Abstract: According to an embodiment, a thermoelectric conversion material is made of a polycrystalline material which is represented by a composition formula (1) shown below and has a MgAgAs type crystal structure. The polycrystalline material includes a MgAgAs type crystal grain having regions of different Ti concentrations. (AaTib)cDdXe??Composition formula (1) wherein 0.2?a?0.7, 0.3?b?0.8, a+b=1, 0.93?c?1.08, and 0.93?e?1.08 hold when d=1; A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf, D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, and Fe, and X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn and Sb.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a thermoelectric conversion material made of a polycrystalline material represented by a composition formula (1) shown below and having an MgAgAs type crystal structure is provided. An insulating coat is provided on at least one surface of the polycrystalline material. General formula: (Aa1Tib1)xDyX100-x-y??Composition formula (1) In the composition formula (1) shown above, 0.2?a1?0.7, 0.3?b1?0.8, a1+b1=1, 30?x?35, and 30?y?35 hold. A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf, D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of of Ni, Co, and Fe, and X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sn and Sb.

Abstract: A solid scintillator in an embodiment includes a polycrystal body of an oxide having a garnet structure. In the solid scintillator, a linear transmittance at a wavelength of 680 nm is 10% or more. The oxide constituting the solid scintillator has a composition represented by, for Example, General formula: (Gd1??????Tb?Lu?Ce?)3(Al1?xGax)aOb, wherein 0<??0.55, 0<??0.55, 0.0001???0.1, ?+?+?<1, 0<x<1, 4.8?a?5.2, 11.6?b?12.4.

Abstract: A magnetic sheet of an embodiment includes a laminate of a plurality of magnetic thin plates. The laminate constituting the magnetic sheet includes a first magnetic thin plate and a second magnetic thin plate different in kind from the first magnetic thin plate. The first magnetic thin plate has a magnetostriction constant exceeding 5 ppm in an absolute value, and the second magnetic thin plate has a magnetostriction constant of 5 ppm or less in an absolute value. Alternatively, the first magnetic thin plate has a thickness of from 50 to 300 ?m, and the second magnetic thin plate has a thickness of from 10 to 30 ?m.

Abstract: A magnetic sheet 1 of an embodiment includes a stack of a plurality of magnetic thin strips and resin film parts. The stack includes from 5 to 25 pieces of the magnetic thin strips. The magnetic thin strips are provided with cutout portions each having a width of 1 mm or less (including 0 (zero)). A ratio (B/A) of a total length B of the cutout portions provided to the magnetic thin strip to a total outer peripheral length A of an outer peripheral area of the magnetic thin strip arranged on one of the resin film parts is in a range of from 2 to 25.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a solid state scintillator material includes a composition represented by a general formula: (Gd1-?-?-?TB?Lu?Ce?)3(Al1-xGax)aOb, where ? and ? are numbers satisfying 0<??0.5, 0<??0.5, and ?+??0.85, ? is a number satisfying 0.0001???0.1, x is a number satisfying 0<x<1, a is a number satisfying 4.8?a?5.2 and b is a number satisfying 11.6?b?12.4 (atomic ratio), and a garnet structure.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture processing system that includes a signal transmission unit for generating and radiating a plurality of chirp waves to an irradiation region from measuring sites, a signal reception unit for receiving a plurality of reflected waves caused by the plurality of chirp waves, a range compression unit for range-compressing each of the reflected waves and generating reception data consisting of sinc functions, a cross-correlation computation unit for, based on a plurality of model data segments, calculating correlation values representing a degree of correlation between each of the model data segments and the reception data, and image output unit for outputting the correlation values calculated by cross-correlation computation unit.

Abstract: It is an object to maintain a processing speed while increasing accuracy of a sonar image. Disclosed is a phased-array synthetic-aperture sonar system, including: a plurality of phased array processors (9) which perform, in parallel, phased array processing for a plurality of incoming data; a phased array distribution device (8) which distributes each simultaneously incoming data to the plurality of phased array processors (9), the incoming data being input from a plurality of receivers disposed in a platform; a synthetic aperture processor (11) which performs synthetic aperture processing by using a plurality of phased array processing results; and a data-shaping buffer device (10) which transfers the phased array processing results output from the plurality of phased array processors (9) to the synthetic aperture processor (11) in the order of receipt of the incoming data.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a solid state scintillator material includes a composition represented by a general formula: (Gd1-?-?-?TB?Lu?Ce?)3(Al1-xGax)aOb, where ? and ? are numbers satisfying 0<??0.5, 0<??0.5, and ?+??0.85, ? is a number satisfying 0.0001???0.1, x is a number satisfying 0<x<1, a is a number satisfying 4.8?a?5.2 and b is a number satisfying 11.6?b?12.4 (atomic ratio), and a garnet structure.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture processing system 10 includes a signal transmission unit 12 for generating a plurality of chirp waves and radiating the plurality of chirp waves to an irradiation region from a plurality of measuring sites, a signal reception unit 14 for receiving a plurality of reflected waves caused by the plurality of chirp waves radiated from the signal transmission unit 12, a range compression unit 15 for range-compressing each of the reflected waves received by the signal reception unit 14 and generating reception data consisting of a plurality of sinc functions, a cross-correlation computation unit 18 for, based on a plurality of model data segments consisting of a plurality of sinc functions obtained by range-compression of ideal reception waves caused by the reflection of the frequency-modulated waves at a plurality of predetermined sites in the irradiation region and the reception data generated by the range compression unit 15, calculating correlation values representing a degree of correlation

Abstract: An electrode material includes an alloy having a Gd3Ni8Sn16 type crystal structure.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an intermetallic compound having an La3Co2Sn7 type crystal structure of which alkaline-earth metal atoms occupy La sites. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of methyl ethyl carbonate and dimethyl carbonate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an alloy having a CeNiSi2 type crystal structure.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a case, a nonaqueous electrolyte provided in the case, a positive electrode provided in the case and capable of absorbing-releasing Li, and a negative electrode provided in the case and containing an alloy that has a La3Co2Sn7 type crystal structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCu5 type structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of AB2 type is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below: R1-a-bMgaTbNiZ-X-Y-?M1XM2YMn???(1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCu5 type structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of AB2 type is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below: R1-a-bMgaTbNiZ-X-Y-?M1XM2YMn?.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCu5 type structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of AB2 type is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below: R1-a-bMgaTbNiZ-X-Y-?M1XM2YMn???(1)

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen absorbing alloy containing as a principal phase at least one phase selected from the group consisting of a second phase having a rhombohedral crystal structure and a first phase having a crystal structure of a hexagonal system excluding a phase having a CaCu5 type structure, wherein a content of a phase having a crystal structure of AB2 type is not higher than 10% by volume including 0% by volume and the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a composition represented by general formula (1) given below: R1-a-bMgaTbNiZ-X-Y-?M1XM2YMn???(1)

Abstract: The present information comprises the stages of: applying frequency analysis to positional information on a platform, generating virtual positional information on the platform based on a frequency analysis result; extracting a signal based on the generated virtual positional information; and performing a synthetic aperture processing based on the extracted signal, and in this manner, even if the positional information lacking in precision and inaccurate is used, the shake compensation of the platform in the synthetic aperture processing system can be effectively performed.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains an intermetallic compound having an La3Co2Sn7 type crystal structure of which alkaline-earth metal atoms occupy La sites. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of methyl ethyl carbonate and dimethyl carbonate.