A surface-treated steel sheet for fuel tanks, including: a ZnNi alloy plating layer on one surface or both surfaces of a steel sheet; and a trivalent chromate covering layer or a chromate-free covering layer on the ZnNi alloy plating layer. The steel sheet consists of, in mass %, C: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Si: 0.01 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.70 to 2.00%, P: less than or equal to 0.060%, S: less than or equal to 0.010%, Al: 0.01 to 0.30%, N: 0.001 to 0.010%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.050%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.040%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, and the balance: Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a surface outermost layer of the trivalent chromate covering layer or the chromate-free covering layer, concavities, of which a depth from an arithmetic average height of a cross-sectional curve of the surface outermost layer is more than or equal to 0.1 m, exist in a proportion of 50 to 1000 concavities/mm.sup.2 and at an area ratio of 20 to 80% to a surface area of the steel sheet.

To provide a bath for surface treatment capable of forming a surface-treating film having excellent corrosion resistance by a high-speed electrolytic treatment, and a method of producing a surface-treated steel plate having excellent corrosion resistance and closely adhering property to the coating maintaining good productivity. A bath for surface treatment used for forming a surface-treating film on the surface of a steel plate by cathodic electrolysis, the bath for surface treatment containing Zr and/or Ti, and a polycarboxylic acid.

A copper foil composite comprising a copper foil and a resin layer laminated thereon, satisfying an equation 1: (f.sub.3t.sub.3)/(f.sub.2t.sub.2)=>1 wherein t.sub.2 (mm) is a thickness of the copper foil, f.sub.2 (MPa) is a stress of the copper foil under tensile strain of 4%, t.sub.3 (mm) is a thickness of the resin layer, f.sub.3 (MPa) is a stress of the resin layer under tensile strain of 4%, and an equation 2: 1<=33f.sub.1/(FT) wherein f.sub.1 (N/mm) is 180 peeling strength between the copper foil and the resin layer, F(MPa) is strength of the copper foil composite under tensile strain of 30%, and T (mm) is a thickness of the copper foil composite, wherein a Sn layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 3.0 m is formed on a surface of the copper foil on which the resin layer is not laminated.

The present invention relates to light weight composite materials which comprise a metallic layer and a polymeric layer, the polymeric layer containing a filled thermoplastic polymer which includes a thermoplastic polymer and a metallic fiber. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures. Composite materials of the present invention may also be capable of being welded to other metal materials using a resistance welding process such as resistance spot welding. The invention also relates to methods for producing a sheet of the polymeric layer.

A plastics film with improved energy-shielding properties, suitable for application on a transparent or translucent surface, such as glass, and which is at least 50% transparent for visible light, further characterized in that it includes at least one plastic carrier layer with on top thereof as a functional layer a metallic layer consisting of antimony and/or arsenic together with indium and/or gallium, wherein the plastics film contains a total of indium (In), gallium (Ga), antimony (Sb) and arsenic (As) together, which are present as an alloy, such as indium andmonide, gallium andmonide, indium arsenide, indium gallium arsenide and/or gallium arsenide, of at least 4.0 ppm by weight and at most 25.0 ppm by weight. A glass plate to which the film is attached, is described as are objects provided with the glass plate. Methods are described for the production of the film, the glass plate and the objects.

There is disclosed a substrate with an electron donating surface, characterized in having metal particles on said surface, said metal particles comprising palladium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, wherein the amount of said metal particles is from about 0.001 to about 8 g/cm.sup.2. Examples of coated objects include contact lenses, pacemakers, pacemaker electrodes, stents, dental implants, rupture nets, rupture mesh, blood centrifuge equipment, surgical instruments, gloves, blood bags, artificial heart valves, central venous catheters, peripheral venous catheters, vascular ports, haemodialysis equipment, peritoneal dialysis equipment, plasmapheresis devices, inhalation drug delivery devices, vascular grafts, arterial grafts, cardiac assist devices, wound dressings, intermittent catheters, ECG electrodes, peripheral stents, bone replacing implants, orthopaedic implants, orthopaedic devices, tissue replacing implants, intraocular lenses, sutures, needles, drug delivery devices, endotracheal tubes, shunts, drains, suction devices, hearing aid devices, urethral medical devices, and artificial blood vessels.

The invention relates to a metallized multilayer sheet material for packaging having a water vapour transmission rate of below 5 g/m.sup.2/day at 38 C. RH:90% comprising: a water vapour permeable sheet substrate, and at least two metallized layers, each covered directly by a solvent based polymeric coating layer,
wherein the cumulated metallized layers have an optical density of at least 2.5 and/or a thickness of at least 15 nm.

The present invention provides a deformed part created by forming a coated metal sheet into a part, the coated metal sheet comprising a steel substrate, at least one face of which is coated with a metal coating deposited by dipping the substrate in a bath, said coating comprising between 0.2 and 0.7% by weight of Al, the remainder of the metal coating being Zn and inevitable impurities, wherein an outer surface of a metal coating of the deformed part has a waviness Wa0.8 of less than or equal to 0.43 m.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal sheet. In this method, at least one of the following equations is satisfied:

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}\frac{Z}{d}+18.Math..Math.\ln \left(\frac{Z}{d}\right)<8.Math..Math.\ln \left(\frac{P}{V}\right)-27.52& \left(A\right)\\ f.Math..Math.O_2<\frac{2.304.Math.{\mathrm{.10}}^{-3}}{{\left(27.52+\frac{Z}{d}+8.Math..Math.\ln \left(\frac{V}{P}.Math.{\left(\frac{Z}{d}\right)}^{2.25}\right)\right)}^2}& \left(B\right)\end{array}$

wherein: Z is the distance between the metal sheet and the nozzle along the main ejection direction (E), Z being expressed in mm, d is the average height of the outlet of the nozzle along with the running direction of the metal sheet in front of the nozzle, d being expressed in mm, V is the running speed of the metal sheet in front of the nozzle, V being expressed in m.Math.s.sup.1, P is the pressure of the wiping gas in the nozzle, P being expressed in N.Math.m.sup.2, and fO.sub.2 is the volume fraction of oxygen in the wiping gas. A metal sheet, part and land motor vehicle are also provided.

This relates to a coated substrate for packaging applications and a method for producing the coated substrate.