The present disclosure relates to a NiTi alloy surface cutting process and a roughness adjustment method. Aiming at defects of difficult machining and unsatisfactory machining performance of Ni-Ti alloys, the present disclosure provides a surface cutting process of a difficult-to-machine nickel-titanium alloy, in which firstly, the nickel-titanium alloy is transformed from a two-phase state to a single-phase state using its transformation characteristic, and electrochemical nickel removal treatment is carried out on a surface of the alloy in the single-phase state so as to obtain a porous surface layer, and then a surface material with the porous surface layer is cut. The method provided by the present disclosure can effectively reduce machining difficulty of alloy materials, and can also obtain alloy workpieces with adjustable roughness, which is of great significance for NiTi alloy machining.

A method for producing a high temperature component includes a shaping step of shaping a powder compact of a desired high temperature component shape using a specific powder shaping method, from an alloy powder of γ′ precipitation strengthening-type Ni-based alloy, and a crystal grain coarsening step of coarsening a crystal grain size of the powder compact by heat treatment, wherein the powder compact contains 0.002% or more and 0.07% or less of C, and 5.40% or more and 8.40% or less of Al+Ti by mass percentage.

A Ni—Cr—Mo—Nb alloy consists of, in mass %, C: not more than 0.020%, Si: 0.02 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.02 to 1.0%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.005%, Cr: 18.0 to 24.0%, Mo: 8.0 to 10.0%, Al: 0.005 to 0.4%, Ti: 0.1 to 1.0%, Fe: not more than 5.0%, Nb: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.002 to 0.02%, and at least one of W: 0.02 to 0.3% and V: 0.02 to 0.3%, and Ni as a remainder and inevitable impurities, in which an freely selected cross section of alloy, sum of number of particles of NbC carbide and (Ti, Nb)N nitride is 100 to 1000 particles/mm.sup.2, number of particles of the NbC carbide is not more than 40 particles/mm.sup.2, and number of particles of the (Ti, Nb)N nitride is 100 to 1000 particles/mm.sup.2.

A nickel-metal hydride secondary battery includes an outer can and a group of electrodes housed in the outer can together with an alkaline electrolytic solution. The group of electrodes includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are superposed with a separator interposed therebetween, and the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy for nickel-metal hydride secondary batteries, the hydrogen absorbing alloy having a single composition and composed of a plurality of crystal phases.

An additive manufacturing method of producing a metal alloy article may involve: Providing a supply of a metal alloy in powder form; providing a supply of a nucleant material, the nucleant material lowering the nucleation energy required to crystallize the metal alloy; blending the supply of metal alloy powder and nucleant material to form a blended mixture; forming the blended mixture into a first layer; subjecting at least a portion of the first layer to energy sufficient to raise the temperature of the first layer to at least the liquidus temperature of the metal alloy; allowing at least a portion of the first layer to cool to a temperature sufficient to allow the metal alloy to recrystallize; forming a second layer of the blended mixture on the first layer; and repeating the subjecting and allowing steps on the second layer to form an additional portion of the metal alloy article.

A wire of a nickel-titanium alloy having a permanent set of less than 5% when 11% strain is applied to the wire is disclosed. The wire may be formed by applying a first heat treatment to the wire, the first heat treatment includes applying heat of a first temperature for a first period of time, applying a strain deformation to the wire to set a shape for the wire during the first heat treatment, and applying a second heat treatment to the wire. The second heat treatment includes applying heat of a second temperature different from the first temperature for a second period of time, and the second temperature is between 210° C. and 290° C. The wire may have a modulus of at least 53 GPa when 200 MPa of stress is applied to the wire, and the wire is bonded to a secondary component.

A product includes a material having: nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material. A method includes forming a material comprising an alloy of nickel and at least one rare earth element. The at least one rare earth element is present in the material in a weight percentage in a range of about 2% to about 20% relative to a total weight of the material.

The present disclosure relates to metal alloys for biosensors. An electrode is made from the metal alloy, which more specifically can be a nickel-based alloy. The alloy provides physical and electrical property advantages when compared with existing pure metal electrodes.

A method of forming a supporting substrate for a cutting element comprises forming a precursor composition comprising discrete WC particles, a binding agent, and discrete particles comprising Co, Al, and one or more of C and W. The precursor composition is subjected to a consolidation process to form a consolidated structure including WC particles dispersed in a homogenized binder comprising Co, Al, W, and C. A method of forming a cutting element, a cutting element, a related structure, and an earth-boring tool are also described.

A nickel-metal hydride secondary battery includes an outer can and a group of electrodes housed in the outer can together with an alkaline electrolytic solution. The group of electrodes includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode that are superposed with a separator interposed therebetween, and the negative electrode includes a hydrogen absorbing alloy for nickel-metal hydride secondary batteries, the hydrogen absorbing alloy having a single composition and composed of a plurality of crystal phases.