently produce an aliphatic polyester and to improve the thermal stability of the resulting aliphatic polyester. A sulfonic acid compound is used as a co-catalyst at the time of a ring-opening bulk polymerization of a cyclic ester using a tin compound catalyst.
Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a method that can produce polyarylene sulfide having a high viscosity at a high yield. The method of producing polyarylene sulfide according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a preparation step of preparing a mixture containing an organic amide solvent, a sulfur source, a dihalo aromatic compound, and an alkali metal hydroxide; a first-stage polymerization step of initiating a polymerization reaction by heating the mixture and producing a prepolymer until a pH of a reaction system reaches a range of 10 to 11; and a second-stage polymerization step of continuing the polymerization reaction.
Abstract:
A solidification- and extrusion-molded article of polyglycolic acid, which is formed of a resin material containing polyglycolic acid, the polyglycolic acid having a melt viscosity of 200 to 2,000 Pa·s, and has a thickness or diameter of greater than 100 mm but not greater than 500 mm. A downhole tool or a component thereof and a ball sealer for petroleum excavation are formed by cutting the solidification- and extrusion-molded article. A method for manufacturing the solidification- and extrusion-molded article of polyglycolic acid and a method for manufacturing a ball sealer for petroleum excavation.