[Problem] To provide: a coating liquid for forming an insulation coating for grain-oriented electrical steel sheets, which enables the achievement of excellent coating properties including high coating tension and excellent corrosion resistance even without using a chromium compound; a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet; and a method for producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. [Solution] A coating liquid for forming an insulation coating for grain-oriented electrical steel sheets, which contains boric acid and hydrated silicate particles containing aluminum.

An embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrical steel sheet substrate; and an insulating coating on one or both surfaces of the electrical steel sheet substrate, wherein the insulating coating includes a silane compound and a metal hydroxide.

A method of manufacturing a metal component with an anti-microbial molecular layer may comprise: disposing the metal component in a piranha solution; washing the metal component; and grafting a surface of the metal component with a Si-Quat or hybrid Si-Quat molecular layer.

A method of manufacturing a metal component with an anti-microbial molecular layer may comprise: disposing the metal component in a piranha solution; washing the metal component; and grafting a surface of the metal component with a Si-Quat or hybrid Si-Quat molecular layer.

What is provided is a new and improved metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite in which the galvanic corrosion of dissimilar materials of a metal member is suppressed and electrodeposition coatability is excellent and a method for manufacturing the metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite. A metal-carbon fiber reinforced resin material composite according to the present invention has a metal member, a resin coating layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the metal member, and a carbon fiber reinforced resin material containing a matrix resin and a carbon fiber material present in the matrix resin, the resin coating layer contains any one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of metal particles, intermetallic compound particles, conductive oxide particles, and conductive non-oxide ceramic particles as conductive particles and further contains a binder resin, and the conductive particles have a powder resistivity at 23° C. to 27° C. of 7.0×10.sup.7 Ω.Math.cm or less and contain one or more selected from the group consisting of Zn, Si, Zr, V, Cr, Mo, Mn, and W.

A coating agent for forming a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet coating able to form an aluminum borate coating high in adhesion and large in tension and a method for manufacturing the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet are provided. The coating agent for forming a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet coating of the present invention comprises an aluminum source containing aluminum oxide and/or an aluminum oxide precursor compound, a boron source containing a borate of an alkali metal, and silicon oxide and/or a silicon oxide precursor in an amount, converted to silicon oxide, of 5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less with respect to a total solids concentration of the aluminum source and boron source, the aluminum source and the boron source contained so that, by molar ratio, Al/B: 0.5 to 2.0, a solids concentration of a total of the aluminum source and the boron source being 20 mass % or more and 38 mass % or less, and pH being 2.0 or more and 6.0 or less.

A coating agent for forming a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet coating able to form an aluminum borate coating high in adhesion and large in tension and a method for manufacturing the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet are provided. The coating agent for forming a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet coating of the present invention comprises an aluminum source containing aluminum oxide and/or an aluminum oxide precursor compound, a boron source containing a borate of an alkali metal, and silicon oxide and/or a silicon oxide precursor in an amount, converted to silicon oxide, of 5 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less with respect to a total solids concentration of the aluminum source and boron source, the aluminum source and the boron source contained so that, by molar ratio, Al/B: 0.5 to 2.0, a solids concentration of a total of the aluminum source and the boron source being 20 mass % or more and 38 mass % or less, and pH being 2.0 or more and 6.0 or less.

Treating carbon steel tubing includes contacting the carbon steel tubing with a first treatment solution including a salt; corroding the carbon steel tubing with the salt to yield a corroded surface on the carbon steel tubing; contacting the corroded surface on the carbon steel tubing with a second treatment solution comprising sulfide ions; and forming an iron sulfide layer on the corroded surface of the carbon steel tubing by chemically bonding the sulfide ions in the second treatment solution with iron in the carbon steel tubing. In some cases, the first treatment solution also includes sulfide ions, and the iron sulfide layer is formed by contacting the carbon steel tubing with the first treatment solution.

Treating carbon steel tubing includes contacting the carbon steel tubing with a first treatment solution including a salt; corroding the carbon steel tubing with the salt to yield a corroded surface on the carbon steel tubing; contacting the corroded surface on the carbon steel tubing with a second treatment solution comprising sulfide ions; and forming an iron sulfide layer on the corroded surface of the carbon steel tubing by chemically bonding the sulfide ions in the second treatment solution with iron in the carbon steel tubing. In some cases, the first treatment solution also includes sulfide ions, and the iron sulfide layer is formed by contacting the carbon steel tubing with the first treatment solution.

Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of the primary coating to the steel sheet is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention is provided with a base metal steel sheet containing a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Si: 0.5 to 7.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, a total of S and Se: 0.005% or less, sol. Al: 0.005% or less, and N: 0.005% or less and having a balance comprised of Fe and impurities and with a primary coating formed on a surface of the base metal steel sheet and containing Mg.sub.2SiO.sub.4as a main constituent, wherein a peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when performing elemental analysis by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is arranged within a range of 2.0 to 12.0 μm from the surface of the primary coating in the thickness direction, and a number density of Al oxides of a size of 0.1 μm or more in terms of a circle equivalent diameter based on the area at the peak position of Al emission intensity is 0.03 to 0.2/μm.sup.2.