Abstract: A method for producing an expanded metal, the method including producing a sheet of the expanded sheet metal by introducing openings through one expansion blade wherein all the openings are configured as diamond shaped loops without a material loss and defined by a loop width, a loop length and a loop shape; and forming the diamond shaped loops respectively by four linear bars that are defined by a bar width and a bar thickness wherein two of the four linear bars are respectively connected at four nodes; arranging plural of the diamond shaped loops in columns adjacent to one another and in rows adjacent to one another; and forming first columns of first diamond shaped loops different from second columns of diamond shaped second loops in a loop width or in a loop length respectively measured from a node center to a node center.

Abstract: An iron-based sintered body includes a metal matrix and complex oxide particles contained in the metal matrix. When a main viewing field having an area of 176 ?m×226 ?m is taken on a cross section of the iron-based sintered body and divided into a 5×5 array of 25 viewing fields each having an area of 35.2 ?m×45.2 ?m, the complex oxide particles have an average equivalent circle diameter of from 0.3 ?m to 2.5 ?m inclusive, and a value obtained by dividing the total area of the 25 viewing fields by the total number of complex oxide particles present in the 25 viewing fields is from 10 ?m2/particle to 1,000 ?m2/particle inclusive. The number of viewing fields in which no complex oxide particle is present is 4 or less out of the 25 viewing fields.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decoration member comprising a color developing layer comprising a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer comprises a molybdenum-titanium oxide (MoaTibOx).

Abstract: An article includes a body having a plasma-sprayed ceramic coating on a surface thereof. The body can be formed of at one least one of the following materials: Al, Al2O3, AlN, Y2O3, YSZ, or SiC. The plasma-sprayed ceramic coating can include at least one of Y2O3, Y4Al2O9, Y3Al5O12 or a solid-solution of Y2O3 mixed with at least one of ZrO2, Al2O3, HfO2, Er2O3, Nd2O3, Nb2O5, CeO2, Sm2O3 or Yb2O3. The plasma-sprayed ceramic coating can further include splats.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The method comprises: hot rolling a slab to obtain a hot rolled sheet; subjecting the hot rolled sheet to hot band annealing as necessary; subjecting the hot rolled sheet to cold rolling; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to decarburization annealing; applying an annealing separator having MgO as a main component onto a surface of the decarburization annealed sheet and subjecting the decarburization annealed sheet to final annealing to form the forsterite film; and applying an insulating coating treatment liquid onto the final annealed sheet and subjecting the final annealed sheet to flattening annealing to form a tension-applying insulating coating. A difference in total tensions between one and opposite surfaces of the sheet is less than 0.5 MPa. A difference in tensions between the forsterite films in one and opposite surfaces of the sheet is 0.5 MPa or more.

Abstract: A martensitic stainless steel contains 0.20 mass %?C?0.60 mass %, 0.10 mass %?N?0.50 mass %, 14.00 mass %?Cr?17.00 mass %, 1.00 mass %?Mo?3.00 mass %, 0.20 mass %?V?0.40 mass %, Si?0.30 mass %, Mn?0.80 mass %, P?0.040 mass %, S?0.040 mass %, Cu?0.25 mass %, Ni?0.20 mass %, and the balance Fe with inevitable impurities.

Abstract: Materials containing picocrystalline quantum dots that form artificial atoms are disclosed. The picocrystalline quantum dots (in the form of born icosahedra with a nearly-symmetrical nuclear configuration) can replace corner silicon atoms in a structure that demonstrates both short range and long-range order as determined by x-ray diffraction of actual samples. A novel class of boron-rich compositions that self-assemble from boron, silicon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen is also disclosed. The preferred stoichiometric range for the compositions is (B12Hw)xSiyOz with 3?w?5, 2?x?4, 2?y?5 and 0?z?3. By varying oxygen content and the presence or absence of a significant impurity such as gold, unique electrical devices can be constructed that improve upon and are compatible with current semiconductor technology.

Abstract: Some variations provide a metal matrix nanocomposite composition comprising metal-containing microparticles and nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles are chemically and/or physically disposed on surfaces of the microparticles, and wherein the nanoparticles are consolidated in a three-dimensional architecture throughout the composition. The composition may serve as an ingot for producing a metal matrix nanocomposite. Other variations provide a functionally graded metal matrix nanocomposite comprising a metal-matrix phase and a reinforcement phase containing nanoparticles, wherein the nanocomposite contains a gradient in concentration of the nanoparticles. This nanocomposite may be or be converted into a master alloy. Other variations provide methods of making a metal matrix nanocomposite, methods of making a functionally graded metal matrix nanocomposite, and methods of making a master alloy metal matrix nanocomposite. The metal matrix nanocomposite may have a cast microstructure.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. When t is a thickness of the silicon steel sheet and when PDR is defined as (PDR=(maximum?minimum)/minimum×100) which indicates a ratio concerned with maximum and minimum of number densities of AlN precipitates in three areas which are 1/10t area, ?t area, and ½t area from a surface of the silicon steel sheet along a thickness direction, the PDR is 50% or less.

Abstract: A turbine engine component may comprise a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) structure including a plurality of nominally dense plies, wherein each of the plurality of the nominally dense plies are bonded by at least one of a Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST), a Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), or a localized heating at a bonding interface. The turbine engine component may include an airfoil extending between a first platform and a second platform, wherein the airfoil, the first platform, and the second platform define the CMC structure.

Abstract: This surface-coated cutting tool is a surface-coated cutting tool having a hard coating layer formed on a surface of a tool body in which the hard coating layer includes at least one orientational Ti compound layer made of a rock salt-type cubic crystal structure containing 35 at % or more of Ti and 30 at % or more of N, a maximum TC value (TC max) is 2.5 or more, and, in the case of measuring crystal orientations, in a plane parallel to the surface of the tool body, of crystal grains for which a plane having the maximum TC value is perpendicular to the surface of the tool body, a full width at half maximum of ? scan is 30° or less.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave transmissive metal member capable of being easily produced at a low production cost, with both a metallic luster and an electromagnetic wave transmissibility, an article using the electromagnetic wave transmissive metal member, and a production method for an electromagnetic wave transmissive metal film. The electromagnetic wave transmissive metal member comprises a metal layer and a crack layer, wherein the metal layer and the crack layer have, in their respective planes, a plurality of linear cracks extending substantially parallel to each other. The linear cracks in the metal layer and the linear cracks in the crack layer penetrate through their respective layers in a thickness direction, and are continuous with each other in the thickness direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technology for, in copper electrolytic plating containing silver ions as an alloy component, obtaining a copper electrolytic plating film in which co-deposition of sulfur can be significantly suppressed and which is excellent in physical properties such as strength and hardness even after a high-temperature heat treatment at about 200° C. or higher. The present invention is a copper electrolytic plating bath comprising copper ions, an acid, chloride ions, and a complexing agent, wherein the copper electrolytic plating bath further comprises silver ions as an alloy component, and wherein methionine or a derivative thereof is contained as the complexing agent.

Abstract: An oxide semiconductor film contains In, Ga, and Sn at respective atomic ratios of 0.01?Ga/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.30 . . . (1), 0.01?Sn/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.40 . . . (2), and 0.55?In/(In+Ga+Sn)?0.98 . . . (3), and a rare-earth element X at an atomic ratio of 0.03?X/(In+Ga+Sn+X)?0.25 . . . (4).

Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet not exceeding a coil opener allowable load during unwinding includes a steel sheet cut in unsteady portions at its longitudinal head and tail ends in a cutting step after a rough rolling step, having a width of 1,200 mm to 2,300 mm, a thickness of 13 mm to 25.4 mm, and at least an API standard X65-grade strength, and used in a state of being unwound after having been wound around a coil. A longitudinal end corresponding to the unwinding start includes a portion at its widthwise center recessed inwards in the longitudinal direction with respect to its two widthwise ends, the two widthwise ends projection sizes with respect to the recessed portion at the widthwise center are 20 to 295 mm, and the sum of the widths of projecting portions at the two widthwise ends is set to ¼ to ½ of the sheet width.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a friction piece (10) suitable for operating in a lubricated medium at a temperature higher than 200° C. The piece (10) comprises a metal surface (12) and an external coating (14) composed of tungsten carbide doped with nitrogen WC(N) with an atomic ratio of nitrogen between 5 and 12%. The invention also relates to a mechanical system (1) comprising such a piece (10). The invention also relates to a method for implementing such a piece (10).

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a sintered component having a hole formed therein, in which a sintered component having no defect, such as cracks, can be manufactured with good productivity and also a reduction in tool life accompanied by forming the hole can be suppressed. The method for manufacturing a sintered component includes a molding step of press-molding a raw material powder containing a metal powder and thus fabricating a green body; a drilling step of forming a hole in the green body using a candle-type drill and thus forming a thin-walled portion, of which a thickness Gt as measured between an inner circumferential surface of the hole and an outer surface of the green body is smaller than a diameter Gd of the hole; and a sintering step of sintering the green body after the drilling step.

Abstract: In one aspect, a dual tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) element structure includes a first TMR element and a second TMR element. The TMR element structure also includes a conducting layer that is disposed between the first TMR element and the second TMR element and is in direct contact with the first TMR element and the second TMR element.

Abstract: Further lower iron loss can be achieved in a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet including: a predetermined film mainly composed of forsterite on a front and back surfaces thereof; and a plurality of grooves on the front surface thereof, in which the plurality of grooves have an average depth of 6% or more of a thickness of the steel sheet and are spaced a distance of 1 mm to 15 mm from respective adjacent grooves, the steel sheet has a specific magnetic permeability ?r15/50 of 35000 or more when subjected to alternating current magnetization at a frequency of 50 Hz and a maximum magnetic flux density of 1.5 T, and the steel sheet includes isolated parts having a presence frequency of 0.3/?m or less, the isolated parts being separated from a continuous part of the film in an interface between the steel sheet and the film in a cross section orthogonal to the rolling direction of the steel sheet.

Abstract: Provided are a vapor deposition film, a black metallic product, a vehicle interior/exterior member, a container, and a casing, which are capable of expressing a jet black metallic design having a luxurious appearance on items of various dimensions by a method simpler than a case of applying black plating and are excellent in physical properties such as light resistance. The vapor deposition film comprises: a protection layer; a decoration layer; and a vapor deposition layer, wherein the vapor deposition layer includes a metal including at least any one of indium and tin, wherein the decoration layer includes a resin and a black pigment, and wherein the black pigment includes carbon black and manganese ferrite having a spinel structure ((Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)2O4).