Abstract: A pyrometallurgical refining process for obtaining one or both of zinc and lead from a sulfide concentrate, in which an iron-silicate slag or iron-silicate slag containing lime is formed and the sulfide concentrate, incombustible materials, and flux, together with at least one of industrial oxygen, oxygen-enriched air, or air, are blown into the slag to cause a reaction; as a result of the reaction, the major part of the zinc and part of the lead in the sulfide concentrate and the incombustible materials are dissolved in the slag, to arrange the slag and a matte and/or metal from one part of the lead in the raw material. A reducing agent such as heavy oil, pulverized coal, powdered coke, or the like is blown through the resulting slag, and the zinc and the lead in the slag are volatilized then condensed to obtain molten zinc and molten lead.

Abstract: A method for operation of a flash smelting furnace comprising a reaction shaft, a settler connected at one end thereof to the lower portion of the reaction shaft and having a slag discharge port and a matte discharge port disposed on the side thereof, an uptake connected to the other end of the settler and at least one concentrate burner disposed to at least one of the top of the reaction shaft and the ceiling of the settler, in which the concentrate burner comprises at least a concentrate shoot, an oxygen blowing tube inserted in the concentrate shoot and an auxiliary fuel burner inserted into the oxygen blowing tube. In this method, the lower end of the oxygen blowing tube is protruded downward to lower than the lower end of the concentrate shoot and an amount of oxygen at least greater than that required for the auxiliary fuel is blown as an industrial oxygen by way of the oxygen blowing tube into the furnace. Oxygen efficiency can be improved remarkably while the rate of dust occurrence can be reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the presence of a person or persons inside a room having a door. The apparatus comprises a pyroelectric infrared sensor and a piezoelectric air pressure sensor. The infrared sensor detects movement of a person and produces a signal indicating the movement. The air pressure sensor detects opening and closing of the door and produces a signal indicating the opening and closing. A logic device including monostable multivibrators, AND gates, and an OR gate is connected between the outputs of the two sensors. When the signal indicating the movement is applied to the logic device later than the signal indicating the opening and closing, the logic device produces a signal indicating the entry of a person. When the signal indicating the opening and closing is applied to the logic device later than the signal indicating the movement, the logic device produces a signal indicating the exit of a person. These signals are processed by the logic device to know the presence or absence of a person.

Abstract: A process for producing an injection-molded sintered product by powder metallurgy includes injection molding a kneaded product including a magnetic powder and a binder, releasing the molded product from the metal mold, and sintering the molding after debindering, wherein the molding is taken out from the metal mold using an electromagnet which exerts an adsorptive force to the molding. The process simplifies the release of the injection-molded products from metal molds and the transfer of the molding to the debindering process. The process is suitable for mass production, gives high yield, and has a wide applicability to products regardless of their shape.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing intricate shaped magnetic parts having excellent soft magnetic characteristics which includes forming powders of Fe and P having particle sizes less than 45 .mu.m; mixing 0.1 to 1.0% by weight P powder with Fe powder; adding a binder; injection-molding the mixture at 1200 kg/cm.sup.2 ; removing the binder by heating; sintering the binder free part at 1200.degree.-1400.degree. C. for 30-180 min; and cooling the sintered part at a rate of less than 50.degree. C./min.

Abstract: An optical waveguide produced from a lithium niobate single crystal substrate diffused thereon titanium is claimed, wherein, as the substrate is used a single crystal of lithium niobate having an optical absorbance coefficient of 0.03 cm.sup.-1 or less for a light 420 nm in wavelength. The optical waveguide according to the present invention shows improved resistance against optical damage as compared with prior art waveguides, and is therefore suitable for devices subjected to incidence beam of higher intensity.

Abstract: An injection molded powder metallurgy product of highly satisfactory quality is obtained by a method which comprises injection molding mixture obtained by kneading a metal powder with a binder, depriving the molded mass of the binder while keeping the molded mass at least in contact with ceramic powder, projecting beads on the molded mass free from the binder, and thereafter sintering the molded mass studded with the beads.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process which makes it possible to greatly improve the insulation resistance between conductors on a printed-circuit board having a layer formed by electroless copper plating, and hence it provides a printed circuit board with extremely high reliability. According to the process, a printed-circuit board is formed by forming a metal coating film on a resin board by electroless plating after activation, etching the metal coating film, thereby forming printed conductors, and etching at least the exposed surface of the resin board which is not covered by the printed conductors.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sintering product of Fe-Co alloy soft magnetic material by molding a powder comprising from 40 to 60% by weight of Co and the substantial balance of Fe, sintering the molding product and then applying heat treatment, wherein cooling after the heat treatment is conducted as slow cooling at a cooling rate of not more than 50.degree. C./min.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for injection moulding which is composed of a sinterable powder comprising at least one metal or alloy and a binder. The binder contains from 10 to 80% by weight of a low-density polyethylene from 10 to 80% by weight of a paraffin wax and from 5 to 35% by weight of a boric acid ester. The ratio of the sinterable powder to the binder in the composition is from 30 to 70% by volume of the former and from 70 to 30% by volume of the latter. The binder can be removed from the green body to be prepared by injection-moulding the composition unexpectedly rapidly without interfering with the properties of the final product sintered.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a single crystal of potassium titanium arsenate by flux growth method, wherein a compound of K.sub.2 ZO.sub.4, in which Z is at least one of W, S, Mo and Cr, is used as a flux and the flux is blended with potassium titanium arsenate in such a way that the proportion of potassium titanium arsenate is from 15 to 50 mol % of the whole. The process may be carried out by conventional flux growth method under an atmospheric pressure and gives a single crystal of potassium titanium arsenate at a low cost.

Abstract: Disclosed are magnetic discs having (A) a Cr-layer, as a lower layer, which has a composition comprising (1) substantially Cr or (2) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balance of being substantially Cr, and (B) a magnetic recording medium layer, as an upper layer, which has a composition comprising (1) substantially Co, (2) 30% by weight or less of Ni and a balance of being substantially Co, (3) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy, and a balance of being substantially Co, (4) 30% by weight or less of Ni, 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy, and a balance of being substantially Co, (5) 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balance of being substantially Co, (6) 30% by weight or less of Ni, 10% by weight or less of one or more selected from Cu, Nb, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Mo, Zn, W and Ta, and a balan

Abstract: An insulating powder for the formation of a resistant coating is disclosed which comprises a glass powder consisting of 60 to 70% by weight of ZnO, 19 to 25% by weight of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, and 10 to 16% by weight of SiO.sub.2. A composition for the formation of a resistant coating is also disclosed which comprises the powdered oxide of a platinum-family element; the powder of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of indium oxides, tin oxides, and cadmium oxides; a glass powder capable of forming a crystalline phase on being fired; a ceramic powder; and an organic vehicle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a catalyst which hydrotreats hydrocarbons without need of presulfiding. The catalyst comprises a carrier of an inorganic oxide containing a sulfurizing agent and a water-soluble compound of two metals one of which belongs to the Group VI of the Periodic Table, while the other belongs to the Group VIII. The carrier has pores in which a precursor of a sulfide is formed. The coordination number of the closest Group VI metal found from the radial distribution function around the Group VI metal is less than 0.25. The function is obtained from the Fourier transform of the extended x-ray absorption fine structure of the precursor.

Abstract: Catalysts for hydrotreating hydrocarbons are composed of a carrier substance consisting essentially of an oxide of aluminum and/or an oxide hydrate of aluminum, at least one compound selected from water-soluble compounds of metals of Group VI and Group VIII of the Periodic Table and at least one organic compound selected from mercapto-carboxylic acids of formula HS--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --COOR (where n is 1 to 3; R is H, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium group or alkyl group with 1-10 carbons), thio-acids of formula R'--COSH (where R' is monovalent hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons), amino-substituted mercaptans of formula H.sub.2 N--R"--SH (R" is divalent hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons), dimercaptans of formula HS--R"--SH (R" is same as above) and mercapto-alcohols of formula (R.sup.a S--R"'--(OH).sub.n (where R"' is hydrocarbon with 1-15 carbons; R.sup.a is H or alkyl group with 1-2 carbons; and n is 1-2), and optionally phosphoric acid.

Abstract: When a TAB tape is manufactured from a substrate which has been prepared by forming an electrolessly plated cooper layer on a polyimide resin, and heat treated at a temperature of 120.degree. C. to 420.degree. C., any unwanted portion of the resin is dissolved in a solution containing hydrazine hydrate after the copper layer has been patterned to form leads, and any unwanted portion thereof removed by etching, whereby the unwanted portions of the resin are substantially removed, but an organic substance is formed to remain as an undissolved film. This film is removed by treatment with one or two of a solution containing ammonium ions, a solution containing halogen ions and a solution which can dissolve copper.

Abstract: A new catalyst, which is Ni-Mo metal loaded on zeolite-alumina carrier, provides efficient hydrotreatment of solvent for coal liquefaction and cracking of high boiling fractions, especially high boiling n-paraffins, whereby undesired accumulation of n-paraffins can be prevented and liquefaction operations can be stably performed over long periods of time.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic composition possessing a high dielectric constant and a high unloaded Q and exhibiting stable electric properties even in the high frequency range of 10 GHz contains BaO, ZnO, MgO, NiO, ZrO.sub.2 and Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 in amounts of not less than 59.0 mol % and not more than 66.0 mol % of BaO, less than 10 mol % of ZnO, less than 10 mol % of MgO, less than 10 mol % of NiO, less than 10 mol % of ZrO.sub.2, and not less than 19.0 mol % and less than 24 mol % of Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5.

Abstract: When a copper-polyimide substrate which has been prepared by forming an electrolessly plated copper layer on a polyimide resin, and heat treated at a temperature of 120.degree. C. and 420.degree. C., is used to make a tape for tape automated bonding (TAB), any unwanted portion of the resin is dissolved in a solution containing hydrazine hydrate, whereby the copper layer is partially exposed. Then, electrolysis is conducted by using the exposed copper layer as a cathode and an insoluble anode to cause gas to rise from the cathode to thereby remove any undesirably remaining polyimide resin from the substrate.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetizable substrate and a magnetic layer formed on the substrate, in which the magnetic layer comprises not more than 13% by weight of one or more of rare earth elements of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb or Dy, 3-13% by weight of oxygen, balance of Co and inevitable impurities. The magnetic layer may contain less than 22% by weight of Ni. The magnetic recording medium has a favorable corrosion resistance and excellent magnetic properties.