Abstract: A bonding method in which applied is a prescribed conductive bonding material, which contains a molded article of a metal powder. The metal powder is one or more selected from the group consisting of a gold powder, a silver powder, a platinum powder, and a palladium powder, and has a purity of 99.9% by mass or more, and an average particle size of 0.005 µm to 1.0 µm, and the conductive bonding material has a compressive deformation rate M, represented by the following expression, of 5 % or more and 30% or less when compressed with a compression pressure of 5 MPa. [Expression 1] M = {(h1 - h2)/h1} x 100, wherein h1 represents an average thickness of the conductive bonding material before compression, and h2 represents an average thickness of the conductive bonding material after the compression.

Abstract: A gold sputtering target is made of gold and inevitable impurities, and has a surface to be sputtered. In the gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, and an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less. A {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented at the surface to be sputtered.

Abstract: According to an immunochromatographic device for detecting a substance to be detected contained in a detection target in an analyte which is characterized in that a nitrous acid compound containing member having a part containing a nitrous acid compound; a labeling substance retaining member having a labeling substance containing part; an acid anhydride containing member having a part containing an acid anhydride having vapor pressure at 25° C. of 5×10?2 Pa or less; and a chromatography medium member having a detection part are arranged in a manner that a sample develops in the members in this order, the storage stability can be improved; detection with high sensitivity is possible; and the complexity of production can be reduced.

Abstract: A gold sputtering target has a gold purity of 99.999% or more. In such a gold sputtering target, an average value of Vickers hardness is 20 or more and less than 40, an average crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and a {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented to a surface to be sputtered of the gold sputtering target.

Abstract: A production method for a gold sputtering target includes: producing a gold sputtering target which is made of gold and inevitable impurities and in which an average value of Vickers hardness is 40 or more and 60 or less, an average value of crystal grain size is 15 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less, and the {110} plane of gold is preferentially oriented to a surface to be sputtered of the gold sputtering target.

Abstract: Provided are (i) a catalyst that has a core-shell structure and is highly active in an oxygen reduction reaction, which is a cathode reaction of a fuel cell, and (ii) a reaction acceleration method in which the catalyst is used. A core-shell catalyst for accelerating an oxygen reduction reaction, contains: silver or palladium as a core material; and platinum as a shell material, the core-shell catalyst having, on a surface thereof, a (110) surface of a face centered cubic lattice.

Abstract: A high strength/highly conductive copper alloy plate material of the present invention contains silver in a range of 4% by mass or more and 13% by mass or less, and balancing copper and unavoidable impurities. In the high strength/highly conductive copper alloy plate material, a minimum value of a tensile strength (UTS) is 600 MPa or more and 1250 MPa or less, and a conductivity (% IACS) is 60% or more and 90% or less.

Abstract: An electrode structure of a back electrode including metal layers laminated in the following order: a Ti layer, a Ni layer, and a Ag alloy layer. The Ag alloy layer includes an Ag alloy and an addition metal M selected from Sn, Sb, and Pd. The electrode structure is configured such that when subjected to elemental analysis with an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer in the depth direction from the Ag alloy layer to the Ni layer, on the boundary between the Ni layer and the Ag alloy layer, an intermediate region where spectra derived from all the metals, Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, can be detected is observable, and, when each metal content in the intermediate region is converted based on the spectra derived from all the metals Ni, Ag, and the addition element M, the maximum of the addition element M content is 5 at % or more.

Abstract: A DC high-voltage relay with at least one contact pair including a movable contact and a fixed contact, the contact pair having a contact force and/or an opening force of 100 gf or more, having a rated voltage of 48 V or more, the movable contact and/or the fixed contact includes a Ag oxide-based contact material. Metal components contain at least one metal M essentially containing Zn, and a balance being Ag and inevitable impurity metals, and the contact material has a content of the metal M of 0.2% by mass or more and 8% by mass or less based on a total mass. The contact material has a material structure in which one or more oxides of the metal M having an average particle size of 0.01 ?m or more and 0.4 ?m or less are dispersed in a matrix including Ag or a Ag alloy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 37.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 62 atom %), point A2 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 20 atom %), point A3 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 20 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A4 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A5 (Au: 49 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %), and point A6 (Au: 39 atom %, Pt: 40 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. The metal structure of the alloy is optimized, and the metal structure is close to a single-phase structure, and has little precipitation of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase different in composition from a mother phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a raw material for chemical deposition for producing a ruthenium thin film or a ruthenium compound thin film by a chemical deposition method, containing a ruthenium complex represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, ligands L1 and L2 coordinated to ruthenium are represented by the following Chemical Formula 2. The raw material for chemical deposition according to the present invention can be formed into a high quality thin film even if a reaction gas containing an oxygen atom is not used. wherein R1 to R12, which are substituents of the ligands L1 and L2, are each independently any one of a hydrogen atom, and a linear or branched alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 or more and 4 or less.

Abstract: A liquid sample testing device includes: an upper case having: a hole allowing a liquid sample to be dropped in the hole; and a window to determine a test result, the hole and the window being located beside each other; a lower case assembled to the upper case; and a test strip housed between the upper case and the lower case. The upper case has: a first protrusion protruding toward the lower case; and a second protrusion protruding toward the lower case. The first protrusion and the second protrusion each has a predetermined shape to allow a capillary force generated between the second protrusion and the liquid sample to be larger than a capillary force generated between the first protrusion and the liquid sample.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a metal pattern on a pattern formation section set on a base material. In the present invention, a substrate provided with a fluorine-containing resin layer on a surface of the base material including the pattern formation section is used. The present inventive method for forming a metal pattern includes steps of: forming a functional group on the pattern formation section; and applying a metal ink including an amine compound and a fatty acid as protective agents to the base material surface to fix the metal particles on the pattern formation section. In the present invention, a fluorine-containing resin having a surface free energy measured by the Owens-Wendt method of 13 mN/m or more and 20 mN/m or less is applied as the fluorine-containing resin layer. Further, a metal ink including ethyl cellulose as an additive is applied as the metal ink.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electroconductive adhesive composition which has excellent thermal conductivity and which, even when repeatedly undergoing fluctuations in temperature, is less apt to cause adherend separation. The present invention relates to an electroconductive adhesive composition which contains: an electroconductive filler (A) containing metal particles (a1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5-10 ?m and silver particles (a2) having an average particle diameter of 10-200 nm; and particles (B) of a thermoplastic resin which is solid at 25° C.

Abstract: A raw material for chemical deposition for producing a manganese thin film or a manganese compound thin film by chemical deposition method, including an organomanganese compound represented Chemical Formula 1 in which a cyclopentadienyl ligand and an isocyanide ligand are coordinated to manganese, which has basic characteristics as a raw material for chemical deposition and enables formation of a manganese thin film with a reducing gas such as hydrogen used as a reaction gas.

Abstract: A gold powder comprising gold having a purity of 99.9% by mass or more and having an average particle size of 0.01 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less, a content of a chloride ion is 100 ppm or less, and a content of a cyanide ion is 10 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less. A total of the content of a chloride ion and the content of a cyanide ion is preferably 110 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less. The gold powder has improved adaptability to various processes including bonding or the like with a content of a chloride ion, that is, an impurity, optimized. A gold paste using this gold powder is suitably used in various uses for bonding such as die bonding of a semiconductor chip, sealing a semiconductor package, and forming an electrode/wire.

Abstract: A bushing for producing glass fibers, including: a base plate; and multiple nozzles from which molten glass is discharged, in which a nozzle group formed with the alignment of the multiple nozzles is joined to the base plate. A coating layer made of ceramics is formed on each of the nozzles forming at least a row of the outermost layer of the nozzle group, but the coating layer does not cover the entire nozzle, that is, the nozzle is covered so as to be in a state of no coating layer in the vicinity of the nozzle tip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical Au—Pt—Pd alloy including Au, Pt, Pd, and inevitable impurities. The alloy has an alloy composition inside a polygon (A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6) surrounded by straight lines connected at point A1 (Au: 37.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 62 atom %), point A2 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 0.1 atom %, and Pd: 20 atom %), point A3 (Au: 79.9 atom %, Pt: 20 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A4 (Au: 69.9 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 0.1 atom %), point A5 (Au: 49 atom %, Pt: 30 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %), and point A6 (Au: 39 atom %, Pt: 40 atom %, and Pd: 21 atom %) in a Au—Pt—Pd ternary state diagram. The metal structure of the alloy is optimized, and the metal structure is close to a single-phase structure, and has little precipitation of a Au-rich phase and a Pt-rich phase different in composition from a mother phase.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a detection reagent which can detect human metapneumovirus in an actual analyte with an excellent sensitivity. The invention relates to a human metapneumovirus detection reagent characterized by containing an antibody which recognizes the matrix protein of human metapneumovirus, an immunological assay for human metapneumovirus including detecting human metapneumovirus in an analyte with an antibody which recognizes the matrix protein of human metapneumovirus and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cells in which catalyst particles including platinum are supported on a carbon powder carrier. The invention provides a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cells in which the ratio of zerovalent platinum to platinum present on the surfaces of the catalyst particles is 80% or more and 100% or less. In the platinum catalyst, excellent durability is exhibited in an environment of operating a solid polymer fuel cell, and the amount of platinum eluted at the time of immersing the catalyst in a predetermined sulfuric acid solution is lower as compared to conventional platinum catalysts. The invention provides a catalyst for solid polymer fuel cells excellent in both initial activity and durability.