Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide. The positive electrode active material is a secondary particle in which primary particles are aggregated. The primary particle includes a coating portion containing an M1 metal, and the coating portion is locally present on surfaces of the primary particles or at inter-particle boundaries of the primary particles. A preparation method thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material are also provided.

Abstract: A method for preparing a cobalt sulfide/reduced graphite oxide composite includes: preparing a glycerol-cobalt precursor by taking a water-soluble cobalt salt, a micromolecular alcohol solvent, and glycerol as raw materials; mixing the glycerol-cobalt precursor with an alkali liquor to prepare a Co(OH)2 nanoflower; calcining the Co(OH)2 nanoflower to obtain a Co3O4 nanoflower; subjecting the Co3O4 nanoflower to a reaction with a water-soluble sulfur salt to obtain a COS nanoflower, and mixing the COS nanoflower with graphite oxide and carrying out a heat treatment to obtain the composite. The response characteristics of a gas sensor to NO2 gas are studied at room temperature, and the graphite is complexed with a transition metal sulfide with unique morphology to construct a unique heterostructure. While expanding the specific surface area to increase the number of adsorption sites, the heterostructure of a contact surface is used to greatly enhance the charge-transfer efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to processes and systems for dissolving elemental nickel in sulfuric acid solutions to produce nickel sulfate products, and for example. nickel sulfate products suitable for battery materials production.

Abstract: A positive electrode material for an electrochemical cell that cycles lithium ions includes a high-valent doped layered lithium- and manganese-rich nickel oxide (HVD-LMR). The high-valent dopant is a transition metal element having five or more valence electrons. The HVD-LMR positive electrode material may be manufactured by a sol-gel method, wherein a precursor solution is prepared comprising a lithium salt, a manganese salt, a nickel salt, a compound comprising the high-valent dopant, and a chelating agent. The pH of the precursor solution is controlled or adjusted to form a gel comprising a liquid phase and a solid precipitate phase, and then the liquid phase from the solid precipitate phase to form a dried gel. The dried gel is heated in an oxygen-containing environment to form the HVD-LMR positive electrode material.

Abstract: A positive electrode material including a layered lithium- and manganese-rich nickel oxide (LMR) doped with an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal. The positive electrode material may be manufactured by preparing a mixture comprising a transition metal carbonate, a dopant metal carbonate, and a lithium source, and then calcining the mixture to form the alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal-doped LMR.

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: Systems for separating components of a mixture are provided which can include: a conduit system having at least one linear section including a length of opposing sidewalls defining a volume configured to receive a flow of mixed materials entering along a proximate end of the length and exiting along a distal end of the length; and a tortured path defining at least one series of members extending in line across the volume from one sidewall of the volume and inwardly toward the distal end defining an angle other than normal from the one sidewall. Methods for separating components of a mixture are provided which can include providing a mixture of components into the tortured path to separate larger components from smaller components of the mixture and concentrate the larger components toward an opposing sidewall of the conduit.

Abstract: A method for purifying of waste water includes: supplying a mixed stream, in which wastewater including water, a nitrile-based monomer, and ammonia and an acid component are mixed, to a first column; condensing an upper discharge stream of the first column, supplying the condensed stream to a decanter to separate the stream into a water layer and an organic layer, and supplying components of the organic layer to a second column; and separating a by-product from a lower discharge stream of the second column, and recovering the nitrile-based monomer from an upper discharge stream of the second column.

Abstract: The solar powered water purification device is intended to provide users with an apparatus for the rapid purification of dirty water to drinkable water, using only the power of the sun. To accomplish this, the device uses an insulated tub and a detachable solar panel with an extra sheet of glass to trap heat that can power all the electrical components of the distillation unit as well as heat up the impure water in the insulated tub. The insulated solar panel has a temperature sensitive vent to prevent the panel from overheating if there is no water in the unit. To prevent the unit from collapsing from the vacuum, the unit uses a grill that has many hollow legs that also act like thermal tubes to quickly move the heat from the panels to the dirty water. Thus, the device is an energy efficient and cost-efficient apparatus for water purification.

Abstract: A system for removing PFAS from a solution having PFAS therein using foam fractionation is featured. The system includes at least one first foam fractionation subsystem including a vessel configured to receive the solution having PFAS therein and configured to generate microbubbles, turbulence, and foam to remove a majority of the PFAS and generate a treated solution and a flow of foam having the removed PFAS therein. The system also includes a heating and dehumidification subsystem coupled to the at least one foam fractionation subsystem and configured to generate a flow of heated dehumidified gas. The at least one foam fractionation subsystem is configured to output the flow of foam having the removed PFAS therein into the flow of heated dehumidified gas such that the flow of a heated dehumidified gas collapses the flow of foam having the removed PFAS therein into a flow of liquid having the removed PFAS therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to: a device for holding a filter pad for water purification; an activated carbon filter for purifying drinking water; a table water filter; a filter system; a method for purifying water; and use of a device with a received filter pad. The device comprises: a frame having a connecting portion for detachably connecting with an inlet container, a holding element arranged within the frame, and forming a receiving region for receiving a filter pad, the receiving region having a height in the direction of the flow direction and a diameter in a radial direction orthogonal to the flow direction, a pressing region for fixing the filter pad, wherein the pressing region is formed by a first pressing element of the holding element and a second pressing element, wherein the first pressing element and the second pressing element are designed and arranged to compress a filter pad.

Abstract: A water treatment system includes a disinfection apparatus and a power source. The disinfection apparatus is arranged within a canister and includes an ultraviolet light fixture configured to disinfect water entering the disinfection apparatus and passing through the ultraviolet light fixture. An inlet connector of the canister is directly coupled to the disinfection apparatus and configured to allow water to enter the ultraviolet light fixture. An outlet connector of the canister is configured to output disinfected water received from the ultraviolet light fixture. The power source is communicatively coupled to the disinfection apparatus and configured to output a DC voltage to the disinfection apparatus. A flow sensor of the disinfection apparatus is configured to apply the DC voltage to the ultraviolet light fixture when a flow of water is detected.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of disinfecting water, comprising adding nonindigenous cupric ions to the water and applying voltage across copper-containing electrodes in contact with the water to generate an antimicrobial effect. The nonindigenous cupric ions are supplied to the water from a cation exchange resin charged beforehand with cupric ions. The invention also relates to a disinfection system installable in a body of water, water supply line or in a circulation line of a water flow, for reducing microbial load of the water, by said method.

Abstract: Systems and methods for removing water soluble organics from an aqueous stream is provided. In one embodiments a system comprises an electro-oxidation unit comprising a titanium anode comprising a mixed metal oxide (MMO) coating, a titanium cathode, a channel between the anode and the cathode, and a power source configured to apply electricity across the channel.

Abstract: A method for electrochemical treatment of water is provided. The method includes providing a flow-through reactor including a cathode and an anode, wherein the anode includes about 80 weight percent or greater of a sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide. The method further includes applying power to the cathode and the anode, passing a solution including water and a metal chloride through the flow-through reactor, and withdrawing the purified water.

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 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: The present disclosure provides a device for in-water automatic spreading configured to spread a medicament in a water body. The device includes a storage module configured to store a medicament to be spread and a driving module configured to drive the medicament to be spread to be separated from the storage module. The driving module is connected with the storage module. The device may also include a medicament outlet configured as an outlet for the medicament to be spread to enter a liquid after being separated from the storage module, a walking module configured to drive the device for in-water automatic spreading to move in the water body according to a walking route, and a control module configured to control the driving module and the walking module. The control module is connected with the driving module and the walking module.

Abstract: The present application provides a full-process automatic control system and method based on a sludge double recirculation Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic (AOA) process. The system includes an anaerobic tank, an aerobic tank, an anoxic tank, a sedimentation tank, a monitoring system, an aeration system, a sludge discharge system, and a control system. The anaerobic tank, the aerobic tank, the anoxic tank, and the sedimentation tank are sequentially communicated. A sludge reflux port of the sedimentation tank is communicated with the anaerobic tank and the anoxic tank through a first sludge reflux pipe and a second sludge reflux pipe respectively. The monitoring system includes a water inlet flowmeter, a Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) analyzer, NH3-N analyzers, a Dissolved Oxygen (DO) monitor, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solid (MLSS) analyzers, a gas flowmeter, a first reflux sludge flowmeter, a second reflux sludge flowmeter, and a sludge level meter that are all in communication connection with the control system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disposable set for operation with first and second concentrate containers in fluid communication with first and second concentrate container connectors. The disposable set includes a pumping cassette comprising at least a first concentrate port and a second concentrate port. The disposable cassette also includes a first concentrate line in fluid communication with the first concentrate port and a second concentrate line in fluid communication with the second concentrate port. The first concentrate line terminates at a first concentrate line connector having a first configuration for mating with the first concentrate container connector.

Abstract: A method of treating dairy wastewater includes receiving a dairy wastewater stream at a first pH from a dairy processing facility at an equalization tank, receiving the dairy wastewater stream from the equalization tank at a pump, and, based on at least one of the first pH or a second pH of the dairy wastewater stream upon exiting the equalization tank, receiving an acid to the dairy wastewater stream prior to the pump. A pump outlet stream includes a mixture of the dairy wastewater stream and the acid at a third pH that is lower than the first pH. The method also includes receiving the pump outlet stream at a pipe reactor in fluidic communication with the pump, then receiving the pipe reactor outlet stream at a dissolved air flotation (DAF) unit, and then outputting a liquid stream at a final pH from the DAF unit.

Abstract: Methods and equipment of this invention enable small scale animal farming operations to substantially all or nearly all the recoverable value from their manure streams at a cost suitable for such smaller scale operations. The invention gives small scale animal farming operations the opportunity to obtain manure recovery benefits typically obtainable only in animal farming operations having high animal populations. The recovery is in forms that are both useable, readily monetized, environmentally sustainable, and cost effective. Much of the recovered material can find use back within the processing steps of invention thereby increasing the value of the recovered residual materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biogas production system using organic waste, including: a pretreatment facility having a mixed equalization tank adapted to equally mix food waste and livestock manure and treat and produce the mixed food waste and livestock manure as the organic waste; an anaerobic digestion facility having anaerobic digesters adapted to perform anaerobic digestion of the organic waste introduced thereinto; a gas refinery and power plant having a cogeneration plant adapted to perform cogeneration using the biogas produced in the anaerobic digestion facility; a composting and liquefaction facility having a solid-liquid separator adapted to separate the organic waste fed from the anaerobic digesters of the anaerobic digestion facility into liquid and sludge; and an odor treatment facility for purifying the odor emitted from the mixed equalization tank.

Abstract: A cold-formed glass laminate may include a first ply of 3D formed glass with a first thickness and a first strength. The first ply may include pre-formed residual compressive stresses in a peripheral edge portion adapted to offset tensile stresses resulting from a cold-forming process. The laminate may also include a second ply of 3D formed glass with a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second strength greater than the first strength. An adhesive may be arranged between the first ply and the second ply and post-formed residual stresses in the peripheral edge portion of the first ply of the laminate may remain compressive. A method of forming a glass laminate with compressive edge stresses is also described.

Abstract: A method for binding a first optical element to a substrate is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first optical element and a substrate. The method may include positioning an indium foil between the first optical element and the substrate. The method may include securing the first optical element to the substrate to produce a pre-bonded assembly, wherein the indium foil is disposed between the first optical element and the substrate. The method may include heating the pre-bonded assembly above a melting temperature of the indium foil. The method may include cooling the pre-bonded assembly. The method may include releasing the pre-bonded assembly, wherein releasing the pre-bonded assembly releases a bonded structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing including: (a) a first vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a first porous glass body of a glass former and a doping constituent onto a substrate; (b) a cleaning step after the first vapor deposition step, the cleaning step comprising exposing the first porous glass body to a cleaning gas at a cleaning temperature for a cleaning period of time, the cleaning gas (i) removing a metal or metal oxide from the first porous glass body, (ii) changing an oxidation state of a metal or metal oxide within the first porous glass body, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (c) a second vapor deposition step after the cleaning step, the second vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a second porous glass body of the glass former onto the first porous glass body resulting in a porous preform for an optical fiber.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing including: with a porous glass body having a surface and a density at the surface having been loaded into a furnace with heating elements disposed along a length of the porous glass body, a first heat treatment step comprising activating the heating elements until the porous glass body at an inner surface of the porous glass body facing a centerline of the porous glass body has a first temperature that is greater than or equal to 1250° C. for a first period of time greater than or equal to 1 hour; wherein, as a result of the first heat treatment step, the density of the porous glass body at the surface increases but is less than 85% of a closed pore density of a sintered glass preform made from the porous glass body.

Abstract: A lithium ion conductor for an all-solid-state battery according to present disclosure includes an oxide including lithium (Li), silicon (Si), and boron (B) and has a crystallinity of less than or equal to 25.5%.

Abstract: A support glass substrate of the present invention is a support glass substrate for supporting a substrate to be processed, the support glass substrate including, as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 50% to 80% of SiO2, 0% to 25% of Al2O3, 5.5% to 20% of B2O3, 0% to 5% of Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0% to 15% of MgO, 1% to 25% of CaO, 0% to 10% of SrO, and 0% to 10% of BaO, having a molar ratio (MgO+SrO+BaO)/CaO of 1.5 or less, and having an average coefficient of thermal expansion at from 30° C. to 380° C. of from 35×10?7/° C. to 60×10?7/° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates a crystallized glass having a composition that includes, in terms of molar percentage based on oxides: 40% to 70% of SiO2; 7.5% to 30% of Al2O3; 0.5% to 15% of P2O5; 13% to 30% of a total content of one or more selected from SrO and BaO; and 2.5% to 10% of a total content of one or more selected from TiO2 and ZrO2, and including at least one crystal of a celsian crystal and a hexa-celsian crystal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystallized glass, having a value calculated according to the following equation (A) of ?50 ppm (/° C.) to 50 ppm (/° C.) when a rate of change ?Dk (/° C.) in a relative dielectric constant at 10 GHz due to a temperature is expressed by the following equation (A), and having a total content of an alkali metal oxide R2O of 3.0% or less in terms of molar percentage based on oxides, [ Math . 1 ] ? ? ? Dk = ( relative ? dielectric ? constant ? at ? 10 ? GHz ? and ? 60 ? ° ? C . ) - ( relative ? dielectric ? constant ? at ? 10 ? GHz ? and - 20 ? ° ? C . ) ( relative ? dielectric ? constant ? at ? 10 ? GHz ? and ? 20 ? ° ? C . ) × ( 60 ? ° ? C . - ( - 20 ? ° ? C .

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an ultra-thin glass substrate, including: providing a large glass sheet including a plurality of to-be-cut glass substrates, each to-be-cut glass substrate including a bendable region and a non-bendable region arranged at two sides of the bendable region along a first direction; cutting each to-be-cut glass substrate along an edge of the bendable region to form two slits arranged opposite to each other; performing a double-sided thinning operation on the large glass sheet, and performing an edge etching operation on the edge of the bendable region; cutting each to-be-cut glass substrate along an edge of the non-bendable region through a laser to obtain a glass substrate; performing a chemical tempering operation on the glass substrate; and performing micro-etching treatment on a surface of the chemically-tempered glass substrate. The present disclosure further provides the ultra-thin glass substrate and a display device.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a display device, the method includes: forming a patterning film on a back surface of a glass; patterning the patterning film to expose a bending area of the glass; forming a groove overlapping the bending area on a back surface of the glass by providing abrasive particles to the exposed glass; forming an acid-resistant film on a front surface of the glass; and etching the glass.

Abstract: A chemically strengthened glass has a thickness of more than 2 mm, a surface compressive stress CS0 of 400 MPa to 1200 MPa, a depth of compressive stress layer DOL-tail of 2.7 ?m to 30.0 ?m, an absolute value of an average slope of a stress profile from a surface to the DOL-tail of 20 MPa/?m to 500 MPa/?m, and a tensile stress CT of 1.0 MPa to 16 MPa.

Abstract: The invention concerns: A) An assembly to reduce the emission of CO2 in a plant for the production of clinkers comprising two calciners and a carbonator arranged between the two calciners, wherein one of the calciners is an integral part of a conventional clinker production system. Thanks to this assembly, the plant can continue to operate in the clinker production process even if the CO2 capture system which uses the carbonator and the other calciner of the assembly is disconnected due to malfunctions or maintenance characterized in that said carbonator is free of recirculation to both said two calciners. B) The relative plants comprising both the assembly and the actual clinker production plant in which the clinker production plant is of the conventional type existed before and already operational, or said plant is installed simultaneously with the assembly units. C) The clinker production process with reduction of CO2 emission conducted in the plants B.

Abstract: A method for preparing a general-purpose cement is provided. Raw materials containing all of SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, MgO and Na2O (or K2O) are mixed to obtain a raw meal, which is dried and ground into a raw meal powder. The raw meal powder is oxidatively calcined at no less than 1210° C. to reach a stable phase state, and rapidly cooled to obtain a clinker predominated by glass phase. The clinker is mixed with NaOH, KOH or a combination thereof and ground to obtain the general-purpose cement. Alternatively, the clinker is ground to obtain a clinker powder, which is mixed with an aqueous NaOH solution, an aqueous KOH solution or a combination thereof for use. The NaOH and/or KOH is/are added such that a weight ratio of NaOH+0.713KOH to the clinker powder is 0-0.03:1.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for carbonation of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) to produce carbonated RCA. In addition, uses of the carbonated RCA, such as in building materials, and building materials containing RCA, are included. Carbonation of RCA may be used alone or may be used in combination with other carbonation processes associated with concrete manufacture, such as carbonation of wet concrete mixes and/or carbonation of concrete wash water.

Abstract: A dry mortar composition includes cement and biomass ashes, in a total amount of 10 to 50 wt %, and aggregates in a total amount of 50 to 90 wt %, wherein the weight ratio of biomass ashes to cement ranges from 40:60 to 90:10. The mortar is especially useful as a tile adhesive.

Abstract: A low-carbon emission mineral casting material and a manufacturing method thereof, and an equipment including a low-carbon emission mineral casting are provided. The low-carbon emission mineral casting material includes a bonding agent, a first aggregate, and an additive agent. The bonding agent includes one or more of silicate, aluminate, or iron-aluminate. A first particle diameter of the first aggregate is less than or equal to 15 mm. The low-carbon emission mineral casting material provided by the present application has better heat resistance, lower thermal conductivity, lower expansion coefficient, and better shock-absorbing performance than traditional casting material.

Abstract: A dried or at least partially dried ceramic feedstock, a method of preparing a dried or at least partially dried ceramic feedstock having a residual solvent content of up to about 5 wt. %, ceramic formulations comprising one or more ceramic precursors, temperature sensitive gelling agent, solvent, and having a viscosity suitable for low pressure injection molding, methods for preparing said ceramic formulations, a method of forming a ceramic article from said ceramic formulations, and a ceramic article obtainable therefrom.

Abstract: A sanitary apparatus may be, among other things, a toilet bowl, a sink, a basin, a bathtub, a bidet, or a urinal. The sanitary apparatus includes a water vessel, and a water drain configured to empty the water vessel. The water vessel includes a clay body, a first layer over the clay body, the first layer is at least in part an opacified glaze, and a second layer over the first layer, the second layer is at least partially transparent and includes silica and alumina in a predetermined ratio of 9 or greater.

Abstract: The present invention provides a porous atomizing core capable of releasing negative ions and method for preparing same. The porous atomizing core includes raw materials in parts by mass as follows: 50-90 parts by mass of tourmaline, 0-30 parts by mass of ceramic powder, 10-30 parts by mass of pore-forming agent, 0-30 parts by mass of sintering aid, 0-35 parts by mass of paraffin, and 0-2 parts by mass of surfactant. The ceramic powder includes one of negative ion powder, far infrared powder, attapulgite clay, feldspar and zeolite. In the porous atomizing core of the present invention, tourmaline is used as one of the raw materials, to decompose and remove harmful gases in the atomized liquid and air, so that the porous atomizing core is environmentally friendly and has good atomizing effect, which satisfies the people's pursuit of healthy products, and simultaneously improves the service life of the atomizing core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a low-temperature co-fired ceramic powder and a preparation method and application thereof. The material composition of the low-temperature co-fired ceramic powder is xRO-yM2O3-zXO2, where R is at least one of Mg, Ca, Ba, Zn, Cu, and Pb, M is at least one of B, Al, Co, In, Bi, Nd, Sm, and La, X is at least one of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf, 0?x?85 wt %, 15 wt %?y?90 wt %, 10 wt %?z?85 wt %, and x+y+z=1; and the low-temperature co-fired ceramic powder is obtained by high-temperature melting, quenching, and recrystallization treatment. The temperature of high-temperature melting is 1,200° C. to 1,600° C., and the temperature of recrystallization treatment is 500° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: Provided is a powder for ceramic shaping including oxide particles, wherein the oxide particles each contain a plurality of kinds of elements including at least Zr, Y, Si, and optionally Al, and contain at least silicon monoxide particles, and wherein when a content of the Zr is converted into a mass of ZrO2, a content of the Y is converted into a mass of Y2O3, a content of the Si is converted into a mass of SiO2, and a content of the Al is converted into a mass of Al2O3, the mass of ZrO2, the mass of Y2O3, and the mass of SiO2 with respect to a total amount of the mass of ZrO2, the mass of Y2O3, the mass of SiO2, and the mass of Al2O3 are represented by ? (mass %), ? (mass %), and ? (mass %), respectively, ?, ?, and ? satisfy the following expressions. 7 ? 7 . 6 ? 4 ? ? ? 93.06 4.42 ? ? ? 6.49 0.72 ? ? < ¯ 1 ? 7 .

Abstract: A composite ceramic substrate having multi-layer configuration includes a nitride ceramic core layer, two composite layers respectively formed on two opposite sides of the nitride ceramic core layer, and two ceramic covering layers that are respectively formed on the two composite layers. Each of the two ceramic covering layers is coated on the corresponding composite layer so as to be jointly sintered to the nitride ceramic core layer. Each of the two ceramic covering layers and the nitride ceramic core layer are of different materials, and a composite material of each of the two composite layers includes the material of the ceramic covering layer connected thereto and the material of the nitride ceramic core layer. A sum of the thicknesses of the two ceramic covering layers and the thicknesses of the two composite layers is less than or equal to a thickness of the nitride ceramic core layer.

Abstract: A method for forming a super-insulating material for a vacuum insulated structure for an appliance includes disposing hollow glass spheres within a rotating drum, wherein a plurality of interstitial spaces are defined between the hollow glass spheres. An anchor material is disposed within the rotating drum. The hollow glass spheres and the anchor material are rotated within the rotating drum, wherein the anchor material is mixed with the hollow glass spheres to partially occupy the interstitial spaces. A silica-based material is disposed within the rotating drum. The silica-based material is mixed with the anchor material and the hollow glass spheres to define a super-insulating material, wherein the silica-based material attaches to the anchor material and is entrapped within the interstitial spaces. The silica-based material and the anchor material occupy substantially all of an interstitial volume defined by the interstitial spaces.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling exotherms in a fibrous preform during carbonization include one or more temperature control channels disposed in a heat treatment tooling fixture. A fluid may be moved through the temperature control channel(s) for controlling a temperature of the fibrous preform as the fibrous preform is heated during carbonization. A fluid source and a valve arrangement may be controlled for regulating a flow of fluid through the temperature control channel(s). In this manner, the fibrous preform may be uniformly brought to a temperature range such that shrinking of the fibrous preform occurs simultaneously and uniformly throughout the fibrous preform.

Abstract: A method of producing a ceramic sheet includes: shaping a composition containing a resin and a ceramic material into a sheet-like form through pressure application to perform primary sheet shaping; stacking a plurality of the primary sheet in a thickness direction or performing folding or winding of the primary sheet to obtain a laminate; slicing the laminate at an angle of 45° or less relative to a stacking direction to obtain a secondary sheet; and firing the secondary sheet.

Abstract: Luminescent concrete compositions containing cement, fine aggregates such as sand, and a phosphor such as strontium aluminate. Glow-in-the-dark concrete products made therefrom and methods of producing such concrete products are also specified. The glow-in-the-dark concrete products demonstrate good mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength) and skid resistance. The addition of phosphorescent strontium aluminate provides luminance that persists for up to 10 hours to the concrete products.

Abstract: An external part including a substrate made of ceramic material on a surface of which extends a transparent inorganic protective coating, the protective coating being configured so as to have a refractive index substantially equal to that of the substrate in the visible range of the light spectrum, so that the external part has a colour substantially identical to the intrinsic colour of the substrate, the coating extending over a thickness chosen between 300 nm and 5 ?m.