A soft magnetic metal powder or the like from which a soft magnetic metal fired body can be provided has a high magnetic permeability μ and a specific resistance ρ and is contained in a coil-type electronic component having sufficiently high inductance L and Q value and unlikely to be plating-extended and short-circuited. A soft magnetic metal powder contains soft magnetic metal particles containing at least Fe and Ni. Said soft magnetic metal powder further contains P, Si, Cr and/or M. M is at least one selected from among B, Co, Mn, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Al, and rare earth elements. The content of each element is within a predetermined range.

The present invention relates to an iron-based alloy powder wherein the alloy comprises the elements Fe (iron), Cr (chrome) and Mo (molybdenum) and the iron-based alloy powder is produced by an ultra-high liquid atomization process comprising at least two stages as defined below.

The present invention relates to a Fe-based alloy for melt-solidification-shaping containing : 0.05 mass% ≤ C ≤0.25 mass%, 0.01 mass% ≤ Si ≤ 2.0 mass%, 0.05 mass% ≤ Mn ≤ 2.5 mass%, 2.5 mass% ≤ Ni ≤ 9.0 mass%, 0.1 mass% ≤ Cr ≤ 8.0 mass%, and 0.005 mass% ≤ N ≤ 0.200 mass%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying: 11.5 < 15C+Mn+0.5Cr+Ni < 20.

The present invention relates to a Fe-based alloy for melt-solidification-shaping containing : 0.05 mass% ≤ C ≤0.25 mass%, 0.01 mass% ≤ Si ≤ 2.0 mass%, 0.05 mass% ≤ Mn ≤ 2.5 mass%, 2.5 mass% ≤ Ni ≤ 9.0 mass%, 0.1 mass% ≤ Cr ≤ 8.0 mass%, and 0.005 mass% ≤ N ≤ 0.200 mass%, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying: 11.5 < 15C+Mn+0.5Cr+Ni < 20.

A production method for water-atomized metal powder includes: in a region in which the average temperature of a molten metal stream having an Fe concentration of 76.0 at % or more and less than 82.9 at % is 100° C. or more higher than the melting point, spraying primary cooling water at a convergence angle of 10° to 25°, where the convergence angle is an angle between an impact direction on the molten metal stream from one direction and an impact direction on the molten metal stream from any other direction; and in a region in which 0.0004 seconds or more have passed after an impact of the primary cooling water and the average temperature of metal powder is the melting point or higher and (the melting point+100° C.) or lower, spraying secondary cooling water on the metal powder under conditions of an impact pressure of 10 MPa or more.

A preparation method for a metal soft magnetic composite material inductor includes: smelting Fe, Si and Cr and then employing a water atomization or gas atomization means to fabricate an alloy powder; after sifting by particle size, mixing powders of different particle size levels and performing coating insulation, and performing post-granulation to obtain a metal soft composite material granulation powder; adopting the granulation powder to press a material cake, and transferring and molding same; adopting a hollow coil in a liquid-phase coating mold cavity, curing and demolding to obtain a semi-finished product, then continuously heating and curing the semi-finished product, and preparing an end electrode to obtain a finished inductor.

The metal ceramic powder with a particle size of 15-45 .Math.m and suitable for thermal spraying is prepared through a combination of mechanical ball milling, spray granulation, and vacuum sintering. The metal ceramic powder is sprayed on a surface of a steel substrate adopting the high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) technology with oxygen-propane as fuel and taking oxygen as a combustion improver, propane as fuel, nitrogen as powder feeding carrier gas, and air as a cooling medium to prepare and form the NiCrBSi—ZrB2 composite coating. The present disclosure solves the problem that ZrB.sub.2 ceramic is difficult to compact during sintering and improves powder bonding strength and fluidity. The preparation method is simple, has advantages of high coating deposition efficiency and convenient equipment operation, and is cost-effective. The preparation method can improve thermal corrosion resistance and high-temperature wear resistance of a surface of boiler, and prolonging lifetime of the boiler.

The metal ceramic powder with a particle size of 15-45 .Math.m and suitable for thermal spraying is prepared through a combination of mechanical ball milling, spray granulation, and vacuum sintering. The metal ceramic powder is sprayed on a surface of a steel substrate adopting the high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) technology with oxygen-propane as fuel and taking oxygen as a combustion improver, propane as fuel, nitrogen as powder feeding carrier gas, and air as a cooling medium to prepare and form the NiCrBSi—ZrB2 composite coating. The present disclosure solves the problem that ZrB.sub.2 ceramic is difficult to compact during sintering and improves powder bonding strength and fluidity. The preparation method is simple, has advantages of high coating deposition efficiency and convenient equipment operation, and is cost-effective. The preparation method can improve thermal corrosion resistance and high-temperature wear resistance of a surface of boiler, and prolonging lifetime of the boiler.

Provided is a stainless steel powder composition, which comprises Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni and Fe; wherein, based on a total weight of the stainless steel powder composition, a content of Cr is 20 wt% to 24 wt%, and a content of Cu is more than 0 wt% and less than or equal to 0.5 wt%, a content of Mn is more than 0 wt% and less than or equal to 2 wt%, a content of Mo is 2.25 wt% to 3 wt% and a content of Ni is 10 wt% to 15 wt%. When applying the stainless steel powder composition of the present invention to laser additive manufacturing (LAM), the produced stainless steel workpiece has enhanced tensile strength, thereby expanding the follow-up applications and increasing the commercial value.

The present invention is to provide powder made of iron-based metallic glass, the corrosion resistance of which is improved over the conventional powder made of iron-based metallic glass. The basic composition includes a group of iron-based metallic elements that predominantly has Fe, a group of metalloid elements that consists of Si, B, P, and C, and a little amount of a group of elements for improving the degree of supercooling that consists of either or both of Nb and Mo. The powder made of the iron-based metallic glass is obtained by adding to the basic composition an element for improving the corrosion resistance. The obtained powder made of the iron-based metallic glass has an excellent corrosion resistance, an excellent magnetic property, and an excellent insulating property.