Hitachi, Ltd.

Fujifilm Corporation

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Nippon Soken, Inc.

Denso Corporation

Fujinon Corporation

Denso Corpora Tion

Mino Ceramic Co., Ltd.

Hideki Kita

Hideki Hyuga

Kazuhiko Koike

Yasunori Tanaka

Naoki Kondo

Tomohiko Nakanishi

Kousuke Nakamura

Yoshiyuki Yasutomi

Masahisa Sobue

Ikuo Taki

Keiichi Yamada

Shunkichi Ueno

Jayaseelan Daniel Doni

Kinya Aota

Xudong Zhang

Shuzo Kanzaki

Takumi Suzawa

Tatsuki Ohji

Takeshi Kumazawa

Seiji Yamashita

Ryou Ishibashi

Katsumi Yoshida

Kiyoto Sekine

Tetsuya Yamazaki

A nuclear reactor fuel rod is a fuel rod for a light-water reactor. The nuclear reactor fuel rod includes a fuel cladding tube and an end plug, both of which are formed of a silicon carbide material. A bonding portion between the fuel cladding tube and the end plug is formed by brazing with a predetermined metal bonding material interposed, and/or by diffusion bonding. The predetermined metal bonding material has a solidus temperature of 1200&#xb0; C. or higher. An outer surface of the bonding portion, and a portion of an outer surface of the fuel cladding tube and the end plug, which is adjacent to the outer surface of the bonding portion are covered by bonding-portion coating formed of a predetermined coating metal. The predetermined metal bonding material and the predetermined coating metal have an average linear expansion coefficient which is less than 10 ppm/K.

Nuclear reactor fuel rod and fuel assembly having bundled same

A bonded, boron carbide-containing ceramic body includes ceramic members. These ceramic members each contain boron carbide at 2 mass % or higher, and are integrated together via a bonding layer bonded with a bonding material containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, gold and zirconium or integrated together via a bonding layer formed from one of aluminum metal and an aluminum compound and a titanium compound as bonding materials, wherein a bonded part has a strength of 100 MPa or higher. According to this technology, the boron carbide-containing ceramic members can be bonded together with a high strength of 100 MPa or more by a simple process, and further, the bonding is feasible with excellent chemical resistance at the bonded part as needed.

Boron carbide-containing ceramic bonded body and method for producing the bonded body

The present invention relates to an optical part holding member made of ceramic and a production method thereof, and provides an optical part holding member made of ceramic such that a sintered body after processes of degreasing and sintering has small dimensional changes over dimensions of a mold, and a production method thereof. An example includes a lens holder to hold an optical part, made of a silicon nitride ceramic base composite material produced through a process in which silicon and nitrogen are reacted to be nitrided and contains silicon carbide and an iron compound.

Optical part holding member and production method thereof

The present invention relates to an optical part holding member made of ceramic and a production method thereof, and provides an effective permeability to prevent dew condensation. The optical part holding member is made of a silicon nitride ceramic base composite material to hold an optical part, which is produced through a process of nitriding in which silicon is caused to react with nitrogen. By using the silicon nitride ceramic base composite material containing silicon carbide and an iron compound, an airflow volume of 50 ml or more per minute is achieved in an effective airflow area of 1.5 cmwhen an air pressure is added with a pressure difference of 0.4 MPa between both surfaces of a sample of the silicon nitride ceramic base composite material having 1 mm thickness, and the optical part holding member having effective permeability to prevent dew condensation is obtained.

The present invention provides a needle-shaped ceramic body and needle-shaped ceramic catalyst body in which a base material is a high specific surface area porous cordierite body that is stable at high temperatures, and also provides methods of producing this needle-shaped ceramic body and needle-shaped ceramic catalyst body. The present invention relates to a needle-shaped ceramic body and needle-shaped ceramic catalyst body in which a base material is a high temperature-stable, high specific surface area porous cordierite body comprising a porous structure having a prescribed porosity and formed of a needle-shaped cordierite crystal phase, and further relates to methods of producing this needle-shaped ceramic body and needle-shaped ceramic catalyst body, and by using porous cordierite constituted of needle-shaped crystals as a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, the present invention is able to inhibit sintering-induced reduction in the specific surface area. Since a honeycomb can be directly produced as the cordierite sinter itself, an inexpensive product can be provided through the simplifying the prior-art step of coating the interior of the honeycomb.

Needle-shaped ceramic body, needle-shaped ceramic catalyst body and method for producing same

A needle-shaped ceramic body having as its base material a cordierite porous body having a high specific surface area and superior thermal shock resistance, and a needle-shaped catalyst-ceramic body are provided. The present invention relates to a needle-shaped ceramic body having as its base material a needle-shaped cordierite in which the tips thereof are rounded, a needle-shaped catalyst-ceramic body loaded with a catalyst, and a method of production of a ceramic body in which a portion of a raw material (fluoride) gasified by a reaction between raw materials is grown into a needle like shape on the metal catalyst (Fe), wherein the tips of needle-shaped particles are rounded, using a vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) reaction, in a raw material burning process. A honeycomb structure composed of the needle-shaped ceramic for supporting a catalyst is provided, in which decreases in specific surface area caused by sintering can be inhibited, and it enables early catalyst activation due to the low thermal capacity, and has low pressure loss.

Ceramic support capable of supporting catalyst, catalyst-ceramic body and processes for producing same

A ceramic material for an optical member which shows black, wherein the ceramic material comprises a reaction-sintered sintered ceramic body prepared by synthesizing a formed body of a mixture comprising a ceramic raw material and a component that accelerates blackening, making use of a reaction sintering; and wherein the ceramic material is a porous body.

Ceramic optical parts and production methods thereof

A ceramic body, a ceramic catalyst body, a ceramic catalyst body and related manufacturing methods are disclosed wherein a cordierite porous base material has a surface, formed with acicular particles made of a component different from that of cordierite porous base material, which has an increased specific surface area with high resistance to a sintering effect. The ceramic body is manufactured by preparing a slurry containing an acicular particle source material, preparing a porous base material, applying the slurry onto a surface of the porous base material and firing the porous base material, whose surface is coated with the slurry, to cause acicular particles to develop on the surface of the porous base material. A part of or a whole of surfaces of the acicular particles is coated with a constituent element different from that of the acicular particles.

Ceramic body, ceramic catalyst body and related manufacturing methods

Disclosed is a ceramic composite which comprises particles of at least one inorganic compound selected from the group consisting of a carbide, a nitride, an oxide, a boride, a silicide and an oxy-nitride and particles and whiskers of Si.sub.3 N.sub.4, Si.sub.2 N.sub.2 O or SiO.sub.2. This ceramic composite is small in volume change on sintering, and provides heat resistance. In addition, the composite can absorb thermal shock by its voids. It can be used in association with ceramic heaters, current collectors, commutators for starter motors and alternators, and in other areas.

Process for producing ceramic compositions

Ceramic composite and process for production thereof

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Hideki Kita