Sumitomo Metal Industries, Inc.

Tadashi Fukuda

Takeo Kudo

Yasuhiro Masaki

Mutsuo Nakanishi

Shigeki Azuma

Nobushige Hiraishi

Katsuhiro Nishihara

Shigeharu Takai

Junichi Kikuchi

Rie Katsui

Yoshihisa Ohashi

A titanium oxide-based photocatalyst which can exhibit excellent photocatalytic properties in response to visible light while maintaining its inherent activity in response to ultraviolet light and which is suitable for mass production contains bismuth as a first additional metal component and at least one metal element selected from silicon, zirconium, aluminum, and hafnium as a second additional metal component in titanium oxide. The Bi/Ti atomic ratio is preferably at least 0.0001 and at most 1.0, the atomic ratio of the second additional metal to Ti is preferably at least 0.0001 and at most 0.8, and a portion of bismuth is preferably present in the form of lower valence (Bior Bi). The presence of lower valence bismuth can be ascertained by XPS analysis.

Titanium oxide photocatalyst, method for producing same and use thereof

A high-Cr, high-Mo duplex stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance as well as improved toughness and workability has a chemical composition which consists essentially, on a weight basis, of C: 0.03% or less, Si: 0.4% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, Cr: 26.0-30.0%, Ni: 5.0-9.0%, Mo: 3.0 -4.5%, N: 0.10-0.35%, Al: 0.01-0.04%, optionally one or both of Cu and W in a total amount of 0.05-3.0% and/or one or more elements selected from Ca, B and Ce in a total amount of 0.001-0.01%, and a balance of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the following inequality (1) is satisfied:

Duplex stainless steel having improved corrosion resistance

A process for manufacturing clad metal tubing from two different types of metals having different deformation resistances is disclosed. The process comprises preparing a combined billet having two blank pipes arranged concentrically with each other, the pipes being made of different metals, and applying hot extrusion to the billet while adjusting the heating temperature of the pipe such that a pipe of the metal having a higher deformation resistance is heated to a higher temperature.

Process for manufacturing clad metal tubing

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Amagasaki, Japan

Tadashi Fukuda