A thermal two-step process for producing ferronickel (FeNi) alloy particles from a nickel-containing sulfide material is provided. The process comprises heating a solid mixture comprising a nickel-containing sulfide material and an iron-containing material in agglomerated form, in an inert or reducing atmosphere to a heating temperature at which the solid mixture is partially molten and obtaining a hot mixture comprising a nickel-containing liquid phase, gangue, and FeNi alloy particles, and then controlled cooling of the hot mixture to increase the particle size and Ni content of said FeNi alloy particles and obtaining a processed material comprising said FeNi alloy particles having an increased particle size and an increased Ni content. Finally, the FeNi alloy particles are separated from the processed material. There is also provided FeNi alloy particles obtained from the process.

A thermal two-step process for producing ferronickel (FeNi) alloy particles from a nickel-containing sulfide material is provided. The process comprises heating a solid mixture comprising a nickel-containing sulfide material and an iron-containing material in agglomerated form, in an inert or reducing atmosphere to a heating temperature at which the solid mixture is partially molten and obtaining a hot mixture comprising a nickel-containing liquid phase, gangue, and FeNi alloy particles, and then controlled cooling of the hot mixture to increase the particle size and Ni content of said FeNi alloy particles and obtaining a processed material comprising said FeNi alloy particles having an increased particle size and an increased Ni content. Finally, the FeNi alloy particles are separated from the processed material. There is also provided FeNi alloy particles obtained from the process.

Provided are a new, highly magnetically stable magnetic material which has higher saturation magnetization than ferrite-based magnetic materials, and with which problems of eddy current loss and the like can be solved due to higher electric resistivity than that of existing metal-based magnetic materials, and a method for manufacturing the same. A magnetic material powder is obtained by reducing in hydrogen Ni-ferrite nanoparticies obtained by wet synthesis and causing grain growth, while simultaneously causing nanodispersion of an -(Fe, Ni) phase and an Ni-enriched phase by means of a phase dissociation phenomenon due to disproportional reaction. The powder is sintered to obtain a solid magnetic material.

Provided are a new, highly magnetically stable magnetic material which has higher saturation magnetization than ferrite-based magnetic materials, and with which problems of eddy current loss and the like can be solved due to higher electric resistivity than that of existing metal-based magnetic materials, and a method for manufacturing the same. A magnetic material powder is obtained by reducing in hydrogen Ni-ferrite nanoparticies obtained by wet synthesis and causing grain growth, while simultaneously causing nanodispersion of an -(Fe, Ni) phase and an Ni-enriched phase by means of a phase dissociation phenomenon due to disproportional reaction. The powder is sintered to obtain a solid magnetic material.

A method for preparing a metal powder includes preparing a mixture by mixing a fluoride of a group 1 element, a fluoride of a group 2 element or a transition metal fluoride, with neodymium oxide, boron, iron, and a reducing agent; and heating the mixture at a temperature of 800 C. to 1100 C.

A method for preparing a metal powder includes preparing a mixture by mixing a fluoride of a group 1 element, a fluoride of a group 2 element or a transition metal fluoride, with neodymium oxide, boron, iron, and a reducing agent; and heating the mixture at a temperature of 800 C. to 1100 C.

The present invention discloses an additive manufacturing method of lead-free environmentally-friendly high-strength brass alloys, which mainly comprises five steps of gas atomization milling, model building, forming chamber preparation, pre-spreading powder and selective laser forming. Wherein the lead-free environmentally-friendly high-strength brass alloy comprises the following elements: Zn 5.5-40 wt. %, Si 0.5-4 wt. %, trace elements Al and Ti totally 0-0.5 wt. %, and Cu for the balance. Its microstructure includes micron-sized cell crystals and dendrites. By the above method, it is possible to obtain a nearly fully compact high-strength brass alloy and nearly net-formed complex parts thereof. The formed high-strength brass alloy has beautiful color and excellent physical properties such as excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance and machinability. It can be widely used in sanitary ware, hardware decoration, radiators, electronic communication, low temperature piping, pressure equipment and other machinery manufacturing fields.

Disclosed are anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder and a preparation method therefor. The anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder has a chemical formula of Sm2Fe17N3, and has a Th.sub.2Zn.sub.17 crystal structure. In the alloy powder, the granularity is: D90?5 ?m and D10?0.5 ?m, the average sphericity ?0.7, the coercivity Hcj?10 kOe, and the square degree Q?0.5. The preparation method includes: S1: mixing iron powder, samarium oxide powder and calcium granules uniformly; S2: placing the mixture into a rotating heat treatment furnace, adding high-temperature-resistant balls, performing vacuumizing, introducing a reductive diffusion protective gas, and heating a furnace body; S3: cooling the furnace body, performing vacuumizing, and introducing a nitriding gas; and S4: taking out and separating the cooled powder and balls, washing the powder, and drying the powder in a vacuum environment to obtain the anisotropic samarium-iron-nitrogen magnetic alloy powder.

An iron-based powder for powder metallurgy includes an iron-based powder and a composite oxide powder, and the composite oxide contains, by mass, from 15% to 30% Si, from 9% to 18% Al, from 3% to 6% B, from 0.5% to 3% Mg, from 2% to 6% Ca, from 0.01% to 1% Sr, and from 45% to 55% O.

An insulated covered soft magnetic powder in accordance with embodiments of the present invention comprises a soft magnetic powder having an iron content of 99.0 wt. % or more wherein at least part of the surface of the soft magnetic powder is covered with an insulating covering oxide. The insulated covered soft magnetic powder has a 50% volume cumulative particle diameter (D.sub.50) by laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement of 0.01 ?m to 2.0 ?m, an oxygen content of 0.1 wt. % to 2.0 wt. %, a carbon content and a nitrogen content of the entire insulated covered soft magnetic powder of 0 wt. % to 0.2 wt. %, and 0 wt. % to 0.2 wt. %, respectively. The total content of oxygen, carbon and nitrogen of the insulated covered soft magnetic powder is 0.1 wt. % to 2.0 wt. % of the entire insulated covered soft magnetic powder.