The present disclosure provides a glass composition that include from about 50 mol % to about 95 mol % of B2O3; from about 5 mol % to about 50 mol % of one or more glass components selected from the group consisting of: Li2O, Rb2O, K2O, Na2O, SrO, CaO, MgO, and ZnO. The glass composition includes less than 30 mol % of Rb2O. The glass composition is a quaternary system. The glass composition is a particulate material that includes particles that are from about 1 to about 50 μm in size. The glass composition loses at least 5 mass % within 24 hours when exposed to a buffered saline solution. The glass composition may be used to desensitize dentin. The present disclosure also provides a dentin-desensitizing composition.

Provided herein are processes for preparing glass powder product, the process including steps of: providing a crushing waste glass; sorting the crushed waste glass in a primary air classifier to provide a first stream and a reject stream, the first stream comprising a pulverized glass within a predetermined first particle size range and the reject stream comprising crushed waste glass excluded from the first stream; separating the reject stream based on size to provide a coarse stream and a fine stream, the fine stream having a predetermined second particle size range; and milling the first and fine streams to provide the glass powder product. Glass powder products, as well as systems for producing such glass powder products, are also provided.

Provided herein are processes for preparing glass powder product, the process including steps of: providing a crushing waste glass; sorting the crushed waste glass in a primary air classifier to provide a first stream and a reject stream, the first stream comprising a pulverized glass within a predetermined first particle size range and the reject stream comprising crushed waste glass excluded from the first stream; separating the reject stream based on size to provide a coarse stream and a fine stream, the fine stream having a predetermined second particle size range; and milling the first and fine streams to provide the glass powder product. Glass powder products, as well as systems for producing such glass powder products, are also provided.

A method for producing a solid electrolyte, including: stirring a slurry including lithium sulfide and phosphorus sulfide in a hydrocarbon solvent in a reaction vessel, and circulating the slurry through a connecting pipe by a pump. The method is carried out in an apparatus including the reaction vessel and the connecting pipe connected to the pump and the reaction vessel.

A method for producing a solid electrolyte, including: stirring a slurry including lithium sulfide and phosphorus sulfide in a hydrocarbon solvent in a reaction vessel, and circulating the slurry through a connecting pipe by a pump. The method is carried out in an apparatus including the reaction vessel and the connecting pipe connected to the pump and the reaction vessel.

A process for the production of sinter powder particles (SP), comprising the steps a) providing at least one continuous filament, b) coating, the at least one continuous filament provided in step a) with at least one thermoplastic polymer to obtain a continuous strand comprising the at least one continuous filament, coated with the at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the average cross-sectional diameter of the strand is in the range of 10 to 300 pm, and c) size reducing of the continuous strand provided in step b) in order to obtain the sinter powder particles (SP), wherein the average length of the sinter powder particles (SP) is in the range of 10 to 300 pm. The present invention further relates to sinter powder particles (SP) obtained by the process, the use of the sinter powder particles (SP) in a powder-based additive manufacturing process and sinter powder particles (SP) having an essentially cylindrical shape N as well as a process for the production of a shaped body by laser sintering or high-speed sintering of sinter powder particles (SP).

A process for the production of sinter powder particles (SP), comprising the steps a) providing at least one continuous filament, b) coating, the at least one continuous filament provided in step a) with at least one thermoplastic polymer to obtain a continuous strand comprising the at least one continuous filament, coated with the at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the average cross-sectional diameter of the strand is in the range of 10 to 300 pm, and c) size reducing of the continuous strand provided in step b) in order to obtain the sinter powder particles (SP), wherein the average length of the sinter powder particles (SP) is in the range of 10 to 300 pm. The present invention further relates to sinter powder particles (SP) obtained by the process, the use of the sinter powder particles (SP) in a powder-based additive manufacturing process and sinter powder particles (SP) having an essentially cylindrical shape N as well as a process for the production of a shaped body by laser sintering or high-speed sintering of sinter powder particles (SP).

A glass ball has a density of 2.3 to 3.2 g/cm.sup.3, a Young's modulus of 60 to 150 GPa, and an average coefficient of thermal expansion at 50 to 350° C. being 40×10.sup.−7 to 120×10.sup.−7/° C. The glass ball is formed of a glass material including, as represented by mole percentage based on oxides, 30 to 75 mol % of SiO.sub.2, 2 to 30 mol % of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and 5 to 25 mol % of R.sub.2O, where R is at least one kind selected from Li, Na and K. The glass ball includes a compressive stress layer in a surface thereof.

Provided is a filler powder that has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than silica powder and can provide a resin composition having an excellent light transmittance. The filler powder is made of a crystallized glass with β-quartz solid solution and/or β-eucryptite precipitated therein, wherein a ratio D90/D10 between a 10% cumulative particle diameter (D10) and a 90% cumulative particle diameter (D90) both obtained by measuring a particle size distribution of the filler powder by a laser diffraction and scattering method is 20 or less.

The present invention relates to a forming material for three-dimensional (3D) printing, a forming method for 3D printing, and a formed object, wherein, while being based on an amorphous glass powder shaped irregularly, the forming material for 3D printing ensures excellent flowability and sinterability such that it enables the formation of high-quality products at high speed. The forming material for 3D printing consists of a parent glass powder in the form of an unmelted powder irregularly shaped by crushing amorphous glass; and a spherical nanopowder that has an average particle diameter equal to or less than 1/50.sup.th of the average particle diameter of the parent glass powder and is mixed in such a way that it can be disposed on a surface of the parent glass powder to enhance the flowability of the irregularly shaped parent glass powder during the formation of an object by 3D printing.