The present disclosure relates to aluminum-based products having 1-30 vol. % of a ceramic phase. The aluminum alloy products may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques to facilitate production of the aluminum-based products having the 1-30 vol. % of the ceramic phase.

The present disclosure relates to aluminum-based products having 1-30 vol. % of a ceramic phase. The aluminum alloy products may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques to facilitate production of the aluminum-based products having the 1-30 vol. % of the ceramic phase.

Some variations provide a system for producing a functionalized powder, comprising: an agitated pressure vessel; first particles and second particles contained within the agitated pressure vessel; a fluid contained within the agitated pressure vessel; an exhaust line for releasing the fluid from the agitated pressure vessel; and a means for recovering a functionalized powder containing the second particles disposed onto surfaces of the first particles. A preferred fluid is carbon dioxide in liquefied or supercritical form. The carbon dioxide may be initially loaded into the pressure vessel as solid carbon dioxide. The pressure vessel may be batch or continuous and is operated under reaction conditions to functionalize the first particles with the second particles, thereby producing a functionalized powder, such as nanofunctionalized metal particles in which nanoparticles act as grain refiners for a component ultimately produced from the nanofunctionalized metal particles. Methods for making the functionalized powder are also disclosed.

A target is formed of a sintering-resistant material of high-melting point metal alloy, high-melting point metal silicide, high-melting point metal carbide, high-melting point metal nitride or high-melting point metal boride comprising a structure in which a material formed of a sintering-resistant material of high-melting point metal alloy, high-melting point metal silicide, high-melting point metal carbide, high-melting point metal nitride or high-melting point metal boride and a high-melting point metal plate other than the target are bonded. A production method of such a target is provided. Further the generation of cracks during the target production and high power sputtering, and the reaction of the target raw material with the die during hot pressing can be inhibited effectively, and the warpage of the target can be reduced.

Provided are a neodymium-iron-boron magnet material, raw material composition, preparation method, and application. The raw material composition of the neodymium-iron-boron magnet material comprises the following mass content components: R: 28-33%; R is a rare earth element, R comprises R1 and R2; R1 is a rare earth element added during smelting, and R1 comprises Nd and Dy; R2 is a rare earth element added during grain boundary diffusion, R2 comprises Tb, the content of R2 is 0.2%-1%; Co: <0.5%, but not 0; M: 0.4%, but not 0, and M is one or more of Bi, Sn, Zn, Ga, In, Au, and Pb; Cu: 0.15%, but not 0; B: 0.9-1.1%; Fe: 60-70%; the percentage is the mass percentage of the mass of each component to the total mass of the raw material composition. The neodymium-iron-boron magnet material has high remanence, coercivity, and good thermal stability.

A superconducting wire comprises a MgB.sub.2 filament, a base material, a high-thermal expansion metal, and a stabilizing material. The high-thermal expansion metal is a metal (for example, stainless steel) having a higher thermal expansion coefficient at room temperature than the MgB.sub.2 and the base material (for example, iron or niobium). The manufacturing method includes a step of packing a mixed powder in a first metal pipe, a step of performing wire-drawing on the first metal pipe formed of the metal to be the base material, a step of producing a composite wire by accommodating the first metal pipe in a second metal pipe formed of the high-thermal expansion metal and the stabilizing material, a step of performing wire-drawing on the composite wire, and a step of performing heat treatment.

Provided are a diamond composite material which is excellent in thermal conductivity, suitable as a material for a heat radiating member, and dense, the heat radiating member, and a method for producing a diamond composite material that can productively produce a diamond composite material which is excellent in wettability between diamond and metal and dense. The diamond composite material includes: a coated diamond particle including a diamond particle and a carbide layer covering a surface of the diamond particle and including an element of group 4 of the periodic table; and silver or a silver alloy binding such coated diamond particles together, with an oxygen content of 0.1 mass % or less.

Metal matrix composites that include a base metal material and a ceramic additive to form composites strengthened by the additives to improve performance in extreme environments are disclosed. Typically the additive is about 2% of the total volume, up to about 10% of the total volume. The particle sizes are typically less than about 100 micrometers, and average about 40 micrometers, while maintaining a spherical shape of the same. The resulting composites can be used to print components for use in extreme environments, such as using additive manufacturing techniques like laser powder bed fusion. Techniques for formulating these composites, and for printing the resulting components using the composites, are also provided.