A hexagonal boron nitride powder whose maximum absorption peak within the range of 3,100 to 3,800 cm.sup.1 of the diffuse reflectance fourier transform infrared spectrum is existent at 3,530 to 3,590 cm.sup.1 and which is able to provide high heat conductivity, dielectric strength and copper foil peel strength to a resin composition obtained by filling the powder into a resin, and a process for producing the above boron nitride powder by mixing together an oxygen-containing boron compound, a carbon source having a sulfur concentration of 1,000 to 10,000 ppm and an oxygen-containing calcium compound in a specific ratio and reduction nitriding the mixture.

An iron powder and method of making an iron powder. The method includes a step of neutralizing an acidic aqueous solution containing a trivalent iron ion and a phosphorus-containing ion, with an alkali aqueous solution, so as to provide a slurry of a precipitate of a hydrated oxide, or a step of adding a phosphorus-containing ion to a slurry containing a precipitate of a hydrated oxide obtained by neutralizing an acidic aqueous solution containing a trivalent iron ion with an alkali aqueous solution. A silane compound is added to the slurry so as to coat a hydrolysate of the silane compound on the precipitate of the hydrated oxide. The precipitate of the hydrated oxide after coating is recovered through solid-liquid separation, the recovered precipitate is heated to provide iron particles coated with a silicon oxide, and a part or the whole of the silicon oxide coating is dissolved and removed.

Provided is a hexagonal boron nitride powder including: secondary particles formed through agglomeration of primary particles of hexagonal boron nitride, in which in a cumulative distribution of volume-based particle sizes measured through a laser diffraction/light scattering method, the particle sizes at which cumulative values from small particle sizes reach 10%, 50%, and 90% of the total are respectively D10, D50, and D90, with D50 being 3 to 30 ?m, and a D90/D10 ratio is 4.0 or more.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a highly porous fine powdery slaked lime composition, comprising a fluidification step for forming said highly porous fine powdery slaked lime composition having an Alpine fluidity greater than 50% and which is carried out in a dryer/grinder chosen from the group consisting of a pin-type dryer/grinder, a cage-type dryer/grinder, an instantaneous dryer/disagglomerator and a combination of these until the powdery slaked lime composition has a non-solid residual-phase content of less than or equal to 3.5% by weight and greater than or equal to 0.3% by weight, as well as the product obtained therefrom.

A microwave heating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a housing, a drum unit disposed rotatably on the housing and into which heating target substance and gas are introduced, and at least one heating unit heating the drum unit by applying microwaves to the drum unit. With a microwave heating apparatus and a method for manufacturing an aluminum nitride using the same of the present disclosure, an aluminum nitride may be manufactured at a lower temperature than that of conventional methods, thereby reducing manufacturing time. Additionally, a microwave heating apparatus according to the present disclosure may significantly reduce power consumption compared to an electric heating apparatus.

The present invention relates to the use of a haematite pigment whose sum of the a* values in full shade and with reduction in the surface coating test is from 58.0 to 61.0 CIELAB units, preferably from 58.0 to 60.0 CIELAB units, more preferably from 58.5 to 61.0 CIELAB units, more preferably from 58.5 to 60.0 CIELAB units, particularly preferably from 59.0 to 61.0 CIELAB units, more particularly preferably from 59.0 to 60.0 for producing an aqueous, titanium dioxide-containing preparation.

The present invention relates to: an alumina powder wherein a ratio (TBD/LBD) of a tapped bulk density (TBD) to a loose bulk density (LBD) is 1.5 or more; an alumina slurry containing the same; an alumina-containing coating layer; a multilayer separation membrane; and a secondary battery.

The invention relates to a solid particulate calcium nitrate composition having particles with an average particle size of between 0.1 and 1 mm and comprising an anti-caking agent, wherein the anti-caking agent consists of a solid particulate silicate with an average particle size of between 0.05 and 750 m. The invention furthermore relates to a pre-blend binder composition comprising such a solid particulate calcium nitrate composition. Also a dry mortar mix or tile adhesive composition and a dry concrete mix comprising an aggregate and such a pre-blend binder composition. Also a method for producing a solid particulate calcium nitrate composition, the use of a solid particulate silicate as anti-caking agent for a solid particulate calcium nitrate composition and the use of a solid particulate calcium nitrate composition as a setting accelerator for cementitious pre-blend binder composition are disclosed.

A solid ice melting composition is composed of pelletized salt, the pelletized salt having a plurality of salt particles pressed together, inter-particle spaces between the salt particles inside the pelletized salt, and a deicing liquid in the inter-particle spaces. The composition is produced by pelletizing a plurality of salt particles to form pelletized salt, and introducing deicing liquid into inter-particles spaces between the salt particles in the pelletized salt by infusing the deicing liquid into the pelletized salt. The solid ice melting composition is easy to handle and spread, is longer lasting and is effective at temperatures down to about 30 C. or lower.

A zirconium hydroxide powder having, in a pore distribution based on a BJH method, a peak top in a pore diameter region of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less, and having a pore volume in the pore diameter region of 1 nm or more and 5 nm or less of 0.15 cm.sup.3/g or more.