A method for producing a sintered part, having at least the following steps: a) providing a sintered part, said sintered part having a first end face, a second end face arranged at a distance from the first end face in an axial direction, and a circumferential surface between the end faces; b) arranging the sintered part in a tool; c) applying a first pressure force, which acts on the end faces at least in the axial direction, to the sintered part by the tool; and d) applying a second pressure force, which acts on the circumferential surface at least in a radial direction, to the sintered part, wherein the sintered part is reshaped at least by the second pressure force, or mechanically processing the sintered part. Steps c) and d) are carried out at least partly simultaneously.

A method for producing a sintered part, having at least the following steps: a) providing a sintered part, said sintered part having a first end face, a second end face arranged at a distance from the first end face in an axial direction, and a circumferential surface between the end faces; b) arranging the sintered part in a tool; c) applying a first pressure force, which acts on the end faces at least in the axial direction, to the sintered part by the tool; and d) applying a second pressure force, which acts on the circumferential surface at least in a radial direction, to the sintered part, wherein the sintered part is reshaped at least by the second pressure force, or mechanically processing the sintered part. Steps c) and d) are carried out at least partly simultaneously.

A sputtering target containing molybdenum and at least one metal from the group tantalum and niobium. The average content of tantalum and/or niobium is from 5 to 15 at % and the molybdenum content is greater than or equal to 80 at %. The sputtering target has at least a matrix with an average molybdenum content of greater than or equal to 92 at % and particles which are composed of a solid solution containing at least one metal from the group of tantalum and niobium, and molybdenum, with an average molybdenum content of greater than or equal to 15 at % and are embedded in the matrix. There is also described a method of producing a sputtering target.

A sintered part has at least one base with a first end face which faces in a first axial direction and a second end face which faces in a second axial direction. The end faces are produced in a press for producing a green body (which is subsequently sintered to form the sintered part) by applying at least one punch which can be moved along the axial directions. The sintered part has an elevation extending from the first end face towards one end at least in the axial direction over a first height, and the elevation has a first width extending transversely to the axial direction in a radial direction and at least some portions of which are smaller than 0.8 millimeters, wherein at least some portions of the sintered part have a first density along the first width, said density equaling at least 87% of the full material density.

A sintered part has at least one base with a first end face which faces in a first axial direction and a second end face which faces in a second axial direction. The end faces are produced in a press for producing a green body (which is subsequently sintered to form the sintered part) by applying at least one punch which can be moved along the axial directions. The sintered part has an elevation extending from the first end face towards one end at least in the axial direction over a first height, and the elevation has a first width extending transversely to the axial direction in a radial direction and at least some portions of which are smaller than 0.8 millimeters, wherein at least some portions of the sintered part have a first density along the first width, said density equaling at least 87% of the full material density.

A heterogeneous composite consisting of near-nano ceramic clusters dispersed within a ductile matrix. The composite is formed through the high temperature compaction of a starting powder consisting of a core of ceramic nanoparticles held together with metallic binder. This core is clad with a ductile metal such that when the final powder is consolidated, the ductile metal forms a tough, near-zero contiguity matrix. The material is consolidated using any means that will maintain its heterogeneous structure.

A heterogeneous composite consisting of near-nano ceramic clusters dispersed within a ductile matrix. The composite is formed through the high temperature compaction of a starting powder consisting of a core of ceramic nanoparticles held together with metallic binder. This core is clad with a ductile metal such that when the final powder is consolidated, the ductile metal forms a tough, near-zero contiguity matrix. The material is consolidated using any means that will maintain its heterogeneous structure.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a high-flatness metal foil suitable for making a metal mask, and the method comprises the following steps: forming a raw metal coarse foil; rolling the raw metal coarse foil at least once into a high-flatness metal foil; performing, by a heat treatment device, heat treatment processing on the precisely rolled metal foil according to a preset temperature and a preset time; using a tension leveler to perform tension leveling on the rolled and heat-treated metal foil; and obtaining a high-flatness metal foil after completion of the tension leveling and forming a rolled metal foil in a continuous forming process. The resulting metal foil has high flatness and low residual stress, which improves quality and performance of the metal foil and is suitable for the fabrication of fine metal masks.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a high-flatness metal foil suitable for making a metal mask, and the method comprises the following steps: forming a raw metal coarse foil; rolling the raw metal coarse foil at least once into a high-flatness metal foil; performing, by a heat treatment device, heat treatment processing on the precisely rolled metal foil according to a preset temperature and a preset time; using a tension leveler to perform tension leveling on the rolled and heat-treated metal foil; and obtaining a high-flatness metal foil after completion of the tension leveling and forming a rolled metal foil in a continuous forming process. The resulting metal foil has high flatness and low residual stress, which improves quality and performance of the metal foil and is suitable for the fabrication of fine metal masks.

The sheath (3) is a material, which includes an aluminium (Al) matrix, in which nanometric aluminium oxide particles (Al.sub.2O.sub.3) are homogenously dispersed, the content of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is 0.25 to 5 vol. % and the balance is Al. It is preferred that Al.sub.2O.sub.3 originates from the surface layer present on Al powder used as feedstock material for consolidation. The superconductor based on magnesium diboride (MgB.sub.2) core (1) is fabricated by powder-in-tube or internal magnesium diffusion to boron technology, while the tube is the Al+Al.sub.2O.sub.3 composite, which is a product of powder metallurgy. A loose Al powder is pressed by cold isostatic pressing, and then the powder billet is degassed at elevated temperature and under vacuum, and then is hot extruded into a tube. A thin diffusion barrier (2) tube filled up with a mixture of Mg and B powders or Mg wire surrounded with B powder is placed into the Al+Al.sub.2O.sub.3 composite tube under inert gas or vacuum. Such composite unit is cold worked into a thin wire and then annealed at 625-655° C. for 8-90 min, what results in a formation superconducting MgB.sub.2 in a wire's core (1).