Provide is a metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film that is suitable for microcircuit processing and capable of reducing the transmission loss of circuits. The metal-coated liquid-crystal polymer film comprising: a polymer film comprising a polymer film main body capable of forming an optically anisotropic melt phase; a first metal layer layered on at least one side of the polymer film main body; and a second metal layer layered on the first metal layer, wherein in an analysis of oxygen concentration in a thickness direction using XPS, the average oxygen concentration of the first metal layer is 2.5 atom % or less.

A black plated resin part includes a resin base material, an underlying plating layer including a copper plating layer and a nickel plating layer formed in this order on the resin base material, a black chromium plating layer formed on the nickel plating layer, formed of trivalent chromium, and having a film thickness of not less than 0.15 m, and a corrosion resistant film formed on the black chromium plating layer, formed of chromic phosphate or molybdenum phosphate, and having a film thickness of not less than 7 nm. A brightness of the black chromium plating layer seen through the corrosion resistant film is expressed by an L* value of not more than 54 based on the L*a*b* color system.

An Mg-containing Zn alloy coated steel including a steel and a metallic coating layer placed on a surface of the steel, in which the metallic coating layer is a layered structure of a flat-form metal particle having a particle diameter of from 5 to 100 m, and a thickness of from 0.5 to 30 m, the composition of the metal particles include, in terms of % by mass, Zn from 11 to 80%, Al from 3 to 80%, Mg from 8 to 45%, and Ca from 1 to 5%, while the balance is impurities, and the Zn content, the Al content, and the Mg content in terms of % by mass satisfy Zn+Al>Mg, and in which the metal particles include a quasicrystalline phase, an MgZn.sub.2 phase, and a balance structure, in which the total area fraction of the quasicrystalline phase and the MgZn.sub.2 phase is 45% or more, the area fraction of the balance structure is from 0 to 55%, the area fraction of the quasicrystalline phase is 20% or more, and the area fraction of the MgZn.sub.2 phase is 3% or more.

A metallic foil for lightning strike protection in a composite aerospace structure having a length, a width, and a thickness of not more than 30 microns. There are a plurality of pores of a predefined geometric shape extending through the thickness of the metallic foil and being distributed across a surface area defined by the length and the width of the metallic foil. The plurality of pores in the aggregate define an open area of not more than 40% of the surface area and the metallic foil has a weight of not more than 115 g/m.sup.2. The metallic foil has a weight to conductivity ratio of not more than 0.40 gram-ohms per square.

The present disclosure relates to a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent surface quality and electrical resistance spot weldability, and a method for manufacturing the same. A galvanized steel sheet according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a galvanized steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a zinc-based plating layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein a ratio (a/b) of a hardness of a surface layer portion (a) to a hardness of an internal portion (b) of the base steel sheet may be less than 0.95.

A bi-layer protective coating for a metal component, the bi-layer protective coating comprising a bond coating that is metallurgically fused to a substrate of the metal component, wherein the bond coating comprises one or more rare metals and a top coating that is mechanically bonded to the bond coating, wherein the top coating comprises one or more metal oxides, or one or more metal carbides.

This steel sheet for containers includes a steel sheet, a Sn coated layer that is formed on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and a chemical treatment layer that is formed on the Sn coated layer. The Sn coated layer contains 300 mg/m.sup.2 to 5,600 mg/m.sup.2 of Sn in terms of an amount of metal Sn, and the chemical treatment layer contains 5 mg/m.sup.2 to 30 mg/m.sup.2 of a Zr compound in terms of an amount of metal Zr, an average roughness Ra of an outermost surface of the chemical treatment layer obtained with a scanning probe microscope is 10 nm to 100 nm. A variation amount in a yellowness index measured at one measurement point on the outermost surface of the chemical treatment layer is defined as YI represented by Equation (1), an average of absolute values of the YI obtained at a plurality of the measurement points included in a unit area of the outermost surface is 5.0 or less.

YI=YIYI.sub.0(1) where YI: the yellowness index measured after the steel sheet for containers is subjected to a retort treatment at a temperature of 130 C. for 5 hours, YI.sub.0: the yellowness index measured before the retort treatment

A copper foil includes a copper-based metal sheet including mainly a copper, and a surface-treated layer that is provided on the copper-based metal sheet and includes an amorphous layer including oxygen and a metal with a higher oxygen affinity than a copper. A total thickness of the copper-based metal sheet and the surface-treated layer is less than 0.55 mm.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

A hot-pressed member includes a steel sheet, a Ni-diffusion region present in a surface layer of the steel sheet, and an intermetallic compound layer and a ZnO layer which are provided in order on the Ni-diffusion region, the intermetallic compound layer corresponding to a phase present in a phase equilibrium diagram of a ZnNi alloy, wherein a spontaneous immersion potential indicated in a 0.5 M NaCl aqueous air-saturated solution at 25 C.5 C. is 600 to 360 mV based on a standard hydrogen electrode.