Abstract: A fungicide containing, as an active ingredient, a metal complex of the formula (I),[M{W--Si(OA.sup.1).sub.k A.sub.3-k.sup.2 }.sub.g ]Z.sub.f (I)wherein M, W, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, k, f, g and Z are as defined in the bore formula (I) of claim 1; and use thereof for various fungicidal substances.

Abstract: Disclosed in a cement composition comprising an unsaturated carboxylic acid polymer and an alkaline earth metal aluminofluorosilicate glass, wherein the alkaline earth metal aluminofluorosilicate glass comprises (a) 50 to 95% by weight of coarse particles having a spherical shape and an F/Si ratio of at least 0.1 but lower than 0.6 and having a particle size larger than 3 .mu.m but not larger than 50 .mu.m and (b) 5 to 50% by weight of fine particles having an F/Si ratio of 0.6 to 5 and a particle size of up to 3 .mu.m.This cement composition gives a cured body having a good surface gloss and a high strength, and this cement composition has a good flowability and a good workability. Accordingly, the cement composition is valuable as a dental cement composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is an amorphous, spherical inorganic compound having a particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 .mu.m, which comprises as main constituents (1) an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of the Groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, said metal oxide being capable of combining with silicon dioxide, and (2) silica.

Abstract: A crystalline metal oxide in the form of a solid solution comprising an oxide of a metal of Group II of the periodic table, titanium oxide and silicon dioxide as main components and having main peaks at about 26.7.degree. and about 20.9.degree. in its Cu-K.alpha. X-ray diffraction pattern (2.theta.) and a specific refractive index. The crystalline metal oxide is produced, for example, by dissolving a compound of a metal of Group II of the periodic table, a hydrolyzable organic silicon compound and a hydrolyzable titanium compound in an organic solvent, hydrolyzing said starting compounds in said solution or after said solution is added to a separately prepared solvent incapable of dissolving the reaction product, thereby to form a sol- or gel-like product, and thereafter calcining the sol- or gel-like product at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to crystallize said product.

Abstract: Disclosed is an amorphous, spherical inorganic compound having a particle size of 0.1 to 1.0 .mu.m, which comprises as main constituents (1) an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of the Groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, said metal oxide being capable of combining with silicon dioxide, and (2) silica.