Abstract: A method of producing fine, single-phase YAG particles and fine, single-phase YAG phosphor particles. The method includes subjecting yttrium and aluminum solubilized in an aqueous alkaline solution to a heating reaction at not lower than a predetermined temperature to produce the fine single-phase YAG particles having a uniform particle size distribution. The method also includes adding terbium solubilized in an aqueous alkaline solution as an activating element to the solution of yttrium and aluminum and subjecting this solution to a heating section to produce fine single-phase YAG phosphor particles having a uniform particle size distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method in which a hydrolyzed product of tin compound or a soluble stannate is reacted with tin chloride in neutral or alkaline aqueous solution so as to produce fine powder of lead stannate. In accordance with this method, it is possible to obtain fine powder of lead stannate which is high in purity and uniform in particle size.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing fine powders of lead titanate which includes the steps of reacting a water-soluble titanium compound or the hydrolysis product of a titanium compound with a lead compound in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH value not less than 11.2, at a temperature not less than 100.degree. C. to obtain a precipitate of lead titanate fine powder, and then recovering the lead titanate fine powder from the remaining solution.By adjusting the pH and the synthesis temperature at proper values, it is possible to synthesize different forms of lead titanate, including a perovskite structure, a pyrochlore structure, or acicular (needle-like) crystals with a novel crystal phase.The acicular fine lead titanate crystals have an X-ray diffraction peak at 2.theta.=30.71.degree. using a copper target.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing dielectric titanate fine powder having the formula Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x TiO.sub.3 wherein 0<x<1 is disclosed, which includes the steps of preparing a hydrolysis product of an inorganic titanium compound TiO.sub.2.xH.sub.2 O by dissolving the inorganic titanium compound in a neutral or alkaline aqueous solution, reacting the hydrolysis product with a water soluble salt of Ba and a water soluble salt of Sr in an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH no less than 13.0 to thereby obtain the dielectric fine powder having the formula Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x TiO.sub.3 wherein 0<x<1, and filtering the fine powder from the remaining solution.

Abstract: A method of producing bismuth titanate fine powders comprising hydrolysis product of an inorganic titanium compound or water soluble titanium salt, reacting the solution with water soluble bismuth compound in an aqueous alkaline solution having pH value between 14.0 and 14.9, and filtering and washing the resulting precipitates from the solution. Further, a method of producing bismuth titanate fine powder comprising the steps of, preparing an aqueous solution containing hydrolysis product of titanium compound or water soluble titanium salt, reacting the solution with water soluble bismuth compound in an aqueous alkaline solution having pH value between 14.1 and 14.85 at a temperature not lower than 150.degree. C.When the reaction is to be carried out at an ambient pressure, it can be carried at a temperature higher than 50.degree. C. and lower than the boiling point of the solution at the ambient pressure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an amorphous alloy involves thermally treating or annealing the amorphous alloy material at a temperature lower than the crystallization temperature thereof through rotation of the alloy material relative to a magnetic field at a velocity so as to meet the following relationship:R.tau..sub.O =0.5nwhereR is the number of revolutions per minute,.tau..sub.O is an average time required to cause the amorphous alloy material to reach a thermal equilibrium state of induced magnetic anisotropy, andn is an integer of at least 1.The amorphous alloy thus prepared possesses a high permeability and a high saturated magnetic flux so that it is suitable as a soft magnetic core material, such a magnetic heads.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing fine powder of BaZrO.sub.3 is described, in which a zirconium compound is first hydrolyzed. The hydrolyzed zirconium compound is then reacted with a water-soluble barium compound in a strongly alkaline solution having a pH not lower than 13.6.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing dielectric metal titanate MTiO.sub.3 where M represents Ba and Sr is disclosed, which comprises the steps of preparing aqueous alkaline solution containing at least one metal salt selected from the group of barium and strontium and immersing metal titanium into the solution to form the metal titanate MTiO.sub.3 where M is at least one of barium and strontium.Further, there is disclosed a method for manufacturing dielectric metal titanate MTiO.sub.3 where M represents Ba and/or Sr which comprises the steps of preparing aqueous solution containing at least one metal salt selected from the group of barium and strontium, forming a metal titanium layer on a substrate, and immersing the substrate with the metal titanium layer into the solution to convert the metal titanium layer into the dielectric metal titanate MTiO.sub.3 where M is at least one of barium and strontium.

Abstract: A lithium-manganese dioxide cell comprising a cathode composed of manganese dioxide, an anode composed of metal lithium and an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The manganese dioxide having an X-ray diffraction peak in the vicinity of a diffraction crystal lattice distance d=3.60 .ANG. analyzed after discharging in a cell.The manganese dioxide may be prepared by the steps of adding nitric acid to electrolytic manganese (EMD), chemical manganese dioxide (CMD), a product obtained by heat-treatment of EMD or CMD, a product obtained by thermal decomposition of EMD or CMD, or a product by thermal decomposition of manganese nitrate, and heat-treating the resulting mixture.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing fine powder of SrZrO.sub.3 is described in which a hydrolyzate of a Zr compound and an Sr compound are reacted with each other in a strongly alkaline aqueous solution to obtain fine powder of SrZrO.sub.3.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing metal titanate fine powder which is represented as MTiO.sub.3 wherein M is one of Ba, Sr and Ca is disclosed which includes the steps of preparing hydrolyzed compound of titanium compound and reacting the hydrolyzed compound of titanium compound with water soluble metal salt of one of Ba, Sr and Ca in an aqueous alkaline solution having pH not less than 13.

Abstract: Annealing method for an amorphous magnetic alloy including the steps of preparing an amorphous magnetic alloy film, and annealing the amorphous magnetic alloy film at an elevated temperature lower than Curie temperature and crystallization temperature of the amorphous magnetic alloy film under an application of a repetition of alternately applied a first magnetic field and a second magnetic field, in which the first magnetic field is applied along one direction in a major surface of the amorphous magnetic alloy film for a predetermined period, and the second magnetic field is applied along a second direction perpendicular to the one direction in the major surface of the amorphous magnetic alloy film for the predetermined period.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an amorphous magnetic alloy having high permeability comprises the steps of:preparing an amorphous magnetic alloy ribbon having major surfaces;annealing said magnetic alloy ribbon at a temperature lower than the crystallization temperature of said alloy under the application of a first magnetic field in a first direction along said major surface for a period sufficient to induce a magnetic anisotropy in said first direction; andannealing said magnetic alloy ribbon at a temperature lower than the crystallization temperature of said alloy under the application of a second magnetic field in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction along said major surface until the induced magnetic anisotropies in said first and second directions become equal to each other.

Abstract: The amorphous magnetic alloy ribbon for magnetostriction delay lines are prepared by annealing the ribbon having a negative magnetostriction constant at a temperature lower than the crystallization temperature of the alloy under a tension sufficiently enough to support the ribbon substantially straight between the both ends thereof.The ribbon thus prepared permits a decrease in a deviation in a distribution of internal stresses and the propagation speeds of magnetostriction vibration through the ribbon.

Abstract: The slide member is composed of a polymer composite material containing an unsaturated polyester resin, a thermoplastic resin and a granular inorganic filler. The slide member is of a double construction the surface of which is removed so as to expose part of the surface of the inorganic filler.The slide member thus constructed has particularly a favorable tape travelling property because it has a low friction coefficient, as well as the favorable properties inherent in the polymer composite material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high permeability amorphous magnetic alloy is disclosed. In the method amorphous magnetic alloy ribbon prepared by quenching a melt of raw material is annealed at an elevated temperature lower than a crystallization temperature of the alloy, in a magnetic field. During the annealing, the alloy ribbon and the direction of the magnetic field are relatively rotated with each other. The method is especially useful to an amorphous magnetic alloy having high saturation magnetic induction where the magnetic Curie temperature of the alloy usually exceeds the crystallization temperature of the alloy.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an high permeability amorphous magnetic alloy is disclosed. In the method, an amorphous alloy ribbon is annealed at an elevated temperature T(.degree.K.) satisfying the relation 0.95.times.Tc (.degree.K.).ltoreq.T(.degree.K.)<Tcry(.degree.K.) where Tc is a magnetic Curie temperature and Tcry is a crystallization temperature of the alloy. Then the ribbon is quenched to a room temperature from the elevated temperature. The quenched amorphous alloy ribbon is again annealed at a temperature between 100.degree. C. and 250.degree. C. By the method, the amorphous magnetic alloy shows a high permeability over a wide frequency range and flat frequency response characteristics of permeability over a wide frequency range.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an amorphous alloy in which a molten mixture of raw materials making up the amorphous alloy is first prepared, and then introduced between a pair of oppositely rotating rolls where the molten material is rolled and quenched into a film. The conditions under which the rolling and quenching occur are carried out under the following conditions: ##EQU1## where: Y is the roll pressure per unit width of the film in metric tons per centimeter,C.sub.o is a constant determined by Young's modulus and the thermal conductivity of the material of the rolls,A is the rotational speed of the rolls in r.p.m.,R is the diameter of the rolls in centimeters,X is the thickness of the film in microns,T.sub.cry is the crystallization temperature of the amorphous alloy in .degree.C.,T is the temperature of the rolls in .degree.C., and where ##EQU2## where the rolls have the diameters of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 centimeters, respectively.

Abstract: An amorphous magnetic alloy consists of 2 to 20 at % (atomic percent) of ruthenium atoms; 10 to 30 at % of atoms of at least one amorphous forming element selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, carbon, silicon, boron and germanium; and iron atoms as the predominant component of the balance.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an amorphous alloy in which there is provided an acidic plating bath consisting predominantly of divalent iron ions and a source of hypophosphite ions, and electroplating from such a bath to produce a plated layer of an amorphous alloy consisting predominantly of iron and phosphorous.