Abstract: There is provided a lightweight, high strength impact-resistant component having a good impact energy absorptive property. The impact-resistant component is composed of a magnesium alloy containing Al in an amount of more than 7.3% by mass and 12% or less by mass. A rectangular test piece is produced from the impact-resistant component; an iron ball 30 having a mass of 225 g is allowed to freely fall toward a central portion of the test piece while both end portions of the test piece are fixed to supports 21 and 22; and, when a distance between a position from which the iron ball 30 is allowed to freely fall and the test piece is assumed to be a fall height, a fall height H at which a dent is not generated on the test piece by the iron ball 30 is measured. The impact-resistant component has a fall height H of more than 340 mm. In the impact-resistant component of the present invention, the fall height at which a dent is not generated is large.

Abstract: There is provided a composite structural member having high rigidity even at a small thickness, the composite structural member being easily attachable to a target object. A composite structural member 1A includes a metal base material 10A, a resin formed article 11, and a resin film layer 12 that covers a surface of the metal base material 10A. The metal base material 10A is a plastically formed material formed by subjecting a flat sheet material having a thickness of 50 ?m or more to press forming. The metal base material 10A and the resin film layer 12 are joined together using a constituent resin of the resin formed article 11. The composite structural member 1A includes the metal base material 10A and thus can have excellent strength and rigidity even at a smaller thickness. The composite structural member 1A includes the resin formed article 11. An attaching portion to the target object can be easily formed in the resin formed article 11.

Abstract: A spark plug comprising: a cylindrical metal shell; a cylindrical insulator provided in an inner hole of said metal shell; a center electrode provided in a leading end side inner hole of said insulator; and a ground electrode having one end bonded to a leading end side of said metal shell and having another end face forming a spark discharge gap with said center electrode, wherein said ground electrode comprises an electrode material containing from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Si, from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Al, from 0.02 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one of Ti, V, Zr, Nb and Hf, from 0.03 to 0.09 wt. % of C and 95.5 wt. % or more of Ni, and having a specific resistance at 20° C. of 25 tincm or less.

Abstract: A coil material capable of contributing to an improvement of the productivity of a high-strength magnesium alloy sheet and a method for manufacturing the coil material are provided. Regarding the method for manufacturing a coil material through coiling of a sheet material formed from a metal into the shape of a cylinder, so as to produce the coil material, the sheet material is a cast material of a magnesium alloy discharged from a continuous casting machine and the thickness t (mm) thereof is 7 mm or less. The sheet material 1 is coiled with a coiler while the temperature T (° C.) of the sheet material 1 just before coiling is controlled to be a temperature at which the surface strain ((t/R)×100) represented by the thickness t and the bending radius R (mm) of the sheet material 1 becomes less than or equal to the elongation at room temperature of the sheet material 1.

Abstract: The method of producing a magnesium alloy joined part has the following steps: a joining step of joining a reinforcing material made of metal to a plate material made of magnesium alloy without allowing an organic material to remain at the joined portion and a plastic-working step of performing plastic working on the plate material to which the reinforcing material is joined. A desirable means of joining the reinforcing material to the plate material can be to use an inorganic adhesive. Because the magnesium alloy joined part is formed by a structure in which the reinforcing material is joined to the plate material, in comparison with the case where the reinforcing material is formed by machining or the like, the magnesium alloy structural member can be obtained with high production efficiency.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy structural member includes a base material composed of a magnesium alloy having an aluminum content of 4.5% by mass to 11% by mass, in which the base material has a pair of first and second surfaces, the first surface and the second surface being opposite each other, in which when a distance between the first surface and the second surface is defined as a thickness and when surface area regions are defined as regions extending from the first and second surfaces to positions 20 ?m from the respective first and second surfaces in the thickness direction, in at least both the surface area regions, 10 or more fine precipitates are present in any 20 ?m×20 ?m subregion of each of the surface area regions, each of the fine precipitates containing both Mg and Al and having a greatest dimension of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m.

Abstract: The method of producing a magnesium alloy joined part has the following steps: a joining step of joining a reinforcing material made of metal to a plate material made of magnesium alloy without allowing an organic material to remain at the joined portion and a plastic-working step of performing plastic working on the plate material to which the reinforcing material is joined. A desirable means of joining the reinforcing material to the plate material can be to use an inorganic adhesive. Because the magnesium alloy joined part is formed by a structure in which the reinforcing material is joined to the plate material, in comparison with the case where the reinforcing material is formed by machining or the like, the magnesium alloy structural member can be obtained with high production efficiency.

Abstract: A plurality of magnesium alloy parts are joined to one another through an inorganic joining layer (an reinforcing material 2, a boss 3, and a pin 4 are joined to a base material 1). Concrete examples of the inorganic joining layer include a layer of an inorganic adhesive and a metal thin film formed on the magnesium alloy part at the time of hot cladding. Because the magnesium alloy parts are joined together through the inorganic joining layer, in comparison with the case where a reinforcing material and the like are formed by machining, waste of the material can be reduced. The use of the inorganic joining layer can produce a magnesium alloy structural member that does not generate hazardous smoke and soot even when it is melted for recycling.

Abstract: There is provided a magnesium alloy member having mechanical properties and corrosion resistance and a method of manufacturing the magnesium alloy member. A magnesium alloy member has a base material made of a magnesium alloy, and an anticorrosive film formed on the base material. The base material is a rolled magnesium alloy including 5 to 11% by mass of Al. By using a base material including a large amount of Al, a magnesium alloy member having excellent mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance can be produced. In addition, by using a rolled material, the number of surface defects at the time of casting is small, and the frequency of compensation processes such as undercoating and puttying can be reduced.

Abstract: A formed product of a magnesium alloy having excellent impact resistance and a magnesium alloy sheet suitable as a material for the formed product are provided. The formed product is produced by press-forming a magnesium alloy sheet having an Al content of 7% by mass to 12% by mass and has a flat portion that is not subjected to drawing deformation. In a metal texture in a cross section of the flat portion in the thickness direction, the number of coarse intermetallic compound (Mg17Al12) particles having a particle size of 5 ?m or more present in a surface area region extending from a surface of the flat portion to a position one-third of the thickness from the surface in the thickness direction is five or less. The formed product has a texture in which the number of coarse precipitations d1 is small and in which fine precipitations d0 are dispersed.

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy sheet having excellent warm plastic formability, a production method thereof, and a formed body produced by performing warm plastic forming on this sheet. The magnesium alloy sheet is produced by giving a predetermined strain to a rolled sheet RS that is not subjected to a heat treatment aiming at recrystallization. The sheet is not subjected to the foregoing heat treatment even after the giving of a strain. The strain is given through the process described below. A rolled sheet RS is heated in a heating furnace 10. The heated rolled sheet RS is passed between rollers 21 to give bending to the rolled sheet RS. The giving of a strain is performed such that the strain-given sheet has a half peak width of 0.20 deg or more and 0.59 deg or less in a (0004) diffraction peak in monochromatic X-ray diffraction. The alloy sheet exhibits high plastic deformability by forming continuous recrystallization during warm plastic forming through the use of the remaining strain.

Abstract: The invention offers a pressed product (F) produced by press-forming a metal plate (1). The pressed product (F) has a peripheral surface that has a corner portion (12) connecting two surfaces in the peripheral surface. The corner portion (12) has an outside corner radius R that is equal to or smaller than the thickness “t” of the metal plate (1). That is, the pressed product (F) has the sharp corner portion (12).

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy structural member having a high metallic texture. The magnesium alloy structural member is provided with a base material made of magnesium alloy and a covering layer formed on the base material. The base material is provided, in at least one part of its surface, with a surface-processed portion that is subjected to a fine asperity-forming processing so as to obtain a metallic texture. The covering layer is transparent. The structural member can effectively increase the metallic texture by having the surface-processed portion. Because the structural member is provided with the covering layer, it has excellent corrosion resistance. Because the covering layer is transparent, the metallic texture in the surface-processed portion is readily sensed. The asperity-forming processing is performed through hairline finish, diamond cut finish, and the like.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy material such as a magnesium alloy cast material or a magnesium alloy rolled material, excellent in mechanical characteristics and surface precision, a producing method capable of stably producing such material, a magnesium alloy formed article utilizing the rolled material, and a producing method therefor. The magnesium material includes a melting step of melting a magnesium alloy in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal, a transfer step of transferring the molten metal from the melting furnace to a molten metal reservoir, and a casting step of supplying a movable mold with the molten metal from the molten metal reservoir, through a pouring gate, and solidifying the molten metal to continuously produce a cast material. Parts are formed by a low-oxygen material having an oxygen content of 20 mass % or less. The cast material is given a thickness of from 0.1 to 10 mm.

Abstract: A spark plug comprising: a cylindrical metal shell; a cylindrical insulator provided in an inner hole of said metal shell; a center electrode provided in a leading end side inner hole of said insulator; and a ground electrode having one end bonded to a leading end side of said metal shell and having another end face forming a spark discharge gap with said center electrode, wherein said ground electrode comprises an electrode material containing from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Si, from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Al, from 0.02 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one of Ti, V, Zr, Nb and Hf, from 0.03 to 0.09 wt. % of C and 95.5 wt. % or more of Ni, and having a specific resistance at 20° C. of 25 tincm or less.

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy sheet material having excellent plastic processibility and rigidity and a magnesium alloy formed body having excellent rigidity. The sheet material has magnesium alloy that forms the matrix containing hard particles. The region from the surface of the sheet material to a position away from the surface by 40% of the thickness of the sheet material is defined as the surface region, and the remaining region as the center region. Hard particles existing in the center region have a maximum diameter of more than 20 ?m and less than 50 ?m, and hard particles existing in the surface region have a maximum diameter of 20 ?m or less. Because the hard particles existing at the surface side are fine particles, they are less likely to become the starting point of cracking or another defect at the time of plastic processing. Because the hard particles existing in the center region are coarse, they can increase the rigidity of the sheet material.

Abstract: A magnesium alloy material such as a magnesium alloy cast material or a magnesium alloy rolled material, excellent in mechanical characteristics and surface precision, a producing method capable of stably producing such material, a magnesium alloy formed article utilizing the rolled material, and a producing method therefor. The magnesium material producing method includes a melting step of melting a magnesium alloy in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal, a transfer step of transferring the molten metal from the melting furnace to a molten metal reservoir, and a casting step of supplying a movable mold with the molten metal from the molten metal reservoir, through a pouring gate, and solidifying the molten metal to continuously produce a cast material. Parts are formed by a low-oxygen material having an oxygen content of 20 mass % or less. The cast material is given a thickness of from 0.1 to 10 mm.

Abstract: A spark plug comprising: a cylindrical metal shell; a cylindrical insulator provided in an inner hole of said metal shell; a center electrode provided in a leading end side inner hole of said insulator; and a ground electrode having one end bonded to a leading end side of said metal shell and having another end face forming a spark discharge gap with said center electrode, wherein said ground electrode comprises an electrode material containing from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Si, from 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % of Al, from 0.02 to 1.0 wt. % of at least one of Ti, V, Zr, Nb and Hf, from 0.03 to 0.09 wt. % of C and 95.5 wt. % or more of Ni, and having a specific resistance at 20° C. of 25 ??cm or less.

Abstract: A casting nozzle for supplying a molten alloy liquid of aluminum alloy or magnesium alloy to a movable mold for continuous casting from a tundish, in which the molten alloy liquid is stored. The casting nozzle is fixed to the tundish. The casting nozzle tip arranged on the movable mold side is made of a highly heat-conductive material having a heat conductivity of 0.2 W/mK or more, and a highly elastic material having an elastic modulus of 5000 MPa or more, etc. By making the tip of the casting nozzle with a material having superior thermal conductivity, the irregularity in solidification of the molten alloy liquid is decreased and thereby the surface quality of a cast alloy is improved. The nozzle tip is formed with a material having high elasticity and superior elastic deformability, whereby the interstice between the movable mold and the tip of outer peripheral edge of the nozzle is narrowed, and accordingly a cast alloy having superior surface quality can be obtained.

Abstract: The invention offers a magnesium alloy sheet having excellent warm plastic formability, a production method thereof, and a formed body produced by performing warm plastic forming on this sheet. The magnesium alloy sheet is produced by giving a predetermined strain to a rolled sheet RS that is not subjected to a heat treatment aiming at recrystallization. The sheet is not subjected to the foregoing heat treatment even after the giving of a strain. The strain is given through the process described below. A rolled sheet RS is heated in a heating furnace 10. The heated rolled sheet RS is passed between rollers 21 to give bending to the rolled sheet RS. The giving of a strain is performed such that the strain-given sheet has a half peak width of 0.20 deg or more and 0.59 deg or less in a (0004) diffraction peak in monochromatic X-ray diffraction. The alloy sheet exhibits high plastic deformability by forming continuous recrystallization during warm plastic forming through the use of the remaining strain.