A ceramic electronic component includes a body, including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric grains, and at least one of the plurality of dielectric grains has a core-dual shell structure having a core and a dual shell. The dual shell includes a first shell, surrounding at least a portion of the core, and a second shell, surrounding at least a portion of the first shell. The dual shell includes different types of rare earth elements R1 and R2, and R2.sub.S1/R1.sub.S1 is 0.01 or less and R2.sub.S2/R1.sub.S1 is 0.5 to 3.0, where R1.sub.S1 and R1.sub.S2 denote concentrations of R1 included in the first shell and the second shell, respectively, and R2.sub.S1 and R2.sub.S2 denote concentrations of R2 included in the first shell and the second shell, respectively.

A manganese-zinc ferrite with a high magnetic permeability at negative temperature and low loss at high temperature consists of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, MnO and ZnO, and additives consisting of CaCO.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, Co.sub.2O.sub.3 and SnO.sub.2 are also added. A method for preparing the manganese-zinc ferrite is further provided. According to the method, by reasonably adjusting a ratio of Mn to Zn to Fe and appropriately increasing the content of Co in the additives, a manganese-zinc ferrite material with both a high magnetic permeability and low loss at about −20° C. and low loss at 120-140° C. is obtained. The manganese-zinc ferrite material has two loss valleys at about −20° C. and about 100° C. in a temperature range of −30° C. to 140° C., which expands the application range of the manganese-zinc ferrite material.

A novel metal oxide or a novel sputtering target is provided. A sputtering target includes a conductive material and an insulating material. The insulating material includes an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride including an element M1. The element M1 is one or more kinds of elements selected from Al, Ga, Si, Mg, Zr, Be, and B. The conductive material includes an oxide, a nitride, or an oxynitride including indium and zinc. A metal oxide film is deposited using the sputtering target in which the conductive material and the insulating material are separated from each other.

The invention concerns a method for coating a core (1) for producing a turbomachine part (2) by isostatic compacting, for example a leading-edge shield of a blade, the coating method comprising the steps of:—S1: covering the core (1) by means of a first solution comprising a first refractory component configured to oppose the diffusion of species, the first component comprising a metal oxide,—S2: covering the core (1) by means of a second solution comprising a second component designed to bind the first component in such a way as to form a homogeneous layer, the second component comprising a mineral binder;—S3: applying a heat treatment to the covered core (1) in such a way as to dry the solution and solidify the coating.

A dielectric ceramic composition including a first component and a second component. The first component comprises an oxide of Ca of 0.00 mol % to 35.85 mol % an oxide of Sr of 0.00 mol % to 47.12 mol %, an oxide of Ba of 0.00 mol % to 51.22 mol %, an oxide of Ti of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Zr of 0.00 mol % to 17.36 mol %, an oxide of Sn of 0.00 mol % to 2.60 mol %, an oxide of Nb of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, an oxide of Ta of 0.00 mol % to 35.32 mol %, and an oxide of V of 0.00 mol % to 2.65 mol %. The second component includes (by mass) at least (a) an oxide of Mn of 0.005% to 3.500% and (b) one or both of an oxide of Cu of 0.080% to 20.000% and an oxide of Ru of 0.300% to 45.000%.

A solid electrolyte, in which a part of an element contained in a mobile ion-containing material is substituted, and an occupied impurity level that is occupied by electrons or an unoccupied impurity level that is not occupied by electrons is provided between a valence electron band and a conduction band of the mobile ion-containing material, and a smaller energy difference out of an energy difference between a highest level of energy in the occupied impurity level and an energy and a LUMO level difference between a lowest level of energy in the unoccupied impurity level and a HOMO level is greater than 0.3 eV.

A light-emitting ceramic that includes a pyrochlore type compound that contains 0.01 mol % or more of Bi with respect to 100 mol % of the general formula M1.sub.XM2.sub.YM3.sub.ZO.sub.W, wherein M1 is at least one of La, Y, Gd, Yb, and Lu, M2 is at least one of Zr, Sn, and Hf, M3 is at least one of Ta, Nb, and Sb, X, Y, Z, and W are positive numbers that maintain electrical neutrality, X+Y+Z=2.0, 0.005≤Z≤0.2, and 3X+4Y+5Z is 7.02 or less.

A method for improving the Bs of an MnZn power ferrite material by moving the valley point includes the following steps: 1) mixing Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, MnO and ZnO, and performing primary sanding; 2) adding glue, performing spraying and granulating, and then performing pre-sintering to obtain a pre-sintered material; 3) adding additives to the pre-sintered material, and performing secondary sanding; and 4) adding glue to the secondary sanded material, performing spraying and granulating, pressing into a standard ring, and then performing sintering. The method controls and moves the valley point, reduces loss and improves the Bs of a material by controlling the Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 content and the Co.sub.2O.sub.3 content, and the method is relatively simple and suitable for industrialization.

The present invention relates to a ceramic solid electrolyte, which is a key component of an all-solid-state lithium secondary battery, for improving safety, and a method for synthesizing the same. The present invention relates to an oxide-based conductive ceramic of a new NASICON structure of the chemical formula Li.sub.1+xAl.sub.xX.sub.2−xP.sub.3O.sub.12 (X is Zr, Si, Sn, or Y, 0<x<2) or Li.sub.1+xZr.sub.2X.sub.xP.sub.3−xO.sub.12 (X=Si, Sn, Ge, or Y, 1.5≤x≤2.3). The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an oxide-based conductive ceramic having the above novel NASICON structure.

The present invention relates to a ceramic, to a process for preparing the ceramic and to the use of the ceramic as a dielectric in a capacitor.