A solid ion conductor, a solid electrolyte and an electrochemical device including the solid ion conductor, and a method of preparing the solid ion conductor are disclosed. The solid ion conductor may include a compound represented by Formula 1:
Li.sub.aM.sub.bM′.sub.cZr.sub.dX.sub.e  Formula 1 wherein, M is one or more metals of Na, K, Cs, Cu, or Ag, and having an oxidation state of +1, M′ is one or more lanthanide metals having an oxidation state of +3 and a crystal ionic radius of about 104 picometers to about 109 picometers, X is one or more halogen elements, 1<a<3.5, 0≤b<1, 0<c<1.5, 0<d<1.5, and 0<e<7.

A solid ion conductor compound represented by Formula 1:

Li.sub.xM1.sub.aM2.sub.bCl.sub.yBr.sub.z  Formula 1

wherein M1 is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, or a combination thereof, M2 is a lanthanide element, or a combination thereof, 0<x<3.5, 0≤a<1.5, 0<b<1.5, 0<y<6, 0<z<6, and 0.166<y/z≤5.

A dielectric ceramic composition and a multilayer ceramic electronic component are provided, the dielectric ceramic composition includes a barium titanate base material main component and a subcomponent, a microstructure after sintering includes a first crystal grain including 3 or less domain boundaries and a second crystal grain including 4 or more domain boundaries, and an area ratio of the second crystal grain to the total crystal grains is 20% or less.

A scintillator for positron emission tomography is provided. The scintillator includes a garnet compound of a formula of A.sub.3B.sub.2C.sub.3O.sub.12 and an activator ion consisting of cerium. A.sub.3 is A.sub.2X. X consists of at least one lanthanide element. A.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of (i), (ii), (iii), and any combination thereof, wherein (i) consists of at least one lanthanide element, (ii) consists of at least one group I element selected from the group consisting of Na and K, and (iii) consists of at least one group II element selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba. B.sub.2 consists of Sn, Ti, Hf, Zr, and any combination thereof. C.sub.3 consists of Al, Ga, Li, and any combination thereof. The garnet compound is doped with the activator ion.

Ceramic raw material powder includes: a main phase having a perovskite structure, wherein elements acting as a donor and an acceptor are solid-solved in B sites of the perovskite structure, wherein a first relationship of value A<value B is satisfied in a center region of each grain of the ceramic raw material powder; a second relationship of value A>value B is satisfied in a circumference region of each grain of the ceramic raw material powder, and value A in the second relationship gradually decreases from the circumference region to the center, wherein value A is a value of (concentration of the element acting as a donor)×(valence of the element acting as a donor−4), and value B is a value of (concentration of the element acting as an acceptor)×(4−valence of the element acting as an acceptor).

A fused solid-state electrolyte e membrane having a thickness less than 5 mm and intended for a lithium-ion battery. The membrane includes a polycrystalline product including at least 3.0% amorphous phase and including, for more than 95% of its mass, of the elements Li, La, Zr, M and O, M being a dopant chosen from the group formed by Al, P, Sb, Sc, Ti, V, Y, Nb, Hf, Ta, the lanthanides with the exception of La, Se, W, Bi, Si, Ge, Ga, Sn, Cr, Fe, Zn, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Fr, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and the mixtures thereof. The contents of these elements, measured after a decarbonatation operation without loss of lithium, being defined by the formula Li.sub.aLa.sub.bZr.sub.cM.sub.dO.sub.12, wherein the atomic indices are such that: 2.500<a<8,500, and 1,000<b<3.500, and 0.600<c<2.000, and 0<d<2.000.

The present invention relates to inorganic fibres having a composition comprising: 65.7 to 70.8 wt % SiO.sub.2; 27.0 to 34.2 wt % CaO; 0.10 to 2.0 wt % MgO; and optional other components providing the balance up to 100 wt %,
wherein the sum of SiO.sub.2 and CaO is greater than or equal to 97.8 wt %; and the other components, when present, comprise no more than 0.80 wt % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; and wherein the amount of MgO and other components are configured to inhibit the formation of surface crystallite grains upon heat treatment at 1100° C. for 24 hours, wherein said surface crystallite grains comprise an average crystallite size in a range of from 0.0 to 0.90 μm.

Provided is a silicate glass, a method for preparing a silicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass, and a method for preparing a lithium disilicate glass-ceramics by using the silicate glass, and more particularly, to a method for preparing a glass-ceramics that has a nanosize of 0.2 to 0.5 μm and contains lithium disilicate and silicate crystalline phases. A nano lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing a SiO.sub.2 crystalline phase includes: a glass composition including 70 to 85 wt % SiO.sub.2, 10 to 13 wt % Li.sub.2O, 3 to 7 wt % P.sub.2O.sub.5 working as a nuclei formation agent, 0 to 5 wt % Al.sub.2O.sub.3 for increasing a glass transition temperature and a softening point and enhancing chemical durability of glass, 0 to 2 wt % ZrO.sub.2, 0.5 to 3 wt % CaO for increasing a thermal expansion coefficient of the glass, 0.5 to 3 wt % Na.sub.2O, 0.5 to 3 wt % K.sub.2O, and 1 to 2 wt % colorants, and 0 to 2.0 wt % mixture of MgO, ZnO, F, and La.sub.2O.sub.3.

Provided is a dielectric composition containing: a main component expressed by {Ba.sub.xSr.sub.(1-x)}.sub.mTa.sub.4O.sub.12; and a first subcomponent, m satisfying a relationship of 1.95≤m≤2.40. The first subcomponent includes silicon and magnesium. When the amount of the main component contained in the dielectric composition is set to 100 parts by mole, the amount of silicon contained in the dielectric composition is 7.5 to 15.0 parts by mole in terms of SiO.sub.2, and the amount of magnesium contained in the dielectric composition is 5.0 to 22.5 parts by mole in terms of MgO.

A process for the manufacture of inorganic fibres comprises: (a) selecting a composition and proportion of: (i) silica sand; (ii) lime comprising at least 0.10 wt % magnesia; and (iii) optional additives comprising a source of oxides or non-oxides of one or more of the lanthanides series of elements, or combinations thereof; (b) mixing the silica sand; lime; and optional additives to form a mixture; (c) melting the mixture in a furnace; and (d) shaping the molten mixture into inorganic fibres. The raw materials selection comprises composition selection and proportion selection of the raw materials to obtain an inorganic fibre composition comprising a range of from 61.0 wt % and 70.8 wt % silica; less than 2.0 wt % magnesia; less than 2.0% incidental impurities; and no more than 2.0 wt % of metal oxides and/or metal non-oxides derived from said optional additives; with calcia providing the balance up to 100 wt %; and wherein the inorganic fibre composition comprises no more than 0.80 wt % Al.sub.20.sub.3 derived from the incidental impurities and/or the optional additives.