A method for manufacturing a porous metal body according to the present invention includes: a surface oxidizing step of heating a titanium-containing powder in an atmosphere containing oxygen at a temperature of 250° C. or more for 30 minutes or more to provide a surface-oxidized powder; and a sintering step of depositing the surface-oxidized powder in a dry process, and sintering the surface-oxidized powder by heating it in a reduced pressure atmosphere or an inert atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or more.

The cathode member for electron beam generation of the present disclosure includes: 95% by area or more of a single phase or two phases of a compound composed of iridium and cerium. A total content of one or more subcomponents of metallic iridium and an oxide of one or more elements of iridium and cerium is 5% by area or less of the cathode member.

The cathode member for electron beam generation of the present disclosure includes: 95% by area or more of a single phase or two phases of a compound composed of iridium and cerium. A total content of one or more subcomponents of metallic iridium and an oxide of one or more elements of iridium and cerium is 5% by area or less of the cathode member.

Provided is a method for treating an alloy by which nickel and/or cobalt can be selectively isolated from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, in a waste lithium ion battery. The present invention is a method for treating an alloy, by which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, the method including: a leaching step in which a leachate is obtained by subjecting an alloy to an acid-based leaching treatment under conditions in which a sulfurizing agent is also present; a reduction step in which a reduced solution is obtained by subjecting the leachate to a reduction treatment using a reducing agent; and an oxidation/neutralization step in which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained by adding an oxidizing agent and also a neutralizing agent to the reduced solution.

Provided is a method for treating an alloy by which nickel and/or cobalt can be selectively isolated from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, in a waste lithium ion battery. The present invention is a method for treating an alloy, by which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained from an alloy that contains copper as well as nickel and/or cobalt, the method including: a leaching step in which a leachate is obtained by subjecting an alloy to an acid-based leaching treatment under conditions in which a sulfurizing agent is also present; a reduction step in which a reduced solution is obtained by subjecting the leachate to a reduction treatment using a reducing agent; and an oxidation/neutralization step in which a solution that contains nickel and/or cobalt is obtained by adding an oxidizing agent and also a neutralizing agent to the reduced solution.

An additive manufacturing method using an inkjet printhead supplied with a binder fluid, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a layer of powdered build material including a monomer; (b) selectively jetting the binder fluid onto predetermined regions of the layer of powdered build material, the binder fluid comprising a catalyst; (c) optionally exposing the layer of powdered build material to an energy source to initiate polymerization of the monomer; and (d) optionally repeating steps (a) to (c).

An additive manufacturing method using an inkjet printhead supplied with a binder fluid, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a layer of powdered build material including a monomer; (b) selectively jetting the binder fluid onto predetermined regions of the layer of powdered build material, the binder fluid comprising a catalyst; (c) optionally exposing the layer of powdered build material to an energy source to initiate polymerization of the monomer; and (d) optionally repeating steps (a) to (c).

A method of forming an article includes producing a base powder including a plurality of base particles. Each base particle includes an external surface and a first material. The method further includes removing one or more oxides from the external surface of each base particle to form a cleaned powder including a plurality of cleaned particles. Each cleaned particle includes a cleaned external surface made of the first material. The method further includes coating the cleaned external surface of each cleaned particle with a second material having a greater oxidation resistance than the first material to form a coated powder including a plurality of coated particles. Each coated particle includes an external layer including the second material that fully covers the cleaned external surface made of the first material. The method further includes forming the article using the coated powder.

A method of forming an article includes producing a base powder including a plurality of base particles. Each base particle includes an external surface and a first material. The method further includes removing one or more oxides from the external surface of each base particle to form a cleaned powder including a plurality of cleaned particles. Each cleaned particle includes a cleaned external surface made of the first material. The method further includes coating the cleaned external surface of each cleaned particle with a second material having a greater oxidation resistance than the first material to form a coated powder including a plurality of coated particles. Each coated particle includes an external layer including the second material that fully covers the cleaned external surface made of the first material. The method further includes forming the article using the coated powder.

To provide a rare earth magnet having excellent coercive force and a production method thereof. A rare earth magnet, wherein the rare earth magnet comprises a magnetic phase containing Sm, Fe, and N, a Zn phase present around the magnetic phase, and an intermediate phase present between the magnetic phase and the Zn phase, wherein the intermediate phase contains Zn and the oxygen content of the intermediate phase is higher than the oxygen content of the Zn phase; and a method for producing a rare earth magnet, including mixing a magnetic raw material powder having an oxygen content of 1.0 mass % or less and an improving agent powder containing metallic Zn and/or a Zn alloy, and heat-treating the mixed powder.