Abstract: The present disclosure relates to relates generally to metal alloys. The present disclosure relates more particularly to High Entropy Alloys having relatively high strength and relatively low weight. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a multiple-principal-element high-entropy AlCrTiV metal alloy comprising Al in an amount of 5-50 at %; Cr in an amount of 5-50 at %; Ti in an amount of 5-60 at %; and V in an amount of 5-50 at %, wherein the total amount of Al, Cr, Ti and V is at least 80 at %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tube body that is to be used in a high-temperature atmosphere and a method for stably forming a metal oxide layer on an inner surface of the tube body at a high area percentage wherein the tube body is constituted by a heat-resistant alloy containing Cr in an amount of 15 mass % or more and Ni in an amount of 18 mass % or more, so that the inner surface has an arithmetic average roughness (Sa) of three-dimensional surface roughness that satisfies 1.5 ?m?Sa?5.0 ?m and a skewness (Ssk) of a surface height distribution that satisfies |Ssk|?0.30, wherein the heat-resistant alloy may contain Al in an amount of 2.0 mass % or more and the inner surface may have a kurtosis (Sku) of a surface height distribution of the three-dimensional surface roughness that satisfies Sku?2.5.

Abstract: A titanium alloy of the present invention includes aluminum at a ratio of 28.0 at % or more and 38.0 at % or less, iron at a ratio of 2.0 at % or more and 6.0 at % or less, and titanium and inevitable impurities as the balance or includes aluminum at a ratio of 28.0 at % or more and 38.0 at % or less, manganese at a ratio of 4.0 at % or more and 8.0 at % or less, and titanium and inevitable impurities as the balance. Further, the titanium alloy of the present invention may include silicon at a ratio of 0.3 at % or more and 1.5 at % or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a strip or sheet consisting of an aluminium alloy having a unilateral or bilateral surface structure prepared for a forming process, in particular it relates to a strip or sheet for formed motor vehicle components. The object of providing an aluminium alloy strip or sheet having a surface structure prepared for a forming process, which is easy to produce and has improved tribological characteristics in respect of a subsequent forming process, is achieved for a strip or sheet consisting of an aluminium alloy in that the strip or sheet has on one side or on both sides a surface with depressions as lubricant pockets which are produced using an electrochemical graining process.

Abstract: The invention relates hot work tool steel. The steel comprises the following main components (in wt. %): C 0.27-0.38 Si 0.10-0.35 Mn 0.2-0.7 Cr 4.5-5.5 Mo 2.05-2.90 V 0.4-0.6 N 0.01-0.12 H ?0.0004 S ?0.0015 balance optional elements, iron and impurities.

Abstract: A press hardening steel by a thin slab and having a tensile strength of 1900 MPa or more includes following components by weight: C: 0.31-0.40%, Si: 0.36-0.44%, Mn: 1.6-2.0%, P?0.006%, S?0.004%, Als: 0.015-0.060%, Cr: 0.36-0.49%, Ti: 0.036-0.045% or Nb: 0.036-0.045% or V: 0.036-0.045% or a mixture of any two or more of the above in any proportion, B: 0.004-0.005%, Mo: 0.26-0.35%, and N?0.005%. A method for producing the press hardening steel includes following steps: molten iron desulphurization; smelting and refining by an electric furnace or converter; continuous casting; descaling treatment before entering a soaking furnace; heating and soaking; high pressure water descaling before entering a rolling mill; hot rolling; cooling; coiling; austenitizing; die deforming and quenching.

Abstract: Processes for producing low nitrogen, essentially nitride-free chromium or chromium plus niobium-containing nickel-based alloys include charging elements or compounds which do not dissolve appreciable amounts of nitrogen in the molten state to a refractory crucible within a vacuum induction furnace, melting said elements or compounds therein under reduced pressure, and effecting heterogeneous carbon-based bubble nucleation in a controlled manner. The processes also include, upon cessation of bubble formation, adding low nitrogen chromium or a low nitrogen chromium-containing master alloy with a nitrogen content of below 10 ppm to the melt, melting and distributing said added chromium or chromium-containing master alloy throughout the melt, bringing the resulting combined melt to a temperature and surrounding pressure to permit tapping, and tapping the resulting melt, directly or indirectly, to a metallic mold and allowing the melt to solidify and cool under reduced pressure.

Abstract: A method of improving coercivity of an Nd—Fe—B magnet includes a first step of providing an Nd—Fe—B magnet having a first surface and a second surface. Next, a first solidified film of at least one pure heavy rare earth element is formed and attached to the first surface of the Nd—Fe—B magnet to prevent a reduction in corrosion resistance caused by oxygen and fluorine and hydrogen. After forming the first solidified film, the Nd—Fe—B magnet is subjected a diffusion treatment in a vacuum or an inert atmosphere. After the diffusion treatment, the Nd—Fe—B magnet is subjected to an aging treatment in the vacuum or the inert atmosphere.

Abstract: An Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy is represented by Composition Formula, (Fe(1-a)M1a)100-b-c-d-e-gM2bBcPdCueM3g, where M1 is at least one element selected from Co and Ni, M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, and Mn, M3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Al, Ga, and Ge, and 0?a?0.5, 2?b?3, 9?c?11, 1?d?2, 0.6?e?1.5, and 9?g?11.

Abstract: There are provided a very thin martensitic stainless steel foil and a manufacturing method thereof, which are capable of reducing shape defects and the like. A martensitic stainless steel foil of the present invention has a thickness of at most 35 ?m, and having a steepness of at most 0.75% when the steel foil has a length of 650 mm. Preferably, a metallographic structure in a cross-section of the steel foil is a ferrite structure, in which carbides are dispersed. More preferably, the steel foil consisting of, by mass, 0.25% to 1.5% C, 10% to 18% Cr, at most 1.0% Si (exclusive of 0%), at most 1.5% Mn (exclusive of 0%), at most 3.0% Mo (inclusive of 0%), and the balance of Fe with inevitable impurities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, resulting in formation of a lithium sulfide containing solution from which insoluble components are removed by filtration, and the electrolyte is removed by phase separation, followed by a process for separation of the lithium from the lithium sulfide-containing solution.

Abstract: Processes for producing low nitrogen, essentially nitride-free chromium or chromium plus niobium-containing nickel-based alloys include charging elements or compounds which do not dissolve appreciable amounts of nitrogen in the molten state to a refractory crucible within a vacuum induction furnace, melting said elements or compounds therein under reduced pressure, and effecting heterogeneous carbon-based bubble nucleation in a controlled manner. The processes also include, upon cessation of bubble formation, adding low nitrogen chromium or a low nitrogen chromium-containing master alloy with a nitrogen content of below 10 ppm to the melt, melting and distributing said added chromium or chromium-containing master alloy throughout the melt, bringing the resulting combined melt to a temperature and surrounding pressure to permit tapping, and tapping the resulting melt, directly or indirectly, to a metallic mold and allowing the melt to solidify and cool under reduced pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for machining a rack and to a rack (1) machined according to said method, for example a steering rack. In said method, the stress pattern that is present after hardening and/or straightening the rack and that has a chaotic internal stress distribution of tensile and compressive stresses is converted into a stress pattern that optimizes the strength and the use of the material and also the diameter of the rack, such that, without altering the structure, at least the region of the gear teeth (2) is pre-stressed, in a functionally combined series of steps of a machining pass, with a deliberately introduced internal compressive stress without tensile stress and with a predominantly uniform stress distribution or stress plane.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon alloy and a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon alloy part. An aluminum-, iron-, and silicon-containing composite powder is provided that includes an amorphous phase and a first crystalline phase having a hexagonal crystal structure at ambient temperature. The composite powder is heated at a temperature in the range of 850° C. to 950° C. to transform at least a portion of the amorphous phase into the first crystalline phase and to transform the composite powder into a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon (Al—Fe—Si) alloy. The first crystalline phase is a predominant phase in the crystalline Al—Fe—Si alloy.

Abstract: A self-lubricating rolling bearing is provided. The chemical compositions in the inner rings and the outer rings of bearing are 3.4-3.7% C, 2.7-2.9% Si, 0.3-0.5% Mn, 0.3-0.5% Cr, ?0.05% S, ?0.05% P, 0.03-0.045% Residual Mg, and the remainder Fe. The total percent of the chemical compositions is 100%. The material for the inner and outer rings of the rolling bearing introduced in the invention is austempered ductile iron (ADI). In the microstructure of ADI, the diameter of the graphite nodules is less than 0.02 mm, the number of graphite spheres per square millimeter is more than 400, and the microstructure of the metal matrix in the ADI can be showed clearly only when it is observed on the microscope with a magnification more than 500. Eventually, the self-lubricating rolling bearings are made from the ADI.

Abstract: Provided is a rare earth thin film magnet having Nd, Fe and B as essential components, which is characterized in that a Nd—Fe—B base film is formed on a Si substrate having an oxide film formed on a surface thereof and has a composition in which the Nd content is higher than that of a stoichiometric composition and that a film (nano composite film) is formed on the base film and has a texture in which an ?-Fe phase and Nd2Fe14B are alternately arranged and three-dimensionally dispersed. The rare earth thin film magnet provided is less susceptible to the occurrence of film separation and substrate breakage and exhibits favorable magnetic properties.

Abstract: A method of braze repair for a superalloy material component. Following a brazing operation on the superalloy material, the component is subjected to an isostatic solution treatment, followed by a rapid cool down to ambient temperature under pressure The conditions of the isostatic solution treatment combined with the cool down at pressure function to both reduce porosity in the component and to solution treat the superalloy material, thereby optimizing superalloy properties without reintroducing porosity in the braze.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a directional electric steel plate having excellent surface wettability and magnetic properties. More particularly, the present invention relates to a directional electric steel plate in which a surface of a steel plate consisting of Si: 2.0 to 6.5%, acid soluble Al: 0.4 to 5%, Mn: 0.20% or less (0% exclusive), N: 0.010% or less (0% exclusive), S: 0.010% or less (0% exclusive), P: 0.005 to 0.05%, C: 0.04 to 0.12% and a balance of Fe and other unavoidable impurities is hot-dip plated with aluminum or an aluminum-silicon alloy, and heat-treated, so that aluminum on the hot-dip plated layer is diffused or infiltrated into the steel plate, and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The invention concerns steel building components whereof the chemical composition comprises, by weight: 0.40 %=C=0.50%, 0.50%=Si=1.50%, 0%=Mn=3%, 0%=Ni=5%, 0%=Cr=4%, 0%=Cu=1%, 0%=Mo+W/2=1.5%, 0.0005%=B=0.010%, N=0.025 %, Al?0.9%, Si+Al=2.0%, optionally at least one element selected among V, Nb, Ta, S and Ca, in contents less than 0.3%, and among Ti and Zr in contents not more than 0.5%, the rest being iron and impurities resulting from the preparation, the aluminium, boron, titanium and nitrogen contents, expressed in thousandths of %, of said composition further satisfying the following relationship: B=?×K+0.5, (1) with K=Min (1*; J*), I*=Max (0;1) and J*=Max(0;J), I=Min(N; N?0.29(Ti?5)), J=Min {N; 0.5 (N?0.52 Al+v(N?0.52 Al)2+283)}, and whereof the structure is bainitic, martensitic or martensitic/bainitic and additionally comprises 3 to 20% of residual austenite. The invention also concerns a method for making said components.

Abstract: A method for producing a sintered R-T-B based magnet includes the steps of: providing a sintered R1-T-B based magnet work (where R1 is a rare-earth element; T is Fe, or Fe and Co); providing a powder of an alloy in which a rare-earth element R2 accounts for 40 mass % or more of the entire alloy, the rare-earth element R2 always including Dy and/or Tb; subjecting the powder to a heat treatment to obtain a diffusion source; and heating the sintered R1-T-B based magnet work with the diffusion source to allow the at least one of Dy and Tb contained in the diffusion source to diffuse from the surface into the interior of the sintered R1-T-B based magnet work. The alloy powder is a powder produced by atomization.