Abstract: A stent is formed of at least a cobalt-based alloy. The cobalt-based alloy may include 10-35 weight % metal member selected from the group consisting of platinum (Pt), gold (Au), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), rhenium (Re), tungsten (W), palladium (Pd), tantalum (Ta), and combinations thereof; 16-21 weight % chromium (Cr); 9-12 weight % molybdenum (Mo); 0-25 weight % nickel (Ni); and balance cobalt (Co). The cobalt-based alloy may be a thin outer shell of a hollow stent. The cobalt-based alloy may be used to form at least one of an inner core and an outer shell of a core-shell structure of a stent. The cobalt-based alloy may be used to form an end of a wire for forming a stent.

Abstract: A method for anti-corrosion pre-treatment of metal substrates using zirconium-based aqueous anti-corrosion agents comprising polycyclic hydrocarbons that have at least one anellated benzene ring, each having at least two ring-substituted hydroxyl groups in ortho position to each other. The aqueous anti-corrosion agent can be substantially free both of passivating chromium-containing compounds and of fluoride-containing compounds that pickle the metal substrate. Pre-treatment by drying (dry-in-place method) is especially advantageous. Accordingly, the method according to the invention is suitable in particular for the pre-treatment of metal strip, wherein excellent anti-corrosion results are achieved on surfaces of aluminum or steel. The invention further relates to a method for producing coated can lids from aluminum strip by using the previously mentioned zirconium-based anti-corrosion agent. A further aspect comprises an aqueous concentrate for providing the ready-to-use anti-corrosion agents.

Abstract: A method for providing phosphate conversion crystal coating, the method including the steps of: pre-treating a substrate by depositing metal oxide particles on the substrate; treating the substrate with a phosphate coating solution, resulting in the phosphate conversion crystal coating forming (crystallizing) on the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a finished metal object or product having a corrosion resistant layer integral to or within a top portion of at least one of its surfaces that would be exposed to a corrosive environment. In one embodiment, the method for manufacturing is directed to a finished metal tubing product having a corrosion resistant layer within its inside surface that is exposed to a fluid and wherein the corrosion resistant layer is a zinc-metal oxide layer, such as a zinc-chromium oxide layer, or a zinc-mixed metal oxide layer. In addition to methods of manufacturing, the present invention provides finished metal objects or products having a corrosion resistant layer integral to or within a top portion of at least one surfaces that would be exposed to a corrosive environment.

Abstract: A pretreatment composition for metal that provides enhanced corrosion resistance, enhanced paint adhesion and reduced chip damage to a wide variety of metal substrates. The pretreatment is also cleaner because it is based on zirconium rather than zinc phosphates. The pretreatment coating composition in use preferably comprises 50 to 300 parts per million (ppm) zirconium, 0 to 100 ppm of SiO2, 150-2000 ppm of total fluorine and 10-100 ppm of free fluorine, 150 to 10000 ppm of zinc and 10 to 10000 ppm of an oxidizing agent and has a pH of 3.0 to 5.0, preferably about 4.0. The coating composition can optionally include 0 to 50 ppm of copper. The suitable oxidizing agents can be selected from a large group.

Abstract: Described are techniques for treating metals by exposing the metals to reactive solutions to reduce a temperature of the metal and to modify a surface of the metal through chemical reaction, such as by removing material or adding material. The disclosed techniques may advantageously increase the rate at which the temperature of the metal may be reduced as compared to conventional cooling techniques involving pure water, increase metal manufacturing rates, and reduce overall complexity of a metal manufacturing process. The disclosed techniques may also advantageously expand the range of available surface treatments, allow for faster surface treatment processes, and reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous chemicals during a surface treatment process. Such advantages may arise by employing chemical processing that takes place or takes place more efficiently at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: To provide a cast product having an alumina barrier layer and method for producing the same. A cast product having an alumina barrier layer of the present invention is a cast product in which an alumina barrier layer containing Al2O3 is formed on the surface of a cast body, and the cast body contains C: 0.3 mass % to 0.7 mass %, Si: 0.1 mass % to 1.5 mass %, Mn: 0.1 mass % to 3 mass %, Cr: 15 mass % to 40 mass %, Ni: 20 mass % to 55 mass %, Al: 2 mass % to 4 mass %, rare earth element: 0.005 mass % to 0.4 mass %, W: 0.5 mass % to 5 mass % and/or Mo: 0.1 mass % to 3 mass %, and 25 mass % or more of Fe in the remainder and an inevitable impurity, and 80 mass % or more of the rare earth element is La.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising a metal alloy; where the metal alloy comprises a base metal, a second element and a third element; where the base metal is magnesium, calcium, strontium, zinc, or a combination thereof; where the second element is chemically different from the third element; and where the second element and the third element are scandium, yttrium, gadolium, cerium, neodymium, dysporium, or a combination thereof; and a protective layer disposed upon the metal alloy and is reactively bonded to the metal alloy; where the protective layer comprises a base non-metallic derivative, a second non-metallic derivative and a third non-metallic derivative of metals present in the metal alloy; and where the base non-metallic derivative, the second non-metallic derivative and the third non-metallic derivative are all chemically different from one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is a copper alloy article including: a substrate 10 made of a copper alloy; a polyester-based resin body 40; and a compound layer 20 for bonding the substrate 10 and the polyester-based resin body 40, wherein the compound layer 20 contains; a compound having a nitrogen-containing functional group and a silanol group, and an alkane type amine-based silane coupling agent.

Abstract: A substrate steel of the comprising from 0.01 to 0.60 wt. % of La, from 0.0 to 0.65 wt. % of Ce; from 0.06 to 1.8 wt. % of Nb up to 2.5 wt. % of one or more trace elements and carbon and silicon may be treated in an oxidizing atmosphere to product a coke resistant surface coating of MnCr2O4 having a thickness up to 5 microns.

Abstract: A system and method for coating a foil mesh with a non-chromate conversion coating is provided, wherein the method includes expanding a foil web into a nonwoven screen, processing the nonwoven screen to remove grease and other surface contaminants, flattening the nonwoven screen to a thickness of between about 0.002 inches and about 0.006 inches to create a flattened nonwoven screen, annealing the flattened nonwoven screen to create a foil mesh, associating the foil mesh with a system for coating a foil mesh, wherein the system includes a solution tank having a tank cavity containing a conversion coating solution, bathing the foil mesh within the conversion coating solution for approximately 30 seconds to create a coated foil mesh and curing the coating foil mesh for approximately 18 hours to create an expanded foil mesh.

Abstract: A method for reducing molten raw materials, includes placing the raw materials, in a solid or molten state, on an inductively heated bed with coke pieces. The reduced melt that runs off the coke bed is collected and the waste gases are discharged. A coke bed is inwardly limited by a tube-shaped element through which the reaction gases are drawn off via a plurality of draw-off openings in the tube-shaped element. The corresponding device has a reactor for a bed with coke pieces and an induction heater with at least one induction coil. The reactor has a loading opening and a discharge opening for the treated melt. The coke bed is ring-shaped around a tube-shaped element. The material of the tube-shaped element allows inductive coupling to the induction field of the induction coil and it has draw-off openings for drawing off reaction gases from the coke bed.

Abstract: Disclosed are high-strength aluminum alloys and methods of making and processing such alloys. More particularly, disclosed are aluminum alloys exhibiting improved mechanical strength. The processing method includes homogenizing, hot rolling, solutionizing, and multiple-step quenching. In some cases, the processing steps can further include annealing and/or cold rolling.

Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface in a wellbore, comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the corrosion inhibitor comprises berberine; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore.

Abstract: Provided are a treatment liquid for a black trivalent chromium conversion coating, and a trivalent chromium-containing water-soluble liquid for finishing treatment, achieving excellent corrosion resistance and scratch resistance without containing a cobalt compound, with high stability and adequate consideration for environmental issues; and a method for treating a metal substrate using the same. The treatment liquid for a black trivalent chromium conversion coating on the surface of a metal substrate contains a trivalent chromium compound, two or more organic acids or organic acid salts, or one or more organic sulfur compounds, and nitrate ions, and contains no cobalt compound.

Abstract: Described herein are novel aluminum containing alloys. The alloys are highly formable and can be used for producing highly shaped aluminum products, including bottles and cans.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aluminum alloy foil for an electrode current collector and a manufacturing method thereof, the foil having a high strength and high strength after a drying process after the application of the active material while keeping a high electrical conductivity. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy foil for electrode current collector, including: forming by continuous casting an aluminum alloy sheet containing 0.03 to 1.0% of Fe, 0.01 to 0.2% of Si, 0.0001 to 0.2% of Cu, with the rest being Al and unavoidable impurities, performing cold rolling to the aluminum alloy sheet at a cold rolling reduction of 80% or lower, and performing heat treatment at 550 to 620° C. for 1 to 15 hours.

Abstract: A method for producing a high strength coated steel sheet having an improved ductility and an improved formability, the chemical composition of the steel containing: 0.13%?C?0.22%, 1.9%?Si?2.3%, 2.4%?Mn?3%, Al?0.5%, Ti<0.05%, Nb<0.05%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The sheet is annealed at temperature TA higher than Ac3 but less than 1000° C. for a time of more than 30 s, quenched by cooling to a quenching temperature QT between 200° C. and 280° C. in order to obtain a structure consisting of austenite and at least 50% of martensite, the austenite content being such that the final structure can contain between 3% and 15% of residual austenite and between 85% and 97% of the sum of martensite and bainite, without ferrite, heated up to a partitioning temperature PT between 430° C. and 490° C. and maintained at this temperature for a time Pt between 10 s and 100 s, hot dip coated and cooled to the room temperature.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel, or other axisymmetric shaped article, is formed of an aluminum-based alloy by a combination of a liquid forging step of a pre-form shape of the wheel and a subsequent solid-state flow forming step to complete the specified shape of the wheel. An aluminum-based alloy, containing specified amounts of zinc, silicon, and magnesium is devised for use in the forming process. The composition of the aluminum-based alloy is devised to facilitate the performance of each forming step of the article and the mechanical properties of the final shaped product.

Abstract: A high-silicon steel strip is manufactured. A basic configuration includes partition plates arranged in the longitudinal direction of a furnace to extend from a position in the vicinity of respective gas nozzles to be in parallel to the pass line of the steel strip, and obstacles arranged to face partition-plate rear edges in the longitudinal direction of the furnace to obstruct the flow of the gas along the steel strip so that siliconizing spaces surrounded by the steel strip, the partition plates, and the obstacles are formed; and gaps between the partition-plate rear edges and the obstacles and so forth which form exhaust passages through which gas is discharged from the siliconizing spaces to other spaces inside the furnace so that treatment gas which has been sprayed from the gas nozzles onto a surface of the steel strip to flow through the siliconizing spaces is discharged through the exhaust passages.