Abstract: A food cooking surface for a cooking appliance, a method of producing that surface and a method of cooking food with a cooking appliance having that food cooking surface. The food cooking surface is made of a metal alloy of zirconium and of at least another metal, the zirconium content is not less than 75 wt %. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the alloy contains less than 10 wt % of elements added to zirconium.

Abstract: A metal member is manufactured that has a plating layer of precious metal on the surface of a bare metal portion formed of a predetermined metal. First, a surface layer of the bare metal portion is removed. Then, a plating of precious metal is applied to the portion where the surface layer of the bare metal portion was removed. Then, the metal member is heat treated in an inert atmosphere. As a result, a metal member can be manufactured that has less carbide and hydrogen near a boundary surface of the plating layer and the bare metal portion than it would if the removing step and the heat treating step were not performed. With a metal member manufactured in this way, the plating layer does not easily peel away.

Abstract: Nb—Si based alloy articles comprising a Nb—Si based alloy upon which is disposed an environmentally-resistant coating are described. They include a coating comprising at least one phase selected from the group consisting of M(Al,Si)3, M5(Al,Si)3, and M3Si5Al2, wherein M is one or more of Nb, Ti, Hf, Cr. Such coating can improve the environmental (e.g., in oxidation-promoting environments) resistance of a Nb—Si based alloy and alloy articles. Methods for preparing these articles are described as well.

Abstract: A brazing filler metal capable of improving both of oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance is obtained. This brazing filler metal (1, 1d, 51 and 51a) consists of at least a three-layer structure of an Ni—Cr brazing layer (2 and 2a) consisting of an Ni—Cr alloy layer, a Ti brazing layer (3, 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d) consisting of a Ti layer or a Ti alloy layer and an Ni brazing layer (4, 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d) consisting of an Ni layer or an N alloy layer arranged between the Ni—Cr brazing layer and the Ti brazing layer.

Abstract: A joining method between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys having a joint strength higher than those of base metals by using interlayers. The production of intermetallic compounds at a joint portion between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys can be prevented using interlayers, and strong interface diffusion bonding can be formed at interfaces between interlayers, thereby producing a high-strength joint. Accordingly, the present disclosure can be used to develop high-strength, high-functional advanced composite materials.

Abstract: A personal ornament having an ornament base article made of a metal or the like; an underlayer, preferably nickel-free, formed on the base article; and a coloring layer constituted of an abrasion-resistant layer of 0.2-1.5 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the underlayer and an outermost layer of 0.002-0.1 ?m thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the abrasion-resistant layer. The coloring layer is a white hard coating film of a stainless-steel color which provides superior quality, high resistance to deterioration of appearance by scratching, and a high-quality image like a stainless steel film.

Abstract: Methods are provided for bonding pure rhenium to a substrate comprising a material. Non-lubricated components configured to have friction contact with another component are also provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes disposing a eutectic alloy over the substrate to form an inter layer, the eutectic alloy comprised essentially of a base alloy and one or more melting point depressants and having a melting temperature that is lower than a melting temperature of the substrate material and a melting temperature of rhenium, placing pure rhenium over the inter layer, and heating the inter layer to a temperature that is substantially equal to or greater than the melting temperature of the eutectic alloy, but that is below the melting temperature of the substrate material and the melting temperature of the pure rhenium to bond the pure rhenium to the substrate.

Abstract: A multi-layer seal arrangement includes a dissolution barrier between a braze alloy and a ceramic component. The inventive seal is useful for joining a ceramic component to another ceramic component or a metal component, for example. In one example, the braze comprises a gold alloy and the dissolution barrier comprises a layer of alumina on the order of 2-3 microns thick. A titanium wetting layer is provided between the alumina layer and the alloy. A metallization layer provided between the dissolution barrier and the ceramic component in one example comprises a layer of gold between two thin layers of titanium. In one particular example, a platinum mesh is included with the gold of the braze alloy to control braze flow during the brazing operation.

Abstract: A method of assembling together titanium parts and steel parts by diffusion welding, the method interposing two thin layers of niobium or vanadium and copper respectively between a titanium part and a steel part, evacuating the assembly of parts and interposed metal layers, and subjecting the assembly to hot isostatic compression at a temperature lying in a range 900° C. to 950° C. and at a pressure lying in a range 1000 bars to 1500 bars for about two hours. The method can be applied to fabricating turbine shafts for turbomachines.

Abstract: A coating suitable for use as protective oxide-forming coatings on Nb-based substrates, and particularly monolithic niobium-based alloys, exposed to high temperatures and oxidative environments. The coating contains aluminum, may further contain silicon, and optionally contains niobium, titanium, hafnium, and/or chromium, which in combination form one or more intermetallic phases that promote the formation of a slow-growing oxide scale. The intermetallic phases may be M(Al,Si)3, M5(Al,Si)3, and/or M3Si5Al2 where M is niobium, titanium, hafnium, and/or chromium.

Abstract: Provided is a dissimilar metal joint product of nickel-titanium alloy material and pure titanium material, having a tensile strength at the joint not less than that of the pure titanium material before joining, having a small variation in the strength at the joint, and having narrow heat-affected zone after joining, and a method for joining thereof. A round rod 1 of the nickel-titanium alloy material is integrally joined with a round rod 2 of the pure titanium material, while rotating at least one of the joining faces for conducting frictional pressure welding, applying a specified upset force thereto to compress thereof, after the start of deceleration of the rotation, in a period where peripheral velocity in the outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face is not less than 0.5 m/sec. A reaction layer structure is formed at the joint by the compressive force induced by the upset force and by the rotational force of decelerating rotation.

Abstract: A method of joining a first component and a second component is provided. The first component has a surface that comprises at least about 75% by volume of a refractory metal. The second component has a coefficient of thermal expansion greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first component. The method includes disposing a coating on the surface of the first component. The coating includes an adhesion layer and a wetting layer disposed over the adhesion layer. The method further includes disposing a bonding material between the first and second components and joining them. The bonding material has a melting temperature lower than a melting temperature of the second component. An article made using the method is also presented.

Abstract: Recent semiconductor device becomes high powered, and on the material of heat sinks on which these devices are mounted, lower thermal expansion coefficient and higher thermal conductivity are needed. For this requirement, material with thermal conductivity as high as Cu alone and also with low thermal expansion coefficient, is needed. An aspect in accordance with the present invention provides, a cladding material in which 1st material layer and 2nd material layer are laminated alternately, wherein thermal expansion coefficient of said 2nd material is lower than the thermal expansion coefficient of said 1st material, and thermal conductivity of said 2nd material is lower than the thermal conductivity of said 1st material, and a total number of laminated layers composed of said 1st material and said 2nd material is 5 or more.

Abstract: A blade of a turbomachine such as a gas turbine includes a blade vane with a blade tip and a blade base. A blade tip armor cladding is applied on the blade tip. A coating covers at least the armor cladding and includes at least one multilayer coating system, and preferably plural such coating systems stacked repetitively on one another. Each coating system includes at least two different layers stacked successively on one another, with one layer of a metal material closer to the blade tip and one layer of a ceramic material farther from the blade tip.

Abstract: A process for producing sheets of ?-TiAl includes the steps of forming a melt of a ?-TiAl alloy; casting the ?-TiAl alloy to form an as-cast ?-TiAl alloy; encapsulating the as-cast ?-TiAl alloy to form an as-cast ?-TiAl alloy preform; and rolling the as-cast ?-TiAl alloy preform to form a sheet comprising ?-TiAl.

Abstract: A titanium alloy composite material including dispersed carbon fibers coated with a layer containing an element which forms a carbide in reaction with carbon, and the carbide formed thereby, in crystal grains of the titanium alloy. The element which forms a carbide in reaction with carbon is preferably at least one of silicon (Si), chromium (Cr), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo), zirconium (Zr), boron (B), and calcium (Ca). The carbon fibers are preferably carbon nanotubes, vapor-grown carbon fibers, or a mixture thereof. The titanium alloy composite material has excellent mechanical strength, such as tensile strength, Young's modulus, toughness, and hardness.

Abstract: A first material with a known maximum temperature of operation is coated with a second material on at least one surface of the first material. The coating has a melting temperature that is greater than the maximum temperature of operation of the first material. The coating is heated to its melting temperature until the coating flows into any cracks in the first material's surface.

Abstract: A brazing material for brazing tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrates (e.g., wear pads) to substrates comprising titanium or alloys thereof (e.g., fan or compressor blades). The brazing material includes gold, nickel, silver, aluminum, and copper present in respective amounts to provide a post-braze hardness of between 450 and 600 KHN to thereby increase the impact resistance of the braze joint. The substrates may be brazed by induction heating at temperatures less than about 1800° F. (982° C.).

Abstract: Vapor plasma deposition of titanium (Ti) metal onto a substrate forms a structured surface that exhibits enhanced cell attachment properties. Initially deposited round nanoparticulate surface structures develop tentacles with a spine or thorn-like appearance upon continued deposition under special conditions. The density and size of the formed spinulose particles can be controlled by timing the deposition intervals. A significant increase in osteoblast, fibroblast and endothelial cell attachment is observed on Ti spinulose surfaces compared to attachment on nanoparticulate surfaces lacking spinulous nanostructure.

Abstract: An electrical lap guide having a first layer, the first layer including a material having a first resistivity, the first layer having first and second contact regions for electrically connecting the electrical lap guide to electrical leads; a second layer, the second layer including a material having a second resistivity, wherein the electrical lapping guide has a lapping axis and a layered axis, the layered axis being perpendicular to the lapping axis, the electrical lapping guide has an air bearing plane, the air bearing plane being perpendicular to the lapping axis, the second layer is disposed adjacent to a portion of the first layer in the direction of the layered axis, and the first layer extends farther in the lapping axis than does the second layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for passivating metal substrates, including ferrous substrates, such as cold rolled steel and electrogalvanized steel. The methods comprise the steps of autodepositing copper, silver, a IIIB metal and/or IVB metal onto at least a portion of the substrate, and simultaneously and/or immediately subsequently electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable, electrodepositable coating composition; wherein the copper, silver, IIB metal and/or IVB metal and the curable, electrodepositable coating composition are both contained within a single bath composition. The present invention also relates to coated substrates produced by the above methods.

Abstract: A tool for friction stir welding or forming is provided. The tool comprises a shoulder portion (40b) and optionally a pin portion (5Ob)l the shoulder portion (40b) comprised of at least 60% by weight and up to 100% by weight of tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium or hafnium, the balance being alloying materials, if used. The tool has at least one surface treatment or coating. Articles welded by the tools are also provided.

Abstract: Porous titanium having a low contact resistance includes porous titanium body, Au, and Ti oxide layer (3). Porous titanium includes continuous holes (1) opening on a surface and being connected to inner holes and a skeleton (2). Au adheres to at least an outer skeletal surface (4) of the porous titanium via diffusion bonding to form a network structure. The Ti oxide layer (3) is formed in a clearance between adjacent Au cords (5) of the Au network sticking. The width of an Au cord (5) of the Au network is 0.3 to 10 ?m at least at one position; and the thickness of the Ti oxide layer (3), which is formed in the clearance between adjacent Au cords (5) of the Au network is 30 to 150 nm.

Abstract: A component assembly for use in living tissue comprises: a ceramic part; a metal part; and a titanium palladium (Ti—Pd) interface layer for bonding said ceramic part to the metal part. In one embodiment, the interface layer may be formed from a single titanium layer in contact with a single palladium layer, or in other embodiments, may be at least a three layer laminate (Pd—Ti—Pd). A microstimulator housing comprising a ceramic part, a titanium or titanium alloy part sandwiching the Ti—Pd interlayer may be employed to create a eutectic bond that is strong and hermetic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of brazing a Ti—Al alloy. According to the invention, a layer of nickel (2) is disposed between a part (1) which is made from titanium aluminide and a brazing sheet (3), such as to enable: the aforementioned part (1) to be brazed to another metallic material (4) without the aluminium diffusing from one to the other; and a stable link with good mechanical strength to be produced. The invention can be used for the assembly of aircraft engine parts which are made from titanium aluminide and nickel-based superalloy.

Abstract: A coating system is used on an engine component having an outer surface configured to be exposed to a first plurality of particles impinging against the outer surface at an angle within a first angle range and a second plurality of particles impinging at an angle in a second angle range. The system includes a bond layer overlying the engine component outer surface, a first erosion-resistant layer comprising a first material that is more resistant to erosion by particles impinging the component outer surface at an angle within the first angle range than by particles impinging within the second angle range, an interlayer overlying the first erosion-resistant layer, and a second erosion-resistant layer comprising a second material that is more resistant to erosion by particles impinging the component outer surface at an angle within the second angle range than by particles impinging within the first angle range.

Abstract: Getter multilayer structures are disclosed, embodiments of which include at least a layer of a non-evaporable getter alloy having a low activation temperature over a layer of a different non-evaporable getter material having high specific surface area, both preferably obtained by cathodic deposition. The multilayer NEG structures exhibit better gas sorbing characteristics and lower activation temperature lower than those of deposits made up of a single material. A process for manufacturing such structures includes depositing a first, high surface area NEG film on a support, and then depositing a thin over layer of low activation NEG film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heretofore-unknown use for zirconium nitride as a hydrogen peroxide compatible protective coating that was discovered to be useful to protect components that catalyze the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide or corrode when exposed to hydrogen peroxide. A zirconium nitride coating of the invention may be applied to a variety of substrates (e.g., metals) using art-recognized techniques, such as plasma vapor deposition. The present invention further provides components and articles of manufacture having hydrogen peroxide compatibility, particularly components for use in aerospace and industrial manufacturing applications. The zirconium nitride barrier coating of the invention provides protection from corrosion by reaction with hydrogen peroxide, as well as prevention of hydrogen peroxide decomposition.

Abstract: A joining method between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys having a joint strength higher than those of base metals by using interlayers. The production of intermetallic compounds at a joint portion between Fe-based steel and Ti/Ti-based alloys can be prevented using interlayers, and strong interface diffusion bonding can be formed at interfaces between interlayers, thereby producing a high-strength joint. Accordingly, the present disclosure can be used to develop high-strength, high-functional advanced composite materials.

Abstract: Provided is a dissimilar metal joint product of nickel-titanium alloy material and pure titanium material, having a tensile strength at the joint not less than that of the pure titanium material before joining, having a small variation in the strength at the joint, and having narrow heat-affected zone after joining, and a method for joining thereof. A round rod 1 of the nickel-titanium alloy material is integrally joined with a round rod 2 of the pure titanium material, while rotating at least one of the joining faces for conducting frictional pressure welding, applying a specified upset force thereto to compress thereof, after the start of deceleration of the rotation, in a period where peripheral velocity in the outermost periphery of the rotation in the joining face is not less than 0.5 m/sec. A reaction layer structure is formed at the joint by the compressive force induced by the upset force and by the rotational force of decelerating rotation.

Abstract: A refractory composition is described, containing niobium, silicon, titanium, and at least one of rhenium and ruthenium. The amount of silicon in the composition is at least about 9 atom %, and the amount of titanium present is less than about 26 atom %, based on total atomic percent. Turbine engine components formed from such a composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: A reinforced powder metal component is disclosed, the powder metal component having reinforcing preforms disposed in selected locations to provide a local reinforcement for the powder metal component.

Abstract: This invention introduces a method for treating a surface of an electrically conductive object with a refractory metal. In one embodiment, the refractory metal is tantalum and the object is a titanium substrate. A surface layer of mixed tantalum and titanium oxides is created by first heating the object and tantalum chloride in a reaction chamber and subsequently heat treating the object in an oxygen containing environment. The electrically conductive object can in a non-limiting way be DSA solutions (Dimensionally Stable Anodes), fuel cells or connector plates.

Abstract: Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic laminate (MIL) composite materials are described, including materials with passive damping features and built-in sensors.

Abstract: A material composite has at least one region of copper or a copper alloy, at least one region of a predominantly graphitic material, and at least one boundary region between them. The boundary region has one or more carbides from the group of the IVb, Vb, VIb transition metals and one or more elements of the group consisting of Si, B, Al, Ge, Mn, Sn. In a preferred implementation of the invention, the composite is produced with a back-casting process.

Abstract: A component is provided for use in a turbine comprising: a substrate formed from an alloy, and an erosion resistant protective structure mechanically coupled to a portion of the substrate for protecting the substrate portion from erosion caused by a fluid. The erosion resistant protective structure may be formed from a shape memory alloy.

Abstract: An abrasive article includes a carrier element, an abrasive component, and a bonding region between the abrasive component and the carrier element. The abrasive component includes abrasive particles bound in a metal matrix. The abrasive component further includes a network of interconnected pores substantially filled with an infiltrant. The infiltrant has an infiltrant composition containing at least one metal element. The bonding region includes a bonding metal having a bonding metal composition containing at least one metal element. The bonding region is a region distinct from the carrier element and is a separate phase from the carrier element. An elemental weight percent difference is the absolute value of the difference in weight content of each element contained in the bonding metal composition relative to the infiltrant composition. The elemental weight percent difference between the bonding metal composition and the infiltrant composition does not exceed 20 weight percent.

Abstract: In particular embodiments, the present disclosure provides targets including a metal layer and defining a hollow inner surface. The hollow inner surface has an internal apex. The distance between at least two opposing points of the internal apex is less than about 15 ?m. In particular examples, the distance is less than about lam. Particular implementations of the targets are free standing. The targets have a number of disclosed shaped, including cones, pyramids, hemispheres, and capped structures. The present disclosure also provides arrays of such targets. Also provided are methods of forming targets, such as the disclosed targets, using lithographic techniques, such as photolithographic techniques. In particular examples, a target mold is formed from a silicon wafer and then one or more sides of the mold are coated with a target material, such as one or more metals.

Abstract: Provided are strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds that yield improved properties and performance in joining high strength metals. The advantageous weldments include two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components, and fusion welds, friction stir welds, electron beam welds, laser beam welds, or a combination thereof bonding adjacent segments of the components together, wherein the welds comprise a strain hardened nickel based alloy weld metal composition including greater than or equal to 10 wt % Mo based on the total weight of the nickel based alloy weld metal composition. Also provided are methods for forming the welds from the nickel based alloy weld compositions. The strain hardened high strength nickel based alloy welds are useful in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry in applications for natural gas transportation and storage, oil and gas well completion and production, and oil and gas refinery and chemical plants.

Abstract: A ceramic substrate comprising a metallic layer on its surface, wherein said metallic layer includes: a silver layer containing silver; a gold layer containing gold; and a nickel layer containing nickel, in this order from an outermost layer of said metallic layer.

Abstract: Components (1) have a thermal barrier coating (2-6) on the surface thereof, wherein the thermal barrier coating includes at least one layer (3) having chemically stabilized zirconia, and wherein at least indirectly adjacent to the layer (3) with chemically stabilized zirconia and on its surface facing side, there is provided a protective layer (4) and/or a infiltration zone (5) which does not react with environmental contaminant compositions that contain oxides of calcium and which does not react with the material of the layer (3) having chemically stabilized zirconia. Methods for making such components as well as to uses of specific systems for coating thermal barrier coatings, can prevent CMAS.

Abstract: A brazing assembly includes a tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrate (e.g., wear pad), a second substrate including titanium or titanium alloy (e.g., a midspan shroud of a fan or compressor blade) and a brazing material including gold, nickel, and copper present in respective amounts to improve the ductility of the braze joint. A brazed article includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a braze joint having a post-braze hardness of between 450 and 600 KHN. A method to improve the impact resistance of a braze joint between a tungsten/carbide/cobalt substrate and a substrate including titanium or alloy thereof includes utilizing a brazing material including gold, nickel, and copper and brazing at temperatures less than about 1900° F. (1038° C.).

Abstract: A board material for a fuel cell metallic separator includes a metallic substrate, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the metallic substrate, and including titanium (Ti), and a Au layer formed on a surface of the intermediate layer, including pure gold (Au), and having an average thickness of not less than 1 nm and not more than 9 nm. A fuel cell metallic separator includes the board material that includes a concavo-convex shape.

Abstract: A solder joint (200) has a first contact pad 114 and a second contact pad 124 of a first metal, preferably copper, facing each other across a gap. A coat and 125, respectively) of a second metal, preferably nickel, covers each pad. A layer 201 of crystals of first intermetallic compounds, such as Ni3Sn4 and (Ni, Cu)3Sn4, covers the surface of each coat. Isolated crystals 202 of second intermetallic compounds, such as Cu6Sn5 and (Cu, Ni)6Sn5, different from the first intermetallic compounds, are dispersed on top of the layer 201 of crystals of the first intermetallic compounds. A solder alloy 203 including a third metal, preferably tin, and the first metal fills the gap. The solder alloy 203 may further include a fourth metal, preferably selected from a group of metals including silver, zinc, and indium.

Abstract: The present invention provides personal ornaments having as an outermost layer a white ornamental coating film having platinum or a platinum alloy formed by dry-plating, including: an ornament base article made of a metal or ceramic, an underlayer formed on the surface on the base article, an abrasion resistant layer formed on the surface of the underlayer by dry-plating, and an ornamental coating layer having platinum or platinum alloy formed on the surface of the abrasion resistant layer by dry-plating. Also, the present invention provides personal ornaments having a coloring layer including an abrasion-resistant layer, a mixture layer and an outermost layer, the outermost layer being a white hard coating film having a noble metal or a noble metal alloy formed by dry-plating on the surface of the mixture layer.

Abstract: A fuel channel according to example embodiments for a nuclear reactor may have an elongated and hollow body with a multi-layer structure. The multi-layer structure may include a core layer and at least one cladding layer metallurgically-bonded to the core layer. The core layer and the at least one cladding layer may be alloys having different compositions. For instance, the core layer may be significantly more resistant to irradiation growth and/or irradiation creep than the at least one cladding layer, and the at least one cladding layer may have an increased resistance to hydrogen absorption and/or corrosion relative to the core layer. Accordingly, the distortion of the fuel channel may be reduced or prevented, thus reducing or preventing the interference with the movement of the control blade.

Abstract: A structure which comprises tungsten as the main component and contains tungsten carbide, wherein the content of carbon is 0.1 mass % or higher based on the structure and the total content of cobalt, nickel, and iron is 3 mass % or lower based on the structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a turbine component comprising a substrate; and a protective structure formed on the substrate, wherein the protective structure comprises an ?-? titanium alloy, a ?-titanium alloy or a near-? titanium alloy. Disclosed herein too is a process for providing a protective structure to a turbine component, comprising affixing a protective structure on a turbine component; wherein the protective structure comprises an ?-? titanium alloy, a near-? titanium alloy or a ?-titanium alloy.

Abstract: A metal housing (10) includes a first metal layer (11) and a second metal layer (12). The material of the first metal layer is selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, titanium and titanium alloy. The material of the second metal layer is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloy and magnesium alloy. The second metal layer is integrally formed with the first metal layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.