Abstract: Disclosed is a porous sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride ceramic, which includes an array of sintered granules having fine pore channels in the sintered granules and coarse pore channels formed between the sintered granules, and in which the pore channel size is controlled so that both coarse pores and fine pores are formed together in the ceramic, thus simultaneously enhancing air permeability and capturing efficiency. A method of manufacturing the porous sintered reaction-bonded silicon nitride ceramic is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing sialon having magnetic properties, including: mixing silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, alumina and rare-earth oxide to form a mixture; and sintering the mixture in a nitrogen atmosphere, wherein the resulting sialon has a saturation magnetization value ranging from 0.15 to 0.24 emu/g. In the method, iron (Fe) is added to the mixture to form iron silicide, thus improving the magnetic properties of the sialon. The method is advantageous in that it can be applied to fields requiring electromagnetic materials such as high-speed transmission transformer cores, electromagnet cores and the like, and magnetic properties are additionally imparted to sialon having excellent structural properties, so that it is expected that it will be widely used in the future.

Abstract: An internal cooling apparatus for automobiles includes a first expansion valve for spraying a coolant to a main evaporator through a high-pressure pipe, a compressor receiving the coolant evaporated in the main evaporator through a low-pressure pipe, a condenser receiving the coolant compressed in the compressor, and a plurality of sub-evaporators each being installed inside of a seat to contact an automobile passenger. One end of each of the sub-evaporators is communicated with the high-pressure pipe and the other end thereof is communicated with the low-pressure pipe such that part of the coolant sprayed through the first expansion valve is supplied to the compressor via each of the sub-evaporators.