A metal-Si based powder contains a metal-Si based particle including a plurality of crystal phase grains. The crystal phase grains include a crystal phase containing a compound of a metal and Si. The crystal phase grains have an average grain size of, for example, 20 μm or less. The metal-Si based particle has an average particle size of, for example, 5 to 100 μm.

Provided is a VMP aluminum slurry that can satisfy metallic texture achieving high designability and demand characteristics of adhesion level with a base material. It has been found that when a coating material formed using a VMP aluminum slurry containing a specific dicarboxylic acid is made into a coating film, the adhesion with a base material is particularly excellent, and the VMP aluminum slurry of the present invention has been completed. The VMP aluminum slurry contains a dicarboxylic acid having an octanol/water partition coefficient (log Pow) of −1 to 1 and a carbon chain of 2 to 5 carbon atoms between two carboxy groups, a VMP (vacuum metallized pigment) aluminum pigment, and a solvent.

This application provides Fe—Mn—Al—C lightweight steel, including: Fe, wherein a weight percentage of the Fe is greater than or equal to 50.4 wt %; Mn, wherein a weight percentage of the Mn is 25-35 wt %; Al, wherein a weight percentage of the Al is 6-12 wt %; C, wherein a weight percentage of the C is 0.8-2.0 wt %; and O, wherein a weight percentage of the O is 0.005-0.6 wt %. This application further provides a terminal to which the Fe—Mn—Al—C lightweight steel is applied, a production method for the Fe—Mn—Al—C lightweight steel, a steel mechanical part, and an electronic device. The lightweight steel in this application has low density, high strength, and high elongation.

The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods for manufacturing recycled copper alloy powder particles from used or deficient copper alloy powder particles. In some embodiments, used copper alloy powder particles comprising near-surface oxygen are introduced into a microwave plasma torch. In some embodiments, the used copper alloy powder particles are heated within the microwave plasma torch to at least partially remove the oxygen and form recycled copper alloy powder particles, without melting the used copper alloy powder particles.

The present disclosure is drawn to a material set including a powder bed material and a binder fluid. The powder bed material can be from 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles having a metal core and a thin metal layer on the core, and the metal particles having a D50 particle size distribution value ranging from 4 μm to 150 μm and the thin metal layer having an average thickness from 20 nm to 2 μm. The binder fluid can adhere a first portion of the powder bed material relative to a second portion of the powder bed material not in contact with the binder fluid.

A method is disclosed for repairing an aeronautical component comprising a nickel-based alloy. An aeronautical component is disclosed comprising a nickel-based alloy and one or more of the following elements: tungsten, cobalt, chromium, aluminum, molybdenum, tantalum, titanium, hafnium, carbon, boron, and zirconium.

The dust core comprises a plurality of soft magnetic iron-based particles, a coating layer disposed on each of the surfaces of the soft magnetic iron-based particles, an interstitial layer disposed between the coating layers, and a nanopowder disposed between the soft magnetic iron-based particles. The coating layer is a layer of a compound comprising Fe, Si, O, B and N; and the nanopowder is a powder of a compound comprising O, N and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Si, Zr, Co, Al, Mg, Mn and Ni.

A high melt superalloy powder mixture is provided for use with additive manufacturing or welding metal components or portions thereof. The high melt superalloy powder may include by weight about 7.7% to about 18% chromium, about 10.6% to about 11% cobalt, about 4.5% to about 6.5% aluminum, about 10.6% to about 11% tungsten, about 0.3% to about 0.55% molybdenum, about 0.05% to about 0.08% carbon, and at least 40% nickel.

An alloy particle contains: total content of Fe and Co: from 82.2 to 96.5 parts by mass; Co: 0 to 30.0 parts by mass; P: 0 to 4.5 parts by mass; B: more than 0 to 5.0 parts by mass; C: 0 to 3.0 parts by mass; Si: 0 to 6.7 parts by mass; Ni: more than 0 to 12.0 parts by mass; Cr: more than 0 to 4.2 parts by mass; total content of Mo, W, Zr, and Nb: 0 to 4.2 parts by mass; total content of P and Cr: 7.4 parts by mass or less; multiplication product of the parts by mass of Ni and Cr: 0.5 or more; and total content of Fe, Co, and Ni: 97.0 parts by mass or less. The alloy particle contains an amorphous phase, and a volume percentage of the amorphous phase is 70% or higher.

Provided is a method of producing spherical silver powder, which makes it possible to easily produce spherical silver powder having primary particle diameters with less variation than conventional powder and spherical silver powder obtained by the method. The method of producing spherical silver powder includes a reduction precipitation step of precipitating silver particles by reduction by adding a reductant including hydrazine carbonate to an aqueous reaction system containing silver ions.