The method includes the steps of: a) selecting particles with particular slenderness ratios and diameters from SiC powder to serve as selected SiC material powder; b) coating a PVA coating on particles of the selected SiC material powder so that the PVA coating and the selected SiC material powder are combined into a particulate ceramic material; c) pressing the particulate ceramic material into a ceramic base body; d) sintering the ceramic base body to form a fixed shape and forming completely continuous channels from an inside to a surface thereof by cooling; and e) infiltrating the ceramic base body with molten aluminum. The ceramic composite material made by the method includes a ceramic base body having completely continuous channels from an inside to a surface thereof; an aluminum filler filled in the channels; and an aluminum coating disposed on the ceramic base body and integratedly connecting with the aluminum filler.

A magnetic sheet according to the present invention contains Mn—Zn ferrite as a main component and is comprised of a sheet-shaped sintered body. Besides, a ratio of Z.sub.MIN to Z.sub.MAX (Z.sub.MIN/Z.sub.MAX×100) is 90% or more, in which a maximum value of a content of Zn in terms of oxide is set to Z.sub.MAX and a minimum value of the content of Zn in terms of oxide is set to Z.sub.MIN in a thickness direction of a cross section of the sintered body.

The present invention relates to a process for producing building materials, such as bricks, lightweight aggregates and concrete, which building materials comprise digestate obtained from municipal solid waste (MSW) which has been added one or more enzymes to liquefy the organic fraction of MSW.

A reflective particulate material includes a particulate substrate having high total solar reflectance, bulk and apparent densities and toughness, and a low dust index. The reflective particulate can have a total solar reflectance of 80% to 87%, a toughness of 1% or fewer fines, an apparent density of 2.75 g/cm.sup.3 or greater, and a dust index of 1 or lower. A method of manufacturing the reflective particulate material includes preparing a slurry of the particulate substrate, spray drying the slurry to form a spray dried particulate, crushing the spray dried particulate to form a crushed particulate, and heating/calcining the crushed particulate. The heated, crushed particulate may further be coated to form a coated roofing granule.

Ceramic comprising at least one polycrystalline metal oxide and amorphous phase, wherein the metal oxide comprises crystals with grain boundaries and triple points, wherein the amorphous phase is present at the grain boundaries and triple points. Exemplary articles made by a method described herein include electronics enclosure (e.g., a watch case, cellular phone case, or a tablet case).

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a ceramic article containing industrial, domestic or natural sludge, the ceramic article, and treated domestic or natural sludge suitable as raw material for the production of the ceramic article. The sludge (which definition excludes digestate that is obtained from a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) process comprising liquefaction of the organic fraction of MSW by addition of one or more enzymes) has been pretreated by a process comprising the optional step of drying the sludge to a moisture content of at most 10% by weight, resulting in dried sludge, and heating the sludge or dried sludge in a spouting bed incinerator and reducing the content of organic matter to less than 5% by weight. The invention furthermore relates to a process wherein the pretreatment comprises using the domestic or natural sludge as a food source for larvae.

A multilayer electronic component includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and inner electrode layers, the multilayer body including an electrode facing portion in which the inner electrode layers are laminated to face each other with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween. The multilayer body has a thickness of at least about 1.5 mm in a lamination direction, a length of at least about 3.0 mm, and a width of at least about 1.5 mm. Each of the dielectric layers includes Ba, Ti, and Cl. A Cl concentration C.sub.1 in the entire electrode facing portion satisfies about 10 wtppmC.sub.1about 50 wtppm. On an imaginary central axis line, a Cl concentration C.sub.2 in a central portion of the electrode facing portion and a Cl concentration C.sub.3 in both end portions of the electrode facing portion satisfy about 0.5C.sub.2C.sub.3<C.sub.2.

Methods of reducing dry crack formation in ceramic matrix composite green bodies are provided. Some of the methods expose the green body to a gaseous atmosphere at a relatively high humidity for a first period, and then slowly lower the humidity over a second period, where the gaseous atmosphere is at room temperature for both periods. Other methods start the gaseous atmosphere at room temperature and then raise the temperature to a higher temperature while the humidity is relatively high, and hold that temperature even as the humidity is lowered in the second period.

One aspect is a production process including feeding a feed material composition into a reaction zone at a feeding position, wherein the feed material composition is liquid or gaseous or both; reacting the feed material composition in the reaction zone into a first plurality of particles by a chemical reaction; depositing the first plurality of particles onto a substrate surface of a substrate, thereby obtaining a porous silicon dioxide material, having a pore structure, in the form of up to 20 layers superimposing the substrate surface; at least partially removing the porous silicon dioxide material from the substrate surface; and modifying the pore structure of the porous silicon dioxide material, thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material having a further pore structure.

A reflective particulate material includes a particulate substrate having high total solar reflectance, bulk and apparent densities and toughness, and a low dust index. The reflective particulate can have a total solar reflectance of 80% to 87%, a toughness of 1% or fewer fines, an apparent density of 2.75 g/cm.sup.3 or greater, and a dust index of 1 or lower. A method of manufacturing the reflective particulate material includes preparing a slurry of the particulate substrate, spray drying the slurry to form a spray dried particulate, crushing the spray dried particulate to form a crushed particulate, and heating/calcining the crushed particulate. The heated, crushed particulate may further be coated to form a coated roofing granule.