Abstract: A method of producing percolated mullite in a body of material, the method including the step of heating the body of material, wherein the body of material has a composition that includes alumina and silica, and the weight ratio of alumina:silica is from approximately 10:90 to approximately 77:23. The percolated mullite produced extends continuously and/or substantially throughout the entire body of material.

Abstract: A dielectric ceramic that contains Al and Si, as well as a barium titanate-based compound having a perovskite type crystal structure as a primary component. The total molar amount of Al and Si is 2 to 4 parts by mole with respect to 100 parts by mole of Ti, and the content ratio of Al with respect to the total molar amount is 0.2 or less (excluding 0) on the molar ratio basis. The dielectric ceramic may also contain at least one specific rare earth element Re, such as Gd, Tb, or Dy.

Abstract: A blank of TiO2—SiO2 glass for a mirror substrate for use in EUV lithography has a low need for adaptation to optimize the progression of the coefficient of thermal expansion, and consequently also the progression of the zero crossing temperature Tzc. The TiO2—SiO2 glass has at a mean value of the fictive temperature Tf in the range between 920° C. and 970° C. a dependence expressed as the differential quotient dTzc/dTf of its zero crossing temperature Tzc on the fictive temperature Tf of less than 0.3.

Abstract: In the present invention, the attempt was made to increase the denseness (to lower the porosity) of a magnesia carbon brick furthermore thereby providing the magnesia carbon brick having a high durability never found in the past. The magnesia carbon brick of the present invention comprises a magnesia raw material and a graphite, wherein the magnesia carbon brick contains the graphite with the amount thereof in the range of 8% or more by mass and 25% or less by mass and the magnesia raw material with the amount thereof in the range of 75% or more by mass and 92% or less by mass, the both amounts being relative to the total amount of the magnesia raw material and the graphite; as a grain size distribution of the magnesia raw material, the magnesia raw material having particle diameter of in the range of 0.

Abstract: Described are articles having, at least, an outer surface comprising unalloyed oxidized Zirconium with Niobium having a thickness and configurations suitable for sports equipment, golf clubs, aircraft, boat hulls, motor vehicle, propellers, helicopter rotors, and various other non-medical applications.

Abstract: Provided is a cubic boron nitride sintered body having good wear resistance and fracture resistance. A method for manufacturing a cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a cubic boron nitride particle content of 80% by volume or more and 99% by volume or less. The method includes a first step of preparing cubic boron nitride particles; a second step of coating surfaces of the cubic boron nitride particles with a coating material so as to obtain coated particles; a third step of mixing the coated particles and a binder to obtain a mixture; and a fourth step of sintering the mixture.

Abstract: A vitroceramic glass composition consisting of SiO2, Al2O3, and CaO or of SiO2, Al2O3, CaO and SrO or of SiO2, Al2O3 and La2O3 is provided. In addition, a method and assembly of at least two parts using said composition is provided. Also, a gasket and assembly obtained by this method as well as a high temperature electrolyzer (HTE) or solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising this gasket or this assembly are provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing a soda-lime-silica glass basic formulation and a method for producing soda-lime-silica glass, comprising the steps of: pre-desiliconizing silicon-containing powdery industrial waste with a sodium hydroxide solution; introducing carbon dioxide for carbonation decomposition, and filtering to obtain a silicic acid precipitate and a sodium carbonate solution; drying the silicic acid precipitate to obtain silicon dioxide; adding lime milk into the filtered sodium carbonate for causticization, and filtering to obtain a sodium hydroxide solution and a calcium carbonate precipitate; drying the calcium carbonate precipitate; using said silicon dioxide and part of the calcium carbonate and adding sodium oxide.

Abstract: Shape memory and pseudoelastic martensitic behavior is enabled by a structure in which there is provided a crystalline ceramic material that is capable of undergoing a reversible martensitic transformation and forming martensitic domains, during such martensitic transformation, that have an average elongated domain length. The ceramic material is configured as an oligocrystalline ceramic material structure having a total structural surface area that is greater than a total grain boundary area in the oligocrystalline ceramic material structure. The oligocrystalline ceramic material structure includes an oligocrystalline ceramic structural feature which has an extent that is less than the average elongated domain length of the crystalline ceramic material.

Abstract: A digital glaze for high grammage, without the use of anti-settling agents, referred to as digital glazes for digital inkjet printing techniques to apply high grammage, maintaining the same aesthetic and technical characteristics obtained with traditional glazes and non-digital application techniques. No anti-settling agents are used in the composition to prevent the digital glaze from being thixotropic and creating problems in the inkjet printing. The composition includes at least one medium that is liquid at ambient temperature, formed by a mixture of water and polar solvents and/or solvents of medium to low polarity, having a percentage by weight of between 20 and 70% of the total weight of the digital glaze; and at least one mixture of ceramic raw materials and/or frits as a glaze-forming material, having a percentage by weight of between 30 and 80% of the total weight of the digital glaze.

Abstract: Silica-titania glasses with small temperature variations in coefficient of thermal expansion over a wide range of zero-crossover temperatures and methods for making the glasses. The method includes a cooling protocol with controlled anneals over two different temperature regimes. A higher temperature controlled anneal may occur over a temperature interval from 750° C.-950° C. or a sub-interval thereof. A lower temperature controlled anneal may occur over a temperature interval from 650° C.-875° C. or a sub-interval thereof. The controlled anneals permit independent control over CTE slope and Tzc of silica-titania glasses. The independent control provides CTE slope and Tzc values for silica-titania glasses of fixed composition over ranges heretofore possible only through variations in composition.

Abstract: Barium titanate (BaTiO3) and barium zirconate (BaZrO3) are made into a solid solution at a predetermined ratio. Specifically, a dielectric ceramic composition is represented by a basic composition (BaTiO3)(1-X)(BaZrO3)X (in the formula, X satisfies 0.70?X?0.95). More preferably, X satisfies 0.73?X?0.90 in this range. Such a dielectric ceramic composition may be integrated with alumina to form a composite ceramic structure.

Abstract: Provided are a diamond polycrystalline body having a longer life than conventional diamond polycrystalline bodies when it is slid, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tool. In a diamond polycrystalline body, at least one element whose oxide has a melting point of less than or equal to 1000° C. is added thereto, and crystal grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm. Thereby, wear of diamond can be suppressed, and the diamond polycrystalline body can have a longer life when it is slid.

Abstract: A novel ceramic composition having a high relative dielectric constant. A ceramic composition includes a unit cell having at least two crystal structures selected from the group made of a monoclinic crystal, a tetragonal crystal, an orthorhombic crystal, and a rhombohedral crystal, characterized in that when the crystal structures are represented by the symmetry notation according to the Glazer method, namely xn1yn2zn3, n1, n2, and n3 are at least one selected from the group made of + and ?, or at least two selected from the group made of 0, +, and ?. By using this ceramic composition, a novel ceramic composition having a high relative dielectric constant can be obtained.

Abstract: Provided are a diamond polycrystalline body having a longer life than conventional diamond polycrystalline bodies when it is slid, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tool. In a diamond polycrystalline body, at least one element whose sulfide or chloride has a melting point of less than or equal to 1000° C. is added thereto, and crystal grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm. Thereby, wear of diamond can be suppressed, and the diamond polycrystalline body can have a longer life when it is slid.

Abstract: A porous ceramic composition having improved thermal stability is comprised of ceramic grains bonded together by a grain boundary phase comprised of silica, rare earth element that is Eu, Gd, Nd or mixture thereof and oxygen and optionally yttrium, wherein the grain boundary phase has a amount of an alkali, an alkaline earth metal and a transition metal other than yttrium that is at most 2% by weight of the grain boundary phase.

Abstract: [Problems] To provide a high zirconia fused cast refractory that suffers less cracks in production and on heating, has excellent productivity, is hard to form zircon crystals with the refractory solely and under conditions where the refractory is in contact with molten glass, is hard to suffer cracks on receiving heat cycles in operation of a glass melting furnace, and has durability for a prolonged period of time. [Solution to Problems] A high zirconia fused cast refractory containing, as chemical components, from 85 to 95% by weight of ZrO2, from 0.4 to 2.5% by weight of Al2O3, from 3.5 to 10% by weight of SiO2, from 0.05 to 1% by weight in total of Na2O and K2O, more than 0.04% by weight and 1% by weight or less of B2O3, 0.02% by weight or less of P2O5, 0.05% by weight or less of MgO, from 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of CaO, in the case where any one of SrO and BaO is contained, from 0.3 to 3% by weight of SrO or more than 0.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes dielectric layers made mainly of a perovskite compound containing Ba and Ti and optionally Zr and Hf, and inner electrodes having an average thickness of approximately 0.5 ?m or less. The Mg content of the dielectric layers is approximately in the range of 0?Mg?0.4 (parts by mole) based on a total of 100 parts by mole of Ti, Zr, and Hf. The proportion of Mg-containing defects in the inner electrodes is approximately 20% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a surface-coated barium titanate particulate for us in multilayer ceramic capacitors and for which the grain growth during high-temperature firing has been suppressed. Also provided is a production method for same. Barium titanate particulate obtained by means of a hydrothermal reaction, wherein the coated barium titanate particulate has an average particle diameter of at least 10 nm but less than 1000 nm, a Ba/Ti ratio of 0.80-1.20 inclusive, a c/a ratio of 1.001-1.010 inclusive, and a coating layer comprising at least one kind of metal compound selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Mn and rare earth elements is included on the surface thereof. The coated barium titanate particulate according to the present invention is produced by means of a method including: (1) a step for obtaining barium titanate particulate by mixing an aqueous solution containing barium hydroxide and an aqueous solution containing titanium hydroxide at a Ba/Ti ratio of 0.80-1.

Abstract: A flat panel display glass substrate according to the present invention includes a glass comprising, as expressed in mol %, 55-80% SiO2, 3-20% Al2O3, 3-15% B2O3, 3-25% RO (the total amount of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO), and substantially no As2O3, and Sb2O3. The devitrification temperature of the glass is 1250° C. or less. The glass substrate has a heat shrinkage rate of 75 ppm or less. The heat shrinkage rate is calculated from the amount of shrinkage of the glass substrate measured after a heat treatment which is performed at a temperature rising and falling rate of 10° C./min and at 550° C. for 2 hours by the heat shrinkage rate (ppm)={the amount of shrinkage of the glass substrate after the heat treatment/the length of the glass substrate before the heat treatment}×106.