Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Shintaro Ishiyama

Shigeki Maruyama

Ceramic materials that are highly resistant to strong acids such as concentrated sulfuric acid and halides such as hydrogen iodide are employed to make block elements through which a large number of circular ingress channels extend in perpendicular directions and which are joined and piled in the heat exchanging medium section to provide a compact heat exchanger that excels not only in corrosion resistance but also in high-temperature strength.

Compact heat exchanger made of ceramics having corrosion resistance at high temperature

A method for producing a space shuttle or nuclear reprocessing structural material of an intermetallic compound having a formula NiAl+xMoRe+cB, wherein the atomic ratio of Ni:Al is 56.5:43.5, the atomic ratio of Mo:Re is 1:1, or 1:0.5, x is between 0.1 and 1 at. %, and c is from 0 to 0.2 at. %, including the steps of:

Method for producing nickel-aluminum intermetallic compounds containing

The improved intermetallic compounds represented by xNiAl+X (x=50.5-63.5), with dopant element X being selected from among Ti, Fe, V, W, Cr, Cu, Mo, Nb, Ta, Hf, Zr and B, are lightweight and have satisfactory oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength and, hence, are useful as structural materials in aerospace (as in space shuttles) and nuclear fields (for use in reprocessing facilities). A representative intermetallic compound having the formula NiAl+x(Mo/Re)+cB, wherein the ratio of Ni:Al is 56.5:43.5, the ratio of Mo:Re is either 1:1 or 1:0.5, x is between 0.1 and 1 at. %, and c is from 0 to 0.2 at. %, is disclosed.

Nickel-aluminum intermetallic compounds containing dopant elements

A process for preparing an impermeable carbon fiber reinforcing deposit material including placing a preformed carbon fiber material and an impregnating material of pitch or heat-resistant glass or mixtures thereof into a heat-resistant capsule; placing said capsule into a pressing container; heating the mixture to the melt temperature of the impregnating material under pressure of an inert gas; after maintaining temperature for a given time reducing the temperature and pressure; subsequently, raising the temperature gradually while maintaining the reduced pressure; after heating to a maximum temperature, maintaining said maximum temperature at the reduced pressure for a given time; then injecting an inert gas to raise the pressure to a given value; and, after maintaining the pressure for a given time, reducing both the pressure and the temperature.

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Ibaraki-ken, Japan

Shintaro Ishiyama