A complex sintered body includes a lamination of a layer composed of a zirconia sintered body containing 0.5% or more by mole and less than 4% by mole of an oxide of cerium in terms of CeO.sub.2, 2% or more by mole and less than 6% by mole of yttria and 0.1% or more by mass and less than 2% by mass of an oxide of aluminum; and at least one of a layer composed of a zirconia-based sintered body containing 2.0% or more by mass and 20.0% or less by mass of an oxide of aluminum, and a layer composed of a zirconia-based sintered body containing 2% or more by mole and less than 6% by mole of yttria and a coloring agent.

The present invention is directed toward an additive manufacturing method for manufacturing silica-based structures that have a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion. The structure may be constructed with a powder mixture that contains at least a first set of silica-based particles that are spherical and that have a first size, and a second set of submicron silica-based particles that are jagged, spherical, or both jagged and spherical. The silica-based powder mixture may be combined with a surfactant in order to create a slurry that can be used to create a 3D printed structure that has a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion.

An object of the present invention is to provide zirconium oxide nanoparticles that have excellent dispersibility in a polar solvent and are capable of increasing a core concentration in a dispersion liquid. Zirconium oxide nanoparticles according to the present invention are coated with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of R.sup.1—COOH, (R.sup.1O).sub.3-n—P(O)—(OH).sub.n, (R.sup.1).sub.3-n—P(O)—(OH).sub.n, (R.sup.1O)—S(O)(O)—(OH), R.sup.1—S(O)(O)—(OH), and (R.sup.1).sub.4-m—Si(R.sup.4).sub.m, wherein R.sup.1 represents a group comprising a carbon atom and at least one element selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, and a sulfur atom, and having the total number of carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and sulfur atoms of 8 or less; R.sup.4 represents a halogen atom or —OR.sup.2, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; and n represents 1 or 2, and m represents an integer of 1 to 3.

The present invention relates to a health artificial pearl and a manufacturing method therefor and, more specifically, to: a health artificial pearl formed by spray-drying and pressure-firing a functional mineral that emits anions and radiates far infrared rays, so as to form a core with high compressive strength, and by coating the surface of the core with an artificial pearl composition, which is nontoxic to the human body; and a manufacturing method therefor. The method for manufacturing a health artificial pearl comprises: (S100) a material pretreatment step of wet-grinding a functional mineral that emits anions and radiates far infrared rays so as to form a wet-ground solution, and spray drying the wet-ground solution so as to prepare a powder for press forming; (S200) a press forming step of injecting, into a press forming apparatus, the powder for press forming so as to form a core, and high-temperature-firing the core; (S300) a core polishing step of polishing the high-temperature-fired core; and (S400) a coating step of coating the polished core with an artificial pearl composition.

A sintered ball having: a chemical composition such that, in percentages by mass based on the mass of the ball: 89%≤W≤97%; 5%≤C≤8%; Co≤0.5%; Ni≤0.5%; Elements other than W, C, Co, and Ni, or “Other elements”: ≤3%; a tungsten carbide(s) content greater than 55% in percentage by mass based on the crystallized phases; a bulk density greater than or equal to 14 g/cm.sup.3.

The present disclosure discloses a hybrid woven fiber preform-reinforced composite material, including a fiber preform, a composite material interface and a matrix, where the fiber preform is a three-dimensional fabric hybrid woven by 2-5 high-performance inorganic fibers, and the matrix is selected from the group consisting of resin, light alloy, carbon and ceramic. A preparation method of the composite material includes: preparing ceramic slurry, fiber bundle impregnation treatment, fiber weaving, molding of three-dimensional overall structure preform, preform heat treatment, preparing interface and preparing matrix. The present disclosure improves the weaving performance of inorganic rigid fibers, and the prepared hybrid woven fiber preform-reinforced composite material has desirable integrity, high interlayer bonding strength, and is not easy to layer. Meanwhile, the present disclosure realizes the functions of wave transmission, wave-absorbing, high-temperature structural material, thermal insulation and thermal prevention through the combination of hybrid woven fibers.

Porous, electrically conductive ceramic foams incorporating continuous self-assembled graphene networks are described. The disclosed approach uses interfacial trapping to spontaneously exfoliate and assemble pristine graphite, not graphite oxide, in a ceramic sol-gel. The composite foams display electrical conductivity and joule heating, with anticipated applications as, for example, catalyst supports, thermoelectrics, and porous electrodes.

Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.

A method for forming a super-insulating material for a vacuum insulated structure includes disposing glass spheres within a rotating drum. A plurality of interstitial spaces are defined between the glass spheres. A binder material is disposed within the rotating drum. The glass spheres and the at least one binder material are rotated within the rotating drum, wherein the binder material is mixed during a first mixing stage with the glass spheres. A first insulating material is disposed within the rotating drum. The binder material, the first insulating material and the glass spheres are mixed to define an insulating base. A second insulating material is disposed within the rotating drum. The secondary insulating material is mixed with the insulating base to define a homogenous form of the super-insulating material, wherein the first and second insulating materials occupy substantially all of the interstitial spaces.

A super hard polycrystalline construction is disclosed as comprising a body of super hard material having a first fraction of super hard grains in a matrix of a second fraction of super hard grains. The average grain size of the first fraction is between around 1.5 to around 10 times the average grain size of the second fraction and the first fraction comprises around 5 vol % to around 30 vol % of the grains of super hard material in the body.