Disclosed herein are doped perovskite oxides. The doped perovskite oxides may be used as a cathode material in an electrochemical cell to electrochemically generate ammonia from N.sub.2. The doped perovskite oxides may be combined with nitride compounds, for instance iron nitride, to further increase the efficiency of the ammonia production.

A ferrite powder for bonded magnets capable of producing a ferrite bonded magnet having high BH.sub.max, and excellent in fluidity when converted to a compound, and having a high p-iHc value, and a method for producing the same, and a ferrite bonded magnet using the ferrite powder for bonded magnets, wherein an average particle size of particles obtained by a dry laser diffraction measurement is 5 m or less; a specific surface area is 1.90 m.sup.2/g or more and less than 2.80 m.sup.2/g; a compression density is 3.50 g/cm.sup.3 or more and less than 3.78 g/cm.sup.3, and a compressed molding has a coercive force of 2300 Oe or more and less than 2800 Oe.

A ferrite powder for bonded magnets having a high iHc value usable even in a low temperature environment, a method for producing the same, and a bonded magnet using the ferrite powder and having high iHc value which can be used even in a low temperature environment, wherein a specific surface area is 2.20 m.sup.2/g or more and less than 3.20 m.sup.2/g; a compression density is 3.30 g/cm.sup.3 or more and less than 3.60 g/cm.sup.3, and a compressed molding has a coercive force of 3250 Oe or more and less than 3800 Oe.

The ferrite powder of the present invention is a ferrite powder containing a plurality of ferrite particles, wherein the ferrite particles each are a single crystal body having an average particle diameter of 1-2,000 nm, and have a polyhedron shape, and wherein the ferrite particles each contain 2.0-10.0 mass % of Sr, and 55.0-70.0 mass % of Fe.

Disclosed herein are magnetic nanoparticles, compositions and kits comprising the magnetic nanoparticles, methods of making the magnetic nanoparticles, and methods of using the magnetic nanoparticles to enrich biological targets.

Magnetodielectric (MD) metamaterials have a magnetodielectric (MD) substrate of a ferrite composition or composite having a characteristic impedance matching an impedance of free space and at least one frequency selective surface (FSS). The FSS has a plurality of frequency selective surface elements disposed in a pattern and supported on the MD substrate. The FSS has a conducting composition and is configured to permit one or more of transmission, reflection, or absorption at a selected resonant frequency or selected frequency band. Articles incorporating magnetodielectric metamaterials are provided.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of making a hard magnetic material from iron oxide fines, the hard magnetic material having a general formula MFe.sub.xO.sub.y. In one aspect, the method comprises a) providing an iron oxide fine; b) providing a metal carbonate of a general formula M.sub.x(CO.sub.3).sub.y; c) mixing the iron oxide fine and the metal carbonate to form a mixture; d) calcining the mixture of the iron oxide fine and the metal carbonate; wherein M is a divalent metal ion.

The object of the present invention is to provide a needle coke for a graphite electrode, which suppresses puffing of the needle coke and improves the production yield and performances of graphite electrodes without incurring a large cost in the production of a needle coke, and also provide a production method and an inhibitor therefor. An inhibitor for graphite electrode production, including at least one of a metal consisting of an element (M) and an oxide comprising the element (M), wherein the element (M) is at least one element selected from the group consisting of group 4 elements, group 8 elements, group 9 elements, group 10 elements, group 13 elements, group 14 elements and group 15 elements of the long-form periodic table, or including at least one of the metal consisting of an element (M) and a compound including the element (M), wherein the inhibitor volatilizes at a temperature of 2100 to 6000 C.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a composite metal oxide hollow fibre. A certain stoichiometry of composite metal oxide raw material and a polymer binding agent are added to an organic solvent, and mixed mechanically to obtain an evenly dispersed spinning solution having a suitable viscosity. After defoaming treatment, the spinning solution is extruded through a spinneret and, after undergoing a certain dry spinning process, enters an external coagulation bath; during this period, a phase inversion process occurs and composite metal oxide hollow fibre blanks are formed. The blanks are immersed in the external coagulation bath and the organic solvent is displaced; after natural drying, the blanks undergo a heat treatment process; during this period, polymer burn off, in situ reaction, and in situ sintering processes occur to obtain the composite metal oxide hollow fibre.

The present invention relates to ferrite particles for bonded magnets and a resin composition for bonded magnets which can provide a bonded magnet molded product capable of realizing a high magnetic force and a complicated multipolar waveform owing to such a feature that the ferrite particles are readily and highly oriented against an external magnetic field in a flowing resin upon injection molding, as well as a bonded magnet molded product obtained by injection-molding the above composition. According to the present invention, there are provided ferrite particles for bonded magnets which have a crystallite size of not less than 500 nm as measured in an oriented state by XRD, and an average particle diameter of not less than 1.30 m as measured by Fisher method; a resin composition for bonded magnets; and a molded product obtained by injection-molding the composition.