Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a timepiece comprising at least one first part produced by a microfabrication or microforming method in at least one first material, said method comprising at least: a step of depositing, on said first part, without moulding, at least one second part of said timepiece in at least one second material, and a step of treating the second material in order to connect together the components on the first part.

Abstract: The present application provides a method of preparing sulfuryl fluoride, including the following steps of: S1) reacting sulfur trioxide steam with barium fluoride to acquire a mixed gas of barium sulphate and sulfuryl fluoride; S2) pickling the mixed gas acquired in step S1 with a concentrated sulfuric acid solution with a concentration of 70-98.3 wt. % to acquire a primary purified sulfuryl fluoride gas; S3) passing the primary purified sulfuryl fluoride gas acquired in step S2 through an aqueous solution with a concentration of 2-10 wt. % selected from at least one of the following: sodium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, sodium pyrosulfite, and sodium thiosulfate, to acquire a sulfuryl fluoride gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles and antimicrobial composite material comprising said activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles embedded in a thermoplastic polymer such as low density polyethylene (LDPE). The invention also relates to the method for obtaining the composite material of the invention and a thermal activation method for the thermal activation of a sodium hexametaphosphate salt in order to generate the activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles. The antimicrobial material of the invention is preferably used in the food industry.

Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen storage system including a solution including ethylenediamine bisborane (EDAB) and ethylenediamine (ED), in which the hydrogen storage system is capable of performing a reversible dehydrogenation/hydrogenation reaction at a temperature of 20° C. to 200° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous metal catalyst including ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), osmium (Os), iridium (Jr), platinum (Pt), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for processing methane includes processing methane in presence of a carbon dioxide stream, whereby a synthesis gas including carbon monoxide and hydrogen is produced. The synthesis gas is contacted with a carbon monoxide-absorbing solution, thereby removing at least a portion of the carbon monoxide and producing a final synthesis gas having an increased ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide.

Abstract: A process for producing syngas that uses the syngas product from an oxygen-fired reformer to provide all necessary heating duties, which eliminates the need for a fired heater. Without the flue gas stream leaving a fired heater, all of the carbon dioxide produced by the reforming process is concentrated in the high-pressure syngas stream, allowing essentially complete carbon dioxide capture.

Abstract: A process for producing syngas that uses the syngas product from a partial oxidation reactor to provide all necessary heating duties, which eliminates the need for a fired heater. Soot is removed from the syngas using a dry filter to avoid a wet scrubber quenching the syngas stream and wasting the high-quality heat. Without the flue gas stream leaving a fired heater, all of the carbon dioxide produced by the reforming process is concentrated in the high-pressure syngas stream, allowing essentially complete carbon dioxide capture.

Abstract: A nanomaterial and a method of preparing the nanomaterial are provided. The nanomaterial is a product formed by a reaction of functionalized carbon nanotube comprising first and second aminoalkyl groups covalently bonded to a surface of the carbon nanotube and a porphyrin ring of formula (I). A method of removing a pollutant from an aqueous solution by contacting the aqueous solution having an initial concentration of the pollutant with the nanomaterial is also provided.

Abstract: This invention provides an innovative method to manufacture graphene layers or quantities and graphene oxide layers or quantities from graphite, coal slags, asphalt, and other carbon-rich sold materials in nature. The present invention uses controllable microwave irradiation to heat the mixtures of basic material, graphite, or coal slags, or asphalt, or their combinations with ionic liquids and surfactant plus environmentally friendly oxidation agents. This invention can generate the said-products of graphene layers and graphene oxides in a short time period of one second to 300 seconds. The present invention does not involve any concentrated sulfuric acid, nitric acid, nor huge water quantities needed for the purification, unlike the prior art.

Abstract: To provide an amorphous silicon forming composition, which has high affinity with a substrate, is excellent in filling properties, and is capable of forming a thick film. [Means for Solution] An amorphous silicon forming composition comprising: (a) a block copolymer comprising a linear and/or cyclic block A having a polysilane skeleton comprising 5 or more silicon and a block B having a polysilazane skeleton comprising 20 or more silicon, wherein at least one silicon in the block A and at least one silicon in the block B are connected by a single bond and/or a crosslinking group comprising silicon, and (b) a solvent.

Abstract: A production method for producing a halide includes heat-treating, in an inert gas atmosphere, a mixed material in which LiCl and YCl3 are mixed. In the heat-treatment, the mixed material is heat-treated at higher than or equal to 200° C. and lower than or equal to 650° C.

Abstract: Provided are a barium germanium oxide having a 3-4 eV band gap, a method for producing the same, a sintered body thereof, and a target thereof. The barium germanium oxide includes at least Ba, Ge, and O, includes a crystal represented by a general formula of ABO3 (here, A includes at least Ba and B includes at least Ge), and has a hexagonal 6H-type perovskite structure.

Abstract: A method for producing manganese(II) sulfate monohydrate includes a pulverization and washing step of pulverizing and washing a manganese-containing by-product, a leaching step of leaching the pulverized manganese-containing by-product after the pulverization and washing step to produce a leachate, a neutralization step of neutralizing the leachate produced in the leaching step, an impurity removal step of removing impurities from the leachate neutralized in the neutralization step, a solvent extraction step of recovering manganese in the form of an aqueous solution of manganese sulfate from a process liquid subjected to the impurity removal step by using a solvent extraction method, and a crystallization step of producing manganese(II) sulfate monohydrate by evaporating and concentrating the aqueous solution of manganese sulfate produced in the solvent extraction step.

Abstract: Provided is a production apparatus for a cathode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries which can improve productivity. The production apparatus is provided with: a conveying device that conveys a raw material of a cathode active material, the raw material containing a metallic compound and a lithium compound, the metallic compound including at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and a heating unit in which the raw material is heated, wherein the heating unit has at least one heating member that heats the raw material by heat conduction, the conveying device has a conveying member that conveys the raw material, the heating member heats the raw material via the conveying member, and the conveying member has a retaining part for the raw material of the cathode active material along a side part thereof in a width direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are a high-nickel sodium ion cathode material and a preparation method therefor and a battery, wherein a chemical formula of the high-nickel sodium ion cathode material is NaNiaCobMncO2·fCNP—Al/tMVOx, wherein a+b+c=1, 0.5?a<1, 0<b?0.25, a/b?2.5, 0<c?0.3, 0<t?0.1, 0<f?0.1, and M is at least one of sodium, copper, zinc, zirconium or ammonium.

Abstract: A method for desalinating a saline or a brackish water includes filling an inner portion of a basin with the saline or the brackish water to saturate a second sponge. Adjusting a rear reflective mirror to reflect an incident solar radiation onto a serpentine pipe. Adjusting a top double sided reflective mirror to reflect the incident solar radiation through a front surface of a glass cover and onto a water tank. Adjusting a front reflective mirror, a right reflective mirror, and a left reflective mirror to reflect the incident solar radiation through the glass cover. A temperature rise inside the basin causes the saline or the brackish water to become heated and vaporized into water vapor. Condensing the water vapor to form distilled water droplets which are collected in a plurality of troughs as distilled water. Flowing the distilled water from the plurality of troughs to a storage tank.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present invention is directed to a process for decontaminating water to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the process comprising passing contaminated water through a filter comprising at least one filtering element, wherein the filtering element comprises organic fibers; wherein the decontaminated water has a PFAS level of less than 70 ppt.

Abstract: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are destroyed by oxidation in supercritical conditions. PFAS in water can be concentrated and prepared for destruction in a pretreatment phase. Following annihilation of the PFAS in supercritical conditions to levels below 5 parts per trillion (ppt), the water effluent can be used to recover heat, returned to sub-critical conditions, and then released back into the environment.

Abstract: An apparatus that can be connected to a conventional sprayer bottle that permits the sprayer bottle to generate ozonated water to be used as a cleaning fluid. The apparatus includes an ozonator element coupled at one end of an electrical cable and an electrical connector coupled at the other end of the electrical cable. An aperture is formed in the sidewall of the bottle and the ozonator element, electrical cable and connector are passed through a top opening in the bottle portion. The electrical connector is then releasably secured within the aperture with the ozonator element being submerged in the water contained within the bottle. The dip tube of the spray head is then passed through the top opening and into the water in the bottle and the spray head is secured onto the bottle. Electrical energy is provided through the connector to the ozonator element to ozonate the water in the bottle for predetermined period of time after which the sprayer bottle contains ozonated water for cleaning.

Abstract: A dewatering apparatus for cellulosic materials includes a chamber for an aqueous solution of a cellulosic material, an inner electrode in the chamber, an outer electrode in the chamber about the inner electrode, and a power supply connected to the inner electrode and the outer electrode applying a voltage potential across the electrodes to remove water associated with the aqueous solution and to dewater the cellulosic materials.

Abstract: An electrolytic assembly and a laundry treatment apparatus. An electrolytic assembly includes an electrolytic device, a heating member, and a mounting device. The electrolytic device includes an electrode. The electrolytic device and/or heating member is connected to the mounting device. The heating member and the electrode are located on the same side of the mounting device. The electrolytic assembly can produce a hydroxyl radical having a strong oxidization activity by electrolyzing water by means of the electrolytic device to perform disinfection and sterilization, and can further heat a liquid to a required temperature by means of the heating member. The integration of the heating member and the electrolytic device can facilitate the arrangement of the structures of the heating member and the electrolytic device more compact and facilitate overall assembly/disassembly.

Abstract: An electrolytic reactor for the electrolytic treatment of a fluid is disclosed. The reactor comprises an electrolytic chamber, an electrode cartridge comprising an electrode assembly longitudinally extending from a crown section configured to operatively seal the electrolytic chamber when the electrode assembly is inserted in the electrolytic chamber; an inlet extending perpendicularly to a vertical longitudinal axis defined by the electrolytic chamber; and an outlet extending through the crown section along the vertical longitudinal axis defined by the electrolytic chamber, the outlet being configured to be in fluid communication with the electrolytic chamber when the electrolytic chamber is sealed by the crown section. Advantageouslly, by having the outlet extending upwardly above the electrodes, any dead zone typically found on electrodes at the level of the outlet are eliminated, increaing as such the useful surface area of the electrodes spanning the entire length of the electrolytic chamber.

Abstract: The invention corresponds to a composition for the treatment of polluted water and the method for the corresponding water treatment, wherein the composition comprises a flocculant, a stabilizer, an algaecide and further comprising chelator, disinfectant and oxygenator, wherein after diluting the composition in polluted water under certain stirring conditions, a water with properties of total hardness, total chlorine, total bromine, free chlorine, pH, alkalinity and cyanuric acid of a potable water is obtained.

Abstract: A method of removing a metal ion from water is disclosed. The method includes treating the water with a nanocomposite to absorb the metal ion with the nanocomposite, forming a polymer-metal ion composite and removing the polymer-metal ion composite from the water. The nanocomposite includes aluminum oxide dispersed in a matrix of an uncrosslinked graft copolymer that includes a chitosan backbone and side chains of poly(itaconic acid) grafted to the chitosan backbone. The chitosan backbone has a plurality of amino groups that are acetylated by itaconic acid.

Abstract: A composition for treating swimming pool water comprises sodium bisulphate and aluminium sulphate. The aluminium sulphate in the composition minimizes the precipitation of sodium bisulphate at temperatures lower than about 5 degrees Celsius for a time period to maintain a concentrated form of acid to control the pH level of the water. In some embodiments, the composition includes 30 to 40% sodium bisulphate (NaHSO4) wt/wt %, 0.2% to 5% aluminium sulphate Al2(SO4)3 wt/wt %, 0.1% to 1% copper sulphate/chelating agent wt/wt %, 0.01% to 0.02% sodium hydroxide, and balance water.

Abstract: A submersible mixing system configured to allow a liquid chemical to be induced directly into the periphery of a radial pattern hydrodynamic cavitation zone, and then dispersed into a water stream, channel, chamber, or rapid mix box with superior velocity gradient mixing intensity to treat wastewater.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of microbial electrochemical technology, in particular to a graphene-magnetite conductive skeleton electrode, a preparation method and application thereof, and a method for treating petrochemical wastewater. In the present disclosure, the surface roughness of the graphite rod electrode can be increased by the conductive skeleton modified on the surface of the graphite rod electrode, which is beneficial to the enrichment of microorganisms. The increase in the load of microorganisms will mean the amount of electroactive microorganisms will also increase, which will further improve the electron transfer ability, and because the material of the modified layer is a conductive material, it is also more conducive to the transfer of electrons; at the same time, the conductive skeleton modified on the surface of graphite rod electrode can also further enhance the transmission distance of electrons because of the skeleton constructed.

Abstract: Water treatment structures may have at least a first geotextile fabric layer; a second geotextile fabric layer; a third geotextile fabric layer; a first filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the first and second geotextile fabric layers; and a second filler layer with plastic particles, arranged between the second and third geotextile fabric layers, wherein the geotextile fabric layers and the filler layers are within a housing, and wherein the structure is configured such that contaminated water proceeds sequentially through the first geotextile fabric layer, the first filler layer, the second geotextile fabric layer, the second filler layer, and the third geotextile fabric layer. Methods of treating wastewater may involve passing wastewater, after optional oxygenating and pre-filtering, through such alternating layers of geotextile, preferably nonwoven, and polymer particles.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for removing Organic Micropollutants (OMPs) in water, and belongs to the technical field of wastewater treatment. The method includes the following steps: S1: aerating residual sludge under a starvation condition to enrich starved-state microorganisms; and S2: treating wastewater containing OMPs under an aeration condition with sludge containing the starved-state microorganisms obtained in step S1, and periodically updating the sludge containing the starved-state microorganisms. According to the present disclosure, aerobic starvation treatment is performed on the sludge to gradually reduce the abundance of microorganisms that may use degradable organic matters only and enrich microorganisms that may use complex organic matters in the sludge, and the enriched sludge may degrade various OMPs and be used to remove OMPs in wastewater. The process is easy to operate and low in cost and has relatively high practical application value.

Abstract: A water purification electrode composed of a porous carbon material is disclosed. The electrode may be used as a flow-through cathode in an electro-peroxone process providing high H2O2 production activity for electrochemical wastewater treatment. The porous carbon material is a binding agent-free carbon structure that enables H2O2 to be electro-generated in situ at cathode. The porous carbon material may be synthesized from resorcinol and can provide a relatively large reaction surface area of 200-800 m2/g. The porous carbon material also achieves low energy consumption as well as a wide pH working range, making it suitable for treating many types of organic, inorganic, and biological contaminants in water. The electrode may be integrated with an anode, ozone generator, and other components into a compact, integrated water purification system.

Abstract: The invention relates to environment protection, in particular, to a technology for neutralization of filtrates, which are formed in a layer of solid domestic and industrial wastes landfills (dumps) under the action of atmospheric precipitates, and more particularly, to purification, collection and destroy of the filtrates. The invention mitigates toxicity of said filtrates, which in the course of percolating through a wastes layer, excrete toxic substance(s) therefrom and/or are saturated by their decomposition products, which are subsequently be released to cause contamination of subsoil water and/or the environmental soil.

Abstract: Present disclosure discloses a method for recovering phosphorus and iron, and use thereof. The method comprises the following steps of: S1: mixing iron salt and phosphorus-containing sewage according to the amount of the phosphorus-containing sewage to obtain a mixture, the concentration of the iron salt in the obtained mixture being 4 mg/L to 25 mg/L, fermenting the mixture at 20° C. to 60° C. for 2 days to 10 days, taking a fermentation supernatant, and removing the impurities; and S2: oxidizing the fermentation supernatant subjected to impurity removal in an acidic system. The present disclosure provides the method for recovering phosphorus and iron, which realizes high efficient recycling of phosphorus resources in sludge.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a silica glass crucible includes a rotating means for rotating a mold and a supply means for feeding a silica powder inside the mold, wherein the supply means has a feeding part for delivering the silica powder in a manner releasing it to fall to a position away from the inner wall surface of the mold inside the mold, and a dispersing part for changing, to one toward the inner wall surface side, at a fall position, the direction in which the silica powder fed from the feeding part moves, while also widening an angle at which the silica powder disperses toward the inner wall surface at the fall position. The apparatus is intended to allow a silica powder layer to be stably formed in the mold in a short period of time.

Abstract: A glass article includes a first portion having a flat surface, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion, the second portion having a flat surface and a foldable portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion, elastically deformed by an external force, and having a curved surface in a neutral state in which the glass article is not elastically deformed.

Abstract: A glass manufacturing apparatus can include an elongated engagement surface rotatable through a rotation angle between a scoring position and a cleaning position. The glass manufacturing apparatus can further include a scoring device to score the glass substrate when the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the scoring position. The glass manufacturing apparatus can further include a cleaning device to clean the elongated engagement surface when the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the cleaning position. In further embodiments, a method of scoring a glass substrate can include, after producing a score line while the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the scoring position, rotating the elongated engagement surface from the scoring position to a cleaning position. The method can further include cleaning the elongated engagement surface while the elongated engagement surface is positioned in the cleaning position.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for substrate dicing are described. The method includes utilizing a laser to dice a substrate along a dicing path to form a perforated line around each device within the substrate. The dicing path is created by exposing the substrate to bursts of laser pulses at different locations around each device. The laser pulses are delivered to the substrate and may have a pulse repetition frequency of greater than about 25 MHz, a pulse width of less than about 15 picoseconds, and a laser wavelength of about 1.0 ?m to about 5 ?m.

Abstract: The vacuum-based methods of forming an optical fiber preform include applying a vacuum to a preform assembly. The preform assembly has at least one glass cladding section with one or more axial through holes, with one or more canes respectively residing in the one or more axial through holes. The opposite ends of the at least one glass cladding section are capped to define a substantially sealed internal chamber. A vacuum is applied to the substantially sealed internal chamber to define a vacuum-held preform assembly. The methods also include heating the vacuum-held preform assembly to just above the glass softening point to consolidate the vacuum-held preform to form the cane-based glass preform. An optical fiber is formed by drawing the cane-based glass preform. The same furnace used to consolidate the vacuum-held preform can be used to draw the optical fiber.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for forming a glass article in which molten glass is heated in a refractory vessel by establishing an electrical current in the molten glass between opposing powered electrodes along a first electrical path. The melting vessel includes a precious metal component in contact with the molten glass, and at least one non-powered electrode proximate the precious metal component. The at least one non-powered electrode and the precious metal component form second and third electrical paths, respectively, in parallel with the first electrical path such that an electrical current in the second electrical path is decreased, thereby reducing an electrochemical reaction in the precious metal component.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for forming a glass article in which molten glass is heated in a refractory vessel defining a space interior to the refractory vessel. A precious metal component is exposed to the interior space. The apparatus includes first and second electrodes exposed to the interior space. A first electrical power source configured to supply a first electrical current is connected between the first and second electrodes. A second electrical power source is connected between the precious metal component and at least one of the first electrode or a first auxiliary electrode and configured to provide a second electrical current out-of-phase with the first electrical current. A third electrical power source is connected between the precious metal component and at least one of the second electrode or a second auxiliary electrode and configured to provide a third electrical current out-of-phase with the first electrical current.

Abstract: Glazing, such as for vehicles, includes a sheet of glass-ceramic that has different regions with different transmission properties, including a first visually clear region that blocks infrared, a second visually clear region that allows transmission of infrared, and a third colored region.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a laminated glazing that includes at least a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet, includes printing a face of the first glass sheet intended to be oriented toward the second glass sheet with a liquid enamel which is dried at a temperature not exceeding 400° C., then bending the first and second glass sheets together in contact with one another in their relative position of destination in the laminated glazing, by heating at a softening temperature of the glass, wherein the liquid enamel is an aqueous silicate paint including a refractory powder of pigments and a silicate binder powder, in the absence of glass frit, and wherein a weight ratio of pigments to silicates is greater than 1.

Abstract: An antimicrobial coating solution developed to be used on glass surfaces is provided. In an alcohol and/or water environment, the antimicrobial coating solution includes at least one copper salt in a hydrate form and at least one tin source. A process of applying the antimicrobial coating solution to a complex shaped glass surface is further provided. The antimicrobial coating solution is configured to be applied to the complex shaped glass surface when a temperature of the complex shaped glass surface is 400° C. and higher. The complex shaped glass surface is a flat glass or a glassware.

Abstract: A method for producing an automotive glazing with an optical sensor device, with the glazing having superior optical qualities, including the steps of applying an enamel obscuration mask on at least one face of at least one glass sheet, where the obscuration mask extends to an area where the at least one optical sensor device will be fixed and includes at least one opening on the automotive interior side so as to be capable of acquiring information through the opening from the optical sensor device intended to be fixed at the at least one opening; drying or firing the enamel obscuration mask; applying a washable cover layer resisting at a temperature of at least 620° C. on the surface of the at least one opening; submitting the glass sheet to a heat treatment above 450° C. during a bending or tempering process; and removing by washing the washable cover layer.

Abstract: Embodiments of a dynamically bendable automotive interior display system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a display, a dynamically bendable cover substrate assembly disposed over the display, wherein the cover substrate assembly comprises a cover substrate with a bend axis, and a reversible support attached to at least a portion the cover substrate that dynamically bends the cover substrate along the bend axis in a cycle from a first radius of curvature to a second radius of curvature and from the second radius of curvature to the first radius of curvature. In one or more embodiments, the system includes one or more frames that partially house the display and are attached to the cover substrate.

Abstract: A method of treating a glass cylinder for a piston-cylinder arrangement for reducing the friction of a piston on an inner cylinder wall of the glass cylinder includes: elevating surface energy of glass of an interior bounded by the inner cylinder wall and hence lowering a contact angle of the glass with water. The contact angle is lowered by: a gas discharge that acts on the glass at the inner cylinder wall and is generated by an electric or electromagnetic field; or the action of ozone on the glass surface. The glass with the lowered contact angle is contacted with water to form a water film on the contacted glass.

Abstract: A sealing head includes a frame, an intake unit, a pressing pin, and a non-contact heater. The frame is configured to be detachably attached to a work in progress of a glass panel unit. The intake unit, the pressing pin, and the non-contact heater are supported by the frame. The work in progress includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a bonding part, and an internal space. The first substrate has an evacuation port. The bonding part bonds the first substrate and the second substrate together. The internal space is formed by being surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the bonding part. The internal space is communicated with the evacuation port. The pressing pin is configured to press, toward the second substrate, a sealing material which is heat fusible and which is inserted into the evacuation port. The non-contact heater is configured to locally heat the sealing material in a non-contact manner via the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a concrete structure repaired and reinforced using a textile grid reinforcement and a highly durable inorganic binder and a method of repairing and reinforcing the same, capable of easily repairing and reinforcing an old concrete structure by adhering a textile grid reinforcement, which is coated with a coating material to improve adhesiveness, to the old concrete structure and by adhering a textile grid reinforcement selectively using a highly durable inorganic binder having chloride penetration resistance performance or chemical resistance performance according to a use environment and a reinforcement purpose, that is, by adhering a textile grid reinforcement using an inorganic binder such as cement in place of an organic adhesive.

Abstract: A composition configured to be mixed with cement, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the composition includes at least 10% by weight lime particles, and at least 35% by weight pozzolan particles. Properties of the composition can include a magnesium oxide concentration of at least 0.5%, and an iron oxide concentration of at least 0.5-2.0%, an aluminum oxide concentration of 2-8%, a silicon dioxide concentration of 20-40%, a potassium oxide concentration of 20,000-30,000 ppm, and a sodium oxide concentration of 10,000-20,000 ppm. In some embodiments, the lime-based cement extender composition, or product, is combined with cement to produce a cement blend for use in the mining industry as mine backfill.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a ceramic article including a porous portion in which improvement in mechanical strength of a modeled article is achieved while high modeling accuracy is obtained, and a ceramic article. The method of manufacturing a ceramic article includes the steps of: (i) irradiating powder of a metal oxide containing aluminum oxide as a main component with an energy beam based on modeling data to melt and solidify or sinter the powder, to thereby form a modeled article including a porous portion; (ii) causing the modeled article formed in the step (i) to absorb a liquid containing a zirconium component; and (iii) heating the modeled article that has absorbed the liquid containing the zirconium component, wherein, in the absorbing step, the liquid is absorbed so that a ratio of the zirconium component in a metal component contained in the porous portion becomes 0.3 to 2.0 mol %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high heat-resistant/oxidation-resistant/flame retardant-non-flammable liquid ceramic coating film for protecting an exterior of an apparatus in an extreme environment. Provided are a method of forming a high heat-resistant coating film including: (a) preparing a liquid ceramic filling agent by mixing a ceramic filler including iron (III) oxide (Fe3O4) powder, a diluent, and an inorganic nanosol; (b) applying the liquid ceramic filling agent to at least one surface of a substrate to form a coating film; and (c) curing the coating film by drying the substrate, and a high heat-resistant coating film prepared thereby.