Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.

Crystal Is, Inc.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Yuting Wang

Shinya Imano

Shigenobu Eguchi

Jianfeng Chen

Ken Kitamura

Masato Toita

Hironori Ishii

Akira Yoshinari

Leo J Schowalter

James R Grandusky

Yoshitaka Uemura

Norihiko Motoyama

Takanao Komaki

Yuxin Li

Takashi Shibayama

Shigeru Tanaka

Takeshi Izumi

Eguchi Shigenobu

There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, the total amount of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta being 0.5-2%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains. In the matrix phase crystal grains, post-segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 &#x3bc;m are formed, wherein components constituting an MC type carbide phase comprising Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and/or Ta are segregated along boundary regions of the post-segregation cells.

Cobalt based alloy product and method for manufacturing same

A metal-powder producing apparatus includes a spray chamber, and a plurality of spray nozzles that liquid-spray a melted metal into the spray chamber. Each of the plurality of spray nozzles includes: a liquid nozzle that allows the melted metal to flow down into the spray chamber; and a gas-jet nozzle that has a plurality of gas-jet holes arranged around the liquid nozzle and causing a gas fluid to collide with the melted metal having flowed down from the liquid nozzle.

Metal-powder producing apparatus, and gas jet device and crucible container thereof

In various embodiments, a layer of organic encapsulant is provided over a surface of an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting semiconductor die, and at least a portion of the encapsulant is exposed to UV light to convert at least some of said portion of the encapsulant into non-stoichiometric silica material. The non-stoichiometric silica material includes silicon, oxygen, and carbon, and a carbon content of the non-stoichiometric silica material is greater than 1 ppm and less than 40 atomic percent.

Photon extraction from ultraviolet light-emitting devices

There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; 0.5 to 2 mass % of an M component being a transition metal other than W and Mo and having an atomic radius of more than 130 pm; and the balance being Co and impurities. The impurities include 0.5% or less Al and 0.04% or less O. The product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains. In the matrix phase crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 &#x3bc;m are formed, in which the M component is segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.

Cobalt based alloy product

A Co-based alloy heat exchanger comprises: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta, the total amount of Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta being 0.5-2%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The impurities include 0.5% or less Al, and 0.04% or less O. The heat exchanger is a polycrystalline body of matrix crystal grains with an average size of 5-100 &#x3bc;m. In the matrix crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.13-2 &#x3bc;m are formed, wherein components constituting an MC type carbide comprising Ti, Zr, Nb and/or Ta are segregated in boundary regions of the segregation cells.

Heat exchanger

There is provided a cobalt-based alloy product comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 5% or less Fe and 30% or less Ni, the total amount of Fe and Ni being 30% or less; W and/or Mo, the total amount of W and Mo being 5-12%; at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta, the total amount of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta being 0.5-2%; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The cobalt-based alloy product is a polycrystalline body of matrix phase crystal grains, wherein MC type carbide phase grains are dispersively precipitated in the matrix phase crystal grains at an average intergrain distance of 0.13 to 2 &#x3bc;m and MCtype carbide phase grains are precipitated on grain boundaries of the matrix phase crystal grains.

Cobalt based alloy product, method for manufacturing same, and cobalt based alloy article

There is provided an additive manufactured (AM) article formed of a Co based alloy having a composition comprising: in mass %, 0.08-0.25% C; 0.1% or less B; 10-30% Cr; 30% or less in total of Fe and Ni, the Fe being 5% or less; 5-12% in total of W and/or Mo; 0.5-2% in total of Ti, Zr, Nb and Ta; 0.5% or less Si; 0.5% or less Mn; 0.003-0.04% N; and the balance being Co and impurities. The AM article comprises crystal grains with an average size of 10-100 &#x3bc;m. In the crystal grains, segregation cells with an average size of 0.15-1.5 &#x3bc;m are formed, in which components constituting an MC type carbide phase comprising the Ti, Zr, Nb and/or Ta are segregated in boundary regions of the cells, and/or grains of the MC type carbide phase are precipitated at an average intergrain distance of 0.15-1.5 &#x3bc;m.

Cobalt based alloy additive manufactured article, cobalt based alloy product, and method for manufacturing same

A Co based alloy powder includes between 0.08% and 0.25% mass of carbon, 0.1% mass or less of boron, between 10% and 30% mass of chromium, 5% mass or less of iron, and 30% mass or less of nickel; the iron and the nickel in a total amount of 30% mass or less; includes at least one of tungsten and molybdenum in a total amount of between 5% and 12% mass; includes at least one of titanium, zirconium, niobium, tantalum, hafnium, and vanadium in a total amount of between 0.5% mass and 2% mass; includes 0.5% mass or less of silicon, 0.5% mass or less of manganese, and between 0.003% and 0.04% mass of nitrogen; and includes cobalt and impurities as the balance of the powder. Crystal grains included in the cobalt-based alloy powder have segregated cells; the cells have an average size of between 0.15 &#x3bc;m and 4 &#x3bc;m.

Cobalt-based alloy powder, cobalt-based alloy sintered body, and method for producing cobalt-based alloy sintered body

The metal powder producing apparatus includes: a first gas jet nozzle that includes jet holes disposed in a bottom surface of a gas jet device so as to form first rings each, and jets gas against molten metal flowing down through the liquid nozzles; a second gas jet nozzle that includes jet holes disposed in the bottom surface of the gas jet device so as to form second rings each on an outer side of a corresponding one of the first rings, and jets gas to prevent scatter of metal particles; and a third gas jet nozzle that includes jet holes disposed in the bottom surface of the gas jet device so as to form a third ring on an outer side of the second gas jet nozzle, and jets gas against an inner wall surface of the spray chamber.

Metal powder producing apparatus and gas jet device for same

It is an objective of the invention to provide a Ni-based superalloy cast article exhibiting the corrosion resistance compatible or superior to the conventional ordinary precision cast articles and reducing the cost than the conventional ones while maintaining the mechanical properties compatible to the conventional ones. There is provided a Ni-based superalloy cast article including: 12.1 to 16 mass % of Cr; 4 to 16 mass % of Co; 3 to 5 mass % of Al; 2.1 to 3.3 mass % of Ti; 3.5 to 9 mass % of W; 1 to 2.4 mass % of Mo; 1.2 mass % or less of Nb; 0.005 to 0.05 mass % of B; 0.03 to 0.2 mass % of C; more than 0 mass % and 0.005 mass % or less of O; and the balance being Ni and impurities.

Ni-based superalloy cast article and Ni-based superalloy product using same

In various embodiments, an illumination device features an ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting device at least partially surrounded by an encapsulant. A barrier layer is disposed between the light-emitting device and the encapsulant and is configured to substantially prevent UV light emitted by the light-emitting device from entering the encapsulant.

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Yuting Wang