Abstract: Graphite-containing brass alloy billets having less than 0.25 wt. % lead and a method of manufacturing relating thereto are provided. The method includes forming a brass powder and mixing the brass powder with graphite and one or more binders. The brass powder contains copper and zinc and may be formed using water atomization. The brass-powder mixture is compacted to form an initial billet. The initial billet may be subjected to one or more heating treatments. A first heating treatment may be used to remove the one or more binders. An optional second heating treatment may be used to deoxidize the binder-free billet. A third heating treatment may sinter the compact to form the workable graphite-containing brass alloy billet.

Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a method for quenching a steel pipe, equipment for quenching a steel pipe, and a method of manufacturing a steel pipe that enable a steel pipe to be conveyed at high speed. The method for quenching a steel pipe includes the steps of: conveying a steel pipe onto a rotatable supporting member using a walking-arm type revolving conveyance apparatus; and rapidly cooling the steel pipe with first spray nozzles disposed above the pipe while the steel pipe is being rotated about a pipe axis of the steel pipe on the rotatable supporting member in a state where movements of the steel pipe in a direction parallel to and in a direction perpendicular to the pipe axis are stopped.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a nanowire for an anode material of a lithium ion cell and a method of preparing the same. The nanowire includes silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge). The nanowire has a content of the silicon (Si) higher than a content of the germanium (Ge) at a surface thereof, and has the content of germanium (Ge) higher than the content of the silicon (Si) at an inner part thereof.

Abstract: A SnAgCuSb-based Pb-free solder alloy is disclosed. The disclosed solder alloy is particularly suitable for, but not limited to, producing solder joints, in the form of solder preforms, solder balls, solder powder, or solder paste (a mixture of solder powder and flux), for harsh environment electronics.

Abstract: Provided are a ferritic stainless steel for automotive exhaust systems with improved heat resistance and condensate corrosion resistance and a method for manufacturing the same. The ferritic stainless steel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a stainless steel base material comprising, in % by weight, C: 0.01% or less, Si: 0.5 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5% or less, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 11 to 18%, N: 0.013% or less, Ti: 0.15 to 0.5%, Sn: 0.03 to 0.5%, and the remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities, and an Al-plated layer formed on the stainless steel base material, wherein the ferritic stainless steel comprises a plating compound comprising (Al19FeMnSi2)5.31 (Aluminum Iron Manganese Silicide) at an interface between the stainless steel base material and the Al-plated layer.

Abstract: High strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 800 MPa or more comprising a middle part in sheet thickness and a soft surface layer arranged at one side or both sides of the middle part in sheet thickness, wherein each soft surface layer has a thickness of more than 10 ?M and 30% or less of the sheet thickness, the soft surface layer has an average Vickers hardness of more than 0.60 time and 0.90 time or less the average Vickers hardness of the sheet thickness 1/2 position, and the soft surface layer has a nano-hardness standard deviation of 0.8 or less is provided.

Abstract: A high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy is disclosed. The alloy includes, in weight percent: about 3.5 to about 4.9% of Al, about 12.2 to about 16.0% of W, about 24.5 to about 32.0% Ni, about 6.5% to about 10.0% Cr, about 5.9% to about 11.0% Ta, and the balance Co and incidental impurities. A method of making an article having high-temperature strength, cyclic oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is disclosed. The method includes forming a high-temperature, high-strength, oxidation-resistant cobalt-nickel base alloy as described herein; forming an article from the alloy; solution-treating the alloy by a solution heat treatment; and aging the alloy by providing at least one aging heat treatment at an aging temperature that is less than the gamma-prime solvus temperature, wherein the alloy is configured to form a continuous, protective, adherent oxide layer on an alloy surface upon exposure to a high-temperature oxidizing environment.

Abstract: A cold-rolled steel sheet is provided that has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and has a prescribed chemical composition. The microstructure is composed of, in area %, ferrite: 1 to 29%, retained austenite: 5 to 20%, martensite: less than 10%, pearlite: less than 5%, and the balance: bainite and/or tempered martensite. The total sum of the lengths of phase boundaries where ferrite comes in contact with martensite or retained austenite having a circle-equivalent radius of 1 ?m or more is 100 ?m or less per 1000 ?m2. The cold-rolled steel sheet is excellent in workability and low-temperature toughness, and in particular is excellent in low-temperature toughness after introduction of plastic strain.

Abstract: A martensitic steel alloy is provided. The martensitic steel alloy includes carbon from 0.22 to 0.36 wt. %, manganese from 0.5% to 2.0% wt. %, and chromium in an amount less than 0.10 wt. %. and a carbon equivalent Ceq of less than 0.44 in which Ceq=C+Mn/6+(Cr+Mo+V)/5+(Ni+Cu)/15. Ceq is the carbon equivalent, C, Mn, Cr, Mo, V, Ni, and Cu are in wt. % of the elements in the alloy. The alloy has an ultimate tensile strength of at least 1700 MPa.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus that thermally treats an annular workpiece formed of a steel material by inductively heating the workpiece includes a treatment tank in which the workpiece is set and thermally treated, a holding portion that holds the workpiece at a predetermined position, an induction heating coil that surrounds the workpiece to inductively heat the workpiece, and a cooling medium that cools surfaces of the workpiece during the induction heating of the workpiece.

Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes Ti at 0.0030 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), Nb at 0.0035 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), V at 0.0040 wt % or less (excluding 0 wt %), B at 0.0003 wt % to 0.0020 wt %, and the remaining portion including Fe and other inevitably added impurities, wherein a value of ([Ti]+0.8[Nb]+0.5[V])/(10*[B]) may be 0.17 to 7.8.

Abstract: A magnetocaloric material comprising a La—Fe—Si based alloy composition that is compositionally modified to include a small but effective amount of at least one of Al, Ga, and In to improve mechanical stability of the alloy (substantially reduce alloy brittleness), improve thermal conductivity, and preserve comparable or provide improved magnetocaloric effects. The alloy composition may be further modified by inclusion of at least one of Co, Mn, Cr, and V as well as interstitial hydrogen.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a high-strength steel, having excellent fracture initiation resistance and fracture propagation arrestability at low temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for densifying or compacting powder material in the supply bin of an additive manufacture machine to improve the quality of the object being made. For example, a removable or portable apparatus can be applied to the surface of the supply bin once the bin has been filled. The apparatus can include a vibrational component that agitates the underlying powder to compact the material. The apparatus can then be removed during the remainder of the additive manufacturing process, which then follows in its normal course. A vacuum can also be used the remove of air or other gases that are emitted during the compaction process, for example, as voids are filled during densification.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder mixture for iron-based powder metallurgy which is obtained by mixing an iron-based powder and at least one kind of powders selected from the group consisting of a Ca—Al—Si-based composite oxide powder and a Ca—Mg—Si-based composite oxide powder, in which with a peak height of a main phase exhibiting the highest peak intensity by X-ray diffraction as 100, the composite oxide powder has a relative height of 40% or less, with respect to the main phase, of a peak height of a second phase having the second highest peak intensity.

Abstract: For conditioning build material for fused filament fabrication, thermal power is both added to and removed from a nozzle in a manner that can reduce sensitivity of the nozzle temperature to fluctuations in build material feed rate. The amount of thermal power added is at least as large as the sum of the amount removed, the amount to condition the material, and losses to the environment. The amount removed may be at least as large as half the thermal power required to condition the material to extrusion temperature, and may be comparable to, or much larger than the conditioning amount. The larger the ratio of the amount removed to the conditioning amount, the less sensitive the nozzle temperature will be to fluctuations in build material feed rate. Fine temperature control arises, enabling building with metal-containing multi-phase materials or other materials that have a narrow working temperature range.

Abstract: A steel plate for high-strength and high-toughness steel pipes has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: more than 0.05% and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.5% or more and 2.5% or less, P: 0.001% or more and 0.010% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.080% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, and N: 0.001% or more and 0.006% or less, and further containing, by mass %, at least one selected from Cu: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 1.00% or less, V: 0.01% or more and 0.10% or less, and B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0030% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel plate has a microstructure in which an area fraction of ferrite at a ½ position of a thickness of the steel plate is 20% or more and 80% or less and deformed ferrite constitutes 50% or more and 100% or less of the ferrite.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a tubular product, characterized in that the tubular product is manufactured from steel comprising chromium in the range of 2.5 to 9.5 wt. % and silicon in an amount of more than 1.0 wt. %, and the method comprises the steps of austenitizing, quenching and tempering at a tempering temperature in the range of 300° C. to 550° C. Furthermore, the invention concerns a tubular product produced by this method.

Abstract: A SnAgCuSb-based Pb-free solder alloy is disclosed. The disclosed solder alloy is particularly suitable for, but not limited to, producing solder joints, in the form of solder preforms, solder balls, solder powder, or solder paste (a mixture of solder powder and flux), for harsh environment electronics. An additive selected from 0.1-2.5 wt. % of Bi and/or 0.1-4.5 wt. % of In may be included in the solder alloy.

Abstract: Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet excellent in shape of weld zone and corrosion resistance of a weld zone with a material of a different kind formed by performing welding with austenitic stainless steel. A ferritic stainless steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.003% to 0.020%, Si: 0.01% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.01% to 0.50%, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 20.0% to 24.0%, Cu: 0.20% to 0.80%, Ni: 0.01% to 0.60%, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, N: 0.003% to 0.020%, Nb: 0.40% to 0.80%, Ti: 0.01% to 0.10%, Zr: 0.01% to 0.10%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which relational expression (1) below is satisfied: 3.0?Nb/(2Ti+Zr+0.5Si+5Al)?1.5??(1), here, in relational expression (1), each of the atomic symbols denotes the content (mass %) of the corresponding chemical element.