Disclosed is a golf club and a method of manufacturing the same, whereby an Fe-based amorphous alloy layer is coated on a surface of a base part of a clubface provided on a side of a clubhead to maintain an amorphous structure after coating, thus ensuring that a repulsive force, durability, surface hardness, and the like of the clubface are improved. The golf club includes: a clubhead; and a shaft connected to the clubhead, wherein the clubhead includes a clubface provided on a side thereof, and the clubface includes: a base part; and a coating layer provided on a surface of the base part and including an Fe-based amorphous alloy.

An alloy composition, a Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy and a manufacturing method thereof, and a magnetic component are disclosed. The expression of the alloy composition is Fe.sub.aV.sub.αB.sub.bSi.sub.cP.sub.xC.sub.yCu.sub.z and 79≤a≤91 at %, 5≤b≤13 at %, 0≤c≤8 at %, 1≤x≤8 at %, 0≤y≤5 at %, 0.4≤z≤1.4 at %, 0<α<5 at % and 0.08≤z/x≤0.8(at % is atomic percent). The Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy is manufactured by subjecting the alloy composition to crystallization heat treatment. Even if the heating speed upon crystallization heat treatment is slow, or there is a deviation in the temperature reached, a Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy with high saturation magnetic induction intensity and excellent soft magnetic property can still be easily obtained from the alloy ingredients of the present invention. Moreover, the present invention provides a magnetic component manufactured using the Fe-based nano-crystalline alloy.

There are provided a soft magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization and a low coercive force and excellent in thermal endurance, and a method for producing the same. The present disclosure relates to a soft magnetic material represented by the following composition formula: Fe.sub.100-x-yB.sub.xNi.sub.y, wherein x satisfies 10≤x≤16 in at %, and y satisfies 0<y≤4 in at %, having a coercive force of 20 A/m or less, and having a coercive force characteristic decrease rate after a thermal endurance test {[(coercive force after thermal endurance test−coercive force before thermal endurance test)/coercive force before thermal endurance test]×100 (%)} of 20% or less, wherein the thermal endurance test is carried out by allowing the soft magnetic material to stand in a constant temperature oven at 170° C. in the air for 100 h, and a method for producing the same.

The present disclosure provides an iron-based amorphous alloy as shown in formula (I): Fe.sub.aSi.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.dM.sub.e (I); wherein a, b, c, d, and e are each independently atomic percentages of corresponding components; 80.5≤a≤84.0, 3.0≤b≤9.0, 8.0≤c≤15.0, 0.001≤d≤0.3, e≤0.4, and a+b+c+d+e=100; M is impurity element. The present disclosure provides an iron-based amorphous strip which has a saturation magnetic induction less than 1.62T. The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing the iron-based amorphous alloy. Further, after appropriate heat treatment, excellent soft magnetic properties will be obtained. The alloy material can be used as core material in the manufacture of power transformer, generator and engine.

An amorphous soft magnetic alloy of the formula (Fe.sub.1-αTM.sub.α).sub.100-w-x-y-zP.sub.wB.sub.xL.sub.ySi.sub.z Ti.sub.pC.sub.qMn.sub.rCu.sub.s, wherein TM is Co or Ni; L is Al, Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; 0≤α≤0.3, 2≤w≤18 at %, 2≤x≤18 at %, 15≤w+x≤23 at %, 1<y≤5 at %, 0≤z≤4 at %; p, q, r, and s represents an addition ratio such that the total mass of Fe, TM, P, B, L and Si is 100, and 0≤p≤0.3, 0≤q≤0.5, 0≤r≤2, 0≤s≤1 and r+s>0; the composition fulfills one of the following conditions: L is Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; or L is a combination of Al and Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb, wherein 0<Al≤5 at %, 1≤Cr≤4 at %, 0<Zr≤5 at %, 2≤Mo≤5 at %, and 2≤Nb≤5 at %; the alloy has a crystallization start temperature (Tx) which is 550° C. or less, a glass transition temperature (Tg) which is 520° C. or less, and a supercooled liquid region represented by ΔTx=Tx−Tg, which is 20° C. or more.

An Fe-base, soft magnetic alloy is disclosed. The alloy has the general formula Fe.sub.100-a-b-c-d-x-y M.sub.aM′.sub.bM″.sub.cM′″.sub.d P.sub.x Mn.sub.y where M is Co and/or Ni, M′ is one or more of Zr, Nb, Cr, Mo, Hf, Sc, Ti, V, W, and Ta, M″ is one or more of B, C, Si, and Al, and M′″ is selected from the group consisting of Cu, Pt, Ir, Zn, Au, and Ag. The subscripts a, b, c, d, x, and y represent the atomic proportions of the elements and have the following atomic percent ranges: 0≤a≤10, 0≤b≤7, 5≤c≤20, 0≤d≤5, 0.1≤x≤15, and 0.1≤y≤5.
The balance of the alloy is iron and usual impurities. Alloy powder, a magnetic article made therefrom, and an amorphous metal article made from the alloy are also disclosed.

Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention fabricate objects including amorphous metals using techniques akin to additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes an amorphous metal includes: applying a first layer of molten metallic alloy to a surface; cooling the first layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a first layer including amorphous metal; subsequently applying at least one layer of molten metallic alloy onto a layer including amorphous metal; cooling each subsequently applied layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a layer including amorphous metal prior to the application of any adjacent layer of molten metallic alloy; where the aggregate of the solidified layers including amorphous metal forms a desired shape in the object to be fabricated; and removing at least the first layer including amorphous metal from the surface.

Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including C. the soft magnetic alloy includes an Fe composite network phase having Fe-rich grids connected in a continuous measurement range including 80000 grids, each of which size is 1 nm1 nm1 nm. An average of C content ratio of the Fe-poor grids having cumulative frequency of 90% or more from lower C content is 5.0 times or more to an average of C content ratio of the whole soft magnetic alloy.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to the production of amorphous metals having compositions of iron, chromium, molybdenum, carbon and boron for usage in additive manufacturing, such as in layer-by-layer deposition to produce multi-functional parts. Such parts demonstrate ultra-high strength without sacrificing toughness and also maintain the amorphous structure of the materials during and after manufacturing processes. Two additive manufacturing techniques are provided: (1) the complete melting of amorphous powder and re-solidifying to amorphous structure to eliminate the formation of crystalline structure therein by controlling a heating source power and cooling rate without affecting previous deposited layers; and (2) partial melting of the outer surface of the amorphous powder, and solidifying powder particles with each-other without undergoing a complete melting stage. Amorphous alloy compositions have oxygen impurities in low concentration levels to optimize glass forming ability (GFA). Specific techniques of additive manufacturing include those based on lasers, electron beams and ultrasonic sources.

There is provided an amorphous alloy thin strip having a chemical composition represented by a chemical formula: Fe.sub.xB.sub.ySi.sub.z (x: 78-83 at %, y: 8-15 at % and z: 6-13 at %) capable of stably attaining a low iron loss even when shaped into a wound core, wherein a generation density of air pockets on a face contacting with a cooling roll is not more than 8 per 1 mm.sup.2 and an arithmetic mean height Sa on portions other than the air pockets is not more than 0.3 m.