A thixomolding material includes: a metal body that contains Mg as a main component; and a coating portion that is adhered to a surface of the metal body via a binder and contains SiC particles containing SiC as a main component. A mass fraction of the SiC particles in a total mass of the metal body and the SiC particles is 2.0 mass % or more and 40.0 mass % or less. The binder may contain waxes. A content of the binder may be 0.001 mass % or more and 0.200 mass % or less.

The invention relates to an electrolyte for electropolishing metal surfaces, said electrolyte comprising methanesulphonic acid and additionally at least one phosphonic acid, as well as to an electropolishing method for same.

Expandable apparatus include a triggering element comprising an at least partially corrodible composite material. Methods are used to trigger expandable apparatus using such a triggering element and to form such triggering elements for use with expandable apparatus.

The present invention relates to a method for the economic production of light structural components with high flexibility in the geometry attainable. It also relates to the material required for the manufacturing of those parts. The method of the present invention allows a very fast manufacturing of the parts. The method of the present invention also allows the economic manufacturing of components with intricate internal geometries (such as for example cooling or heating circuits).

Methods for the manufacture of fine metal powders from metal carboxylate compounds such as metal oxalate compounds. The method includes decomposing particulates of the metal oxalate compound by heating to a decomposition temperature in the presence of a dilute hydrogen gas to decompose the metal oxalate compound, and forming a fine metal powder by heating to a higher refining temperature to remove contaminants from the metal powder. The method may include the conversion of a non-oxalate metal compound to a hydrated metal oxalate and the dehydration of the hydrated metal oxalate before decomposition to the metal. The method is applicable to the production of a wide variety of metals, and is particularly applicable to the production of rare earth metals of high purity and fine particle size.

The invention relates to a powder mixture for producing an alloy, a powder metallurgy process for producing a material, a material, and a medical implant made from it.

Systems and methods of manufacturing a thermoelectric, high performance material by using ball-milling and hot pressing materials according to various formulas, where some formulas substitute a different element for part of one of the elements in the formula, in order to obtain a figure of merit (ZT) suitable for thermoelectric applications.

The invention provides a green metal composite material, which is prepared by the following method: Provide Mg, Mo, Al, Ni, and Ti powders; weigh the Mg, Mo, Al, Ni, and Ti powders; and perform the first ball milling on the Mg, Mo, Al, Ni, and Ti powders; perform vacuum melting to obtain a Mg-based alloy ingots; crush the Mg-based alloy ingots; provide carbon nano tubes and graphene powders; and perform surface modification; mix well the crushed Mg-based alloy ingots and the surface modified carbon nano tubes and the graphene powders, and perform a second ball milling to obtain a second mixed powder; then perform a first heat treatment to obtain a third mixed powder, then perform a second hot pressed sintering. The process technology of this invention solves the problems of poor compatibility, easy to be segregated and unstable property of the non-metallic particles and metallic matrix.

A printable lithium composition is provided. The printable lithium composition includes lithium metal powder; a polymer binder, wherein the polymer binder is compatible with the lithium powder; and a rheology modifier, wherein the rheology modifier is compatible with the lithium powder and the polymer binder. The printable lithium composition may further include a solvent compatible with the lithium powder and with the polymer binder.

According to aspects of the present disclosure, a ternary alloy includes a dual-phase microstructure including a first phase and a second phase. The first phase defines a hexagonal close-packed structure with a stoichiometric ratio of Al.sub.4Fe.sub.1.7Si. The second phase defines a face-centered cubic structure with a stoichiometric ratio of Al.sub.3Fe.sub.2Si. The dual-phase microstructure is stable above about 800 C., and the dual-phase microstructure has a first-phase abundance greater than about 50 parts by weight and a second-phase abundance less than about 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the ternary alloy.