Abstract: A material for a semiconductor substrate is composed substantially of tungsten and/or molybdenum mixed with 5-30 wt. % copper, 0.002-0.07 wt. % phosphorus, and 0.1-0.5 wt. % one or two materials selected from among cobalt, nickel, and iron. The material is manufactured by mixing together tungsten powder and/or molybdenum powder of 1 .mu.m in particle size, copper powder of 7 .mu.m in particle size, and small amounts of an iron-group metal and phosphorus or phosphorus compound, molding the mixture at a pressure of 1.0 ton/cm.sup.2, and then, sintering the molded body at a temperature which allows solid and liquid to coexist below the melting point of copper.

Abstract: Copper-tungsten alloys used for materials of electrode, electric contacts, package materials for semiconductors, heat sink and their manufacturing methods. The copper-tungsten alloy contains preferably 5 to 30 wt. % of copper, 0.002 to 0.04 wt. % of phosphor, the remaining portion being substantially all tungsten, and it is preferable to contain in these alloys 0.1 to 0.5% of cobalt, nickel or iron or else any combined two out of these three.

Abstract: The method of the invention is concerned with the manufacture of a molded copper-chromium family metal based alloy article which involves the steps of injection-molding a mixture of copper powder, a chromium family metal powder, an iron family metal powder and a thermoplastic organic binder made up of a polymer binder and low molecular binder in a ratio by volume of 5:1 to 1:1, dewaxing a molded body formed by the injection-molding by heating in a reducing atmosphere, and then sintering the dewaxed molded body at 1,100.degree. to 1,450.degree. C. in a reducing atmosphere. According to this method, molded articles having a high dimensional accuracy and high density can be provided.

Abstract: An arc discharge electrode material used for various electrode materials for arc welding, which is excellent in arc ignitability and consumability. The composition is 0.02 to 1.0 wt % lanthanum boride and the rest of tungsten.

Abstract: A cemented carbide tool of excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance includes a substrate of cemented carbide, and a ceramic coating layer by chemical vapor deposition. The thickness of the layer is in the range of between 2 .mu.m to 20 .mu.m, and the layer has cracks of such a depth that the cracks extend perpendicularly from a surface of the layer to the substrate. The cracks are formed in a network-like pattern to minutely divide the layer. The average value of the depths of the cracks in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the layer is not less than the thickness of the layer and not more than a value equal to the coating thickness plus 5 .mu.m. The average value of widths of the cracks is not more than 2 .mu.m. The average value of intervals between the cracks is not less than 10 .mu.m and not more than 100 .mu.m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a discharge electrode material essentially made of yttrium oxide and blended with rhenium or ruthenium. This electrode material is used as the electrode for air plasma cutting, electrode for plasma spraying, and others, and it is excellent in heat resistance and oxidation resistance, and its wear resistance is more than twice as high as that of conventional electrode materials such as zirconium and hafnium.