The present invention provides a zirconia sintered body containing a fluorescent agent and having excellent translucency and excellent strength. The present invention also provides a zirconia shaped body and a zirconia calcined body from which the zirconia sintered body can be obtained. The present invention relates to a zirconia sintered body comprising a fluorescent agent, wherein the zirconia sintered body comprises 4.5 to 9.0 mol % yttria, and has a crystal grain size of 180 nm or less, and a three-point flexural strength of 500 MPa or more. The present invention relates to a zirconia shaped body comprising a fluorescent agent, wherein the zirconia shaped body comprises 4.5 to 9.0 mol % yttria, and has a three-point flexural strength of 500 MPa or more after being sintered at 1,100° C. for 2 hours under ordinary pressure, and a crystal grain size of 180 nm or less after being sintered at 1,100° C. for 2 hours under ordinary pressure. The present invention relates to a zirconia calcined body comprising a fluorescent agent, wherein the zirconia calcined body comprises 4.5 to 9.0 mol % yttria, and has a three-point flexural strength of 500 MPa or more after being sintered at 1,100° C. for 2 hours under ordinary pressure, and a crystal grain size of 180 nm or less after being sintered at 1,100° C. for 2 hours under ordinary pressure.

The present invention belongs to the field of composite materials, particularly to an underwater non-dispersible quick-setting and rapid-hardening cement-based composite material and the preparation method and application thereof. The material consists of the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 32%-34% of silicate cement, 8.8%-9% of calcium aluminate, 5%-7% of magnesium oxide, 0.5%-2% of sulfur trioxide, 0.2%-0.3% of polycarboxylate high performance water-reducing agent, 0.3%-0.7% of flocculant, 0.05%-0.2% of setting accelerator, 0.05%-0.2% of air-entraining agent, 0.05%-0.3% of rust inhibitor, 26%-31% of fine aggregate, 13%-18% of coarse aggregate, and 8.4%-8.5% of water. The material can be used for rapid repair of cement buildings in water conservancy projects, the repair material can be quickly set and the initial strength can be guaranteed.

Disclosed is a rapid, reproducible solution-based method to synthesize solid sodium ion-conductive materials. The method includes: (a) forming an aqueous mixture of (i) at least one sodium salt, and (ii) at least one metal oxide; (b) adding at least one phosphorous precursor as a neutralizing agent into the mixture; (c) concentrating the mixture to form a paste; (d) calcining or removing liquid from the paste to form a solid; and (e) sintering the solid at a high temperature to form a dense, non-porous, sodium ion-conductive material. Solid sodium ion-conductive materials have electrochemical applications, including use as solid electrolytes for batteries.

This invention provides a ceramic powder capable of forming a sintered body having a high density and high ionic conductivity even at a sintering temperature lower than the temperature conventionally used, and provides a battery containing a sintered body of the ceramic powder as a constituent element. The above problem is solved by a ceramic powder containing a garnet-type oxide and compound 1, wherein the garnet-type oxide contains zirconium, lithium, and lanthanum, and compound 1 contains at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, lithium, zirconium, gallium, scandium, yttrium, cerium, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, barium, strontium, niobium, and tantalum.

Flexible graphite foil is produced from thermally expanded graphite. The foil comprises amorphous carbon and exhibits improved tightness and low leakage. The foil with is made of a composition comprising compressed TEG and amorphous carbon, wherein said composition is obtained from intercalated graphite with different graphite matrix oxidation degrees, and said composition comprises amorphous carbon in amounts corresponding to maximum I.sub.D/I.sub.G ratio values, depending on the oxidation degree, where I.sub.G and I.sub.D are scattered radiation intensity peaks in the frequency ranges of 1500-1630 cm.sup.−1 and 1305-1395 cm.sup.−1 for graphite and amorphous carbon, respectively, measured by Raman spectroscopy, depending on the oxidation degree of the above-mentioned intercalated graphite, whereby the maximum I.sub.D/I.sub.G ratio for each oxidation degree is greater than, or equal to, 0.05. Additionally, a sheet material based on such foil, a sealing and a method of the claimed foil production are disclosed.

A method for manufacturing a multilayer electronic component having an element body in which a functional part and a conductor part are laminated. The green multilayer body 11 is formed on the temporary holding film 62 formed on the release substrate. The green multilayer body 11 is formed by repeating the first step forming a green functional part using the first ink containing the functional particles and the second step forming the green conductor part using the second ink containing the conductive particles. The temporary holding film 62 has conductivity.

Disclosed herein are doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions comprising a calcium cobaltite ceramic. The doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions can have a formula Ca.sub.3-xM.sup.2.sub.xCo.sub.4O.sub.9M.sup.1.sub.y, where M.sup.1 represents a first metal dopant, M.sup.2 represents a second metal dopant, x is a number having a value of from about 0.00 to about 3.00, and y is a number having a value of from about 0.01 to about 0.50. The doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions have an increased energy conversion efficiency as compared to an undoped or conventional thermoelectric ceramic oxide materials. Also disclosed are methods for making the doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions. Products and devices are disclosed comprising the thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions, e.g., solid-state conversion devices that can utilize heat to generate electricity. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

A solid composition according to the present disclosure is a solid composition to be used for forming a functional ceramic having a crystal phase, and contains an oxide constituted by a crystal phase different from the crystal phase of the functional ceramic at normal temperature and normal pressure, and an oxoacid compound. The oxoacid compound preferably contains at least one of a nitrate ion and a sulfate ion as an oxoanion. Further, the oxide preferably has a crystal grain size of 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

Provided are a cover-layer-including ceramic continuous fiber suitable for producing a ceramic matrix composite material that can have improved damage tolerance and a ceramic matrix composite material formed from the cover-layer-including ceramic continuous fiber. The cover-layer-including ceramic continuous fiber includes a ceramic continuous fiber and a cover layer formed of an inorganic acid salt and disposed on the surface of the ceramic continuous fiber, wherein the thickness variation coefficient of the cover layer is 80% or less.

A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide containing a composite oxide of ceria and zirconia is provided, in which primary particles having a particle diameter of 1.5 to 4.5 m account for, on a particle number basis, at least 50% of all primary particles in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide, and the molar ratio of cerium to zirconium in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide is between 43:57 and 55:45.