Abstract:
A novel method for producing a fine metal powder, which comprises subjecting a solution containing a tetravalent titanium ion and having a pH of 7 or less to a cathode electrolysis treatment to reduce a part of the tetravalent titanium ion to a trivalent ion and prepare an aqueous reducing agent solution containing both the trivalent titanium ion and the tetravalent titanium ion, and adding a water soluble compound of the metal element to the resulting mixture, followed by mixing, to reduce an ion of the metal and precipitate the metal by the reducing action originating from the oxidation of the trivalent titanium ion to the tetravalent titanium ion. The method can be used for producing a high purity fine metal powder which is finer than a conventional fine metal powder, has a narrow particle diameter distribution and is free of an impurity, at a lower cost on a large scale with safety.
Abstract:
An anisotropic conductive film, and its production method, especially suitable for packaging a semiconductor and sufficiently satisfying the requirements of higher density packaging because short circuit does not occur in the plane direction of the film even if the pitch of electrodes is small, or suitable for packaging a contact probe because conductive connection not fused with a high current can be ensured with a lower voltage and even a high frequency signal can be dealt with. The anisotropic conductive film contains metallic powder having such a shape that many fine metal particles are chained as a conductive component, wherein the length of the chain of metallic powder is set not longer than the distance between adjacent electrodes being bonded conductively when a semiconductor is packaged, and the diameter of the chain is set in the range of 1mum-20mum when a contact probe is packaged. At least a part of the film is formed while orienting a chain formed of a paramagnetic metal with a magnetic field.
Abstract:
A solid electrolyte layer contains a proton conductor having a perovskite structure, the proton conductor being represented by formula (1): Ba x Zr y Ce z M 1-(y+z) O 3-´ (where element M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, and Sc, 0.85 ‰¤ x
Abstract:
Provided is an electrode catalyst material that has an increased reduction rate of a nickel catalyst and thus an improved catalytic function in a fuel cell. The electrode catalyst material for fuel cells contains nickel oxide and cobalt oxide. The electrode catalyst material contains a cobalt metal component in an amount of 2 to 15 mass% with respect to the total mass of a nickel metal component and the cobalt metal component.
Abstract:
Provided is a porous metal body having higher corrosion resistance than existing porous metal bodies composed of nickel-tin binary alloys and existing porous metal bodies composed of nickel-chromium binary alloys. The porous metal body contains at least nickel, tin, and chromium. An example of a method of producing such a porous metal body is a method including a conductive-coating-layer formation step of forming a conductive coating layer containing chromium on a surface of a porous base formed of a resin material; a metal-layer formation step of forming a nickel layer and a tin layer in any order on a surface of the conductive coating layer; a removal step of removing the porous base; and a diffusion step of, by a heat treatment, causing interdiffusion of metal atoms between the nickel layer and the tin layer and diffusing chromium contained in the conductive coating layer into the nickel layer and the tin layer.