A steel sheet having a tensile strength (TS) of 1180 MPa or more, high LME resistance, and good weld fatigue properties. The steel sheet has a specific chemical composition and a specific steel microstructure. Crystal grains containing an oxide of Si and/or Mn in a region within 4.9 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface of the steel sheet have an average grain size in the range of 3 to 10 ?m, the lowest Si concentration L.sub.Si and the lowest Mn concentration L.sub.Mn in the region within 4.9 ?m in the thickness direction from the surface of the steel sheet and a Si concentration T.sub.Si and a Mn concentration T.sub.Mn at a quarter thickness position of the steel sheet satisfy a specified formula.

A galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet having a chemical composition satisfying an equivalent carbon content Ceq of 0.35% or more and less than 0.60%, and a specified steel microstructure; and a galvanized layer on a surface of the steel sheet. The retained austenite has a solute C content of 0.6% or more by mass, and retained austenite grains with an aspect ratio of less than 2.0 constitute 50% or more of all retained austenite grains. In 90-degree bending at a curvature radius/thickness ratio of 4.2 in a rolling (L) direction with respect to an axis extending in a width (C) direction, an L cross section in a 0 to 50 ?m region from a surface of the steel sheet on a compression side has a number density of voids of 1000/mm.sup.2 or less, and the galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more.

A metallic flat product is disclosed which is subjected to surface finishing by hot-dip coating and which is preferably composed of steel. The metallic flat product includes a metallic alloy layer (11) and a metallic surface layer (12), which metallic alloy layer and metallic surface layer differ from one another in terms of their chemical composition. The two layers (11, 12) are produced in a one process step and define a continuous transition region (13) in which a mixture of the two different chemical compositions is present. The metallic alloy layer (11) has a thickness of less than 8 m, preferably less than 6 m, and the surface layer (12) is formed from aluminum or zinc. The flat product has an improved coating, by means of which the flat product more effectively satisfies the requirements with regard to good deformability and has good anti-corrosion protection.

The present invention relates generally to a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal sheet. In this method, at least one of the following equations is satisfied: $\begin{array}{cc}\frac{Z}{d}+18\ln \left(\frac{Z}{d}\right)<8\ln \left(\frac{P}{V}\right)-27.52& \left(A\right)\\ {\mathrm{fO}}_2<\frac{2.304.Math.{10}^{-3}}{{(27.52+\frac{Z}{d}+8\ln (\frac{V}{P}}^{}}\end{array}$

A galvannealed steel sheet includes a plating layer containing 7.2-10.6 mass % of Fe, 0.2-0.4 mass % of Al, and 0.1 mass % or more of at least one of Ni, Co, Cu, and In, and the balance of Zn and impurities. In a vertical cross-section of the plating layer, an average thickness of a phase is 0.2 m or less, and an average thickness of a phase is 0.5 m or less. In the phase, at least one of Ni, Co, Cu, and In are contained at a ratio in the phase of 0.5 mass % or more. A phase existing in contact with the phase is a mixed phase of .sub.1 phase and phase, and a phase percentage defined by ( phase/ phase contact interface length)/( phase/ phase contact interface length+.sub.1 phase/ phase contact interface length)100 is 10% or more.

A composition for a reinforced metal matrix coating, and a method of preparing and coating the composition. The composition includes a plurality of sacrificial metallic binder particles that is anodic with respect to a base substrate, and a plurality of hard particles.

A non-magnetic stainless steel wire with an adherent corrosion resistant coating is disclosed. The surface of the non-magnetic stainless steel is pre-treated so as to be sufficiently free from oxides and form a good adhesion with the above corrosion resistant coating. The non-magnetic stainless steel wire is used as a armoring wire for a power cable for transmitting electrical power.

A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising a cold-rolled steel sheet, an intermetallic compound formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a galvanizing layer formed on the intermetallic compound, the cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure having a martensite area ratio of 7% or more and less than 25% and a ferrite area ratio of 50% or more and which includes a base metal surface portion in which the amount of internal oxides per single side is 0.05 g/m.sup.2 or less.

The present invention relates to a ZnMg alloy-coated steel sheet with excellent blackening resistance and excellent coating adhesion and to a method for manufacturing same. Provided are a ZnMg alloy-coated steel sheet with excellent blackening resistance and excellent adhesion and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet comprising: a substrate steel sheet; a ZnFe intermetallic compound layer formed on the substrate steel sheet; a first ZnMg coating layer formed on the ZnFe intermetallic compound layer and comprising a ZnFe intermetallic compound in which the content of Zn is 95% by weight or higher; a second ZnMg coating layer formed on the first ZnMg coating layer and comprising a ZnMg intermetallic compound in which the content of Zn is 80 to 95% by weight; and an oxide film formed on the second ZnMg coating layer and comprising a metallic oxide.