A cold rolled steel wire having the following chemical composition expressed in percent by weight, 0.2C %0.6, 0.5Mn %1.0, 0.1Si0.5%, 0.2Cr1.0%, P0.020%, S0.015%, N0.010%, and optionally not more than 0.07% Al, not more than 0.2% Ni, not more than 0.1% Mo and not more than 0.1% Cu, the balance being iron and the unavoidable impurities due to processing. This wire has a microstructure including bainite and, optionally, up to 35% acicular ferrite and up to 15% pearlite. A fabrication method and flexible conduits for hydrocarbon extraction are also provided.

A method for producing an austenitic stainless steel slab by continuous casting of an austenitic stainless steel, including applying electric power to the molten steel in a depth region providing a solidification shell thickness of from 5 to 10 mm at least at a center position in the long edge direction, so as to cause flows in directions inverse to each other in the long edge direction on both long edge sides, thereby performing electro-magnetic stirring (EMS) to control a continuous casting condition satisfying 10<T<50F.sub.EMS+10. Herein, T represents a difference between an average molten steel temperature ( C.) and a solidification starting temperature ( C.) of the molten steel, and F.sub.EMS represents a stirring intensity index shown by a function of a molten steel flow velocity in the long edge direction imparted by the electro-magnetic stirring and a casting velocity.

Provided is a hot stamped body which includes a base metal, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base metal, wherein the plated layer includes an interface layer, an intermediate layer, and an oxide layer in order from a base metal side, the interface layer contains one or more kinds of FeAl alloy, a total area fraction of the FeAl alloy being 99% or more, the intermediate layer 22 contains one or more kinds of FeAlZn alloy, a total area fraction of the FeAlZn phase being 50% or more, an average composition of the intermediate layer contains, in mass %, Al: 30 to 50% and Zn: 15 to 30%, and an average film thickness of the oxide layer is 3.0 m or less, and Mg content in the oxide layer is 0.05 to 0.50 g/m.sup.2.

A powder metal composition for high wear and temperature applications is made by atomizing a melted iron based alloy including 3.0 to 7.0 wt. % carbon; 10.0 to 25.0 wt. % chromium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % tungsten; 3.5 to 7.0 wt. % vanadium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % molybdenum; not greater than 0.5 wt. % oxygen; and at least 40.0 wt. % iron. The high carbon content reduces the solubility of oxygen in the melt and thus lowers the oxygen content to a level below which would cause the carbide-forming elements to oxidize during atomization. The powder metal composition includes metal carbides in an amount of at least 15 vol. %. The microhardness of the powder metal composition increases with increasing amounts of carbon and is typically about 800 to 1,500 Hv50.

A powder metal composition for high wear and temperature applications is made by atomizing a melted iron based alloy including 3.0 to 7.0 wt. % carbon; 10.0 to 25.0 wt. % chromium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % tungsten; 3.5 to 7.0 wt. % vanadium; 1.0 to 5.0 wt. % molybdenum; not greater than 0.5 wt. % oxygen; and at least 40.0 wt. % iron. The high carbon content reduces the solubility of oxygen in the melt and thus lowers the oxygen content to a level below which would cause the carbide-forming elements to oxidize during atomization. The powder metal composition includes metal carbides in an amount of at least 15 vol. %. The microhardness of the powder metal composition increases with increasing amounts of carbon and is typically about 800 to 1,500 Hv50.

The present invention provides an overlap-welded member in which an overlapped portion including plural steel sheet members is joined at a spot-welded portion, in which at least one of the plural steel sheet members contains martensite, and the spot-welded portion includes: a nugget formed through spot welding; a heat-affected zone formed in the vicinity of the nugget; the softest zone having the lowest Vickers hardness in the heat-affected zone; and a tempered area formed between a central portion of the nugget and the softest zone and made out of tempered martensite having Vickers hardness of not more than 120% in the case where Vickers hardness of the softest zone is 100%.

A thin gauge wear-resistant steel sheet, including the following chemical elements expressed in percentage by weight: 0.15-0.20 wt. % of carbon; 1.2-1.8 wt. % of manganese; 0.1-0.40 wt. % of copper; 0.15-0.30 wt. % of molybdenum; 0.20-0.40 wt. % of chromium; 0.03-0.06 wt. % of niobium; 0.01-0.03 wt. % of titanium; 0.0006-0.0015 wt. % boron; less than 0.015 wt. % of phosphorus; less than 0.010 wt. % of sulphur; and the balance being ferrum and unavoidable impurities, wherein the thickness of the steel sheet is in a range of 3.0 to 8 mm.

Disclosed embodiments include fuel assemblies, fuel element, cladding material, methods of making a fuel element, and methods of using same.

Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot stamping including: a plated steel sheet body including a steel sheet and an aluminum plating layer provided on one side or both sides of the steel sheet; and a zinc-based metal soap film provided on a surface of the plated steel sheet body on a side of the aluminum plating layer and having an adhesion amount of from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m.sup.2 based on a Zn amount (when, in the plated steel sheet body, a zinc oxide film is on the surface of an aluminum plating layer, the total adhesion amount of the zinc oxide film and the zinc-based metal soap film is from 7.1 to 19.8 g/m.sup.2 based on a Zn amount.), and a method of manufacturing such a sheet. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component using the plated steel sheet for hot stamping, and a method of manufacturing a vehicle using a stamped component manufactured by a method of manufacturing a hot-stamped component.

A magnetic core and method for the manufacture of the magnetic core is presented. The method comprises winding an amorphous tape of a soft magnetic nanocrystallizable alloy possessing a first coefficient of thermal expansion onto a carrier of a material possessing a second coefficient of thermal expansion, wherein the second coefficient is larger than the first coefficient; a first thermal treatment of the wound tape together with the carrier, wherein the first thermal treatment creates a tension in the tape although the alloy remains in an x-ray amorphous state, removing the carrier from the wound tape after cooling of the wound tape together with the carrier; and a second thermal treatment of the wound tape without the carrier, wherein the second thermal treatment provides a nanocrystalline alloy structure, at least 50% of the alloy structure being fine crystalline particles having an average particle size of 100 nanometers or less.