A flow restrictor is provided, comprising a first sheet including a flow passage, and a second sheet stacked on the first sheet. A hole is provided in a center of the second sheet. The flow passage includes a groove cut into a surface of the first sheet that communicates with an expansion zone at a peripheral area of the first sheet. A peripheral edge of the second sheet contacts the first sheet in the expansion zone between an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the expansion zone.

A flow restrictor is provided, comprising a first sheet including a flow passage, and a second sheet stacked on the first sheet. A hole is provided in a center of the second sheet. The flow passage includes a groove cut into a surface of the first sheet that communicates with an expansion zone at a peripheral area of the first sheet. A peripheral edge of the second sheet contacts the first sheet in the expansion zone between an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the expansion zone.

The present invention provides a nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can (1), having a nickel layer with a nickel amount of 4.4 to 26.7 g/m.sup.2 on a steel sheet (11), wherein when the Fe intensity and the Ni intensity are continuously measured along the depth direction from the surface of the nickel-plated heat-treated steel sheet for a battery can, by using a high frequency glow discharge optical emission spectrometric analyzer, the difference (D2-D1) between the depth (D1) at which the Fe intensity exhibits a first predetermined value and the depth (D2) at which the Ni intensity exhibits a second predetermined value is less than 0.04 μm.

A plated steel includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 40.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0% to 2.00%, and a remainder of Zn and impurities, and in a cross section of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Zn solid-solution Fe.sub.2Al.sub.5 phase in which 5% or more of Zn is solid-soluted is 10% to 60% and the area fraction of a MgZn.sub.2 phase is 10% to 90%.

New aluminum alloy brazing sheets are disclosed. The new aluminum alloy brazing sheets may include a core, an interliner layer adjacent the core, and a braze liner adjacent the interliner layer. The interliner layer may include a first aluminum alloy having at least 0.35 wt. % Si and from 0.05 to 2.0 wt. % Mg. The braze liner may include a second aluminum alloy having 0.05 to 2.0 wt. % Mg. The first aluminum alloy and the second aluminum alloy may include an amount of magnesium sufficient to achieve T.sub.solidus(IL)≥5° C. T.sub.liquidus(BL). The new aluminum alloy brazing products may be useful, for instance, in fluxfree brazing.

A mirrored apparatus includes a substrate having a surface and including an additive manufactured aluminum and about 2 to about 30 weight % (wt. %) silicon. The mirrored apparatus also includes a finish layer arranged directly on the surface of the substrate. The finish layer includes a polished surface opposite the substrate. The mirrored apparatus further includes a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.

The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.

The present disclosure provides electrolyte solutions for electrodeposition of zinc-manganese alloys, methods of forming electrolyte solutions, methods of electrodepositing zinc-manganese alloys, and multilayered zinc-manganese alloys. An electrolyte solution for electroplating can include a metal salt, boric acid, an alkali metal chloride, polyethylene glycol, and a hydroxy benzaldehyde. An electrolyte solution can be formed by dissolving a metal salt, boric acid, an alkali metal chloride, polyethylene glycol, and a hydroxy benzaldehyde in water or an aqueous solution. Electrodepositing zinc-manganese alloys on a substrate can include introducing a cathode and an anode into an electrolyte solution comprising a metal salt, boric acid, an alkali metal chloride, polyethylene glycol, and a hydroxy benzaldehyde. Electrodepositing can further include passing a current between the cathode and the anode through the electrolyte solution to deposit zinc and manganese onto the cathode.

Described herein is an aluminium alloy multi-layered brazing sheet product for brazing in an inert-gas atmosphere without a flux that includes a core layer made of a 3xxx alloy that includes <0.2 wt.% Mg, and that provides a covering clad layer that includes 2-6 wt.% Si on one or both sides of said 3xxx alloy core layer and a Al—Si brazing clad layer that includes 7-13 wt.% Si positioned between the 3xxx alloy core layer and the covering clad layer, wherein the covering clad layer has a thickness X.sub.1 and the Al—Si brazing clad layer has a thickness X.sub.2 and wherein X.sub.2 ≥ 2X.sub.1. Also described herein is the use of an aluminium alloy multi-layered brazing sheet product in a flux-free controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) operation to produce a heat exchanger apparatus.

An electronic component includes a component body, a base electrode that has a surface exposed from the component body and contains at least one of silver and copper, an alloy layer deposited on the surface of the base electrode, and a nickel layer deposited on a surface of the alloy layer. The material of the alloy layer is an alloy containing nickel and tin.