Abstract: In a heat-insulation film, porous plate fillers are dispersed in a matrix to bond the porous plate fillers. The porous plate filler includes plates having an aspect ratio of 3 or more, a minimum length of 0.1 to 50 ?m and a porosity of 20 to 90%. In the heat-insulation film, a volume ratio between the porous plate fillers and the matrix is from 50:50 to 95:5. In the heat-insulation film in which the porous plate fillers are used, a length of a heat transfer path increases and a thermal conductivity can be decreased, as compared with a case where spherical or cubic fillers are used.

Abstract: An intermediate member is a member which is directly or indirectly sandwiched between a first object and a second object. The intermediate member includes a plate-like supporting member having a lower surface which is one main surface opposed to the first object and a plurality of ceramic blocks fixed on an upper surface which is the other main surface of the supporting member in a state of being separated from one another. Thus, in a state where the plurality of ceramic blocks are collectively held by the supporting member having relatively high shape retention, by disposing the intermediate member between the objects, it is possible to easily arrange the plurality of ceramic blocks between the objects with high positioning accuracy.

Abstract: A thermal insulation member is directly or indirectly sandwiched between a first object and a second object and thereby suppresses or interrupts heat transfer between the first object and the second object. The thermal insulation member comprises: a first main surface opposed to the first object; and a second main surface positioned on the opposite side from the first main surface and opposed to the second object. The thermal insulation member has a porous structure of ceramic having pores. ZrO2 particles and different type material exist on surfaces of the ZrO2 particles form a skeleton of the porous structure. The different type material includes at least one selected out of SiO2, TiO2, La2O3, and Y2O3.

Abstract: A porous plate-shaped filler is a plate shape having an aspect ratio of 3 or more, and has a minimum length of 0.1 to 50 ?m and a porosity of 20 to 90%. Furthermore, the porous plate-shaped filler 1 includes plate-shaped pores 2 having an aspect ratio of 1.5 or more. Consequently, in the porous plate-shaped filler, a thermal conductivity is low. The heat insulation film includes the porous plate-shaped filler, whereby a heat insulation effect of the heat insulation film can improve.

Abstract: Provided herein is porous material which includes, as a framework of a porous structure, ZrO2 particles and a dissimilar material present on the surfaces of the ZrO2 particles. The dissimilar material includes at least one oxide selected from a first group of oxides and at least one oxide selected from a second group of oxides, or both. The first group of oxides includes, but is not limited to, SiO2, TiO2, La2O3, Al2O3, SrCO3, Gd2O3, Nb2O5, Y2O3, and a complex oxide including two or more of these oxides. The second group of oxides includes, but is not limited to, SiO2, TiO2, La2O3, Al2O3, SrCO3, Gd203, Nb2O5, Y2O3, and a complex oxide including two or more of the oxides, and ZrO2.

Abstract: A porous ceramic particle includes a porous portion and a dense layer. The porous portion has a plate-like shape and a pair of main surfaces in parallel with each other. The dense layer has porosity lower than that of the porous portion and covers at least one main surface among the pair of main surfaces of the porous portion. A portion of a surface of the porous portion, which is other than the pair of main surfaces, is exposed from the dense layer. It is thereby possible to provide a porous ceramic particle of low thermal conductivity and low heat capacity.

Abstract: Provided are a risk information distribution device including an itinerary information acquisition processing unit, a risk information acquisition processing unit, a risk information determination processing unit, a risk information notification processing unit, a position information acquisition processing unit, a position information collation processing unit, a decision result display processing unit, an abnormality notification processing unit, a safety confirmation notification processing unit, and an position information confirmation processing unit, an itinerary information database, a risk information database, a position information database that stores position information of a portable information terminal, a notification history information database that stores history of alert distribution, and a risk information distribution method capable of distributing, to a traveler, risk information corresponding to a current location and future schedule of the traveler and capable of distributing the risk

Abstract: A porous ceramic structure has a porosity of 20% to 99%, and includes one principal surface and another principal surface opposite to the one principal surface. At least one cut is formed from the one principal surface toward the other principal surface. An aspect ratio of a divided portion divided by the cut is greater than or equal to 3.

Abstract: A porous ceramic particle has a porosity of 20% to 99%, and one principal surface of the porous ceramic particle is a mirror surface, and an aspect ratio thereof is greater than or equal to 3.

Abstract: A porous ceramic structure has a porous ceramic aggregate configured from a plurality of porous ceramic particles, and the ratio of the number of corners at locations where two other porous ceramic particles are facing a corner of a porous ceramic particle with respect to the number of corners of the porous ceramic particles included in the porous ceramic aggregate is 80% or greater.

Abstract: A porous material includes aggregates, and a bonding material bonding between the aggregates and including cordierite as a main component, and surfaces of three-phase interfaces in which the aggregates, the bonding material and pores intersect are smoothly bonded. Furthermore, in the porous material, the bonding material may include at least one additive component selected from the group consisting of strontium, yttrium, and zirconium, and a bending strength of the porous material is 5.5 MPa or more, or a honeycomb bending strength of a honeycomb structure using the porous material may be 4.0 MPa or more.

Abstract: A porous material includes an aggregate, and a binding material that binds the aggregate together in a state where pores are formed. The porous material contains 0.1 to 10.0 mass % of an MgO component, 0.5 to 25.0 mass % of an Al2O3 component, and 5.0 to 45.0 mass % of an SiO2 component with respect to the mass of the whole porous material, and further contains 0.01 to 5.5 mass % of an Sr component in terms of SrO.

Abstract: A porous material includes aggregate particles, and a binding material that contains cordierite and zircon particles and binds the aggregate particles together in a state where pores are formed.

Abstract: A porous material includes an aggregate in which oxide films are formed on surfaces of particle bodies, and a binding material that contains cordierite and binds the aggregate together in a state where pores are formed. The binding material or the oxide films contain a rare-earth component that excludes Ce.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.

Abstract: A porous ceramic structure includes one sheet, and a plurality of porous ceramic particles bonded on the sheet. A gap d formed between adjacent ones of the porous ceramic particles is 10˜80 ?m.

Abstract: A porous ceramic structure includes one sheet, and a porous ceramic aggregate bonded on the sheet. The porous ceramic aggregate includes a plurality of porous ceramic particles.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus, including a first housing, a second housing which has a display section and a support member supporting the display section, and a housing connection section which rotatably connects the second housing with respect to the first housing. The support member includes a first support section connected to the housing connection section, a second support section which fixedly supports the display section, and a support connection section, positioned between the first support section and the second support section, which has a flexibility to rotatably connect the second support section with respect to the first support section.

Abstract: A ceramic material has a characteristic length La of a micro-structure thereof that satisfies 0.1 LAMFP?La?100 LAMFP, and has thermal conductivity that monotonously increases from room temperature to 100° C., where LAMFP denotes apparent mean free path of phonons at room temperature, and is defined as LAMFP=(3×thermal conductivity)/(heat capacity×speed of sound). The characteristic length La of the micro-structure is an interval between particles of different type of material when the ceramic material includes a composite material in which the different type of material is dispersed in a base material, is an interval between one pore and another pore when the ceramic material includes a porous body, and is the crystalline particle size (interval between one grain boundary and another grain boundary) when the ceramic material includes a polycrystalline body.

Abstract: A porous plate-shaped filler of the present invention is a plate shape having an aspect ratio of 3 or more, a surface shape is one of a round shape, an oval and a round-corner polygonal shape, and its minimum length is from 0.1 to 50 ?m. Furthermore, a sectional shape is one of an arch shape, an elliptic shape, and a quadrangular shape in which at least a part of corners is rounded. Consequently, it is possible to obtain the heat insulation film in which the porous plate-shaped fillers 1 are easy to be laminated and the heat insulation effect improves.