In a multilayer ceramic capacitor, an intersection of an interface is defined by a second dielectric ceramic layer, a first internal electrode layer or a second internal electrode layer, and a third dielectric ceramic layer, on a plane including a length direction and a width direction, the second dielectric ceramic layer and the third dielectric ceramic layer include a near intersection region at or near the intersection, and an average particle size of dielectric particles in the near intersection region is smaller than average particle sizes of dielectric particles in the first dielectric ceramic layer, the second dielectric ceramic layer, and the third dielectric ceramic layer.

The invention relates to a copper-ceramic composite, comprising a ceramic substrate, which contains aluminum oxide, a coating on the ceramic substrate made of copper or a copper alloy, wherein the aluminum oxide has an average grain form factor R.sub.a(Al.sub.2O.sub.3), determined as an arithmetic average value from the form factors of the grains of the aluminum oxide, the copper or the copper alloy has an average grain form factor R.sub.a(Cu), determined as an arithmetic average of the form factors of the grains of the copper or copper alloy, and the average grain form factors of the aluminum oxide and copper or copper alloy meet the following condition: 0.5≤R.sub.a(Al.sub.2O.sub.3)/R.sub.a(Cu)≤2.0.

A ceramic composite can include a first ceramic phase and a second ceramic phase. The first ceramic phase can include a silicon carbide. The second phase can include a boron carbide. In an embodiment, the silicon carbide in the first ceramic phase can have a grain size in a range of 0.8 to 200 microns. The first phase, the second phase, or both can further include a carbon. In another embodiment, at least one of the first ceramic phase and the second ceramic phase can have a median minimum width of at least 5 microns.

A dielectric composition includes main phases and Ca-RE-Si—O segregation phases. The main phases include a main component expressed by ABO.sub.3. “A” includes at least one selected from barium and calcium. “B” includes at least one selected from titanium and zirconium. “RE” represents at least one of rare earth elements. A molar ratio of (Si/Ca) is larger than one. A molar ratio of (Si/RE) is larger than one, provided that the molar ratio of (Si/RE) is a molar ratio of silicon included in the segregation phases to the rare earth elements included therein. An average length of major axes of the segregation phases is 1.30-2.80 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases. An average length of minor axes of the segregation phases is 0.21-0.48 times as large as an average particle size of the main phases.

Various shaped abrasive particles are disclosed. Each shaped abrasive particle includes a body having at least one major surface and a side surface extending from the major surface.

A plate-like alumina particle containing a coloring component is provided. A plate-like alumina particle containing molybdenum, silicon, and a coloring component. A method for manufacturing the plate-like alumina particle, the method including the steps of mixing an aluminum compound containing an aluminum element, a molybdenum compound containing a molybdenum element, silicon or a silicon compound, and a coloring component so as to produce a mixture and calcining the resulting mixture.

This disclosure relates to polycrystalline cubic boron nitride material with cBN particles in a metal matrix comprising zirconium nitride and/or vanadium nitride precipitates or grains.

Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material reduced in dielectric loss tangent, and achieving both a large piezoelectric constant and a large mechanical quality factor. A piezoelectric material according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure is a piezoelectric material including a main component formed of a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the general formula (1): Na.sub.x+s(1−y)(Bi.sub.wBa.sub.1−s−w).sub.1−yNb.sub.yTi.sub.1−yO.sub.3 (where 0.84≤x≤0.92, 0.84≤y≤0.92, 0.002≤(w+s)(1−y)≤0.035, and 0.9≤w/s≤1.1), and a Mn component, wherein the content of the Mn is 0.01 mol % or more and 1.00 mol % or less with respect to the perovskite-type metal oxide.

A dielectric composition includes a dielectric grain including a perovskite compound and a first segregation phase including at least Ca, Al, Si, and O.

A dielectric composition includes a main ingredient having a perovskite structure represented by ABO.sub.3, where A is at least one of Ba, Sr, and Ca and B is at least one of Ti, Zr, and Hf, and a first accessory ingredient. The first accessory ingredient comprises 0.1 mole or more of a rare earth element, 0.02 mole or more of Nb, and 0.25 mole or more and 0.9 mole or less of Mg, a sum of contents of the rare earth element and Nb is 1.5 mole or less.