Abstract: A titanium alloy may be characterized by a good oxidation resistance, high strength and creep resistance at elevated temperatures up to 750° C., and good cold/hot forming ability, good superplastic forming performance, and good weldability. The alloy may contain, in weight percent, aluminum 4.5 to 7.5, tin 2.0 to 8.0, niobium 1.5 to 6.5, molybdenum 0.1 to 2.5, silicon 0.1 to 0.6, oxygen up to 0.20, carbon up to 0.10, and balance titanium with incidental impurities.

Abstract: An abrasion-resistant steel plate comprises: a specific chemical composition; and a microstructure in which a volume fraction of martensite at a depth of 1 mm from a surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 90% or more, and a prior austenite grain size at the mid-thickness of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 80 ?m or less, wherein hardness at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the abrasion-resistant steel plate is 360 to 490 HBW 10/3000 in Brinell hardness, and a concentration [Mn] of Mn in mass % and a concentration [P] of P in mass % in a plate thickness central segregation area satisfy 0.04[Mn]+[P]<0.55.

Abstract: Recovery of scandium from mined red mud includes adding an acid to a quantity of red mud for converting oxides in the red mud, and roasting the quantity of red mud for decomposing compounds having low thermal stability, typically iron and titanium. Water is added to the roasted red mud for leaching the converted oxides into a leach liquor mixture including scandium and other dissolved rare earths, and the leach liquor mixture is agitated by sonication or ball milling to increase an exposed surface area of red mud particles in the leach liquor. PH of the leach liquor is adjusted to precipitate the rare earths while leaving the scandium in solution in the leach liquor, followed by precipitating the separated scandium oxalate remaining in the leach liquor by reducing the pH and adding oxalic acid. Precipitated scandium oxalate may then be filtered from the leach liquor.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of using of a focus lens in additive manufacturing for forming a three-dimensional article through successive fusion, with a high energy beam, of parts of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a work table, which parts correspond to successive cross sections of the three dimensional article, said method comprising the step of: using said focus lens for varying a spot size of said high energy beam on said powder bed as a function of an already fused thickness of said three-dimensional article below said powder which is to be fused. The invention is also related to a method for forming a three dimensional article.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a first particle in a reactor; the first particle being a magnetic particle or a particle that can be influenced by a magnetic field, an electric field or a combination of an electrical field and a magnetic field; fluidizing the first particle in the reactor; applying a uniform magnetic field, a uniform electrical field or a combination of a uniform magnetic field and a uniform electrical field to the reactor; elevating the temperature of the reactor; and fusing the first particles to form a monolithic solid.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet according to an embodiment includes the steps of: reheating a steel slab, which includes 0.10 wt % to 0.13 wt % carbon (C), 0.9 wt % to 1.1 wt % silicon (Si), 2.2 wt % to 2.3 wt % manganese (Mn), 0.35 wt % to 0.45 wt % chromium (Cr), 0.04 wt % to 0.07 wt % molybdenum (Mo), 0.02 wt % to 0.05 wt % antimony (Sb), and the remainder being iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, at a temperature of 1150° C. to 1250° C.; hot-rolling the reheated slab in such a manner as to reach a finishing mill delivery temperature of 800° C. to 900° C.; cooling the hot-rolled slab to a temperature of 600° C. to 700° C. and coiling the cooled slab, thereby obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet; pickling the hot-rolled steel sheet, followed by cold rolling; annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet in a two-phase region of ? and ? phases; and cooling the annealed steel sheet to the martensite temperature range, followed by overaging.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a strip in a soft magnetic alloy capable of being cut out mechanically, the chemical composition of which comprises by weight: 18%?Co?55% 0%?V+W?3% 0%?Cr?3% 0%?Si?3% 0%?Nb?0.5% 0%?B?0.05% 0%?C?0.1% 0%?Zr+Ta?0.5% 0%?Ni?5% 0%?Mn?2% The remainder being iron and impurities resulting from the elaboration, according to which a strip obtained by hot rolling is cold-rolled in order to obtain a cold-rolled strip with a thickness of less than 0.6 mm. After cold rolling, a continuous annealing treatment is carried out by passing into a continuous oven, at a temperature comprised between the order/disorder transition temperature of the alloy and the onset temperature of ferritic/austenitic transformation of the alloy, followed by rapid cooling down to a temperature below 200° C. Strip obtained.

Abstract: A method for producing a coated steel sheet by reheating a steel slab containing 0.15-0.25 wt % of carbon (C), more than 0 wt % but not more than 1.5 wt % of silicon (Si), 1.5-2.5 wt % of manganese (Mn), more than 0 wt % but not more than 1.8 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.3-1.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), more than 0 wt % but not more than 0.03 wt % of titanium (Ti), more than 0 wt % but not more than 0.03 wt % of niobium (Nb), and the balance of iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities. Hot-rolling, cooling and coiling the steel slab, thereby producing a hot-rolled steel sheet. Pickling the hot-rolled steel sheet, then cold rolling. Annealing the cold-rolled steel sheet at a temperature between 820° C. and 870° C., followed by cooling at a finish-cooling temperature between 350° C. and 450° C.; tempering the cooled steel sheet at a temperature between 450° C. and 550° C.; and hot-dip galvanizing the tempered steel sheet.

Abstract: Aluminum alloys are provided. The alloys can include one or more of zinc, magnesium, copper, zirconium, yttrium, erbium, ytterbium, scandium, silver, and the balance of aluminum and incidental elements and impurities. The alloys can be used for additive manufacturing of various articles, such as aircraft components.

Abstract: High strength steel sheets that have excellent ductility and low-temperature toughness and methods for producing such high strength steel sheets. A high strength steel sheet includes a composition containing, on a mass % basis, C: 0.05% to 0.30%, Si: 0.5% to 2.5%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.5%, P: 0.003% to 0.100%, S: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.010% to 1.5%, and N: 0.01% or less, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a steel microstructure including a ferrite phase with an area fraction of 10% to 70%, a hard second phase with an area fraction of 30% to 90%, and a carbide that is at an interface between a ferrite phase and a hard second phase and that has an average equivalent-circle diameter of 200 nm or less.

Abstract: A method of selectively combining particulate material, comprising: (i) providing a layer of particulate material to a part bed; (ii) providing radiation to sinter a portion of the material of the layer; (iii) providing a further layer of particulate material overlying the prior layer of particulate material including the previously sintered portion of material; (iv) providing radiation to sinter a further portion of the material within the overlying further layer and to sinter said further portion with the previously sintered portion of material in the prior layer; (v) successively repeating blocks (iii) and (iv) to form a three-dimensional object; and wherein at least some of the layers of particulate material are pre-heated with a heater prior to sintering a portion of the material of the respective layer, the heater being configured to move relative to, and proximate, the particulate material.

Abstract: There is provided a steel cord including a steel wire and a plating layer that covers the steel wire and has Cu, Zn, and Co, wherein Cu and Zn are alloyed and a region covered with Co and a region not covered with Co are mixed on the outermost surface of the plating layer.

Abstract: Method for the manufacturing of an Al—Mg—Si(—Cu) extrusion alloy, the alloy initially being cast to extrusion billet(s), containing in wt. % Si: 0.20-1.50 Mg: 0.25-1.50 Fe: 0.05-0.50 Cu: 0.00-1.00 Mn: 0.00-1.00 Cr: 0.00-0.50 Zn: 0.00-0.50 Ti: 0.00-0.20, and including incidental impurities and balance Al.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method for a sliding member, a nitrogen diffusion layer, a nitrogen compound layer, and an oxidation layer are formed by executing a first step of cooling a workpiece formed of a steel material after heating the workpiece in an atmosphere containing ammonia at 570 to 660° C., a second step of performing, subsequently to the first step, tempering while pressurizing a front surface side of the workpiece, and a third step of performing, subsequently to the second step, steam treatment of heating the workpiece in a steam atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sterling silver alloy, copper-free in its basic embodiment, age-hardenable, with improved resistance to tarnishing, thanks to the presence of palladium in combination with zinc and indium, this alloy being mainly used for the realization of precious articles; the present invention also relates to a master alloy composition suitable for the production of said sterling silver alloy.

Abstract: A high-strength seamless stainless steel pipe has a composition including, by mass %, 0.05% or less C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.1 to 0.5% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.005% or less S, more than 16.0% to 18.0% or less Cr, more than 2.0% to 3.0% or less Mo, 0.5 to 3.5% Cu, 3.0% or more and less than 5.0% Ni, 0.01 to 3.0% W, 0.01 to 0.5% Nb, 0.001 to 0.3% Ti, 0.001 to 0.1% Al, less than 0.07% N, 0.01% or less O, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance, wherein the steel pipe has a microstructure including a tempered martensite phase forming a main phase, 20 to 40% of a ferrite phase in terms of volume ratio, and 25% or less of a residual austenite phase in terms of volume ratio, an average grain size of the ferrite phase is 40 ?m or less, and a sum of amounts of Ti and Nb precipitated as precipitates having a grain size of 2 ?m or less is 0.

Abstract: A hot-rolled high-strength steel strip or sheet with excellent roll-forming characteristics and excellent stretch-flange formability suitable for automotive chassis part or the like and, more particularly, to a high-strength steel strip or sheet with tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher, or preferably 950 MPa or higher, with an excellent combination of total elongation, stretch-flange formability and fatigue resistance and to a method of manufacturing the steel strip or sheet, and to the use of the strip or sheet in a part.

Abstract: A process comprising: placing a boronizing powder composition in the interior of a metal pipe comprising a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface; heating the pipe in a vessel having an interior, to a temperature from 1400° F. to 1900° F., thereby forming spent boronizing reaction gases and a borided layer on the inside surface, wherein the vessel interior has an atmosphere that surrounds the outside surface of the metal pipe; and flowing the spent boronizing reaction gases into the atmosphere surrounding the outside surface of the pipe, thereby forming an oxygen-depleted atmosphere.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a turbo-machine impeller, which includes a hub and a plurality of blades, using powder material in an additive-manufacturing process. The method includes: applying energy to the powder material by way of a high energy source, and solidifying the powder material. At least one bulky portion of the hub is irradiated such that the powder material solidifies in a lattice structure surrounded by an outer solid skin structure enclosing the lattice structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the composition and production of an engineered degradable metal matrix composite that is useful in constructing temporary systems requiring wear resistance, high hardness, and/or high resistance to deformation in water-bearing applications such as, but not limited to, oil and gas completion operations.