Abstract: A molded friction material for a damper is disclosed, which contains, as a part of a friction regulating material, porous fibrous particulates having an average particle size of 0.5 to 2 mm and a bulk density of 0.1 to 0.2 g/cm.sup.3 and comprising finely divided ceramic fibers or porous fibrous particulates having an average particle size of 0.1 to 5 mm and a bulk density of 0.2 to 2.0 g/cm.sup.3 and comprising finely divided ceramic fibers, a filler, and a binder. The friction material exhibits excellent performance basically required of a friction material, such as mechanical strength and damping characteristics, and hardly squeaks during damping.

Abstract: Powders of BaCO.sub.3, TiO.sub.2, ZnO, etc. are mixed to each other at a predetermined ratio of quantity, calcined in an atmospheric air at 90.degree.-120.degree. C., and pulverized to obtain a calcined powder having an average grain size from 1 to 3 .mu. m. 0.1 to 20 parts-by weight of a powder having an average grain size from 0.1 to 1.5 .mu.m comprising a glass having a transition point of not higher than 450.degree. C. obtained by mixing powders of Pb.sub.3 O.sub.4, SiO.sub.2, Na.sub.2 O, etc. to each other, melting and then pouring into water and pulverizing the thus obtained glass is admixed to the calcined powder. The mixture is dried, pelleted by adding a resin and the pellet powder is molded into a cylindrical shape, applied with CIP (Cold isotactic press), and the molding product after the treatment is sintered in an atmospheric air at 850.degree. to 1000.degree. C. to obtain a dielectric ceramic sintered at low temperature.

Abstract: A contact lens colored with a poly(meth)acrylate-combined metallophthalocyanine compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein M represents a metal atom to which phthalocyanine can coordinate, R represents a halogen atom, m is an integer of 0 to 4, R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and A represents a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-12 alkyl group, a hydroxyC.sub.1-12 alkyl group or a glycerol group. The colored contact lens has sufficiently high fastness, so that the lens undergoes neither color change nor color fading even when it is sterilized by boiling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microwave dielectric ceramic composition in which .epsilon.r, Qu and .tau.f are generally controlled within a practical characteristic range and each of the characteristics is maintained in a well balanced state. A ceramic composition of the present invention comprises a composition represented by xBi.sub.2 O.sub.3 -(1-x) (yNb.sub.2 O.sub.5 -(1-y)Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5) in which 0.45.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.55 and 0.1.ltoreq.y<1.0 as a main ingredient, to which not more than 0.8 parts by weight of V.sub.2 O.sub.5 is added and incorporated. An another ceramic composition comprises a composition represented by Bi(NbxTa1-x)O.sub.4 in which 0<x.ltoreq.0.96 as a main ingredient, to which not more than 5 wt % of V.sub.2 O.sub.5 and not more than 2 wt % of PbO are added and incorporated. An another ceramic composition comprises the main ingredient as described above to which not more than 5 wt % of V.sub.2 O.sub.5 and not more than 2 wt % of MnO.sub.2 are added and incorporated.

Abstract: A ceramic composition having a high value .epsilon.r while maintaining Qu and .tau.f each in a range of practical characteristic. The present invention is applicable to dielectric resonators and impedance matching of various kinds of microwave circuits. The ceramic composition comprises Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.x (Zn.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3 (in which 0.6.ltoreq..times..ltoreq.1.0) as the main ingredient, to which TiO.sub.2 is incorporated by 0.01 to 1 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the main ingredient. The ceramic composition may have a Qu value of 2000 to 2900 (at 4.5 GHz), relative dielectric constant of 39 to 42, and a temperature constant of resonance frequency (.tau.f) in the range of -8 to +10 ppm/.degree.C. The ceramic composition may not contain Sr.sub.5 Nb.sub.4 O.sub.15 or Ba.sub.4 Nb.sub.2 O.sub.9. It may index for the regularity of the B site ingredient of 7-9.times.10.sup.-2.