Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.

Abstract: An object is to provide an alloy composition that has a sufficient melting point for casting of an aluminum alloy, also has high hardness, and can suppress an occurrence of galling. The alloy composition of the present invention includes: a Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3; and a Ni—Al-based interdendritic structure 5 that fills a periphery of the Mo—Cr-based dendritic structure 3. The alloy composition of the present invention can adopt a chemical composition I in which when Mo+Cr+Ni+Al=100 at. % holds, Ni+Al=15 to 50 at. % and Mo+Cr=50 to 85 at. % hold; or a chemical composition II in which Ni+Al=40 to 70 at. % and Mo+Cr=30 to 60 at. % hold.

Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.

Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.

Abstract: Provided is an alloy material in which coarse growth or aggregation and precipitation of an undesired intermetallic compound phase can be suppressed, an alloy product formed of the alloy material, and a mechanical device including the alloy product. The alloy material according to the present invention includes: 5 at % or more and 40 at % or less of each of Co, Cr, Fe, and Ni; more than 0 at % and 8 at % or less of Mo; 1 at % or more and less than 8 at % of Ti; more than 0 at % and 4 at % or less of at least one kind of Ta or Nb; and a remainder consisting of unavoidable impurities, in which a total content of Ti and the at least one kind of Ta or Nb is 3 at % or more and 8 at % or less. In the alloy product formed of the alloy material, a total occupancy of ? phase and Laves phase precipitates having a size of 1 ?m or more is suppressed to be 5 area % or less.

Abstract: Provided are a soft magnetic material capable of achieving a high saturation density by reducing Co among soft magnetic materials made of a FeCo-based alloy, a method for producing a soft magnetic material, and an electric motor. The soft magnetic material of the present invention is a soft magnetic material containing Fe and Co in a total amount of 90 mass % or more, in which: contained components are 50 mass % or more of Fe, 40 mass % or less of Co, 0.1 mass % or less of C, 2.0 mass % or less of Ni, 0.2 mass % or less of Mn, Si, Cr, Ti, Nb, and V, and inevitable impurities; and the soft magnetic material contains a precipitate of a compound of iron and nitrogen. The precipitate is created by tension annealing a raw material of the soft magnetic material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a soft magnetic iron sheet exhibiting a high saturation magnetic flux density and a low iron loss as compared with an electromagnetic pure iron sheet, a method for producing the soft magnetic iron sheet, and, an iron core and a dynamo-electric machine, each using the soft magnetic iron sheet. The soft magnetic iron sheet according to the present invention includes: iron as a main component; and nitrogen, in which the soft magnetic iron sheet includes, along a thickness direction of the soft magnetic iron sheet: a high nitrogen concentration layer having a nitrogen concentration of 2 at. % to 11 at.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nitriding treatment method for forming a compound layer of ? phase (Fe2-3N) and ?? phase (Fe4N) iron nitride excellent in wear durability in a steel material, from which a sliding member is formed, by short treatment, with a high thermal efficiency, with a reduced amount of used nitriding gas, and with a low environmental load. The nitriding treatment method of the present invention includes heating a sliding member made of a steel material at a temperature of 600° C. to 700° C. for a time of 1 to 25 minutes under an atmosphere of nitriding gas through high frequency induction heating or resistive heating, to form a compound layer of ? phase (Fe2-3N) and ?? phase (Fe4N) iron nitride, the compound layer having a nitrogen content of higher than 4.5%, in a surface layer portion of the sliding member.

Abstract: The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.

Abstract: Provided are a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy powder, a Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member, and a member that can be melted and solidified and have excellent corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and crack resistance. A Ni—Cr—Mo-based alloy member according to the present invention includes, by mass %, Cr: 18% to 22%, Mo: 18% to 39%, Ta: 1.5% to 2.5%, B: 1.0% to 2.5%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where 25 Cr+(Mo/2B)<38 is satisfied, in which boride particles with a maximum particle size of 70 ?m or less are dispersed and precipitated in a parent phase.

Abstract: Provided are a WC-based cemented carbide powder from which a WC-based cemented carbide member excellent in high thermal conductivity and high abrasion resistance can be manufactured, a WC-based cemented carbide member, and a manufacturing method for a WC-based cemented carbide member. The WC-based cemented carbide powder of the present invention includes WC, Cu, and at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr. The content of WC is equal to or more than 40 mass %, the content of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr is equal to or more than 25 mass % and less than 60 mass %, and the ratio a/b of the content ‘a’ of Cu and the content ‘b’ of at least one of Co, Fe, and Cr satisfies 0.070?a/b?1.000.

Abstract: Provided are a Ni-based alloy capable of being melted and solidified and excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance, a Ni-based alloy powder, a Ni-based alloy member, and a product including a Ni-based alloy member. The Ni-based alloy excellent in corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance includes, by mass %: Cr: 8.5% to 23.0%; Mo: 8.5% to 27.0%; Ta: 0.5% to 2.5%; W: 15.0 to 51.0%; and C: 1.0 to 3.5%, the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, in which the mass ratios Ni:Cr:Mo of Ni, Cr and Mo are 2.5 to 3.5:1:1.0 to 1.5.