Abstract: As a method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembled wire, that is capable of manufacturing the carbon nanotube assembled wire in a tubular carbon nanotube synthesis furnace efficiently, an adhesion suppressing gas stream is generated from an adhesion suppressing gas discharge port located between a second end of the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace and an end of a heater closer to the second end, the adhesion suppressing gas stream flowing between an internal wall of the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace and an external wall of a first channel, in which carbon nanotubes are oriented to form the carbon nanotube assembled wire, in a direction from the second end toward a first end to suppress adhesion of a plurality of carbon nanotubes to the internal wall of the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembled wire includes: a first step of supplying a carbon-containing gas at one, first end of a tubular carbon nanotube synthesis furnace to grow a carbon nanotube from each of a plurality of catalyst particles suspended in the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace to synthesize a plurality of carbon nanotubes; a second step of orienting the plurality of carbon nanotubes in a longitudinal direction of the carbon nanotubes in a first channel provided in the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace, and thus assembling them together, to form a carbon nanotube assembled wire; and a third step of collecting the carbon nanotube assembled wire using a collecting gas stream flowing from a second end of the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace opposite to the first end in a direction away from the carbon nanotube synthesis furnace.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon nanotube assembled wire includes: a first step of supplying a carbon-containing gas to a plurality of catalyst particles in a suspended state in a tubular carbon nanotube synthesis furnace to grow a carbon nanotube from each of the plurality of catalyst particles to obtain a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and a second step of assembling the plurality of carbon nanotubes together to obtain a plurality of carbon nanotube assembled wires.

Abstract: A tungsten carbide powder contains tungsten carbide as a main component and chromium, in which, when mass concentrations of tungsten and chromium are measured at 100 or more analysis points randomly selected from a field of view of SEM observation of the tungsten carbide powder, a standard deviation ? of distribution of the ratio by percentage of the concentration of chromium to the total concentration of tungsten and chromium is 0.5 or less.

Abstract: A tungsten carbide powder 1 includes bonded bodies 10 each including a plurality of tungsten carbide crystal grains 11, in which the bonded bodies 10 include, at a grain boundary 11a between the plurality of tungsten carbide crystal grains 11, a chromium-concentrated region 12 which has a chromium concentration higher than that in the tungsten carbide crystal grains 11.

Abstract: A tungsten carbide powder 1 includes bonded bodies 10 each including a plurality of tungsten carbide crystal grains 11, in which the bonded bodies 10 include, at a grain boundary 11a between the plurality of tungsten carbide crystal grains 11, a chromium-concentrated region 12 which has a chromium concentration higher than that in the tungsten carbide crystal grains 11.

Abstract: A tungsten carbide powder contains tungsten carbide as a main component and chromium, in which, when mass concentrations of tungsten and chromium are measured at 100 or more analysis points randomly selected from a field of view of SEM observation of the tungsten carbide powder, a standard deviation ? of distribution of the ratio by percentage of the concentration of chromium to the total concentration of tungsten and chromium is 0.5 or less.

Abstract: An aqueous solution composition contains more than or equal to 10 mass % and less than or equal to 30 mass % of tungstate ions relative to 1 kg of water, more than or equal to 0.05 mass % and less than or equal to 5 mass % of transition metal ions relative to 1 kg of water, and a remainder of counter anions and water. The transition metal ions include cobalt ions. The counter anions include organic acid ions. The organic acid ions are multidentate ligands.