This surface-treated steel includes surface-treated steel comprising: a steel sheet; a plated layer including zinc formed on the steel sheet; and a film formed on the plated layer, wherein the film has a thickness of 100 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, wherein the film includes: an amorphous phase A containing Si, C, O, P, Zn, and V, and one or two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, and Al as constituent elements, wherein Zn/Si, which is a peak intensity ratio between Zn and Si, is 1.0 or more, and V/P, which is a mass ratio between V and P, is 0.050 to 1.000 when analysis is performed by EDS; and an amorphous phase B containing Si, O, and Zn, wherein the amorphous phase B has a Zn/Si ratio of less than 1.0, the Zn/Si ratio is a peak intensity ratio between Zn and Si when analysis is performed by EDS, a Zn content of the amorphous phase A is 10 mass % or less, and in a cross section in a thickness direction, a percentage of a length of an interface between the plated layer and the amorphous phase B to a length of an interface between the plated layer and the film is 30% or more.

An iron-based amorphous alloy, i.e., Fe.sub.aSi.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.d, wherein a, b, c, and d respectively represent the atom percentages of corresponding components; 81.0a84.0, 1.0b6.0, 9.0c14.0, 0.05d3, and a+b+c+d=100. By adjusting the components and component percentages of the iron-based amorphous alloy, the obtained iron-based amorphous alloy has high saturation magnetic induction density.

A nanocomposite comprising crystalline grains in an amorphous matrix, the crystalline grains comprising an iron (Fe)-nickel (Ni) compound and being separated from one another by the amorphous matrix; and one or more barriers between the crystalline grains and the amorphous matrix, the barriers being configured to inhibit growth of the crystalline grains during forming of the crystalline grains, a barrier of the one or more barriers being between a crystalline grain and the amorphous matrix; wherein the amorphous matrix comprises an increased resistivity relative to a resistivity of the crystalline grains; and wherein the amorphous matrix is configured to reduce losses of the crystalline grains caused by a change in a magnetic field applied to the crystalline grains relative to losses of the crystalline grains that occur without the amorphous matrix.

This disclosure is directed at methods for mechanical property improvement in a metallic alloy that has undergone one or more mechanical property losses as a consequence of forming an edge, such as in the formation of an internal hole or an external edge. Methods are disclosed that provide the ability to improve mechanical properties of metallic alloys that have been formed with one or more edges placed in the metallic alloy by a variety of methods which may otherwise serve as a limiting factor for industrial applications.

A method of joining a first work piece and a second workpiece. The first and second workpieces may be rotor wheels of a rotor for a turbomachine. At least one of the workpieces includes an oxide dispersion strengthened alloy material and the first and second work pieces may be joined by welding a cladding on at least one of the workpieces to the other of the workpieces, without welding a substrate of the at least one workpiece which includes an oxide dispersion strengthened alloy material.

An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL?width WA calculated from the height difference between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 ?m.sup.2.

A rapidly quenched Fe-based soft-magnetic alloy ribbon having wave-like undulations on a free surface, the wave-like undulations having transverse troughs arranged at substantially constant intervals in a longitudinal direction, and the troughs having an average amplitude D of 20 mm or less, is produced by a method comprising (a) keeping a transverse temperature distribution in a melt nozzle within 15 C. to have as small a temperature distribution as possible in a melt paddle of the alloy, and (b) forming numerous fine linear scratches on a cooling roll surface by a wire brush, thereby providing a ground surface of the cooling roll with an arithmetical mean (average) roughness Ra of 0.1-1 m and a maximum roughness depth Rmax of 0.5-10 m.

The present invention achieves an object of continuously supplying a melt from a melt nozzle over a long period of time by adjusting the contents of Mn and S in an FeBSiC-type amorphous alloy ribbon. An amorphous alloy ribbon of the present invention includes a composition containing Fe, Si, B, C, Mn, S, and inevitable impurities, the composition containing, with respect to 100.0 atm % of the total amount of Fe, Si, B, and C, 3.0 atm % or more and 10.0 atm % or less of Si, 10.0 atm % or more and 15.0 atm % or less of B, and 0.2 atm % or more and 0.4 atm % or less of C, the amorphous alloy ribbon having a content ratio of Mn of more than 0.12 mass % and less than 0.15 mass %, and a content ratio of S of 0.0036 mass % or more and less than 0.0045 mass %, the amorphous alloy ribbon having a thickness of 10 m or more and 40 m or less, and a width of 100 mm or more and 300 mm or less.

A process for manufacturing a reclaimed alloy material includes the steps of crushing a magnetic core including an amorphous alloy ribbon; putting a prepared organic solvent and crushed pieces obtained in the step of crushing into a container and putting the crushed pieces into contact with the organic solvent in the container; selectively discharging the organic solvent from the container after putting the crushed pieces into contact with the organic solvent; and evaporating, after discharging the organic solvent, the organic solvent remaining in the container. The crushed pieces, removed from the container after the organic solvent is evaporated, is reused as a reclaimed alloy material.

An iron-based amorphous alloy. The iron-based amorphous alloy comprises components Fe.sub.aB.sub.bSi.sub.c, a, b and c respectively indicating atomic percentage contents, 79.5a82.5, 11.0b13.5, 6.5c8.5, and a+b+c=100. An iron-based amorphous alloy strip is obtained by means of a rapid quenching method in which a single roller is used. Because the iron-based amorphous alloy has higher saturated magnetic induction density, a higher amorphous formation capability and lower stress-resistance sensitivity, the iron-based amorphous alloy can be used as an iron core material for preparing a power transformer, a power generator and an engine; in addition, due to the low stress sensitivity of the iron-based amorphous alloy, the sudden short-circuit resistance capability of an amorphous transformer can be improved when the power transformer is prepared.