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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Applicant:
Takao Saito, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Takao Saito, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of evaluating kneaded clay includes, preparing kneaded clay by mixing and kneading at least ceramic raw material and water as contained materials, measuring T1 relaxation time and/or T2 relaxation time of proton contained in the contained materials by NMR method, and evaluating a kneaded state of the kneaded clay. There is further provided a method for manufacturing kneaded clay, wherein the kneaded clay is kneaded by using the method for evaluating kneaded clay while checking the kneaded state.