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A ruthenium-containing thin film is formed. Typically, the ruthenium-containing thin film has a thickness in a range of about from 1 nm to 20 nm. The ruthenium-containing thin film is annealed in an oxygen-free atmosphere, for example, in N₂ forming gas, at a temperature in a range of about from 100° C. to 500° C. for a total time duration of about from 10 seconds to 1000 seconds. Thereafter, copper or other metal is deposited by electroplating or electroless plating onto the annealed ruthenium-containing thin film. In some embodiments, the ruthenium-containing thin film is also treated by UV radiation.

An automatic wire stripping soldering machine belongs to the lead processing mechanical field. The prior art has unitary function and does not realize the mechanical lead soldering. The invention comprises a frame, a power transmission device mounted on the frame, a working table and a wire transmission device; the working table is parallely provided with a lead cutting device driven by the power transmission device and a wire separating device; the wire transmission device comprises a wire transmission machine and a lead transmission chain; the wire transmission machine is arranged on the frame on one side of the wire transmission gear and is connected with the power transmission device; the invention is characterize in the that: the working table on the other side of the wire separating device is orderly provided with a wire stripping device and a lead soldering device along the moving direction of the lead transmission chain; it has the advantages of realizing the lead mechanical soldering.

An internal combustion engine control device and a control method therefore in which feedback control is performed such that a detected air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas detected on the basis of a critical electric current flowing in a solid electrolyte layer of an air-fuel ratio sensor when an air-fuel ratio detection voltage is applied between an exhaust-side electrode layer and an atmosphere-side electrode layer of the sensor matches a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. When a parameter acquired as an imbalance determination parameter is larger than an imbalance determination threshold, an air-fuel ratio inter-cylinder imbalance state is determined to have occurred. The output responsiveness of the air-fuel ratio sensor when the air-fuel ratio changes from a lean to a rich (or changes in the opposite direction) is acquired, and when this output responsiveness is low, “a sensor responsiveness increasing voltage that is higher than the air-fuel ratio detection voltage” is applied between the exhaust-side electrode layer and the atmosphere-side electrode layer.

Embodiments of the invention relate to materials used in secondary batteries and the method for manufacturing the same. To address the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a negative electrode material for a non-aqueous Li-ion cell comprising active component particles capable of reversibly intercalating or alloying with lithium ions with a carbon coating layer containing an electronically conductive, elastic, carbon material capable of reversibly expanding and contracting to maintain electrical contact between the particles within an electrode matrix as the material is cycled electrochemically. Accordingly, several objects and advantages of embodiments of the invention include improved cycle life of high capacity active materials suitable for use in secondary batteries and the high capacity, long life cells.

The invention provides a particle type friction stir additive manufacturing device and method. The particle type friction stir additive manufacturing device comprises a wire shearing mechanism, the wire shearing mechanism comprises a base and a shearing part with a cutting edge, a wire guide hole is formed in the base, and a wire can pass through the wire guide hole. The particle type friction stir additive manufacturing device is characterized in that the shearing part is in close contact with the base, the shearing part rotates with the geometric center of the base as the axis, so that the cutting edge intermittently cuts the wire sent out from the wire guide hole. According to the particle type friction stir additive manufacturing device, additive particles of different diameters, different lengths and different materials can be obtained at the same time, friction stir additive manufacturing of gradient composite materials is achieved, and it can be guaranteed that the additive particles are continuously and stably provided; and meanwhile, operation is easy, and multi-layer additive manufacturing can be achieved under the condition that an additive device does not need to be adjusted.

The technology described herein provides a method and system to prevent iron oxide formation and decarburization during strand heat treating of a steel product without the subsequent required use of acid pickling, which has associated health and environmental risks. Additionally, this technology provides placing a coating, such as copper plating, to the surface of a steel wire prior to strand heat treating to avoid both iron oxide formation and decarburization through the surface of the steel wire by preventing interactions between the steel wire and the furnace atmosphere. To remove oxides formed by the plating metal, the oxides are chemically reduced by passing the steel wire through a reducing gas, electrolytically reduced by plating with the wire anodic, mechanically reduced through the use of brushes, or the like, or chemically reduced by acid pickling.

The invention discloses a degradable metal guided tissue regeneration barrier membrane and a preparation method thereof. A transparent liquid medium which does not react with metal is used as a protective solution, and especially when a sodium hydroxide solution is adopted, it is achieved that pure magnesium and magnesium alloy materials are processed in water. By using a flowing liquid membrane,the heat diffusion situation on the periphery of a processing site can be obviously improved, and self cleaning in the processing process is achieved. On the basis that the processing quality of the micro-nano structure of the metal surface is ensured, the processing precision is obviously improved, the processing precision reaches about 10 micrometers, and it is of great significance for loadingof a specific drug, such as a drug of a specified size. The content of oxides in the processing product can be remarkably reduced, the adverse effects of excessive oxides on drug loading are avoided,and the degradability and the mechanical property of the metal guided tissue regeneration membrane are ensured. Through the multi-level mesh hole structure of micro-nano patterns, level-by-level release of the drug is achieved; compared with the prior art that deep holes are directly dug in the surface of magnesium alloy to load the drug, the medical treatment effects of treating inflammation andguiding tissue regeneration are greatly improved.

The invention relates to a method for thermally spraying Babbitt metal coating on the surface of a crosshead, comprising the following steps: (1) decontaminating the surface of the crosshead; (2) sandblasting and roughing the decontaminated surface of the crosshead; (3) thermally spraying nickel and aluminum on the roughed surface of the crosshead to form a priming coating; and (4) thermally spraying Babbitt metal work coating to cover the nickel-aluminum priming coating. Due to the characteristics of the Babbitt metal, the Babbitt-metal coating formed on the surface of the crosshead by thermally spraying the Babbitt metal can be well used as an anti-friction coating. The crosshead coated with the Babbitt metal on the surface can be used for an air cylinder to store oil and reduce the coefficient of friction. The hardness of the crosshead is lower than that of the cylinder material, and the crosshead can be used as a friction pair.

A method of operating a fuel cell including a fuel electrode, an oxidant electrode, and an electrolyte layer having hydrogen ion conductivity sandwiched between the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode, so that the fuel cell generates electricity as a result of an electrochemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant. Each time the fuel cell is started from a non-operating condition, the fuel is supplied to the fuel electrode with the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode electrically interconnected to produce hydrogen at the oxidant electrode by provoking electrochemical reactions expressed by the chemical equations H₂→2H⁺+2e⁻ and 2H⁺+2e⁻→H₂ at the fuel electrode and the oxidant electrode, respectively, reducing oxides on the oxidant electrodes using the hydrogen produced at the oxidant electrode. Then the oxidant is supplied to the oxidant electrode to begin normal continuing operation of the fuel cell.

A method is provided for producing metal by electrolytic reduction of a feedstock comprising an oxide of a first metal. The method comprises the steps of arranging the feedstock in contact with a cathode and a molten salt within an electrolysis cell, arranging an anode in contact with the molten salt within the electrolysis cell, and applying a potential between the anode and the cathode such that oxygen is removed from the feedstock. The anode comprises a second metal, which at the temperature of electrolysis within the cell is a molten metal. The second metal is a different metal to the first metal. Oxygen removed from the feedstock during electrolysis reacts with the molten second metal to form an oxide comprising the second metal. Thus, oxygen is not evolved as a gas at the molten anode.

A method is provided of producing inorganic semiconducting nanoparticles having a stable surface. The method comprises providing an inorganic bulk semiconductor material, such as silicon or germanium, and milling the bulk semiconductor material in the presence of a selected reducing agent. The reducing agent acts to chemically reduce oxides of one or more component elements of the semiconductor material, or prevent the formation of such oxides by being preferentially oxidised, thereby to provide semiconducting nanoparticles having a stable surface which allows electrical contact between the nanoparticles. The milling may take place in a mill in which the milling media and/or one or more components of the mill comprise the selected reducing agent. For example, the milling can be carried out in a high energy mill with a hammer action in which a pestle of the mill, a mortar of the mill, or both are composed of the selected reducing agent, or a low energy, stirred media mill, such as a ball mill, a rod mill or similar, in which the milling media, a lining of the mill, or both are composed of the reducing agent. The milling media or mill are typically composed of a metal selected from the group comprising iron, chromium, cobalt, nickel, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, and aluminium, or an alloy containing one or more of said metals. In another embodiment of the method, the selected reducing agent comprises a liquid contained in the mill during milling of the bulk semiconductor material. The liquid is typically an acidic solution containing any of hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, acetic, formic, or carbonic acid, or a mixture thereof. The invention extends to a mill for carrying out the method.

The invention relates to a zinc alloy for steel component galvanizing, the ingot shape and the method. The comprised component and weight proportion are as follows: 0.008%-0.012%(wt)Al,0.006%-0.01%(wt)RE, the rest is zinc and unavoidable impurities. The ingot shape is'T'cuboid with two symmetrical ear-warps, the bottom of cuboid is plane, ear-warps are equipped with hoisting holes, and the four sides are inclined plane which is narrow-end-up shape. It is characterized by direct fusion of said alloy to zinc bath, simple utilization, stable and homogeneous Al and rare earth content in zinc alloy, improved coating brightness and zinc flowability, decreased coating thickness, and saved zinc plating cost. The proper zinc alloy ingot shape and weight meets the demand of zinc addition for large-capacity galvanizing equipment, and it is convenient for hoisting and cross transportation, specific surface area is small, which is suitable for multi-layer stacking storage.

Fluid-based switch and methods for reducing oxides on switching fluid are disclosed. In one method, oxides are reduced by depositing a switching fluid on a first substrate, mating the first substrate to a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate defining therebetween a cavity holding the switching fluid, the cavity being sized to allow movement of the switching fluid between first and second states, and creating a gas in the cavity holding the switching fluid, the gas to react with at least one of oxygen in the cavity and oxides on the switching fluid.

The invention provides a preparation method of a graphene aluminum matrix composite and belongs to the field of nanometer materials. The preparation method of the graphene aluminum matrix composite comprises the following steps of stirring and mixing an oxidized graphene water solution and metal particles under 0-30 DEG C, and conducting rapid spray drying through a centrifugal spray drying towerto obtain the graphene aluminum matrix composite, wherein aluminum powder or aluminum alloy powder serves as the metal particles. According to the preparation method of the graphene aluminum matrix composite, an environment-friendly and continuous mass production scheme is provided; the oxidation degree of the metal powder can be controlled by controlling the mixing temperature, the drying speed and the drying temperature, so that the prepared composite has the low oxygen content, the preparation cost is minimized, and the electrical conductivity of a metal matrix can be further enhanced. Meanwhile, the preparation process can be used for industrial mass production.