1-20. (canceled)
21. An inorganic dissolution promoter, comprising:
at least one of a fluoride, a mineral acid, a mineralous acid, a mineral acid salt, a mineralous acid salt, and a boric acid compound; and
at least one of an alkali metal and a substance containing an alkaline metal,
wherein the inorganic dissolution promoter causes one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B) and a compound of one of Si, Al and B, present in water to be dissolved at a concentration which is at least equal to than a known concentration to produce an amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound.
22. An amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound, obtained by mixing at least one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), and a compound of at least one of Si, Al, and B present in water with the inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, and heating the mixture to at least 40\xb0 C.
23. An amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance when heated, the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound having a pH of not greater than 11.5 and a solid content of at least 50% and being obtained by a method comprising:
mixing an aqueous solution of an amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound which is obtained by mixing at least one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), and a compound of at least one of Si, Al, and B present in water, with the inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21; and
heating the mixture to at least 40\xb0 C., the aqueous solution having a pH of at least 12, with an alcohol comprising a mineral acid; and
removing the water and the alcohol from the resulting mixture.
24. An amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance when heated, the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound having a pH of not greater than 11.5 and a solid content of at least 50% and being obtained by:
mixing an aqueous solution of an amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound which is obtained by mixing at least one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), boron (B), and a compound of at least one of Si, Al, and B present in water, with the inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21; and
heating the mixture to at least 40\xb0 C., the aqueous solution having a pH of at least 12, with at least one of cyanuric acid and melamine isocyanurate; and
removing the water and the alcohol from the resulting mixture.
25. The amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance when heated according to claim 23, wherein the metallic component of one of silicon (Si), aluminum (Al), and boron (B) is at least 2.5 times higher in molar ratio than the alkali metal component.
26. A solvent-free inorganic foam, produced by a method comprising:
heating the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound according to claim 22 to 100\xb0 C. to 900\xb0 C.;
dehydrating the inorganic compound by evaporation resulting to transform the inorganic compound into a plasticized film-forming substance; and
further transforming the substance into a film having a pressure resistance strength during evaporation.
27. A solvent-free inorganic foam, produced by a method comprising:
heating the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance according to claim 23 to 100\xb0 C. to 900\xb0 C.;
dehydrating the inorganic compound by evaporation resulting to transform the inorganic compound into a plasticized film-forming substance; and
further transforming the substance into a film having a pressure resistance strength during evaporation.
28. An inorganic molded precursor, which is made as one of a sheet and granular by one of air-drying and drying the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound according to claim 22 so as to lower the water content to not greater than 30%, the precursor being heated to form a plasticized film as a solvent-free inorganic foam.
29. An inorganic molded precursor, which is made as one of a sheet and granular by one of air-drying and drying the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance according to claim 23 so as to lower the water content to not greater than 30%, the precursor being heated to form a plasticized film as a solvent-free inorganic foam.
30. A rapid thermosetted hardening composition, produced by adding the inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21 to a chemical compositional compound of one of portland cement and alumina cement.
31. A fire-retardant organicinorganic composite foam, produced by a method comprising:
adding, to a polyol compound as a main component of urethane, at least one of the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound according to claim 22 in an amount of at least 20 wt % with respect to the polyol compound, together with a deoxidizing fire retardant; and
adding a curing agent to cause the resulting mixture to be highly foamed and cushioned.
32. A fire-retardant organicinorganic composite foam, produced by a method comprising:
adding, to a polyol compound as a main component of urethane, at least one of the amorphous highly water-soluble inorganic compound transformable into a water-resistant hardened substance according to claim 23 in an amount of at least 20 wt % with respect to the polyol compound, together with a deoxidizing fire retardant; and
adding a curing agent to cause the resulting mixture to be highly foamed and cushioned.
33. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said alkali metal comprises at least one of Na, K, Li and Ca.
34. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said fluoride comprises sodium fluoride.
35. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said inorganic dissolution promoter comprises a composition of sodium fluoride and caustic acid.
36. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said substance containing an alkaline metal comprises at least one of caustic acid and caustic potash.
37. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said at least one of a fluoride, a mineral acid, a mineralous acid, a mineral acid salt, a mineralous acid salt, and a boric acid compound comprises at least one of sodium fluoride, sodium phosphite, sodium sulfite, a feldspar, a diatomite, a zeolite, kaoline, bauxite and anhydrite.
38. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said substance containing an alkaline metal comprises at least one of an alkali metal salt of a silanol and an alkali metal salt of siloxane.
39. The inorganic dissolution promoter according to claim 21, wherein said boric acid compound comprises the formula:
B2H6-nOHnM
wherein M comprises at least one of an alkali earth metal and an alkaline earth metal, and
wherein n is between 1 and 5.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A calculator with error notification function, comprising:
an input unit for inputting an equation composed of a plurality of operational units;
a storage unit for storing the equation;
a rule unit for storing a plurality of operational rules causing operational errors;
a display unit for displaying the equation and its result; and
a processing unit for executing the equation;
wherein the processing unit compares the equation with the operational rules stored in the rule unit to find and tag at least one error in the equation before executing the equation, and marks the error in the displayed equation according to the tagged operational error.
2. The calculator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit further provides a proposed correction suggestion according to the operational rules stored in the rule unit.
3. The calculator as claimed in claim 1, wherein when executing the equation, the processing unit retrieves and tags at least one operational unit from the equation, and executes an operation to the at least one operational unit, so as to mark a location of an overflow in the displayed equation according to the tagged operational unit when the operation results in a value exceeding an acceptable digit.
4. The calculator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the operational unit comprises operands, operators, functions, and parameters.
5. The calculator as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operational rules causing errors comprise: using zero as a divisor, using asymmetrical parentheses, and using improper parameters in a function.
6. An operational method of a calculator with error notification function, comprising the steps of:
(A) inputting an equation composed of a plurality of operational units;
(B) temporarily storing the equation;
(C) comparing the equation with a plurality of operational rules for finding at least one error in the equation;
(D) tagging the error in the temporarily stored equation; and
(E) displaying the equation and marking the error in the displayed equation according to the tagged error.
7. The operational method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising the step of:
(F) providing a proposed correction suggestion according to the operational rules.
8. The operational method as claimed in claim 6, wherein if step (C) finds no errors in the equation and assures an accuracy of the equation, the method further comprises the steps of:
(G) retrieving at least one operational unit from the equation;
(H) tagging at least one operational unit in the temporarily stored equation; and
(I) executing an operation to the at least one operational unit, wherein the at least one operational unit is marked in the displayed equation if the operation results in a value exceeding an acceptable digit.
9. The operational method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the operational unit comprises operands, operators, functions, and parameters.
10. The operational method as claimed in claim 6, wherein in step (C), the operational rules causing errors comprise: using zero as a divisor, using asymmetrical parentheses, and using improper parameters in a function.