Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a RBSiC member that has a large size and a complicated shape and possesses ceramic properties. The process is Selective Laser Sintering process which includes providing a raw material containing silicon carbide particles and a binder, forming a thin layer of the raw material, and sintering the thin layer by irradiating a desired area in the thin layer with laser to form a sintered thin layer, repeating the step of forming the sintered thin layer to obtain a green body, impregnating the green body with a carbon source and curing the green body impregnated with the carbon source to give a cured body, carbonizing an organic compound component in the cured body to give a fired body, and infiltrating the fired body with silicon and subjecting the fired body to reaction sintering to give a RBSiC member, wherein the fired body contains 8% to 30% by weight of carbon.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a RBSiC member that has a large size and a complicated shape and possesses ceramic properties. The process is Selective Laser Sintering process which includes providing a raw material containing silicon carbide particles and a binder, forming a thin layer of the raw material, and sintering the thin layer by irradiating a desired area in the thin layer with laser to form a sintered thin layer, repeating the step of forming the sintered thin layer to obtain a green body, impregnating the green body with a carbon source and curing the green body impregnated with the carbon source to give a cured body, carbonizing an organic compound component in the cured body to give a fired body, and infiltrating the fired body with silicon and subjecting the fired body to reaction sintering to give a RBSiC member, wherein the fired body contains 8% to 30% by weight of carbon.

Abstract: A water jet peening apparatus (WJP apparatus) includes a seating member, rotating portion set to it, and first and second injection nozzles. A hoisting apparatus is attached to the rotating portion, and the first and second injection nozzles are attached to a nozzle arm. The WJP apparatus is gone down in a reactor vessel (RV) by crane operation, and the seating member is seated on a bottom mounted instrumentation nozzle welded to a bottom head of the RV. By the hoisting apparatus, the nozzle arm is gone down and the first and second injection nozzles are gone down. The first injection nozzle is inserted into the bottom mounted instrumentation nozzle and the second injection nozzle is set outside the bottom mounted instrumentation nozzle. High-pressure water is jetted from the first and second injection nozzles, and WJP is implemented for both of the inner and outer surfaces of the welding area of the bottom mounted instrumentation nozzle.

Abstract: This producing method includes: a preparing step of preparing a pair of ceramic sintered bodies at least one of which is formed by a reaction sintering method and contains free silicon; a forming step of interposing a joining slurry between the joined surfaces of the pair of ceramic sintered bodies and thereafter drying the joining slurry, to form a fine particle layer, the joining slurry obtained by dispersing fine particles containing a carbon element in an organic solvent; and a joining step of heating the pair of ceramic sintered bodies in an inert atmosphere with the pair of ceramic sintered bodies held so that the fine particle layer is pressurized, to introduce the free silicon into the fine particle layer, thereby forming a joining layer containing at least silicon carbide so that the pair of ceramic sintered bodies are joined to each other, to obtain the ceramic joined body.

Abstract: Provided are an image synthesizing device and an image synthesizing method wherein a subject is less affected by beam absorption. A diffraction beam intensity and a front diffraction beam intensity actually detected are included in the influence of absorption on a subject (Sa). Yet, assuming that said beams have the attenuation rate which is caused by said beams being absorbed when passing through a subject, the angle of refraction ?0 of the beam when passing through the subject (Sa) is obtained using the diffraction beam intensity and the front diffraction beam intensity which are not affected by attenuation, and which are represented by the aforementioned attenuation rate, front diffraction beam intensity, and diffraction beam intensity; a synthesized image of the subject (Sa) is obtained by means of said angle of refraction ?0.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member includes a ceramic member containing yttrium oxide as a main component, containing cerium element, and obtained by firing under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. The corrosion-resistant member that has high corrosion-resistant characteristics and includes a ceramic member having a low volume resistivity can be provided.

Abstract: This producing method includes: a preparing step of preparing a pair of ceramic sintered bodies at least one of which is formed by a reaction sintering method and contains free silicon; a forming step of interposing a joining slurry between the joined surfaces of the pair of ceramic sintered bodies and thereafter drying the joining slurry, to form a fine particle layer, the joining slurry obtained by dispersing fine particles containing a carbon element in an organic solvent; and a joining step of heating the pair of ceramic sintered bodies in an inert atmosphere with the pair of ceramic sintered bodies held so that the fine particle layer is pressurized, to introduce the free silicon into the fine particle layer, thereby forming a joining layer containing at least silicon carbide so that the pair of ceramic sintered bodies are joined to each other, to obtain the ceramic joined body.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck in which the surface can be kept smooth after being exposed to plasma, so as to protect a material to be clamped such as a silicon wafer from being contaminated with particles, and which is excellent in clamping and releasing a material to be clamped and easy to manufacture by low-temperature firing. The electrostatic chuck includes a dielectric material in which alumina is 99.4 wt % or more, and titanium oxide is more than 0.2 wt % and equal to or less than 0.6 wt %, wherein the electrostatic chuck's volume resistivity is 108-1011 ?cm in room temperature, and wherein the titanium oxide segregates in boundaries of particles of the alumina.

Abstract: Non-destructive analysis is carried out by irradiating an object with X-rays, for example, so that the X-rays from the object are incident on an analyzer crystal. The analyzer crystal can be of a transmission-type or a reflection-type. A pre-crystal device is used to make the radiation monochromated and parallelized. Atomic lattice planes of the pre-crystal device are approximately parallel with the atomic lattice planes of the analyzer crystal so as to use the angular analysis capability of the analyzer crystal. The thickness of the analyzer crystal is fixed.

Abstract: A ceramic member having a high density, small grain diameter, and excellent plasma resistance is provided. The ceramic member is constituted of a fine structure composed of fine grains, which is a ceramic member comprising an yttria as a main component and obtained through firing, wherein the ceramic member has an open porosity, as determined through a measurement by the Archimedes method, of less than 0.5%. By diminishing open voids, sites which is an origin of plasma erosion can be diminished. Thus, a ceramic member having excellent plasma resistance can be provided. By inhibiting abnormal grain growth to form a ceramic member constituted of stall grains, particle contamination by dusting can be reduced. Thus, plasma resistance and preventing particulate contamination can be improved.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant member includes a ceramic member containing yttrium oxide as a main component, containing cerium element, and obtained by firing under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. The corrosion-resistant member that has high corrosion-resistant characteristics and includes a ceramic member having a low volume resitivity can be provided.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic member containing yttrium oxide as a main component, containing cerium element and obtained by firing under a nonoxidizing atmosphere. The electrostatic chuck that has high corrosion resistant characteristics and includes a ceramic member having a low volume resistivity with a strong attracting force that utilize the Johnsen-Rahbeck force can be obtained.

Abstract: A rare-earth oxide sintered body, or corrosion-resistant material, having low sintering temperature and high density is prepared by adding a boron compound at a ratio of 0.06 mol % or more and less than 25 mol % when converted into boron oxide (B2O3) to oxide powder of at least one of La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Sc, after which the mixed powder is formed and sintered. The sintered body comprises at least one of La2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3, and Sc2O3, and at least one of Ln3BO6 (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu), and Sc3BO6 as a main constituent crystal thereof.

Abstract: An electrostatic chuck of the invention includes a ceramic dielectric made of a sintered body containing alumina and titanium oxide, with maximum particle size of segregation bodies of titanium compounds being smaller than average particle size of alumina, the ceramic dielectric having a volume resistivity of 108 ?cm or more and 1013 ?cm or less at room temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck in which the surface can be kept smooth after being exposed to plasma, so as to protect a material to be clamped such as a silicon wafer from being contaminated with particles, and which is excellent in clamping and releasing a material to be clamped and easy to manufacture by low-temperature firing. The electrostatic chuck includes a dielectric material in which alumina is 99.4 wt % or more, and titanium oxide is more than 0.2 wt % and equal to or less than 0.6 wt %, wherein the electrostatic chuck's volume resistivity is 108-1011 ?cm in room temperature, and wherein the titanium oxide segregates in boundaries of particles of the alumina.

Abstract: A composite material according the invention includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, and silicon as main components, wherein an average grain diameter of boron carbide grains of the composite material is 10 ?m or more and 30 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing a 3-dimensional image of the internal organs invisible by the conventional method is provided.

Abstract: A rare-earth oxide sintered body, or corrosion-resistant material, having low sintering temperature and high density is prepared by adding a boron compound at a ratio of 0.06 mol % or more and less than 25 mol % when converted into boron oxide (B2O3) to oxide powder of at least one of La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Sc, after which the mixed powder is formed and sintered. The sintered body comprises at least one of La2O3, Nd2O3, Sm2O3, Eu2O3, Gd2O3, Dy2O3, Ho2O3, Er2O3, Tm2O3, Yb2O3, Lu2O3, and Sc2O3, and at least one of Ln3BO6 (Ln=La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu), and Sc3BO6 as a main constituent crystal thereof.

Abstract: Non-destructive analysis is carried out by irradiating an object with X-rays, for example, so that the X-rays from the object are incident on an analyzer crystal. The analyzer crystal can be of a transmission-type or a reflection-type. A pre-crystal device is used to make the radiation monochromated and parallelized. Atomic lattice planes of the pre-crystal device are approximately parallel with the atomic lattice planes of the analyzer crystal so as to use the angular analysis capability of the analyzer crystal. The thickness of the analyzer crystal is fixed.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a rare-earth oxide sintered body having low sintering temperature and high density. A boron compound is added at a ratio of 0.06 mol % or more and less than 25 mol % when converted into boron oxide (B2O3) to oxide powder of at least one of La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Sc, the mixed powder is formed and sintered.