Hitachi, Ltd.

Babcock-hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha

Showa Denko K.k.

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Showa Denka K.k.

Babcock-hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. and Babcock-hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinpei Matsuda

Tomoichi Kamo

Akira Kato

Hisao Yamashita

Fumito Nakajima

Shigeo Uno

Seizi Takeuchi

Hiroshi Kawagoshi

Toyotaka Yuasa

Kazunori Fujita

Toshiya Doi

Masato Takeuchi

Katsuzo Aihara

Jinichi Imahashi

Kazuhide Tanaka

Mamoru Mizumoto

Hideo Okada

Shigeoki Nishimura

Atsuko Soeta

Noboru Ebato

Hiroyuki Sugimoto

Youichi Sakuta

Yutaka Yoshida

Takaaki Suzuki

Michiya Okada

Yasuyoshi Kato

Kohki Tamura

Toshiki Kahara

Kazutoshi Higashiyama

Akio Honji

Toshimi Matsumoto

Takahiro Tachi

Teruo Kumagai

Kenzo Ishii

Takeshi Ozawa

Atsuko Tohyama

Toshihide Nabatame

Tatsuo Horiba

Kunihiro Maeda

Akira Yoshinari

Yukio Saito

Yoshihide Wadayama

Hideyo Kodama

Toshikatsu Mori

Yasuyuki Nishimura

Yoshimi Yanai

Sigeru Okabe

Tsukasa Nishimura

Akira Okayama

Noriko Watanabe

Munehiko Tonami

Tsuneyuki Kanai

Takesi Ozawa

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi

Hirosi Tobita

Ryou Nishiwaki

Hiroshi Kagabu

An elongate superconductor wiring element having, as seen in section, oxide superconductor material regions in each of which the c-axes of the oxide superconductor crystals are aligned with each other and are transverse to the longitudinal axis of the element. To reduce the dependence of critical current density on angular position of the element relative to a magnetic field, there are a plurality of said regions whose alignment directions of the c-axes are different as between different ones of said regions, so that the wiring element comprises a plurality of said regions having respectively different c-axis alignment directions.

Elongate superconductor elements comprising oxide superconductors,

A magnetic field generator has a superconductive coil immersed in a coolant material. When power is supplied to the superconductive coil from a suitable power source, the superconductive coil is energized to generate the magnetic field. The ends of the superconductive coil may then be shorted through a persistent current switch, to maintain the magnetic field without the need for further power. The persistent current switch has a superconductive connection connected across the ends of the superconductive coil and a heater. These components are enclosed in a casing with a gap between these components and the casing. Apertures in the casing permit coolant material to enter the gap. When the heater is energized, it heats the coolant material in the gap until it vaporizes. There is then a significant decrease in the thermal conductivity through the gap and hence the superconductive connection is heated rapidly to its critical temperature. Only low power is needed. When the heater stops being energized, liquid coolant material fills the gap thereby rapidly cooling the superconductive connector to below its critical temperature.

Magnetic field generator, a persistent current switch assembly for such

A superconductive material has the formula

Tl-based superconductive material, a superconductive body, and a method

An oxide-based superconductor ccmprising Tl, Pb, Sr, Ca and Cu or Tl, Pb, Ba, Sr, Ca and Cu, prepared by subjecting a low melting point composition comprising the superconductor-constituting elements and a solid composition comprising the superconductor-constituting elements, prepared in advance, to reaction under melting conditions for the low melting point composition, has distinguished current pass characteristics in a high magnetic field due to improvement of electric contact among grains through reduction of non-superconductor phase, increase in crystal grain sizes (reduction of crystal boundaries), orientation of crystal and cleaning of crystal boundaries.

Oxide-based superconductor, a process for preparing the same and a wire

An oxide superconductor comprising a perovskite type oxide compound of thallium, strontium, calcium and copper or thallium, strontium, balium, calcium and copper is produced by absorbing thallium in a gaseous phase into a mixture of strontium oxide or strontium oxide and barium oxide, calcium oxide, and copper oxide or a mixture of compounds capable of producing these oxides upon firing. From this superconductor are provided a superconductor wire material, tape-shaped wire material, coil, thin film, magnet, magnetic shielding material, printed circuit board, measuring device, computer, power storing device and etc.

Tl.sub.1 (Ba.sub.1-x Sr.sub.8).sub.2 Ca.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 Oy oxide

A method of producing a high-temperature oxide superconducting material, which comprises the steps of (a) preparing a material corresponding to an oxide superconductor of the perovskite type structure consisting essentially of a first member selected from the group consisting yttrium, lanthanoids, thallium and bismuth; at least one alkaline earth metal; copper; and oxygen and (b) heating the material in the presence of an alkali metal selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium, rubidium and cesium to a temperature around the melting point of the alkali metal or to a higher temperature for a time sufficient to effect grain growth in the superconductor material, thereby to produce the superconductor containing the alkali metal in an amount not larger than 4 mole % based on the first member.

Oxide high-temperature superconducting material, method of preparing

Superconductors using oxide superconducting materials having pinning centers inside crystal grains are enhanced in transmissible critical current density and allowed to have a high critical current density even in the magnetic field. A superconductor is produced comprising superconducting materials having a high irreversible magnetic field where the c axes of their crystals are oriented in one direction. This can be practically realized by heat-treating a superconducting material having the composition (Tl.sub.1-X1-X2 Pb.sub.X1 Bi.sub.X2)(Sr.sub.1-X3 Ba.sub.X3).sub.2 Ca.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.9+X4 together with Bi.sub.2 Sr.sub.2 CaCu.sub.2 O.sub.8 having a tendency of growing in the form of plate crystal. Various apparatuses capable of working under cooling with liquid nitrogen let alone with liquid helium and having a high superconducting critical current density even in a high magnetic field can be produced.

Laminated super conductor oxide with strontium, calcium, copper and at

Superconductive material, a superconductive body, and a method of

A high-temperature oxide superconductor is provided and comprises oxide crystals oriented in a certain direction, the oxide superconductor being substantially free of or containing a controlled amount of foreign phases, a non-superconducting phase and weak superconducting phase which are harmful for superconducting characteristics in the grains of the crystals and at the grain boundaries between the crystals. The foreign phases, if any, are finely and uniformly dispersed in the grains of the oxide crystals and at the grain boundaries. A wire made from the oxide superconductor, a coil from the wire, and a magnetic field generator from the coil are disclosed, the superconductor wire having only a single layer of oxide crystal grains in the thickness direction.

Oxide superconductor, superconducting wire and coil using the same and

A process for removing nitrogen oxides from exhaust gases containing volatile metal compounds with good efficiency by contacting the gases with a catalyst comprising TiO.sub.2, difficulty reduced by the compounds, in the presence of ammonia, and such a catalyst are provided, which process is characterized in that the average pore diameter of the TiO.sub.2 is 10,000 .ANG. or less and the proportion of the volume of pores having pore diameters of 400-5,000 .ANG. to the total pore volume is 50% or more; a denitration-active component is supported on the TiO.sub.2 ; a catalyst carrier precursor comprising an aqueous slurry sol of TiO.sub.2 or Ti hydroxide prepared by hydrolyzing a Ti salt is precalcined at 150.degree.-700.degree. C., followed by adding a denitration-active component and then normally calcining the mixture; and a polymer compound having a thermal decomposition temperature of 110.degree. to 300.degree. C. is added in 1-20% by weight to the catalyst carrier precursor, followed by precalcining the mixture at the thermal decomposition temperature or higher.

Process for removing nitrogen oxides

The disclosure is concerned with a high temperature stable catalyst comprising an alumina base support and a catalytically active component supported on the support. The support is featured by its specific composite oxide having a specific surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2 /g and a structural form of amorphous state or a phase resemble to lanthanoide .beta.-alumina. The composite oxide can be converted to lanthanoide .beta.-alumina when heated to an elevated temperature above 1000.degree. C. within 2 hours. The composite oxide is substantially free from such ingredients as accelerate grain growth of alumina. The ingredients are for example Cr, Sr or Ce. The present dislcosure is also concerned with a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for conducting chemical reactions such as steam reforming, desulfurization of heavy oil, cracking of hydrocarbons, etc. using the catalyst.

High temperature stable catalyst, process for preparing same, and

A secondary cell comprises opposed positive and negative electrodes of polymers, each having conjugated double bonds, such as polyacetylene, poly-phenylene, polythienylene and polypyrrole, and an electrolyte solution comprising an electrolyte dissolved in a nitrile compound and being interposed between the two electrodes.

Secondary cell

A process for removing nitrogen oxides from exhaust gases containing at least nitrogen oxides and volatile metal compounds by the use of a catalyst having prevented activity reduction due to the volatile metal compounds and having a superior durability is provided, which process comprises contacting the exhaust gases with a catalyst containing TiO.sub.2, a compound active to nitrogen oxides-removing reaction such as oxides of V, Cr, Mo, W, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ce, etc. and/or sulfates thereof and a metal sulfate containing water of crystallization such as those of Al, Mg or Mn, in the presence of ammonia at 150.degree. to 600.degree. C.

This invention relates to a method of catalytic combustion using a heat-resistant catalyst and, in particular, relates to a method of catalytic combustion using a heat-resistant catalyst suitable for combustion at a temperature ranging from 800.degree. C. to 1500.degree. C.

Method of catalytic combustion using heat-resistant catalyst

The disclosure is concerned with a high temperature stable catalyst comprising an alumina base support and a catalytically active component supported on the support. The support is featured by its specific composite oxide having a specific surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2 /g and a structural form of amorphous state or a phase resemble to lanthanoide .beta.-alumina. The composite oxide can be converted to lanthanoide .beta.-alumina when heated to an elevated temperature above 1000.degree. C. within 2 hours. The composite oxide is substantially free from such ingredients as accelerate grain growth of alumina. The ingredients are for example Cr, Sr or Ce. The present disclosure is also concerned with a process for preparing the catalyst and a process for conducting chemical reactions such as steam reforming, desulfurization of heavy oil, cracking of hydrocarbons, etc. using the catalyst.

High temperature stable catalyst and process for preparing same

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