The present invention relates to A process for the production of a molding, comprising (I) providing a zeolitic material; (II) mixing the zeolitic material provided in step (I) with one or more binders; (III) kneading of the mixture obtained in step (II); (IV) molding of the kneaded mixture obtained in step (III) to obtain one or more moldings; (V) drying of the one or more moldings obtained in step (IV); and (VI) calcining of the dried molding obtained in step (V); wherein the zeolitic material provided in step (I) displays a water adsorption ranging from 1 to 15 wt.-% when exposed to a relative humidity of 85%, as well as to a molding obtainable or obtained according to the inventive process in addition to a molding per se and to their respective use.

The invention relates to a host material for stabilizing a Li metal electrode, fabricating methods and applications of the same. The host material includes crumpled graphene balls operably defining a scaffold having volumes and voids inside and in between the crumpled graphene balls so as to allow uniform and stable Li deposition/dissolution inside and in between the crumpled graphene balls without electrode volume fluctuations or with sufficiently small electrode volume fluctuations. The crumpled paper ball-like structures of graphene particles can readily assemble to yield the scaffold with scalable Li loading up to 10 mAh cm-2 within tolerable volume fluctuations. High Coulombic efficiency of 97.5% over 750 cycles (1500 hours) is achieved. Plating/stripping Li up to 12 mAh cm-2 on the crumpled graphene scaffold does not experience dendrite growth.

A polycrystalline diamond body contains diamond particles, the diamond particles have a mean particle size of 50 nm or less, and a crack initiation load is 10 N or more as measured in a fracture strength test by pressing a diamond indenter D with a tip radius Dr of 50 m against a surface of the polycrystalline diamond body at a load rate F of 100 N/min. Accordingly, a polycrystalline diamond body that is tough and has a small diamond particle size, a cutting tool, a wear-resistant tool, a grinding tool, and a method for producing the polycrystalline diamond body are provided.

A lithium metal composite oxide powder including: secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles, and single particles that are present independently of the secondary particles, wherein the lithium metal composite oxide is represented by composition formula (I), and the single particles have an average crushing strength exceeding 80 MPa:
Li[Li.sub.x(Ni.sub.(1-y-z-w)Co.sub.yMn.sub.zM.sub.w).sub.1-x]O.sub.2(I)
wherein M is one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, B, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, La and V, ?0.1?x?0.2, 0?y?0.4, 0?z?0.4, and 0?w?0.1.

A method for producing a boron nitride particle, including: a step of pressurizing and heating a particle containing boron carbide under a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a particle containing boron carbonitride; a step of putting a mixture containing a boron source containing at least one selected from the group consisting of boric acid and boron oxide and the particle containing boron carbonitride into a container; and a step of pressurizing and heating the mixture under a nitrogen atmosphere in a state where airtightness in the container has been enhanced to obtain a boron nitride particle, wherein an amount of boron atoms in the boron source is 1.0 to 2.2 mol with respect to 1 mol of the boron carbonitride in the mixture.

A boron nitride powder that is an aggregate of boron nitride particles, wherein the boron nitride powder has a BET specific surface area of 4.6 m.sup.2/g or more, and an average pore diameter of 0.65 ?m or less. A resin composition containing: the boron nitride powder, and a resin.

Provided is a thermal spraying material capable of forming a thermally sprayed coating film having improved plasma erosion resistance. The invention disclosed here provides a thermal spraying material. This thermal spraying material comprises composite particles in which a plurality of yttrium fluoride microparticles are integrated. In addition, the compressive strength of the composite particles is 5 MPa or more.

Disclosed in certain embodiments are ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres. Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of forming ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres including: 1) shaping a mixture into microspheres where the mixture includes a silica material and of particulates selected from at least one high-density material with an absolute bulk density of at least 0.3 g/cc, ZSM-5 zeolite crystals, and combinations thereof; 2) calcining the microspheres; and 3) reacting and subsequently heating the microspheres with at least one alkali solution to form ZSM-5 zeolite in-situ on the microspheres, where the ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres contain substantially no clay or calcined clay material.

The present disclosure relates to a porous inorganic particle which comprises a sintered body of calcium-based particles, and pores distributed in the sintered body, and has a core-shell structure of a core having a high porosity and a shell having a porosity lower than that of the core, wherein the calcium-based particles comprise first calcium-based particles having a maximum diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, and second calcium-based particles having a maximum diameter of 1 ?m to 10 ?m, and to a composite fillers and product using the same.

Provided are a high-nickel ternary positive electrode material, including a matrix Li.sub.1+xNi.sub.aCo.sub.bMg.sub.cY.sub.dM.sub.(1?a?b?c?d)O.sub.2?y, wherein M is selected from at least one of Mn, Zr, Al, B, Ta, Mo, W, Nb, Sb, and La, wherein: 0.8?a<1.0, 0<b<0.2, 0<c?0.005, 0<d?0.01, a+b+c+d<1, ?0.5<x<0.5, 0?y<0.02, a surface of the matrix is provided with a cladding layer, and the cladding layer contains a boron-containing alloy. The present application further relates to a method for preparing a high-nickel ternary positive electrode material, as well as a secondary battery, a battery module, a battery pack and an electrical apparatus.