A hot-dip Sn—Zn-based alloy-plated steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; a diffusion alloy layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet; and a Sn—Zn-plated layer provided on the diffusion alloy layer, in which the diffusion alloy layer contains Fe, Sn, Zn, Cr, and Ni, an area ratio of a Sn—Fe—Cr—Zn phase to a Sn—Fe—Ni—Zn phase in the diffusion alloy layer is 0.01 or more and less than 2.5, the diffusion alloy layer has a coverage of 98% or more with respect to the one surface, the Sn—Zn-plated layer contains 1% to 20% of Zn by mass % and a remainder consisting of Sn and impurities, and an adhesion amount of the Sn—Zn-plated layer is 10 to 80 g/m.sup.2 per one surface.

There is provided a hot-stamped body including: a steel base metal; and a metallic layer formed on a surface of the steel base metal, wherein the metallic layer includes: an interface layer that contains, in mass %, Al: 30.0 to 36.0%, has a thickness of 100 nm to 5 μm, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting MgZn.sub.2 phases and insular FeAl.sub.2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 3 μm to 40 μm.

Disclosed are a ferritic stainless steel capable of inhibiting high temperature oxidation through generation of an effective oxide scale, and manufacturing method thereof. The ferritic stainless steel excellent in oxidation resistance at high temperature according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, Cr: 10 to 30%, Si: 0.2 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0%, W: 0.3 to 2.5%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.15%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and satisfies a following equation (1).
W/(Ti+Al)≥10  (1)

A composition and medical implant made therefrom, the composition including a thick diffusion hardened zone, and preferably further including a ceramic layer. Also provided are orthopedic implants made from the composition, methods of making the composition, and methods of making orthopedic implants from the composition.

A color coating layer is formed on the surface of a stainless steel plate by a chemical coloring method or an electrolytic coloring method. Thereafter, a colored stainless steel plate having the color coating layer is cold-rolled, the thickness of the color coating layer is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 1.0 μm, and an entire plate thickness is adjusted to 0.5 mm or less. By the cold rolling a Vickers hardness Hv is between 250 and 550 to form a deformed band. As surface roughness, an arithmetic average roughness Ra is adjusted to between 0.05 μm and 5.0 μm. In this manner, the strength and rigidity of a thin colored stainless steel plate can be secured, and a color stainless steel plate and a colored stainless steel coil which do not easily cause galling and are excellent in press moldability can be obtained.

A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.

A plated steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plating layer that is formed on at least a part of a surface of the steel sheet, in which a chemical composition of the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: more than 5.00% and 35.00% or less, Mg: 3.00% to 15.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, in which in a cross section of the plating layer in a thickness direction, the area ratio of a lamellar structure in which an (Al—Zn) phase and a MgZn.sub.2 phase are arranged in layers is 10% to 90%, a lamellar spacing of the lamellar structure is 2.5 μm or less, and the area ratio of an (Al—Zn) dendrite is 35% or less.

Provided is a black stainless steel sheet that has excellent weldability, that can ensure good toughness and corrosion resistance, and that can maintain the blackness of the surface thereof, even after being welded. This black ferrite-based stainless steel sheet having excellent weldability includes, as a base, a stainless steel containing, in mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.35% or less of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 11-25% of Cr, 1.0% or less of Mo, 0.020% or less of N, 0.4% or less of Al, 10(C+N) to 0.3% of Ti, 0.05% or less of Nb, and 0.01% or less of O, and has a surface in which an oxide coating is formed on the base, wherein the surface has a lightness index (L*) satisfying L*≤45, chromaticity indices (a*, b*) satisfying −5≤a*≤5 and −5≤b*≤5, and a blackness (E) satisfying E=(L*2+a*2+b*2)1/2≤45.

A diffusion-bonded powder having an iron powder having 1-5%, preferably 1.5-4% and most preferably 1.5-3.5% by weight of copper particles diffusion bonded to the surfaces of the iron powder particles. The diffusion bonded powder is suitable for producing components having high sintered density and minimum variation in copper content. The iron powder may be produced by providing an atomized iron powder with an oxygen content of 0.3-1.2% by weight and with a carbon content of 0.1-0.5% by weight, and subjecting the atomized iron powder and a copper containing powder to a reduction annealing process in a reducing atmosphere to obtain the iron based powder.

An extremely thin copper foil with a carrier is provided that can keep stable releasability even after being heated for a prolonged time at a high temperature of 350° C. or more. The extremely thin copper foil with a carrier includes a carrier composed of a glass or ceramic material; an intermediate layer provided on the carrier and composed of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ti, Al, Nb, Zr, Cr, W, Ta, Co, Ag, Ni, In, Sn, Zn, Ga, and Mo; a release layer provided on the intermediate layer and including a carbon sublayer and a metal oxide sublayer or containing metal oxide and carbon; and an extremely thin copper layer provided on the release layer.