| CPC C01G 31/006 (2013.01) [C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2004/62 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01); C01P 2006/32 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |

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1. A negative thermal expansion material, comprising a copper vanadium composite oxide dissolving Li atoms at a content of 100 to 9000 ppm by mass and represented by the following general formula (1):
(CuxMy)(VaPb)Ot (1)
wherein M represents a metallic element with an atomic number of 11 or more other than Cu and V, 1.60≤x≤2.40, 0.00≤y≤0.40, 1.60≤a≤2.40, 0.00≤b≤0.40, 6.20≤t≤7.80, 1.60≤x+y≤2.40, and 1.60≤a+b≤2.40.
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