A method of producing polycrystalline Y.sub.3Ba.sub.5Cu.sub.8O.sub.y (Y-358) whereby powders of yttrium (III) oxide, a barium (II) salt, and copper (II) oxide are pelletized, calcined at 850 to 950° C. for 8 to 16 hours, ball milled under controlled conditions, pelletized again and sintered in an oxygen atmosphere at 900 to 1000° C. for up to 72 hours. The polycrystalline Y.sub.3Ba.sub.5Cu.sub.8O.sub.y thus produced is in the form of elongated crystals having an average length of 2 to 10 μm and an average width of 1 to 2 μm, and embedded with spherical nanoparticles of yttrium deficient Y.sub.3Ba.sub.5Cu.sub.8O.sub.y having an average diameter of 5 to 20 nm. The spherical nanoparticles are present as agglomerates having flower-like morphology with an average particles size of 30 to 60 nm. The ball milled polycrystalline Y.sub.3Ba.sub.5Cu.sub.8O.sub.y prepared under controlled conditions shows significant enhancement of superconducting and flux pinning properties.

A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: 20 to 80 volume % of cBN grains; and 20 to 80 volume % of a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes first binder grains and second binder grains, in each of the first binder grains, a ratio of the number of atoms of the first metal element to a total of the number of atoms of the titanium and the number of atoms of the first metal element is more than or equal to 0.01% and less than 10%, in each of the second binder grains, this ratio is more than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 80%, and in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the cubic boron nitride sintered material, one or both of conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied.

An infrared selective radiation cooling nano-functional composition and a preparation method thereof, wherein the composition is prepared from silica, a rare earth silicate compound and a molybdate compound according to a mass ratio of 1:(0.5-2):(0.5-2) by ball milling and uniform mixing, and the silica, the rare earth silicate compound and the molybdate compound have high infrared selective radiation performance at 8-10 μm, 9-12 μm and 10-14 μm. The rare earth silicate and molybdate compound are prepared by a sol-gel and a high-temperature solid phase process according to stoichiometric ratios SiO.sub.2-(0.5-2)Re.sub.2O.sub.3-(0.1-1.0)Na.sub.2O (Re═La, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Yb, Y or Sc) and RMoO.sub.4 (R═Mg, Ca, Sr or Ba). The infrared selective radiation cooling nano-functional composition prepares functional devices such as day and night double-effect radiation coolers to provide zero-energy cooling, energy saving and efficiency improvement functions for buildings, grain and oil stores, solar battery back plates and the like.

A solid electrolyte having a garnet type crystal structure. The garnet type crystal structure contains Li, La, Zr, O and Ga and at least one element selected from Al, Mg, Zn and Sc.

An electrolyte according to the present disclosure contains a lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following compositional formula.
Li.sub.7-xLa.sub.3(Zr.sub.2-xA.sub.x)O.sub.12-yF.sub.y
In the formula, 0.1≤x≤1.0, 0.0<y≤1.0, and A represents two or more types of Ta, Nb, and Sb.

This ferrite magnet has a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite structure, and an orthoferrite phase, and is characterized in that the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me is represented by expression (1) A.sub.1-xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12-yMe.sub.y).sub.z, (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn) and in that the content (m) of the orthoferrite phase is 0<m<28.0 in mol %. The invention makes it possible to achieve a ferrite magnet with increased Br.

One aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a composite, including a step of placing a porous boron nitride sintered body immersed in a resin composition under a pressurized condition and then placing the boron nitride sintered body immersed in the resin composition under a pressure condition lower than the pressurized condition, wherein the step is repeated a plurality of times.

A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride particles, a binding phase, and an interfacial phase. The interfacial phase intervenes between the cubic boron nitride particles and the binding phase. The interfacial phase includes aluminum, nitrogen, boron, and oxygen. A total of an average value of the atomic concentrations of aluminum included in the interfacial phase and an average value of the atomic concentrations of nitrogen included in the interfacial phase is 50.0 at % or more. A ratio of an average value of the atomic concentrations of nitrogen included in the interfacial phase to an average value of the atomic concentrations of boron included in the interfacial phase is more than 1.00.

The present disclosure provides a high-entropy rare earth-toughened tantalate ceramic. The ceramic is prepared by sintering Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 powder and x types of different RE.sub.2O.sub.3 powder, 4≤x≤9, and the molar ratio of the RE.sub.2O.sub.3 powders is 1. RE.sub.2O.sub.3 powder and Ta.sub.2O.sub.5 powder having the molar ratio of RE to Ta being 1:1 are weighed, a solvent is added for mixing, and ball milling is performed by a ball mill to obtain mixed powder M; the powder M is dried at a temperature of 650-850° C. for 1.5-2 h to obtain dried powder; the powder is sieved to obtain powder N, the powder N is placed in a mold for first pressing to obtain a rough blank, and the rough blank is then pressed for the second time to obtain a compact blank; the compact blank is sintered to obtain the high-entropy rare earth-toughened tantalate ceramic.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a zirconia-based porous body which can be pulverized in a relatively short time and in which performance deterioration caused by pulverization is suppressed. The present invention pertains to a zirconia-based porous body in which the total pore volume is at least 1.0 ml/g, the pore volume of pores having a diameter of 20-100 nm (exclusive of 100) is at most 0.3 ml/g, and the pore volume of pores having a diameter of 100-1000 nm is at least 0.5 ml/g.