National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Akio Makishima

Toshiro Tani

Takajiro Shimohira

Mitsuaki Asami

Tatsuya Nagata

A process for producing a machinable crystallized glass having needle-like crystals precipitated therein, which comprises melting a mixture comprising from 40 to 60 mol % of SiO.sub.2, from 6 to 16 mol % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, from 6 to 16 mol % of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3 and from 15 to 30 mol % of CaO, and allowing the melt to cool to have fine needle-like crystals of Ca.sub.4 Y.sub.6 O(SiO.sub.4).sub.6 precipitated.

Process for producing and product of a machinable crystallized glass

A functional organic-inorganic composite amorphous material obtained by adding to an organic metal compound of silicon or germanium capable of being made amorphous by hydrolysis and dehydrating condensation, functional organic molecules soluble in a solvent capable of dissolving said organic metal compound, together with the solvent, followed by hydrolysis and dehydrating condensation to form an integrated composite.

Functional organic-inorganic composite amorphous material and process

A process for preparing aluminosilicate glass comprising from 30 to 60 molar % of SiO.sub.2, from 20 to 35 molar % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and from 10 to 30 molar % of a total of rare earth oxides composed mainly of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, wherein an yttrium concentrate is used as the rare earth oxides composed mainly of Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, and ZrO.sub.2 not in excess of 8 molar % to improve alkali resistance.

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Akio Makishima