A method of manufacturing a cerium dioxide powder is provided. The method includes mixing a cerium salt, an amine and solvent to form a mixed solution, in which the amine includes a secondary amine, a tertiary amine or a combination thereof, and the tertiary amine is selected from the group consisting of hexamethylenetetramine, triethylenediamine and a combination thereof. A solvothermal reaction of the mixed solution is performed to form the cerium dioxide powder. The cerium dioxide powder manufactured by the method is also provided herein.

This document describes processes for preparing ceramics, especially lithium-based ceramics. The ceramics produced by this process and their use in electrochemical applications are also described as well as electrode materials, electrodes, electrolyte compositions, and electrochemical cells comprising them.

An yttrium oxyfluoride sprayed coating contains Y.sub.5O.sub.4F.sub.7 as a main component. In the yttrium oxyfluoride sprayed coating, when the total intensity of all peaks attributable to yttrium oxyfluoride in a diffraction spectrum obtained by X-ray diffractometry is assumed to be 100, the total intensity of all peaks attributable to yttrium fluoride and yttrium oxide is less than 10. Furthermore, in an yttrium oxyfluoride-containing sprayed coating, when the total intensity of all peaks attributable to yttrium oxyfluoride and yttrium fluoride in a diffraction spectrum obtained by X-ray diffractometry is assumed to be 100, the total intensity of all peaks attributable to yttrium oxide is less than 1.

In order to use less cerium oxide and achieve higher durability and polishing speeds, these abrasive particles used in an abrasive have: a shell layer (3) which is the outermost shell layer of the abrasive particles and is formed with cerium oxide as the main component; and a middle layer (2) which contains cerium oxide and an oxide of at least one element selected from Al, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Zr, In, Sn, Y, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, W, Bi, Th, and the alkali earth metals, and which is formed closer to the center of the abrasive particles than the shell layer (3).

Provided is an air electrode or water electrolysis anode showing a higher catalytic activity than carbon black and not having a risk of oxidative degradation, in particular, an air electrode or water electrolysis anode for a metal-air battery or a water electrolysis apparatus. The air electrode or water electrolysis anode includes an electron-conductive material represented by LaNi.sub.1−x−yCu.sub.xFe.sub.yO.sub.3−δ (where x>0, y>0, x+y<1, and 0≦δ≦0.4).

Novel hybrid nanoparticles, useful for inhibiting or slowing down the formation of sulfur deposits or minerals in a well during the extraction of gas or oil. Specifically, the nanoparticles each include (i) a polyorganosiloxane (POS) matrix; and, optionally as a coating over a lanthanide oxide core, (iii) at least one polymeric scale inhibitor during the extraction of gas or oil. The invention also relates to the method for obtaining the nanoinhibitors and the application of same.

The present invention provides an oxide-base scintillator single crystal having an extremely large energy of light emission, adoptable to X-ray CT and radioactive ray transmission inspection apparatus, and more specifically to provide a Pr-containing, garnet-type oxide single crystal, a Pr-containing perovskite-type oxide single crystal, and a Pr-containing silicate oxide single crystal allowing detection therefrom light emission supposedly ascribable to 5d-4f transition of Pr.

The invention provides, amongst others for application in a lighting unit, a phosphor selected from the class of

M.sub.2D.sub.2C.sub.2-2bB.sub.bA.sub.2N.sub.6:Ln   (I)

with M=selected from the group consisting of divalent Ca, Sr, and Ba; D=selected from the group consisting of monovalent Li, divalent Mg, Mn, Zn, Cd, and trivalent Al and Ga; C=selected from the group consisting of monovalent Li and Cu; B=selected from the group consisting of divalent Mg, Zn, Mn and Cd; A=selected from the group consisting of tetravalent Si, Ge, Ti, and Hf; Ln=selected from the group consisting of ES and RE; ES=selected from the group consisting of divalent Eu, Sm and Yb; RE=selected from the group consisting of trivalent Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm; and 0≦b≦1.

The present invention relates to cerium oxide particles that have excellent heat resistance especially useful for catalysts, functional ceramics, solid electrolyte for fuel cells, polishing, ultraviolet absorbers and the like, and particularly suitable for use as a catalyst or co-catalyst material, for instance in catalysis for purifying vehicle exhaust gas. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such cerium oxide particles, and a catalyst, such as for purifying exhaust gas, utilizing these cerium oxide particles.

A component for a semiconductor processing chamber, the component including a substrate and a coating layer provided on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes at least a first coating layer having a thermal emissivity of more than 0.98 to 1, having plasma resistance, and having a color value L in a range of 35 to 40 through a thickness direction thereof.