A ZnAlMg-based plated steel sheet has, an alloy layer formed on a surface of a steel sheet and contains Fe and Si, and a plated layer formed on a surface of the alloy layer opposite to the steel sheet, in which the plated layer and the alloy layer include, in mass %, Al: 45.0 to 65.0%, Si: 0.50 to 5.00%, Mg: 1.00 to 10.00%, and a balance of Zn, Fe, and impurities, the plated layer contains 0.1 to 20.0% of a MgSi phase in terms of volume fraction, an average equivalent circle diameter of the MgSi phase in the surface layer area is 0.1 to 15.0 m, and an integrated value of a Si content from the surface to thickness center of the plated layer is 0.55 times or more of an integrated value of the Si content from the surface to an interface.

A shaft member of an embodiment includes: a base material having a shaft shape and made of steel; a low phosphorus plating layer that is laminated on the base material, that includes phosphorus, and in which the phosphorus content is 4.5 mass % or less; and a base plating layer that is formed as an electrolytic nickel phosphorus plating layer or a high phosphorus plating layer laminated between the base material and the low phosphorus plating layer. It is thus possible to increase the strength of the shaft member and decrease the size of the shaft member.

Turbine engine components are provided that have a repaired thermal barrier coating, along with their methods of formation and repair. The turbine engine component includes a thermal barrier coating on a first portion of a surface of a substrate; a repaired thermal barrier coating on a second portion of the surface of the substrate; and a ceramic coat on the outer bond coat. The thermal barrier coating includes an inner bonding layer and a first ceramic layer, with the inner bonding layer being positioned between the substrate and the first ceramic layer. The repaired thermal barrier coating generally includes an inner bond coat on the surface of the substrate and an outer bond coat on the inner bond coat. The inner bond coat is formed from a cobalt-containing material, while the outer bond coat is substantially free from cobalt.

A turbine blade for the rotor of a gas turbine, having a blade airfoil, which has a blade airfoil main body with a first material and a blade airfoil tip with a second material, the second material being more resistant to oxidation than the first material. The composition of the second material is graduated at least in subregions. A method for producing the turbine blade includes: providing a main body of a turbine blade airfoil on a construction platform of a device for performing an additive method, the main body having a first material; applying a pulverous second material, which is different from the first material, in a certain amount; fusing the pulverous material by applying a high-energy beam; lowering the construction platform, repeating applying and fusing the pulverous material and of lowering the construction platform as many times as necessary to complete the tip of the blade airfoil.

A metallic structure includes a first plurality of metal particles arranged in an amorphous structure; a second plurality of metal particles arranged in a crystalline structure having at least two grain sizes, wherein the crystalline structure is arranged to receive the amorphous structure deposited thereon; wherein the grain size is arranged in a gradient structure.

A method of forming a bonding assembly that includes positioning a plurality of polymer spheres against an opal structure and placing a substrate against a second major surface of the opal structure. The opal structure includes the first major surface and the second major surface with a plurality of voids defined therebetween. The plurality of polymer spheres encapsulates a solder material disposed therein and contacts the first major surface of the opal structure. The method includes depositing a material within the voids of the opal structure and removing the opal structure to form an inverse opal structure between the first and second major surfaces. The method further includes removing the plurality of polymer spheres to expose the solder material encapsulated therein and placing a semiconductor device onto the inverse opal structure in contact with the solder material.

Provided is an alloy-coated steel sheet and a manufacturing method thereof. The alloy-coated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and an AlMgSi alloy layer disposed on the steel sheet, wherein the AlMgSi alloy layer has a form in which MgSi alloy grains are included in an alloy layer consisting of an AlMg alloy phase.

The present invention relates to a hot stamped component, a precoated steel sheet used for hot stamping, and a hot stamping process. The hot stamped component of the present invention is provided with a coating of aluminium or an aluminium alloy on at least one surface of the base steel, the coating is produced by interdiffusion between the base steel and a precoating of aluminium or aluminium alloy, and the coating has a thickness of 6 to 26 m.

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).

A steel sheet having a chemical composition of the base metal including, in mass %, C: 0.17 to 0.40%, Si: 0.10 to 2.50%, Mn: 1.00 to 10.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.03%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.001 to 2.50%, N: 0.0001 to 0.010%, O: 0.0001 to 0.010%, Ti: 0 to 0.10%, Nb: 0 to 0.10%, V: 0 to 0.10%, B: 0 to 0.010%, Cr: 0 to 2.00%, Ni: 0 to 2.00%, Cu: 0 to 2.00%, Mo: 0 to 2.00%, Ca: 0 to 0.50%, Mg: 0 to 0.50%, REM: 0 to 0.50%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein the steel sheet has an internal oxidized layer in which at least one part of a crystal grain boundary is covered by oxides, and in which a grain boundary coverage ratio of oxides is 60% or more in a region from the surface of the base metal to a depth of 5.0 m.