Abstract: The silicon carbide powder is a powder of silicon carbide having an ?-type crystal system, where the number of small corner portions among corner portions on a surface of a primary particle of silicon carbide constituting the powder of silicon carbide is 2.5 or less per one primary particle. The small corner portion is a corner portion, among corner portions present in a contour of the primary particle in a projection image of the primary particle, where twice a curvature radius of the corner portion is 1/5 or less of a Heywood diameter of the projection image of the primary particle.

Abstract: There is provided a silicon carbide powder having a small mean particle diameter and a narrow particle diameter distribution width. A silicon carbide powder is a powder of silicon carbide (SiC) having an ?-type crystal form and has a mean particle diameter of 300 nm or less. In the silicon carbide powder, a ratio D90/D10 between a particle diameter D10 and a particle diameter D90 is 4 or less, the particle diameter D10 being a particle diameter at which the cumulative particle volume from the small particle diameter side in a volume-based cumulative particle diameter distribution reaches 10% of the total particle volume and the particle diameter D90 being a particle diameter at which the cumulative particle volume from the small particle diameter side in the volume-based cumulative particle diameter distribution reaches 90% of the total particle volume.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ceramic powder having low bulkiness and good dispersibility. In the ceramic powder, the volume ratio of aggregated particles having a particle diameter larger than a reference particle diameter is 35 vol. % or more and the volume ratio when ultrasonic dispersion treatment for 10 minutes at an oscillation frequency of 19.5 kHz and an output power of 10 W is applied is 4 vol. % or less. The reference particle diameter is a particle diameter equivalent to a cumulative 0.1 vol. % diameter from the large diameter side when the ceramic powder is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion treatment for 3 minutes at an oscillation frequency of 19.5 kHz and an output power of 150 W.

Abstract: There are provided a filler capable of increasing the thermal conductivity of a molded body of a resin composition obtained by being blended in resins, such as plastics, curable resins, or rubbers, and a molded body and a heat dissipating material having high thermal conductivity. A resin composition containing a filler and a resin is molded to give a molded body, and a heat dissipating material is obtained from the molded body. The filler contains secondary particles which are sintered bodies of powder containing primary particles of ceramic. The filler has a specific surface area measured by the BET method of 0.25 m2/g or less and granule strength measured by a microcompression test of 45 MPa or more.

Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic capacitor including: a capacitor element including an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a cathode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer; lead terminals each connected to the anode body and the cathode layer; and a packaging member covering at least part of the capacitor element. The packaging member includes a side wall that is electrically conductive, and a bottom face, with at least one of the lead terminals partially exposed from the bottom face. An insulating member is interposed between a first end of the side wall and the lead terminal exposed from the bottom face, the first end being near the bottom face.

Abstract: To provide a ceramic powder having low bulkiness and good dispersibility. In the ceramic powder, the volume ratio of aggregated particles having a particle diameter larger than a reference particle diameter is 35 vol. % or more and the volume ratio when ultrasonic dispersion treatment for 10 minutes at an oscillation frequency of 19.5 kHz and an output power of 10 W is applied is 4 vol. % or less. The reference particle diameter is a particle diameter equivalent to a cumulative 0.1 vol. % diameter from the large diameter side when the ceramic powder is subjected to ultrasonic dispersion treatment for 3 minutes at an oscillation frequency of 19.5 kHz and an output power of 150 W.

Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic capacitor including: a capacitor element including an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a cathode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer; lead terminals each connected to the anode body and the cathode layer; and a packaging member covering at least part of the capacitor element. The packaging member includes a side wall that is electrically conductive, and a bottom face, with at least one of the lead terminals partially exposed from the bottom face. An insulating member is interposed between a first end of the side wall and the lead terminal exposed from the bottom face, the first end being near the bottom face.

Abstract: A gas sensor, characterized by having an electrode formed of a conductive oxide sintered body which contains a primary phase formed of a perovskite oxide containing at least La, Fe, and Ni; and a secondary phase formed of an La4M3O10 phase or an La3M2O7 phase (M=Co, Fe, Ni), wherein the conductive oxide sintered body has a conductivity of 300 S/cm or higher at room temperature.

Abstract: A gas sensor including a conductive oxide sintered body, the sintered body including a crystal phase having a perovskite-type oxide crystal structure represented by a compositional formula: REaCubFecNidOx wherein RE represents a rare earth element, wherein the following conditions: a+b+c+d=1 and 1.25?x?1.75 are satisfied, and wherein a, b, c, and d satisfy the following conditions: 0.375?a?0.524; 0.050<b?0.200; 0.025?c?0.250; and 0.150?d?0.350. Also disclosed is a conductive oxide sintered body, a wiring board including a conductor layer formed of the conductive oxide sintered body and a gas sensor including an electrode formed of the conductive oxide sintered body.

Abstract: A gas sensor, characterized by having an electrode formed of a conductive oxide sintered body which contains a primary phase formed of a perovskite oxide containing at least La, Fe, and Ni; and a secondary phase formed of an La4M3O10 phase or an La3M2O7 phase (M=Co, Fe, Ni), wherein the conductive oxide sintered body has a conductivity of 300 S/cm or higher at room temperature.

Abstract: A packaging material for a power storage device, including: a metal foil layer; a coating layer formed on a first surface of the metal foil layer; an anti-corrosion treatment layer formed on a second surface of the metal foil layer; an adhesive layer formed on the anti-corrosion treatment layer; and a sealant layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the coating layer contains at least one material selected from a group consisting of a fluorine-based resin, a polyester resin, and a polyurethane resin, and the coating layer contains 1 to 30 mass % of a pigment.

Abstract: A gas sensor including a conductive oxide sintered body, the sintered body including a crystal phase having a perovskite-type oxide crystal structure represented by a compositional formula: REaCubFecNidOx wherein RE represents a rare earth element, wherein the following conditions: a+b+c+d=1 and 1.25?x?1.75 are satisfied, and wherein a, b, c, and d satisfy the following conditions: 0.375?a?0.524; 0.050<b?0.200; 0.025?c?0.250; and 0.150?d?0.350. Also disclosed is a conductive oxide sintered body, a wiring board including a conductor layer formed of the conductive oxide sintered body and a gas sensor including an electrode formed of the conductive oxide sintered body.

Abstract: A photosensitive material processing machine for processing a photosensitive material with a processing solution. The machine includes: a processing rack for forming a conveyance path of the photosensitive material in the processing solution; a conveyance roller, which is disposed in the processing rack, for conveying the photosensitive material; a sheet-shaped guide member for slidablly supporting the photosensitive material, in which the guide member is disposed in the processing rack so that the surface faces to the circumferential surface of the conveyance roller; a guide support member, which is disposed at the upper portion or the bottom portion of the processing rack, for supporting the guide member; and a driving means for driving the conveyance roller. In such the machine, the photosensitive material is conveyed by the conveyance roller as the photosensitive material being nipped between the conveyance roller and the guide member.