Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode made of a carbonaceous material, an electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a negative electrode made of metallic lithium or a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, wherein said positive electrode is formed from a boronized graphitic material containing boron or a boron compound such that the content of boron therein is 0.05-11 wt %. A method for production of the positive electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: An alkaline primary cell which is improved in reduction of self-discharge and cell capacity under storage at a high temperature, has a prolonged life and makes use of nickel oxyhydroxide is provided inexpensively. ?-Form nickel oxyhydroxide is contained in a positive electrode mixture as an active material, which contains cobalt and zinc as a substitutional element for solid solution, and has a total amount X+Y of molar ratios of cobalt atom X and zinc atom Y such that 2?X+Y?16, with a mixing ratio satisfying the relationship of Y?3/2×X+1/2 and Y?2/3×X ?1/3, and where a diffraction peak obtained as a result of measurement of X-ray powder diffraction of nickel oxyhydroxide appears only in the vicinity of 18.5° within a range of 2?=10°-30°.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode made of a carbonaceous material, an electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a negative electrode made of metallic lithium or a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, wherein said positive electrode is formed from a boronized graphitic material containing boron or a boron compound such that the content of boron therein is 0.05-11 wt %. A method for production of the positive electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode made of a carbonaceous material, an electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a negative electrode made of metallic lithium or a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, wherein said positive electrode is formed from a boronized graphitic material containing boron or a boron compound such that the content of boron therein is 0.05-11 wt %. A method for production of the positive electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a positive electrode made of a carbonaceous material, an electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a negative electrode made of metallic lithium or a material capable of occluding and releasing lithium, wherein said positive electrode is formed from a boronized graphitic material containing boron or a boron compound such that the content of boron therein is 0.05-11 wt %. A method for production of the positive electrode of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery.

Abstract: An alkaline primary cell which is improved in reduction of self-discharge and cell capacity under storage at a high temperature, has a prolonged life and makes use of nickel oxyhydroxide is provided inexpensively. &bgr;-Form nickel oxyhydroxide is contained in a positive electrode mixture as an active material, which contains cobalt and zinc as a substitutional element for solid solution, and has a total amount X+Y of molar ratios of cobalt atom X and zinc atom Y such that 2≦X+Y≦16, with a mixing ratio satisfying the relationship of Y≦3/2×X+1/2 and Y≧2/3×X−1/3, and where a diffraction peak obtained as a result of measurement of X-ray powder diffraction of nickel oxyhydroxide appears only in the vicinity of 18.5° within a range of 2&thgr;=10°-30°.

Abstract: An explosion-proof battery includes a cover unit fit into an open portion of a cylindrical cup-like casing. The cover unit is electrically connected to a lead tab extended from an electricity generating unit installed in the casing. The cover unit includes a metal terminal plate of relatively high rigidity, a pressure sensitive plate in the form of a metal plate having relatively high flexibility and vulnerability, a fixing plate of insulating material, an electrical conductive member including an upwardly projecting portion and a base portion, and a ring-shaped gasket of insulating material. The terminal plate and the fixing plate have respective vent holes. The electrical conductive member and the pressure sensitive plate are connected to each other at a connecting portion on the projecting portion of the conductive member by welding. A tip end portion of the lead tab is connected to the base portion of the conductive member.

Abstract: A first guide roll, a second guide roll and a backing roll are mounted on a movable frame. A feed roll is disposed substantially perpendicularly below the second guide roll upstream of the second guide roll relative to a direction of movement of a base sheet. The distance between the feed roll and the second guide roll is ninety (90) to two hundred and ten (210) times as long as a distance of travel of the backing roll when the backing roll is moved away from a coating roll.

Abstract: The distance between a D-roll and a C-roll is switched at proper time intervals between two stages in which the distance is larger or smaller. A thicker coating layer on the C-roll with the thickness controlled by the larger distance between the D-roll and the C-roll is transferred onto a base sheet in a condition in which the C-roll and a B-roll are in contact with each other with the base sheet interposed therebetween. The distance between the C-roll and the B-roll is increased when a thinner coating layer on the C-roll with the thickness controlled by the smaller distance between the D-roll and the C-roll reaches a transfer position, so that the coating layer is not transferred onto the base sheet. A local increase of the amount of the coating material applied at the end of a coating area can be prevented, and the thickness of the coating material applied can be controlled to be constant with high accuracy over the entire coated area.

Abstract: Zinc orthotitanate (Zn.sub.2 TiO.sub.4) suitable for use as a pigment for spacecraft thermal control coatings is prepared by heating a slightly zinc-deficient reaction mixture of precipitated oxalates of zinc and titanium. The reaction mixture can be formed by co-precipitation of zinc and titanium oxalates from chloride solution or by mixing separately precipitated oxalates. The mixture is first heated to 400.degree. to 600.degree. C to remove volatiles and is then rapidly heated at 900.degree. to 1200.degree. C. Zinc orthotitanate produced by this method exhibits the very fine particle size needed for thermal control coatings as well as stability in a space environment.