Abstract: A silicon carbide-natured refractory block includes a fire-resistant block body, and a calcination coated layer. The fire-resistant block body includes a silicon carbide-natured refractory having a predetermined configuration. The calcination coated layer includes silicon oxide made by heating an outer superficial portion of the fire-resistant block body to oxidize at least some of silicon carbide therein to turn the silicon carbide into the silicon oxide. The silicon oxide sinters the calcination coated layer to increase the corrosion resistance.

Abstract: An electronic circuit of the present invention includes: a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted; a heat conducting sheet stacked on the electronic component; and a heat sink stacked on the heat conducting sheet. The heat sink includes a porous ceramics having a volume resistivity of 1010 Ohm·cm or more and a porosity of 15-50 vol %.

Abstract: A silicon carbide-natured refractory block includes a fire-resistant block body, and a calcination coated layer. The fire-resistant block body includes a silicon carbide-natured refractory having a predetermined configuration. The calcination coated layer includes silicon oxide made by heating an outer superficial portion of the fire-resistant block body to oxidize at least some of silicon carbide therein to turn the silicon carbide into the silicon oxide. The silicon oxide sinters the calcination coated layer to increase the corrosion resistance.

Abstract: A container for heat treatment of a positive-electrode active material of a lithium ion battery to hold raw material powder of the positive-electrode active material of the lithium ion battery when the raw material powder is subjected to heat treatment is provided. The heat treatment container contains 60 to 95 mass % of alumina and 10 to 20 mass % of silica, is free from MgO, ZrO2 and Li compounds, and has a porosity of 10 to 20%. The heat treatment container suppresses a reaction product from contaminating the raw material powder owing to suppressed reactivity with the raw material powder, and is suppressed from being cracked by thermal shock owing to the porosity in the predetermined range.

Abstract: An electronic circuit of the present invention includes: a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted; a heat conducting sheet stacked on the electronic component; and a heat sink stacked on the heat conducting sheet. The heat sink includes a porous ceramics having a volume resistivity of 1010 Ohm·cm or more and a porosity of 15-50 vol %.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb structure in which filtration efficiency of particulate matters (PM) in the exhaust gas is high, initial pressure loss is low and increase in pressure loss in accompanied with the trapping of PMs is suppressed. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of cells partitioned by a plurality of partition walls which are made of silicon carbide porous ceramics and are lined up in a single direction, an average pore diameter of the partition walls measured by mercury porosimetry is 1 ?m to 15 ?m, a standard deviation in a pore diameter distribution is 0.20 or less when the pore diameter is represented by common logarithm, and percentage of the pores having the pore diameter of less than 2 ?m relative to the entire pores is 5 vol % or less.

Abstract: There is provided a honeycomb structure in which filtration efficiency of particulate matters (PM) in the exhaust gas is high, initial pressure loss is low and increase in pressure loss in accompanied with the trapping of PMs is suppressed. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of cells partitioned by a plurality of partition walls which are made of silicon carbide porous ceramics and are lined up in a single direction, an average pore diameter of the partition walls measured by mercury porosimetry is 1 ?m to 15 ?m, a standard deviation in a pore diameter distribution is 0.20 or less when the pore diameter is represented by common logarithm, and percentage of the pores having the pore diameter of less than 2 ?m relative to the entire pores is 5 vol % or less.

Abstract: Water purifier includes a container having a room, a filtering material disposed in the room for purifying water for catching particles and fungi such as polio viruses. The filtering material is a sintered activated carbon block filter having pores. The filtering material preferably has a first filtering material and a second filtering material. One thing out of the first filtering material and the second filtering material is formed of a sintered activated carbon block filter whose average pore diameter is relatively small and whose amount of penetrating water is relatively small per unit time. Another thing out of the first filtering material and the second filtering material is formed of a sintered activated carbon block filter whose average pore diameter is relatively large and whose amount of penetrating water is relatively large per unit time.