Abstract: A powder coating material used for a powder coating method including a step of immersing a coil end of a coil, which includes a conductor portion coated with an insulating coating and an exposed portion where the conductor portion is exposed from the insulating coating, in a fluidized chamber in which a powder coating material flows, and adhering a melt of the powder coating material to an outside of the exposed portion, the powder coating material containing a particulate thermosetting resin composition. The thermosetting resin composition contains an epoxy resin, and a curing agent.

Abstract: A piezo-electric driving device capable of allowing a driven body to be made of a wide variety of materials and to be easily controlled with respect to speed and back-and-forth movement; comprising a plurality of piezoelectric oscillators 5, a supporter 1 for supporting the plural piezo-electric oscillators 5 arranged in parallel so that the piezo-electric oscillators 5 have the same oscillation direction, a connector 2 for mutually connecting the oscillation portions of the plural piezo-electric oscillators 5 in the direction perpendicular to the oscillation direction, and a kicking member 3 projected from the intermediate portion of the connector 2 in the oscillation direction, wherein the piezo-electric oscillators have different oscillation phases so that the kicking member 3 can perform a kicking operation.

Abstract: A defective fluorite structure type solid electrolyte of the following formula (1):{(M.sub.1-a A.sub.a).sub.x Ce.sub.1-x }O.sub.2-y (1)wherein M is a trivalent rare earth element other than Ce, A is a monovalent alkali metal or a bivalent alkaline earth metal, and a, x and y are 0<a<0.6, 0.2<x<0.5 and 0<y<0.55, respectively.

Abstract: A method for preparing zircon powder, which comprises mixing (1) silica sol and (2) an aqueous zirconium oxychloride solution having a concentration which would be from 0.1 to 2 mols/l after mixed with the silica sol, in a SiO.sub.2 /ZrO.sub.2 molar ratio of from 0.95 to 1.10, heating the mixture to hydrolyze the zirconium oxychloride, followed by dehydration treatment to obtain a powder, heating the powder from room temperature to a calcination temperature over a period of from 0.7 to 30 hours and calcining the powder at a temperature of from 1,200.degree. to 1,400.degree. C. for a period of time satisfying the relation of:t.gtoreq.116-0.08Twhere t is the calcination time (hr) and T is the calcination temperature (.degree.C.), or heating the powder from room temperature to a calcination temperature over a period of from 0.8 to 70 hours and calcining the powder at a temperature higher than 1,400.degree. C. and not higher than 1,700.degree. C. for a period of time satisfying the relation of:t.gtoreq.18-0.

Abstract: A pollucite powder consisting essentially of a pollucite phase and having an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 /SiO.sub.2 molar ratio of from 0.21 to 0.25 and a Cs.sub.2 O/SiO.sub.2 molar ratio of from 0.19 to 0.22.

Abstract: A laminated silicon oxide film capacitor including a conductive or semiconductive silicon substrate and, formed on the substrate surface, at least one laminated film comprising a silicon oxide layer and an electrode layer laminated one on the other, and electrodes.

Abstract: A method of producing powder of lithium zirconate is disclosed, in which a gel-like zirconium compound obtained by hydrolyzing or neutralizing an aqueous solution of a zirconium salt is mixed with an aqueous solution of a lithium salt and the mixture is dehydrated, temporarily burned and pulverized.

Abstract: An actuator of the present invention is composed of a monomorph-type piezoelectric ceramic. The monomorph-type piezoelectric ceramic is a BaTiO.sub.3 -based ceramic, a PZT based ceramic having Nb, Sb, La, Mn, Nd and Bi, BaTiO.sub.3 --SrTiO.sub.3 -based ceramic containing SrTiO.sub.3 by 20 to 35 mole %, K(Nb, Ta)O.sub.3 -based ceramic, or a ceramic represented by a general formula: [Pb, (A.sub.1/2 B.sub.1/2)](Zr.sub.1-n, Cn)O.sub.3 where A is a monovalent element such as Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs or the like, B is a trivalent element such as Bi, La, Y, Sb, Ga or the like, A and B being both replaceable solid-meltable elements for Pb, C is an element such as Ti, Sn or the like that is a replaceable solid-meltable element for Zr, and n is from 0 to 0.8.

Abstract: A process for producing a powder material of perovskite or its solid solution represented by the formula:ABO.sub.3wherein A is one or more metal elements coordinated with 12 oxygen atoms, and B is one or more metal elements coordinated with 6 oxygen atoms, which comprises contacting an aqueous or alcohol solution of either component A or component B with a precipitating solution to form precipitates, then adding an aqueous or alcohol solution of the other component to form precipitates, and drying the precipitates, followed by calcining at a temperature of from 400.degree. to 1200.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for preparing the optically active oxazolidinone derivative [(S)-I] by utilizing microorganisms or enzymes having a stereoselective esterase activity capable of asymmetrically hydrolyzing the racemates of the acyloxyoxazolidinone derivative [(R,S)-II], by separating the unreacted compound [(S)-II] from the hydrolyzed compound [(R)-I] and by hydrolyzing the compound [(S)-II]. The compounds are useful as intermediates for preparing optically active .beta.-adrenergic blocking agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pyrazolylpyrimidine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein X, R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are as herein defined. These compounds are useful as fungicides in agriculture and horticulture.