Abstract: High tensile strength steel sheets having high press formability and excellent shape-fixability in which an average roughness in surface Ha is 0.4-1.8 .mu.m, PPI value is more than 80 at a cut off level of 0.5 .mu.m, the proportional limit stress is less than 20 kg/mm.sup.2 and the microstructure consists of ferrite grains dispersed with fine martensite islands, are produced by cold rolling a hot rolled steel sheet containing 0.005-0.15% of carbon, and manganese, if necessary boron, molybdenum, chromium, silicon, nickel and copper within a range of 0.27-3% of Mneq. shown by the following formula (1)Mneq.=Mn+124B+3Mo+3/2Cr+1/3Si+1/3Ni+1/2Cu (1)so as to obtain the cold rolled steel sheet having the above described surface property and then heating the cold rolled steel sheet to an intercritical temperature between A.sub.1 and A.sub.3, after which cooling the heated steel sheet at a particularly defined cooling rate.

Abstract: A process for the continuous manufacture of copper wire rod presenting both the good ductility of oxygen-free copper and the annealing capacity of the tough pitch copper, in which liquid copper is prepared containing from about 0.006 to 0.0095% by weight of oxygen, the said liquid copper is cast via an open pouring spout in a continuous casting machine having an inclined straight molding cavity for producing a continuous copper bar containing 0.01 to 0.02% by weight of oxygen and which consists of a shell of solid copper and a core of liquid copper, the said bar on leaving the casting machine is cooled by repeated and direct contact with a cooling agent for complete solidification and the solidified bar is guided towards a horizontal rolling mill known "per se" along a curved path the maximum curvature of which is less than 0.25 m.sup.-1, and the said bar is rolled into wire rod.

Abstract: A process for treating a titanium containing artefact to inhibit fretting corrosion, in which an active species having a higher heat of formation of its oxide than titanium is deposited on the artefact in vacuo, and the artefact is then heated sufficiently to cause the active species to migrate into the artefact to provide a surface region thereof containing the active species. Preferably the active species is deposited by an ion bombardment technique.

Abstract: A brass material and a process for the preparation thereof, which comprises an alloy of 61 to 65% by weight of copper with the remainder being zinc; the material evidencing a structure in which the recrystallized phases .alpha. and .beta..sub.1 are present in a discrete fine mixture having grain sizes of less than 5 .mu.m. The component of the .beta..sub.1 phase comprises at least 10% of the structure and is arranged in the form of discrete particles in the grain boundaries of the .alpha. phase.

Abstract: Careful control of chemistry, and in particular niobium, and of annealing temperatures provides a ferritic stainless steel of improved creep strength. Annealing is performed at a temperature of at least 1900.degree. F., and in certain embodiments, at a temperature no higher than 1990.degree. F.

Abstract: This invention relates to an aluminum-zinc alloy coated ferrous base product which exhibits improved atmospheric corrosion resistance, and to the process whereby such improved corrosion resistance may be realized. The process is characterized by the steps of heating such coated product to a temperature within the single phase region for the composition corresponding to the aluminum and zinc of said coating, defined as .alpha. in the FIGURE in the accompanying drawing, preferably at a temperature between about 650.degree. F. (343.degree. C.) to 750.degree. F. (399.degree. C.), for a period of time to solution treat the aluminum-zinc alloy coating overlay, and cooling slowly to at least 350.degree. F. (177.degree. C.).

Abstract: This invention relates to an aluminum-zinc alloy coated ferrous product whose coating is highly ductile, and to the method whereby such improved coating ductility may be realized. The process is characterized by the steps of thermally treating the aluminum-zinc alloy coated product by heating to a temperature between about 200.degree. F. (93.degree. C.) and 800.degree. F. (427.degree. C.) and holding for a period of time to effect metallurgical structure changes, among them being the precipitation of a second phase incoherent with the matrix, followed by slow cooling to at least 400.degree. F. (205.degree. C.). The resulting product is characterized by an aluminum-zinc alloy coating with a hardness no greater than about 115 VHN, and preferably no greater than about 110 VHN.

Abstract: A multifilamentary stabilized superconductor of the A-15 type is disclosed wherein the A-15 compound is formed on rods of niobium or vanadium by diffusion of tin or gallium, respectively, from a copper alloy matrix and wherein stabilization is provided by an external layer of copper. The stabilizing copper is protected from tin or gallium diffusion by a number of spirally wrapped layers of tantalum separated from one another by copper layers.

Abstract: Process for producing a high strength, low yield ratio and high ductility dual-phase structure steel sheet having a structure composed mainly of a ferrite phase and a rapidly cooled transformation phase and having excellent formability with a tensile strength of 40 kg/mm.sup.2 or higher. The process comprises cooling the continuously annealed steel sheet under the following conditions:(1) 1.degree. C./second.ltoreq.R.sub.1 .ltoreq.30.degree. C./secondwherein R.sub.1 represents an average cooling rate from the continuous annealing temperature down to an intermediate temperature T.degree. C. in the cooling process.(2) 4.degree. C./second.ltoreq.R.sub.2 .ltoreq.100.degree. C./secondwherein R.sub.2 represents an average cooling rate from T.degree. C. to a temperature not higher than 200.degree. C.,(3) R.sub.1 <R.sub.2 and(4) 420.degree. C..ltoreq.T.ltoreq.700.degree. C.

Abstract: Solid bodies of copper-zinc-aluminium alloys having beta-crystal structure are manufactured by a powder-metallurgic process. Starting with a powder comprising 10-40% by weight of Zn, 1-12% by weight of Al and the balance Cu, the solid bodies are formed by means of a cold compacting step, an optional hot compacting step and a hot extrusion step.

Abstract: A hard tempered aluminum alloy sheet useful for deep drawing is prepared by a process comprising the steps of hot rolling an ingot of aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 4.0 to 6.0 Mg wt. %, at least one component selected from the group consisting of 0.1 to 0.7 wt. % Mn, 0.01 to 0.05 wt. % Zr, 0.005 to 0.12 wt. % V and up to 0.05 wt. % Ti and the balance aluminum to a sheet not more than 2.5 mm thick, intermediate annealing the hot rolled alloy and final cold rolling the annealed alloy to effect a rolling reduction of less than 85%.In case the finishing temperature of the hot rolling is adjusted to a temperature of 300.degree. to 350.degree. C., the above intermediate annealing can be omitted.

Abstract: A process for the production of a high strength steel rod or bar which is capable of being substantially cold drawn without any intermediate heat treatment. The steel is hot rolled in a continuous rolling mill and exits from the last stand at a temperature greater than 1000.degree. C. It is then cooled in water to an equalization temperature of between 300.degree. C. and 700.degree. C., and is immediately layed in flat overlapping non-concentric rings on a moving conveyor which allows the rod to be cooled in air as it passes along the conveyor. The rings are collected at the end of the conveyor and formed into coils.

Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP78/00011 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 17, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 17, 1979 PCT Filed Aug. 16, 1978 PCT Pub. No. WO79/00100 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 8, 1979A process for the production of sheet an strip from ferritic, stabilized, stainless chromium-molybdenum-nickel steels by hot-rolling of cast blocks to form heavy plate or crude strip and subsequent cold-rolling to the required thickness, wherein the blocks are hot-rolled at temperatures above about 850.degree. C. to form heavy plate or crude strip and, immediately afterwards, the heavy plate or crude strip thus formed is suddenly (rapidly) quenched with water to a temperature just below 450.degree. C. and subsequently annealed, the annealing step being followed by sudden (rapid) cooling from temperatures above about 850.degree. C. to temperatures below 500.degree. C.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of continuously drawing and annealing wire in a slip mode. The method comprises the steps of directing a wire successively through a plurality of drawing dies of a continuous wire drawing machine, and from the next to the last die of the machine continuously directing the wire to and through apparatus for annealing the wire. From the annealing apparatus the wire is continuously returned to the machine for a final drawing operation. Before the wire is returned to the machine, however, the temperature of the wire is controlled to provide the wire with metallurgical properties suitable for further processing, such as the final drawing operation.

Abstract: A body composed of a zirconium alloy is afforded enhanced corrosion resistance to a high pressure and high temperature steam environment by an integral surface region of .beta.-quenched zirconium formed in situ by laser beam scanning and afforded good mechanical and structural properties by the underlying bulk region whose metallurgical structure is selected to optimize these mechanical properties.

Abstract: Soft copper alloy conductors having a 0.2% proof stress of 12 kg/mm.sup.2 or less which contains 5-200 p.p.m. of calcium, the balance substantially consisting of copper, and hot-dip coated copper alloy conductors made by coating the surface of copper alloy conductors of said composition with tin or lead or their alloy by hot-dipping, and a method of manufacturing said copper alloy conductors.

Abstract: In a method for producing V.sub.3 Ga superconductors which comprises forming a composite of a core portion and a sheath portion surrounding said core portion, said sheath portion being composed of a gallium-containing alloy selected from the group consisting of copper-gallium and copper-silver-gallium alloys, and said core portion being composed of a vanadium metal, elongating said composite, and heat-treating the resulting elongated composite to form a V.sub.3 Ga layer between said sheath and core portions; the improvement wherein the gallium-containing alloy has a gallium content of 0.1 to 30 atomic percent and additionally contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of 0.05 to 5 atomic percent of magnesium, 0.5 to 10 atomic percent of aluminum, 0.1 to 10 atomic percent of cerium and 0.05 to 10 atomic percent of sodium, and the vanadium metal is a vanadium alloy containing 0.1 to 15 atomic percent of gallium.

Abstract: A brazable shape memory alloy of the .beta.-brass type comprising a mixture of copper, zinc and aluminum and nickel in an amount effective to inhibit grain growth and a process of brazing therewith.

Abstract: Steel bodies composed of ferritic-austenitic Cr-Ni steel with 30 to 70% austenite and consisting essentially of:up to 0.1% by weight carbon,up to 1.0% by weight silicon,4.0% to 6.0% by weight manganese,22.0% to 28.0% by weight chromium,3.5% to 5.5% by weight nickel,1.0% to 3.0% by weight molybdenum,0.35% to 0.6% by weight nitrogen,balance iron and unavoidable impurities,are subjected to forging and after even second degree deforming, possess a notch impact strength (tenacity) according to the ISO-V test of more than 35 Joule and a minimum yield point of 600 N/mm.sup.2.

Abstract: Stainless steels for springs having a high strength and an excellent fatigue resistance are produced by heat treating austenitic stainless steels having such a composition that austenite stability index, Md.sub.30. is 0.degree. C. to +80.degree. C. at a final annealing temperature of 750.degree.-1,150.degree. C., subjecting the thus treated steels to a primary working at a temperature from Md.sub.30 to 500.degree. C. at a reduction rate of not less than 20% and then subjecting said steels to a secondary working at a temperature lower than Md.sub.30 at a reduction rate of not less than 30%.