A resistive composition that can form a thick film resistor excluding a toxic lead component from a conductive component and glass and having characteristics equivalent to or superior to conventional resistors in terms of, in a wide resistance range, resistance values, TCR characteristics, current noise characteristics, withstand voltage characteristics and the like. The resistive composition of the present invention includes: ruthenium-based conductive particles including ruthenium dioxide; a glass frit that is essentially free of a lead component; and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit is a glass frit which is constituted such that in a case where a fired product of a mixture of the glass frit and the ruthenium dioxide has in a range of 1 k/ to 1 M/, the fired product exhibits a temperature coefficient of resistance in a plus range.

The present invention relates to a multilayer electronic component which includes an element body where a plurality of internal electrode layers and dielectric layers are alternately laminated. Insulating layers are disposed on a pair of side surfaces of the element body, facing each other. The insulating layers contain a glass composition and a ceramic composition.

The present invention relates to a glass member in which an inorganic phosphor is dispersed in a glass matrix, in which the glass member includes an SiO.sub.2B.sub.2O.sub.3 based glass as the glass matrix, and the SiO.sub.2B.sub.2O.sub.3 based glass includes SiO.sub.2 as a main component thereof, and includes, based on a total amount of the SiO.sub.2B.sub.2O.sub.3 based glass:Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in an amount of 4 to 10 wt %; and MgO and ZnO in a total amount of 0.1 to 0.7 wt %.

The present disclosure provides a wavelength conversion glass, a method for manufacturing the wavelength conversion glass, and a light emitting device including the wavelength conversion glass. The wavelength conversion glass includes a TeO.sub.2B.sub.2O.sub.3ZnOBaO-based transparent glass containing tellurium dioxide (TeO.sub.2), boric oxide (B.sub.2O.sub.3), zinc oxide (ZnO), and barium oxide (BaO); and phosphor micro-particles dispersed in the transparent glass.

A photosensitive glass paste contains a photosensitive organic component and an inorganic component containing a glass powder having a high softening point, a glass powder having a low softening point, and a ceramic filler. The ceramic filler has a thermal expansion coefficient of 1010.sup.6/ C. to 1610.sup.6/ C., the inorganic component contains 30% to 50% by volume of the ceramic filler, and the inorganic component contains 0.5% to 10% by volume of the glass powder having a low softening point.

Provided are an inorganic fluorescent nanoparticle composite that can suppress the degradation of inorganic fluorescent nanoparticles when sealed in glass and a wavelength conversion member using the inorganic fluorescent nanoparticle composite. An inorganic fluorescent nanoparticle composite 1 is made up by including: an inorganic fluorescent nanoparticle 2; and an inorganic fine particle 3 deposited on a surface of the inorganic fluorescent nanoparticle 2.

A wavelength conversion device, comprising a light-emitting layer, a reflection layer, and a substrate layer stacked upon each other in that order. The light-emitting layer comprises a wavelength conversion material and a first glass powder. The reflection layer comprises a reflection particle and a second glass powder. The second glass powder has a smaller particle diameter compared to the first glass powder. The technical solution achieves equivalent softening of the reflection layer and light-emitting layer in a sintering process for manufacturing the wavelength conversion device, thereby overcoming the issue of inadequate softening of the reflection layer and improving an adhesive strength between the reflection layer and the substrate layer.

Provided is a method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member by which unevenness in luminescent color are less likely to occur. A method for manufacturing a wavelength conversion member includes the steps of: preparing a slurry containing glass particles to be a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3; forming a green sheet by applying the slurry onto a support substrate and moving a doctor blade relative to the slurry, the doctor blade being spaced a predetermined distance away from the support substrate; forming a green sheet laminate by applying heat and pressure to a plurality of the green sheets overlaid one upon another; and sintering the green sheet laminate to obtain a wavelength conversion member, wherein in the step of forming a green sheet laminate, the plurality of green sheets are overlaid one upon another so that, as for at least two of the plurality of green sheets, respective directions of movement of the doctor blade in the step of forming a green sheet intersect each other.

Embodiments of the invention include a transparent material such as glass including a metal such as bismuth, particles of luminescent material such as a nitride phosphor disposed in the transparent material, and a coating disposed over the particles of luminescent material. The coating is formed to prevent reaction between the particles of luminescent material and the metal. The coating may be silica.

A lamp is provided that includes a glass tube body composed of a glass composition that includes an optical diffusive agent to increase the light diffusivity of the glass tube body. The lamp can include a glass tube body having a perimeter defined by a sidewall of the glass tube body for enclosing a hollow interior. The glass tube body is composed of a sodium silicate glass including an optically diffusive agent that is alloyed with a silicate base glass composition. The optically diffusive agent can be selected from lithium borosilicate, titanium dioxide, antimony trioxide or combinations thereof. The lamp can further include at least one light emitting diode (LED) on a substrate that provides the light source. The at least one light emitting diode (LED) that is present on the substrate is positioned within the hollow interior of the glass tube body.