An aluminum-based composite material includes a plurality of coarse crystalline grains (3) of pure aluminum, and a plurality of fine crystalline grains (4) each having an aluminum matrix (1), and a dispersion material (2) dispersed inside the aluminum matrix and formed by reacting a portion or all of an additive with aluminum in the aluminum matrix. The fine crystalline grains exist among the coarse crystalline grains, and the fine crystalline grains have crystalline grain diameters smaller than crystalline grain diameters of the coarse crystalline grains.

Provided is a sputtering target which can lower a heat treatment temperature for ordering a Fe—Pt magnetic phase and can suppress generation of particles during sputtering. The sputtering target is a nonmagnetic material-dispersed sputtering target containing Fe, Pt and Ge. The sputtering target includes at least one magnetic phase satisfying a composition represented by (Fe.sub.1-αPt.sub.α).sub.1-βGe.sub.β, as expressed in an atomic ratio for Fe, Pt and Ge, in which α and β represent numbers meeting 0.35≤α≤0.55 and 0.05≤β≤0.2, respectively. The magnetic phase has a ratio (S.sub.Ge30mass %/S.sub.Ge) of 0.5 or less. The ratio (S.sub.Ge30mass %/S.sub.Ge) is an average area ratio of Ge-based alloy phases containing a Ge concentration of 30% by mass or more (S.sub.Ge30mass %) to an area ratio of Ge (S.sub.Ge) calculated from the entire composition of the sputtering target, in element mapping by EPMA of a polished surface obtained by polishing a cross section perpendicular to a sputtering surface of the sputtering target.

The present disclosure relates to an iron-based mixed powder having excellent uniformity, fluidity and moldability by applying polyamide as a binder, and a method for manufacturing the same. The iron-based mixed powder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is composed of a mixture of a raw material of mixed powder in which iron-based powder and additive powder are mixed, and polyamide as a binder, wherein 0.03 to 1.50 parts by weight of the binder is mixed based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material of the mixed powder.

The present disclosure relates to an iron-based mixed powder having excellent uniformity, fluidity and moldability by applying polyamide as a binder, and a method for manufacturing the same. The iron-based mixed powder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is composed of a mixture of a raw material of mixed powder in which iron-based powder and additive powder are mixed, and polyamide as a binder, wherein 0.03 to 1.50 parts by weight of the binder is mixed based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material of the mixed powder.

Methods of making metal bond abrasive articles via powder bed jetting are disclosed. Metal bond abrasive articles prepared by the method include abrasive articles having arcuate or tortuous cooling channels, abrasive segments, abrasive wheels, and rotary dental tools.

Methods of making metal bond abrasive articles via powder bed jetting are disclosed. Metal bond abrasive articles prepared by the method include abrasive articles having arcuate or tortuous cooling channels, abrasive segments, abrasive wheels, and rotary dental tools.

A method for producing a magnetic powder includes the steps of: mixing neodymium oxide, boron, and iron to prepare a first mixture; adding and mixing calcium to the first mixture to prepare a second mixture; mixing an alkali metal with the second mixture to prepare a third mixture; and placing a carbon sheet on the third mixture, placing silica sand (SiO.sub.2 sand) thereon, and then heating the same to a temperature of 800° C. to 1100° C.

Method for moderating a reaction of metal particles, in particular metal condensates, preferably from an additive manufacturing process, in particular a laser sintering or laser melting process, wherein the metal particles are combined, in particular mixed, with an at least partially meltable inerting material, wherein the inerting material comprises particles with a particle size of less than or equal to 100 .Math.m.

Method for moderating a reaction of metal particles, in particular metal condensates, preferably from an additive manufacturing process, in particular a laser sintering or laser melting process, wherein the metal particles are combined, in particular mixed, with an at least partially meltable inerting material, wherein the inerting material comprises particles with a particle size of less than or equal to 100 .Math.m.

A method includes applying a material coating on a surface of a machine component using a thermal spray, wherein the material coating is formed from a combination of a hardfacing material and aluminum-containing particles. The method also includes thermally treating the material coating to generate an oxide layer comprising aluminum from the aluminum-containing particles, wherein the oxide layer is configured to reduce oxidation of the hardfacing material.