Abstract: A container containing a cobalt carbonyl complex and a gas that contains carbon monoxide, and a cobalt carbonyl complex composition comprising a cobalt carbonyl complex and a solvent, wherein the concentration of carbon monoxide dissolved in the solvent is 0.001 to 1 wt %. Since the cobalt carbonyl complex contained in the above container or the above composition can retain its sublimation properties for a long time without being converted into a stable complex, when a cobalt film is formed by chemical vapor deposition using the container and the composition, a high-quality film can be formed by a simple process, and the production cost of the cobalt film can be reduced due to high use efficiency of the precursor.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting oxidation of a porous carbon-carbon composite is disclosed and comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the carbon-carbon composite with an oxidation inhibiting composition comprising phosphoric acid or an acid phosphate salt, at least one aluminum salt, and at least one additional metal salt, the oxidation inhibiting composition penetrating at least some of the pores of the carbon-carbon composite; and (b) heating the carbon-carbon composite at a temperature sufficient to form a deposit from the oxidation inhibiting composition within at least some of the penetrated pores of the carbon-carbon composite. The foregoing oxidation inhibiting composition and carbon-carbon composites treated by the foregoing method are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvement in alloy powder particles or wires used as a source material in atmospheric plasma spray and wire arc spray to reduce the amount of oxides on the thermal-sprayed coating. The alloy particles and the wire of the present invention 1 are doped with at least an element to be oxidized and evaporated preferentially as compared to the major alloy elements on the particle surface during flight by spraying.

Abstract: A metal oxide nanoporous material comprises two or more kinds of first metal oxides selected from the group consisting of alumina, zirconia, titania, iron oxide, rare-earth oxides, alkali metal oxides and alkaline-earth metal oxides. The metal oxide nanoporous material has nanopores, each with a diameter of 10 nm or smaller, in which the metal oxides are dispersed homogeneously in the wall forming the nanopores.

Abstract: A composition for a protective layer of a plasma display panel includes a metal oxide powder containing a metal selected from Mg, Cu, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Mn, Fe, Al, Ti, Zr, Sn, Ce and combinations thereof, a dispersing agent, and a solvent selected from nitrile compounds, tertiary alkyl acetates, alkylene glycol alkyl ethers, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran and combinations thereof. Also, a plasma display panel includes a protective layer formed of the composition for a protective layer, and a manufacturing method thereof.

Abstract: A moldable matrix comprises a mixture of magnesium chloride, magnesium oxide, sodium hexametaphosphate, and/or sodium pyrophosphate. The matrix can be used as an environmentally-friendly substitute to conventional construction material such as plastics and woods.

Abstract: A paint composition comprising white alumina, in particular white corundum, more particularly white fused corundum having a median particle size of at least 5.5 micrometers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to (interference) pigments comprising a plate-like substrate, a layer of SnO2, and/or a layer of a metaloxide, which is selected from Fe2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and/or HfO2, said layer(s) being doped with Mo and/or W, or pigments comprising a plate-like substrate, a layer of a metal oxide, which is selected from Fe2O3, TiO2, ZrO2 and/or HfO2, said layer(s) being doped with Nb and/or Ta, a method of producing the (interference) pigments and their use in paints, ink-jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings, printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass. The pigments of the present invention have very bright color and show color flop.

Abstract: A synthetic glass family in the quaternary phase field of CaO—SiO2-Al2O3-MgO (CSAM) with hydraulic and pozzolanic properties for use in differing applications in the gas and oil well cementing area. A method of making a mud-to-cement (MTC) slurry and a method for treating oil and gas wells with the MTC slurry containing a homogenous amorphous synthetic glass made from a mixture of inorganic materials selected from the group consisting of CSAM, wherein the cementing glasses with the mixture of inorganic materials are in a 100% amorphous phase with a degree of crystallization of zero.

Abstract: A sealing material for a honeycomb structure includes inorganic fibers, inorganic particles, and an ion adsorbent. The inorganic fibers include a biosoluble inorganic compound. The ion adsorbent is in an amount of about 0.1% by weight or more.

Abstract: Metal alloys having low electrical and thermal conductivity including relatively large fractions of P-Group element additions. The P-Group elements may be selected from the group including phosphorous, carbon, boron, and silicon. The resultant alloys do not exhibit significantly increased brittleness, and are applied as a coating that provides a metallic thermal barrier coating.

Abstract: A surface covering composition of abrasion resistant character adapted for disposition in overlying bonded relation to a metal substrate. The surface covering composition includes metal carbide particles within a metal matrix at a packing factor of not less than about 0.6. Not less than about 40 percent by weight of the metal carbide particles are characterized by an effective diameter in the range of +14-32 mesh prior to introduction to the metal matrix. Not less than about 3 percent by weight of the metal carbide particles are characterized by an effective diameter of +60 mesh prior to introduction to the metal matrix.

Abstract: The hydrophilizing agent of the present invention includes titanium oxide particles, tungsten oxide particles, phosphoric acid (salt) and dispersion medium, and the molar ratio of the phosphoric acid (salt) to the titanium oxide is from 0.001 to 0.2. In a producing method of such a hydrophilizing agent, titanium oxide particles are dispersed in dispersion medium containing phosphoric acid (salt) dissolved, and the obtained titanium oxide particle dispersion is mixed with the tungsten oxide particles.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe paint for application to an exhaust pipe base includes an inorganic glass particle, an inorganic particle, and at least one of an inorganic binder and a precursor of the inorganic binder. The inorganic binder partially softens at a softening temperature of the inorganic glass particle.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe paint for application to an exhaust pipe base includes an inorganic glass particle, an inorganic particle, and at least one of an inorganic binder and an inorganic binder precursor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material composition that is used for producing a coating for a component, especially a turbine component, which is made of a metallic basic material, i.e. a metal or a metal alloy. Said material composition comprises a matrix material for forming a basic coating matrix and at least one filler for adjusting desired coating proportions or coating characteristics. The matrix material can be provided especially with basic glass ceramic properties. The inventive material composition is characterized in that the matrix material and/or the filler contains nanoparticles.

Abstract: An oxidatively carbonatable composition, a paste for forming an oxidatively carbonated composition, an oxidatively carbonated composition, methods of making an oxidatively carbonated composition, and articles formed from an oxidatively carbonated composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating metallic surfaces with a composition containing silane/silanol/siloxane/polysiloxane, wherein, in addition to a) at least one compound selected from silanes, silanols, siloxanes and polysiloxanes, b) at least one compound containing titanium, hafnium, zirconium, aluminium and/or boron, and c) at least one type of cation selected from cations of metals of subgroups 1 to 3 and 5 to 8, including lanthanides, and of main group 2 of the periodic table of the elements, and/or at least one corresponding compound, the composition contains at least one substance d) selected from: d1) silicon-free compounds having at least one amino, urea and/or ureido group in each case, d2) anions of nitrite and/or compounds having at least one nitro group, d3) compounds based on peroxide, and d4) phosphorus-containing compounds, anions of at least one phosphate and/or anions of at least one phosphonate, as well as e) water, and f) optionally also at least one organic solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating for a device for forming glass products, comprising: a first quasicrystalline or approximant or amorphous metallic phase; and a second phase composed of a eutectic alloy having a melting point between 950 and 1150° C. and having a nominal hardness between 30 and 65 HRc; a mould for manufacturing hollow glass products that is provided with this coating; equipment for forming glass in sheets or plates that is provided with this coating; a material constituting this coating; a premixed or prealloyed powder, or a flexible cord or cored-wire that makes it possible to obtain this coating; a thermal spraying process for obtaining this coating.

Abstract: The invention relates to a material for coating a surface by means of at least partial thermal phase change, comprising a first component with several metal ingredients to form a matrix, ans a second component to form a hard phase embedded in the matrix, wherein the first component, based on the total weight thereof, has a fraction of at least about 40% nickel and the second component is a fraction based on the total weight of the material between about 20% and about 80% and the first component, based on the total weight thereof, has a fraction of at least about 10%, in particular, at least about 20% of a further metal from the group of copper or iron.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide methods of boronizing titanium and other metals and metal alloys. The method proceeds, in an embodiment of the disclosed technology, by using a boron source, and placing it in a heated environment, followed by a reduced pressure environment, as is described in the disclosure. In a solid phase embodiment of the disclosure, boronized stainless steel alloys are produced having zero galling at 17,000 psi.

Abstract: The glass composition for a dye-sensitized solar cell of the present invention is characterized by including, as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 60 to 87% of Bi2O3, 3 to 12% of B2O3, 0 to 20% of ZnO, and 0.5 to 10% of SiO2+Al2O3+ZrO2.

Abstract: The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet product having a superior corrosion resistance, annealing resistance, film tension, and the like in insulating treatment based on a phosphate not containing chromium and a treatment agent for the same, so provides grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having an insulating film not containing chromium characterized by the insulating film containing a phosphate and one or more compounds selected from inorganic compounds of Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Sr, and Mo in an amount, as metal elements, of 0.06 to 2.10 moles per mole of phosphate, and an insulating film agent of the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating surfaces with a composition comprising nanocrystalline titanium dioxide. The composition can be used in powder form or as a thixotropic aqueous solution. After physical removal, such as rinsing or wiping, the composition remains on the surface, forming a photocatalytic and/or dirt repellent layer on top of the treated surface.

Abstract: A pearlescent pigment, wherein the pigment is an inorganic material and the color of a homogeneous coating of the pigment, measured over a black background has a CIELAB hue angle, hab, from about 40 to about 320 degrees, wherein L* is from about 35 to about 80, and the chroma value is less than 5. A substrate is coated with iron oxide by oxidizing an iron salt to form a pigment. The pigment may be made by a process of coating iron oxide on a substrate by oxidizing an iron salt. During the coating of the iron oxide, the pH of the mixture is increased. The coating formed has a Fe(III)/Fe(II) ratio of greater than 2. The pigments may be used in a variety of applications including coating, ink, plastic, and cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: The alkoxide compound of the present invention is represented by general formula (I) below. The alkoxide compound of the present invention is an iron compound that can be delivered in a liquid state and is easily vaporized due to its high vapor pressure. The compound particularly enables production of thin films with excellent composition controllability, and hence is suitable for producing multi-component thin films by CVD. (In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or C1-4 alkyl group, R3 and R4 each represent a C1-4 alkyl group, and A represents a C1-8 alkanediyl group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antioxidation coating for steel. In one example, the coating is produced by mixing magnesian mineral, layered silicate, metallurgical solid waste, aluminum powder, organic thickener and inorganic binder including the components of Al2O3, SiO2, MgO, CaO, Fe2O3 or the like with water, and the final coating density is adjusted to 1,100˜1,500 kg/m3 by adding water.

Abstract: A protective coating system includes a nickel-aluminum-zirconium alloy coating having at least one phase selected from gamma phase nickel, gamma prime phase nickel-aluminum, or beta phase nickel-aluminum in combination with the gamma phase nickel or the gamma prime phase nickel-aluminum. For example, the nickel-aluminum-zirconium alloy coating includes about 0.001 wt % to 0.2 wt % zirconium.

Abstract: A protecting layer is formed of a magnesium oxide and at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of a copper component selected from copper and a copper oxide, a nickel component selected from nickel and a nickel oxide, a cobalt component selected from cobalt and a cobalt oxide, and an iron component selected from iron and an iron oxide; a composite for forming the protecting layer; a method of forming the protecting layer; and a plasma display panel including the protecting layer. The protecting layer, which is used in a PDP, protects an electrode and a dielectric layer from a plasma ion generated by a gaseous mixture of Ne and Xe, or He, Ne, and Xe, and discharge delay time and dependency of the discharge delay time on temperature can be decreased and sputtering resistance can be increased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate provided with a mechanically resistant, long-lasting coating, and suitable for being handled by a user. Said substrate is characterised in that the coating comprises a first photocatalytic compound which is intimately associated with a second compound containing an energy jump between the upper level of the valence band thereof and the lower level of the conductive band thereof, corresponding to a wavelength in the visible field. The invention also relates to a glazing comprising said substrate, to the applications of the inventive substrate, and to the methods for the production thereof.

Abstract: There are provided a coating composition for siliconizing, and a method for manufacturing a high silicon electrical steel sheet using the same. The coating composition includes: a Fe—Si-based composite compound sintered powder having a grain size of ?325 mesh and containing 20-70% silicon by weight; and a colloidal silica solution containing 15-30 part by weight of silica solid matter with respect to 100 part by weight of the sintered powder.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antioxidation coating for steel. In one example, the coating is produced by mixing magnesian mineral, layered silicate, metallurgical solid waste, aluminum powder, organic thickener and inorganic binder including the components of Al2O3, SiO2, MgO, CaO, Fe2O3 or the like with water, and the final coating density is adjusted to 1,100-1,500 kg/m3 by adding water.

Abstract: An inorganic binder for the production of ceramic, glass ceramic and other mineral materials and composite materials comprises at least one inorganic compound having a mean particle size of <100 nm and at least one solvent. The inorganic compounds are preferably compounds selected from the group consisting of the chalcogenides, the carbides and/or the nitrides. Further preference is given to the mean particle size being <50 nm, in particular <25 nm. The solvent is, in particular, a polar solvent, especially water.

Abstract: A composition for the manufacture of an opaque silvery coating on a glass surface is provided. The composition comprises a mixture of at least two metal powders. The metal powder mixture contains carbonyl iron and aluminum, and a carrier liquid for forming a suspension of the metal powder mixture. A method for manufacturing an opaque silvery coating for a lamp having a glass envelope is also provided. In the method, a suspension comprising a mixture of carbonyl iron and aluminum powders in a carrier liquid is applied onto the envelope of the lamp. The suspension is dried, and thereafter the composition remaining from the suspension is burned at a temperature above 500° C. A lamp with a glass envelope and a single layer opaque coating covering at least a part of the glass envelope is also disclosed. The opaque coating comprises 50 to 80 weight % carbonyl iron and 20 to 50 weight % elementary aluminum.

Abstract: The erosion-prone sections of the tubes in a circulating fluidized bed boiler are provided with a locally thickened sidewall without forming discontinuities on the outer surface of the tubes. This can be accomplished, for example, by replacing the erosion prone portion of the tube with a section having a smaller inside diameter, but the same outside diameter, or by replacing the erosion prone portion of the tube with a section having a thicker sidewall, but the same inside diameter, and smoothing over the outside discontinuity with an alloy coating. A useful alloy coating is also disclosed which can be used for this and other applications.

Abstract: This invention relates to a single- or multilayer, oriented film formed from polyester and at least one inorganic black pigment. The inventive films include at least one layer which has, alongside polyester, an amount of from 0.5 to 75% by weight of particles incorporating iron oxide as black pigment.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process for making a metal oxide composition. The present invention also relates to a process for making a coated metal oxide substrate.

Abstract: Methods of making a metallic or cerment coating include suspending solid fine metal or cerment particles in a liquid to form a liquid feedstock and injecting the liquid feedstock into an high-velocity oxygen fuel flame gun to thermally spray the liquid feedstock on a substrate to form a coating thereon.

Abstract: A composition for the manufacture of an opaque silvery coating on a glass surface is provided. The composition comprises a mixture of at least two metal powders. The metal powder mixture contains carbonyl iron and aluminum, and a carrier liquid for forming a suspension of the metal powder mixture. A method for manufacturing an opaque silvery coating for a lamp having a glass envelope is also provided. In the method, a suspension comprising a mixture of carbonyl iron and aluminum powders in a carrier liquid is applied onto the envelope of the lamp. The suspension is dried, and thereafter the composition remaining from the suspension is burned at a temperature above 500° C. A lamp with a glass envelope and a single layer opaque coating covering at least a part of the glass envelope is also disclosed. The opaque coating comprises 50 to 80 weight % carbonyl iron and 20 to 50 weight % elementary aluminum.

Abstract: Erosion resistant coating processes and material improvements for line-of-sight applications. The erosion resistant coating composition includes nanostructured grains of tungsten carbide (WC) and/or submicron sized grains of WC embedded into a cobalt chromium (CoCr) binder matrix. A high velocity air fuel thermal spray process (HVAF) is used to create thick coatings in excess of about 500 microns with high percentages of primary carbide for longer life better erosion resistant coatings. These materials and processes are especially suited for hydroelectric turbine components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal spraying powder capable of reliably allowing the achievement of a thermal sprayed coating having superior characteristics. A thermal spraying powder according to a first embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, cobalt, and chromium in the thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight. The primary crystal phase of the thermal spraying powder is multi-element ceramics containing at least one of cobalt and chromium along with molybdenum and boron. A thermal spraying powder according to a second embodiment of the invention includes a predetermined amount of each of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium. The total content of molybdenum, boron, nickel, and chromium in this thermal spraying powder is no less than 95% by weight.

Abstract: Bright noble metal preparations for the production of bright noble metal decoration contain at least one noble metal compound and at least one non-noble metal as flux dissolved in a carrier medium. Preparations according to the invention, which are stoved at 1050 to 1300° C., contain as flux at least one cobalt compound in a quantity of 0.3 to 1.0 wt. %, calculated as CoO, and a chromium compound in a quantity of 0.2 to 0.7 wt. %, calculated as Cr2O3. The ratio by weight of Cr2O3 to CoO is in the range from 1.0-2.3.

Abstract: A glass coated with a heat reflecting colored film, which is excellent in the uniformity of the film thickness and composition, which is free from a unfavorable whitish coloration in ceramic color printing and which is excellent in a silver print coloration, is presented. A glass coated with a heat reflecting colored film, obtained by heat treatment of a glass having a first layer containing iron oxide, chromium oxide and nickel oxide and a second layer containing cobalt oxide, laminated sequentially by a sputtering method, on one side of a glass substrate.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for destroying biological agents such as toxins and bacteria are provided wherein the substance to be destroyed is contacted with finely divided metal oxide or hydroxide nanocrystals. In various embodiments, the metal oxide or metal hydroxide nanocrystals have reactive atoms stabilized on their surfaces, species adsorbed on their surfaces, or are coated with a second metal oxide. The desired metal oxide or metal hydroxide nanocrystals can be pressed into pellets for use when a powder is not feasible. Preferred metal oxides for the methods include MgO, SrO, BaO, CaO, TiO2, ZrO2, FeO, V2O3, V2O5, Mn2O3, Fe2O3, NiO, CuO, Al2O3, SiO2, ZnO, Ag2O, [Ce(NO3)3—Cu(NO3)2]TiO2, Mg(OH)2, Ca(OH)2, Al(OH)3, Sr(OH)2, Ba(OH)2, Fe(OH)3, Cu(OH)3, Ni(OH)2, Co(OH)2, Zn(OH)2, AgOH, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Coating foundry sand with a thin layer of an oxidation-promoting catalyst. Preferred catalysts comprise ferric and cupric oxides. The catalysts promote the oxidation of any polymeric binder or residues admixed with the sand. The sand is coated by wetting the grains with a solution of a catalyst precursor, drying the sand and baking the sand in air to convert the precursor to the catalyst.

Abstract: Improved emission coating formulation, an electrode blank having the emission coating thereon, the electrode resulting from firing such a coated electrode blank, and the gas discharge electric devices utilizing such fired electrodes are claimed wherein the improvement is in the incorporation of iron oxide and/or cobalt oxide (a) into the emission coating formulation, (b) having a separate iron oxide and/or cobalt oxide coating layer on the electrode blank, or (c) firing the electrode blank with iron oxide and/or cobalt oxide being placed in the immediate environment of the coated electrode blank prior to firing the electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a metal sulphide coating composition of the formula MXSiVRYSZFW where M is one or more metals selected from: Mo, Ti, W, Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf; Si is silicon; R is one or more elements selected from: C, B, Al, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Sm, Au, Cu, Zn, Sn, Pb, N, H, and O; S is sulphur; F is fluorine; X is 0.2 to 1.5; V is 0.02 to 3; Y is 0 to 4; Z is 0.2 to 6; and W is 0.01 to 6, and in which X, Y, Z, V, and W are given in amounts by atomic ratio. The compositions show good non-stick properties, low hydrophilia, and high stability.

Abstract: Improved mud additive compositions are provided which are especially formulated to control hole enlargement due to salt bed erosion during drilling, and to assist in solubilization of deposited salt during well operations. The compositions include a first ingredient such as sodium or potassium ferrocyanide and mixtures thereof, and a second ingredient such as the a phosphonic acid, alkali or alkaline earth metal phosphonic acid salts, or mixtures thereof. The first ingredient is generally present at a level of from about 50-95% by weight in the particulate, dilutable form of the invention, whereas the second ingredient is present at a level of from about 5-50% by weight. The compositions hereof may be added to drilling mud during drilling operations or to fresh water for removing salt depositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous composition comprising of a single compound of a ferrosoferric salt as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Inorganic resin compositions comprising, in combination, an aqueous solution of metal phosphate, an oxy-boron compound, a wollastonite compound and other optional additives, inorganic composite articles and products reinforced by fillers and fibers including glass fibers obtained from these compositions and processes for preparing said products.