The present disclosure relates to a novel sp.sup.2-sp.sup.3 hybrid crystalline boron nitride and its preparation process. A novel sp.sup.2-sp.sup.3 hybrid crystalline boron nitride allotrope, named Gradia BN, is synthesized using sp.sup.2 or sp.sup.3 hybridized boron nitride as raw materials under high-temperature and high-pressure. The basic structural units of Gradia BN are composed of sp.sup.2 hybridized graphite-like structural units and sp.sup.3 hybridized diamond-like structural units. Gradia BN disclosed in the present disclosure is a class of new sp.sup.2-sp.sup.3 hybrid boron nitride allotrope, whose crystal structure can vary with the widths and/or crystallographic orientation relationships of internal sp.sup.2 and/or sp.sup.3 structural units, and may have variable physical properties.

A refractory lining in a combustion chamber operating in a reducing atmosphere. The lining includes at least one or more Zirconia (Zr)-based refractory lining members comprising one or more Zr-based parts. The Zr-based parts comprise at least 90 wt. %, preferably at least 95 wt. %, of monoclinic ZrO.sub.2 and/or partially stabilized ZrO.sub.2 and/or fully stabilized ZrO.sub.2, wherein the total content of tetragonal and cubic ZrO.sub.2 amounts to at least 20 wt. %, preferably more than 35 wt. %, as well as Zr based refractory lining members and methods for manufacturing the Zr based refractory lining members.

A ceramic article and method of manufacturing. The ceramic article comprises a porous ceramic material having a microstructure comprising an interconnected network of porous spheroidal ceramic beads. The microstructure has a total open porosity defined as the sum of an open intrabead porosity of the beads and an interbead porosity defined by interstices between the beads in the interconnected network. The microstructure has a bimodal pore size distribution having an intrabead peak corresponding to the open intrabead porosity and an interbead peak corresponding to the interbead porosity. An intrabead median pore size of the intrabead porosity is less than an interbead median pore size of the interbead porosity.

The present invention aims to provide a lithium-ion-conducting oxide sintered body capable of providing a solid electrolyte with an excellent ion conductivity, and a solid electrolyte, an electrode and an all-solid-state battery using the same. The lithium-ion-conducting oxide sintered body including at least lithium, tantalum, phosphorus, silicon, and oxygen as constituent elements, and having a polycrystalline structure consisting of crystal grains and grain interfaces formed between the crystal grains.

A substrate support structure includes a substrate support structure body formed from a ceramic composite and having a first surface, a second surface spaced apart from the first surface, and a periphery spanning the first surface and the second surface of the substrate support structure body. The first surface, the second surface, and the periphery of the substrate support structure body are defined by the ceramic composite. The ceramic composite includes two or more of a (a) an aluminum nitride (AlN) constituent, (b) an aluminum oxynitride (Al.sub.2.81O.sub.3.56N.sub.0.44, AlON) constituent, (c) an alpha-alumina (α-Al.sub.2O.sub.3) constituent, (d) a yttrium alumina garnet (Y.sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12, YAG) constituent, (e) a yttrium alumina monoclinic (Y.sub.4Al.sub.2O.sub.9, YAM) constituent, (f) a yttrium alumina perovskite (YAlO.sub.3, YAP) constituent, and (g) a yttrium oxide (Y.sub.2O.sub.3) constituent. Semiconductor processing systems and methods of making substrate support structures are also described.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a SiC—Si.sub.3N.sub.4 composite material and a SiC—Si.sub.3N.sub.4 composite material prepared according to same and comprises the steps of: preparing a mold; and forming a SiC—Si.sub.3N.sub.4 composite material by introducing, to the mold, a source gas comprising Si, N and C, at 1100 to 1600° C. More particularly, the present invention provides the SiC—Si.sub.3N.sub.4 composite material of high purity that is applicable to a semiconductor process, and increases the thermal shock strength of a SiC material by causing Si.sub.3N.sub.4, which is a material with a high thermal shock strength, to grow together via a CVD method.

A particulate filter and method of manufacture. The particulate filter comprises a ceramic honeycomb body comprising a plurality of intersecting walls that define a plurality of channels extending longitudinally though the ceramic honeycomb body. The intersecting walls comprise a porous ceramic material having a microstructure that comprises an interconnected network of porous spheroidal ceramic beads. The microstructure has a total porosity defined as the sum of an open intrabead porosity of the beads and an interbead porosity defined by interstices between the beads in the interconnected network. The microstructure has a bimodal pore size distribution in which an intrabead median pore size of the intrabead porosity is from 1.5 μm to 4 μm and an interbead median pore size of the interbead porosity is from 6 μm to 20 μm.

A sputtering target comprising a top coat including a composition of lithium cobalt oxide LiyCozOx. x is smaller than or equal to y+z, and the lithium cobalt oxide has an X-Ray diffraction pattern with a peak P2 at 44°±0.2° 2-theta. The X-Ray diffraction pattern is measured with an X-Ray diffractometer with CuKα1 radiation.

A lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide is provided. The lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide has a primary crystal phase formed of La.sub.2Mo.sub.2O.sub.9. The lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide also has a secondary crystal phase formed of a lanthanum molybdenum composite oxide species other than La.sub.2Mo.sub.2O.sub.9. The secondary crystal phase may contain at least one species selected from a group consisting of La.sub.2Mo.sub.3O.sub.12, La.sub.6MoO.sub.12, La.sub.7Mo.sub.7O.sub.30, La.sub.2Mo.sub.4O.sub.15, La.sub.2MoO.sub.6, La.sub.4MoO.sub.9, and LaMo.sub.2O.sub.5.

A light-emitting ceramic that includes a pyrochlore type compound that contains 0.01 mol % or more of Bi with respect to 100 mol % of the general formula M1.sub.XM2.sub.YM3.sub.ZO.sub.W, wherein M1 is at least one of La, Y, Gd, Yb, and Lu, M2 is at least one of Zr, Sn, and Hf, M3 is at least one of Ta, Nb, and Sb, X, Y, Z, and W are positive numbers that maintain electrical neutrality, X+Y+Z=2.0, 0.005≤Z≤0.2, and 3X+4Y+5Z is 7.02 or less.