POTASSIUM TITANATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, FRICTION MATERIALS, AND RESIN COMPOSITIONS

摘要

Potassium titanate is obtained which has a novel configuration, exhibits excellent wear resistance when incorporated in a friction material and shows an excellent reinforcement performance when incorporated in a resin composition. A manufacturing method of the potassium titanate, a friction material using the potassium titanate and a resin composition using the potassium titanate are also obtained. The potassium titanate is represented by K 2 Ti n O (2n + 1) (n = 4.0 - 11.0) and has the highest X-ray diffraction intensity peak (2¸) in the range of 11.0 ° - 13.5 ° with its half width being not less than 0.5 °.