A mold powder which prevents surface defects from occurring on a surface of a cast slab of Al-containing hypo-peritectic steel having Al: 0.2% to 2.0%, by mass %, and, in a hypo-peritectic region, C: 0.08% to 0.17%, by mass %. The mold powder includes CaO, SiO.sub.2, Na.sub.2O, Li.sub.2O, F, and C. Li.sub.2O/Na.sub.2O is 0.6 or more, 1.0+0.05×Al≤CaO/SiO.sub.2≤2.0−0.35×Al, 10<Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+0.8×F<20, and 1.00≤F/(Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+1.46)≤1.24 are satisfied where Al is content by mass % of molten steel, and respective contents of the remaining elements are by mass %. A viscosity of the mold powder at 1,300° C. is in a range of 0.05 Pa.Math.s to 0.20 Pa.Math.s, and a crystallization temperature of the mold powder is in a range of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C.

A mold powder which prevents surface defects from occurring on a surface of a cast slab of Al-containing hypo-peritectic steel having Al: 0.2% to 2.0%, by mass %, and, in a hypo-peritectic region, C: 0.08% to 0.17%, by mass %. The mold powder includes CaO, SiO.sub.2, Na.sub.2O, Li.sub.2O, F, and C. Li.sub.2O/Na.sub.2O is 0.6 or more, 1.0+0.05×Al≤CaO/SiO.sub.2≤2.0−0.35×Al, 10<Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+0.8×F<20, and 1.00≤F/(Li.sub.2O+0.5×Na.sub.2O+1.46)≤1.24 are satisfied where Al is content by mass % of molten steel, and respective contents of the remaining elements are by mass %. A viscosity of the mold powder at 1,300° C. is in a range of 0.05 Pa.Math.s to 0.20 Pa.Math.s, and a crystallization temperature of the mold powder is in a range of 1,100° C. to 1,250° C.

A manufacturing efficiency of the wire rod made of the cast alloy including the additive element having the high activity to the oxygen is improved. An apparatus of manufacturing a wire rod includes: a tundish storing a molten metal; a mold for use in continuously casting the molten metal fed from the tundish; and an additive-element feeding unit continuously feeding an additive element (wire) to a feeding port of the mold.

A manufacturing efficiency of the wire rod made of the cast alloy including the additive element having the high activity to the oxygen is improved. An apparatus of manufacturing a wire rod includes: a tundish storing a molten metal; a mold for use in continuously casting the molten metal fed from the tundish; and an additive-element feeding unit continuously feeding an additive element (wire) to a feeding port of the mold.

A product comprising recycled metal fragments and an alloying supplement, and methods and system for producing same. In some examples, the product comprises a container, shot blasted pieces of aluminum alloy wheels and an alloying supplement. In some examples, the product also comprises an indication on the container of a composition estimate of the combined shot blasted pieces and alloying supplement. In other examples, the indication and/or the alloying supplement may be provided by a company in the business of providing alloying supplements.

A product comprising recycled metal fragments and an alloying supplement, and methods and system for producing same. In some examples, the product comprises a container, shot blasted pieces of aluminum alloy wheels and an alloying supplement. In some examples, the product also comprises an indication on the container of a composition estimate of the combined shot blasted pieces and alloying supplement. In other examples, the indication and/or the alloying supplement may be provided by a company in the business of providing alloying supplements.

The present invention relates to steel sheet realizing both formability and weldability. The steel sheet of the present invention is characterized in that at a surface layer part of a region down to 30 μm from the surface of the steel sheet in the sheet thickness direction, Al oxide grains are present in 3000 to 6000/mm.sup.2 in number density, the natural logarithms of the particle sizes of the Al oxide grains measured in μm units are on the average −5.0 to −3.5, the standard error is 0.6 or less, and the number of Al oxide grains with deviations of the natural logarithms of the particle sizes from the average larger than 2 times the standard error is 5% or less of the total number of Al oxide grains and at a position of ½ of the thickness of the steel sheet, the number density of the Al oxide grains is 1000/mm.sup.2 or less.

Continuous casting mold is provided having a mold copper plate having plural separate portions filled with foreign metal formed by filling concave grooves formed on the inner wall surface of the mold copper plate and having a diameter of 2 mm to 20 mm in the inner wall surface at least in the region from a meniscus to a position located 20 mm or more lower than the meniscus with the foreign metal whose thermal conductivity is 80% or less or 125% or more of the mold copper plate, the ratio of the Vickers hardness HVc of the mold copper plate to the Vickers hardness HVm of the filling metal satisfies expression (1), and the ratio of the thermal expansion coefficient αc of the mold copper plate and the thermal expansion coefficient αm of the filling metal satisfies expression (2).
0.3≤HVc/HVm≤2.3  (1),
0.7≤αc/αm≤3.5  (2)

Continuous casting mold is provided having a mold copper plate having plural separate portions filled with foreign metal formed by filling concave grooves formed on the inner wall surface of the mold copper plate and having a diameter of 2 mm to 20 mm in the inner wall surface at least in the region from a meniscus to a position located 20 mm or more lower than the meniscus with the foreign metal whose thermal conductivity is 80% or less or 125% or more of the mold copper plate, the ratio of the Vickers hardness HVc of the mold copper plate to the Vickers hardness HVm of the filling metal satisfies expression (1), and the ratio of the thermal expansion coefficient αc of the mold copper plate and the thermal expansion coefficient αm of the filling metal satisfies expression (2).
0.3≤HVc/HVm≤2.3  (1),
0.7≤αc/αm≤3.5  (2)

A non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises Si: 2.0 to 3.5%, Al: 0.3 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 4.5%, Zn: 0.0005 to 0.02% in wt % and Fe and inevitable impurities as a balance amount.