A substrate 10 comprises: a first layer L1 containing crystalline aluminum nitride; a second layer L2 containing crystalline α-alumina; and an intermediate layer Lm sandwiched between the first layer L1 and the second layer L2 and containing aluminum, nitrogen, and oxygen, and the content of nitrogen in the intermediate layer Lm decreases in a direction Z from the first layer L1 toward the second layer L2, and the content of oxygen in the intermediate layer Lm increases in the direction Z from the first layer L1 toward the second layer L2.

Method for producing a component system having a first component with a first component portion and a second component with a second component portion, including the following steps: connecting, in particular welding or soldering, the first component portion, which consists of an aluminum alloy, to the second component portion, which in particular consists of a naturally aged aluminum alloy, a copper alloy or an iron alloy, in particular a steel alloy, so as to form a connection seam; artificially aging the connection seam such that the yield strength of the connection seam is above the yield strength of the first component portion and/or of the second component portion; and deforming, in particular deep-drawing and/or stretch-drawing, the component system.

An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.

The present disclosure provides a composite coating and a method for fabricating the composite coating. The composite coating comprises a polymer layer, a metal interlayer and an amorphous metal coating. The polymer layer is formed on a substrate and acts as a diffusion barrier layer, which is thick and dense enough to prevent the corrosive substances from penetrating into the substrate. The metal interlayer is formed between the polymer layer and the amorphous metal coating for improving the adhesion of the amorphous metal coating to the substrate.

A steel sheet with a metallic coating is provided. A composition of the metallic coating includes from 2.0 to 24.0% by weight of zinc, from 7.1 to 12.0% by weight of silicon, optionally from 1.1 to 8.0% by weight of magnesium, and optionally additional elements chosen from Pb, Ni, Zr, or Hf. The content by weight of each additional element is less than 0.3%. A balance of the composition is aluminum, unavoidable impurities and residual elements. A ratio Al/Zn is from 4.0 to 6.0.

An aluminum alloy brazing sheet for a heat exchanger includes a three-layer material in which a brazing material layer, an intermediate layer, and a core material are cladded and stacked, the intermediate layer is formed of an aluminum alloy which can include Mn, Si, Fe, and Cu, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, the core material is formed of an aluminum alloy which can include Si, Fe, Cu, and Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and the brazing material layer is formed of an aluminum alloy including Si, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities.

A method of extending the corrosion resistance of a ground anchoring region of a steel or alloy fence or trellis post already having a sacrificial coating or non-sacrificial coating along an entire length of the fence or trellis post, said method including the step of applying at least one additional coating to the ground anchoring region so as to extend the corrosion resistance of the ground anchoring region. The at least one additional coating can be a sacrificial coating and/or non-sacrificial coating.

A slide member is provided with a base material, a plated slide layer and an intermediate plated layer. The plated slide layer contains a solid lubricant. The intermediate plated layer is disposed between the base material and the plated slide layer, the intermediate plated layer increasing cohesion of the base material and the plated slide layer. The plated slide layer has a content of the solid lubricant in a range from 30 to 70 vol %, inclusive.

An aluminum-based coating of a flat steel product is applied in a hot-dipping method and comprises a mass percentage of silicon within a given range. The coating for a flat steel product, in particular for press mold hardening components, offers a shortened required minimum oven dwell time and a sufficiently large processing window when heating in an oven. This is achieved in that the surface of the coating has a degree of absorption for thermal radiation ranging between 0.35 and 0.95 prior to an annealing treatment, where the degree of absorption relates to an oven temperature ranging from 880 to 950° C. during the austenitizing annealing treatment. The invention additionally relates to an improved method for producing a flat steel product with an aluminum-based coating, to an inexpensive method for producing press-hardened components from such flat steel products, and to a press-hardened component made of such flat steel products.

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 15 μm, and is located in an interface between the metallic layer and the steel base metal; and a principal layer that includes coexisting Zn phases and insular FeAl.sub.2 phases, is located on the interface layer, and has a thickness of 1 μm to 40 μm. This hot-stamped body is excellent in fatigue properties, corrosion resistance, and chipping resistance.