The present invention relates to a composite material comprising wollastonite fibres embedded within a ceramic matrix. The wollastonite fibres are bonded to the ceramic matrix by a glassy bonding phase comprising a glass component comprising at least 80 wt % of oxides of calcium, silicon and aluminium. The material is used in the processing of molten metal, e.g. as a pump, degasser, flux injector or scrap submergence device.

An electrolyte sheet for solid oxide fuel cells includes a ceramic plate body containing a cubic zirconia sintered material, wherein, with the ceramic plate body being defined to have nine portions including an outer peripheral portion and a central portion, ceramic grains in each of the nine portions have a median size D.sub.50 of 1.0 μm to 4.0 μm, and a maximum median size D.sub.50 of the ceramic grains among the nine portions is 1.0 to 1.3 times a minimum median size D.sub.50 of the ceramic grains among the nine portions.

A preparation method of indium oxide with stable morphology includes: (1) mixing indium oxide powder and bismuth oxide powder according to a mass ratio of 1:0.1-0.5 to obtain a powder mixture; (2) putting the powder mixture into a ball mill for ball milling at room temperature to obtain a uniform powder mixture; (3) putting the obtained uniform powder mixture into a muffle furnace and calcining at 700-1000° C.; and (4) obtaining the indium oxide with cubic stable morphology after the muffle furnace naturally cools to room temperature. The method has advantages of simple synthesis process, short synthesis period, high sample yield, no need of complicated equipment, and morphology of the obtained indium oxide can be maintained after being heated at a high temperature within 1000° C. for 2 hours. An electrochemical sensor prepared by using the indium oxide obtained by the method has better selectivity to nonane.

The invention relates to a process of producing a dental zirconia article, the process comprising the step of sintering a porous dental zirconia article, the sintering comprising a heat-treatment segment A characterized by a heating rate of at least 3 K/sec up to a temperature of at least 1,200° C., the porous dental zirconia article being composed of a zirconia material containing 6.0 to 8.0 wt. % yttria, 0.05 to 0.12 wt. % alumina and comprising a coloring component containing Tb, the porous dental zirconia article being essentially free of Fe components. The invention also relates to a process comprising the additional step of applying a glazing composition to the outer surface of the porous zirconia article before the heat-treatment or sintering is conducted.

A zirconia sintered body may excel in translucency, strength, in linear light transmittance, and can be produced by short-time sintering without an HIP device, and be used in zirconia molded bodies and pre-sintered bodies from which such a zirconia sintered body can be obtained. A zirconia molded body with zirconia particles and 2.0 to 9.0 mol % yttria, having an average primary particle diameter less than 60 nm, and a monoclinic crystal system in a fraction of ≥55%. The zirconia molded body may have ≥1% undissolved yttria. A zirconia pre-sintered body may have such zirconia particles, wherein the zirconia pre-sintered body has ΔL*(W−B) of ≥5 through a thickness of 1.5 mm. A zirconia sintered body may have a fluorescent agent and 2.0 to 9.0 mol % yttria, and a crystal grain size of ≤180 nm.

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.

A composite sintered material includes: cubic boron nitride grains; and hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10.sup.15/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 1×10.sup.17/m.sup.2, a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and a relationship of the following expression 1 is satisfied:
0.015≤(Vh+Vw)/(Vc+Vh+Vw)≤0.5,  Expression 1:
where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.

An insert of the present disclosure includes a cBN sintered compact containing cBN and TiN. The cBN occupies 60% or more of the cross-sectional area of the cBN sintered compact observed. TiN(200) is higher than cBN(111), where the TiN (200) is an X-ray intensity on a (200) plane of the TiN and the cBN (111) is an X-ray intensity on a (111) plane of the cBN, obtained by X-ray diffraction on the cBN sintered compact.

The present invention discloses a multiphase ceramic material with a giant dielectric constant, wherein the multiphase ceramic material has a general formula of A.sub.xB.sub.nxTi.sub.1−(n+1)xO.sub.2; wherein A is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, Mo, and Sb, B is at least one selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Al, Co, Cr, Sc, Fe (III), and a trivalent rare-earth cation; n is a molar ratio of B to A, 1<n≤5 , 0<x≤0.1. The multiphase ceramic material possesses outstanding properties including a giant dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss, and excellent frequency- and temperature-stability. In particular, it exhibits a high insulation resistivity of higher than 10.sup.11 Ω.Math.cm and a high breakdown voltage, which implies it can be applied in high-energy storage devices and supercapacitors. This invention also provides a method to synthesize the multiphase ceramic material.

The preset invention relates to dielectric material, and device, and memory device comprising the same. According to an aspect, provided is a dielectric material having a composition represented by Formula 1: <Formula 1> (100-x-y)BaTiO.sub.3.xBiREO.sub.3.yABO.sub.3. wherein, in Formula 1, RE is a rare earth metal, A is an alkali metal, B is a pentavalent transition metal, and 0<x<50, 0<y<50, and 0<x+y<50 are satisfied.