Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyo Aluminum Kabushiki Kaisha

Nagayoshi Matsubara

Hirohisa Miura

Takashi Watsuji

Yasuhiro Yamada

Haruzo Katoh

Masaoki Hashimoto

Junichi Yokka

A process for producing aluminum nitride comprises a step of nitriding directly a mixed powder comprising of, a bulky aluminum powder composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy powder which occupies 50 to 97% by weight and whose sieve opening of JIS is not less than 210 .mu.m (70 mesh); and a nitriding accelerator powder composed of at least one kind of an aluminum powder and an aluminum alloy powder which occupy the balance of 50 to 3% by weight and whose sieve opening is less than 210 .mu.m (70 mesh); under a nitrogen gas atmosphere of the temperature ranging from 500 to 1000.degree. C. In the present invention, there can be obtained an aluminum nitride which is easy to be crushed by hand by using a mortar.

Process for producing aluminum nitride

An aluminum product having the metal diffusion layer in the present invention has, on the surface thereof, a metal diffusion layer comprising aluminum and a diffusion metal which is diffused setting aluminum as a matrix and which includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, Mg, Ti and Ag; wherein the diffusion layer is formed by diffusing inclinatorily not less than 1 .mu.m from the surface thereof; and the diffusion metal is not less than 1.0% by weight when the whole of the metal diffusion layer is set to be 100% by weight. Also, in a process for producing an aluminum product having a metal diffusion layer, the surface of the aluminum product is brought into contact with the processing agent including at least the diffusion metal powder; and in this state by conducting heat treatment in the atmosphere including nitrogen, the diffusion metal is diffused on the surface of the aluminum product and the metal diffusion layer is formed. Thus, the present invention supplies the aluminum product having the metal diffusion layer on the surface thereof and the process for producing the aluminum product having this kind of metal diffusion layer on the surface thereof.

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