Systems and methods for making ceramic powders configured with consistent, tailored characteristics and/or properties are provided herein. In some embodiments a system for making ceramic powders, includes: a reactor body having a reaction chamber and configured with a heat source to provide a hot zone along the reaction chamber; a sweep gas inlet configured to direct a sweep gas into the reaction chamber and a sweep gas outlet configured to direct an exhaust gas from the reaction chamber; a plurality of containers, within the reactor body, configured to retain at least one preform, wherein each container is configured to permit the sweep gas to flow therethrough, wherein the preform is configured to permit the sweep gas to flow there through, such that the precursor mixture is reacted in the hot zone to form a ceramic powder product having uniform properties.

Systems and methods for making ceramic powders configured with consistent, tailored characteristics and/or properties are provided herein. In some embodiments a system for making ceramic powders, includes: a reactor body having a reaction chamber and configured with a heat source to provide a hot zone along the reaction chamber; a sweep gas inlet configured to direct a sweep gas into the reaction chamber and a sweep gas outlet configured to direct an exhaust gas from the reaction chamber; a plurality of containers, within the reactor body, configured to retain at least one preform, wherein each container is configured to permit the sweep gas to flow therethrough, wherein the preform is configured to permit the sweep gas to flow there through, such that the precursor mixture is reacted in the hot zone to form a ceramic powder product having uniform properties.

A magnetic sheet according to the present invention contains MnZn 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.

A rare earth aluminate sintered compact including rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases and voids, wherein an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of rare earth aluminate phosphor crystalline phases is in a range from 0.4 ?m to 1.3 ?m, and an absolute maximum length of 90% or more by number of voids is in a range from 0.1 ?m to 1.2 ?m.

Disclosed are a micrometer/nanometer silver-loaded barium titanate foam ceramic and a preparation method therefor. An organic additive is used as an auxiliary; deionized water is used as a solvent; nanometer barium titanate is used as a ceramic raw material; and same are mixed and ground so as to form a slurry. A pre-treated polymer sponge is impregnated in the slurry for slurry coating treatment and a barium titanate foam ceramic blank is obtained after drying; and then a barium titanate foam ceramic is obtained through sintering. Through dopamine modification, micrometer/nanometer silver is in-situ deposited on a skeleton surface so as to obtain a modified micrometer/nanometer silver-loaded barium titanate foam ceramic. The modified micrometer/nanometer silver-loaded barium titanate foam ceramic is then put into a newly prepared Tollens' reagent for further reduction so as to obtain a micrometer/nanometer silver-loaded barium titanate foam ceramic with a three-dimensional network skeleton structure.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a sol-gel solution which can be used to prepare a barium titanate ceramic doped with hafnium and/or with at least one lanthanide element, comprising the following steps: a) a step to place a first mixture comprising a barium carboxylate and a diol solvent in contact with a second mixture comprising a titanium alkoxide and a hafnium alkoxide and/or an alkoxide of a lanthanide element in a monoalcohol solvent; b) a step to distil the mixture resulting from step a) to remove at least part of the monoalcohol solvent; c) a step to add acetic acid, under heat, to the distilled mixture of step b).

A method of making a layered MXene material comprises a) introducing dried MAX phase powder into a vessel under anhydrous, inert conditions, the MAX phase powder comprising a general formula of M.sub.n+1AX.sub.n (n=1, 2, 3, or 4), wherein M is a transition metal or p-block metalloid selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Re, Cu, Ni, Ag, Zn, Cd, In, Sn, and Pb; interlayer A is a Group III, IV, or V metalloid selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In, Sn, Pb, As, Bi, Sb, and X is one of C (carbon) and N (nitrogen); b) introducing a halogen and solvent to the dried MAX phase to create a halogen solution having a predetermined concentration; c) allowing a reaction to proceed for about 24 hours between 30-90? C. to create a reaction slurry comprising a MXene material.

A bead having a sphericity greater than or equal 0.6 and made of a fused product having the following chemical composition, in percentages by weight on the basis of the oxides and for a total of 100%: 20%(ZrO.sub.2+HfO.sub.2), with HfO.sub.22%, 5%SiO.sub.2, 0%Al.sub.2O.sub.320%, 8.5%MgO20%, 0.5%TiO.sub.220%, and oxides other than ZrO.sub.2, HfO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, MgO and TiO.sub.2, or other oxides: 5% provided that the (ZrO.sub.2+HfO.sub.2)/SiO.sub.2 weight ratio is greater than 1, and provided that Al.sub.2O.sub.3+TiO.sub.226% if MgO>17%.

A ceramic and a method for preparing a ceramic are provided. The ceramic includes an alumina and an oxygen-containing compound of strontium having a perovskite structure.

Provided is a transparent rare earth aluminum garnet ceramic that has a high light transmission rate and can be mass produced. The transparent rare earth aluminum garnet ceramic is represented by general formula R.sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 (R is an element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements having an atomic number of 65 to 71) and comprises Si and Y as sintering aids, or is represented by general formula R.sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 (R is an element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements having an atomic number of 65 to 70) and comprises Si and Lu as sintering aids.