Abstract: A titanium alloy containing copper, which cannot be realized by a conventional method, is provided, having a composition in which copper is contained in titanium with no segregation, and having improved strength and hardness. In addition a method is also provided, in which the titanium alloy is produced at lower cost than in a conventional method. The ?+? or ? titanium alloy contains copper at 1 to 10 mass %, has a crystal phase of ? and ? phase or of ? phase, is formed of crystal particles not more than 100 ?m, and has a copper concentration per an arbitrary specified 1 mm3 portion of the crystal phase at within ±40% compared to another arbitrary specified portion. The ?+? or ? titanium alloy is produced by mixing 1 to 10 mass % of copper powder and the remainder of titanium alloy powder and then pressing and forming while being heated.

Abstract: There is provided a steel material with superior surface pressure fatigue strength, comprising a machine structural steel used for power transmission components such as gears and shafts used in automobiles, industrial machines, and the like. The steel material comprises in mass %: C: 0.15 to 0.35%; Si: 0.30 to 0.95%; Mn: 0.10 to 1.00%; P: 0 to 0.030%; S: 0 to 0.030%; Cr: 0.80 to 2.30%; Cu: 0 to 0.30%; Al: 0.008 to 0.500%; O: 0 to 0.0030%; N: 0.0020 to 0.0300%; Ni: 0 to 3.00%; Mo: 0 to 0.29%; Ti: 0 to 0.200%; Nb: 0 to 0.20%; and B: 0 to 0.0050%; and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel material has, in mass %, a parameter represented by Si+Cr-2Mn of 1.05 or more and a parameter represented by 0.7Si+2.5Mn+2.0Cr+2.5Ni+4.0Mo of 6.30 or less.

Abstract: A carburized steel part having excellent low cycle bending fatigue strength which is comprised of a steel material which contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.6%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 0.06%, and O: 0.005% or less and has a balance of substantially iron and unavoidable impurities and which is carburized and quenched, and then tempered, which steel part has a surface hardness of HV550 to HV800 and a core hardness of HV400 to HV500.

Abstract: Disclosed is a steel material with small heat treatment deformation, comprising a machine structural steel used for components for power transmission, such as gears and shafts used in automobiles, industrial machines, and the like. The steel material comprises in mass %: C: 0.16 to 0.35%; Si: 0.10 to 1.50%; Mn: 0.10 to 1.20%; P: 0 to 0.030%; S: 0 to 0.030%; Cr: 1.3 to 2.5%; Cu: 0 to 0.30%; Al: 0.008 to 0.800%; O: 0 to 0.0030%; N: 0.0020 to 0.0300%; Ni: 0 to 3.00%; Mo: 0 to 0.50%; Ti: 0 to 0.200%; Nb: 0 to 0.20%; and the balance Fe and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: There are provided a Si alloy powder for a lithium ion secondary battery negative electrode active material, which has a high discharge capacity and excellent cycle life, and a method for producing the same. The Si alloy powder of the present invention comprises a eutectic structure including a Si phase and a CrSi2 phase, and the average value of thicknesses in a thin width direction in each phase of the Si phase and the CrSi2 phase is 4 ?m or less. This Si alloy powder is produced by quenching and solidifying a dissolution material which gives the composition of the Si alloy powder at a cooling rate of 100° C./s or more.

Abstract: There is provided a soft magnetic alloy for a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a low coercive force, high amorphous properties, high corrosion resistance, and a high hardness; and a sputtering target for producing a thin film of the alloy. The alloy comprises in at. %: 6 to 20% in total of one or two of Zr and Hf; 1 to 20% of B; and 0 to 7% in total of one or two or more of Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Al, Si, and P; and the balance Co and/or Fe and unavoidable impurities. The alloy further satisfies 6?2×(Zr%+Hf%)?B%?16 and 0?Fe%/(Fe%+Co%)<0.20.

Abstract: A method for producing a Fe—Co based target material for forming a soft magnetic thin-film comprising the steps of: preparing a first raw-material powder having an Fe:Co weight ratio ranging from 8:2 to 7:3 and a second raw-material powder having an Fe—Co weight ratio ranging from 2:8 to 0:10; mixing the first raw-material powder and the second raw-material powder together to obtain a powder mixture having an Fe:Co weight ratio ranging from 8:2 to 2:8; and applying a pressure of not less than 100 MPa to the powder mixture at a temperature ranging from 1073 to 1473 K for consolidation. At least one additional element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Zr, Ta and Hf is added to either one or both of the first and second raw-material powders in a total amount of 3 to 15 atom % with respect to the total amount of the powder mixture.

Abstract: A process for producing a high-cleanliness steel which can produce, without relying upon a high-cost remelting process, steel products having cleanliness high enough to satisfy requirements for properties of mechanical parts used under severe environmental conditions. The production process comprises the steps of: transferring a molten steel produced in an arc melting furnace or a converter to a ladle furnace to refine the molten steel; subjecting the molten steel to circulation-type degassing; and casting the molten steel into an ingot, wherein, in transferring the molten steel to the ladle furnace, a deoxidizer including aluminum and silicon, is added to previously deoxidize the molten steel, that is, to perform tapping deoxidation before refining in the ladle refining furnace.

Abstract: A Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material is provided comprising, in mass %, Fe: 21 to 40%; Cr: 10 to 30%; P: 7 to 11%; B: 0 to 5%; Si: 0 to 4.5%; V: 0 to 5%; Co: 0 to 5%; Mo: 0 to 5%; the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the mass ratio of Fe to P (Fe/P) is in a range of 2.6 to 5. The present invention provides a Ni—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material having a low melting temperature and a superior corrosion resistance and comprising raw materials that are relatively easily available, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus produced using a high-temperature lead-free solder alloy which makes it possible to form soldered joints having no variations in strength and which has an excellent balance between strength and solderability. The lead-free solder alloy is an alloy which is made of an element A and an element B and which has a composition composed of AmBn being a stable phase and the element B in an equilibrium state at room temperature. When the lead-free solder alloy is solidified by quenching, the element A is dissolved in a room-temperature stable phase of the element B so that a supersaturated solid solution is formed, and when melted for soldering and then solidified, the alloy returns to its equilibrium state and has a composition composed of the stable phase AmBn and the element B and therefore maintains strength due to the presence of the stable phase AmBn even when reheated to a soldering temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a mechanical part superior in rolling fatigue life. The mechanical part includes a rolling portion for a rolling element to roll along an inner diameter surface of an annular workpiece material subjected to cold forging. The method includes performing cold forging by applying a hydrostatic stress to the inner diameter surface of the annular workpiece material on which the rolling portion is to be formed, thereby forming the rolling portion on the inner diameter surface of the annular workpiece material for the rolling element to roll therealong and increasing an inner diameter of the annular workpiece material other than the rolling portion, so as to provide an annular mechanical part including the rolling portion superior in rolling fatigue life.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing sputtering target materials which are used for a Ni—W based interlayer in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium. In this producing method, a Ni—W based alloy powder is prepared as a raw material powder. The alloy powder comprises 5 to 20 at % of W and the balance Ni and unavoidable impurities and is produced by gas atomization. The raw material powder is consolidated at a temperature ranging from 900 to 1150° C. This producing method makes it possible to significantly restrain expansion of the powder-filled billet in the consolidation step, thus efficiently producing Ni—W based sputtering target materials with stable qualities.

Abstract: A (CoFe)Zr/Nb/Ta/Hf based target material is provided which is capable of achieving a high sputtering efficiency and a high sputtering effect by increasing the leakage magnetic flux in the magnetron sputtering, and a method for producing the target material. This target material is made of an Fe—Co based alloy comprising not less than 80 atomic % in total of Fe and Co having an Fe:Co atomic ratio of 80:20 to 0:100, and less than 20 atomic % of one or more selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb and Ta. The Fe—Co based alloy comprises a Co—Fe phase being a ferromagnetic phase, and the one or more selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Nb and Ta are incorporated in solid solution form into the Co—Fe phase in a total amount of 0.5 to 2 atomic %.

Abstract: A soft-magnetic FeCo based target material is provided which has a high saturation magnetic flux density and superior atmospheric corrosion resistance. The target material is a soft-magnetic FeCo based target material made of an FeCo based alloy. The FeCo based alloy comprises 0 to 30 at. % of one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of B, Nb, Zr, Ta, Hf, Ti and V; and the balance being Fe and Co with unavoidable impurities. The Fe:Co atomic ratio ranges from 10:90 to 70:30. The FeCo based alloy may further comprise 0.2 at. % to 5.0 at. % of Al and/or Cr.

Abstract: A high hardness, high toughness and inexpensive shot material for shot peening is provided. The high-hardness shot material for shot peening comprises, in mass %, 5 to 8% of B; 0.05 to 1% of C; 0 to 25% of Cr; balance Fe and inevitable impurities. B and C are contained in a total amount of 8.5% or less.

Abstract: A method for evaluating the reliability of steel in terms of inclusions is characterized in that the inclusions of approximately 100 ?m or less in maximum inclusion size are evaluated by microscopy combined with the extreme-value statistical analysis; the inclusions of approximately 100 ?m or greater in maximum inclusion size are evaluated by the ultrasonic flaw detection testing performed at a frequency of 5 to 25 MHz; and the reliability of the steel is evaluated based on the results of the extreme-value statistical analysis applied to the results of the microscopy and the results of the ultrasonic flaw detection testing combined.

Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy for perpendicular magnetic recording medium excellent in saturation magnetic flux density, amorphousness and atmospheric corrosion resistance. The alloy is an Fe—Co based alloy and comprises Fe in an amount satisfying 0.25 to 0.65 of Fe/(Fe+Co) ratio, which is an atomic ratio of Fe and Fe+Co; Zr+Hf in an amount of 6 to 100 at %; Na+Ta in an amount of 0 to 2 at %; Al and/or Cr in an amount of 0 to 5 at %; and the balance Co and unavoidable impurities. A part of Zr and/or Hf can be replaced by B, provided that the amount of B to replace Zr and/or Hf is double in at % of the total amount of Zr and Hf to be replaced and that the total amount of Zr and Hf after replacement is 4 at % or more.

Abstract: An electrically conductive body includes: a first electrically conductive material; a second electrically conductive material; and a bonding material bonding the first electrically conductive material to the second electrically conductive material at least for electric conduction. The bonding material is made of a metallic structure containing copper-tin based intermetallic compound phases and tin-bismuth phases, the copper-tin based intermetallic compound phases being continuous between the first electrically conductive material and the second electrically conductive material, the tin-bismuth phases being surrounded by the copper-tin based intermetallic compound phases.

Abstract: A Ti-based brazing filler material comprising in mixture a Zr-containing alloy powder comprising 30 to 90% by mass of one or two of Cu and Ni, the balance being Zr and unavoidable impurities and a Ti-based powder comprising 0 to 50% by mass of one or two of Cu and Ni, the balance being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein the weight ratio of the Zr-containing alloy powder to the Ti-based powder is 8:2 to 4:6. This Ti-based brazing filler material can achieve good brazing and can exhibit excellent effects in the production of aerospace instruments, medical instruments, frames of glasses, heat-exchangers made from titanium.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sputtering target material for producing an intermediate layer film of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, which is capable of dramatically reducing the crystal grain size of a thin film formed by sputtering. The sputtering target material comprises, in at %, 1 to 20% of W; 0.1 to 10% in total of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of P, Zr, Si and B; and balance Ni.