Abstract: A method for forming a film on a surface of a steel sheet includes applying a treatment solution for forming a film containing a fibrous material to the surface of the steel sheet by using a coater under a condition in which a difference between a speed of the steel sheet and a speed of an applicator of the coater is 1.0 m/min or more, inclining the surface of the steel sheet, to which the treatment solution for forming a film has been applied, at an angle of 10° or more with respect to a horizontal plane until drying is started, and thereafter drying the steel sheet.

Abstract: An electrical steel sheet with an insulating film, the steel sheet having an insulating film containing a crystalline fibrous material on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a ratio (LRD/LTD) of a length in a rolling direction (LRD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the rolling direction of the insulating film to a length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction (LTD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the insulating film is 1.5 or more and 50.0 or less.

Abstract: Provided is an annealing separator with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a forsterite film with excellent appearance uniformity and adhesion can be obtained. The annealing separator for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises: magnesia that contains 0.05 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of B, a phosphate in 0.1 parts by mass or more and 1.0 part by mass or less in terms of P per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia, and titanium oxide in 1.0 part by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the magnesia where the titanium oxide contains one or more types of alkali metals in a total amount of 0.050 mass % or more and 1.0 mass % or less, where an amount of P adsorbed on per 1 g of the titanium oxide is 1.0×10?4 g or less.

Abstract: An insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet has, on at least one surface, an insulating coating including an insulating tensile coating layer A. A tension applied to the steel sheet by an insulating tensile coating layer having a coating weight of M/2 from a surface of the insulating tensile coating layer A is 0.80×?A or more, where M is a weight of the insulating tensile coating layer A, and ?A is the tension applied to the steel sheet by the insulating tensile coating layer A. The insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet has excellent adhesion of the insulating coating. A method for manufacturing the insulating coating-attached electrical steel sheet is also provided.

Abstract: An annealing separator, by being applied to a steel sheet, enables retention of a good shape of a coil after annealing obtained by winding the steel sheet with the annealing separator applied thereto into a coil which is then annealed at a high temperature exceeding 1000° C. A powder used as the annealing separator: contains magnesium oxide as a main component and B: 0.020 mass % or more and 0.200 mass % or less, SO3: 0.030 mass % or more and 2.000 mass % or less, and P2O3: 0.050 mass % or more and 1.000 mass % or less; and contains 0.2 mass % or more and 5.0 mass % or less of particles having a particle size of more than 45 ?m and 75 ?m or less. The particles having this particle size contain (boron) B: 0.002 mass % or more and less than 0.020 mass %, SO3: less than 0.030 mass %, and P2O3: less than 0.050 mass %.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having an insulating film disposed on a surface thereon. The insulating film having a chemical composition comprising Si, P, O, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, Mn, and Co. The insulating film has a crystallinity in a range of 20% or more, and a minimum tension provided to the steel sheet by the insulating film at a temperature in a range of 100° C. to 200° C. is 10 MPa or more.

Abstract: Provided is a method for stably producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with excellent magnetic properties by effectively purifying inhibitors. The method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes using a steel slab containing a predetermined amount of at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, and Ta, and applying an annealing separator, in which 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass of a metal compound is added with respect to 100 parts by mass of MgO, on the steel sheet surface with a ratio of particles with a particle size of 1 ?m or more in the metal compound being 0.0010 particles/?m2 or less.

Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet has excellent insulation property and includes: a steel sheet; and a coating disposed on each of both surfaces of the steel sheet, wherein an interlaminar current value after a rubbing test is not more than 0.10 A, the rubbing test being conducted by stacking two sheets of the grain oriented electrical steel sheet and rubbing the two sheets against each other to make 90 reciprocations under conditions of a surface pressure of 200 Pa, a rubbing speed of 0.10 m/s, and a reciprocating stroke of 50 mm.

Abstract: Provided is a powder for annealing separator that is used for a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and enables obtainment of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having excellent magnetic properties as a result of favorable purification of impurities in steel. The powder for annealing separator contains magnesium oxide as a main component, and has a nitrogen gas permeability of 0.020 cm/s or more and 0.50 cm/s or less in a state of being applied between coiled steel sheets before start of secondary recrystallization.

Abstract: To stably produce grain-oriented electrical steel sheets with excellent film properties and magnetic properties. A method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet of this disclosure comprises subjecting a steel slab containing predetermined additive elements to hot rolling; subjecting the hot-rolled sheet to cold rolling to have a final sheet thickness; subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to decarburization annealing; applying an annealing separator having MgO as a main component to the decarburization annealing sheet; and subjecting the decarburization annealing sheet to finish annealing. The main component of the annealing separator has a BET specific surface area ratio H2O/N2 of 0.6 to 1.6 and a percentage of particles with a particle size of 40 µm or more in a slurry state of 5 mass% or less.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet exhibits excellent magnetic characteristics and excellent coating film adhesion after strain relieving annealing. The grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a coating film layer A that is a ceramic coating film which is formed on the steel sheet and has an oxide content of less than 30% by mass; and a coating film layer B that is an insulating tension coating film which is arranged on the coating film layer A and contains an oxide. The binding energy of the 1s orbital of oxygen in the coating film layer B is higher than 530 eV; and tension applied to the steel sheet by the coating film layer B per a thickness of 1.0 ?m of the coating film layer B is 4.0 MPa/?m or more.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with which a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with excellent magnetic properties and little variation in iron loss in the longitudinal direction of a coil can be stably manufactured. The method includes subjecting a steel slab to hot-rolling and optionally to annealing, then performing cold rolling once or twice or more to obtain a cold-rolled sheet with a final sheet thickness, and then subjecting the cold-rolled sheet to decarburization annealing and then secondary recrystallization annealing, where immediately before final cold rolling, a steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 100° C./s or more to a heating temperature of 100° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower, and a time from when the steel sheet reaches the heating temperature to when it is bitten in a first pass of final cold rolling is set to within 5 seconds.

Abstract: Provided are coated metal, the metal having improved properties due to a novel coating, a coating-forming treatment solution for forming the novel coating, and a method for producing the coated metal that has the novel coating. The coated metal includes metal and a coating formed on the metal. The coating includes Si, P, and O, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn. The coating includes a compound having a NASICON-type crystal structure represented by the general formula MIMIV2(MVO4)3.

Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has a base film composed mainly of forsterite on a surface of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and an insulating film containing mainly silicate-phosphate glass which is formed on a surface of the base film, in which, by controlling concentrations of Sr, Ca, and Ba in the base film and the insulating film to have specified gradients, the adhesion property and film tension of the insulating film are improved.

Abstract: Provided are: an oriented electrical steel sheet having a high tension applied to a steel sheet and excellent adhesion to a film; and a method for producing the same. This oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; a film A containing a crystalline material disposed on the steel sheet; and a film B containing a vitreous material disposed on the film A, wherein an element profile, which is obtained by using a high-frequency glow discharge light-emission surface analysis method, in the direction from the film B to the steel sheet satisfies formulae (1) and (2). 0.35?(tA/tFe/2)?0.75 . . . (1), 0.25?(tA/2/tFe/2)?1.00 . . . (2), where tA represents the peak time of an alkali metal element profile, tA/2 represents the half time of an alkali metal.

Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having uniform and good coating properties and magnetic properties throughout the length and/or width of the steel sheet. The method comprises: subjecting a steel slab to hot rolling, to cold rolling once or twice or more with intermediate annealing therebetween, and to primary recrystallization annealing; applying a liquid or slurry annealing separator to a resultant steel sheet; and thereafter coiling the steel sheet and subjecting the steel sheet to final annealing, wherein, before, after, or simultaneously with the application of the annealing separator, an additive for changing a composition of the annealing separator is adhered to the steel sheet at a weight ratio of 15% or less to a total of the annealing separator and the additive so as to vary the composition of the annealing separator in a longitudinal direction and/or width direction of the steel sheet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes hot rolling a steel slab having a chemical composition including C: 0.002-0.10 mass %, Si: 2.5-5.0 mass %, Mn: 0.01-0.8 mass %, Al: 0.010-0.050 mass % and N: 0.003-0.020 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities to form a hot rolled sheet; subjecting the hot rolled sheet to one cold rolling or two or more cold rollings and interposing an intermediate annealing therebetween after hot band annealing or without hot band annealing to form a cold rolled sheet having a final thickness; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to a primary recrystallization annealing; applying an annealing separator to the surface of the steel sheet; and subjecting the sheet to a finish annealing and forming a tension coating.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a film that is effective for the magnetic properties of the steel sheet and particularly effective for iron loss reduction and has favorable adhesion. In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, an insulating film partially enters into a steel substrate to form an anchor part, a depth of the anchor part from the surface of the steel substrate is 3.5 ?m or less, and a number of neck parts of 5 ?m2 or less in area is 0.06/?m2 or less and a number of neck parts of 10 ?m2 to 40 ?m2 in area is 0.005/?m2 or more and 0.011/?m2 or less, where each neck part is a remaining part of the insulating film on the surface of the steel substrate when peeling the insulating film from the steel substrate in a bend test for the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.

Abstract: Provided are coated metal, the metal having improved properties due to a novel coating, a coating-forming treatment solution for forming the novel coating, and a method for producing the coated metal that has the novel coating. The coated metal includes metal and a coating formed on the metal. The coating includes Si, P, and O, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn. The coating includes a compound having a NASICON-type crystal structure represented by the general formula MIMIV2(MVO4)3.

Abstract: Provided are: a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet exhibiting excellent coating film adhesion and excellent magnetic characteristics; and a method for producing this grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet. This grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet is provided with a ceramic coating film arranged on a steel sheet, and an oxide insulating tension coating film arranged on the ceramic coating film. The ceramic coating film contains a nitride and an oxide; the nitride contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr, Ti, Zr, Mo, Nb, Si, Al, Ta, Hf, W and Y; and the oxide has a corundum crystal structure. The Young's modulus of the ceramic coating film as determined by a nanoindentation method is 230 GPa or more; the average film thickness of the ceramic coating film is from 0.01 ?m to 0.30 ?m (inclusive); and the tension of the oxide insulating tension coating film is 10 MPa or more.