Abstract: An outlet device, which is to be arranged on a wall surface, includes an outlet box in which electric wiring and optical interconnection are to be accommodated, and a cover plate which covers the outlet box. The cover plate includes a plate surface formed with an opening section through which an electric connection port of at least one of a telephone jack and an electric power supply outlet is to be exposed, and a bulged portion formed, on left or right side of the plate surface, to bulge frontward from the plate surface. The bulged portion is operable to accommodate a connection adaptor to which an optical connector attached directly to an end portion of an optical fiber is fitted, and includes a bottom face formed with an opening through which an optical connection port of the connection adaptor is to be exposed so as to be oriented downward.

Abstract: An outlet device, which is to be arranged on a wall surface, includes an outlet box in which electric wiring and optical interconnection are to be accommodated, and a cover plate which covers the outlet box. The cover plate includes a plate surface formed with an opening section through which an electric connection port of at least one of a telephone jack and an electric power supply outlet is to be exposed, and a bulged portion formed, on left or right side of the plate surface, to bulge frontward from the plate surface. The bulged portion is operable to accommodate a connection adaptor to which an optical connector attached directly to an end portion of an optical fiber is fitted, and includes a bottom face formed with an opening through which an optical connection port of the connection adaptor is to be exposed so as to be oriented downward.

Abstract: A total reflection X-ray fluorescence apparatus comprises a base material having an optically flat surface for totally reflecting X-rays radiated at a small glancing angle, a first detector such as an SSD for detecting fluorescent X-rays emerging from a specimen located near the optically flat surface of the base material and a second detector such as a scintillation counter for detecting an intensity of an X-rays coming from the base material.

Abstract: A superconducting ceramic wire is produced by melting a superconducting ceramic-forming metal oxide composition, and quenching the melt into a glass which is then formed into a preform of thin plate. The preform is soften and wire-drawn without causing crystallization in a furnace into a flexible elongated thin tape having a thickness of e.g. 40 to 60 .mu.m. The tape is heat-treated for crystallization to obtain the superconducting wire. The disclosure mentions mainly Bi Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconducting systems.

Abstract: A total reflection X-ray fluorescence apparatus comprises a base material having an optically flat surface for totally reflecting X-rays radiated at a small glancing angle, a first detector such as an SSD for detecting fluorescent X-rays emerging from a specimen located near the optically flat surface of the base material and a second detector such as a scintillation counter for detecting intensity of X-rays coming from the base material.

Abstract: A total reflection X-ray fluorescence apparatus comprises a base material having an optically flat surface for totally reflecting X-rays radiated at a small glancing angle, a first detector such as an SSD for detecting fluorescent X-rays emerging from a specimen located near the optically flat surface of the base material and a second detector such as a scintillation counter for detecting an intensity of an X-rays coming from the base material.

Abstract: A superconducting ceramic wire is prepared from a superconducting ceramic-forming oxide composition by melting, the composition and quenching the melt to form a dense glass, which is soften and wire-drawn in a furnace. The resulting wire is heat-treated to form crystals and made into a superconducting ceramic wire. The wire has a flexibility and remarkable superconductivity which can further be improved by applying pressure to be made more dense and repeating the heat-treatment.