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.

Provided is a method that can manufacture a glass material having excellent homogeneity by containerless levitation. With a block (12) of glass raw material held levitated above a forming surface (10a) of a forming die (10) by jetting gas through a gas jet hole (10b) opening on the forming surface (10a), the block (12) of glass raw material is heated and melted by irradiation with laser beam, thus obtaining a molten glass, and the molten glass is then cooled to obtain a glass material. Control gas is jetted to the block (12) of glass raw material along a direction different from a direction of jetting of the levitation gas for use in levitating the block (12) of glass raw material or the molten glass.

Provided is a method that can manufacture a glass material having excellent homogeneity by containerless levitation. With a block (12) of glass raw material held levitated above a forming surface (10a) of a forming die (10) by jetting gas through a gas jet hole (10b) opening on the forming surface (10a), the block (12) of glass raw material is heated and melted by irradiation with laser beam, thus obtaining a molten glass, and the molten glass is then cooled to obtain a glass material. Control gas is jetted to the block (12) of glass raw material along a direction different from a direction of jetting of the levitation gas for use in levitating the block (12) of glass raw material or the molten glass.

Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses comprising specific oxides of trivalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.

An object of the present invention is to provide an opaque quartz glass containing pores with irregular shapes and having sufficient heat ray reflecting, heat ray blocking and light shielding properties, and further to provide a method for producing the opaque quartz glass. The opaque quartz glass of the present invention is an opaque quartz glass containing pores with irregular shapes dispersed in a glass body, wherein the opaque quartz glass has a pore size distribution of the pores having D.sub.50 of 4 to 30 ?m, a proportion of pores with pore sizes of 5 ?m or less of 1 to 50%, and a proportion of pores with pore sizes of 15 ?m or less of 30 to 90%, and an area ratio of pores in a microscopic image at a cross section of 5% or more. The opaque quartz glass of the present invention is obtained by mixing a plurality of types of the specific silica powders having different particle size distributions from each other at a predetermined formulation, and sintering a pressure-molded article of the mixed powder.

Method for manufacturing slab articles from a mix, comprising the steps of a) preparing a mix comprising a preponderant amount of a glass frit and a binder, b) distributing the mix in a support, c) compacting the mix, d) drying the mix, e) sintering the mix and f) cooling the article. The glass frit comprises a weight amount of silica (S.sub.iO.sub.2) comprised between 62% and 68%, a weight amount of alumina (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) comprised between 3% and 5%, a weight amount of potassium oxide (K.sub.2O) comprised between 3% and 5%, a weight amount of calcium oxide (CaO) comprised between 18% and 26% and a weight amount of magnesium oxide (MgO) comprised between 1% and 4% The cooling step is performed in a controlled manner by modulating the cooling speed in a temperature range not greater than 1.160? C. and not less than 1.000? C. in order to perform the at least partial devitrification and crystallization of the glass frit. The invention also relates to a glass frit and an article in slab form.

Disclosed are a glass ceramic material, a preparation method thereof, and a denture. The glass ceramic material includes the following components by mass percentage: 58% to 72% of SiO.sub.2, 0% to 4% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 0% to 5% of Na.sub.2O, 3% to 8% of K.sub.2O, 8% to 17% of Li.sub.2O, 2.5% to 5% of P.sub.2O.sub.5, 0% to 2% of MgO, 0% to 2.5% of B.sub.2O.sub.3, 0% to 5% of ZnO and 0% to 3% of ZrO.sub.2. In the present application, by optimizing the composition and ratio of the glass ceramic material, and combining with a matching process system, it is possible to control the formation of lithium disilicate while the crystallinity of lithium metasilicate glass ceramic can be improved without an introduction of a high ratio of zirconia content, thereby improving the grinding performance of the glass ceramic. The present application is applicable to the field of material technology.

Provided is a glass composition that exhibits greater Faraday effect than ever before. A glass composition contains 48% or more of Tb.sub.2O.sub.3 (exclusive of 48%) in % by mole.

A method of making a glass-ceramic article includes synthesizing a feedstock gel that includes a base oxide network comprising Na.sub.2O, CaO, and SiO.sub.2, in which a molar ratio of Na.sub.2O:CaO:SiO.sub.2 in the gel is 1:2:3, and then converting the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic article such as a container or a partially-formed container. The conversion of the feedstock gel into a glass-ceramic container may be performed at a temperature that does not exceed 900 C. and may include the steps of pressing the feedstock gel into a compressed solid green-body, sintering the green-body into a solid monolithic body of a glass-ceramic material, deforming the solid monolithic glass-ceramic body into a glass-ceramic preform, and cooling the preform. A glass-ceramic article having a glass-ceramic material that has a molar ratio of Na.sub.2O:CaO:SiO.sub.2 that is 1:2:3 is also disclosed.

Composite materials are provided which include a glass-ceramic matrix composition that is lightly crystallized, a fiber reinforcement within the glass-ceramic matrix composition which remains stable at temperatures greater than 1400 C., and an interphase coating formed on the fiber reinforcement. A method of making a composite material is also provided, which includes applying heat and pressure to a shape including fiber reinforcements and glass particles. The heat and pressure lightly crystallize a matrix material formed by the heat and pressure on the glass particles, forming a thermally stable composite material.