Abstract: A carbon pitch or dry coke is produced by reacting a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen in a reactor at a predetermined temperature and pressure with an iron catalyst being fed into the reactor, using a process that also involves production of methane from the reaction gases. The reaction product is cooled. The reaction product may be graphitized in a reaction vessel under reduced pressure, heating the vessel at a predetermined rate and injecting an inert gas flow. The vessel is heated to a temperature of between 1600° C. and 2800° C. and maintained at that temperature for hours. The vessel is cooled and the reaction products removed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that can achieve photoreduction of CO2 to CO in pure water at pH 6-7 with excellent performance parameters. In embodiments, the compositions and methods use CuInS2 colloidal quantum dots (QDs) as photosensitizers, and a Co-porphyrin catalyst.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a Bismuth-doped silica-based optical composition. The method has the steps of: depositing SiO2 to obtain a silica material, soaking the silica material into an aqueous Bismuth solution, incorporating GeO2 into the silica material, and vitrifying the silica material at a temperature greater than 1500° C. to obtain the Bismuth-doped silica-based optical composition. In some embodiments, the fabricated Bismuth-doped silica-based optical composition has GeO2 of greater than 12 mol % (such as 19 mol %) and is suitable for transmitting therethrough optical signals of one or more of E and S bands.

Abstract: Provided is an aerogel blanket and a method for producing the same, wherein a catalyzed sol is sufficiently and uniformly impregnated into a blanket in an impregnation tank, and the catalyzed sol is allowed to stay in the impregnation tank for a specific time to control fluidity while achieving a viscosity at which the catalyzed sol can be easily introduced into the blanket, thereby forming a uniform aerogel in the blanket. As a result, the uniformity of pore structure and thermal insulation performance of an aerogel blanket are improved, the loss of raw materials is reduced through the impregnation process, the occurrence of process problems is reduced, and the generation of dust is reduced.

Abstract: A dispersion of exfoliated particles which includes at least one nitrogen-containing basic compound (A) which is a tertiary amine or a quaternary ammonium hydroxide having at least one alkyl group having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, and in which exfoliated particles (C) produced by interlayer-exfoliating a proton-type layered polysilicate compound (B) are dispersed in an aqueous solution (D) having 10 vol % to 90 vol % of an alcohol having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and a film-forming composition, a porous body-forming composition, an LB film, a coating film, a free-standing membrane, a proton conductor, an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells, and a porous body each containing exfoliated particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a nano-titanate, a nano-titanic acid and a nano-TiO2 containing doping E or embedding E nanoparticles, and the use thereof. By using an E-doped Ti-T intermetallic compound as a titanium source, and reacting it with alkaline solution at atmospheric pressure and near its boiling-point temperature, an E-doped titanate nanofilm is prepared with high efficiency and in a short time. Through acid treatment and (or) heat treatment, a titanate nanofilm containing embedding E nanoparticles, an E-doped titanic acid nanofilm, and a titanic acid nanofilm and a TiO2 flake powder containing embedding E nanoparticles can be further prepared. Through a subsequent reaction at high temperature and pressure, the preparation of an E-doped titanate nanotubes and titanic acid nanotubes, and titanic acid nanotubes and TiO2 nanotubes/nanorods containing embedding E nanoparticles can be achieved in high efficiency and low-cost.

Abstract: A method for preparing a nano-titanate, a nano-titanic acid and a nano-TiO2 containing embedded A nanoparticles is provided respectively. In this method, a Ti-T alloy with a A-group element solidly dissolved therein is used as a titanium source, and reacted with an alkali solution under a certain condition. In combination with subsequent treatment, the preparation of a titanate nanotube, a titanic acid nanotube, and a TiO2 nanotube/rod containing embedded A nanoparticles, respectively, is further achieved with high efficiency and low cost. Moreover, a method for preparing metal nanoparticles is also provided by removing the matrix of the composites. The present preparation methods is characterized by simple process, easy operation, high efficiency, low cost. The product is of promising application in polymer-based nanocomposites, ceramic materials, catalytic materials, photocatalytic materials, hydrophobic materials, effluent degrading materials, bactericidal coatings, anticorrosive coatings, marine coatings.

Abstract: A powder contains a niobium complex and lithium, an amount of niobium being 25 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less, a proportion of niobium in metal elements of the powder is 0.775 or more and 0.950 or less in terms of mass ratio. When the powder is dissolved in 8 times its mass of water at 25° C., a niobium content contained in a filtrate thereof is 80 mass % or more of an amount of niobium contained in the powder before dissolution. The powder is obtained by mixing a niobium compound, a lithium compound, an alkali, hydrogen peroxide, and water to obtain an aqueous solution containing a niobium complex and lithium and then drying the solution at a temperature equal to or lower than a decomposition temperature of the niobium complex. The powder is suitable for preparing a lithium niobate precursor solution for coating positive electrode active material particles.

Abstract: An electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention is a monoclinic niobium complex oxide, and Db/Da is 1.5 or more, where Da is a crystallite size in the a-axis direction, and Db is a crystallite size in the b-axis direction. An electrode material for an electrochemical element of the present invention contains the electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention. An electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention contains the electrode active material for an electrochemical element of the present invention or the electrode material for an electrochemical element of the present invention. In an electrochemical element of the present invention, either one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode is the electrode for an electrochemical element of the present invention. A movable body of the present invention includes the electrochemical element of the present invention.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM including the steps of: (a) providing an aqueous solution (?) containing a water-soluble salt of nickel, one metal selected from cobalt and manganese, a compound of at least one metal selected from Ti, Zr, Mg and Nb, an ?- or ?-hydroxy carboxylic acid or ascorbic acid or of an amino acid selected from glycine, alanine and serine, or their alkali metal salts, an aqueous solution (?) containing an alkali metal hydroxide and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) containing ammonia, (b) combining the solution (?), the solution (?), and, if applicable, the solution (?) at a pH value between 11.0 and 13.0 in a stirred tank reactor, thereby creating solid particles of a hydroxide containing nickel, said solid particles being slurried.

Abstract: A positive electrode material, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof are disclosed. The cathode material is composed of secondary particles agglomerated by primary particles; wherein individual secondary particle contains an inner core structure, a middle layer, and a shell layer, in this order, along a direction from a center to a surface of the secondary particle; wherein the middle layer is distributed in a circular ring shape; and wherein the secondary particle has a structure of close packing of an inner core structure, loose and porous middle layer, and close packing of the shell layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide, carbonate, or oxide of TM which includes nickel and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, manganese, and aluminum. The process includes providing an aqueous solution (?1) containing a water-soluble salt of Ni, one of an aqueous solution (?2) containing a water-soluble salt of Co, an aqueous solution (?3) containing a water-soluble salt of Mn, or an aqueous solution (?4) containing a water-soluble compound of Al, an aqueous solution (?) containing an alkali metal hydroxide or carbonate and, optionally, an aqueous solution (?) containing ammonia or an organic acid or its alkali metal salt, combining solution (?1) and solution (?) and at least one of solutions (?2), (?3), (?4), and, if applicable, solution (?), in different locations of a continuous reactor, and removing the particles from the liquid by a solid-liquid separation method.

Abstract: Positive electrode active material for solid-state batteries, comprising Li, M?, and oxygen, wherein M? comprises: Ni in a content x between 50.0 mol % and 75.0 mol %, Co in a content y between 0.0 mol % and 40.0 mol %, Mn in a content z between 0.0 mol % and 40.0 mol %, dopants in a content a between 0.0 mol % and 2.0 mol %, Zr in a content b between 0.1 mol % and 5.0 mol %, wherein x+y+z+a+b is 100.0 mol %, wherein Zr A = b ( x + y + z + b ) , wherein the positive electrode active material has a Zr content ZrB is expressed as molar fraction compared to the sum of molar fractions of Co, Mn, Ni, and Zr all as measured by XPS analysis, wherein ZrB/ZrA>50.0, the positive electrode active material comprising secondary particles having a plurality of primary particles said primary particles having an average diameter between 170 nm and 340 nm.

Abstract: Positive electrode active material for solid-state batteries, comprising Li, M?, and oxygen, wherein M? comprises: Ni in a content x between 50.0 mol % and 85.0 mol %, Co in a content y between 0.0 mol % and 40.0 mol %, Mn in a content z between 0.0 mol % and 40.0 mol %, dopants in a content a between 0.0 mol % and 2.0 mol %, Zr in a content b between 0.1 mol % and 5.0 mol %, wherein x+y+z+a+b is 100.0 mol %, wherein Zr A = b ( x + y + z + b ) , wherein the positive electrode active material has a Zr content ZrB is expressed as molar fraction compared to the sum of molar fractions of Co, Mn, Ni, and Zr all as measured by XPS analysis, wherein ZrB/ZrA>50.0, the positive electrode active material comprising secondary particles having a plurality of primary particles said primary particles having an average diameter between 170 nm and 340 nm.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has secondary micro particles having an average particle size (D50) of 1 to 10 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary macro particles having an average particle size (D50) of 0.5 to 3 ?m and a lithium-M oxide coating layer on all or part of a surface, wherein M is at least one selected from the group consisting of boron, cobalt, manganese and magnesium. The secondary macro particles have an average particle size (D50) of 5 to 20 ?m formed by agglomeration of primary micro particles having a smaller average particle size (D50) than the primary macro particles. The primary macro particles and the primary micro particles are represented by LiaNi1?b?c?dCobMncQdO2+?, wherein 1.0?a?1.5, 0<b<0.2, 0<c<0.2, 0?d?0.1, 0<b+c+d?0.2, ?0.1???1.0, and Q is at least one type of metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, V, Ti and Zr.

Abstract: A system for removing ammonia from an ammonia-containing liquid, comprising a heat exchanger, an ammonia stripper and an acid scrubber, wherein the ammonia stripper comprises at least two stripper units, which are in fluid communication with one another through a series connection, forming a fluid flow path from the ammonia-containing liquid inlet through the at least two stripper units to the liquid discharge outlet, and wherein the acid scrubber comprising at least two scrubber units, which are in gas communication with one another and the at least two stripper units through a series connection, forming a gas flow path from the air inlet through the at least two stripper units and scrubber units to the scrubber air outlet which is opposite to the fluid flow path through the striper units.

Abstract: High surface area activated alumina and magnesium carbonate structures are used to adsorb aqueous phosphate and ammonia for recovery and repurposing as a fertilizer. A binder is utilized to aid in the formation of useful structures and to increase porosity and the available surface area for adsorption upon calcining.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for recycling heavy oil produced water for use in a steam injection boiler without desilication, comprising: the heavy oil produced water sequentially undergoes pre-treatment, filtration treatment and divalent and trivalent scaling ion removal by using a macroporous weak acid resin and the like. The method may reduce the concentration of the divalent and trivalent scaling ions in the heavy oil produced water to below 50 ?g/L, and can recycle high-silicon-containing heavy oil produced water for use in the steam injection boiler without desilication. Further disclosed is a system for recycling heavy oil produced water for use in a steam injection boiler without desilication.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method including pre-treating a high salinity aqueous liquid to remove solids, oils, and dissolved gases; using the pre-treated aqueous liquid as a draw solution for mechanically assisted forward osmosis to produce an injection water; and injecting the injection water into an underground formation. The high salinity aqueous liquid includes produced water or ground water. The draw solution is diluted with a feed solution wherein the feed solution has a lower osmotic pressure than the high salinity aqueous liquid.

Abstract: An electrochemical device including at least one of a carbonaceous cathode, and at least one of a metal-containing anode. A separation distance between the carbonaceous cathode and the metal-containing anode is about 1 to about 5000 micrometers.

Abstract: Electrochemical removal of chemical products in seawater, or other aqueous environments, resulting from increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to improvements in the field of water treatment, and more particularly to the separation step in a water treatment process. There is provided a method of separating contaminants from contaminated water. A fibrous treatment agent is provided into the contaminated water. The fibrous treatment agent has a length of about 100 pm and a diameter of at least 5 pm. The fibrous treatment agent is allowed to associate with the contaminants forming floes comprising a size of at least 1000 pm. The floes are physically separated from the contaminated water.

Abstract: A urea treatment apparatus for treating urea in a water to be treated includes a first reaction tank in which urea in the water to be treated is treated; a first addition means connected to the first reaction tank or to a first piping connected to the first reaction tank and supplying the water to be treated to the first reaction tank, for adding a bromide salt and a chlorine-based oxidation agent to the water to be treated; a second reaction tank in which a residual urea in a first treated water treated by the first reaction tank is treated, a second addition means connected to the second reaction tank or to a second piping connected to the second reaction tank and supplying the first treated water to the second reaction tank, for adding a chlorine-based oxidation agent or a mineral acid to the first treated water.

Abstract: Methods and systems for carbon sequestration in conjunction with oil and gas operations. Carbon dioxide in the form of nanobubbles is used to supersaturate treated produced water. The supersaturated produced water is then injected into Class II injection wells for effective storage in underground formations in conjunction with enhanced recovery operations or the storage and disposal of produced water from production operations.

Abstract: A biological wastewater treatment process utilizes biology carriers having recesses or pores defined on their surfaces. Biology form a biofilm or granular biofilm on the surface of the biology carriers and within. The pores or recesses protect the biology. As dissolved oxygen is consumed by biology close to the openings of the recesses or pores, less dissolved oxygen reaches biology living deeper within the pores. The pores thereby define aerobic, anoxic, and anaerobic regions within each biology carrier. Some examples of the biology carriers may be made at least in part from biochar or other partially charred materials. The resulting biological process requires less physical space than conventional flocculant sludge based processes and is more readily established and maintained verses traditional aerobic granular sludge.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water treatment device, and more specifically to a water purifier capable of removing scale in a simple manner.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for treating a fluid that includes a particulate fraction and a soluble fraction, such as wastewater fluid including biosolids. The treatment includes biochemically transforming solids in the particulate fraction of the fluid in a biochemical process while simultaneously subjecting the fluid to a vacuum pressure, and evaporating off at least a portion of the soluble fraction of the fluid and thereby thickening a remaining portion of the fluid. A residence time of the particulate fraction can be controlled to be at least 25% greater than a residence time of the soluble fraction, for example. A solids content of the particulate fraction can be controlled to be in a range of from 2% to 99%, for example.

Abstract: A method for removing polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) from water using rare earth salts, iron salts, or mixtures thereof effectively and efficiently removes undesired and dissolved PVP and provides a composition containing hydrolyzed PVP (h-PVP) having ions bound thereto. In these compositions the ions include rare earth cations, iron cations, and mixtures thereof. This composition is beneficial in the removal of aqueous contaminants, such as phosphate, other phosphorus containing compounds, arsenic, arsenic containing compounds, fluorides, and PFAS from water.

Abstract: Water treatment systems including electrically-driven and pressure-driven separation apparatus configured to produce a first treated water suitable for use as irrigation water and a second treated water suitable for use as potable water from one of brackish water and saline water and methods of operation of same.

Abstract: A process for treating waste waters with TDS?20 g/l, possibly containing organic substances, includes the following steps: a. separating the saline wastewater or waste waters from suspended solids and heavy pollutants by physical separation, forming a saline stream free of suspended solids and heavy pollutants; b. subjecting the saline stream to reverse electro-dialysis, using a reservoir solution to reduce the saline concentration and forming a diluate and a diluted stream (waste water) with TDS not higher than 20 g/l; and c. biologically treating the diluted stream obtained in (b) forming biological sludge, or excess sludge, and clarified water.

Abstract: A laminate includes a first glass article having a first thickness, a first annealing point (TA1), and a first softening point (TS1), a second glass article having a second thickness, a second annealing point (TA2), and a second softening point (TS2), and an interlayer disposed between the first glass article and the second glass article. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness, the second annealing point (TA2) is less than or equal to the first annealing point (TA1), and the second softening point (TS2) is greater than the first softening point (TS1).

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; and a window on the display panel, wherein the window includes a glass substrate having a thickness of 20 micrometers (?m) to 100 ?m, and the glass substrate contains, on a basis of an entirety of the glass substrate, more than 75 mol % and less than 85 mol % of SiO2, more than 10 mol % and less than 20 mol % of Na2O, and more than 0 mol % and less than 10 mol % of CaO, respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a glass composition including tin oxide, wherein a content of the tin oxide is, in mass %, 0.1?T-SnO2?2.5, where T-SnO2 represents total tin oxide calculated as SnO2. The glass filler formed of this glass composition may be a flaky glass, a chopped strand, a milled fiber, glass powder, a glass bead, a flat fiber, a thin glass piece, or the like. This glass composition is suitable for stably manufacturing, for example, a glass filler.

Abstract: A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 60 mol % to less than or equal to 66 mol % SiO2, greater than or equal to 14 mol % to less than or equal to 16 mol % Al2O3, greater than or equal to 7 mol % to less than or equal to 9 mol % Li2O, greater than or equal to 4 mol % to less than or equal to 6 mol % Na2O, greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % to less than or equal to 3 mol % P2O5, greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % to less than or equal to 6 mol % B2O3; and greater than 0 mol % to less than or equal to 1 mol % TiO2. The glass composition may have a fracture toughness of greater than or equal 0.75 MPa?m. A glass composition includes SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O, Na2O, P2O5, and B2O3, wherein a molar ratio of Li2O/Na2O is greater than or equal to 1.2 to less than or equal to 2.0, the glass has a liquidus viscosity in the range from greater than or equal to 50 kP to less than or equal to 75 kP, and the glass has a KIC fracture toughness greater than or equal to 0.75 MPa·m0.5.

Abstract: Disclosed are a glass ceramic material, a preparation method thereof, and a denture. The glass ceramic material includes the following components by mass percentage: 58% to 72% of SiO2, 0% to 4% of Al2O3, 0% to 5% of Na2O, 3% to 8% of K2O, 8% to 17% of Li2O, 2.5% to 5% of P2O5, 0% to 2% of MgO, 0% to 2.5% of B2O3, 0% to 5% of ZnO and 0% to 3% of ZrO2. In the present application, by optimizing the composition and ratio of the glass ceramic material, and combining with a matching process system, it is possible to control the formation of lithium disilicate while the crystallinity of lithium metasilicate glass ceramic can be improved without an introduction of a high ratio of zirconia content, thereby improving the grinding performance of the glass ceramic. The present application is applicable to the field of material technology.

Abstract: Quartz solid solution glass ceramics and precursors thereof are described. which are characterized by very good mechanical and optical properties and can be used in particular as restorative materials in dentistry.

Abstract: Disclosed are a glass ceramic composition, a preparation method and application thereof. The glass ceramic composition according to the present application includes: 58% to 72% of SiO2; 0% to 4% of Al2O3; 0% to 5% of Na2O; 3% to 8% of K2O; 8% to 17% of Li2O; 2.5% to 5% of P2O5, 0% to 2% of MgO, 0% to 2.5% of B2O3; 0% to 5% of ZnO; and 0% to 3% of ZrO2. It is possible to prepare such lithium metasilicate glass ceramic with a crystal phase of lithium metasilicate, a crystallinity of greater than 50%, a grain size of 30 nm to 60 nm and a hardness of 500 kgf/mm2 to 590 kgf/mm2. The composition does not require an introduction of a high proportion of zirconia content, and can be ground to a thickness of 0.2 mm without edge collapse.

Abstract: Provided is an inorganic fine particle dispersion which has excellent storage stability and from which it is possible to form a coating film having high light transmittance and high coating film strength (high adhesiveness with respect to a base material of the coating film). The inorganic fine particle dispersion contains inorganic fine particles, a liquid dispersion medium A (excluding water) having a boiling point not lower than 100° C. but lower than 190° C., and a liquid dispersion medium B having a boiling point lower than 100° C. The percentage content of the liquid dispersion medium A is not less than 0.5 mass % but less than 15 mass % with respect to 100 mass % of the total amount of the inorganic fine particle dispersion.

Abstract: In a glass sheet 12 for chemical strengthening having a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, the glass sheet 12 has a warped shape as a whole or includes a warped part in a portion thereof. When the glass sheet 12 is placed on a horizontal surface with one main surface 12a facing upward, a first peak position D1 is present in a part inside a peripheral edge portion 12e of the glass sheet 12, where the first peak position D1 is a position having the highest height from the horizontal surface in the glass sheet 12, and the peripheral edge portion 12e is a part having a width of 10 mm along a peripheral edge of the glass sheet 12.

Abstract: Reaction schemes involving acids and bases; reactors comprising spatially varying chemical composition gradients (e.g., spatially varying pH gradients), and associated systems and methods, are generally described.

Abstract: There is a process of CO2 mineralization with natural mineral phases with prevalent alkaline-earth metals silicate content producing a mixture of magnesium carbonate, amorphous silica and other possibly non-reacted or non-mineralizable phases. The material thus obtained, after being washed with water, develops pozzolanic properties and can be used for formulating cements.

Abstract: Described are cementitious reagent materials produced from globally abundant inorganic feedstocks. Also described are methods for the manufacture of such cementitious reagent materials and forming the reagent materials as microspheroidal glassy particles. Also described are apparatuses, systems and methods for the thermochemical production of glassy cementitious reagents with spheroidal morphology. The apparatuses, systems and methods make use of an in-flight melting/quenching technology such that solid particles are flown in suspension, melted in suspension, and then quenched in suspension. The cementitious reagents can be used in concrete to substantially reduce the CO2 emission associated with cement production.

Abstract: A color-adjustable repairing agent and a preparation method therefor, and concrete containing the repairing agent are disclosed in the present invention; the repairing agent is a mixture of microbial powder, dopamine and a calcium source immobilized by cement; and according to total mass of the mixture, a mass percentage of the microbial powder is 44%-54%, a mass percentage of the dopamine is 1%-5%, and a mass percentage of the calcium source is 44%-54%; according to the present invention, dopamine is mixed into a microbial self-repairing agent, a cement-immobilized microbial self-repairing agent is used for preparing repairing agent particles, a crack area of microbial self-repairing concrete is repaired, and repairing performance of the concrete and a color of a repairing product of the crack area are tested.

Abstract: A system and a method for generating carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced cementitious materials are provided. An exemplary method includes capturing carbon dioxide formed in while calcining cementitious precursors, converting the carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons, producing CNTs on the calcined cementitious precursors from the hydrocarbons, and forming CNT-reinforced, cementitious materials from the calcined cementitious precursors comprising the CNTs.

Abstract: A kit of parts suitable to form a waterproofing membrane consisting of a first component A including or consisting of a) 5-60 mass parts, preferably 30-60 mass parts, more preferably 45-55 mass parts, of a hydraulic binder, b) 0.5-15 mass parts, preferably 1-5 mass parts of at least one synthetic polymer, c) 20-80 mass parts, preferably 30-50 mass parts of aggregates, and d) optionally further additives and a second component B including or consisting of an aqueous emulsion of bitumen.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gypsum panel and a method of making such gypsum panel. For instance, in one embodiment, the gypsum panel comprises a gypsum core and a first facing material and a second facing material sandwiching the gypsum core, wherein the gypsum core includes gypsum and one or more components of a reclaim gypsum panel, such as reclaimed gypsum and reclaimed facing material. The methods of the present invention are directed to making the aforementioned gypsum panels by providing the first facing material, providing a gypsum slurry comprising gypsum, water, and one or more components of a reclaim gypsum panel, such as reclaimed gypsum and reclaimed facing material, onto the first facing material, and providing a second facing material on the gypsum slurry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic slate with a colored jade effect and a preparation method comprising: pressing and forming raw materials containing a ceramic base material and colored glass fragments to obtain a ceramic green body; drying and firing the ceramic green body to give a ceramic slate with colored jade effect particles dispersed on the surface of the green body; wherein, the colored glass fragments account for 3 wt % to 5 wt % of the ceramic base material. Since colored glass waste instead of frits and pigments is used to prepare the ceramic slate with the colored jade effect, the ceramic slate does not have the phenomenon of pigment dispersion after high-temperature firing, and the surface of the fired ceramic slate shows a shape of micro-protrusion, so that the polished tile surface is smoother and free from pits, resulting in a better tile surface effect.

Abstract: A rare earth aluminate sintered compact including rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases and voids, wherein an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases is in a range from 0.4 ?m to 1.3 ?m, and an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of voids is in a range from 0.1 ?m to 1.2 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a composite member including: an inorganic matrix part made from an inorganic substance that includes at least one of a metal oxide or a metal oxide hydroxide as a main component, contains substantially no single metal and alloy, and is a diamagnetic substance or a paramagnetic substance; and a ferromagnetic material part that is present inside the inorganic matrix part, directly bonds with the inorganic substance making up the inorganic matrix part, and is made from a ferromagnetic substance. In the inorganic matrix part, particles of the inorganic substance are continuously present, and the inorganic matrix part has a larger volume ratio than that of the ferromagnetic material part.

Abstract: The invention presents a near-infrared photothermal coupling curing non-oxide ceramic slurry, along with its preparation method and application. The ceramic slurry consists of various raw materials, with weight fractions as follows: non-oxide ceramic powder (40˜90 parts), photosensitive resin (0.5˜20 parts), photosensitive monomer (1˜40 parts), photoinitiator (0.25˜4 parts), thermal initiator (0.25˜4 parts), additive (0.75˜5 parts), and up-conversion luminescent material (0.5˜4 parts). The non-oxide ceramic powders can include Si3N4, TiN, BN, AlN, SiC, WC, TiC, ZrC, TiB2, and ZrB2. By combining the photochemical and photothermal dual curing system using near-infrared up-conversion, this invention addresses the issue of insufficient curing encountered in single photocuring or thermal curing processes.