Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Naomi Furuse

Masahiro Kobayashi

Tomoaki Kato

Yoshio Takada

Kei-Ichiro Kobayashi

Osamu Wada

Shinji Ishibe

Shoichi Shichimiya

Toshihiro Suzuki

Junichi Shimizu

Akio Hori

Mitsunori Hama

Hiroshi Nakajoh

A voltage nonlinear resistor of a sintered substance of a composite consisting essentially of zinc oxide and containing at least one rare earth element and at least one additional rare earth element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, and Bi and Sb. Spacing d.sub.n (.ANG.) provided from precipitation grains formed in zinc oxide grains or on a grain boundary lies in the range of 2.85 .ANG..ltoreq.d.sub.1 .ltoreq.2.91 .ANG., 1.83 .ANG..ltoreq.d.sub.2 .ltoreq.1.89 .ANG., 1.77 .ANG..ltoreq.d.sub.3 .ltoreq.1.82 .ANG., 1.56 .ANG..ltoreq.d.sub.4 .ltoreq.1.61 .ANG., 1.54 .ANG..ltoreq.d.sub.5 .ltoreq.1.60 .ANG.. The spacing mentioned here is a spacing obtained according to the Bragg condition in the X-ray diffraction method.

Voltage nonlinear resistor and lightning arrester

A voltage-dependent non-linear resistor member, a method for producing the same, and an arrester equipped with the same. The member is produced by a process comprising the addition of at least one oxide of a rare earth element selected from Y, Ho, Er and Yb in an amount of 0.05-1.0 mol % in terms of R.sub.2 O.sub.3 to a composition which principally consists of zinc oxide and contains bismuth oxide. The member has excellent non-linearity and a high varistor valtage. Further, the arrester has very small size and improved protective properties.

Voltage-dependent non-linear resistor member, method for producing the

A composition for electric material containing as a primary component zinc oxide. The composition further contains at least one of rare-earth elements in a range of 0.01 mol % to 3.0 mol % in terms of oxide thereof given by R.sub.2 O.sub.3 where R represents generally the rare-earth elements, and aluminum in a range of 0.0005 mol % to 0.005 mol % in terms of aluminum oxide given by Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. The composition is suited for manufacturing a resistance element whose varistor voltage can be increased over a whole current range without being accompanied with any appreciable degradation in flatness ratio of a voltage-versus-current characteristic.

Electric resistance element exhibiting voltage nonlinearity

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Naomi Furuse