Abstract: The meat processing apparatus includes a conveying line including a plurality of conveying units arranged in series, at least one processing station for processing the meat conveyed by the conveying line, and a controller for controlling the conveying units. The plurality of conveying units include: a first conveying unit having a first conveyor and a first sensor for detecting the meat placed on the first conveyor; and a second conveying unit located downstream of the first conveying unit, and having a second conveyor and a second sensor for detecting the meat placed on the second conveyor. The controller is configured to drive and control the first conveyor and the second conveyor based on a detection result of the second sensor.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first chip including a first electrode; a wiring member; a second chip located between the first chip and the wiring member, including a second electrode; a first conductive plate located on the first electrode, in a second direction a dimension of the first conductive plate being greater than a dimension of the first chip, the second direction crossing a first direction being from the first chip toward the second chip; a second conductive plate located on the second electrode, in a second direction a dimension of the second conductive plate being greater than a dimension of the second chip; and a first wire being bonded to the wiring member, a portion of the first conductive plate protruding further in the second direction than the first chip, and a portion of the second conductive plate protruding further in the second direction than the second chip.

Abstract: A permanent magnet is expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t. The magnet comprises a metal structure including a main phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a grain boundary phase. The main phase includes a cell phase having the Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a Cu-rich phase. A section including a c-axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase has a first region in the crystal grain and a second region in the crystal grain, the first region is provided in the cell phase divided by the Cu-rich phase, the second region is provided within a range of not less than 50 nm nor more than 200 nm from the grain boundary phase in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the grain boundary phase, and a difference between a Cu concentration of the first region and a Cu concentration of the second region is 0.5 atomic percent or less.

Abstract: A high-performance permanent magnet is provided. The magnet is expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t. The magnet includes a sintered body including: a plurality of crystal grains each having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase; and a plurality of grain boundaries between the crystal grains. If an oxide phase of the R element is defined by a continuous region that is disposed in the sintered body and contains the R element and oxygen having a concentration of 85 atomic percent or more, a ratio of the number of the oxide phases in the grain boundaries to the number of the crystal grains is 1.1 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a magnetic material. The method includes preparing magnetic metal particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from a second group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, Ba, Sr, Cr, Mo, Ag, Ga, Sc, V, Y, Nb, Pb, Cu, In, Sn and rare earth elements, pulverizing and reaggregating the magnetic metal particles, and thereby forming composite particles containing a magnetic metal phase and an interstitial phase, and heat-treating the composite particles at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C. The particle size distribution of the magnetic metal particles in the preparing magnetic metal particles has two or more peaks.

Abstract: A high-performance permanent magnet is provided. The magnet is expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t. The magnet includes a sintered body including: a plurality of crystal grains each having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase; and a plurality of grain boundaries between the crystal grains. If an oxide phase of the R element is defined by a continuous region that is disposed in the sintered body and contains the R element and oxygen having a concentration of 85 atomic percent or more, a ratio of the number of the oxide phases in the grain boundaries to the number of the crystal grains is 1.1 or less.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic material including a plurality of flat particles containing a magnetic metal, and a matrix phase disposed around the flat particles and having higher electrical resistance than the flat particles. In a cross-section of the magnetic material, the aspect ratio of the flat particles is 10 or higher. If the major axis of one of the flat particles is designated as L and the length of a straight line connecting two endpoints of the flat particle is designated as W, the proportion of the area surrounded by the outer peripheries of parts in which flat particles satisfying the relationship: W ?0.95×L are continuously laminated, is 10% or more of the cross-section.

Abstract: A permanent magnet is expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCutCo100-p-q-r-t. The magnet comprises a metal structure including a main phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a grain boundary phase. The main phase includes a cell phase having the Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a Cu-rich phase. A section including a c-axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase has a first region in the crystal grain and a second region in the crystal grain, the first region is provided in the cell phase divided by the Cu-rich phase, the second region is provided within a range of not less than 50 nm nor more than 200 nm from the grain boundary phase in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the grain boundary phase, and a difference between a Cu concentration of the first region and a Cu concentration of the second region is 0.5 atomic percent or less.

Abstract: A permanent magnet of an embodiment includes a sintered compact, the sintered compact including: a composition expressed by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s, (R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10.5?p?12.5 atomic %, 24?q?40 atomic %, 0.88?r?4.5 atomic %, and 3.5?s?10.7 atomic %); and a structure having crystal grains each composed of a main phase including a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a crystal grain boundary of the crystal grains. An average crystal grain diameter of the crystal grains is 50 ?m or more and 100 ?m or less, and a ratio of the crystal grains having a crystal grain diameter of 50 ?m or more is 75% or more.

Abstract: A magnetic metal particle aggregate includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles including at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. The plurality of magnetic metal particles are partly bound with each other, and an average particle diameter of the plurality of magnetic metal particles is 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less. The magnetic metal particle aggregate has an average particle diameter of 15 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

Abstract: A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide.

Abstract: A radio wave absorber according to an embodiment includes a plurality of metal particles including at least one kind of magnetic metal element selected from a first group of Fe, Co, and Ni. Each of the plurality of metal particles has a linear expansion coefficient of 1×10?6/K or more and 10×10?6/K or less. The radio wave absorber also includes a binding layer binding the metal particles and having higher resistance than the metal particle, wherein a volume filling ratio of the metal particles in the radio wave absorber is 10% or more and 50% or less.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a magnetic material. The method includes preparing magnetic metal particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from a second group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, Ba, Sr, Cr, Mo, Ag, Ga, Sc, V, Y, Nb, Pb, Cu, In, Sn and rare earth elements, pulverizing and reaggregating the magnetic metal particles, and thereby forming composite particles containing a magnetic metal phase and an interstitial phase, and heat-treating the composite particles at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C. The particle size distribution of the magnetic metal particles in the preparing magnetic metal particles has two or more peaks.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic material which includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles having a rate of change in the lattice constant of ±1% or less with respect to the lattice constant obtained after a heat treatment at 1000° C., a plurality of insulating coating layers insulating and covering at least a portion of the magnetic metal particles, and an insulating resin disposed around the magnetic metal particles and the insulating coating layers. The insulating coating layers are in contact with one another.

Abstract: Provided is a magnetic material including a plurality of flat particles containing a magnetic metal, and a matrix phase disposed around the flat particles and having higher electrical resistance than the flat particles. In a cross-section of the magnetic material, the aspect ratio of the flat particles is 10 or higher. If the major axis of one of the flat particles is designated as L and the length of a straight line connecting two endpoints of the flat particle is designated as W, the proportion of the area surrounded by the outer peripheries of parts in which flat particles satisfying the relationship: W?0.95×L are continuously laminated, is 10% or more of the cross-section.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a magnetic material, the method including preparing a mixed phase material including a first magnetic metal phase formed from a magnetic metal and a second phase containing any one of oxygen (O), nitrogen (N) or carbon (C) and a non-magnetic metal, conducting a first heat treatment to the mixed phase material at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C., forming nanoparticle aggregates including a plurality of magnetic metal nanoparticles formed from the first magnetic metal phase and the second phase, and conducting a second heat treatment to the nanoparticle aggregates at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C. The nanoparticle aggregates are formed by decreasing an average particle size and a particle size distribution variation of the first magnetic metal phase after the first heat treatment.

Abstract: A radiowave absorber of an embodiment includes: core-shell particles each including: a core portion that contains at least one magnetic metal element selected from a first group including Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one metal element selected from a second group including Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare-earth elements, Ba, and Sr; and a shell layer that coats at least part of the core portion, and includes an oxide layer containing at least one metal element selected from the second group and contained in the core portion; and a binding layer that binds the core-shell particles, and has a higher resistance than the resistance of the core-shell particles. The volume filling rate of the core-shell particles in the radiowave absorber is not lower than 10% and not higher than 55%.

Abstract: A radio wave absorber according to an embodiment includes a plurality of metal particles including at least one kind of magnetic metal element selected from a first group of Fe, Co, and Ni. Each of the plurality of metal particles has a linear expansion coefficient of 1×10?6/K or more and 10×10?6/K or less. The radio wave absorber also includes a binding layer binding the metal particles and having higher resistance than the metal particle, wherein a volume filling ratio of the metal particles in the radio wave absorber is 10% or more and 50% or less.

Abstract: A magnetic metal particle aggregate includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles including at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. The plurality of magnetic metal particles are partly bound with each other, and an average particle diameter of the plurality of magnetic metal particles is 10 nm or more and 50 nm or less. The magnetic metal particle aggregate has an average particle diameter of 15 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

Abstract: A magnetic material of an embodiment includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles, a plurality of columnar oxide particles, and a matrix phase. Each of the plurality of the magnetic metal particles includes at least one element selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. Each of the plurality of the columnar oxide particles includes at least one oxide selected from a second group consisting of Al2O3, SiO2, and TiO2 and is in contact with the magnetic metal particle. The matrix phase has a higher electrical resistance than each of the plurality of the magnetic metal particles. The matrix phase surrounds the plurality of magnetic metal particles and the plurality of columnar oxide particles. In the magnetic material, 5 nm?l?L and 0.002?L/R?0.4 hold, where R represents a particle size of the magnetic metal particle, L represents a length of the columnar oxide particle, and l represents a breadth of the columnar oxide particle.