Abstract: A nickel-based alloy powder for additive manufacturing having in weight %: C:0.09 to 0.17, Ti:3.8 to 4.5, Zr:>0.06, W:1.8 to 2.6, and Al:3.0 to 3.8 is disclosed.

Abstract: A cemented carbide includes a first hard phase, a second hard phase, and a binder phase, wherein the first hard phase is composed of tungsten carbide grains, the second hard phase is composed of carbide grains including niobium or tantalum as a constituent element, the binder phase includes cobalt, nickel, and chromium as constituent elements, at least part of the carbide grains further include tungsten as a constituent element, and when a volume ratio of the second hard phase to the cemented carbide is represented by A volume % and a volume ratio of a total of a niobium element and a tantalum element to the cemented carbide is represented by B volume %, a ratio A/B of A to B is more than 1.2.

Abstract: 738LC composition belongs to Ni-based super-alloy family. The alloy has been successfully used for hot section of turbine engine. Blades, Vanes and heat shields are made out of the alloy which can sustain a working temperature of 700 to 850 deg C. Additive manufacturing processes like Selective laser melting or PBF-L are not successful in using the alloy powder due to cracking issues. 738LC is also known to fall under the category of non-weldable alloys due to high content of gamma prime phase. The invention of the new composition is outside the standard 738LC with different concentration, morphology and size distribution of gamma prime phase. The invention has shown to eliminate the cracking issue in AM laser based process. The room temperature tensile properties observed are much better than cast 738LC properties.

Abstract: Provided is a titanium copper foil which has required high strength when used as a spring, and has improved etching uniformity, and which can be suitably used as a conductive spring material for use in electronic device parts such as autofocus camera modules. The titanium copper foil contains from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass of Ti and from 10 to 3000 pm by mass of Fe, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the titanium copper foil has crystal orientation having A of from 10 to 40, in which A is represented by the following equation (1) when measuring a rolled surface by an X-ray diffraction method: A=?{220}/(?{200}+?{311}) ??Equation (1) in which the ?{220}, the ?{200}, and the ?{311} represent half-value widths of X-ray diffraction peaks at a {220} crystal plane, a {200} crystal plane, and a {311} crystal plane, respectively.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of making magnetic nanoparticles through the utilization of a microfluidic reactor. In some embodiments, the microfluidic reactor includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. In some embodiments, the method includes applying a magnetic nanoparticle precursor solution into the first inlet of the microfluidic reactor through a first flow rate and applying a reducing agent into the second inlet of the microfluidic reactor through a second flow rate. In some embodiments, the magnetic nanoparticles are produced in the microfluidic reactor and collected from the outlet of the microfluidic reactor. In an additional embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a composition including a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles. In a further embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a microfluidic reactor.

Abstract: A gold powder comprising gold having a purity of 99.9% by mass or more and having an average particle size of 0.01 ?m or more and 1.0 ?m or less, a content of a chloride ion is 100 ppm or less, and a content of a cyanide ion is 10 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less. A total of the content of a chloride ion and the content of a cyanide ion is preferably 110 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less. The gold powder has improved adaptability to various processes including bonding or the like with a content of a chloride ion, that is, an impurity, optimized. A gold paste using this gold powder is suitably used in various uses for bonding such as die bonding of a semiconductor chip, sealing a semiconductor package, and forming an electrode/wire.

Abstract: A powder for the production of a superconducting component. The powder includes NbxSny, where 1?x?6 and 1?y?5, and three-dimensional agglomerates having a particle size D90 of less than 400 ?m, as determined via a laser light scattering. The three-dimensional agglomerates have primary particles which have an average particle diameter of less than 15 ?m, as determined via a scanning electron microscopy, and pores of which at least 90% have a diameter of from 0.1 to 20 ?m, as determined via a mercury porosimetry.

Abstract: Provided are a fine particle production apparatus and a fine particle production method that can control the particle sizes of fine particles, and efficiently produce a large amount of fine particles having good particle size uniformity. The present invention comprises: a raw material supply unit which supplies raw materials for fine particle production into thermal plasma flame; a plasma torch in which the thermal plasma flame is generated, and which evaporates the raw material supplied by the raw material supply unit by means of the thermal plasma flame to form a mixture in a gas phase state; and a plasma generation unit which generates thermal plasma flame inside the plasma torch.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of making a reduced metal nanoparticle, the method including mixing a reactive reducing agent with a metal salt in a solution at a temperature of 4-100° C., and forming the reduced metal nanoparticles in the solution. Also described is a kit including a reactive reducing agent that is sensitive to ßgalactosidase, a metal salt, and optionally a modifying agent/functionalizing agent for reduced metal nanoparticles. A 3,4-cyclohexeneoesculetin-B-D-galacto pyranoside (SGNP) gold nanoparticle and its use for measuring ßgalactosidase enzyme activity, comprising by detecting a structural change in the SGNPs caused by the ßgalactosidase are described. Further described are a point of care device, a chip, a biosensor, a laboratory animal, a gene delivery agent, a drug delivery agent, a diagnostic agent, or a disease targeting agent including SGNPs.

Abstract: Methods for improving the electrical conductivity of iron by coating, or doping, it with a chitosan nanoemulsion. The electrical conductivity of the iron can be improved by increasing the concentration of chitosan in the nanoemulsion, increasing the voltage applied during the doping process, and increasing the duration of the doping process.

Abstract: A Cu-based alloy powder is provided that is suitable for a process involving rapid-melting and rapid-solidification and can produce a shaped article having superior properties. The powder is made of a Cu-based alloy. The Cu-based alloy includes 0.1 to 5.0 mass % of at least one element M selected from V, Fe, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta. The balance in the alloy is Cu and inevitable impurities. The powder has a ratio D50/TD of a mean particle diameter D50 (?m) to a tap density TD (Mg/m3) in a range of 0.2×10?5·m4/Mg to 20×10?5·m4/Mg.

Abstract: The present application is a new improvement in the fine-grained cubic boron nitride sintered compact which may be employed to manufacture a cutting tool. The compact contains at least 80 vol % cBN with a metallic binder system and is sintered under HPHT conditions. The improvement incorporates alloys of aluminum in the metallic binder system.

Abstract: A syntactic metal foam composite that is substantially fully dense except for syntactic porosity is formed from a mixture of ceramic microballoons and matrix forming metal. The ceramic microballoons have a uniaxial crush strength and a much higher omniaxial crush strength. The mixture is continuously constrained while it is consolidated. The constraining force is less than the omniaxial crush strength. The substantially fully dense syntactic metal foam composite is then constrained and deformation worked at a substantially constant volume. The deformation working is typically performed at a yield strength that is adjusted by way of selecting a working temperature at which the yield strength is approximately less than the omniaxial crush strength of the included ceramic microballoons. This deformation causes at least work hardening and grain refinement in the matrix metal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal wiring, to be formed on a flexible substrate, including a sintered body of silver particles. The sintered body constituting the metal wiring has a volume resistivity of 20 ??·cm or less, hardness of 0.38 GPa or less, and a Young's modulus of 7.0 GPa or less. A conductive sheet provided with the metal wiring can be produced by applying/calcinating, on a substrate, a metal paste containing, as a solid content, silver particles having prescribed particle size and particle size distribution, and further containing, as a conditioner, an ethyl cellulose having a number average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 90,000 or less. The metal wiring of the present invention is excellent in bending resistance with change in electrical characteristics suppressed even through repetitive bending deformation.

Abstract: In one aspect, grade powder compositions are described herein comprising electrochemically processed sintered carbide scrap. In some embodiments, a grade powder composition comprises a reclaimed powder component in an amount of at least 75 weight percent of the grade powder composition, wherein the reclaimed carbide component comprises electrochemically processed sintered carbide scrap.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy wire includes: forming a rough drawing wire composed of an aluminum alloy containing aluminum, an additive element, and unavoidable impurities, the additive element including Si and Mg; obtaining an aluminum alloy wire by performing a treatment on the rough drawing wire, wherein the treatment includes at least one or more wire drawing treatments; forming a first solution treatment material by forming a solid solution of the aluminum and the additive element and then performing a quenching treatment on the solid solution, wherein the first solution treatment is performed directly before the last of the one or more wire drawing treatments is performed; a second solution treatment that forms a second solution treatment material by forming a solid solution of the aluminum and the additive element and then performing a quenching treatment on the solid solution.

Abstract: The present disclosure related to a process and an apparatus for producing powder particles by atomization of a feed material in the form of an elongated member such as a wire, a rod or a filled tube. The feed material is introduced in a plasma torch. A forward portion of the feed material is moved from the plasma torch into an atomization nozzle of the plasma torch. A forward end of the feed material is surface melted by exposure to one or more plasma jets formed in the atomization nozzle. The one or more plasma jets being includes an annular plasma jet, a plurality of converging plasma jets. Powder particles obtained using the process and apparatus are also described.

Abstract: Hollow automotive parts, methods for fabricating hollow automotive parts, and methods for fabricating hollow castings are provided. An exemplary method for fabricating a hollow casting includes casting at least a first casting section and a second casting section from a slurry using a semi-solid casting process, and welding the casting sections together at interfaces therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new type of metabolizable flower-like gold nanodandelion (GND), which possesses features: (1) large scale green synthesis with high monodispersity and a circa 100% yield; (2) cellular/physiological degradability; (3) precision control of the shape, petal number and size; (4) highly efficient radiotheranostics encompassing better enhanced CT contrast and pronounced x-ray induced ROS generation than conventional spherical AuNP.

Abstract: Provided are new high strength 6xxx and 7xxx series aluminum alloys and methods of making aluminum products thereof. These aluminum products may be used to fabricate components which may replace steel in a variety of applications including the automotive industry. In some examples, the disclosed high strength 6xxx and 7xxx series aluminum alloys can replace high strength steels with aluminum. In one example, steels having a yield strength below 450 MPa may be replaced with the disclosed 6xxx or 7xxx series aluminum alloys without the need for major design modifications.