This application relates to AlMnZr based alloys, which when processed by (i) a conventional manufacturing technique (e.g. casting), (ii) an additive manufacturing technique utilizing a melting process, or (iii) a powder metallurgy process can provide a fabricated component with significantly improved strength, creep resistance and/or thermal stability at elevated temperatures, and printability in additive manufacturing and weldability in traditional manufacturing compared to conventional aluminum alloy.

A method for producing a rare earth aluminate sintered body includes: preparing a molded body by mixing a fluorescent material having a composition of a rare earth aluminate and a raw material mixture comprising an oxide containing at least one rare earth element Ln selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Lu, Gd, and Tb, an oxide containing Ce, an oxide containing Al, and optionally an oxide containing at least one element M selected from the group consisting of Ga and Sc; and calcining the molded body to obtain a sintered body.

An improved aluminum alloy powder metal includes silicon additions. When this improved powder metal with silicon additions is sintered to form a sintered component, the resultant component exhibits many improved mechanical strength properties and improved thermal resistance.

In a fine silver particle dispersing solution wherein 30 to 75% by weight of fine silver particles, which are coated with an organic acid having a carbon number of 5 to 8 or a derivative thereof and which have an average particle diameter of 1 to 100 nm, are dispersed in a water-based dispersion medium which is a solvent containing water as a main component, the fine silver particle dispersing solution containing ammonia and nitric acid, there is added 0.15 to 0.6% by weight of a surface regulating agent, which preferably contains a polyether-modified polydimethylsiloxane and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether or a polyether, or 0.005 to 0.6% by weight of an antifoaming agent which is preferably a silicone antifoaming agent.

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.

Methods for manufacturing components that include casting a first melt to produce an ingot, remelting the ingot to form a second melt, forming a powder from the second melt using an atomization process, and fabricating a component utilizing the powder in an additive manufacturing process. The ingot and the powder include an aluminum matrix that contains dispersions of TiB.sub.2 particles and Al.sub.3Ti particles and the component is a metal matrix composite having an aluminum matrix that contains dispersions of TiB.sub.2 particles and Al.sub.3Ti particles. Optionally, the metal matrix composite may include particles of an intermetallic compound of aluminum and at least one alloying element.

A plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles have an average thickness of 10 nm to 100 ?m, each of the particles having a flat surface; a magnetic metal phase containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni; and a difference in coercivity on the basis of direction within the surface, the average value of the ratio of the average length within the surface with respect to the thickness being from 5-10,000. The particles include a particle having at least one of a crack in a thickness direction having a depth equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the depth, and a crack in a direction parallel to the surface having a length equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the particle and a width shorter than the length.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing an anisotropic complex sintered magnet having MnBi, that includes: (a) preparing a non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon by a rapidly solidification process (RSP); (b) heat treating the non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon to convert the non-magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon into a magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon; (c) grinding the magnetic phase MnBi-based ribbon to form a MnBi hard magnetic phase powder; (d) mixing the MnBi hard magnetic phase powder with a rare-earth hard magnetic phase powder; (e) magnetic field molding the mixture obtained in step (d) by applying an external magnetic field to form a molded article; and (f) sintering the molded article.

The mechanical properties and thermal resistance of a sintered component made from an AlCuMgSn alloy powder metal mixture can be improved by doping the AlCuMgSn alloy powder metal mixture with a silicon addition. Silicon is added as a constituent to the AlCuMgSn alloy powder metal mixture. The AlCuMgSn alloy powder metal mixture is compacted to form a preform and the preform is sintered to form the sintered component.

There are provided an inexpensive copper powder, which has a low content of oxygen even it has a small particle diameter and which has a high shrinkage starting temperature when it is heated, and a method for producing the same. While a molten metal of copper heated to a temperature, which is higher than the melting point of copper by 250 to 700? C. (preferably 350 to 650? C. and more preferably 450 to 600? C.), is allowed to drop, a high-pressure water is sprayed onto the heated molten metal of copper in a non-oxidizing atmosphere (such as an atmosphere of nitrogen, argon, hydrogen or carbon monoxide) to rapidly cool and solidify the heated molten metal of copper to produce a copper powder which has an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 ?m and a crystallite diameter Dx.sub.(200) of not less than 40 nm on (200) plane thereof, the content of oxygen in the copper powder being 0.7% by weight or less.