A method for manufacturing a cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound having a malachite-rosasite mineral structure, comprising the steps of: providing an first aqueous solution comprising a source of Co, providing a second aqueous solution comprising Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, mixing both solutions in a precipitation reactor at a temperature above 70° C., thereby precipitating a cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound whilst evacuating from the reactor any CO.sub.2 formed by the precipitation reaction, wherein the residence time of the compound in the reactor is between 1 and 4 hours, and recovering the cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound. The cobalt based hydroxide carbonate compound is used as a precursor of a lithium cobalt based oxide usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium ion batteries.

A method for low-pressure diamond growth includes heating a composition comprising a diamond growth seed and a source of reactive carbon to a temperature below 800° C., wherein the heating takes place under low pressure. Responsive to the heating, growing diamonds from the composition.

According to one or more embodiments presently described, metal-containing particles may be made by a method that includes introducing a molten material into a reaction zone of a reactor system, passing a process gas into the reaction zone in a direction substantially tangential to a sidewall of the reaction zone, and contacting the process gas with the molten material in the reaction zone to form metal-containing particles. The molten material may be introduced into an upper portion of the reaction zone The reaction zone may include a substantially circular cross-section, and the molten metal may be introduced into the reaction zone in a laminar flow or as atomized particles.

A process for manufacturing a porous diamond having a tridimensional (3D) structure. The process comprises the steps of using a substrate with a pre-defined shape and a plurality of pores of a defined porosity shape and size, heating a reactant hydrocarbon gas and reactant hydrogen in a filament to form a product gas, depositing an activated carbon atom from the product gas onto the substrate, wherein the activated carbon atom reacts with the substrate to form a diamond structure on the substrate, and completely removing the substrate to obtain the 3D pure porous diamond structure, wherein the 3D pure porous diamond structure is formed entirely of diamond and is identical in shape and porosity shape and size of the plurality of pores as that of the substrate. The 3D pure porous diamond structure formed is of a controlled thickness and porosity, and devoid of the substrate.

Disclosed are an additive raw material composition and an additive for superhard material product, a composite binding agent, a superhard material product, a self-sharpening diamond grinding wheel and a method for manufacturing the same. The raw material composition consisting of components in following mass percentage: Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 25%˜40%, B.sub.2O.sub.3 25%˜40%, ZnO 5%˜25%, SiO.sub.2 2%˜10%, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 2%˜10%, Na.sub.2CO.sub.3 1%˜5%, Li.sub.2CO.sub.3 1%˜5%, MgCO.sub.3 0%˜5%, and CaF.sub.2 1%˜5%. The composite binding agent is prepared from the additive and a metal composite binding agent. The self-sharpening diamond grinding wheel prepared from the composite binding agent has high self-sharpness, high strength, and fine texture, is uniformly consumed during the grinding process, does not need to be trimmed during the process of being used, and maintains good grinding force all the time, fundamentally solving the problems of long trimming time and high trimming cost of the diamond grinding wheel (FIG. 1).

A basic zinc chloride particulate matter and a preparation method therefor. The basic zinc chloride particulate matter mainly consists of basic zinc chloride particles. In the basic zinc chloride particulate matter, D.sub.10>100 μm, and D.sub.95>450 μm. The basic zinc chloride particles do not contain adhesives. The basic zinc chloride particles contained in the basic zinc chloride particulate matter are approximately spherical, and the basic zinc chloride particles with the particle diameter>500 μm in the basic zinc chloride particulate matter accounts for 1% or less of the total mass of the basic zinc chloride particulate matter.

Silicon-carbon composite materials and related processes are disclosed that overcome the challenges for providing amorphous nano-sized silicon entrained within porous carbon. Compared to other, inferior materials and processes described in the prior art, the materials and processes disclosed herein find superior utility in various applications, including energy storage devices such as lithium ion batteries.

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are compounds, methods, tools, and abrasive materials comprising mixed transition metal dodecaborides.

The present invention is a polishing composition, containing zirconium oxide as abrasive grains, the polishing composition having pH of 11.0 or more and less than 12.5, the zirconium oxide having element concentrations of sodium, magnesium, aluminum, potassium, calcium, titanium, chromium, iron, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, lead, and cobalt of less than 1 ppm each. There can be provided a polishing composition that enables semiconductor substrates having high flatness not only in the inner circumferential portion but also in the outer circumferential portion with little contamination due to metal impurities to be obtained at high productivity.

The disclosure relates to a method for producing a solid-state lithium ion conductor material in which the use of water and/or steam is a medium when the obtained intermediate product is cooled or quenched and, if needed, comminution of the intermediate product and/or carrying out of a cooling process with the production of a powder in one comminution step or in a plurality of comminution steps leads or lead to especially advantageous production products. The subject of the disclosure is also the solid-state lithium ion conductor material that has an ion conductivity of at least 10.sup.−5 S/cm at room temperature as well as a water content of <1.0 wt %. The disclosure further relates to the use of the solid-state lithium ion conductor material in the form of a powder in batteries or rechargeable batteries, preferably lithium batteries or rechargeable lithium batteries, in particular, separators, cathodes, anodes, or solid-state electrolytes.