In an example of a method for forming a high-strength, lightweight alloy, starting materials are provided. The starting materials include aluminum, iron, and silicon. The starting materials are ball milled to generate the high-strength, lightweight alloy of a stable Al.sub.xFe.sub.ySi.sub.z phase, wherein x ranges from about 3 to about 5, y ranges from about 1.5 to about 2.2, and z is about 1.

The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder having iron as the main component and containing boron, wherein, the content of iron inside the soft magnetic metal powder is 98 mass % or more, the content of boron in the particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the metal particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.

The present invention relates to a soft magnetic metal powder having iron as the main component and containing boron, wherein, the content of iron inside the soft magnetic metal powder is 98 mass % or more, the content of boron in the particle of the soft magnetic metal powder is 10 to 150 ppm, and the metal particle has a film of boron nitride on the surface. The present invention also relates to a soft magnetic metal powder core prepared by using the soft magnetic metal powder.

A cubic boron nitride sintered material of the present disclosure includes 35 to 100 volume % of a cubic boron nitride grain and 0 to 65 volume % of a binder, wherein: a lattice constant of the cubic boron nitride grain is 3.6140 to 3.6161 , a silicon content in the cubic boron nitride grain is 0.02 mass % or less, and the binder material includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a compound and a solid solution of the compound, the compound consisting of at least one element selected from a group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element in the periodic table, aluminum, silicon, iron, cobalt and nickel, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, boron and oxygen.

[Summary] Provided is an R-T-B permanent magnet that contains Al, Cu, Ga, and Zr. The R content is 30.00-33.00 mass %, the Co content is greater than 0.80 mass % but no greater than 3.00 mass %, the B content is 0.70-0.83 mass %, the Al content is greater than 0 mass % but less than 0.20 mass %, the Cu content is greater than 0.10 mass % but less than 1.50 mass %, the Ga content is 0.40-1.00 mass %, and the Zr content is greater than 0.10 mass % but no greater than 1.60 mass %.

The present invention provides an Al-ND-based composite material in which nanodiamond (ND) particles are dispersed in an aluminum (Al)-based metal matrix.

A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes cubic boron nitride and a binder. The binder includes a first material and a second material. The first material is one or two or more first chemical species each including at least one first metallic element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, cobalt, and aluminum. Each of the first chemical species is a metal, an alloy, an intermetallic compound, a compound, or a solid solution. The second material is one or two or more second chemical species each including at least one second metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, and chromium. Each of the second chemical species is a solid solution derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of nitride, carbide, and carbonitride. In each of the second chemical species, 0.1 atom % to 10 atom % of aluminum is dissolved.

Provided are a silver powder that can reduce line resistance and a method of producing the same. The silver powder has a diameter at a cumulative value of 50% of 3 m or more and a ratio of particles of 10 m or larger of 10% or less. The silver powder includes flake-like particles having a major axis of 6 m or more and irregularly shaped particles having a major axis of less than 6 m, an average aspect ratio that is a ratio of average major axis relative to average thickness of the flake-like particles is 8 or more, and a shape factor that is a ratio of area of a circle having average maximum length of the irregularly shaped particles as a diameter relative to average particle area of the irregularly shaped particles is 1.7 to 1.9. Ignition loss is 0.1 wt % to 0.4 wt %.

A method of producing a powder suitable for additive manufacturing and/or powder metallurgy applications from a precursor particulate material comprising: subjecting the precursor particulate material to at least one high shear milling process, thereby producing a powder product having a reduced average particle size and a selected particle morphology.

A sintered magnet body (R.sub.aT.sup.1.sub.bM.sub.cB.sub.d) coated with a powder mixture of an intermetallic compound (R.sup.1.sub.iM.sup.1.sub.j, R.sup.1.sub.xT.sup.2.sub.yM.sup.1.sub.z, R.sup.1.sub.iM.sup.1.sub.jH.sub.k), alloy (M.sup.1.sub.dM.sup.2.sub.e) or metal (M.sup.1) powder and a rare earth (R.sup.2) oxide is diffusion treated. The R.sup.2 oxide is partially reduced during the diffusion treatment, so a significant amount of R.sup.2 can be introduced near interfaces of primary phase grains within the magnet through the passages in the form of grain boundaries. The coercive force is increased while minimizing a decline of remanence.