An article that is made of a hard metal, yet is superior in design on the surface, particularly a metal article that allows aging impression of the color tone to be enjoyed is produced or provided. Such an article is provided by a method for producing an article superior in design, including molding and/or processing a copper alloy into a designed article, and subjecting a surface of the article to an etching treatment to allow a crystalline structure of the copper alloy to become visibly recognizable.

Aluminum-copper-manganese-zirconium alloys for metal additive manufacturing include 5 wt % to 35 wt % copper, 0.05 wt % to 3 wt % manganese, 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % zirconium, 0 wt % to 3 wt % iron, and 0 wt % to less than 1 wt % silicon, with the balance being aluminum. The as-printed alloys may have a microstructure comprising θ′ intermetallic precipitates having an average diameter of 0.1 μm to 0.3 μm, a microstructure comprising θ intermetallic particles having particle spacing of 50-500 nm with a volume fraction of 0-50%; a microstructure comprising a bimodal distribution of equiaxed grains and columnar grains, or any combination thereof. The as-printed alloys may exhibit superior mechanical properties compared to cast alloys with a similar composition.

Aluminum-copper-manganese-zirconium alloys for metal additive manufacturing include 5 wt % to 35 wt % copper, 0.05 wt % to 3 wt % manganese, 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % zirconium, 0 wt % to 3 wt % iron, and 0 wt % to less than 1 wt % silicon, with the balance being aluminum. The as-printed alloys may have a microstructure comprising θ′ intermetallic precipitates having an average diameter of 0.1 μm to 0.3 μm, a microstructure comprising θ intermetallic particles having particle spacing of 50-500 nm with a volume fraction of 0-50%; a microstructure comprising a bimodal distribution of equiaxed grains and columnar grains, or any combination thereof. The as-printed alloys may exhibit superior mechanical properties compared to cast alloys with a similar composition.

An additive manufacturing technique includes depositing, via a filament delivery device, a filament onto a surface of a substrate. The filament includes a binder and a high entropy alloy powder. The technique also includes sacrificing the binder to form a preform and sintering the preform to form a component.

A rare earth magnet includes main phase grains having an R.sub.2T.sub.14B type crystal structure. The main phase grains include Ga. A concentration ratio A (A=αGa/βGa) of the main phase grains is 1.20 or more, where αGa and βGa are respectively a highest concentration of Ga and a lowest concentration of Ga in one main phase grain.

A rare earth magnet includes main phase grains having an R.sub.2T.sub.14B type crystal structure. The main phase grains include C. A concentration ratio A1 (A1=αC/βC) of the main phase grains is 1.50 or more, where αC and βC are respectively a highest concentration of C and a lowest concentration of C in one main phase grain.

The present invention provides an aluminum alloy material which has high resistance to flexural fatigue and prescribed elongation characteristics; contains, in terms of mass %, 0.20-1.80% Mg, 0.20-2.00% Si, and 0.01-1.50% Fe; and further contains at least one element selected from among Cu, Ag, Zn, Ni, Ti, Co, Au, Mn, Cr, V, Zr, and Sn in a total amount of 0.00-2.00%, with the remainder made up of Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material has a fibrous metal structure in which crystal grains extend in one direction. In a section of the aluminum alloy material perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the crystal grains, the average crystal particle size R1 of the crystal grains present at a position D, which is a position at a depth of 1/20 of the thickness of the aluminum alloy material from the surface of the aluminum alloy material, is 400 nm or less, and the ratio of the average crystal particle size R2 of the crystal grains present at a central position in the thickness direction of the aluminum alloy material to the average crystal particle size R1, R2/R1, is 1.8 or higher.

The present disclosure relates to a shot used for blast processing, the shot being made of an iron-based alloy containing C: 0.20 to 0.50% by mass, Si: 0.50 to 1.10% by mass, and Mn: 0.50 to 1.15% by mass as additive elements, in which a mass ratio of C to Si is 0.30 to 0.75, a mass ratio of C to Mn is 0.30 to 0.75, and a mass ratio of Si to Mn is 0.70 to 1.60, and a Vickers hardness of the shot is HV 400 to 800.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon alloy, and optionally an automotive component comprising the same, comprising forming a composite ingot including a plurality of crystalline phases by melting aluminum, iron, and silicon raw materials in an inert environment to form a substantially homogenous melt, subsequently solidifying the melt, and annealing the ingot under vacuum by heating at a temperature in the range of 850 C. to 1000 C. yield an annealed crystalline ingot wherein the predominant crystalline phase is FCC Al.sub.3Fe.sub.2Si. The raw materials can further include one or more additives such as zinc, zirconium, tin, and chromium. Melting can occur above the FCC Al.sub.3Fe.sub.2Si crystalline phase melting point, or at a temperature of about 1100 C. to about 1400 C. Annealing can occur under vacuum conditions.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electroformed part favorable for an assembly part of a timepiece or the like and a timepiece using the same. The present invention relates to an electroformed part, which is an electroformed part composed of a nickel-iron alloy constituted by nickel, iron, and unavoidable impurities, containing iron at 5 to 25% by mass, and having a roughly layered form portion in which a stacked form portion having an inclined iron content in a thickness direction is repeatedly stacked a plurality of times. It is preferred that the stacked portion is constituted by crystal grains having an average grain diameter of 50 nm or less.