Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ceramic sintered body having a favorable dielectric constant. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the ceramic sintered body includes a semiconductor ceramic phase dispersed in a dielectric ceramic phase, wherein the semiconductor ceramic phase and the dielectric ceramic phase jointly form a percolative composite, and a volume fraction of the semiconductor ceramic phase is close to and less than a percolation threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a ceramic sintered body having a favorable dielectric constant. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the ceramic sintered body includes a semiconductor ceramic phase dispersed in a dielectric ceramic phase, wherein the semiconductor ceramic phase and the dielectric ceramic phase jointly form a percolative composite, and a volume fraction of the semiconductor ceramic phase is close to and less than a percolation threshold.

Abstract: A fine magnesium oxide particle dispersion liquid containing an aprotic solvent, and fine magnesium oxide particles that are dispersed in the aprotic solvent, wherein the dispersion liquid has D50 of 200 nm or less in a particle size distribution as measured by a dynamic light scattering method, and has a content rate of coarse particles having an average particle diameter of 500 nm or more of less than 1%, and a method for producing the fine magnesium oxide particle dispersion liquid.

Abstract: A magnesium oxide material includes a magnesium oxide powder treated with a halogen compound and a silane coupling agent. A method of producing a magnesium oxide material includes a step including preparing a magnesium oxide powder, a halogen compound treatment step including subjecting the magnesium oxide powder to a surface treatment with a halogen compound, and a silane coupling agent treatment step including subjecting the magnesium oxide powder to a surface treatment with a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: A titanium compound-containing core-shell powder includes a plurality of core-shell particles, each of which includes a core body and a shell layer encapsulating said core body. The core body is electrically conductive. The shell layer includes a crystal that is selected from titanate oxides having a perovskite structure and titanate oxides having a spinel structure. The core body and the shell layer are chemically bonded to each other.

Abstract: An electronics device comprising includes: a housing; a cover attached to the housing to be movable between an open position and a closed position; a signal outputter provided to one of the housing or the cover, and outputting a first signal; a communication unit provided to an other one of the housing or the cover, and detecting a signal having a predetermined frequency and performing wireless communication with an external device, using the predetermined frequency; and a controller determining whether the cover is either in the open position or the closed position, based on detection of the first signal.

Abstract: A fine magnesium oxide particle dispersion liquid containing an aprotic solvent, and fine magnesium oxide particles that are dispersed in the aprotic solvent, wherein the dispersion liquid has D50 of 200 nm or less in a particle size distribution as measured by a dynamic light scattering method, and has a content rate of coarse particles having an average particle diameter of 500 nm or more of less than 1%, and a method for producing the fine magnesium oxide particle dispersion liquid.

Abstract: A magnesium oxide material includes a magnesium oxide powder treated with a halogen compound and a silane coupling agent. A method of producing a magnesium oxide material includes a step including preparing a magnesium oxide powder, a halogen compound treatment step including subjecting the magnesium oxide powder to a surface treatment with a halogen compound, and a silane coupling agent treatment step including subjecting the magnesium oxide powder to a surface treatment with a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: A titanium compound-containing core-shell powder includes a plurality of core-shell particles, each of which includes a core body and a shell layer encapsulating said core body. The core body is electrically conductive. The shell layer includes a crystal that is selected from titanate oxides having a perovskite structure and titanate oxides having a spinel structure. The core body and the shell layer are chemically bonded to each other.

Abstract: A titanium compound-containing core-shell powder includes a plurality of core-shell particles, each of which includes a core body and a shell layer encapsulating said core body. The core body is electrically conductive. The shell layer includes a crystal that is selected from titanate oxides having a perovskite structure and titanate oxides having a spinel structure. The core body and the shell layer are chemically bonded to each other.

Abstract: A titanium compound-containing core-shell powder includes a plurality of core-shell particles, each of which includes a core body and a shell layer encapsulating said core body. The core body is electrically conductive. The shell layer includes a crystal that is selected from titanate oxides having a perovskite structure and titanate oxides having a spinel structure. The core body and the shell layer are chemically bonded to each other.

Abstract: Acicular strontium carbonate particles are manufactured by introducing gaseous carbon dioxide into an aqueous solution or suspension of strontium hydroxide having a concentration of 1 to 20 wt. %, at a flow rate of 0.5 to 200 mL/min., relative to one gram of the strontium hydroxide, while stirring the solution or suspension in the presence of a dicarboxylic acid, in which the dicarboxylic acid comprises a divalent linear hydrocarbon group having one to four carbon atoms and carboxyl group bonded to each terminals, with the proviso that the linear hydrocarbon group may be substituted with one or more C1-6 alkyl groups, and thus carbonating the strontium hydroxide.

Abstract: Dispersibility of an alkaline earth metal carbonate micropowder in a polymer resin or in an organic solvent is improved by treating the surface of the alkaline earth metal micropowder with a surfactant having hydrophilic groups and hydrophobic groups and groups that form anions in water.

Abstract: Acicular strontium carbonate particles are manufactured by introducing gaseous carbon dioxide into an aqueous solution or suspension of strontium hydroxide having a concentration of 1 to 20 wt. %, at a flow rate of 0.5 to 200 mL/min., relative to one gram of the strontium hydroxide, while stirring the solution or suspension in the presence of a dicarboxylic acid, in which the dicarboxylic acid comprises a divalent linear hydrocarbon group having one to four carbon atoms and carboxyl group bonded to each terminals, with the proviso that the linear hydrocarbon group may be substituted with one or more C1-6 alkyl groups, and thus carbonating the strontium hydroxide.

Abstract: Dispersibility of an alkaline earth metal carbonate micropowder in a polymer resin or in an organic solvent is improved by treating the surface of the alkaline earth metal micropowder with a surfactant having hydrophilic groups and hydrophobic groups and groups that form anions in water.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing n-propyl acetate capable of suppressing the deterioration of a hydrogenation catalyst to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used, for example, in the case where n-propyl acetate is produced by performing a hydrogenation reaction in the presence of the hydrogenation catalyst using, as a raw material liquid, a liquid containing allyl acetate or the like which has been produced from propylene, oxygen and acetic acid and obtained using a purification process such as distillation. In such a method for producing n-propyl acetate, the concentration of a formyl group-containing compound (such as acrolein, propionaldehyde or 2-methylcrotonaldehyde) and the concentration of an acryloyloxy group-containing compound (such as acrylic acid or allyl acrylate) in the raw material liquid are respectively set to 100 ppm by mass or less. As a result, the deterioration of the hydrogenation catalyst can be suppressed to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing n-propyl acetate capable of suppressing the deterioration of a hydrogenation catalyst to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used, for example, in the case where n-propyl acetate is produced by performing a hydrogenation reaction in the presence of the hydrogenation catalyst using, as a raw material liquid, a liquid containing allyl acetate or the like which has been produced from propylene, oxygen and acetic acid and obtained using a purification process such as distillation. In such a method for producing n-propyl acetate, the concentration of a formyl group-containing compound (such as acrolein, propionaldehyde or 2-methylcrotonaldehyde) and the concentration of an acryloyloxy group-containing compound (such as acrylic acid or allyl acrylate) in the raw material liquid are respectively set to 100 ppm by mass or less. As a result, the deterioration of the hydrogenation catalyst can be suppressed to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used.

Abstract: There are provided a magnetic thin film utilizing a granular film and having excellent high frequency characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same, and a multilayered magnetic film and magnetic components and electronic equipment utilizing the same. A nonreactive sputtering is performed so that there is no oxidation of a magnetic metal, and a saturation magnetization is increased to increase a resonant frequency of permeability. Also, a multi-target simultaneous sputtering is combined with the nonreactive sputtering so that in a granular structure including magnetic grains and an insulating layer a size of the magnetic grains and a thickness of the insulating layer are optimized thereby ensuring a proper magnitude for a crystalline magnetic anisotropy within the grains and excellent soft magnetic properties.

Abstract: In a laser beam printer, an optimized output power of a laser beam can be obtained without using an expensive laser driving IC. A first comparator device 35 compares an output voltage of a photodiode 32 with a first reference voltage and a second comparator device 36 compares the output voltage of the photodiode 32 with a second reference voltage. A control unit 12 adjusts a duty ratio of a PWM signal outputted to a laser driving circuit 33 based on the output signals from the first comparator device 35 and the second comparator device 36, so that the output power of the laser beam emitted from the laser chip 31 can be optimized. Thereby, the expensive laser driving IC can be omitted, thereby enabling the reduction of cost of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: There are provided a magnetic thin film utilizing a granular film and having excellent high frequency characteristics and a method of manufacturing the same, and a multilayered magnetic film and magnetic components and electronic equipment utilizing the same. A nonreactive sputtering is performed so that there is no oxidation of a magnetic metal, and a saturation magnetization is increased to increase a resonant frequency of permeability. Also, a multi-target simultaneous sputtering is combined with the nonreactive sputtering so that in a granular structure including magnetic grains and an insulating layer a size of the magnetic grains and a thickness of the insulating layer are optimized thereby ensuring a proper magnitude for a crystalline magnetic anisotropy within the grains and excellent soft magnetic properties.