[Object] To provide a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in coating film adhesiveness after hot pressing more conveniently.

[Solution] A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention includes: a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet, in which the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from zirconia, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, and neodymium oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 5 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m.sup.2 per one surface.

[Object] To provide a hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet which suppresses excessive production of zinc oxides on an outer layer after hot pressing more conveniently and is excellent in corrosion resistance at an uncoated portion.

[Solution] A hot-dip zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention includes: a base steel sheet that is a metal substrate; a hot-dip zinc-based plating layer provided on the base steel sheet; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the hot-dip zinc-based plating layer, in which the surface treatment layer contains more than or equal to 0.1 g/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 1.2 g/m.sup.2 of granular oxide per one surface on a metal basis in which, in a temperature range of 900 to 1300 K, standard free energy of formation (G.sup.0) of oxide is smaller than standard free energy of formation (G.sup.0.sub.Zn) of zinc oxide and larger than standard free energy of formation (G.sup.0.sub.Al) of aluminum oxide at an identical temperature, and the granular oxide has a particle size of more than or equal to 3 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm.

An engineered substrate includes a support structure comprising a polycrystalline ceramic core, an adhesion layer coupled to the polycrystalline ceramic core, and a barrier layer coupled to the adhesion layer. The engineered substrate also includes an bonding layer coupled to the support structure, a substantially single crystal layer coupled to the bonding layer, and an epitaxial gallium nitride layer coupled to the substantially single crystal layer.

A black-plated steel sheet has a Zn-plating layer containing molten Al and Mg, containing Al in the amount of 1.0-22.0 mass %, containing Mg in the amount of 1.3-10.0 mass %, and having a Zn black oxide distributed in a lamella pattern in the plating layer. The Zn black oxide is a Zn oxide derived from a Zn.sub.2Mg phase. The brightness of the surface of the Zn-plating layer containing the molten Al and Mg has an L* value of 60 or less.

The invention relates to a flat steel product, which is intended to be formed into a component by hot press forming and has a base made of steel, onto which a metal anti-corrosion coating is applied, which is formed by Zn or a Zn alloy. This is achieved as per the invention in that a separate finishing coat is applied to at least one of the free surfaces of the flat steel product which contains at least one base metal compound (oxide, nitride, sulphide, sulphate, carbide, carbonate, fluoride, hydrate, hydroxide, or phosphate). Furthermore the invention relates to a method enabling the production of a flat steel product of this kind.

A flat steel product which is provided for forming into a component by hot pressing and which has a base layer of steel on which is applied a Zn or Zn alloy metallic protective coating for protecting against corrosion. On at least one of the free surfaces of the flat steel product, a separate cover layer is applied which contains an oxide, nitride, sulphide, carbide, hydrate or phosphate compound of a base metal. In addition, a method which allows the production of such a flat steel product, and a method which allows the production of a component from such a flat steel product.

A ready-for-use metal reinforcer, for example, of the wire or cord type, made of brass-coated carbon steel, is capable of adhering directly by vulcanization to a matrix of unsaturated rubber such as natural rubber. The surface of the reinforcer is provided with nanoparticles of at least one sulfide of a metal chosen from cobalt, copper, iron, zinc and the alloys comprising at least one of these elements. Such a reinforcer can be used as the reinforcing element of a finished article made of rubber, such as a tire.

There is provided a seamless steel pipe for line pipe, wherein a chemical composition consists, by mass percent, of C: 0.03-0.10%, Si: 0.50%, Mn: 1.0-2.0%, P: 0.050%, S: 0.005%, Cr: 0.05-1.0%, Mo: 0.01-0.30%, Al: 0.001-0.10%, N: 0.01%, Ni: 0.04-2.0%, Ca: 0.0005-0.0050%, Cu: 0-2.0%, Ti: 0-0.05%, Nb: 0-0.05%, V: 0-0.10%, the balance: Fe and impurities, and satisfies the conditions of Cu+Ni: 0.10%, and Mo+V: 0.30%, wherein in a scale formed on the surface of the steel pipe, metal particles consisting mainly of Ni or Cu having an average circle-equivalent diameter of 0.1-5 m exist, and a distance from a boundary between the base metal of the steel pipe and the scale to a region in which the metal particles do not exist is 20 m or longer.

A chain element (2), in particular a chain pin (4), for joining at least two chain links (3), characterized in that it comprises a surface layer (5) containing boron and vanadium, formed by at least one step of diffusing boron and vanadium in the areas of the chain element (2) which are close to the surface. The surface layer (5) containing boron and vanadium is formed by boriding and subsequently vanadizing a substrate material having a carbon content of 0.60 wt.-% to 1.0 wt.-%.

An alloy member includes a substrate formed of an alloy containing Mg and Li, a first layer which is disposed on the substrate and contains an inorganic fluoride, and a second layer which is disposed on the first layer and includes a cured product of a resin, the substrate, the first layer, and the second layer being stacked together, in which a surface of the first layer on the side opposite the substrate has an irregular structure.