The current technology is directed to red and red-shade violet pigments with an hexagonal ABO.sub.3 structure of the form Y(In, M)O.sub.3 in which M is substituted for In in the trigonal bipyramidal B site of the ABO.sub.3 structure, and where M is a mixture containing Co.sup.2+ and charge compensating ions, or M is a mixture containing Co.sup.2+ and charge compensating ions, as well as other aliovalent and isovalent ions.

Process for producing coated mixed lithium oxide particles, in which mixed lithium oxide particles and a mixture comprising aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide are subjected to dry mixing by means of a mixing unit having a specific power of 0.1-1 kW per kg of mixed lithium oxide particles and mixture used, in total, under shearing conditions.

Coated mixed lithium oxide particles comprising a mixture of aluminium oxide and titanium dioxide as coating material, wherein the aluminium oxide and the titanium dioxide are in the form of aggregated primary particles and the weight ratio of aluminium oxide to titanium dioxide is 10:90-90:10.

An NTC compound, a thermistor and a method for producing a thermistor are disclosed. In an embodiment an NTC compound includes a ceramic material of a MnNiO system as a main constituent, wherein the MnNiO system has a general composition Ni.sub.xMn.sub.2O.sub.4-, wherein y corresponds to a molar fraction of Ni of a total metal content of the ceramic material of the MnNiO system, which is defined as c(Ni):(c(Ni)+c(Mn)), and wherein the following applies: 0.500<x<0.610 and 0.197<y<0.240.

The invention relates to the field of environmental protection, more specifically to the field of processing radioactive waste, and can he used for the safe and effective handling of a large quantity of liquid radioactive waste of various activity levels that has been formed as the result of decontaminating protective equipment of boxes and chambers, and makes it possible to decrease the volume of stored waste by solidifying same and incorporating same into a ceramic matrix. For this purpose, radioactive solutions after decontamination of surfaces of protective equipment are evaporated as alkaline and acidic solutions containing sodium hydroxide, potassium permanganate, oxalic acid, and nitric acid until a solid residue forms, and are calcined, and the calcinate is mixed with components of a fusion mixture containing oxides of titanium, calcium, iron (III), zirconium, and manganese (IV) and aluminum in a specified ratio, and fused.

A composite structure including a conductor region that is configured from a first oxide, and an insulator region that is configured from a second oxide and that surrounds the conductor region, wherein the first oxide and the second oxide are in hetero structure with each other. A powder and a fired body each having such a composite structure are also preferable.

A composition for forming a PZT-based piezoelectric film formed of Mn-doped composite metal oxides is provided, the composition including: PZT-based precursors containing metal atoms configuring the composite metal oxides; a diol; and polyvinylpyrrolidone, in which when a metal atom ratio in the composition is shown as Pb:Mn:Zr:Ti, the PZT-based precursors are contained so that a metal atom ratio of Pb is satisfied to be from 1.00 to 1.20, a metal atom ratio of Mn is satisfied to be equal to or greater than 0.002 and less than 0.05, a metal atom ratio of Zr is satisfied to be from 0.40 to 0.55, a metal atom ratio of Ti is satisfied to be from 0.45 to 0.60, and the total of Zr and Ti in a metal atom ratio is 1.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a ferrite magnetic substance, including: a first mixing operation of providing a first mixture composed of 47 to 49 wt % of Fe, 16 to 18 wt % of Mn, 5.2 to 7.2 wt % of Zn, and a remainder of oxygen and other inevitable impurities, a second mixing operation of providing a second mixture composed of the first mixture and an additive including, based on 100 parts by weight of the first mixture, 28 to 51 ppm of Si, 140 to 210 ppm of Nb and 155 to 185 ppm of Zr, and a finish operation of producing a ferrite magnetic substance by sintering the second mixture.

A light absorbing member includes a ceramic composite having a plurality of first ceramic particles exhibiting positive resistance temperature characteristics in a first ceramics having an open porosity of 5% or lower.

Ceramic composite materials, devices and methods are shown. In selected examples, ceramic materials are processed at low temperatures that permit incorporation of low temperature components, such as polymer components. manufacturing methods include, but are not limited to, injection molding, autoclaving and calendaring.

A method of making a thin film is provided. The method includes ball milling a suspension including a nanopowder, an additive component, and a solvent to generate a suspension of milled nanopowder, disposing a layer of the suspension of milled nanopowder onto a substrate, drying the layer by removing at least a portion of the solvent to form a green film, compressing the green film to form a compressed green film, debindering the compressed green film to form a debindered film, and sintering the debindered film to generate the thin film. The additive component includes a component selected from the group consisting of a dispersant, a binder, a plasticizer, and combinations thereof.