An Fe-based alloy for melting-solidification shaping including, in mass %: 18.0≤Co<25.0; 12.0≤Mo+W/2≤20.0; 0.2≤Mn≤5.0; 0.5≤Ni≤10.0; and 0≤Si≤1.0, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2) when [M] represents a content of an element M expressed in mass % basis, 58≤[Co]+3([Mo]+[W]/2)≤95 (1), A/B≥1.6 (2) where A=[Co]+[Ni]+3[Mn], and B=[Mo]+[W]/2+[Si], in which when the Fe-based alloy includes no Mo, the expressions (1) and (2) are calculated using [Mo]=0, when the Fe-based alloy includes no Si, the expression (2) is calculated using [Si]=0, and when the Fe-based alloy includes no W, the expressions (1) and (2) are calculated using [W]=0.

A structured multi-phase composite which include a metal phase, and a low stiffness, high thermal conductivity phase or encapsulated phase change material, that are arranged to create a composite having high thermal conductivity, having reduced/controlled stiffness, and a low CTE to reduce thermal stresses in the composite when exposed to cyclic thermal loads. The structured multi-phase composite is useful for use in structures such as, but not limited to, high speed engine ducts, exhaust-impinged structures, heat exchangers, electrical boxes, heat sinks, and heat spreaders.

A method for producing a powder of a reinforced alloy (ODS alloy) in which the grains forming the particles of the powder comprise a metal matrix, in the volume of which crystalline oxide particles are dispersed, said method comprising the following successive steps: i) providing a powder mixture to be milled comprising a master alloy intended to form the metal matrix and an additional powder comprising at least one intermediate intended to incorporate atoms intended to form the dispersed oxide particles; ii) milling the powder mixture according to a mechanical synthesis process for making a precursor powder; iii) subjecting the precursor powder to a thermal plasma generated by a plasma torch comprising a plasma gas, in order to obtain the reinforced alloy powder.

The method of the invention is particularly suitable for producing an ODS alloy that has optimized characteristics of composition and/or microstructure.

The invention also relates to the ODS alloy powder obtained by the method of production, and the use thereof.

Provided herein is a method of producing an oxide-dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy that includes providing a master alloy powder comprising a metal or metal alloy and particles of a metal oxide; adding the master alloy powder to a molten diluent alloy to form an oxide-dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy; and allowing the ODS to solidify. The molten diluent alloy includes a molten metal or metal alloy, and a wetting-enhancing metal is added to the molten diluent alloy either prior to, during, or after adding of the master alloy to the molten diluent alloy. The wetting-enhancing alloy reduces an interfacial energy and vdW attraction between the particles of the metal oxide and the molten alloy diluent to achieve a stable nanoparticulate ODS solid.

A powder metal material for additive manufacturing contains: (A) a non-magnetic steel powder which is free of nitrogen; and (B) a ferrovanadium nitride powder, and a particle size of the component (B) is 15.0 ?m?D50?25.0 ?m in terms of volume average particle size, and a content of the component (B) is 0.3 mass % to 3.0 mass % with respect to a total amount of the powder metal material.

A method for producing a reinforced alloy powder containing a metal matrix in which crystalline oxide particles are dispersed, including: (i) providing a powder mixture including a parent metal powder including a master alloy for forming the metal matrix and an additional powder including an intermediate; (ii) milling the powder mixture by a mechanical synthesis process to make a precursor powder; and (iii) subjecting the precursor powder to a thermal plasma generated by a plasma torch including a plasma gas. The master alloy is iron-based, nickel-based, or aluminum-based. The intermediate is at least one of YFe.sub.3, Y.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2Ti, FeCrWTi, TiH.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, HfO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2, ThO.sub.2, and MgO. In (iii), the precursor powder is injected into the plasma torch at a flow rate of 10-30 g/min, a power of the plasma torch is 20-40 kW, and a pressure in a reaction chamber of the plasma torch is 25-100 kPa.

A method for manufacturing a machine component made of metal-based material is described. The method comprises the steps of: providing a powder blend comprising at least one metal-containing powder material and at least one strengthening dispersor in powder form, wherein the strengthening dispersor in powder form has an average grain size less than an average grain size of the metal-containing powder material; and forming the machine component by an additive manufacturing process using the powder blend.

A sliding member includes at least one surface having a particle aggregate of base material particles and hard particles. The hard particles are iron-based alloy particles containing molybdenum silicide in an amount of 35% to 90% by area. The sliding member has a wear resistance equivalent to that of a sliding member that uses cobalt-based hard particles.