Abstract: Conventional Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbons each containing Co and Ni have a problem that magnetic anisotropy that is neatly arranged in one direction cannot be induced easily even by a magnetic field annealing treatment and, therefore, a wound magnetic cores, a problem that a residual magnetic flux density Br is high, a problem that the hysteresis of the B—H curve becomes large (coercivity Hc becomes large), a problem that the change in incremental permeability relative to superimposed magnetic field becomes large, and others. In order to solve the problems, provided is an Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbon including a Cu-concentrated region present directly below a surface of the ribbon, and a Co-concentrated region present directly below the Cu-concentrated region. Also provided is a magnetic core including the Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbon.

Abstract: A rapidly quenched Fe-based soft-magnetic alloy ribbon having wave-like undulations on a free surface, the wave-like undulations having transverse troughs arranged at substantially constant intervals in a longitudinal direction, and the troughs having an average amplitude D of 20 mm or less, is produced by a method comprising (a) keeping a transverse temperature distribution in a melt nozzle within ±15° C. to have as small a temperature distribution as possible in a melt paddle of the alloy, and (b) forming numerous fine linear scratches on a cooling roll surface by a wire brush, thereby providing a ground surface of the cooling roll with an arithmetical mean (average) roughness Ra of 0.1-1 ?m and a maximum roughness depth Rmax of 0.5-10 ?m.

Abstract: An ultrafine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe100-x-y-zAxByXz, wherein A is Cu and/or Au, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers meeting the conditions of 0<x?5, 8?y?22, 0?z?10, and x+y+z?25 by atomic %, and a structure in which ultrafine crystal grains having an average particle size of 30 nm or less being dispersed in a proportion of more than 0% and less than 30% by volume in an amorphous matrix; an ultrafine crystal grains-depleted region comprising ultrafine crystal grains at a number density of less than 500/?m2 being formed in a region of 0.2 mm in width from each side of the ribbon.

Abstract: Provided is a brazing alloy powder with which the development of defect in a brazed portion is suppressed and which enables an increase in the joint strength of the portion to be joined. Also provided is a brazed joined component having a high joint strength of the portion to be joined. The brazing alloy powder includes particles which include 55 mass % or more of at least one element selected from Ni, Fe, and Co. The alloy powder includes not less than 10% alloy particles having an amorphous phase. In addition, d90?60 ?m, where d90 is the grain diameter indicating 90% in an integral volume distribution curve according to a laser diffraction scattering method. The joined component includes a plurality of members joined with a brazing material including the brazing alloy powder.

Abstract: Conventional Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbons each containing Co and Ni have a problem that magnetic anisotropy that is neatly arranged in one direction cannot be induced easily even by a magnetic field annealing treatment and, therefore, a wound magnetic cores, a problem that a residual magnetic flux density Br is high, a problem that the hysteresis of the B—H curve becomes large (coercivity Hc becomes large), a problem that the change in incremental permeability relative to superimposed magnetic field becomes large, and others. In order to solve the problems, provided is an Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbon including a Cu-concentrated region present directly below a surface of the ribbon, and a Co-concentrated region present directly below the Cu-concentrated region. Also provided is a magnetic core including the Fe-based soft magnetic alloy ribbon.

Abstract: A rapidly quenched Fe-based soft-magnetic alloy ribbon having wave-like undulations on a free surface, the wave-like undulations having transverse troughs arranged at substantially constant intervals in a longitudinal direction, and the troughs having an average amplitude D of 20 mm or less, is produced by a method comprising (a) keeping a transverse temperature distribution in a melt nozzle within ±15° C. to have as small a temperature distribution as possible in a melt paddle of the alloy, and (b) forming numerous fine linear scratches on a cooling roll surface by a wire brush, thereby providing a ground surface of the cooling roll with an arithmetical mean (average) roughness Ra of 0.1-1 ?m and a maximum roughness depth Rmax of 0.5-10 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to modify a composition of a typical brazing Ni-base amorphous alloy ribbon to reduce clogging of a casting nozzle and embrittlement in manufacturing of the ribbon, thereby improving workability and improving corrosion resistance and bonding strength of a stainless steel bonded body used for a heat exchanger etc. Provided are a brazing Ni-base amorphous alloy ribbon having a composition represented by a composition formula: Ni100-d-x-y-z-f-gCrdPxSiyBzCfNg (in units of mass %, 22.00?d?29.00, 4.00?x?8.00, 1.00?y?7.00, 0<z?0.20, 0.005?f?0.100, 0.001?g?0.050, and 7.00?x+y?13.00) and a stainless steel bonded body formed by braze-bonding using the brazing Ni-base amorphous alloy ribbon.

Abstract: A soft-magnetic, amorphous alloy ribbon produced by a rapid quenching method, having transverse lines of recesses formed on its surface by laser beams with predetermined longitudinal intervals, with a doughnut-shaped projection formed around each recess; doughnut-shaped projections having smooth surfaces substantially free from splashes of the alloy melted by the irradiation of laser beams, and a height t2 of 2 ?m or less; and a ratio t1/T of the depth t1 of the recesses to the thickness T of the ribbon being in a range of 0.025-0.18, thereby having low iron loss and low apparent power.

Abstract: A primary ultrafine-crystalline alloy having a composition represented by the general formula: Fe100-x-y-zAxByXz, wherein A is Cu and/or Au, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers (by atomic %) meeting the conditions of 0<x?5, 10?y?22, 0?z?10, and x+y+z?25, and a structure in which 5-30% by volume of primary ultrafine crystal grains having an average particle size of 30 nm or less are dispersed in an amorphous matrix; its differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve having a first exothermic peak and a second exothermic peak lower than the first exothermic peak between a crystallization initiation temperature TX1 and a compound precipitation temperature TX3; and a ratio of the heat quantity of the second exothermic peak to the total heat quantity of the first and second exothermic peaks being 3% or less.

Abstract: A method for producing an ultrafine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a structure in which crystal grains having an average grain size of 1-30 nm are dispersed at a ratio of 5-30% by volume in an amorphous matrix ultrafine, comprising the steps of ejecting an alloy melt onto a rotating cooling roll to quench it; forming an easily windable ribbon having such toughness that it is not fractured when bent to a bending radius of 1 mm or less, before the start of winding around a reel; and changing the forming conditions of the ribbon after the start of winding around a reel, to obtain a structure in which ultrafine crystal grains having an average grain size of 1-30 nm are dispersed at a ratio of 5-30% by volume in an amorphous matrix.

Abstract: A method for producing a soft magnetic alloy ribbon having a composition represented by Fe100-x-y-zAxByXz, wherein A is Cu and/or Au, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers (by atomic %) meeting the conditions of 0<x?5, 10?y?22, 1?z?10, and x+y+z?25, and comprising a matrix phase in which fine crystal grains having an average diameter of 60 nm or less are dispersed at a volume fraction of 50% or more, part of an oxide film formed on the surface being a layer having a lower B concentration than the average B concentration of the matrix phase; comprising the steps of (1) ejecting an alloy melt having the above composition onto a rotating cooling roll for quenching, to form a primary fine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a matrix phase, in which fine crystal nuclei having an average diameter of 30 nm or less are dispersed at a volume fraction of more than 0% and less than 30% in an amorphous phase; and then (2) annealing the pr

Abstract: This method of producing an amorphous transformer for electric power supply comprises forming and shaping an iron core by laminating amorphous alloy thin bands and forming a winding, subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to an annealing treatment in which a temperature of a center portion of the iron core during annealing is 300 to 340° C. and a holding time is not less than 0.5 hr, and applying a magnetic field having a strength of not less than 800 A/m to the iron core while subjecting the iron core, after forming and shaping, to the annealing treatment.

Abstract: An ultrafine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe100-x-y-zAxByXz, wherein A is Cu and/or Au, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers meeting the conditions of 0<x?5, 8?y?22, 0?z?10, and x+y+z?25 by atomic %, and a structure in which ultrafine crystal grains having an average particle size of 30 nm or less being dispersed in a proportion of more than 0% and less than 30% by volume in an amorphous matrix; an ultrafine crystal grains-depleted region comprising ultrafine crystal grains at a number density of less than 500/?m2 being formed in a region of 0.2 mm in width from each side of the ribbon.

Abstract: A method for producing an ultrafine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a structure in which crystal grains having an average grain size of 1-30 nm are dispersed at a ratio of 5-30% by volume in an amorphous matrix ultrafine, comprising the steps of ejecting an alloy melt onto a rotating cooling roll to quench it; forming an easily windable ribbon having such toughness that it is not fractured when bent to a bending radius of 1 mm or less, before the start of winding around a reel; and changing the forming conditions of the ribbon after the start of winding around a reel, to obtain a structure in which ultrafine crystal grains having an average grain size of 1-30 nm are dispersed at a ratio of 5-30% by volume in an amorphous matrix.

Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a lithium-ion rechargeable battery anode which can control the volume change of a primary particle of a negative-electrode active material other than a carbon-based material and that can prevent cracks due to stress caused by the volume change from occurring and extending. There is provided an anode for a lithium-ion rechargeable battery including a primary particle of a negative-electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder, the negative-electrode active material including at least one of silicon and tin, and at least one element selected from elements that do not chemically react with lithium, in which holes are present both in an inner core region in the central region of the primary particle of the negative-electrode active material and in a periphery region that covers the inner core region.

Abstract: A method for cutting a primary ultrafine-crystalline alloy ribbon having a structure in which ultrafine crystal grains having an average grain size of 30 nm or less are dispersed in a proportion of 5-30% by volume in an amorphous matrix, comprising placing the ribbon on a soft base deformable to an acute angle by local pressing, bringing a cutter blade into horizontal contact with a surface of the ribbon, and pressing the cutter to the ribbon to apply uniform pressure thereto, thereby bending the ribbon along a cutter blade edge to brittly fracture-cut the ribbon.

Abstract: An iron-based amorphous alloy and magnetic core with an iron-based amorphous alloy having a chemical composition with a formula FeaBbSicCd, where 81<a?84, 10?b?18, 0<c?5 and 0<d<1.5, numbers being in atomic percent, with incidental impurities, simultaneously have a value of a saturation magnetic induction exceeding 1.6 tesla, a Curie temperature of at least 300° C. and a crystallization temperature of at least 400° C. When cast in a ribbon form, such an amorphous metal alloy is ductile and thermally stable, and is suitable for various electric devices because of high magnetic stability at such devices' operating temperatures.

Abstract: A rapidly quenched Fe-based soft-magnetic alloy ribbon having wave-like undulations on a free surface, the wave-like undulations having transverse troughs arranged at substantially constant intervals in a longitudinal direction, and the troughs having an average amplitude D of 20 mm or less, is produced by a method comprising (a) keeping a transverse temperature distribution in a melt nozzle within ±15° C. to have as small a temperature distribution as possible in a melt paddle of the alloy, and (b) forming numerous fine linear scratches on a cooling roll surface by a wire brush, thereby providing a ground surface of the cooling roll with an arithmetical mean (average) roughness Ra of 0.1-1 ?m and a maximum roughness depth Rmax of 0.5-10 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thin strip of an amorphous alloy having excellent workability, a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy which can stably provide good magnetic properties, and a magnetic core using the nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy. The thin strip of an amorphous alloy is characterized in that the thin strip is formed of an alloy having a composition represented by Fe100-a-b-c-dMaSibBcCud (atomic %), wherein 0?a?10, 0?b?20, 4?c?20, 0.1?d?3, and 9?a+b+c?35, and containing unavoidable impurities, and, in the composition, M represents at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W, a Cu segregated part is present, on the surface side of the thin strip of the amorphous alloy, in which Cu is segregated at a higher concentration than the Cu concentration in the outermost surface part of the thin strip of the amorphous alloy, and the highest Cu concentration in the Cu segregated part is not more than 4 atomic %.

Abstract: A primary ultrafine-crystalline alloy having a composition represented by the general formula: Fe100-x-y-zAxByXz, wherein A is Cu and/or Au, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, S, C, P, Al, Ge, Ga and Be, and x, y and z are numbers (by atomic %) meeting the conditions of 0<x?5, 10?y?22, 0?z?10, and x+y+z?25, and a structure in which 5-30% by volume of primary ultrafine crystal grains having an average particle size of 30 nm or less are dispersed in an amorphous matrix; its differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve having a first exothermic peak and a second exothermic peak lower than the first exothermic peak between a crystallization initiation temperature TX1 and a compound precipitation temperature TX3; and a ratio of the heat quantity of the second exothermic peak to the total heat quantity of the first and second exothermic peaks being 3% or less.