The present invention provides a porous metal-containing carbon-based material that is stable at high temperatures under aqueous conditions. The porous metal-containing carbon-based materials are particularly useful in catalytic applications. Also provided, are methods for making and using porous shaped metal-carbon products prepared from these materials.

The present invention relates to a ferrite sintered plate having a composition comprising 47 to 50 mol % of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, 7 to 26 mol % of NiO, 13 to 36 mol % of ZnO, 7 to 12 mol % of CuO and 0 to 1.5 mol % of CoO, as calculated in terms of the respective oxides, in which the ferrite sintered plate has a volume resistivity of 110.sup.8 to 110.sup.12.Math.cm and a thickness of 10 to 60 m; and a ferrite sintered sheet comprising the ferrite sintered plate on a surface of which a groove or grooves are formed, and an adhesive layer and/or a protective layer formed on the ferrite sintered plate, in which the ferrite sintered sheet has a magnetic permeability at 500 kHz a real part of which is 120 to 800 and an imaginary part of which is 0 to 30, and a product (m) of the real part of the magnetic permeability at 500 kHz of the ferrite sintered sheet and a thickness of the ferrite sintered plate is 5000 to 48000. The ferrite sintered plate and the ferrite sintered sheet according to the present invention have a high volume resistivity as well as a large value and a small value of a magnetic permeability thereof, and therefore can be suitably used as a shielding plate in a digitizer system.

A graphite article which can be compressed by more three (3%) percent at a contact pressure of 100 KPa or less without damaging the graphite article reducing the thermal impedance exhibited by the article. Also a graphite article comprising graphitized polymer having a thickness of at least 75 microns. Preferably the graphite has a density of less than 1.50 g/cc and a compressibility of more than 3% at a contact pressure of 100 KPa. Also the article has a generally sheet like shape. These articles may be used in a thermal management system to dissipate heat from a heat source.

The method for manufacturing a ceramic component, in particular a ceramic component containing zirconia and/or alumina, for a timepiece or a jewelry piece, is characterised in that it includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder, optionally bound, by atomic layer deposition (ALD).

A process for manufacturing a ceramic powder with binder includes at least one additional element or compound, the ceramic powder with binder being in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina and/or strontium aluminate, wherein the process includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder with binder by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) and/or by a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and/or by an atomic layer deposition (ALD).

A ceramic composite for a fuel cell anode is disclosed. A method for preparing the metal-ceramic composite for a fuel cell anode, the metal-ceramic composite including (i) metal catalyst nanoparticles and (ii) a mixed-conductive ceramic, comprising (A) co-depositing a metal catalyst raw material and a mixed-conductive ceramic by physical vapor deposition. The metal catalyst raw material is present in an amount such that the content of the metal catalyst nanoparticles in the metal-ceramic composite is significantly lower than in conventional metal-ceramic composites. The presence of a small amount of the metal catalyst nanoparticles in the metal-ceramic composite minimizes the occurrence of stress resulting from a change in the volume of the metal catalyst and provides a solution to the problem of defects, achieving improved life characteristics. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the metal-ceramic composite.

The object of this invention is a process for manufacturing, conditioning and stabilization of a family of base additives sodium, potassium, boron, silicon, zinc, calcium oxides, among others, prepared by physicochemical and chemical synthesis methods that form nanometric structures, reformulated with deflocculant, sequestrants and dispersants additives that allow to obtain a dispersion or powder capable to decrease the sintering temperature of a ceramic body due to the high fluxing power, which is maximized by the use of nanotechnology in the structures obtained. The process consists in the preparation of nucleation seeds of metal, silicates and carbonates oxides by means of a physicochemical process, and which allow nanometric structures to grow by means of a chemical process in a chemical synthesis process wet basis of sodium, boron, silicon, zinc, potassium and calcium oxides. The combination of these oxides allows structuring elements of high fluxing power due to their high surface area and physicochemical composition. The additives prepared in this invention are chemically stabilized with deflocculating agents, which allow the additives to be incorporated into the aqueous medium grinding process of the ceramic body. Applications made with the additives of this invention allow the sintering temperature of a red body to be reduced from 1150 C. to 1000 C. and in porcelain bodies from 1180 C. to 1050 C., with the use of 0.2 to 5% of the additive, or increasing the speed of the heat treatment by up to 20%, and it can be used in the manufacture of bathroom fittings, molding parts, components for tooling, coatings, valances, enamels, vitrified pastes and other ceramic components. The present invention proposes several nanostructured additive formulations with high performance fluxing properties, which allow to optimize and standardize the sintering process and to improve the mechanical properties of the ceramic body. It also proposes different methods of application of the additive in ceramic formulations.

The present disclosure discloses a ceramic material having a positive slow release effect and a method for manufacturing the same. The ceramic material comprises a hierarchically meso-macroporous structure which composition at least includes silicon and oxygen, wherein the hierarchically meso-macroporous structure includes a plurality of macropores and a wall having a plurality of arranged mesopores, and the plurality of macropores are separated by the wall; and nano-scale metal particles confined in at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The nano-scale metal particles have a positive slow release effect from the at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The ceramic material has a property of inhibiting growth of microorganisms or killing the microorganisms in an environment or a system containing a hydrophilic medium.

A method for manufacturing a low cost thermally conductive carbon foam composite utilizing coal as a precursor, or starting material, and natural or synthetic graphite as a thermally conductive additive. Also, a method for manufacturing carbon foam at pressures at-or-near atmospheric pressure.

The present invention relates to a method of producing porous alpha-SiC containing shaped body and porous alpha-SiC containing shaped body produced by that method. The porous alpha-SiC containing shaped body shows a characteristic microstructure providing a high degree of mechanical stability.