Abstract: A sintered body including zirconia containing a stabilizer, wherein the sintered body has a monoclinic fraction of 0.5% or more and has a three-point bending strength of more than 1450 MPa as measured by a three-point bending test according to JIS R 1601.

Abstract: There is provided a raw material for a zirconia sintered body formed by pressureless sintering and having a high fracture toughness value measured by an SEPB method, a sintered body formed from the raw material, and a method for producing at least one of the raw material and the sintered body. Also provided is a sintered body that includes zirconia that contains a stabilizer and having a monoclinic fraction of 0.5% or more. Such a sintered body is produced by a method including using a powder that contains a stabilizer and zirconia with a monoclinic fraction of more than 70%, wherein monoclinic zirconia has a crystallite size of more than 23 nm and 80 nm or less.

Abstract: A SOFC half cell of the present invention includes: an anode functional layer (11) containing yttria-stabilized zirconia and a conductive component containing a metal oxide that changes to an electrically conductive metal in a reducing atmosphere; and a first electrolyte layer (21) containing yttria-stabilized zirconia as a main component and formed on one principal surface of the anode functional layer (11). The yttria-stabilized zirconia in the anode functional layer (11) has an yttria content of more than 9.00 mol % and 11 mol % or less, and the yttria-stabilized zirconia in the first electrolyte layer (21) has an yttria content of more than 9.00 mol % and 11 mol % or less. This half cell allows the SOFC to exhibit high power generation performance.

Abstract: Longitudinal axial positions in a roll longitudinal axis of ring pistons fitted into a profile-variable rolling roll are detected with a higher degree of accuracy. In response to outputs representative of the detected longitudinal axial positions of the ring pistons, the positions of the ring pistons can be controlled with a high degree of accuracy, whereby controllability of shape of the rolling roll is enhanced.