A coated steel sheet including a steel sheet and a coating layer provided on at least part of the surface of the steel sheet, in which the coating layer has a predetermined chemical composition in terms of % by mass; in which the coating layer has a laminar Mg.sub.2Sn phase-containing structure in an area fraction of from 5 to 65%, and a structure containing a solid solution of Zn and Al; and the laminar Mg.sub.2Sn phase-containing structure is a structure constituted with a Zn phase and a laminar Mg.sub.2Sn phase having a thickness of less than 1 m, and in which the laminar Mg.sub.2Sn phase exists dividing the Zn phase into plural regions.

A target for use in a physical vapor deposition process includes a matrix composed of a composite material selected from the group consisting of aluminum-based material, titanium-based material and chromium-based material and all combinations thereof. The matrix is doped with doping elements and the doping elements are embedded as constituents of ceramic compounds or aluminum alloys in the matrix. The doping elements are selected from the group of the lanthanides: La, Ce, Nb, Sm and Eu. A process for producing such a target and a use of such a target in a physical vapor deposition process are also provided.

The invention relates to a multi-layer sliding bearing element (1) comprising a support layer (2) and a layer (3) arranged thereon, said layer (3) consisting of an aluminum base alloy with aluminum as the main component, wherein the aluminum base alloy contains between 0 wt. %

and 7 wt. % tin, between 1.1 wt. % and 1.9 wt. % copper, between 0.4 wt. % and 1 wt. % manganese, between 0.05 wt. % and 0.18 wt. % cobalt, between 0.05 wt. % and 0.18 wt. % chromium, between 0.03 wt. % and 0.1 wt. % titanium, between 0.05 wt. % and 0.18 wt. % zirconium and between 0 wt. % and 0.4 wt. % silicon and the balance adding up to 100 wt. % being constituted by aluminum and impurities potentially originating from the production of the elements, with the proviso that, in any case, tin or silicon are contained in the aluminum base alloy.

The invention relates to a method for producing a sliding bearing composite material (10), having a support layer (14), in particular made of steel, a bearing metal layer (18) made of a lead-free aluminum base alloy containing magnesium, and a running layer (22), wherein the aluminum base alloy ultimately comprises 0.5-5.5% by weight magnesium, optionally one or more alloy components from the group comprising zinc, copper, silicon, iron, manganese, chromium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, nickel, cobalt, cerium, and alloy components resulting from impurities, the sum of the latter not exceeding 1% by weight, and the remainder being aluminum, wherein the aluminum base alloy is copper-free or contains at most 3% by weight copper, the total content of zinc, copper, and nickel does not exceed 8% by weight, and the total content of all alloy components does not exceed 12% by weight. The bearing metal layer (18) is either rolled directly onto the support layer (14) or roll-cladded beforehand with an intermediate layer (38) made of an aluminum alloy or technical pure aluminum and then rolled onto the support layer (14) with this intermediate layer (38) in between, in such a way that the intermediate layer (38) subsequently has a thickness of at most 100 m, in particular at most 50 m, wherein the composite of the support layer (14) and the bearing metal layer (18) thus obtained is soft-annealed at temperatures between 280 and 350 C. for 2 to 10 hours so that the bearing metal layer of the composite has a Brinell hardness of 50-80 HB 1/5/30. The running layer (22) is subsequently applied galvanically or by means of a PVD method to the bearing metal layer (18).

A device including a near field transducer, the near field transducer including gold (Au) and at least one other secondary atom, the at least one other secondary atom selected from: boron (B), bismuth (Bi), indium (In), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), tin (Sn), hafnium (Hf), niobium (Nb), manganese (Mn), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and oxygen (O), and combinations thereof; erbium (Er), holmium (Ho), lutetium (Lu), praseodymium (Pr), scandium (Sc), uranium (U), zinc (Zn), and combinations thereof; and barium (Ba), chlorine (Cl), cesium (Cs), dysprosium (Dy), europium (Eu), fluorine (F), gadolinium (Gd), germanium (Ge), hydrogen (H), iodine (I), osmium (Os), phosphorus (P), rubidium (Rb), rhenium (Re), selenium (Se), samarium (Sm), terbium (Tb), thallium (Th), and combinations thereof.

Disclosed is a high-elasticity aluminum alloy which contains carbide to improve elongation. Further, a method of manufacturing the high-elasticity aluminum alloy is provided. The method includes steps of: charging pure aluminum and an Al-5B master alloy in a melting furnace to form a first molten metal; charging an Al-10Ti master alloy in the first molten metal to form a second molten metal; charging silicon (Si) element in the second molten metal to form a third molten metal; adding carbon (C) to the third molten metal to form a fourth molten metal; and tapping the fourth molten metal into a mold to cast the fourth molten metal.

An anticorrosion coating and an article coated with an anticorrosion coating, especially for use in an aircraft, and a method of producing a coated article and a vehicle, especially an aircraft, including an anticorrosion coating or at least one such coated article. An anticorrosion coating includes an aluminum alloy having 0.03-0.5% by weight of tin. A coated article produced at least partly from a material and having at least partly been coated with the anticorrosion coating including an aluminum alloy having 0.03-0.5% by weight of tin. A method of producing the anticorrosion coating is also disclosed.

The present invention relates to a TiAl alloy for use at high temperatures which has aluminum and titanium as main constituents. The TiAl alloy has an aluminum content of greater than or equal to 50 at. % and a matrix of -TiAl and at least one phase of Al and Ti incorporated in the -TiAl matrix which is different from -TiAl, as well as depositions of oxides and/or carbides and/or silicides. In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing the alloy and to the use of the alloy for components of turbo-machines, in particular aircraft engines.

A method for producing plain-bearing composite materials (30) is provided in which a bearing metal melt (14) is poured onto a belt material (6) of a steel and the composite material (25) of belt material (6) and bearing metal (14) is then subjected to a heat treatment. After the bearing metal (14) has been poured on, the composite material (25) is quenched, followed by an aging operation. A plain-bearing composite material (30) is provided, which has a carrier layer (32) of steel and a bearing metal layer (34) of a cast copper alloy, wherein the bearing metal layer has a dendritic microstructure.

A method for producing plain-bearing composite materials (30) includes applying a powder of a bearing metal to a strip material of steel and then sintering the bearing metal. The composite material (25) consisting of the strip material (6) and the bearing metal (14) subsequently undergoes a heat treatment. After the sintering process the composite material (25) is quenched, directly followed by an ageing process. The plain-bearing composite material (30) has a substrate (32) consisting of steel and a sintered bearing metal layer (34) consisting of a copper alloy, the bearing metal layer (34) having a hardness of 100 HBW 1/5/30 to 200 HBW 1/5/30.