Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and inner electrode layers. Each of the dielectric layers includes first crystal grains defining and functioning as plate-shaped objects that have an average thickness of less than or equal to about 300 nm and an average aspect ratio of more than or equal to about 5, each of the inner electrode layers includes second crystal grains defining and functioning as plate-shaped objects that have an average thickness of less than or equal to about 150 nm and an average aspect ratio of more than or equal to about 5, where an aspect ratio is represented by a ratio of a major axis of each plate-shaped object to a thickness of the plate-shaped object with the major axis of the plate-shaped object being orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a thickness direction of the plate-shaped object.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a ceramic body including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes provided at each of both end faces of the ceramic body. Each of the plurality of dielectric layers contain Ba, Ti, P and Si. The plurality of dielectric layers include an outer dielectric layer located on an outermost side in the stacking direction; an inner dielectric layer located between the first and second internal electrodes; and a side margin portion in a region where the first and second internal electrodes do not exist. In at least one of the outer dielectric layer, the inner dielectric layer and the side margin portion, the P and the Si segregate in at least one of grain-boundary triple points of three ceramic particles.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a ceramic body including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes provided at each of both end faces of the ceramic body. Each of the plurality of dielectric layers contain Ba, Ti, P and Si. The plurality of dielectric layers include an outer dielectric layer located on an outermost side in the stacking direction; an inner dielectric layer located between the first and second internal electrodes; and a side margin portion in a region where the first and second internal electrodes do not exist. In at least one of the outer dielectric layer, the inner dielectric layer and the side margin portion, the P and the Si segregate in at least one of grain-boundary triple points of three ceramic particles.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.

Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and inner electrode layers. Each of the dielectric layers includes first crystal grains defining and functioning as plate-shaped objects that have an average thickness of less than or equal to about 300 nm and an average aspect ratio of more than or equal to about 5, each of the inner electrode layers includes second crystal grains defining and functioning as plate-shaped objects that have an average thickness of less than or equal to about 150 nm and an average aspect ratio of more than or equal to about 5, where an aspect ratio is represented by a ratio of a major axis of each plate-shaped object to a thickness of the plate-shaped object with the major axis of the plate-shaped object being orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a thickness direction of the plate-shaped object.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a ceramic body including a stack of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes; and first and second external electrodes provided at each of both end faces of the ceramic body. Each of the plurality of dielectric layers contain Ba, Ti, P and Si. The plurality of dielectric layers include an outer dielectric layer located on an outermost side in the stacking direction; an inner dielectric layer located between the first and second internal electrodes; and a side margin portion in a region where the first and second internal electrodes do not exist. In at least one of the outer dielectric layer, the inner dielectric layer and the side margin portion, the P and the Si segregate in at least one of grain-boundary triple points of three ceramic particles.

Abstract: An electronic component includes a laminate in which a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes are alternately laminated and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes. A side margin portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided when a section of the laminate having the length direction and the width direction is viewed from the laminating direction includes a plurality of side margin layers laminated in the width direction. An outer layer portion as a region in which the plurality of internal electrodes is not provided except for the side margin portion when a section of the laminate including the laminating direction and the width direction is viewed from the length direction includes a plurality of layer-margin layers laminated in the laminating direction.

Abstract: A capacitor that includes a conductive base material with high specific surface area, a dielectric layer covering the conductive base material with high specific surface area, and an upper electrode covering the dielectric layer, in which the conductive base material with high specific surface area is formed of a metal sintered body as a whole.

Abstract: A capacitor that includes a conductive base material with high specific surface area, a dielectric layer covering the conductive base material with high specific surface area, and an upper electrode covering the dielectric layer, in which the conductive base material with high specific surface area is formed of a metal sintered body as a whole.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a layered body in which dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are layered alternately, an external electrode on a surface of the layered body and a plating layer on a surface of the external electrode. The external electrode contains Cu, and a protective layer containing Cu2O is provided at a joining portion between the external electrode and the plating layer. When heat is applied to the layered body after the external electrode is removed, a ratio of an arithmetic mean value Xa of a quantity of hydrogen generated per unit temperature in a range higher than or equal to 350° C. with respect to an arithmetic mean value Y of a quantity of hydrogen generated per unit temperature in a range higher than or equal to 230° C. and lower than or equal to 250° C. (Xa/Y) is less than or equal to 0.66.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor that contains a perovskite compound including Ba and Ti and at least one type of element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy, and contains elements selected from Y, Si, Mn, Mg, and Zr. The content a of at least one element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy satisfies 0.2?a?0.8, the content b of Y satisfies 0.0?b?0.5, the content c of Si satisfies 0.0?c?2.5, the content d of Mn satisfies 0.0?d?0.25, the content e of Mg satisfies 0.0?e?1.2, the content f of Zr satisfies 0.0?f?0.5, and the molar ratio m of the content of Ba/(f+the content of Ti) satisfies 0.99?m?1.01, where the total content of Ti is 100 parts by mole.

Abstract: An inkjet ink that contains a functional particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 50 to 1000 nm, a rheology-controlling particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 4 to 40 nm, and an organic vehicle. The ink has a viscosity of 1 to 50 mPa·s at a shear rate of 1000 s?1. At a shear rate of 0.1 s?1, the ink has a viscosity equal to or higher than a viscosity ? calculated using the following equation: ?=(D)2×?/104/2+80 [where ? is the viscosity (mPa·s) at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1, D is the BET-equivalent particle diameter (nm) of the functional particle, and ? is the specific gravity of the functional particle].

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor that includes a layered body in which dielectric layers and internal electrode layers are layered alternately, an external electrode on a surface of the layered body and a plating layer on a surface of the external electrode. The external electrode contains Cu, and a protective layer containing Cu2O is provided at a joining portion between the external electrode and the plating layer. When heat is applied to the layered body after the external electrode is removed, a ratio of an arithmetic mean value Xa of a quantity of hydrogen generated per unit temperature in a range higher than or equal to 350° C. with respect to an arithmetic mean value Y of a quantity of hydrogen generated per unit temperature in a range higher than or equal to 230° C. and lower than or equal to 250° C. (Xa/Y) is less than or equal to 0.66.

Abstract: A method for producing a composite oxide-coated metal powder that includes a first step of coating a metal powder with a metal oxide by a hydrolysis reaction of a water-soluble metal compound in an aqueous solvent, and a second step of turning the metal oxide into a composite oxide. In the first step, the water-soluble metal compound containing a tetravalent metal element dissolved in a solvent including at least water is added to a slurry including the metal powder dispersed in the solvent to deposit the metal oxide containing the tetravalent metal element and produce a metal oxide-coated metal powder slurry. In the second step, a solution or powder containing at least one divalent element is added to the metal oxide-coated metal powder slurry to react the metal oxide present on the surface of the metal powder with the divalent element, thereby providing the composite oxide-coated metal powder.

Abstract: A monolithic ceramic capacitor that contains a perovskite compound including Ba and Ti and at least one type of element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy, and contains elements selected from Y, Si, Mn, Mg, and Zr. The content a of at least one element selected from Gd, Tb, and Dy satisfies 0.2?a?0.8, the content b of Y satisfies 0.0?b?0.5, the content c of Si satisfies 0.0?c?2.5, the content d of Mn satisfies 0.0?d?0.25, the content e of Mg satisfies 0.0?e?1.2, the content f of Zr satisfies 0.0?f?0.5, and the molar ratio m of the content of Ba/(f+the content of Ti) satisfies 0.99?m?1.01, where the total content of Ti is 100 parts by mole.

Abstract: An inkjet ink that contains a functional particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 50 to 1000 nm, a rheology-controlling particle having a BET-equivalent particle diameter of 4 to 40 nm, and an organic vehicle. The ink has a viscosity of 1 to 50 mPa·s at a shear rate of 1000 s?1. At a shear rate of 0.1 s?1, the ink has a viscosity equal to or higher than a viscosity ? calculated using the following equation: ?=(D)2×?/104/2+80 [where ? is the viscosity (mPa·s) at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1, D is the BET-equivalent particle diameter (nm) of the functional particle, and ? is the specific gravity of the functional particle].

Abstract: A toner supply bias voltage that is a vibrating voltage comprising an a.c. voltage and a d.c. voltage is applied to a toner supply roller. The d.c. voltage of toner supply bias voltage is changed in dependence upon a variation in the value of developing bias voltage. The lowering in the density at the leading end part of an image, the lowering in the density at the trailing end part of an image, and the uneven developing can be eliminated by satisfying the relationships100.ltoreq..vertline.VB.vertline..ltoreq..vertline.VSR.vertline.,2(.vertline.VSR-VB.vertline.+50).ltoreq..vertline.VPP.vertline..ltoreq.2.ve rtline.VSR.vertline. andf.gtoreq.v/lare satisfied, where VB is a developing bias voltage (unit: Volt), VSR is a d.c. voltage of the toner supply bias voltage (unit: Volt), VPP is a peak-to-peak value of the a.c.