Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention describe an environmentally stable, and exceptionally dense hydrogen storage (6.5 wt % and 0.105 kg H2/L in the total composite, 7.56 wt % in Mg) using atomically thin and gas-selective reduced graphene oxide sheets as encapsulants. Other approaches to protecting reactive materials involve energy intensive introduction of considerable amounts of inactive, protective matrix which compromises energy density. However, these multilaminates are able to deliver exceptionally dense hydrogen storage far-exceeding 2020 DOE target metrics for gravimetric capacity (5.5 wt %), and ultimate full-fleet volumetric targets (0.070 kg H2/L) for fuel cell electric vehicles. Methods of stabilizing reactive nanocrystalline metals in zero-valency also has wide-ranging applications for batteries, catalysis, encapsulants, and energetic materials.

Abstract: A manufacturing line includes a tape of green material that is directed through a furnace so that the furnace burns off organic binder material and then partially sinters the tape without the use of a setter board. Sintered articles resulting from the manufacturing line may be thin with relatively large surface areas; and, while substantially unpolished, have few sintering-induced surface defects. Tension may be applied to the partially sintered tape as it passes through a second furnace on the manufacturing line to shape resulting sintered articles.

Abstract: An object is to provide an aluminum plate having favorable coating properties and favorable adhesiveness to active materials and a method for manufacturing an aluminum plate. The aluminum plate having a plurality of through holes that penetrate in a thickness direction includes through holes A which have an average opening diameter of the through holes of 0.1 ?m or more and less than 100 ?m and have a shape in which a maximum diameter Ra is formed inside and the maximum diameter Ra and a minimum diameter Rb satisfy 1>Rb/Ra?0.1.

Abstract: A surface-treated steel sheet for cans forming a coating of a compound containing chiefly Zr and containing F, the amount of Zr being 80 to 200 mg/m2 and the amount of F being not less than 12 mg/m2 in the coating on the surface that becomes the outer surface side of the can. The surface-treated steel sheet is capable of effectively preventing the resin coating from peeling on the outer surface side of the can at dented portions.

Abstract: A temperature-following layer may be applied to a surface of components within an internal combustion engine. The temperature-following layer follows the temperature swing of adjacent gases (for example, in a combustion chamber). The temperature-following layer may be applied directly to a substrate, or the temperature-following layer may be an outer layer of a multi-layer thermal barrier coating. The multi-layer thermal barrier coating may include, for example, an insulating layer, a sealing layer bonded to the insulating layer, and a porous temperature-following layer disposed on the sealing layer. The sealing layer is substantially non-permeable and configured to seal against the insulating layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel high-performance repairable sliding plate of a pantograph of an electric locomotive and a manufacturing method thereof. The sliding plate includes a monometallic substrate and a conductive, wear-resistant, anticorrosion and self-lubricating coating integrated with the substrate. The coating is formed by plasma spraying Cu—TiO2 core-shell composite powder on the monometallic substrate directly, and includes the following components by mass percent: 60-70% of Ti4O7, 15-25% of Cu, 10-15% of TixO(2x?1) and 5-10% of TiO2, where 5?x?10. The multifunctional composite coating is the working layer of the sliding plate of the present disclosure, and the damage of the coating can be repaired by plasma spraying with the composite powder, thereby recovering dimensional accuracy and service performance.

Abstract: An artificial turf system comprises a resilient layer, an artificial grass layer comprising a substrate and pile fibers upstanding from the substrate and an infill layer. The infill layer comprises smooth, hard granules having a mean size of between 1.8 mm and 10 mm disposed on the substrate and interspersed between the pile fibers. The smooth, hard granules provide improved characteristics in terms of foot release.

Abstract: A ferrite composition includes a main component that includes more than 44.0 mol % to 50.0 mol % or less of an Fe compound, 5.5 to 14.0 mol % of a Cu compound, 4.0 to 39.0 mol % of a Zn compound, and a balance of less than 40.0 mol % of a Ni compound. The ferrite composition further includes a subcomponent that includes, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main component, more than 3.0 parts by weight to 13.0 parts by weight or less of an Si compound, more than 2.0 parts by weight to 10.0 parts by weight or less of a Co compound, and 0.25 to 5.00 parts by weight of a Bi compound. A weight ratio of the content of the Co compound to the content of the Si compound is 0.4 to 2.9.

Abstract: A gallium nitride substrate has a surface with a diameter of not less than 100 mm, a difference being not less than 0.1 cm?1 and not more than 2 cm?1 between maximum and minimum values of wave numbers at a maximum peak of peaks corresponding to an E2H phonon mode in micro-Raman scattering mapping measurement at each of square regions having sides each having a length of 2 mm, the square regions being located at a total of five locations including a central location and four circumferential edge locations on the surface of the gallium nitride substrate, a difference being not more than 2 cm?1 between maximum and minimum values of the wave numbers at the maximum peak of the peaks corresponding to the E2H phonon mode at all of measurement points in the five locations.

Abstract: A sprocket wheel, which is a machine component configured to slide relative to a bushing while being in contact with the bushing in an outer peripheral surface, includes a base made of a first metal, and an overlay that covers the base so as to constitute the outer peripheral surface. The surface of the overlay constituting the outer peripheral surface has been smoothed. Such a smoothed surface of the overlay makes the sprocket wheel less damaging to the bushing.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls, wherein the partition walls have projecting portions, in the cells of 10% or more of the plurality of cells, the projecting portions project into the cells, a tip curvature radius R of an apex of each of the projecting portions is from 0.01 to 0.1 mm, side surfaces of the projecting portions are inclined to the surfaces of the partition walls at an inclination angle of 40 to 70°, and a relation of 0.04?H/A?0.4 is satisfied.

Abstract: A blank for forming a pressed article, the blank including a flat pattern edge configuring an edge on one length direction side of the blank, and an excess portion formed at the flat pattern edge. An edge of the excess portion includes a first convex portion that protrudes toward the one length direction side of the blank with respect to the flat pattern edge, a first concave portion that is adjacent to the first convex portion at a width direction outer side of the blank, that is formed in a concave shape, and that connects the flat pattern edge and the first convex portion together, and a second concave portion that is adjacent to the first convex portion at a width direction inner side of the blank, that is formed in a concave shape, and that connects the flat pattern edge and the first convex portion together.

Abstract: A honeycomb structure has grooves dented inwardly from the surfaces of the partition walls along a cell direction An open width of an open end of the groove is 0.015-0.505 mm and smaller than the open width a length of one side of each of the cells with the grooves, a bottom width of a bottom of the groove is 0.01-0.5 mm and smaller than the open width, a height from the bottom of the groove to the open end is 0.01-0.05 mm, a thickness of the partition wall in a groove portion is 50 ?m or more, a ratio of the number of the cells with the grooves to the number of the total cells is 80% or more, and a value obtained by subtracting the open frontal area when the grooves excluded from the open frontal area when the grooves included is 0.1-8.0%.

Abstract: An article for service at high temperatures comprises a substrate comprising a first region and a second region; and a coating disposed over the substrate. The coating comprises a first portion disposed over the first region of the substrate and a second portion disposed over the second region of the substrate. The coating includes a layer comprising a ceramic material and further including a quantity of surface-connected voids, and a protective agent is disposed within at least some of the surface-connected voids of the layer. Within the first portion, the agent is present within the layer at a concentration of less than or equal to 4 percent by volume of the layer exclusive of the voids, while, within the second portion, the agent is present within the layer at a concentration up to the carrying capacity of the layer. Methods for forming the article are also presented.

Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel sheet including: a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.025% or less, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.01% to 1.0%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 10.5% to 20.0%, Al: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01% to 0.60%, Ti: 0.10% to 0.50%, and N: 0.025% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a coating layer including at least one coating layer selected from the group consisting of an Al coating layer, an Fe coating layer, and a Si coating layer on one or both sides thereof, in which the coating layer has a total thickness of 30 nm to 150 nm per side.

Abstract: Provided are spraying powder that can suppress a decrease in the machinability of the resulting sprayed coating even under a high-temperature environment, and a method for depositing a sprayed coating using the same. The spraying powder is spraying powder for depositing a sprayed coating with an abradable property. The spraying powder includes NiCr-based alloy particles and h-BN particles. A NiCr-based alloy of the NiCr-based alloy particles contains 2 to 10 mass % of Si, and the content of the h-BN particles in the spraying powder is 4 to 8 mass %.

Abstract: A stainless steel plate for press forming includes a stainless steel having a recess formed along grain boundaries on a base surface of the stainless steel; and a surface film that is formed on a surface of the stainless steel that includes the recess, that is composed of at least one of an Fe and Cr-based oxide film and an Fe and Cr-based hydroxide film, and that has a thickness of equal to or greater than 0.1 ?m and equal to or less than 3.0 ?m, wherein a groove is formed correspondingly to the recess on the surface side of the stainless steel. The stainless steel plate has superior galling resistance and press formability during press forming even if general-purpose stainless steel and an extreme pressure additive, such as a non-chlorine-based additive, or a low viscosity press oil are used.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a clock screw having a deep interference film blue color that contributes to decorativeness while also having superior scratch resistance and corrosion resistance, and a method for producing the same. The means for solving provided by the present invention consists of: a clock screw comprising a screw base material made of steel containing carbon at 0.5% by weight to 1.0% by weight, an oxide layer of the steel on the screw base material having a thickness of 60 nm to 80 nm, and a fluorine coating film on the oxide layer; and, a method for producing the clock screw comprising: a step for preparing the screw base material, a step for forming the oxide layer by heating the screw base material for 30 minutes or longer at a temperature of 300° C. or lower in an air atmosphere, and a step for forming the fluorine coating film on the oxide layer.

Abstract: A ring shaped body includes a top flat region, a ring inner side and a ring outer side. The ring inner side comprises an approximately vertical wall. A conformal protective layer is disposed on at least the top flat region, the ring inner side and the ring outer side of the ring shaped body. The protective layer has a first thickness of less than 300 ?m on the top flat region and a second thickness on the vertical wall of the ring inner side, where the second thickness is 45-70% of the first thickness.

Abstract: A conductive honeycomb structure, comprising: a columnar ceramic honeycomb structure portion comprising an outer peripheral side wall and partition walls each disposed inside the outer peripheral side wall and defining a plurality of cells penetrating from one bottom surface to another bottom surface to form flow paths; a pair of electrode layers disposed on an outer surface of the outer peripheral side wall across a central axis of the honeycomb structure portion; and a pair of metal terminals joined to the respective electrode layers via one or more welded portions, wherein each of the one or more welded portions comprises a welded area of from 2 to 50 mm2.