Abstract: Barium-strontium titanate ferroelectric materials and AFe.sub.2 O.sub.4 -type ferrite ferromagnetic materials may be consolidated into a ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite having useful electromagnetic interference attenuation properties over a wide range of electromagnetic frequencies by fluxing the barium-strontium titanate with a combination of (1) a lithium compound and barium oxide or (2) copper oxide and barium oxide and thereafter mixing the fluxed ferroelectric with the ferromagnetic and sintering the combination at reduced temperature in the range of 1060.degree. C. to 1150.degree. C.

Abstract: A material which possesses both capacitive and inductive properties for suppressing electromagnetic interference is provided, wherein the material is a composite of a ferroelectric material and a ferromagnetic material. The ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material is formulated and processed so as to retain the distinct electrical properties of the individual constituents according to the relative quantities of the constituents present in the ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material. As a unitary composite element, the ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite is readily formable to provide a compact electrical filter whose filtering capability is highly suitable for suppressing electromagnetic interference from sources internal and external to an automotive environment. The sintered composite has a very low porosity; interconnectivity between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases; and has no chemical reaction between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases to produce a third phase.

Abstract: A material which possesses both capacitive and inductive properties for suppressing electromagnetic interference is provided, wherein the material is a composite of a ferroelectric material and a ferromagnetic material. The ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material is formulated and processed so as to retain the distinct electrical properties of the individual constituents according to the relative quantities of the constituents present in the ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite material. As a unitary composite element, the ferroelectric-ferromagnetic composite is readily formable to provide a compact electrical filter whose filtering capability is highly suitable for suppressing electromagnetic interference from sources internal and external to an automotive environment. The sintered composite has a very low porosity; interconnectivity between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases; and has no chemical reaction between the ferroelectric and ferromagnetic phases to produce a third phase.

Abstract: Mixtures of a rare earth and an intermetallic compound comprising the rare earth and a ferromagnetic metal selected from the group consisting of iron and cobalt which are formed by the reduction-diffusion process are decalcified by reacting the product of the reduction-diffusion reaction with neodecanoic acid and dissolving the calcium neodecanoate formed thereby in an organic solvent to remove it from the metallic components of the reaction product.

Abstract: Refractory ceramics are provided which comprise at least about 70 mole percent yttrium oxide and from about 5 to 30 mole percent aluminum oxide. The ceramics are particularly resistant to attack by molten rare earth alloys and are superior refractories for use with molten neodymium-iron alloys in the manufacture of permanent magnets.

Abstract: A superconducting Y.sub.1 Ba.sub.2 Cu.sub.4 O.sub.2 thin film is formed by a metalorganic deposition method which comprises depositing a solution comprising neodecanoates of Y, Ba and Cu and a solvent having at least approximately 5 volume percent pyridine in xylene onto a substrate selected from the group consisting of strontium titanate, barium titanate, and sapphire; pyrolyzing the coated substrate to thermally decompose the neodecanoates at a temperature of about 500.degree. C. followed by a rapid thermal annealing.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine ignition distributor wherein the circumferentially disposed stationary output electrodes carried by the distributor cap are made up of a resistive material having a predetermined resistance value per unit length. The resistive material may be (1) an electrically resistive, resin bonded mixture of metal, carbon and ferrite powders or (2) an electrically resistive, epoxy resin bonded mixture of copper alloy powder, manganese-zinc-ferrite powder and carbon powder.

Abstract: An extremely high output and durable thermoelectric sensor for detecting the quantitative content of combustibles in an exhaust gas. Thick film coatings of lithia-nickel and doped titanium dioxide provide two thermocouple junctions on a ceramic substrate. An exhaust gas oxidation catalyst adjacent one of the junctions provides a junction temperature differential when the ceramic body is exposed to exhaust gas flow. The output difference between the two junctions is proportional to the concentration of residual combustibles in the exhaust gas.

Abstract: A reflective mode liquid crystal cell having an integral self-actuating heater for maintaining a liquid crystal material in the cell above a temperature at which it solidifies. In this cell, the liquid crystal material is disposed between a transparent member, and a member having a nontransparent barium titanate portion. The barium titanate positive temperature coefficient of electrical resistance has a preselected Curie temperature above the temperature at which the liquid crystal material solidifies. A single power source can be used for electro-optic display, and heat generated by current flow through the barium titanate.