Abstract: In a cold-rolled steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition, a metallographic structure contains 40.0% or more and less than 60.0% of a polygonal ferrite, 30.0% or more of a bainitic ferrite, 10.0% to 25.0% of a residual austenite, and 15.0% or less of a martensite, by an area ratio, in the residual austenite, a proportion of the residual austenite in which an aspect ratio is 2.0 or less, a length of a long axis is 1.0 ?m or less, and a length of a short axis is 1.0 ?m or less, is 80.0% or more, in the bainitic ferrite, a proportion of the bainitic ferrite in which an aspect ratio is 1.7 or less and an average value of a crystal orientation difference in a region surrounded by a boundary in which a crystal orientation difference is 15° or more is 0.5° or more and less than 3.0°, is 80.0% or more, and a connection index D value of the martensite, the bainitic ferrite, and the residual austenite is 0.70 or less.

Abstract: A process for producing an ordered martensitic iron nitride powder that is suitable for use as a permanent magnetic material is provided. The process includes fabricating an iron alloy powder having a desired composition and uniformity; nitriding the iron alloy powder by contacting the material with a nitrogen source in a fluidized bed reactor to produce a nitride iron powder; transforming the nitride iron powder to a disordered martensitic phase; annealing the disordered martensitic phase to an ordered martensitic phase; and separating the ordered martensitic phase from the iron nitride powder to yield an ordered martensitic iron nitride powder.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hot rolled steel sheet with yield stress greater than 680 MPa and less than or equal to 840 MPa a tensile strength between 780 MPa and 950 MPa, elongation at failure greater than 10% and hole-expansion ratio (Ac) greater than or equal to 45%. The chemical composition includes, with the contents expressed by weight: 0.05%?Mo?0.35%, 0.15<C?0.6% when 0.05%?Mo?0.11%, or 0.10%?Cr?0.6% when 0.11%<Mo?0.35%. The microstructure includes at least 70% granular bainite, less than 20% ferrite, with the remainder, if any, including lower bainite, martensite and residual austenite. The sum of the martensite and residual austenite contents is less than 5%.

Abstract: The method includes the following steps: a) providing a tubular sonotrode (1) formed in a material substantially inert to liquid aluminum, such as a ceramic, for example, silicon oxynitride, the sonotrode comprising a first open end region (2) and a second optionally closed end region (3), b) submerging at least some of the open end region (2) of the tubular sonotrode (1) in the liquid aluminum alloy, and c) applying power ultrasound on the liquid aluminum alloy by means of the tubular sonotrode (1).

Abstract: A high-strength heavy-walled stainless steel seamless tube or pipe exhibiting excellent low-temperature toughness is characterized by having a chemical composition containing Cr: 15.5% to 18.0% and a steel microstructure containing a ferritic phase and a martensitic phase, wherein the maximum value of the areas of the ferrite grains in the steel microstructures in a circumferential direction cross section and an L direction (rolling direction) cross section of the steel tube or pipe is 3,000 ?m2 or less and the content of ferrite grains having areas of 800 ?m2 or less is 50% or more on an area fraction basis, where, when adjacent ferrite grains are present in the steel microstructure and the crystal misorientation between one ferrite grain and the other ferrite grain is 15° or more, the adjacent grains are assumed to be grains different from each other.

Abstract: A bonded magnet is provided which includes first and second components. The first and second components have first and second non-action surfaces, and first and second action surfaces that intersect the first and second non-action surfaces, respectively. First and second flux groups curve inside the first and second components from the first and second non-action surfaces to the first and second action surfaces, respectively. The areas of the first and second non-action surfaces are greater than the first and second action surfaces, respectively. The flux densities on the first and second action surfaces are higher than the first and second non-action surfaces, respectively. The pole on the first non-action surface is opposite to the second non-action surface. The first and second non-action surfaces are coupled to each other. The first flux groups continuously extend from one to another.

Abstract: A steel sheet for heat treatment having a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn; 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: 0 to 1.0%; Ni: 0 to 2.0%; Cu: 0 to 1.0%; Mo: 0 to 1.0%; V: 0 to 1.0%; Ca: 0 to 0.01%; Al: 0 to 1.0%; Nb: 0 to 1.0%; REM: 0 to 0.1%; and the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein a maximum height roughness Rz on a surface of the steel sheet is 3.0 to 10.0 ?m, and a number density of carbide being present in the steel sheet and having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 ?m or larger is 8.0×103/mm2 or lower.

Abstract: A copper alloy sheet material which contains 0.5 to 2.5% by mass of Ni, 0.5 to 2.5% by mass of Co, 0.30 to 1.2% by mass of Si and 0.0 to 0.5% by mass of Cr, the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities. The material fulfills the relationships 1.0?I {200}/I0 {200}?5.0 and 5.0 ?m?GS?60.0 ?m, and these have the relationship (Equation 1): 5.0?{(I {200}/I0 {200})/GS}×100?21.0, in which the I {200} represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a {200} crystal plane, the I0 {200} represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a {200} crystal plane of standard pure copper powder, and the GS (?m) represents an average crystal grain size. An electrical conductivity is 43.5% to 55.0% IACS and 0.2% yield strength is 720 to 900 MPa.

Abstract: A high strength steel sheet having high strength such as a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and having excellent blanking workability and stretch flangeability and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. A high strength steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.30%, Si: 0.6% to 2.0%, Mn: 1.3% to 3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 2.0% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and one or more of Ti, Nb, and V: 0.01% to 1.0% each, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; a ferrite microstructure of 50% or more in area ratio; an amount of precipitated Fe of 0.04 mass % or more; and a precipitate with a particle size of less than 20 nm, wherein C* and C*p satisfy specific conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a producing method of a rare earth sintered magnet which is suitable as a producing method of a high performance rare earth sintered magnet which can reduce the number of steps for reusing defective molded bodies generated in a wet molding step of the rare earth sintered magnet, and which has a small content amount of oxygen. The invention also provides a slurry recycling method used for the producing method, and a slurry recycling apparatus. Each of the methods includes a crushing step of crushing, in mineral oil and/or synthetic fluid, a molded body in which slurry formed from alloy powder for a rare earth sintered magnet and mineral oil and/or synthetic fluid is wet molded in magnetic field, and recycling the crushed molded body into slurry.

Abstract: Provided is a flaky soft magnetic powder composed of an Fe—Si—Al alloy containing Si: 5.5 to 10.5 mass %, Al: 4.5 to 8.0 mass %, and Fe and incidental impurities: balance, wherein the flaky powder exhibits a ratio (D50/TD) of 35 to 92 where D50 represents the average particle size (?m) of the powder and TD represents the tap density (Mg/m3) of the powder, and the flaky powder exhibits a coercive force of 239 to 479 A/m as measured under application of a magnetic field in an in-plane direction of the flaky powder. The flaky soft magnetic powder exhibits superior sheet formability and has high magnetic permeability.

Abstract: A ductile iron composition including, by weight: about 3.4% to about 4.0% Si; about 3.0% to about 3.5% C; about 0.5% to about 1.0% Cr; about 0.02% to about 0.05% Mo; up to about 0.01% S; up to about 0.5% Mn; and balance iron and incidental impurities. The composition has a a ferritic body center cubic microstructure and has a graphite nodule density of greater than 100 per mm2. A method for forming a ductile iron composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: The method makes it possible to produce a decorated element for a timepiece or piece of jewelry. This decorated element may be, for example, a watch dial. The method includes the steps of taking a base substrate, and micromachining on said base substrate a mould or decorative partitions in a programmed pattern, and filling the mould or the decorative partitions with at least one filler material to obtain the decorated element. The filler material may be enamel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing an electrode by pressing and sintering a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and a heat-resistant element, which contains Cr and the heat-resistant element in a ratio such that Cr is greater than the heat-resistant element by weight, a Cu powder, and a low melting metal powder (Bi, Sn, Se, Pb, etc.). The low melting metal powder of 0.30 weight % to 0.50 weight % is added to a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and the heat-resistant element and the Cu powder, and then a mixed powder prepared by adding the low melting metal powder is sintered at a temperature of from 1010° C. to 1035° C. As the low melting metal powder, there is used a powder having a median size of from 5 ?m to 20 ?m.

Abstract: Provided are a high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet. The high-strength steel sheet has a specified chemical composition with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a microstructure including, in terms of area ratio, 30% or more of a ferrite phase, 40% to 65% of a bainite phase and/or a martensite phase, and 5% or less of cementite, in which, in a surface layer that is a region within 50 ?m from the surface in the thickness direction, the area ratio of a ferrite phase is 40% to 55% and the total area ratio of a bainite phase having a grain diameter of more than 5 ?m and/or a martensite phase having a grain diameter of more than 5 ?m is 20% or less, and a tensile strength is 980 MPa or more.

Abstract: A copper alloy for fastening wherein the alloy has a structure of a mixture of ?-phase and a ?-phase; and wherein the alloy has a composition represented by the general formula: Cubal.ZnaMnb, where bal., a, and b are expressed in % by mass, bal. represents the balance, 34?a?40.5, 0.1?b?6, and inevitable impurities may be contained; and the composition satisfying the equation (1): b?(?8a+300)/7, where 34?a<37.5 and equation (2): b?(?5.5a+225.25)/5, where 35.5?a?40.5.

Abstract: A ferrite-martensite dual-phase stainless steel has satisfactory corrosion resistance and workability for a material for the body of a freight car and excellent low-temperature toughness. The ferrite-martensite dual-phase stainless steel has a specified chemical composition, in which inequalities (I) and (II) below are satisfied, and a steel microstructure including a dual phase of a ferrite phase and a martensite phase, in which the content of the martensite phase is 5% or more and 95% or less in terms of vol. %: 10.5?Cr+1.5×Si?13.5??(I) 1.5?30×(C+N)+Ni+0.5×Mn?6.0??(II), where Cr and Si in inequality (I) above and C, N, Ni, and Mn in inequality (II) above respectively represent the contents (mass %) of the corresponding chemical elements.

Abstract: An improved method and novel apparatus to create an in situ pseudo-blackbody to enable the reliable temperature measurement of castings within an infrared oven environment and the improved, highly efficient delivery of wavelength-optimized thermal radiation to accommodate the effective heat treatment of metal alloys of any temperature, including those removed directly from the mold still containing as much as 90% of the heat of the melt, thus reducing the energy requirement for solutionizing by as much as 90%.

Abstract: A nozzle apparatus used for extruding a material includes an internal spindle that imparts motion into the extruding material, the internal spindle having a base; a multiple degree-of-freedom pivot at the base of the internal spindle, and a drive mechanism that controls the motion of the internal spindle. In one embodiment the material is a semi-solid metal or alloy. In another embodiment the material is a shear thinning mixture or material. In yet embodiment the material is a thixotropic mixture or material. The nozzle apparatus can be used for making a three-dimensional object with the steps of providing a material; providing a nozzle that extrudes the material, the nozzle having an internal spindle that imparts motion into the material; positioning the nozzle above a support structure; and moving the nozzle in a three-dimensional pattern while extruding the material through the nozzle onto the support structure or onto the material previously deposited.

Abstract: Examples herein generally relate to sinter blend compositions for use in a sintering process that do not contain coke breeze (0.0% coke breeze), or contain only very small amounts of coke breeze. In particular, these sinter blend compositions are capable of repurposing mixture of iron-making reverts, having high total and metallic iron levels that re-oxidize so as to become a replacement fuel source for the coke breeze typically used in sinter blend compositions for use in a sintering process, while still managing to produce a sinter with sufficient ISO tumble strengths.