Abstract: The invention relates to non-grain oriented magnetic steel sheets which can be produced as final annealed and as a non-final annealed types in such a way that they have improved magnetic polarisation and reduced magnetic reversal losses compared with the previously achieved values. This is achieved in that a suitably composed steel, during its cooling starting from a maximum initial temperature of 1,300° C., passes through a temperature range with substantially complete exclusion of a purely austenitic structure (? phase), in which range it comprises an austenite/ferrite dual phase multi-structure (?, ? multi-phases), so the magnetic steel sheet, after hot rolling, etching, cold rolling and annealing of the hot strip obtained after hot rolling, has a magnetic polarisation J2500?1.74 T, measured in the longitudinal direction of the strip or sheet and at a magnetic field strength of 2,500 A/m and a value P1.5(50) of the magnetic losses of <4.5 W/kg, measured in the longitudinal direction of the strip at J=1.

Abstract: Magnetic particles of the present invention comprising monocrystals of rare earth element-transition metal-metalloid having particle diameters of 5 nm to 50 nm. The magnetic particles are produced by a producing method comprising a step of fabricating a quenched thin band comprising rare earth element-transition metal-metalloid. A magnetic recording medium of the present invention includes the magnetic layer which contains therein the magnetic particles and the binder, and which is formed on the non-magnetic substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides an Fe—Ni—Mo soft magnetic flaky powder having a component composition of, in percent by mass, Ni: 60 to 90%, Mo: 0.05 to 1.95%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a flat surface of an average particle size of 30 to 150 ?m, and an aspect ratio (average particle size /average thickness) of 5 to 500; and having a peak intensity ratio I200/I111 within a range between 0.43 and 10, where I200 is the peak height of the face index (200) and I111 is the peak height of the face index (111), in an X-ray diffraction pattern measured in such a manner that the plane including the X-ray incident direction and the diffraction direction is perpendicular to the flat surface of the soft magnetic flaky powder, and the angle between the incident direction and the flat surface is equal to the angle between the diffraction direction and the flat surface.

Abstract: The invention concerns powder compositions consisting of electrically insulated particles of a soft magnetic material of an iron or iron-based powder and 0.1-2% by weight of a lubricant selected from the group consisting of fatty acid amides having 14-22 C atoms. Optionally a thermoplastic binder such as polyphenylene sulphide may be included in the composition. The invention also concerns a method for the preparation of soft magnetic composite components.

Abstract: An alloy, an article comprising the alloy, and methods for manufacturing and repairing an article that employ the alloy are presented. The alloy comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium, up to about 49% of a first material, from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, and up to about 10% of a third material. The first material comprises at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof. The second material comprises at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof. The third material comprises at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The alloy comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume.

Abstract: A rare earth permanent magnet is in the form of a sintered magnet body having a composition R1aR2bTcAdFeOfMg wherein F and R2 are distributed such that their concentration increases on the average from the center toward the surface of the magnet body, and grain boundaries having a concentration of R2/(R1+R2) which is on the average higher than the concentration of R2/(R1+R2) contained in primary phase grains of (R1,R2)2T14A tetragonal system form a three-dimensional network structure which is continuous from the magnet body surface to a depth of at least 10 ?m. The invention provides R—Fe—B sintered magnets which exhibit a high coercive force.

Abstract: A rare earth permanent magnet is in the form of a sintered magnet body having a composition R1aR2bTcAdFeOfMg wherein F and R2 are distributed such that their concentration increases on the average from the center toward the surface of the magnet body, the concentration of R2/(R1+R2) contained in grain boundaries surrounding primary phase grains of (R1,R2)2T14A tetragonal system within the sintered magnet body is on the average higher than the concentration of R2/(R1+R2) contained in the primary phase grains, and the oxyfluoride of (R1,R2) is present at grain boundaries in a grain boundary region that extends from the magnet body surface to a depth of at least 20 ?m. The invention provides R—Fe—B sintered magnets which exhibit high magnet performance despite minimal amounts of Tb and Dy used.

Abstract: A functionally graded rare earth permanent magnet having a reduced eddy current loss in the form of a sintered magnet body having a composition RaEbTcAdFeOfMg is obtained by causing E and fluorine atoms to be absorbed in a R—Fe—B sintered magnet body from its surface. F is distributed such that its concentration increases on the average from the center toward the surface of the magnet body, the concentration of E/(R+E) contained in grain boundaries surrounding primary phase grains of (R,E)2T14A tetragonal system is on the average higher than the concentration of E/(R+E) contained in the primary phase grains, the oxyfluoride of (R,E) is present at grain boundaries in a grain boundary region that extends from the magnet body surface to a depth of at least 20 ?m, particles of the oxyfluoride having an equivalent circle diameter of at least 1 ?m are distributed in the grain boundary region at a population of at least 2,000 particles/mm2, the oxyfluoride is present in an area fraction of at least 1%.

Abstract: A R—Fe—B base rare earth permanent magnet material consists of, in percents by weight, 25 to 45 wt % of R, 0.1 to 4.5 wt % of Co, 0.8 to 1.4 wt % of B, 0.05 to 3.0 wt % of Al, 0.02 to 0.5 wt % of Cu, 0.03 to 0.5 wt % of M, 0.01 to 0.5 wt % of C, 0.05 to 3.0 wt % of O, 0.002 to 0.1 wt % of N, 0.001 to 2.0 wt % of F, with the balance of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein R is at least one element selected from among Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb and Ho, and M is at least one element selected from among Zr, Hf, Ti, Cr, Nb, Mo, Si, Sn, Zn, V, W and Cr.

Abstract: A Ni based alloy with a composition including Cr: from more than 43% to 50% or less, Mo: 0.1% to 2%, Mg: 0.001% to 0.05%, N: 0.001% to 0.04%, Mn: 0.05% to 0.5%, and where necessary also including either one, or both, of Fe: 0.05% to 1.0% and Si: 0.01% to 0.1%, and the remainder as Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the quantity of C amongst the unavoidable impurities is restricted to 0.05% or less. It has excellent corrosion resistance relative to supercritical water environments containing inorganic acids. Also provided is a member for a supercritical water process reaction apparatus comprises the Ni based alloy.

Abstract: A Ti-6Al-4V-0.2O (Ti64) forged article is fabricated by forging a workpiece to make a forged gas turbine engine component having a thick portion thereof with a section thickness greater than 2¼ inches. The forged article is heat treated by solution heat treating at a temperature of from about 50° F. to about 75° F. below the beta-transus temperature of the alloy, thereafter water quenching the gas turbine engine component to room temperature, and thereafter aging the gas turbine engine component at a temperature of from about 900° F. to about 1000° F. The resulting machined gas turbine engine component has a 0.2 percent yield strength of from about 120 ksi to about 140 ksi at its centerline, and a 0.2 percent yield strength of from about 160 ksi to about 175 ksi at a location about ½ inch below a surface thereof.

Abstract: A positive magnetostrictive material such as a ferromagnetic alloy is subjected to a magnetic field during annealing treatment while being heated for a predetermined period of time at an elevated temperature below its softening temperature followed by cooling resulting in a treated ferromagnetic material having high tensile strength and positive magnetostriction properties for enhancing use thereof under tensile loading conditions. Such treatment of the ferromagnetic alloy may be augmented by application thereto of a compressive stress.

Abstract: An ECM apparatus includes a stationary cathode tool having a passage, and a drive mechanism for moving a bar-shaped workpiece through the passage of the cathode tool while simultaneously rotating the workpiece. Electrolyte flows, from a manifold on one end of the cathodic tool to a manifold at the other end, through the passage, between the wall of the passage and the workpiece. An electric current is simultaneously established in the electrolyte, between the wall of the passage and the workpiece. The internal shape of the cathodic tool wall has a gradual transition from a circular entry opening to a lobed exit opening, and lobes formed in the wall of the tool are shaped so that they twist in the direction of workpiece rotation, in order to form helical lobes in the workpiece.

Abstract: A method for producing a superconductive element, in particular a multifilament wire, starting from a composite (1) comprising a bronze matrix containing Cu and Sn, in which at least one elongated structure containing Nb or an Nb alloy, in particular NbTa, is embedded, whereby in a first step the composite is extruded at a temperature between 300° C. and 750° C.

Abstract: A method for producing a superconductive element, in particular a multifilament wire, starting from a composite (1) comprising a bronze matrix containing Cu and Sn, in which at least one elongated structure containing Nb or an Nb alloy, in particular NbTa, is embedded, whereby in a first step the composite is extruded at a temperature between 300° C. and 750° C.

Abstract: A method of producing a cladding tube for nuclear fuel for a nuclear pressure water reactor includes forming a tube which at least principally consists of a cylindrical tube component of a zirconium-based alloy, where the alloying element, except for zirconium, which has the highest content in the alloy is niobium, wherein the niobium content in weight percent is between about 0.5 and about 2.4 and wherein no alloying element, except for zirconium and niobum, in the alloy, has a content which exceeds about 0.2 weight percent. The cladding tube is then annealed such that the tube component is partly but not completely recrystallized. The degree of recrystallization in the tube component is higher than about 40% and lower than about 95%. A fuel assembly for a nuclear pressure water reactor also has a plurality of such cladding tubes.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet is characterized in that the number density of inclusions with an equivalent volume diameter of less than 100 nm contained in the steel sheet is 1×1010 [/mm3] or less, and that the steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: up to 0.01%, Si: 0.1% to 7.0%. Al: 0.1% to 3.0%. Mn: 0.1% to 2.0%, REM: 0.0003% to 0.05%. Ti: up to 0.02%. S: up to 0.005%. and N: up to 0.005%. the balance Fe and inevitable impurities and the mass % of Al represented by [Al] and the mass % of Ti represented by [Ti] satisfy the equation log([Ti]×[N])?1.19×log([Al]×[N])+1.84>0 . . . (1).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sintered compact includes the steps of preparing an alloy powder having a composition represented by Expression 1: RTW (where, R is at least one kind of rare earth metal, T is at least one kind of transition metal, and w defines a relation of 1<w<4), sintering the alloy powder in a vacuum atmosphere or an atmosphere containing gas with a molecular weight of 30 or less, and processing the alloy powder by a hot isostatic pressing. The sintered compact has a high density, and reduces deteriorations in its sintered compact properties such as magnetostrictive properties in an air atmosphere at high-temperatures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing heating elements in the form of tubes with a resistive heater therein, surrounded by refractory powder. A filling pipe is inserted into said tube, and powder is allowed to flow down said pipe. The pipe is moved upwardly, to allow powder to flow out, and then moved downwardly to rest on the powder. In a preferred form, the pipe is forced downwardly to further compact the powder, preferably by means of an impact with a hammer. Means may be provided to selectively grip the pipe to move it upwards, and the gripping means and the hammer can have a common drive mechanism. A valve may be provided to allow flow of powder into the pipe to be shut off when said tube is filled with powder.

Abstract: A soft magnetic sintered member having uniform dispersion of alloy elements and a production method for the same at low cost are provided. The soft magnetic sintered member consists of, all in mass %, 2.9 to 7% of Cr; 1.5 to 6.88% of Si; and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The production method for a soft magnetic sintered member includes: preparing an Fe alloy powder consisting of 3 to 7 mass % of Cr, 1.5 to 3.5 mass % of Si, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; or a mixed powder in which the Fe alloy powder is mixed with an Si powder having an average particle size of 1 to 45 ?m. The production method further includes: compacting the Fe alloy powder or the mixed powder into a green compact having a predetermined shape; and sintering the green compact.