A raw material for thixomolding includes a magnesium-based alloy powder which contains calcium in an amount of 0.2 mass % or more and 5 mass % or less and aluminum in an amount of 2.5 mass % or more and 12 mass % or less, wherein the magnesium-based alloy powder includes an oxide layer which has an average thickness of 30 nm or more and 100 nm or less and contains at least one of calcium and aluminum as an outermost layer. The average dendrite secondary arm spacing of crystal structures of the magnesium-based alloy powder is preferably 5 m or less.

In an aspect, an electrochemical cell comprises: a positive electrode; a negative electrode, said negative electrode having an alloy having a composition comprising V; and an electrolyte; wherein an additive is provided in said electrolyte to form primary vanadate ions upon dissociation of said additive in said electrolyte; and wherein the electrochemical cell is a metal hydride battery. In some embodiments of this aspect, the alloy is configured to sorb hydrogen during charging of said electrochemical cell and desorb hydrogen during discharging of said electrochemical cell. In some embodiments of this aspect, the electrolyte has a pH selected from the range of 13 to 15.

A method of modifying the physical characteristics of a base titanium alloy article previously manufactured through a selective melting process is disclosed. The method includes introducing hydrogen through a thermohydrogen process to the base titanium alloy article, the resulting titanium alloy article exhibiting an isotropic and fine grained equiaxed microstructure. The thermohydrogen process may include introducing hydrogen into the base titanium alloy article to lower the beta transus temperature, heating the base titanium article above the lowered beta transus temperature to form hydrided beta, lowering the temperature of the base titanium alloy article to affect a eutectoid transformation, and dehydriding the base titanium alloy article via vacuum heating. The base titanium alloy article may have an elevated oxygen content and/or hydrogen may be introduced at 0.4 weight percent or greater.

A method of modifying the physical characteristics of a base titanium alloy article previously manufactured through a selective melting process is disclosed. The method includes introducing hydrogen through a thermohydrogen process to the base titanium alloy article, the resulting titanium alloy article exhibiting an isotropic and fine grained equiaxed microstructure. The thermohydrogen process may include introducing hydrogen into the base titanium alloy article to lower the beta transus temperature, heating the base titanium article above the lowered beta transus temperature to form hydrided beta, lowering the temperature of the base titanium alloy article to affect a eutectoid transformation, and dehydriding the base titanium alloy article via vacuum heating. The base titanium alloy article may have an elevated oxygen content and/or hydrogen may be introduced at 0.4 weight percent or greater.

A method of forming a component can include electrochemically depositing a metallic material onto a carrier component to a thickness of greater than 50 microns. The metallic material can include crystal grains and at least 90% of the crystal grains can include nanotwin boundaries. The metallic material can include a Copper-Silver alloy (CuAg) with between about 0.5-2 at %-Ag.

A superalloy target wherein the superalloy target has a polycrystalline structure of random grain orientation, the average grain size in the structure is smaller than 20 ?m, and the porosity in the structure is smaller than 10%. Furthermore, the invention includes a method of producing a superalloy target by powder metallurgical production, wherein the powder-metallurgical production starts from alloyed powder (s) of a superalloy and includes the step of spark plasma sintering (SPS) of the alloyed powder (s).

The invention relates to a method for producing a component by means of layered construction, by combining a plurality of crystallites of a metallic material to form a single crystal. The single crystal is formed by thermomechanically activated successive anisotropic plastic deformation. The metallic material is heated during the construction of a new layer, with the result that the metallic material is melted in a linear region. The linear region is moved in order to construct the new layer.

The invention relates to a method for producing a component by means of layered construction, by combining a plurality of crystallites of a metallic material to form a single crystal. The single crystal is formed by thermomechanically activated successive anisotropic plastic deformation. The metallic material is heated during the construction of a new layer, with the result that the metallic material is melted in a linear region. The linear region is moved in order to construct the new layer.

A multi-principal element, corrosion resistant alloy is disclosed. The alloy has the following composition in weight percent: Co about 13 to about 28 Ni about 13 to about 28 Fe+Mn about 13 to about 28 Cr about 13 to about 37 Mo about 8 to about 28 N about 0.10 to about 1.00.
The alloy also includes the usual impurities found in corrosion resistant alloys intended for the same or similar use. In addition, one or both of W and V may be substituted for some or all of the Mo. The alloy provides a solid solution that is substantially all FCC phase, but may include minor amounts of secondary phases that do not adversely affect the corrosion resistance and mechanical properties provided by the alloy.

A manufacturing method of an amorphous soft magnetic core using a Fe-based amorphous metallic powder includes size-sorting an amorphous metallic powder obtained by pulverizing an amorphous ribbon prepared by a rapid solidification process (RSP) and then using the amorphous metallic powder having a particle size distribution so as to comprise 10 to 85 wt. % of powder having a particle size of 75 to 100 m, 10 to 70 wt. % of powder having a particle size of 50 to 75 m, and 5 to 20 wt. % of powder having a particle size of 5 to 50 m to manufacture an amorphous soft magnetic core with excellent high-current DC bias characteristic and good core loss characteristic.