Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.

Yazaki Corporation

Kazuya Saito

Masayoshi Matsumoto

Kenji Ichiya

Kazutaka Nakashima

Hideki Nagata

Metallic zinc melted to a purity of 99.995% or higher was treated with selected elements that were dissolved in amounts within specified ranges and the resulting melts were atomized to prepare zinc alloy powders of 35-200 mesh; the powders were gelled with a gelling agent (sodium polyacrylate) and an electrolyte; bismuth compounds having specified powder characteristics (either an average particle size of no more than 10 &mgr;m or a specific surface area of at least 1 m,/g or both characteristics) were added in specified amounts to the gels, thereby producing gels of anode.

Anode material for use in alkaline manganese cells and process for producing the same

A monolithic female connector made of a copper-base alloy consisting essentially of 7-15 wt % Ni, 1.0-2.0 wt % Al, no more than 0.0050 wt % 0.sub.2, and the balance of Cu and incidental impurities is highly useful as an electrical connector element of low signal current used in automobiles, because it is made of the alloy having improved bendability while satisfying high electrical conductivity and spring limit.

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Hachioji, Japan

Kazuya Saito