Abstract:
Disclosed is a stainless steel material for separators of solid polymer fuel cells having excellent battery characteristics with little performance decrease during a long-time operation, which does not deteriorate the corrosion resistance of a stainless steel separator. The stainless steel material comprises a stainless steel matrix, an oxide film formed on the surface of the stainless steel matrix, a conductive layer formed on the surface of the oxide film and provided with a non-metallic conductive substance, and a conductive substance so arranged as to penetrate the oxide film and electrically connected to the stainless steel matrix and the conductive layer. A solid polymer fuel cell using the stainless steel material is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Since a coating film composed of an oxide such as Fe3O4 or FeO and Fe (metal) is formed on the surface of a base material by electric arc spraying of an iron wire principally comprising Fe, a piercing plug can attain excellent heat shielding properties and seizure prevention properties due to this coating film, and the plug can have a long life. When the plug is regenerated, a coating the film can be formed again by sequentially performing shot blasting and arc spraying on a just-pierced plug, and thus the plug can be regenerated in a short time at a low cost.
Abstract:
A piercing and rolling plug has a film composed of oxides such as Fe3O4 and FeO and Fe (metal) as being formed on the surface of the base metal by electric arc spraying using an iron wire whose main component is Fe and, owing to this film, a plug excellent in heat-shielding and seizure-preventing effects can be realized and the lifetime of the plug can be prolonged. Further, in regenerating this plug, a film can be re-formed via the steps of shot blasting of the as-used plug in piercing and rolling and electric arc spraying in that order; thus, it is possible to regenerate the plug at low cost and in a short period of time.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a stainless steel material for separators of solid polymer fuel cells having excellent battery characteristics with little performance decrease during a long-time operation, which does not deteriorate the corrosion resistance of a stainless steel separator. The stainless steel material comprises a stainless steel matrix, an oxide film formed on the surface of the stainless steel matrix, a conductive layer formed on the surface of the oxide film and provided with a non-metallic conductive substance, and a conductive substance so arranged as to penetrate the oxide film and electrically connected to the stainless steel matrix and the conductive layer. A solid polymer fuel cell using the stainless steel material is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Un punzón de perforación y laminación tiene una película compuesta de óxidos, tales como Fe3O4 y FeO, y de Fe (metal), la cual está formada sobre la superficie del metal base por medio de proyección por arco eléctrico usando un alambre cuyo componente principal es Fe y, debido a esta película, se puede materializar un punzón excelente en cuanto a efectos de apantallamiento térmico y prevención de enclavamiento y asimismo prolongar la vida útil del punzón. Más aun, en la regeneración de este punzón, se puede formar nuevamente una película a través de las etapas de chorreo por granallas del punzón usado en perforación y laminación, y proyección por arco eléctrico, en este orden; en consecuencia resulta posible regenerar el punzón a bajo costo y en un tiempo corto.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-cost hydrogen storage alloy exhibiting performances that service capacity is >=280 mAh/g, the number of cycles required for activation is =85%, prefreably >=90% which are equal to those of an MmNi5 type hydrogen storage alloy which contains large volume of Co and Ni. SOLUTION: A hydrogen storage alloy having a composition expressed by the formula of LnNivCuwCoxMy is solidified at a cooling rate of >=50 deg.C/sec to form a hydrogen storage alloy having a crystal structure composed of a single phase. In the structure, the unit lattice volume of the crystals is >=0.90 nm3, and the average minor axis crystal grain size is =1.0, 0